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Northwestern Will Upgrade at Point Guard Says Chris Collins
It’s no secret that the biggest issue Northwestern basketball had in 2018-19 was their abysmal offense. It’s also very widely understood that those offensive struggles stemmed from NU having no point...
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Big Ten Football Season in Review
At the beginning of the season we gave a quarterly review of the performance of each Big Ten team and graded them based on how they did compared to pre-season expectations. As the season progressed,...
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NORTHWESTERN ENDS BOWL DROUGHT! What Chicago team is next?
Today, the Northwestern Wildcats ended their 64 year old bowl drought. They upped their record in bowl games to 2-9. And they did it over an SEC team no less, the once 11th ranked Mississippi St...
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5 Northwestern football games at Wrigley Field this decade, Cubs and NU...
In some ways, the Northwestern Wildcats and Chicago Cubs were meant for each other. Both had/have major droughts. The NU college football team just won their first bowl game since 1949, and the...
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Illinois basketball CRUSHES Northwestern by 21, redeeming previous loss
Illinois basketball (19-8, 6-7), erased the second worst blemish on their NCAA Tournament resume by paying back Northwestern Sunday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston. On January 17th the Illini...
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Northwestern WR Kyle Prater needs to be team’s “star” now
For Northwestern WR Kyle Prater, “it’s now or never.” (Apologies to Elvis Presley on that) He had a breakout game Saturday, 87 yards receiving and his first collegiate touchdown. Unfortunately, it...
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#10 Wisconsin Badgers at #19 Northwestern Wildcats Game Preview
Here we go again with another Big Ten West division elimination game. The #19 Northwestern Wildcats are 4-0 and in the division driver’s seat. The #10 Wisconsin Badgers come in undefeated, but having...
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David Braun Fires Back at James Franklin’s Quiet Stadium Remarks
Congratulations to Northwestern Interim Coach David Braun and Penn State coach James Franklin. You two have entered the chat on this college football season’s predominant theme. See Lou Holtz vs Ryan...
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Can Penn State Make the College Football Playoff?
Move over 2015 Michigan State, because we might seeing another non-Big 2 member of the Big Ten Conference make the College Football Playoff. The Penn State Nittany Lions, your #6 team in the nation,...
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Syncing Cubs Stats with Iowa Hawkeyes v. Northwestern at Wrigley
Technically a home game for the Northwestern Wildcats at Wrigley Field today, fans of the Iowa Hawkeyes outnumbered the people in purple perhaps 10-1, or even 15, or maybe 20-1 today. And honestly,...
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#22 Illini vs Northwestern at Wrigley Field: Land of Lincoln Trophy Game Preview
Who’s Hat? Well right now it’s Northwestern‘s Land of Lincoln hat trophy, but it appears they’ll really have their work cut for them in terms of keeping it. The Illini are receiving votes in the...
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Revisiting Illini-Northwestern, 1 End Zone Only, at Wrigley 2010
“One way, or another, I’m gonna find you! I’m gonna git ya git ya one way!” as Blondie told us back in the early 1980s. One Saturday, late in November of 2010, these words applied to a Big Ten college...
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#19 Illini Basketball at Northwestern Wildcats Game Preview
Friday night brings the men’s basketball version of the LOL Hat game (1 of 2 every season) with the football version just having completed this past Saturday at Wrigley Field. Illini basketball will...
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Illini Floor General Kasparas Jakucionis Has Lottery Level NBA Draft Stock
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Kasparas Jakucionis entered his team’s 70-66 (OT) loss at Northwestern leading all freshmen, nationally, in assists per game. He tallied seven more dimes tonight, which...
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When Northwestern Football Was Once Cutting Edge on Offense
As the new millennium began, the Northwestern Wildcats were at the forefront of offensive schematics in national college football. The Cats were the 2000 Big Ten co-champions (with Michigan and...
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