WNUR’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
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WNUR Sports’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look at Saturday’s victory for the Northwestern Wildcats over the California Golden Bears, including some stats about Northwestern’s receivers, Dan Vitale’s performance, and the impact of losing Daniel Jones for the season. If I lost a dollar for every time Collin Ellis made me shout, “Ohhhh muh jeeebus!” during Saturday’s game, I’d be
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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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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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WNUR Sports Social Media Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) previews Saturday’s game between the Northwestern University Wildcats and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers with the assistance of NCAA Football ’13. It’s always been human nature to try to find out what will happen before it does. In ancient times, priests and priestesses that could interpret divine prophecy held high social status.
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The WNUR staff weighs in with their picks for the Week 3 match-up between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Boston College Eagles. Welcome back to the wondrous world of wistful predictions as the WNUR Sports staff gives you their predictions of what will happen when Northwestern takes on Boston College on Saturday. Coverage of Saturday’s game will begin at 1:30
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WNUR Sports Direcor Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) breaks down Northwestern’s 42-41 victory over the Syracuse Orange by giving the Three Up/Three Down for the ‘Cats. The fact that I am still fully functioning and able to write this column may go down in history as one of the most unpredictable medical marvels of all time. The ups and downs of Saturday’s 42-41 victory
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