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Welcome back to FFFF. After a one week hiatus for the bye week, this column is rested and ready, much like (hopefully) Michigan's football team. This week's opposition is the Northwestern Wildcats, who sit this season at 3-3, having beaten the bad teams on their schedule, while not being terribly competitive against the better ones. For years Pat Fitzgerald has exceeded expectations at Northwestern in spite of a dreadful offense, one that seems to be about as bad as usual this year fro...

Football On Saturday night, Northwestern gave up its most yards under Pat Fitzgerald in one of its worst losses in recent history. A 56-7 to Nebraska (3-3, 1 -2 Big Ten) dropped the Wildcats (2-3, 0-2 Big Ten) started with a 70-yard pass from quarterback Adrian Martinez to give the Cornhuskers first and goal, and...

It hasn’t been a smooth or easy road getting there, with the start of the season delayed until late October and three of the Buckeyes’ final five regular-season games canceled, but thanks to their undefeated record in the five games they have played – and the Big Ten eliminating the six-game minimum that would have kept them out of the championship game – Ohio State has a chance to win its fourth straight conference title. If Ohio State beats Northwestern in Saturday’s Big Ten Champ...