Well, this is a weird and uncomfortable place to be. And I do not mean the fact that this article is going up on gameday. Being awkward late and out of place is nothing new for me or this series. The discomfort here is about the situation of the football team my coverage of it. After spending time talking about the positives in losses for 3 weeks, a win may be the most worrying result of the season. NIU is not a good team. They are probably better than their statistics show since they have now played Utah, Nebraska, and us, but Vanderbilt should still have won that game by much more than 6 points.