Minnesota Golden Gophers football will be a part of the Big Ten West race. Everybody's favorite to win the West, Wisconsin, will be without their best and most important player, Corey Clement for awhile. The Badgers will be just fine, as we've seen, Taiwan Deal will the fill the void nicely. However, the west just isn't going to be handed over to Wisconsin. Nebraska, … [Read more...] about Gophers football game preview (week 5 at #16 Northwestern)
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ son is a Northwestern basketball walk-on
Northwestern basketball player Charlie Hall is not your run-of-the-mill freshman walk-on. The 6'5" guard is the son of Julia Louis-Dreyfus (estimated net worth $200 million according to Google) and grand-son of Gerard Louis Dreyfus (estimated net worth $3.4 billion according to Forbes). Charlie Hall is the great-great-great grandson of Leopold Louis-Dreyfus, founder of the … [Read more...] about Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ son is a Northwestern basketball walk-on
#17 Northwestern football legit? Defensively very much so
Northwestern football has shot up to #17 in the Associated Press poll and #18 in the Coaches poll (Although the latter needs to be given little to no weight because it somehow still included Auburn this week). Right now the Northwestern Wildcats are the third highest ranked team in the Big Ten. Only Ohio State and Michigan State, both in the East Division, and both playoff … [Read more...] about #17 Northwestern football legit? Defensively very much so
#23 Northwestern football game preview (week 3 Duke)
As we said this summer, Northwestern football needs to get at least a split in their two match-ups against similarly privilege, elite institutions (or as the coaches and administration refer to them "the academic comparables") this non-conference season. They beat the first offspring of 1%ers school handily at Ryan Field in week one. The Wildcats 16-6 victory over Stanford was … [Read more...] about #23 Northwestern football game preview (week 3 Duke)
Northwestern football utterly obliterates EIU
Most Northwestern football fans were long gone by the fourth quarter and with good reason. Entering the final 15 minutes, NU was obliterating Eastern Illinois 41-0. The Wildcats had out-rushed the Panthers 206-74, out-passed them 152-55 and out-gained them 358-129. There was even a 71 yard pick-six for good measure. … [Read more...] about Northwestern football utterly obliterates EIU
Northwestern football has 3rd down go-to in Christian Jones
"We've got our weapons back now," said Northwestern football Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald, in reference to wide receivers Christian Jones and Miles Shuler. Fitzgerald said this following NU's stunning upset of #21 Stanford, in which the Wildcats dominated the Cardinal in a manner not reflected by the 16-6 final score. We don't know if Stanford football is that bad, or if … [Read more...] about Northwestern football has 3rd down go-to in Christian Jones
How Northwestern football upset #21 Stanford
The dual threat at quarterback is back for Northwestern football. Quarterback Clayton Thorson, making his first career start versus a ranked team in a premier national game, did just enough passing (105 yards) to keep the defense of #21 Stanford honest in the Wildcats 16-6 upset of the Cardinal. This was not a game of high octane offense though. On both sides, it was ground … [Read more...] about How Northwestern football upset #21 Stanford
#21 Stanford football preview (Week 1 Northwestern)
As Homer J. Simpson said to Elvis Costello at rock camp, "outta my way nerdlinger!" Yes, this is Nerd Bowl I for Northwestern in the 2015 pre-conference season. They'll visit Duke in week three, and they'll need at least a split of these two games in order to give themselves a good chance of making a decent bowl. If the Wildcats go 0-2 in their battles against similarly … [Read more...] about #21 Stanford football preview (Week 1 Northwestern)
VIDEO, AUDIO: Clayton Thorson, Northwestern QB1 profile
Northwestern named their starting quarterback yesterday, and we've been pretty confident all along that Clayton Thorson would win the job. Now it's official. We came to this conclusion in the same manner that one solves a geometric proof. Because of A you have B, and then B precludes C, and then C leads to D etc. We've profiled this in depth here. At NU Media Day yesterday, … [Read more...] about VIDEO, AUDIO: Clayton Thorson, Northwestern QB1 profile
Clayton Thorson named Northwestern’s starting QB
It's now official, Northwestern Coach Pat Fitzgerald has named Clayton Thorson his starting quarterback. Here's the Tweet below, as well the original post we ran back on August 3rd, predicting this. I also called it while doing a TV hit on CLTV "Sports Feed" and radio hit for 1620 The Zone Omaha right around that time. … [Read more...] about Clayton Thorson named Northwestern’s starting QB