It’s just never easy with this group, but the Wildcats keep finding ways to win. Northwestern (8-4, 8-1 Big Ten) scored two touchdowns in the final four minutes of the first half and held on from...

Football Clayton Thorson took the snap with less than two minutes to go in the second quarter of Northwestern’s game last Saturday against Minnesota, faked the handoff and took off to the right. There...

Football MINNEAPOLIS — Pat Fitzgerald was insulted. To start the week, he faced a barrage of questions about whether his Wildcats would stay focused in their final two conference games. Then the...

Football MINNEAPOLIS — It wasn’t the flashiest of wins, but Northwestern got the job done. The Wildcats stretched their Big Ten road winning streak to eight games with a 24-14 victory over...

Football Sidney, Ohio, is a small manufacturing town nestled amidst mile upon mile of farm fields in western Ohio, 40 minutes from Dayton for fast drivers and more like an hour for slower ones. It’s...