[NU Sports] I know it's early to be handing out game balls, but ...

[Christopher Bailey]

(at time of writing: NU leads 34-12 at the start of the 4th)

How about giving it up for Stefan Demos?

3 punts, 150 yards (52, 50, 48) ... two inside the 20.

This isn't the first time NU has won the field position battle this year and I think it's due in large part to Demos, even if the stats don't bear it out.


PUNTING               G  No. Yards   Avg  Ret  Yds  Avg Net/P
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9. Northwestern       6   29  1104  38.1   13  103  3.6  34.5
(ranked by net yards per punt)

On the flip side, I heard that NU is the third most penalized team in the conference, averaging 50 yards per game:


PENALTIES             G   No  Yds Avg/G
---------------------------------------
9. Northwestern       6   31  300  50.0
(ranked by average yards per game)

Let's hope that's a stat that gets changed before the end of the season.

source: http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2008-2009/confldrs.html

GO 'CATS!

Christopher Bailey
christopher_bailey at yahoo.com