No, its based on watching Northwestern ALMOST as religiously as I've watched Iowa State since Fitz got there.
I'm a huge Pat Fitzgerald fan and NW fan. Even back when Randy Bates was there and Walker etc..
Other than Iowa State - I always watch Northwestern whenever I can - just like I'll watch Vanderbilt whenever I can. Always Iowa State first but schools who are in a under dog role, I watch them as much as I can
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and yes, Pat knows where the holes are, you are correct about that. My point was that Fitzgerald does not want to take risks or play balls to the wall. He's a conservative very fundamental coach which is similar to Kirk. Which is part of why NW matches up with Iowa so well - because they're so similar.