NU vs IOWA: Postgame Reaction
The Iowa Hawkeyes ended this game almost as soon as it started. Johnathan Bank’s 54-yard kickoff return set the tone early and the team never looked back. The Northwestern defense did itself no favors either, as the secondary made quarterback Jake Rudock look like the Big Ten’s best quarterback, at least during the first half. […]
NU vs IOWA: 3rd Quarter Recap
The ever-reliable Justin Jackson broke open a 29-yard run that took Northwestern to the Iowa 32-yard line. However, a holding penalty on offensive lineman Eric Olson negated the big play. Linebacker Travis Perry lit up quarterback Trevor Siemian the very next play for a loss of eight yards. The Wildcats’ first drive went for 10 […]
NU vs IOWA: First Half Recap
Running back Justin Jackson’s 1-yard run put Northwestern on the board about 40 seconds into the second quarter. Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock continued finding receivers deep down the field. He threw his first touchdown of the game to wide receiver Tevaun Smith about seven minutes into the quarter. He went 9/13 for 185 yards. Iowa […]
NU vs IOWA: 1st Quarter Recap
Saying Northwestern started off the game horribly would be an understatement. Iowa’s Johnathan Banks’ 54-yard kickoff return plus a 15-yard penalty on defense put the Hawkeyes on Northwestern’s 31-yard line. Mark Weisman ran for 26 yards on the drive and capped off the possession with a touchdown. Things didn’t get much better after that, as […]
SportsNight (10/30/2014)
http://youtu.be/oRyQ-ypBztE Jesse Kirsch and Alex Lederman take us through the happenings in Northwestern athletics on a bye week for football. We are joined by Josh Rosenblat from InsideNU.com, Jasper Scherer from North By Northwestern, and Bobby Pillote and Julian Gerez from The Daily Northwestern.
Monday Football Press Conference (10/27/2014)
Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald looks rested, coming off of the bye week. — Fitz: Iowa is a pretty good rivalry for us. … It’ll be a challenge for us, no doubt about that. — Injury Updates: WR Miles Shuler, WR Dan Vitale, WR Kyle Prater, S Ibraheim Campbell: Ran around today. Day-to-day. LB Collin Ellis: Out (concussion). — Ellis’s concussion: More […]
SportsNight (10/23/2014)
http://youtu.be/9bBsNWutccE Join Noah Fromson and Brandon Wilson for this week’s edition of SportsNight. Our fourth episode features Northwestern’s homecoming football game against Nebraska, an overtime women’s soccer victory vs. Rutgers and much more!
CB Dwight White to retire from football
Redshirt freshman cornerback Dwight White will retire from football for medical reasons, the Northwestern athletic department announced Thursday. White played in 12 games last season, starting 6 of them. He replaced Daniel Jones, who has also since retired for medical reasons, in the 2013 season opener against Cal, but struggled and eventually lost the starting […]
WSOC: Northwestern Upsets No. 14 Rutgers On The Road
After playing more than 300 minutes without scoring a goal over the last four games, the Wildcats (6-7-3, 2-6-2 Big Ten) put one on the board — and it was an important one. At the 97’ mark, sophomore Addie Steiner drilled a 20-foot goal for her ninth goal of the season, and the ‘Cats defeated […]
Homecoming: Ohhh's and Ahhh's, a tale of two halves
By Mike Marut On homecoming, Northwestern (3-4, 2-2 Big Ten) started out strong, but fell in the second half to No. 19 Nebraska (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten). Northwestern looked so good in the first half. The Wildcats recorded 262 all-purpose, offensive yards. They controlled the clock with 17:15 of possession time. They held Ameer Abdullah, […]