NUmbers Guy: Northwestern Shuts Down Minnesota to Stay Unbeaten
Ryan Fish and Ari Ross break down the numbers behind Northwestern’s impressive victory.
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HIGHLIGHTS: NU 27 Minnesota 0
Our highlights from a dominating victory.
Read morePound the Talk Minnesota Preview
How will the Wildcats fare in their first conference game?
Read moreBig Ten Team Preview: Minnesota Golden Gophers
WNUR’s Jason Dorow (@jasondorow) previews the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and if they can use the new Big Ten West to jump ahead in the standings. WNUR’s staff poll suggests the Gophers are staying put at 5th in the conference, but just enough to make a bowl. WNUR’s Prediction: 6-6 overall, 4-4 in conference, sneaking into one of the bowl games. The big
Read moreBig Ten Team Profile: Minnesota Golden Gophers
Former WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) previews the Minnesota Golden Gophers as part of our summer Big Ten Preview series. To check out our previous previews, click: Illinois | Purdue | Michigan | Indiana | Nebraska When I think of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, three things come to mind: 1) Jerry Kill could easily step in for Goldy Gopher
Read moreB1G Ten Ballin’: The Gridiron Squad
In this week’s edition of B1G Ten Ballin’, WNUR’s Greg Mroz reflects on the Big Ten football season. B1G Ten Ballin: The Gridiron Squad Volume 14: The Culmination Now is the time where we would want to as Big Ten fans sit back and reflect on the season. Yet I want to take a different approach to it as the
Read moreBlast from the Past: The 1949 Rose Bowl Champs
With Northwestern in the midst of a potentially special season, WNUR Web Director Eric Klaus looks back at one of the most successful teams in Northwestern history: the 1949 Rose Bowl Champions. On New Year’s Day 1949, the Northwestern Wildcats beat the California Golden Bears 20-14 to do something that no other Northwestern team has ever done: win a bowl
Read moreThe NUmbers Guy: Northwestern Football Season Review
WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look back at the numbers behind the first nine games for the Northwestern Wildcats this season on their way to a 7-2 start. We are currently nine games into the NCAA season, and Northwestern still has a shot (albeit, slim) to make it into the Big Ten Championship game. That one sentence
Read moreWNUR’s Predictions of Northwestern vs. Nebraska
The WNUR Sports staff offers their predictions for Saturday’s football game between the Northwestern University Wildcats and the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers as they pick the victor, final score, and a player to watch. As we head into Week 8 of the NCAA football season, we also head into Week 8 of these predictions. We have seen the good (Sam
Read moreThe NUmbers Guy: Minnesota Analysis
WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look at Northwestern’s 21-13 victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers by pointing out the six statistics that defined the Wildcats’ track to a 6-1 start. You betcha, dose dere Nordwestern Wildcats are bowl-eligible, eh?? Sorry, I’m still trying to oppress my inner-Minnesotan after this weekend. Any trip back to the Motherland makes
Read moreGame Recap: ‘Cats win 21-13 behind Mark and Defense; Become Bowl Eligible
By Kevin Harris Thanks to junior running back Venric Mark and the Northwestern defense, the Wildcats (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) became bowl eligible for the sixth consecutive season. With rain pouring down at TCF Bank Stadium, the Cats secured their sixth win of the season 21-13 against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2, 0-2 Big Ten), despite the fact NU had
Read moreWNUR’s Predictions of Northwestern vs. Minnesota
The WNUR Sports staff weighs in with their predictions and previews for Saturday’s football game between the Northwestern University Wildcats and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. Okay, so, last week was bad. It was ugly. It was brutal. It was hard to swallow. No, we are not talking about Northwestern’s loss to Penn State. We’re talking about our predictions
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