[NU Sports] %$@#

[Jim Leonard]

I agree. This isn't Kafka's loss. The 0-line was weak, the defense didn't do much, and some of the play calling was bad.

Still sucks though.

Jim




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From: Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
To: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Northwestern Wildcats <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 4:18:59 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] %$@#

Although Kafka could use improvement (that second quarter red zone INT cost NU), don't blame all of the failures on him.  The OL play and play-calling deserve at least a share of the blame.

The right side of the offensive line seemingly collapsed on both of those late Kafka fumbles.  And the fact that NU was passing over 60% of the time allowed the Minnesota defense to tee up and send the blitz without any regard to the run.

The 'Cats were in a position to try and win at the end (like last week), so hopefully there will be some positive changes going into next week's winable game at Purdue.

The most frustrating things, though, were points left off the board.  A holding call on the first NU drive that negated first and goal at the four.  The Kafka red zone INT.  And the Kafka pass that went just off the fingertips of Stewart in the 4th that would have likely gone all the way.

Go 'Cats!!!
Jonathan


On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>Fellow Wildcat Faithful,
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>>Somewhere in the world Tony Stauss is having a good laugh. Kafka has come A LONG WAY from his freshman year, but when the game is on the line (like at Indiana last year) he really looks confused and out of place.
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>>For the second week in a row we left a W on the field. This was painful to watch.
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>>Victory & Honor,
>>Jim
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