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From The Stands - Wrigley Field

From The Stands - Wrigley Field

It's really difficult to put it all into words. Fourth-youngest team in the P4, only nine scholarship seniors, and NINE AND THREE. Fifth place all alone in the Big Ten, only one game behind Ohio State, and perhaps a fumble at the Minnesota 16 away from the committee

SOC - Northwestern

SOC - Northwestern

It's the scores from today that make me nervous for tomorrow. I wasn't nervous all week, but the Rivalry Week will Rivalry Week and suddenly I'm nervous again. Let me just go through a few scores from yesterday and today so that you see

Those Were The Days - Northwestern

Those Were The Days - Northwestern

Detlef has been writing these TWTD posts since 2003 or 2004. I’ve been in charge of publishing them since 2013. And I’ve probably forgotten to publish the Northwestern TWTD at least three times. There’s something about the day after Thanksgiving that doesn’t feel like a college

So Much Fun

So Much Fun

I just want to make sure that everyone is leaning into 8-3. Appreciating what it means. Pondering how we got here and where we're going. These are the days, people. Take Mississippi State. 23 months ago we played an 8-4 Mississippi State team in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Today,

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

I have two friends from Arkansas (Hot Springs, not Little Rock) who say the word Thanksgiving wrong. They say THANKSgiving, not thanksGIVing. I never let it slide and always correct them. "Where are you going for THANKSgiving this year?" "I don't know about THANKSgiving, but

Church

Church

The play is called "Church." The entire point behind the play call: catch the ball behind the sticks, take a knee, the clock stops with the first down, and then spike the ball as soon as it's set. It's the play they have in

From The Stands - Rutgers 2024

From The Stands - Rutgers 2024

What are the words I'm supposed to type? We lost that game eleven times and STILL refused to lose it. Penalties the last three games: 7. Penalties today: 11, including backbreaker after backbreaker, and despite all of that we WON. The last 90 minutes since I recorded this