WNUR’s Alex Lederman explains how the Wildcats lost 30-6 to Michigan State on Saturday. Northwestern once dreamed of setting foot on the turf of sunny Pasadena, gazing at the thousands of fans who packed the stadium on this New Year’s Day to cheer on their beloved Wildcats in the Rose Bowl; those dreams are long gone. NU was officially eliminated
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The WNUR Sports staff weighs in with their predictions for this Saturday’s football game between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Michigan State Spartans. If you want in on the action, simply leave your prediction in the comments below, or you can tweet them @WNURSports. Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas): Northwestern beats Michigan State, 21-17. Michigan State walks into Ryan Field and the
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses EA Sports NCAA Football 14 to predict a winner for Saturday’s Northwestern-Michigan State matchup. Not even EA Sports predicted that Northwestern would struggle as much as they struggled in real life through six Big Ten games. On the other side, Michigan State is not quite as good in the game as
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WNUR’s Michael Stern (@michaeljstern23) investigates the reasons behind Northwestern’s fourth quarter struggles in the Pat Fitzgerald era. Here’s a scary stat. In the Pat Fitzgerald era, the Wildcats have been outscored 682-573 in the fourth quarter. That’s a difference of 109 points. Explaining this number might help explain why Northwestern seems to lose so many close games. So why is
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WNUR’s Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas) investigates the possible implications of a Northwestern loss this Saturday to Michigan State, leaving the team without bowl eligibility for the first time since Pat Fitzgerald’s first year at the helm. This Saturday may not be the most important football game in Pat Fitzgerald’s tenure as head football coach of the Northwestern Wildcats, but it does
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WNUR’s Ari Ross (@aross50) recaps the Week 11 action for Northwestern Wildcats football alumni in the National Football League. Northwestern has seven football alumni currently on NFL active rosters. Here’s how they did this week in the NFL: Offensive Players Zach Strief, Offensive Tackle, New Orleans Saints (Northwestern Class of 2006) Started at offensive tackle in the Saints 23-20 win
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WNUR’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes an in-depth look at Northwestern football’s red zone offense and argues that the struggles have cost the team three-to-five victories this year. I feel like I say this here far too often: I love Jeff Budzien. He’s a good man, he does his job, he’s intelligent, and he gave one of the best interviews I
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The WNUR Sports staff weighs in with their predictions for this Saturday’s football game between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Michigan Wolverines. If you want in on the action, simply leave your prediction in the comments below, or you can tweet them @WNURSports. Zach Kisfalusi (@zKisfalusi): Northwestern 20 – Michigan 17. Both teams struggle on offense at Ryan Field in
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses EA Sports NCAA Football 14 to predict the outcome of Northwestern-Michigan. In the simulated season, Northwestern is 6-3 and right on the bubble between being ranked and unranked. Also, Ryan Field is always filled to capacity with almost exclusively purple-clad fans. Who ever said reality had to be better than fantasy?
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WNUR’s Ari Ross (@aross50) recaps the Week 10 action for Northwestern Wildcats football alumni in the National Football League. Northwestern has seven football alumni currently on NFL active rosters. Here’s how they did this week in the NFL: Offensive Players Zach Strief, Offensive Tackle, New Orleans Saints (Class of 2006): Starting offensive tackle in the Saints 49-17 win over the
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) looks at the simulated season so far and some big games around college football this week. With no Northwestern game this week, there’s an opportunity to see how accurate the simulations have been so far. There are also a ton of big games this week, so the lack of a Northwestern game
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WNUR’s Ari Ross (@aross50) recaps the Week 9 action for Northwestern Wildcats football alumni in the National Football League. Northwestern has seven football alumni currently on NFL active rosters. Here’s how they did this week in the NFL: Offensive Players Zach Strief, Offensive Tackle, New Orleans Saints (Class of 2006) Started at offensive tackle in the Saints 26-20 loss to
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