WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a statistical look at Northwestern’s 38-31 loss to Michigan Saturday with three up/three down. Things worse than Northwestern’s loss to Michigan on Saturday: 1) The cancellation of Blue’s Clues, 2) the movie Birdemic: Shock and Terror, and 3) seeing Betty White naked. There’s your perspective, Northwestern fans. It could be a lot worse.
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CLICK HERE to listen live as WNUR Sports Directors Jim Sannes and Zach Kisfalusi along with David Tyson sat down with Northwestern Wildcat running back Venric Mark in anticipation of this weekend’s contest against the Michigan Wolverines. Mark discusses his running style, smack talk, love for horses, and fashion sense, among other things.
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The WNUR Sports staffers offer their predictions for Saturday’s football game between the Northwestern University Wildcats and the University of Michigan Wolverines, including the victor, score, and a player to watch. Jim Sannes (@JimSannes): Michigan 27, Northwestern 17. Although Michigan is sixth in the conference in rushing yards allowed per game, they have only given up 3.7 yards per carry
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WNUR Sports Social Media Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) simulates this week’s matchup between the Northwestern University Wildcats and the University of Michigan Wolverines with the help of NCAA Football ’13. For Northwestern at Michigan, a lot of the storylines in the simulation are similar to those in real life. The ‘Cats are underdogs for Saturday’s game, despite a higher BCS ranking.
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The WNUR Sports staff is tracking their progress through No-Shave November. There is good, and there is bad, but it’s mostly ugly. At the end of the month, you will pick your favorite radio face as the champion of the first annual Faces Made for Radio. One week in, and things are already getting hairy for our brave competitors. Just
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In this week’s Wildcat Football Podcast, hosts Sam Levitt, Ryan Connelly Holmes, and David Tyson discuss Northwestern’s upcoming game at Michigan on Saturday, the keys to stopping Denard Robinson, and how important a strong finish in the 2012 regular season would be for the Wildcats. Listen below!
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As part of a new series, WNUR’s Justin Nam (@namjustin) goes behind the scenes to profile Northwestern men’s and women’s basketball players. First up, men’s star forward and senior leader, Drew Crawford. Name: Drew Crawford Jersey Number: #1 Position: Forward Basketball season is right around the corner folks. After coming so close to the first ever Northwestern bid into the
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look back at the numbers behind the first nine games for the Northwestern Wildcats this season on their way to a 7-2 start. We are currently nine games into the NCAA season, and Northwestern still has a shot (albeit, slim) to make it into the Big Ten Championship game. That one sentence
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The SportsVoice – 11/04/2012 by Wnursports on Mixcloud In case you missed it this week, you can check out this week’s full episode of the SportsVoice on the link above. Hosts Eric Klaus and Brandon Wilson (@bwmedill) reviewed the first nine games of the Northwestern Wildcats football team and previewed the final three games of their regular season. Mike Fitzpatrick
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WNUR’s Drew D’Alelio (@DrewDAlelio) takes a look at the upcoming schedule for the Northwestern Wildcats as they head into the final stretch of the Big Ten’s regular season. The Wildcats are at a critical time in their season- the bye week. Both the coaches and players will have an extensive time to evaluate the season so far, but they’ll also take
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look at the historic seasons of Kain Colter and Venric Mark along with the rest of the numbers of Northwestern’s 28-17 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes. How ‘bout them Wildcats??? People before the season (including me because I’m an idiot) were tweaking out about losing the likes of Dan Persa, Jeremy Ebert,
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Highlights: Northwestern football defeats Iowa, 28-17 by Wnursports on Mixcloud WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) was on the call as the Northwestern University Wildcats defeated the University of Iowa Hawkeyes 28-17 at Ryan Field on Saturday. Kain Colter stole the show in front of the homecoming crowd at Ryan Field with three rushing touchdowns and another through the air.
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