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
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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
Northwestern Football: Brutally Honest 2023 Season Preview
It sounds kind of crazy, but it is true- Northwestern football could be a better team this year than they were last year. Or at least we should see 2023 Northwestern football finish with a better record than 2022 Northwestern football did. Yes, despite the hazing scandal, the Pat Fitzgerald firing and all of the fallout from that (and there is still much more to come), the … [Read more...] about Northwestern Football: Brutally Honest 2023 Season Preview
Lovie Smith to Northwestern is Not a Bad Idea at All
Lovie Smith as your next Northwestern head football coach? Seriously? The idea might seem lazy, and even crazy, at first, but the more you think about it, the more it makes sense. We're not the first media outlet to float this idea, and we certainly will not be the last either. Northwestern football fans don't want to hear this, but it's reality- much more pain lies ahead. … [Read more...] about Lovie Smith to Northwestern is Not a Bad Idea at All
Pat Fitzgerald talks about Northwestern’s new Under Armour uniforms
Pat Fitzgerald had a great quote on dais at Big Ten Media Day: "some people have called me the youngest old-school person in the country, and I'm okay with that" He's definitely earned it, as Northwestern has been to four straight bowl games, a first in school history. Their academic rating, APR is so high that it makes them one of the best ranked schools in the nation. And … [Read more...] about Pat Fitzgerald talks about Northwestern’s new Under Armour uniforms
Illinois Alumni Association takes shot at Northwestern marketing slogan
I received a mass email today from the Illinois Alumni Association. The subject heading: ILLINOIS: Chicago's Big Ten University The message content: Illinois alumni don't need an expensive roadside billboard to let people know we're the best public Big Ten university in Chicago! Instead, make your case in your office space by displaying your loyalty for everyone to … [Read more...] about Illinois Alumni Association takes shot at Northwestern marketing slogan
Northwestern linebacker Chi Chi Ariguzo: good player, greater name
Northwestern's defense was much maligned last season. The pass defense was especially substandard. But at the conclusion of 2012 spring practice, the D was ahead of the offense and it showed a lot of improvement. The secondary will be retooled, so the defense figures to lean on the front seven this fall. And when you're coached by a linebacker in Pat Fitzgerald, the … [Read more...] about Northwestern linebacker Chi Chi Ariguzo: good player, greater name
Stanford and Northwestern initiate football series; not academic quiz bowl
Think of it like an Academic Quiz Bowl, except on the gridiron. Northwestern continues college football series with all the schools across the nation with similar elite graduation rates and exceedingly stringent entrance requirements. They've had recent home-and-homes with Vanderbilt, Duke and Rice. They have a similar series slated with Notre Dame, and now Stanford. … [Read more...] about Stanford and Northwestern initiate football series; not academic quiz bowl