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Pre-Game Blog: Things to Watch

WNUR’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) gives some things to keep an eye on during today’s contest between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Syracuse Orange. We’re at about two hours before game time, and I’ve already seen a man trying to hurdle a six-foot fence to get to a grungy port-a-potty, disregarding the open gate three feet to his right. At this

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WNUR’s Predictions: Northwestern football versus Syracuse

The WNUR Sports crew provides their predictions of the victor, score and player to watch for Saturday’s contest between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Syracuse Orange. Zach Kisfalusi (@zKisfalusi): Northwestern, 31-17. Both of these teams are heading in opposite directions. The secondaries of both squads look to be a place of concern, so the player to watch is non-other than

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The NUmbers Guy: Northwestern versus Cal analysis

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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Northwestern’s Quarterback Surplus

WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) investigates the Northwestern quarterback conundrum between Kain Colter and Trevor Siemian. Both Colter and Siemian played well in Week 1 against Syracuse, so why did Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald decide to forego Colter in favor of Siemian on the final drive? Fitzgerald addressed the decision in a teleconference with the Big Ten on

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