WNUR Sportsathon Co-Director Greg Mroz (@TheeMrClean) takes us on another magical journey through the Big Ten, breaking down a week that was, in the words of Greg’s favorite rapper, dysfunctional. Big Ten Ballin’: The Gridiron Squad Volume 3: We Out Here Tryin To (Dis)Function Before Saturday, I had this great idea for what this week’s column would look like. My
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) breaks down Northwestern’s 23-13 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores Saturday by giving the three up/ three down for the ‘Cats. Vanderbilt is a better school than Northwestern and this year has a better football team. Vandy 20 @nw 14. — Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) September 7, 2012 This is how the second half of my
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) sat down Friday with Northwestern Wildcat head football coach Pat Fitzgerald (@coachfitz51) to discuss the season-opening victory against the Syracuse Orange and preview Saturday’s home-opener against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Fitzgerald discusses the roles of Trevor Siemian and Kain Colter, struggles of the Wildcat secondary and the debut of true freshman Ifeadi Odenigbo. This interview
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Are we delusional? Yes. Are we homers? Most likely! But, hey, we’re going to give our opinions, anyway. We will be posting these predictions right here every week, and if you want to get in on the action, just tweet your predictions @WNURSports before 11:59 Thursday night! If you missed out, feel free to put your predictions below in the comments,
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WNUR staffer Josh Walfish (@JoshWalfish) takes a look at the Northwestern punt return team, more commonly known as the “jet” team around the facilities at Ryan Field. Northwestern punt returner Venric Mark had a Northwestern-record 134 punt return yards against Syracuse, including an 82-yard touchdown return, but who does Mark credit with his success? Walfish provides the answer to this
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WNUR Social Media Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) previews Northwestern’s home opener against Vanderbilt with the assistance of NCAA Football ’13, which says Wildcat fans may have reason for concern. The simulated NCAA season enters its second week after a crazy opening weekend. In week 1 of the simulated season, Northwestern won at Syracuse despite trailing by 10 at the start
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