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Be honest with yourself, Northwestern. What needs to change?

Northwestern is coming off an embarrassing 40-10 loss to Iowa, in which the Wildcats were dominated worse than I've ever seen in the trenches, and with some glaring issues facing this 5-2 team, fans are becoming restless, worried that this coaching staff can no longer produce.

Ironically, that's the exact same attitude Iowa fans had up until this 7-0 start, and I documented that less than a year ago, as I watched Iowa blow a 24-7 lead against Nebraska to fall to 7-5 in yet another season. Things have turned around for the Iowa program — the Hawkeyes have a ton of young talent, a new facility for recruiting leverage and an improved attitude that seems to have struck Kirk Ferentz at 59 years old.