Northwestern Upsets Stanford, Apparently Can Field A Defense

By Johnny Ginter on September 5, 2015 at 3:13 pm
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Northwestern, using a combination of defense and more defense and the occasional trick play, took down 21st ranked Stanford on Saturday to win the battle of the nerds. Jim Harbaugh, stewing in a basement easy chair in Ann Arbor, was reported to have called current coach David Shaw at halftime and left a lengthy message consisting of nothing but anguished moaning and yelling.

Okay, he didn't actually do that, but Desmond Howard did do this:

Now, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that from experience I know that early season losses don't necessarily preclude a team from winning a national championship. But still... it's pretty funny.


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