After falling flat in Week 1 against Tulane, the Wildcats took care of business against Western Illinois. Here are our quick takes from Northwestern's home opener, a 42-7 rout of Western Illinois, on Friday night at Martin Stadium. This isn’t to downplay Western Illinois; plenty of FBS teams have overlooked an FCS opponent, like Northwestern did in a 9-7 loss to FCS Illinois State on Sept. 10, 2016. But, Northwestern’s defense needed to get back on track after allowing big plays against Tulane. Most of them came on quick passes that Western Illinois was trying to complete to get its offense going.