Northwestern Position Preview: Offensive Line

Can the offensive line keep a green starting quarterback upright?
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Read moreThe Indianapolis Colts signed Vitabile as an undrafted free agent.
Read moreBy Ari Ross (@aross50) Northwestern’s football team may not have experienced a ton of success last season, but it still graduated a bunch of seniors with possible NFL futures: Ibraheim Campbell, SS Campbell is rated as the No. 4 strong safety and No. 123 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft Class by CBS Sports. He’s a projected third to fourth
Read moreWNUR’s Eric Klaus previews Northwestern’s offensive line, and who will round out the starting five by the start of the season After a rocky showing last fall, the Northwestern offensive line will be looking for a big bounce-back season in 2014. Last Season In 2013, offensive line was a major area of weakness for the ‘Cats as the group struggled
Read moreWNUR’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) examines Northwestern football’s last two seasons to try to determine which of the two was more likely to be a fluke. Time machine time, kiddos. Let’s take a ride back to January 1st of this year. Northwestern had just defeated Mississippi State, 34-20, to take the program’s first bowl victory since 1949. It was also only
Read moreNorthwestern offensive linemen Brandon Vitabile and Paul Jorgensen discuss the team’s loss to Ohio State and how they can build off of the performance heading into Saturday’s match-up with the Wisconsin Badgers. The two also discuss a secret weapon for the Northwestern offense – their own receiver skills. WNUR’s Preston Michelson (@PrestonMich) and Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) have the story.
Read moreThe WNUR Sports crew offers their predictions of Saturday’s season opener between the Northwestern Wildcats and the California Golden Bears. Have a prediction of your own? Feel free to leave it below in the comments or tweet @WNURSports to prove that you’re smarter than our – ahem – “experts.” Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas): Northwestern, 38-21. Cal keeps it close, but the
Read moreFormer WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) previews the 2013 Northwestern Wildcats offensive line, a unit that will need to replace three starters after a productive 2012. There are a lot of units you can point to for helping Northwestern win ten games last year. Venric Mark and the running backs brought explosiveness to the offense, Kain Colter and Trevor
Read moreWNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) dishes out some love to the most under-appreciated athletes at Northwestern in honor of Valentine’s Day. With Valentine’s Day approaching, who better to tell you about love than the awkward sports writer with a feces obsession? Well, most everybody. But, still, with the way Northwestern’s sports have been performing the last few years, there’s
Read moreCheck out the highlights from Northwestern’s victory in the Gator Bowl! The ‘Cats won a bowl game for the first time since 1949, beating Mississippi State 34-20. NU finished 10-3, their first 10 win season since 1995. Mike Anders is on the call.
Read moreWNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes): reflects on the 2012 Northwestern football season, presenting awards for Team MVP, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, and the Position Unit of the Year. SO MANY EMOTIONS!!! Coach Fitz’s post-game speech made me want to blabber non-sensically for the rest of my existence and just let the tears flow. Having only been
Read moreWNUR 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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