THE GOOD: Anthony Walker Jr.. Walker Jr. was one of two players who looked like they wanted to be on the field, the other being Justin Jackson. Without Walker Jr.'s effort this game would have been a lot worse. He made big plays on defense and on special teams. Everyone on the team needs to look at what Walker Jr. did and emulate it.
THE BAD: The effort. This was by far Northwestern's worst performance of the year. There was no effort and no desire. No one looked like they wanted to be there (except Walker Jr. and Jackson). Northwestern was riddled with poor fundamentals, not wrapping up, dumb penalties, missing easy blocks, just to name a few. The inexplicable lack of desire did not end with the players. Mick McCall, for some unknown reason, continued to call a halfback dive in critical short yardage situations, despite that play having been stopped for negative yards multiple times prior to the short yardage plays. Special Teams was no better. Missed field goals, horrendous punts, and not hustling downfield to down a punt were all dumb and avoidable errors. This is the type of performance that should cost a coaches their jobs. If coaches cannot motivate players to give effort or simply teach them to have good fundamentals, and on top of that continue to make moronic calls, it is time to move on.
THE UGLY: Clayton Thorson. Thorson was atrocious. He was extremely inaccurate, held the ball too long, and did not protect the ball when getting hit. Thorson is too experienced for this garbage. He needs to mature and play like he is capable or Northwestern needs to move on.
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