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College Football week 11 takeaways: Oklahoma survives Bedlam

By Eric Robinson

NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 10: Running back Trey Sermon #4 congratulates running back Kennedy Brooks #26 of the Oklahoma Sooners on a score against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Oklahoma State 48-47. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 10: Running back Trey Sermon #4 congratulates running back Kennedy Brooks #26 of the Oklahoma Sooners on a score against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Oklahoma State 48-47. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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IOWA CITY, IOWA- NOVEMBER 10: Running back Isaiah Bowser #25 of the Northwestern Wildcats breaks away on a touchdown run in the second half in front of defensive back Jake Gervase #30 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, on November 10, 2018 at Kinnick Stadium, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
IOWA CITY, IOWA- NOVEMBER 10: Running back Isaiah Bowser #25 of the Northwestern Wildcats breaks away on a touchdown run in the second half in front of defensive back Jake Gervase #30 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, on November 10, 2018 at Kinnick Stadium, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /

Wildcats to the Big Ten title game

If you were to tell me prior to the season that the no. 24 Northwestern Wildcats would be in the Big Ten title game by season’s end, I would have given you a very awkward glance as I turn and walk away.

Lo and behold, here we are.

Quietly, the Wildcats find themselves in the Big Ten championship game after a 14-10 win over Iowa (6-4, 3-4 Big Ten) to improve to 6-4 on the season. A 6-1 conference record on the year for Northwestern ultimately elevated the team to this significant accomplishment.

Led by running back Isaiah Bowser, who rushed for 165 yards on the day, a grind-it-out approach by Wildcats was enough to get a big road win.

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Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald deserves plenty of praise with 93 wins under his belt as the Wildcats head coach since taking the job in 2006. Each of the last three seasons have ended with bowl bids for Fitzgerald and the Wildcats. Now they wait to see who they will face in the title game but for now, the Wildcats program is on a well-deserved high.

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