Week 10 Review
#8 Northwestern Wildcats (6-1) at #16 Indiana Hoosiers (7-0)
coaches poll: Indiana #16, Northwestern #8
the betting man says: Indiana by 1
attendance: 43,000 (52,400)
weather: 62 degrees and fair
TV coverage: TV4
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Pre-exisiting Injuries
WR Russ Sailer out torn calf muscle 9 weeks
LB Winfred Prescott question. stretched knee ligament 7 weeks
WR J.B. Blades quest severe wrist sprain 4 weeks
LB Barry Fleming quesionable pulled quad muscle 2 weeks
QB Devin Spellman probable strained quad muscle 2 weeks
QB Allen Salinas probable pulled quad muscle 1 weeks
the game
Knowing this was potentially our biggest game of the year, everyone was hyped up and ready to play!
After an exchange of punts, we were the first team on the scoreboard. A 43 yard Norman Lofton field goal put us up 3-0.
Northwestern's offense was killing us on third down. While routinely putting them in third and long scenarios, they continuously converted. Things were made even worse when on
4th and 4, their tailback broke free for a 40 yard touchdown run. 7-3 Northwestern.
After going 3 and out on our next posession, things got worse. Our punt was returned 72 yards for a touchdown! Northwestern was up 14-3.
The shock of the punt return seemed to damage our offense. We wouldn't produce anything close to a scoring drive for the remainder of the half. Northwestern tacked on a field goal to take a two touchdown lead, 17-3.
On our first posession of the second half we began to move the ball again. Devin Spellman was hitting his targets, and we cruised past the 50 yard line. On 3rd and 3, a short pass fell into the wrong hands. Northwestern intercepted the ball and dashed 68 yards for the touchdown... we were now down 24-3!
The rest of the 3rd quarter was a mass of punts, which I'm certain was just fine with Northwestern. With time becoming a factor, we could never really get back into the game. We would manage to score twice more, but never pull within more than 14 points.
Final Score: Northwestern 31, Indiana 17
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Stat Rundown
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Konrad 17 75 4.4 17 0 3 0
6 Spellman 6 -44 -7.3 0 0 0 6
39 Lyle 2 0 0.0 1 0 1 0
3 Salinas 1 4 4.0 4 0 0 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
6 Spellman 36 16 257 7.1 51 1 3
3 Salinas 4 2 47 11.7 30 1 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
84 Parr 4 94 23.5 29 51 1
83 Hemingway 3 56 18.6 40 30 1
86 DeLay 3 43 14.3 23 21 0
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
31 Nellums 8 4 0.0 0 0 0
35 Buchanan 7 2 0.0 0 0 0
52 Whalen 7 1 0.0 0 0 0
95 Slay 6 1 1.0 0 0 0
34 Jarvis 6 3 0.0 0 0 0
43 Graham 5 1 0.0 0 0 0
77 Humphrey 4 2 1.0 0 0 0
Player of the Week Nominees
WR Jimmy Parr - 4 catches, 94 yards, 1 touchdown
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Injury Report
WR Russ Sailer out torn calf muscle 8 weeks
LB Winfred Prescott question. stretched knee ligament 7 weeks
WR J.B. Blades quest severe wrist sprain 3 weeks
LB Barry Fleming probable pulled quad muscle 1 week
QB Devin Spellman probable strained quad muscle 1 week
Recruiting
It's getting to the bottom of the barrel. I'm hoping for 12 scholarship players, but I'm also starting to turn my attention towards walk-on material.
Current scholarship offers:
WR Jim Sherman - #10 WR, #154 player nationally. scouted 91+
DT Geoff Thorkleson - #17 DT, #203 player nationally. scouted 89+
T Skip Kolodziejski - #69 tackle, #759 nationally. scouted 66[/list]
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commitments! blue color indicates new committment- OLB Robert Jeans - #20 OLB, #363 player nationally. scouted 75-
- C Mitchell Godfrey - #7 Center, #122 player nationally. scouted 85+
- QB Kurt Vallery - #2 QB, #2 player nationally. scouted 99-
- S Chad Dorrough - #13 safety, #328 player nationally. scouted 84+
- DE Donnell Horoszowski - #11 DE, #74 player nationally. scouted 73-
- K Howard Cash - #18 kicker, #565 player nationally. scouted 85++
- G Gilbert Alston - #30 Guard, #323 nationally. scouted 86--
- RB Eugene England - #36 RB, #471 nationally. scouted 71
rejections! red color indicates new rejection
DT Geoff Thorkelson Idaho
P Gerald Stills Louisiana Tech
G Mitchell Blankenhorn Ball State
DE Jamie Spragins Arkansas
RB Wes Walker Iowa State
QB Marc Davis Iowa State
LB Buddy Beaudry Michigan State
DT Freddie Clement Southern California
CB Byron Hannam Clemson
P J.B. McClintock Arkansas State
RB Luther Rose Ball State
CB Corey Ackerman Kentucky
DE Rich Markley Wisconsin
DE Leonard Maxwell Northwestern
FB Lamont McConnell Virginia
DT Vince Amaya Cincinnati
DE Cedric Estell Wisconsin
OT George Ball Michigan State
WR Louis Reier Virginia Tech
DT Archie Lavan Marshall
Week 10 Results
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#3 Wisconsin 33, PURDUE 3
#8 Northwestern 31, #16 INDIANA 17
MICHIGAN STATE 24, Michigan 14
IOWA 38, Minnesota 7
Penn State 38, OHIO STATE 10
Overall Conference
School W L W L
Wisconsin 8 0 5 0
Northwestern 7 1 4 1
Indiana 7 1 4 1
Minnesota 4 4 4 2
Michigan State 6 2 3 2
Penn State 2 5 2 3
Michigan 4 4 2 4
Iowa 4 5 2 4
Ohio State 3 5 1 4
Purdue 2 6 1 4
Illinois 1 7 1 4
Every game becomes incredibly important from here on out. Wisconsin is still on the schedule, and I'm not very confident about our chances.