With all of the scandals and events that have rocked Evanston, Illinois in the last six weeks, it can be hard to even fathom the idea of playing a football game. At the same time, Northwestern football is attempting to move forward under the coaching of interim man David Braun, with its season opener at Rutgers just 20 days away.
As is annual tradition, we asked our staff writers to rank the Wildcats’ games on a scale of easiest to hardest matchups, with 12 representing the easiest end of the scale. All agreed that NU’s matchup with Howard is its most favorable, but its date with No.