WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses NCAA Football 14 to predict a winner in this weekend’s Northwestern-Western Michigan football game. After splitting their first two games of the season, the virtual ‘Cats kick off the easiest part of their schedule with games against the Western Michigan Broncos and placeholder FCS East next week. The Wildcats have
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses NCAA Football 14 to predict a winner in Northwestern’s home opener. Introduction This is week two of a season-long series in which I try to “predict” the outcome of Northwestern football games using EA Sports’ NCAA Football. The simulated season will have different injuries and results than real life as the
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) takes a look at Northwestern’s wide receiver corps, a group with a lot of potential for a breakout season. Northwestern’s offense is not known for its passing. The Wildcats finished in a tie for ninth in the Big Ten in passing yards last season and 110th in the country, behind Texas State
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Before the 2013 college football season kicks off, WNUR Sports will bring you coverage of Northwestern and the rest of the Big Ten. Today, WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) breaks down the Illinois Fighting Illini. The good news for Illinois football? A lot of the team’s offensive production returns, and this season can’t be much worse than
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) previews Northwestern’s women’s basketball team and imagines a world where a key player doesn’t transfer. Compared to the high expectations for the football and men’s basketball teams for their upcoming seasons, Northwestern’s women’s basketball team will enter 2013-2014 with relatively little fanfare. At some level, this makes sense. The team has won
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) invents a few changes to the rules of NCAA women’s lacrosse to draw more fans and make the game more exciting. In case you hadn’t heard by now, Northwestern has a really good lacrosse team. Their recent stretch (this is their ninth consecutive trip to the Final Four) receives some publicity around
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) asks how Northwestern football would have fared in the past two years if Dan Persa never tore his Achilles. In light of the recent buzz surrounding Northwestern football’s recruiting class, it might seem appropriate to do a “What If” that involves Northwestern signing a famous, top-5 recruit and bringing the program to
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) asks what the state of women’s college lacrosse and Northwestern athletics would be if Kelly Amonte Hiller wasn’t the head coach at Northwestern. The NCAA Women’s lacrosse tournament starts this weekend with the Northwestern Wildcats holding the #2 overall seed. The Wildcats have won the last two national championships, and are just
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In this week’s “What If,” WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) compares the streak of Northwestern women’s tennis team to others in college sports. This week’s “What If” doesn’t really have a “What If.” Sorry. My brain is fried from a combination of midterms and the fact that the Northwestern women’s tennis team just won their 15th consecutive
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Inspired by Northwestern’s game at Wrigley Field, WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) imagines a world where college baseball is king in this week’s What If. June 22, 2029 OMAHA, Neb.- In the most-watched college baseball game in the history of the sport, the Northwestern Wildcats defeated the Texas Longhorns yesterday, 6-4, to claim the school’s second consecutive
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) predicts how Northwestern’s season recap would look if they won the BCS National Championship. January 8, 2014 EVANSTON, Ill— When Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald talked about championships, he wasn’t imagining success like this. One day after the team’s dramatic 24-21 victory over Alabama in Monday’s BCS National Championship Game, the Wildcats
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) turns back time to see what would happen if Northwestern hadn’t torn down the old Patten Gym to build the Technological Institute. In this version of What If, we’re turning back the clock. Way back. 1909. In that year, the old Patten Gym opened on Sheridan Road, where Northwestern’s Technological Institute now
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