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    Northwestern announces $35 million donation to the football program from the Uihleins

    I am glad NU is competitive. I am sad that the cost of fielding a college football team is stratospheric. I do not know the budget of NU’s team, but, based on $20 mill allowable in direct subsidy, assume it is $32 mill a year. At 8000 undergrads, that pencils to $4000 a student. I understand...
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    2026 Season Prediction Thread

    I thought that the Cats were very competitive last year after the first 3 games. I think Chiles brings physical talent the Cats have lacked for a long time, and the TE transfers add versatlity. I think offense generates 3 points per game more in red zone and one more long drive per game...
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    OT (sort of) -- Football trivia fun ...

    The ‘86 team easily could have been a winning season, but they shot themselves in foot multiple times. Leading in the last minute against Purdue, they had a punt blocked and PU kicked a winning field goal. Tied against Iowa late in the game, an Iowa DT hit Mike Greenfield’s arm and the ball...
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    Athletic QB article - Chiles 14th B1G and 70Th FBS

    After reading this Athletic analysis, I watched BTN’s condensed version of last year’s MSU Indiana game. I understand one game does not make a career, but if Chiles can play at 80% of the level he did in that game, his QB rating will be higher than 70th by season’s end. He has the tools to be...
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    CBS Sports B1G Predictions

    While the two factors you cite make sense, I think the thing that might well give the Cats an edge over the other middle of the pack conference teams is the way they will stack up in the red zone. Chiles is a big, fast QB and will often draw a spy on a compressed field. Komalafe and Himon...
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    CBS Sports B1G Predictions

    Not to bring sun to your rainy days, but both Chiles and Dehnicke were rated 4 stars in the portal by 247, so your wish is fulfilled and you can cheer up.
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    Athlon - B1G Coaches Talk Anonymously...

    I am old and look one year at a time!
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    Athlon - B1G Coaches Talk Anonymously...

    Saw the Wisconsin schedule after the NU segment. The Badgers’ toughest games would seem to be PSU and Iowa on the road and USC at home. Compare that to the Cats’ PSU, Iowa at home and Oregon, OSU and Indiana on the road. Life is not fair.
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    BREAKING: QB RJ DAY COMMITS TO NU

    While I am not saying every signee with only one or two offers is a diamond in the rough, Fernando Mendoza had a grand total of one FBS offer coming out of high school.
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    NCAA tourney open thread

    St. Louis really did a number on Georgia. Somewhere in the afterlife, my Dad (SLU ‘36) and Easy Ed Macauley are sharing a six pack of Budweiser and smiling.
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    2027 Calif. OT Clint Lundin to visit Northwestern twice in the coming months

    De La Salle has been the premier NorCal football program for years. It would be great to get a recruiting foothold there.
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    On the non-call at the end last night

    Clearly, the refs blew the call. If I was a Hoosier fan, I would be mad. If they had whistled, I wonder if (after the inevitable replay review) they would have called it a shooting or common foul. DeVries clutched on contact, pulled the ball down and then shot. Thinking back to the call on...
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    Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Iowa

    Checked on replay, full 6 seconds on the inbound, almost 7. Icing on the cake from an officiating standpoint
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    Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Penn State

    Cats had 88 points from the floor, only 6 on free throws, most by far since Cleveland State game.
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    Game Thread: Northwestern vs. No. 8 Nebraska

    Wow. That may be the worst stretch of basketball by the Cats since the Chicago State loss.
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