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Northwestern Offensive Line Preview

Former WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) previews the 2013 Northwestern Wildcats offensive line, a unit that will need to replace three starters after a productive 2012. There are a lot of units you can point to for helping Northwestern win ten games last year. Venric Mark and the running backs brought explosiveness to the offense, Kain Colter and Trevor

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Big Ten Team Profile: Wisconsin Badgers

WNUR Sports’ Kevin Harris (@KevinGoesCats) previews the Wisconsin Badgers as part of our summer Big Ten Preview series. To check out our previous previews, click: Illinois | Purdue | Michigan | Indiana | Nebraska | Minnesota | Penn State 0-3. That’s Wisconsin’s record the last three years in Rose Bowl games. So although they’re surely the team to beat in

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Northwestern Superbacks Preview

Former Northwestern superback and current WNUR Sports staffer Christian Flores (@Mr_C_G_Flores) takes a look at Dan Vitale and the rest of the Northwestern superbacks to evaluate their projected role for the season. Northwestern’s offense has been getting fans excited each of the last three years, and that doesn’t change this season. The Wildcats lost very few starters on either side

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Big Ten Team Profile: Nebraska Cornhuskers

WNUR Sports’s Jeffrey Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) previews the Nebraska Cornhuskers as part of our summer Big Ten Preview series. To check out our previous previews, click: Illinois | Purdue | Michigan | Indiana Nebraska spent its first two Big Ten seasons feeling around the division. In 2011, the Cornhuskers’ inaugural Big Ten game was a 48-17 bell ringer at Wisconsin. Nebraska

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Summer Preview: Quarterbacks

WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas>) previews the Northwestern quarterbacks heading into the 2013 season as part of WNUR Sports’ summer preview series. You never know what Northwestern’s going to do at quarterback. Three years ago, Evan Watkins was supposed to be the backup to Dan Persa, but after Persa went down with a ruptured Achilles, coach Pat Fitzgerald burned

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