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Inside the Play: Northwestern exposes Ball State with play action

Every week, our Ian McCafferty will go back and critically review one or more plays from the past Saturday's game. These are the plays that, more than any others, were crucial in determining the outcome of the game. He'll check the film, and breakdown the how and why of those decisive few seconds.

We went a little off book yesterday in hopes of clearing up a confusing play and to highlight some of Clayton Thorson's struggles. Today we're actually going to address the "crucial" plays from Saturday's games. Obviously the first thing that comes to mind is the sudden offense shift that occurred in the third quarter, but that shift actually started late in the second quarter with Dan Vitale's first touchdown.