On Saturday, Indiana (4-3, 1-2) visits Northwestern (4-3, 1-2) in what will likely amount to be a game that is essential for both teams' fading bowl hopes in this 2009 season. 

The Hoosiers are coming off a home win over hapless-looking Illinois, while the Wildcats are looking to rebound from a loss against Michigan State, which was yet another game they let get away from them in the second half (NU had a second-half lead in each of its three losses this season).

After this game, both teams face very similar schedules, with the ranked trio of Penn State, Iowa, and Wisconsin on tap for both squads down the stretch of the regular season.

Both NU and IU do have one winnable game left on the slate, though (Illinois fo...

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