Your 2023 Northwestern football team has won seven games! The same Cats that everyone picked to go 2-10 this season, coming off a 1-11 disaster last year, finished 5-4 in the league and second in the Big Ten West division. Yes, the BTW could very well be the weakest and weirdest division in the history of power five conference football, but hey finishing second in your division … [Read more...] about Northwestern Football Bowl Game Projections (Updated 12-3-23)
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David Braun, Northwestern Were the Antithesis of Deion Sanders, Colorado
Colorado and Northwestern are two power five conference teams that both went 1-11 last season. As would be expected, and justified, both programs changed coaches this season (Although with NU, it took Earth shattering revelations for that to happen). David Braun and Deion Sanders took their teams in opposite directions this season. And now, one of them is going bowling, … [Read more...] about David Braun, Northwestern Were the Antithesis of Deion Sanders, Colorado
Northwestern Wildcats at Illinois Fighting Illini Preview, Prediction, TV Info, Odds
There have certainly been more LOL! Land of Lincoln Trophy games, over the years, than this one. The Northwestern Wildcats will visit the Illinois Fighting Illini as substantial underdogs, despite heading into the game with a slightly better record. NU has already clinched bowl qualification while the Illini need to win this game in order to go bowling. It's somewhat … [Read more...] about Northwestern Wildcats at Illinois Fighting Illini Preview, Prediction, TV Info, Odds
David Braun Promoted to Full Time Northwestern Football Coach
Entering 2023, David Braun had never held a coaching position, of any kind, on the FBS level. As of today, he's now the full-time, permanent head coach of a Big Ten football program. According to multiple reports, he's been informed that he'll have the "interim" part of his job title removed. He's led Northwestern to a 5-5 season thus far, after the program slumped to 1-11 … [Read more...] about David Braun Promoted to Full Time Northwestern Football Coach
#6 Penn State at Northwestern Game Preview, Prediction
Northwestern has already eclipsed last season's win total, and they did so in just four weeks. They have also finally found a QB again, as Ben Bryant has now locked down the position. They have a legit WR1 now too, in Bryce Kirtz, the reigning Big Ten offensive player of the week. Just in time too, as the #6 Penn State Nittany Lions come to town as massive favorites. It's … [Read more...] about #6 Penn State at Northwestern Game Preview, Prediction
Northwestern Football Gets First Win on American Soil in 692 Days
Lake the posts everyone! Northwestern football has won it's first home game, check that, their first game played in the United States of America, since October 16, 2021. That was 692 days ago, a 21-7 homecoming triumph over Rutgers. It ends an American soil losing streak of 18, and an overall slide of 12. Some other losing streaks still persist, even after this, but we'll … [Read more...] about Northwestern Football Gets First Win on American Soil in 692 Days
Northwestern Football Game Preview vs UTEP Miners
According to ESPN Analytics, this Northwestern football team stands an 80.5% chance of winning their first home of the Pat Fitzgerald era. Meanwhile the bookmakers actually have the UTEP Miners as 1.5 point favorites. So who is right and who is wrong here, within the prognostication community? No one knows! This game is all over the map, and absolutely anything can happen. … [Read more...] about Northwestern Football Game Preview vs UTEP Miners
David Braun Has Impossible Task at Northwestern this Season
As glam metal legends Poison sang in Fallen Angel: "it's like heads they win, tails you're gonna lose." Northwestern Interim Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator David Braun has found himself in a situation like that. He's kind of in a no-win situation this season. He came to Evanston, to be just the DC, and he did so having never held a job, or any sort, at the power five … [Read more...] about David Braun Has Impossible Task at Northwestern this Season