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Scouting the Northwestern Wildcats offense

Headshot 5x7 reduced qualityby:Thomas Frank Carr09/30/22

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Dublin , Ireland - 27 August 2022; Northwestern Wildcats quarterback Ryan Hilinski hands off to running back Evan Hull during the Aer Lingus College Football Classic 2022 match between Northwestern Wildcats and Nebraska Cornhuskers at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Penn State football takes on Northwestern tomorrow at Beaver Stadium in the fifth game of the 2022 season. At this point, teams have a full four-game sample size to work from in film study leading up to the game, which is when head coach James Franklin says you can start game planning for a team’s tendencies in-season. “I think you’re doing that all the time. When I think it really becomes legitimate is by game four because most people are doing a four-game breakdown of who they’re playing. That’s when you have enough of a sample size to say, ‘Okay, they have a legitimate tendency.” So with the few hours left before the game, let’s study up on Northwestern and give fans an idea of what the Wildcats have been doing through the first four games of the season. This notebook will not be an extensive film breakdown nor a complete workup of specific plays but overarching schemes, weaknesses, and strengths of the team.

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