Protecting the brand: Social media in college athletics
November 20, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports
Trying to summarize your feelings in 140 characters is difficult enough for your average nobody, let alone when the whole world is waiting for you to screw up. Yet this is the atmosphere student-athletes live in on a daily basis in the 21st century. The NCAA has been late to the game with social media, and... Read more »
Football: Lowry making impact on defense as freshman
November 19, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports
Dean Lowry is not accustomed to losing football games. The freshman defensive end hadn’t lost a game since his sophomore year of high school before Northwestern lost 39-28 to Penn State on Oct. 6. The Wildcats have lost three games this year, each frustrating in one way or another. But the support... Read more »
Football: Pocic, Scheelhaase forge bond on field
November 19, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports
It's probably the closest thing to a given in football. The simple transfer of the ball from the center's meaty grip to the quarterback's soft hands is the most basic concept. The snap from under center goes right 99 percent of the time — but when it goes wrong, everyone notices. It is why the... Read more »
Football: No love lost between Northwestern, Illinois
November 19, 2012
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Last year’s game against Illinois ended about as poorly as possible for Northwestern. After a defeat in which the Wildcats blew an 18-point lead in the third quarter and a four-point lead with 13 seconds remaining, the Fighting Illini added insult to injury when they declared themselves “The State... Read more »
Trumpy triumphs over torn ACL
November 15, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports
Few words bring more smiles to Northwestern fans on a Saturday afternoon than a perfect rendition of “Mike Trumpy the ball carrier!” Trumpy, the Wildcats’ redshirt junior running back, is now in his fourth year in the football program. In his first full year on the team, the Wheaton, Ill.,... Read more »
Football: Wildcats' defense to be tested by tricky Spartans
November 15, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio is known for having a couple of tricks up his sleeves. Two years ago, the Spartans beat Notre Dame on a fake field goal in overtime and, nearly a month later, pulled off a successful fake punt against Northwestern to help Michigan State make a second-half comeback.... Read more »
Gameday: Wolverines safety takes long road to Michigan football
November 9, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports, Wildcat Extra
Jordan Kovacs would have been ecstatic to be playing on Michigan’s special teams units by his junior season. Instead, he was out there on day one of his redshirt freshman year and is now a four-year starter on defense. “I expected to contribute on scout defense, and I had the mindset I would make... Read more »
Football: Wildcats, Wolverines battle in Legends Division race
November 8, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports
November is a crucial month in the fight for position in the division race, and Saturday’s match between Northwestern and Michigan is just the beginning. The winner will earn the second ranked spot in the Legends Division. “The bottom line is, you got to win,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said. “If... Read more »
Gameday: Legends of the fall
November 8, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports
1995 wasn't as different from 2012 as one might think. A Democrat held the presidency after some years of a President Bush. A Batman movie was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. At Northwestern, Pat Fitzgerald was a figure even then. The former All-American linebacker for the Wildcats... Read more »
Football: The changing role of the Northwestern superbacks
November 8, 2012
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, Gameday, Sports
Most schools have tight ends or fullbacks or maybe both. At Northwestern, those two positions are rolled up into one: the superback. Superbacks do it all for the Wildcats from being extra offensive linemen in the goalline formation to being one of the biggest receiving targets on the field. To define... Read more »
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