I believe the rebuilding of the Chipewas is not this close under their new coach as they have looked good early, but to be honest they haven't even faced a QB yet playing against Hampton, Eastern Michigan and Temple who basically abandons the pass. Persa the red shirt junior has looked as good as any QB in the nation this year with 6 TD 0 INT's and 81.6% passing efficiency.
Northwestern's close call @ Vanderbilt looks better now that Vanderbilt went on the road and beat Mississippi last week. This is not why I like Northwestern at home as much it's more to do with their defense that has 9 takeaways and can really dominate an opponent as it has shown so far this season giving up just 37 points in three games. That's the play of Quentin Davie who had 90 tackles last year with 5 sacks he's already got 20 tackles and 3 interceptions to go along with a sack this year. It'll go along way as this is a veteran D line in front of him that should give Central Mich problems. I don't trust Radcliff at all as the QB for Central Mich though he has thrown for 795 yards and 3 TD he also has 2 interceptions.
Northwestern has won it's last 8 against MAC teams and this reminds me an awful lot like Central Mich's trip to Boston College where they were just killed in a 31-10 game. Northwestern should take advantage of the opportunity to start their season 4-0.
