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“Good afternoon. I’ll talk a little bit about Saturday’s game, then turn to the Northwestern game. As I said, Saturday, tough loss to a very good team, very talented, well coached and thought we saw some good effort out there.
“The film substantiated that and especially defensively. I thought there were some really good stops and good individual efforts. Offensively, turnovers, you can’t win football games turning the football over like we did and had protection issues especially up front early.
“So, we had it tough in that regard and special teams outside of that field goal, nothing really distinguishable there either. Certainly a lot to look at, a lot to work on. And the biggest thing coming out of Sunday after watching the tape is just staying together and staying focused on transitioning into this week and getting ready to win a game, which we expect to be very difficult.
“Captains this week: Jack Campbell, Sam LaPorta, Kaevon Merriweather and Riley Moss. Injury-wise it doesn’t look like Terry Roberts will make it back. I think it will be at least another week.
“The quarterback situation, we haven’t made a decision yet. I’m not sure when we will. We’ll let both guys work with the ones, rotating them in and out and playing that out and making a decision here during the week, kind of going from there.
“Northwestern, the first thing I’d say their record is very misleading from my standpoint. Outside of one game, they’ve been extremely competitive and in every game. And not surprising, they’re playing with great effort. They made a quarterback switch last week, which seemed to give them a little bit of a jump on the offensive side. Played a really good game against Maryland.
“The bottom line is this: Coach Fitzgerald, ever since he’s been there has built a really successful program. Been very good since ’06 when he took over. Clearly have an identity. And their…
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