WNUR’s Ari Ross (@aross50) recaps the Week 5 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: Jeremy Ebert, Wide Receiver, Jacksonville Jaguars (Class of 2012): Two targets, zero receptions in loss to the St. Louis Rams. Zach Strief, Offensive Tackle, New
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WNUR Sports Director of Marketing and Public Relations Greg Mroz (@GregDMroz) explains how junior defensive tackle Chance Carter could be a star for the Wildcats in the near future. With no pun intended, Northwestern needs to take a “chance” on this defensive tackle. Chance Carter, the junior and Evanston native, was someone Wildcat fans first saw on display back in
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes @JimSannes takes a look at Northwestern football’s class of graduating seniors and the numbers behind their careers. While reading this article, it is best if you imagine a slow jam playing in the background to commemorate the sadness associated with the departure of Northwestern’s seniors. I prefer this, but you can choose whatever best suits
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Check 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.
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WNUR 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
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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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WNUR Co-Sportsathon Director Greg Mroz (@TheeMrClean) profiles the Northwestern defensive line, one of the key cogs to Northwestern’s improved defense this season. Mroz talks to redshirt freshman defensive end Deonte Gibson about what the unit worked on during the off-season to prepare themselves for a tough 2012 schedule. CLICK HERE to listen!
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The WNUR Sports staff weighs in with their predictions for the Northwestern Wildcats football team’s matchup with the Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday. College football is a lot of things. Predictable is not one of them. The Minnesota Golden Gophers currently possess the longest winning streak in the Big Ten at five games and sit 4-0 on the season. The Northwestern
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