Anthony Walker scooped up the loose ball off a Mitch Leidner fumble, ran 13 yards for a touchdown and held the ball over his head in the end zone, celebrating perfection.
This was 47 days ago. And a lot—pretty much everything—was going right for Northwestern:
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The Wildcats were about to wrap up a 27-0 drubbing of formerly 3-1 Minnesota—a team that had lost only narrowly to then-No. 2 TCU—in a matchup that favored Northwestern by just 3.5 points.
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They dominated Stanford and Duke, two nationally-respected teams, allowing just 16 total points to the two teams.