Honest Northwestern Bowl Assessment and Big Ten Bowl Projections
Published on: 24th November, 2009
With the regular season in the books for the Northwestern Wildcats (8-4, 5-3), now comes the hard part: waiting for the bowl bids to be handed out on Dec. 6. That's right—with nine of 11 Big Ten teams' regular seasons complete (and the three remaining games for the two ...Northwestern Upsets Wisconsin 33-31To Secure an Eight Win Season
Published on: 22nd November, 2009
What a way to cap off the regular season as Northwestern (8-4, 5-3) pulled off the upset over previously No. 16 Wisconsin (8-3, 5-3) by a final score of 33-31 . NU posted an impressive offensive showing in the first half and came up with two huge takeaways in the ...Northwestern-Illinois: Wildcats Win First Land of Lincoln Trophy 21-16
Published on: 15th November, 2009
On a rather balmy mid-November afternoon, Northwestern (7-4, 4-3) defeated Illinois (3-7, 2-6) by a final score of 21-16 to claim the very first Land of Lincoln Trophy, after bringing home the last edition of the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk last year in Evanston. The game was also an important milestone for ...Big Ten Bowl Projections and Preview for Weeks 11 and 12
Published on: 8th November, 2009
The Big Ten conference underwent a significant shakeup this past week with Northwestern's big upset over previously unbeaten Iowa and Ohio State's high profile win at Penn State. Also, with Illinois' win in Minnesota and Purdue's win over the Wolverines, every team in the conference remains in the running for bowl ...Northwestern Beats Iowa 17-10 in Historic Upset
Published on: 8th November, 2009
WOW. Coach Fitzgerald notched his first "signature win" as the Northwestern Wildcats (6-4, 3-3) upended previously unbeaten and BCS No. 4 Iowa (9-1, 5-1) by a final score of 17-10 in Iowa City on Saturday, putting the Hawkeyes' Rose Bowl hopes in serious jeopardy. It was a game dominated ...Northwestern Football Hangs with Penn State for Three Quarters but Falls 34-13
Published on: 31st October, 2009
Northwestern (5-4, 2-3) fought hard for three quarters and even held a 13-10 halftime lead, but Penn State (8-1, 4-1) was just too much for the Wildcats as PSU scored 21 points in the final period to secure a 34-13 win in Evanston. Despite losing a fumble on their ...Northwestern Football Hosts Penn State for High Profile Halloween Battle
Published on: 27th October, 2009
Everything in the Northwestern Wildcats' (5-3, 2-2) season was supposed to be building to this week's matchup against #10 (Coaches' and Harris polls)/#12 (AP poll and BCS) Penn State (7-1, 3-1): It's an afternoon game (3:30 PM CT start time) televised on ESPN that falls on Halloween and is the ...Northwestern Football Falls 24-14 to Strong Michigan State Passing Attack
Published on: 17th October, 2009
Northwestern (4-3, 1-2) dropped their third game of the 2009 season in East Lansing to the Spartans (4-3, 3-1), thanks to a few miscues and a solid day from MSU QB Kirk Cousins (281 passing yards, 2 TDs, no turnovers), by a final score of 24-14 . The Wildcats' senior WR ...Northwestern Football Faces Michigan State in Bowl Contention Battle
Published on: 13th October, 2009
The Northwestern Wildcats (4-2, 1-1) open up the second half of their season with a tough road trip to Michigan State (3-3, 2-1), who is riding a two game conference win streak and are looking to recover from a rough start to the year. NU, meanwhile, is still trying to ...Northwestern Football 2009: First Half Report Card
Published on: 12th October, 2009
The Northwestern Wildcats (4-2, 1-1) have completed the first half of the 2009 regular season, and while the season may already seem like a disappointment to some, NU is still in control of where it will spend its holiday season this year. Many expected the 'Cats to be 5-1 or 6-0 ...Featured Sponsors
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