take a closer look into the NW and Mia Oh games lw and here is what you'll find:
NW was getting handled by Purdue until there were 2 minutes left in the 1st half - at that time Purdue decided to turn the ball over 3! times before the half, leading to 13 quick NW points - then in the 2nd half the Boilermakers continued to turn the ball over repeatedly leading to a close, comeback win for Wildcats
Meanwhile, after Mia O spotted Cinn an early 20-0 lead the Redhawks decided to make a game out of it - they trailed 23-7 going into the half and then scored 1st in the second half cutting it to 23-13 -- after that Mia had the ball going in to cut the lead to 3 before turning the ball over on the Cinn goal line
The Redhawks have been playing much better ball of late, and the main difference has been the switch at qb - Zac Dysert has come in and provided a dual threat that Daniel Raudabaugh lacked - they actually had more 1st downs than the Bearcats (23-21) and ran 82 plays to Cinn's 61 - now part of that is b/c Cinn made some huge plays and got chunks of yards at a time, but it shows how much better Mia is moving the ball on O
Meanwhile the 'Cats are off a pretty nice Big 10 comeback that was basically served up on a silver platter and next week face psuedo-rival Mich St - not a whole lot of faith in NW in the huge fave role anyway, but also a spot that seems a little soft for them here
I see both teams moving the ball and putting up points - Mia O knows they are playing better by the week and the only thing lacking is a W, so convinced they will come with max effort - NW a bottom tier b10 squad and wouldn't be laying this kind of # if not for the futile recent history of the 'Hawks - i say the books will catch up at some point with the improvement of Mia but this week they hung a # that is simply too big - looking for a competitive game with an outside shot of Mia challenging for the SU in Evanston on Saturday
GL to all Redhawk backers
LA Burns
