Schedule (Hay)Makers

10th in Big Ten Schedule
According to SI.com, NU boasts the 10th hardest schedule in the conference. Better put, we've got the 2nd easiest schedule behind Indiana. Every year, I scan the list and mentally click off wins and losses. Nearly every year I also am wrong, and we lose 1 non-conference game we shouldn't. So away we go...

The Good:Being the stubborn fool I am, we will go 4-0 non-conference this year beating Northeastern, Nevada (trap game!), Duke and Eastern Michigan (November). You can't blame Murphy and company - I applaud them - for this Wisconsin-esque September. These 4 patsies went a combined 14-34 last year. Bring it. Will be the 2nd time in 30+ years we start 3-0 and then...

The Bad:We open the Big Ten slate at the Shoe and then return home for the conference home opener against Michigan. Are you kidding me? The folks in Park Ridge have either a great sense of humor or simply want to test our resolve. Still saying 8-4.

The Ugly: In the "no such thing as an ugly "w" category, NU's pennance for the OSU-Michigan back-to-backer is the fact we lose Wisconsin and Penn St. from the slate. So, the final 7 games of the year are not "name" games, but I don't care - I just want the "w"s....@MSU, vs MN, @Eastern Michigan (Ford Field), @Purdue, vs Iowa, vs Indiana, @IL


Word on the Street...
The converted QB-to-WR Andrew Brewer is turning heads among NU staff. He's allegedly got the best hands since Musso.