EVANSTON, Ill. - It was just the medicine Northwestern football needed.

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.

'Get-Right Game':

After getting outclassed by Tulane last weekend, Northwestern had a chance for a classic get-right game.

NU was playing an FCS opponent, at home and on a short week. 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.

Northwestern was in a take-care-of-business game. Illinois did it last week with a 52-3 win. The Wildcats got right.

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