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What Pat Fitzgerald said after Northwestern beat Iowa, clinched spot in Big Ten Championship
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Northwestern has done it.
The Wildcats may only be 6-4 overall, but they are also 6-1 in the Big Ten. That’s a good record, of course.
It’s also good enough to clinch the Big Ten West division and a spot in the Big Ten Championship game. That’s exactly what Northwestern accomplished once it defeated Iowa 14-10 on Saturday.
Defenses certainly played their roles in this game, as the 24 total points would indicate. Offensively, Northwestern RB Isaiah Bowser ran it 31 times for 165 yards and a score. There’s no question that the game ran through him.
After the B1G win, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald spoke with the media:
This is the moment that @NUFBFamily's Pat Fitzgerald told his team they had just won the BigTen West #Northwestern pic.twitter.com/yWkhuvc3RA
— Mike OBrien (@mikej_obrien) November 11, 2018
Fitz: "We knew this was going to be a hard-fought defensive battle…We knew the potential that could happen today."
Says he didn't know Purdue had won coming into the game.
— Inside NU (@insidenu) November 11, 2018
"It was a Big Ten brawl…this is not the destination." Fitz mentions going 1-0 next week, BECAUSE OF COURSE
— Inside NU (@insidenu) November 11, 2018
Fitz: "It's a big deal."
— Inside NU (@insidenu) November 11, 2018
"This team has overcome a lot of adversity…the brotherhood that's in that locker room is the glue that's kept everything together."
— Inside NU (@insidenu) November 11, 2018
"And we're bowl eligible, so that's cool."
— Inside NU (@insidenu) November 11, 2018
Fitz, on Skowronek's catch: "First of all, it was a ridiculous catch. I don't know how he caught the ball."
— Inside NU (@insidenu) November 11, 2018
"We were able to find creases. I thought we mixed some things up pretty well. Obviously, IB was just a work horse."
— Inside NU (@insidenu) November 11, 2018
Fitz: “And we’re bowl-eligible, so that’s cool!”
— Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) November 11, 2018
Fitz just quoted Hawk Harrelson … “Don’t stop now boys!” https://t.co/SVs4ftz6Xa
— Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) November 11, 2018
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.