Northwestern Position Previews: Wide Receivers
Our summer football previews come to a close with a look at NU’s wide receiver corps.
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The Flex Zone with special guest Henry Bushnell
The Inside NU manager joined Ben Goren and Jason Dorow to discuss Wildcat draftees and Inside NU’s documentary on Kyle Prater.
Read moreKyle Prater signs with the Browns
Kyle Prater heads to the Browns with Ibraheim Campbell
Read moreTaking a Look at Northwestern Football’s Graduating Seniors’ Draft Prospects
By 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 moreThe NUmbers Guy: Northwestern’s Red Zone Offensive Woes
WNUR’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes an in-depth look at Northwestern football’s red zone offense and argues that the struggles have cost the team three-to-five victories this year. I feel like I say this here far too often: I love Jeff Budzien. He’s a good man, he does his job, he’s intelligent, and he gave one of the best interviews I
Read moreDon’t Hate the Player: Week 8 vs. Minnesota
WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses NCAA Football 14 to predict a winner in Northwestern’s matchup against Minnesota. Northwestern welcomes a struggling Minnesota Golden Gophers squad to Ryan Field this week. The Wildcats lost both of their first two simulated games in conference play, while the Gophers have losses against Iowa and Michigan and are also looking
Read moreDon’t Hate the Player: Week 6 vs. Ohio State
WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) presents the fifth installment of a season-long series in which he tries to “predict” the outcome of Northwestern football games using EA Sports’ NCAA Football. In real life, the matchup between Northwestern and Ohio State carries more national significance than it does in this simulation. Northwestern lost in week 1 of the
Read moreDon’t Hate the Player: Week 4 vs. Maine
WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) tries to “predict” the outcome of Northwestern football games using EA Sports’ NCAA Football 14. In real life, Northwestern’s opponent this week is the Maine Black Bears. However, since Maine competes at the FCS level, their team is not present in NCAA Football 14. Instead, the game uses placeholder schools to represent
Read moreNorthwestern Breakout Candidate: Cameron Dickerson
WNUR’s Tralon Williams (@itsyaboytray) takes a look at Northwestern Wildcats wide receiver Cameron Dickerson as Dickerson primes for a possible breakout redshirt sophomore season. The Northwestern wide receiver core is solid. Really solid. It was no secret that Northwestern favored their running game last year. Why wouldn’t they? Between having an All-American in the backfield and having the lead for
Read moreThe NUmbers Guy: Northwestern’s Third Down Offense
Former WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) looks at Northwestern’s third down production from 2012 to see what that says about the upcoming season. I admit that a majority of this post is just me looking for an excuse to write about football. That’s exactly what summer is, right? People don’t actually give two donkey sneezes how much of an
Read moreNorthwestern Wide Receivers Preview
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
Read moreDon’t Hate the Player: NCAA ’13 Simulation of Northwestern vs. Illinois
WNUR Sports Social Media Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) previews this Saturday’s game between the Northwestern University Wildcats and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini with the assistance of NCAA Football ’13. This is it: the final game of Northwestern’s simulated regular season. It’s also, then, the last regular column in this series. I wish I could offer some insightful commentary
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