[NU Sports] beating a dead horse

[DPENDERG at aol.com]

I hate to dampen this giddy exuberance about the Cat offense, our high  
national stat ranking, Baz's superlatives, etc.  I think,  however, we face the 
best defense on Saturday that we have encountered  all season.  A big, strong, 
quick DL especially will be a challenge.   I certainly want to think that our 
offense is just a well-oiled, relentless  machine, but I'm waiting to see how we 
will handle the UM defense. I expect they  will try to get a lot of pressure 
on Baz.  His success in recent games has  been that he's been getting great 
protection and the time to find his  receivers.  Let's remember the take on Baz 
once was that he did not handle  pressure well and made bad throws when 
rushed.  We haven't seen that  lately, of course, but UM will be a major test for 
Baz and the entire  offense.