FanatiCat said:

Swimming is allowed like 20 additional scholarships and we have had Olympian swimmers.

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FanatiCat said:

Swimming is allowed like 20 additional scholarships and we have had Olympian swimmers.

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Baz=Heisman said:

A good buddy of mine is a big MAC guy (NIU fan). He says that Miami OH is a legit CFP contender out of the Go5 so this will be a very tough opener. They have a great defense - as I believe we do. I’m expecting a low scoring battle that likely comes down to the kickers which should give us a very, very slight edge. Feels like NU 16-14. Just win, baby.

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corbi296 said:

I think Lujan will do well but my guess is those hoping to see us throw the ball left and right will be dissapointed. I think the strength of this team will dictate a heavy dose of running the ball with two TEs featured in a quick passing game. The top three RBs will get a lot of touches.

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CoralSpringsCat said:

Swimming??? Good grief. 🤦‍♂️

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DaCat said:

I think he felt he was entitled to the starting spot.. too bad Lausch apparently outplayed him and impressed Lujan more in the Spring practices. Sully didn't like the fact that he had to compete and actually win the QB1 job, which is not a good attitude. He tweeted a strange Bible verse about being persecuted when he announced his move to the portal. Good riddance.

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NUCat320 said:

Yeah, but that was before Fitz realized he was a genius. 😳🙄😳

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EvanstonCat said:

Well all of this and the fact that there are still a number of companies (and investors) that value degree pedigree rightly or wrongly. Mainly as a measure of who you competed against for grades vs. the inherent value of the degree. It can also in some fields suggest a valuable network and even the depth or your training (e.g. graduating with a Cellular Biology graduate degree at Berkeley or Harvard definitely will mean a lot more than one from Iowa or Northwestern for that matter). This tends to diminish the further you get from graduation but it can still have some meaning (though decreasingly relative to your accomplishments since) many years later.

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techtim72 said:

There was actually a bit of insight into my comment on books without pictures. I am not a believer in the one school is better than the other theory - depends on the individual, major, circumstance - but I do believe that books now are far less "dry" than the texts I used - even engineering texts - and that individual professors may have more expectations depending on the quality of their students. Within the Big Ten footprint, however, I believe, at least for engineering undergrads, that the course quality and expectations are more or less the same. Now if we were talking about MIT or Cal Tech I would have a different opinion. Another level.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

My perception is that there is intense competition for the truly elite schools. I would put Northwestern in the lower tier of those schools.
Beyond that, it largely depends what program you are in, though UCLA and Michigan are still clearly "better" than Iowa or Clemson or whatever.

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phatcat said:

I'm not looking forward to the drive home after the Duke game 😪

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FanatiCat said:

Will be interesting to see how this affects NU. Could see big increases for field hockey, lacrosse and swimming. The allowed increases are massive. For a cost of attendance over $90K per year, 20 scholarships is almost $2 million per year. Although maybe these are full tuition scholarships and not full cost of attendance.

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