Northwestern did its part to play up against the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes, easily covering the +38 spread. Here are the positives and negatives from the Wildcats’ eighth straight loss.

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Northwestern’s secondary

In easily the toughest matchup that the secondary has faced, but the members of the secondary stepped up. On the first drive of the game, both of C.J. Stroud’s passes were broken up, and Cameron Mitchell broke up Stroud’s pass to Gee Scott. The ‘Cats started Stroud out 0-for-5 passing. Stroud was not able to find the open man throughout the first half, as Mitchell, as well as the rest of the defensive back room, played sound football and continually broke up passes.