Saturday, September 20, 2008

Defense comes up big again

Despite solid pressure from the front four, Jackson completed his first two passes on the drive for nine yards , setting up a 3rd and 1 from the Ohio 31.

On the pitch to Garrett, Jordan Mabin storms his gap, tripping up the back for a loss of three yards. Those were hard to come by last season, and its evident that the big difference is NU's conditioning allowing players to get into the backfield.

Ohio punts after the three-and-out, with Eric Peterman returning it to the NU 42. Solid field position for drive two, thanks to another solid effort from Hankwitz's defensive scheme.

1st and 10 Wildcats from the NU 42. NU still leads, 3-0.

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