[terry]

I agree Fitzgerald is a good coach, but I would not say this game really showed that. They were getting beat pretty bad until the Utah QB became a turnover machine. If Utah had "turtled" a bit more efficiently, especially in that weather, Northwestern loses. Northwestern's defense took advantage of some really bad play by Utah to win the game. Absent that horrible play by Utah, it is a different story

Utah took itself out of the game with six turnovers (-5 margin). It reminded me in some ways of our loss to Utah this year, when we turned it over 4 times (-4 margin). It's just too hard to overcome that.

[terry]

I agree Fitzgerald is a good coach, but I would not say this game really showed that. They were getting beat pretty bad until the Utah QB became a turnover machine. If Utah had "turtled" a bit more efficiently, especially in that weather, Northwestern loses. Northwestern's defense took advantage of some really bad play by Utah to win the game. Absent that horrible play by Utah, it is a different story

Utah took itself out of the game with six turnovers (-5 margin). It reminded me in some ways of our loss to Utah this year, when we turned it over 4 times (-4 margin). It's just too hard to overcome that.