Football IOWA CITY, Iowa — For 13 seasons, Pat Fitzgerald has been harping about his goal for Northwestern to win a Big Ten championship. But the play that sealed his Wildcats’ (6-4, 6-1 Big...

Football IOWA CITY, Iowa — Pat Fitzgerald has been saying it for years. Before this season: “We don’t hide from the goals that we have, which are to win the Big Ten West, to win the Big Ten...

Football IOWA CITY, Iowa — Northwestern is going to the Big Ten Championship Game. It wasn’t always easy, and it definitely wasn’t pretty, but the Wildcats (6-4, 6-1 Big Ten) made enough...

Football It seems like every time Northwestern punts, No. 43 is the first one down the field. And it’s not one of the gunners. It’s Tyler Gillikin, the long snapper — or, as his coaches call...

Football Even during Northwestern’s season-changing four-game win streak, the Wildcats were inconsistent. Whether in pass offense (senior Clayton Thorson’s two games with less than 200 passing...