Northwestern football hit a new low against Indiana. To make things worse, it marked the third week in a row where things have somehow continued to bottom out. They got boat raced by the Buckeyes, shut out by Iowa and shellacked by a Hoosier program that just secured their first winning record since 1993.
Northwestern plays a fellow Big Ten bottom feeder this week—the 3-6 Purdue Boilermakers. The ‘Cats beat Purdue 31-27 in last year’s opener, when both programs seemed to be on the rise and ready to compete for years to come. Just a year and a half later, things have changed a lot for both sides.