It seems like a little bit of rest and regrouping is just what this Northwestern football team (3-3, 1-2 B1G) needed to finally piece together a conclusive identity. While there were a few missed opportunities and tackles in the backfield, the Wildcat offense managed to put a decent number of points on the board and the defense looked like a completely different unit in Fitz and Co.’s first conference win of the season.

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The passing game

One would think the pre-game news that Bryce Kirtz and Trey Pugh would not be seeing the field would discourage Fitz from utilizing the passing game — at least that’s what Rutgers thought before Stephon Robinson Jr.