ESPN's mandate to put something, anything on television in December led to this: a Saturday night matchup between a Northwestern team that disappeared from public consciousness after Pat Fitzgerald was fired for hazing scandal that included references to the motion picture "Shrek" and the rump remains of a Utah with many of its best players refusing to play because they are transferring or trying not to get injured before the NFL draft that resulted in zero points scored until the end of the second quarter. And yet, there was nothing but jubilation from Northwestern players throwing the gatorade on David Braun at the end of the game as the program reached its eighth win, ending the strangest football season I can remember that did not involve empty stadiums and coaches wearing tactical respiratory masks over their eyeballs.
Northwestern Punts to Victory in Las Vegas Bowl
