Northwestern Snowflakes - The Defense

Thank you for your second half, defense.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

And to the officials who continue to not know what the hell they're doing... f*ck you, f*ck you, f*ck you.

Glad they woke up and played great in the 2nd half.

Brown needs to figure out how to deal with slants. 

Soooooo many slants. Good to see our D tighten up on them in the second half 

Some real struggles in the secondary, Paye and Dwumfour came up huge when needed. I think the DL will be fine next year.

I hope Brian’s UFR can look at how much Hudson being back mattered.  Correlation and causation and all, but I liked the second a lot better. 

Defense got it done, just took their sweet time again getting there. D-line is improving well, that was some great pressure. Rotations are not far behind the starters IMO. Didn't see Hutchinson out there tonight any updates on him I might have missed??

Da Hell has happened to Hill and Long?

Someone should tell our defense they can’t take the first quarter off in every road game. We will be down 14-0 to MSU and lose 14-10 again if that happens. 

No targeting? 

Where are all the jackasses that were talking shit about Don Brown in the first half?  Fess up

The press coverage with single high safety on 3rd and vey longs (I'm referring to the 3rd and 13 where the CB holding penalty gave NW the 1st down)...I hope that stops for good now.

Loved the D quarters 2-4. Rush D needs Solomon back. 

We need to play Penn State at night if we want any sort of shot 

NW didn't crack 50 yards in the second half, I believe.  They gave up some yards and got some bad breaks in that first quarter, but they absolutely earned their keep after that.  Plus, guys like Uche and Paye continued to emerge on the line.

The D really stepped up after that first 18 minutes. Uche, Paye and Dwumfour - great game.

Gotta clean up the PI and defensive holding. Those are drive extending penalties which will keep teams in games. I think Rashan's shoulder is limiting him. I agree that he is very good but has not yet taken it to the next level. Bush was quiet today - I think NW was making a concerted effort to get blockers on him so he couldn't disrupt with his speed.

The thing that bothers me about the uber-physical DB play is that it completely negates the advantage in athleticism that our players should have over receivers from a team like Northwestern. Just run with them and find the ball. Jesus Christ.

Realize this is the discussion of defense, but McKeon’s dropped pass allowed NW to maintain early offensive momentum. Last 42 minutes of the game NW offense did nothing. In particular, receivers on slant patterns started  to worry about their personal health.

My happiest moment of the game on defense was well into the second half when the linebackers destroyed receivers on short passes over the middle on consecutive plays. That was after  had said "fucking slant" something like 23 times before then.

I find it amazing that opposing offensive lines never get called for holding against Michigan. 

Someone needs to tell Don Brown the first quarter counts. 

We’re 5-0 and this game is a slow but comfy win if Q4 defense plays for Q1 in South Bend and Evanston. 

HAIL TO THE VICTORS

Was nice to finally see the offense get called for one of those pick plays

Penalties have hurt our team.

Great in the second half, but the defense is going to have to put together complete games if they want to have an opportunity to win the big games on the schedule. And please get the PI and holdings in the secondary straightened out. Play the ball and use your athleticism, stop grabbing.