Northwestern football players shirtless in cold weather during "warm-ups"

The Northwest Wildcats – excuse us, the Big Ten West Big Ten West Wildcats – have very little to play on Saturday in Minnesota. Thus, the Northwest Wildcats, while spending time until their greatest match of the 21st century, can do what they want.

Example:

Yes, there are dozens of men between the ages of 18 and 23 who do sports in a swimsuit by 22 degrees in Minneapolis, at 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning, because … well, why not?

And yes, it is the offensive coordinator Mick McCall – who trains college football since the 1970s – to undress in the bare chest. (If you missed it in the first quarter, do not rewind or look for it – your eyesight may ruin your day.)

Alex Spanos, the famous force coach on the Internet, is one of the few dressed field players. Watch any match in the Northwest – by 90 or 10 degrees – and you'll see Spanos on the sidelines, bouncing and clapping ceaselessly with a scary intensity, in short sleeves. But at the beginning of the video, you can see him wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts. Low.

In case you're wondering, there's no good reason for Northwestern players to "warm up" their naked torsos in very cold weather, other than the fact that it's a fun idea par excellence macho excessively masculine and masculine.

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And again, Northwestern can do what he wants, because against all odds, he won a Big Ten West title with weeks to spare.

Northwestern has very little to play for Saturday

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But they won their division and their trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten title, upsetting Wisconsin and Iowa. They are 6-1 in the Big Ten. The game does not affect the conference. And the only way for Northwestern to travel to the New Year's Six Bowl is through a win over Michigan or Ohio State at Indy. Thus, the finals of the season against Minnesota and Illinois are only placeholders.

This lack of incentive – plus the fact that Northwestern, according to the most advanced indicators, is just not so good – explains why the Wildcats are 3-point underdogs of a Minnesota team that is stultifying.

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