[NU Sports] Big Ten today ...

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Defense:
I thought the defense played very well, although Deante did an 
imitation of burnt bread.
Our run defense was especially good, especially compared to the last 
couple of years.  
We did not get any QB pressure and that hurt a lot.  
We put ourselves in position to acquire 4 turnovers and only could 
turn 2.  Brendan's dropped pick and Cole/Battle deflection to Eddie 
Simpson in the endzone really hurt.  We need those turnovers given our 
offensive ineptitude.

Offense:
Brewer is not the answer.  He is developmently behind Kafka by a wide 
stretch.  I was totally convinced that Bacher was going to start given 
that Fitz was not announcing the QB until gametime.
The only intelligent comment the announcers made was that Tyrell 
really missed BB.  Ain't that the truth!

Special Teams:
Our punting is abysmal!  The only thing saving us was that our 
coverage team is much improved.
Our kickoffs are outstanding.  Too bad the kicker does not get a 
chance to practice in gameday situations -- we don't score ;-(

Overall if we can get Kafka/Bacher back and produced consistent 6+ 
play drives(no 3 and outs) our defense can keep us in it.


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