[NU Sports] Sad

[Dennis W. Brandt]

As Iowa scores its 40th point (pending another one of those damn reviews), it must be said that right now Northwestern is a bad football team.  That is shocking given that it is not that different a team from last season.  Our secondary, half of which is very experienced, has played pathetically, our pass rush remains non-existent , we can't stop anyone's running game, we don't have a good running back on the team, and our experienced offensive line can't block very well.  To make matters worse, Persa's foot is obviously not healed (that or he can't yet trust it), forcing us into a two quarterback system that isn't working very well.  Why doesn't Fitz make Colter our featured running back?  Lord knows he can't be anything but better than what we have now.  I don't usually pick on coaches, but one must ask if there aren't some problems on the sideline, especially on the defensive side.