After sleepwalking through the first half, Northwestern got it into gear to start the season off with a win. We break down the game and look ahead to week 2 and our match-up in Durham against Duke. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes or directly from here.

Our picks are in for our 2017 picks contest.

John currently has 3 points: Alabama (1) Boise St (1) Northwestern (1) Texas (0) and Florida Atlantic (0)

Erik has 5: South Florida (2) USC (1) Auburn (1) NC State (0) and Notre Dame (1)

Sam has 4: Ohio State (1) Florida State (0) Oklahoma State (1) Oregon (1) and Notre Dame (1)

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