Northwestern football injury report vs. Iowa
Matthew Harris and Austin Carr will both miss this weekend’s contest, and Tommy Vitale is out for the season.
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Wildcat Defense Dominates Again in Shutout Win
Northwestern has kept opponents out of the end zone for back-to-back weeks, and the Wildcats are ranked heading into week three.
Read moreNU Position Group Preview: Defensive Backs
Is the secondary Northwestern’s best position group?
Read moreNorthwestern Spring Practice Part 2: Notes and Tidbits
Northwestern football trekked up to Lakeside Field for open practice number two on Saturday. In front of BTN cameras, the Wildcats went through a pretty standard practice, full of individual drills, some 7-on-7, and a pretty substantial amount of 11-on-11 work. Here are our takeaways. Lakeside Field was a cool venue. Putting the event in front of a smaller amount
Read moreNorthwestern 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.
Read moreThe NUmbers Guy: Which Season was the Fluke?
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
Read moreWNUR’s Predictions for Northwestern vs. Nebraska
The WNUR Sports staff weighs in with their predictions for this Saturday’s football game between the Northwestern Wildcats and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. If you want in on the action, simply leave your prediction in the comments below, or you can tweet them @WNURSports. Zach Kisfalusi (@zKisfalusi): Nebraska 41- Northwestern 17. This will not be pretty for Wildcat fans to watch
Read moreThe NUmbers Guy: Northwestern versus Ohio State Analysis
WNUR’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) gives his “three up” and “three down” from Northwestern’s 40-30 loss to Ohio State on Saturday. So, this weekend was awesome. First, seeing Mike & Mike in the Morning, a show I have lost countless hours of sleep to listen to over the last nine years, was absurdly awesome. Then, seeing the oodles and oddles of
Read moreOhio State Positional Breakdown Preview
WNUR’s Nick Scoliard looks at the Ohio State Buckeyes position-by-position to preview Saturday’s match-up with the Northwestern Wildcats. The most anticipated game in Pat Fitzgerald’s coaching career is coming up this Saturday. Ohio State is coming to Ryan Field, along with Mike and Mike, College Gameday, and hopefully a lot of Northwestern alumni. No matter how much hype is fed
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