WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) picks a winner in Northwestern’s final game of the 2013 season using NCAA Football 14. Pride is on the line as Northwestern heads to Champaign to face the Illinois Fighting Illini. Can the banged-up Wildcats ruin senior day for Illinois? Key Players on Northwestern SS Ibraheim Campbell (JR): 91 Overall, 88 speed
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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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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses NCAA Football 14 to predict the winner of Northwestern-Nebraska. As they head to Lincoln in week 10, the Wildcats really, really need a win. As the calendar flips over to November, the weather gets colder and home field advantage gets more important. The Nebraska Cornhuskers are ranked #11 in the simulated
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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 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
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) uses NCAA Football 14 to simulate Northwestern’s trip to face Wisconsin on the gridiron. Northwestern suffered a last-second defeat as Ohio State stayed perfect last week. The Wildcats hit the road this week for the first time in more than a month, heading to hostile Camp Randall Stadium. A win would put
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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
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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
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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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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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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) “predicts” the winner of Northwestern’s weekly football game using the occasionally-realistic medium of EA Sports NCAA Football 14. Introduction Welcome to the first week of my simulated season in NCAA Football 14! This column was ridiculously fun for me to write last year, so it’s back for year two. Last season, the
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