Today I'm all in for NU. Northwestern University that is. I'm on my Man Throne with my Northwestern shirt on, I've got snacks lined up for the kickoff this morning, I've got my own Wildcat (Shayla the Cat) sitting next to me and all morning long I've been listening to "Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat" from the Aristocats, which I presume doubles as the Northwestern fight song.
There are some questions you may be asking me right now, such as"Jason, why are you all of the sudden a huge Northwestern Wildcats fan? And where did that shrine of Pat Fitzgerald made out of his own toenail and hair trimmings come from"
These are all valid questions. If you remember my blog last week, I talked about how winning the Big Ten West may not be pretty. Well it turns out that Nebraska did indeed lose to Wisconsin. Now in order to win the West, Nebraska needs A) to win the rest of their games or B) to have Wisconsin lose at least one more game.
Nebraska plays Ohio State tonight. Forgive me if I'm not 100% optimistic we can win this game. If we lose tonight, option A goes right out the window. We probably need Wisconsin to lose.
To close out the regular season, Wisconsin plays the following teams
Of those teams, Northwestern probably has the best shot of knocking off the Badgers. That means if we want Nebraska to be playing in Indy this year, we need Northwestern to pull the upset. Heck kickoff for that game is just started as I'm writing this. Stop reading! Turn on ESPN!
And then keep reading once you have the TV on. Thanks. I appreciate it.
Will Northwestern pull it off? Probably not. The entire state of Illinois is probably still hungover from the Cubs winning the World Series, but Northwestern has been hot as of late. They stand a fighting chance. It will have to do.
So Go Big Red and Go CATS!
There are some questions you may be asking me right now, such as"Jason, why are you all of the sudden a huge Northwestern Wildcats fan? And where did that shrine of Pat Fitzgerald made out of his own toenail and hair trimmings come from"
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| Go CATS! |
These are all valid questions. If you remember my blog last week, I talked about how winning the Big Ten West may not be pretty. Well it turns out that Nebraska did indeed lose to Wisconsin. Now in order to win the West, Nebraska needs A) to win the rest of their games or B) to have Wisconsin lose at least one more game.
Nebraska plays Ohio State tonight. Forgive me if I'm not 100% optimistic we can win this game. If we lose tonight, option A goes right out the window. We probably need Wisconsin to lose.
To close out the regular season, Wisconsin plays the following teams
- @ Northwestern
- Illinois
- @ Purdue
- Minnesota
Of those teams, Northwestern probably has the best shot of knocking off the Badgers. That means if we want Nebraska to be playing in Indy this year, we need Northwestern to pull the upset. Heck kickoff for that game is just started as I'm writing this. Stop reading! Turn on ESPN!
And then keep reading once you have the TV on. Thanks. I appreciate it.
Will Northwestern pull it off? Probably not. The entire state of Illinois is probably still hungover from the Cubs winning the World Series, but Northwestern has been hot as of late. They stand a fighting chance. It will have to do.
So Go Big Red and Go CATS!
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