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Northwestern Special Team Preview

WNUR’s Ryan Fish (@RyanMFish) previews the special team replacement squad, as main stays Jeff Budzien and Brandon Williams are now gone. Results were largely mixed for the Northwestern special teams unit in 2013. With new faces coming in, there are a lot of question marks; here’s a look at what to expect from the kicking, punting and return units in 2014.

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AUDIO: Northwestern Football Seniors Reflect Prior to Finale

Saturday’s game against Illinois will mark the final contest for this year’s class of Northwestern seniors. Despite this year’s disappointment, the class does boast several players high up on the program’s record charts. Three of them – Kain Colter, Tyler Scott and Jeff Budzien – reflect on their Wildcat careers with WNUR’s Jim Sannes and Ryan Fish. Budzien also addresses

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WNUR’s Predictions of Northwestern versus Michigan State

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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Don’t Hate the Player: NCAA Football 14 Simulation of Northwestern vs. Michigan

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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Don’t Hate the Player: NCAA Football 14: Northwestern vs. Iowa

WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses NCAA Football 14 to predict the winner of Northwestern at Iowa. In the interest of full disclosure, I feel compelled to say that I cheated a little bit in weeks past. In the simulated season, Venric Mark suffered a season-ending injury during the Ohio State game, so, in order to not

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WNUR Predictions: Northwestern vs. Maine

The WNUR Sports staff provides their predictions for Saturday’s football contest between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Maine Black Bears. Jim Sannes (@JimSannes): Northwestern, 90-3. Jeff Budzien will kick 30 field goals, the Groza committee will give him the award on the field and rename it the Budzien Award. Trevor Siemian becomes the first player in college football history to

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Don’t Hate the Player: Week 3 vs. Western Michigan

WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses NCAA Football 14 to predict a winner in this weekend’s Northwestern-Western Michigan football game.   After splitting their first two games of the season, the virtual ‘Cats kick off the easiest part of their schedule with games against the Western Michigan Broncos and placeholder FCS East next week. The Wildcats have

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Don’t Hate the Player: Week 2 vs. Syracuse

WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses NCAA Football 14 to predict a winner in Northwestern’s home opener. Introduction This is week two of a season-long series in which I try to “predict” the outcome of Northwestern football games using EA Sports’ NCAA Football. The simulated season will have different injuries and results than real life as the

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