<p>BCS ranking just out with Wildcats at #22, nice cap to a 9-3 season. Let's see where we end up Bowling!</p>
<p>I am pleased with the 9 wins but those 3 losses could have gone our way if we were just a little better at closing the games!</p>
<p>Still, it’s a solid year, and I think that they will not be losing a lot to graduation.</p>
<p>Ended season ranked #20 nationally.</p>
<p>Noon kick off New Year’s Day at Gator Bowl:</p>
<p>[NUSPORTS.COM</a> - The Northwestern Official Athletic Site - Football](<a href=“http://www.nusports.com/sports/m-footbl/nw-m-footbl-body.html]NUSPORTS.COM”>http://www.nusports.com/sports/m-footbl/nw-m-footbl-body.html)</p>
<p>Here’s a ranking in which we are #1 - </p>
<p>[Northwestern</a>, Northern Illinois Take The Top Spots in the Academic BCS | TIME.com](<a href=“http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2012/12/11/the-college-football-top-25-as-ranked-by-academics/]Northwestern”>Northwestern, Northern Illinois Take The Top Spots in the Academic BCS | TIME.com)</p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing NU fans in Jax on New Year’s Day! GO CATS!</p>
<p>Poor end-game execution and Fitz going conservative on offense w/ the lead partially led to those 4th Q losses, but Mark not playing RB in the 4th Q of the PSU game and top CB Van Hoose missing the UNL and UM game probably hurt more.</p>
<p>The good news was that this was supposed to be a “seasoning” year for the 'Cats - most of the starters are returning and much of the best talent is among the underclassmen (w/ another strong recruiting class slated for 2013).</p>
<p>The 'Cats should be in the hunt for a B1G title for the next couple of years even w/ the conf. schedule getting tougher w/ the addition of dOSU.</p>