Well, we have finally made it.
After nine months, it is officially game week, with Northwestern heading to Piscataway, New Jersey to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. For 130 FBS teams, Week One springs optimism that this will be the year, an empty canvas waiting to be painted of their 2023 season. For the Wildcats, it usually feels similar to its other FBS schools; however, as the 2023 season commences, this season already feels lost for Northwestern before it has even taken a snap.
Let’s face the elephant in the room: for the first time this century, Pat Fitzgerald will not be roaming around the Wildcats’ sideline.