2024 Northwestern football is pretty one-sided. New offensive coordinator Zach Lujan is off to a pretty rough start while linebackers coach turned new defensive coordinator Tim McGarigle is off to a great start. The Wildcats have only surrendered 19 points in regulation time, through the first two games. However, they've only scored 26 in that same sample size. With David Braun … [Read more...] about Northwestern Football Will Have to Win With Defense This Season
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P.J. Fleck on College Football Turnover Prop Trend
Editor's Note: the original publication where this article was posted has since been eradicated, so we brought this post over to The Sports Bank before it got deleted. It originally ran in October of 2018. Perhaps P.J. Fleck said it best: “as educators, you’re always teaching life lessons in a very cultural way.” Turnover props, the latest craze in college football, do … [Read more...] about P.J. Fleck on College Football Turnover Prop Trend
2024 Northwestern Football Season Preview, Predictions, Players to Watch
2023 Northwestern football took everyone by surprise as David Braun, a coach who was entering his first season at the FBS tier, and had never been a head man at any level, took over a scandal-rocked program. Braun inherited a team from Pat Fitzgerald that went 1-11 the previous season, and 4-20 the previous two years. He took on the job under an interim status, led the Wildcats … [Read more...] about 2024 Northwestern Football Season Preview, Predictions, Players to Watch
Eric Dickerson Believes SMU Death Penalty Delayed CFBHOF Entrance (Exclusive Part 3/4)
Happy eve of the college football season everyone. With that in mind, we re-publish this wide-ranging and extensive exclusive interview that we had with Eric Dickerson in late 2021. The living legend believes that his college football hall of fame induction was severely delayed due to the notorious scandal that rocked his alma mater, Southern Methodist University. Dickerson, … [Read more...] about Eric Dickerson Believes SMU Death Penalty Delayed CFBHOF Entrance (Exclusive Part 3/4)
“Student-Athletes” is a Phrase With a Dark History
Editor's Note: the original publication where this article was posted has since been eradicated, so we brought this post over to The Sports Bank before it got deleted. It originally ran in August 2013. I can’t remember the last time I used the phrase student-athletes in my writing. I never consciously used it; and if it was said in a press conference, I simply used a … [Read more...] about “Student-Athletes” is a Phrase With a Dark History
Puppy Crawl: Greatest Halftime Show Ever
When it comes to Puppy Crawl, you can have a debate about it. That debate is: "was is is the greatest halftime show in Big Ten Tournament history? Or "was it the greatest halftime show in basketball history?" One can't say a lot good things about how the Illinois Fighting Illini played last night, in their 2023 Big Ten Tournament loss to Penn State. (We already covered that … [Read more...] about Puppy Crawl: Greatest Halftime Show Ever
Boo Buie: Enjoy Him This March Madness Before He’s Gone
Northwestern Wildcats legend in the making Boo Buie will likely see his college career come to an end this weekend. The #9 seeded Wildcats (21-11, 12-8 B1G) will meet #8 seeded Florida Atlantic (a Final Four team last season) in the NCAA Tournament's First Round on Friday in Brooklyn, N.Y. Buie, who passed John Shurna in midseason to become the program's all-time leading … [Read more...] about Boo Buie: Enjoy Him This March Madness Before He’s Gone
Olivia Dunne: LSU Gymnast Winning the NIL Money-Making Game
Update: Crazed, cringey fans of Olivia Dunne at gymnastics meet at Utah force LSU to increase security. Update: Dunne is dating Pittsburgh Pirates super-prospect Paul Skenes, the #1 overall pick in last year's draft to form a new sports power couple. NIL is a brand-new ballgame to be sure, and we're all still figuring out the rules and regulations right now, but Olivia Dunne … [Read more...] about Olivia Dunne: LSU Gymnast Winning the NIL Money-Making Game
Boo Buie is the Northwestern Basketball G.O.A.T.
Shortly after Northwestern had just blown out his Michigan State Spartans, legendary coach Tom Izzo articulated the developmental journey that Boo Buie has been on these past five years. Izzo described the seasoned veteran as someone who began his career as "a selfish, out-of-control player," but then developed into "one of the best players in the Big Ten...He runs their … [Read more...] about Boo Buie is the Northwestern Basketball G.O.A.T.
Northwestern Basketball Mt. Rushmore: Shurna, McKinney, Buie, Crawford
As Boo Buie closes in on the Northwestern all-time scoring record, a benchmark currently held by John Shurna, it's the perfect time to talk about the program's Mt. Rushmore. There is a second reason to have the Northwestern basketball G.O.A.T. discussion as well. Billy McKinney is considered by many to be the best player in Northwestern basketball history, and his 1,900 … [Read more...] about Northwestern Basketball Mt. Rushmore: Shurna, McKinney, Buie, Crawford