[qwerty49]

<p>Well, just another lovely, pleasant afternoon in the Wok, eh?&nbsp; I think I was in my sunny-side seat for all of ten minutes.</p><p><br></p><p>There must be an awful lot of shell casings down on that field; both teams shot themselves in the foot seemingly every drive.</p><p><br></p><p>Just before the half, I looked at TOP and we were ahead, 23:00 to 4:30.&nbsp; With 7&nbsp;points to show for it.</p><p><br></p><p>The good: D was surprisingly strong, nice plays from newcomers like Miezan and JM-F, and NU's offensive braintrust kept throwing at Adebo's man on key downs.&nbsp; Wedington seems a step quicker&nbsp;this year, as do Scarlett and Maddox.&nbsp; Fehoko is the real deal.</p><p><br></p><p>The bad: how many penalties on key plays, how many fumbles?&nbsp; Yes, Mills throws a nice tight spiral but it was hard to tell if the misses were blown patterns or just...misses.&nbsp; We miss Bailey already; let's hope Sanborn shows us better leg next time out.</p><p><br></p><p>The ugly:&nbsp; the injuries to KJ and Little, of course.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And ironically, if KJ slides a half-second sooner,&nbsp;we don't get the 15 yards on the late hit and field position for the FG which was the cushion for the whole second half.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Glad we got past this, but based on limited sample size I kinda think these two schools should be banned from playing each other and producing such an awful sight on the field.</p><p><br></p><p>Conventional wisdom says the biggest improvement is from Week 1 to Week 2.&nbsp; Let's hope so.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Note to NU: Trent Green's kid should be starting.&nbsp; You could have won this one.</p><p><br></p><p>Note to Stanford:&nbsp; when it's 89 degrees at kickoff, please don't hassle people who bring in unopened 25-oz water bottles purchased at the airport.&nbsp; If it's good enough for TSA, it's good enough for you.</p>

[qwerty49]

<p>Well, just another lovely, pleasant afternoon in the Wok, eh?&nbsp; I think I was in my sunny-side seat for all of ten minutes.</p><p><br></p><p>There must be an awful lot of shell casings down on that field; both teams shot themselves in the foot seemingly every drive.</p><p><br></p><p>Just before the half, I looked at TOP and we were ahead, 23:00 to 4:30.&nbsp; With 7&nbsp;points to show for it.</p><p><br></p><p>The good: D was surprisingly strong, nice plays from newcomers like Miezan and JM-F, and NU's offensive braintrust kept throwing at Adebo's man on key downs.&nbsp; Wedington seems a step quicker&nbsp;this year, as do Scarlett and Maddox.&nbsp; Fehoko is the real deal.</p><p><br></p><p>The bad: how many penalties on key plays, how many fumbles?&nbsp; Yes, Mills throws a nice tight spiral but it was hard to tell if the misses were blown patterns or just...misses.&nbsp; We miss Bailey already; let's hope Sanborn shows us better leg next time out.</p><p><br></p><p>The ugly:&nbsp; the injuries to KJ and Little, of course.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And ironically, if KJ slides a half-second sooner,&nbsp;we don't get the 15 yards on the late hit and field position for the FG which was the cushion for the whole second half.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Glad we got past this, but based on limited sample size I kinda think these two schools should be banned from playing each other and producing such an awful sight on the field.</p><p><br></p><p>Conventional wisdom says the biggest improvement is from Week 1 to Week 2.&nbsp; Let's hope so.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Note to NU: Trent Green's kid should be starting.&nbsp; You could have won this one.</p><p><br></p><p>Note to Stanford:&nbsp; when it's 89 degrees at kickoff, please don't hassle people who bring in unopened 25-oz water bottles purchased at the airport.&nbsp; If it's good enough for TSA, it's good enough for you.</p>