@lou v checked in with 3-star DE Tommy Rupley about scheduling his visit to Northwestern, his decision timeline and more.

Watching the Connecticut game and it’s amazing how their center has been outplayed by San Diego State’s big. It would be so helpful to have a 5 that can score and defend.

WLAX tops the poll again.

Next up for the Cats is a road trip to #2 Maryland.

UCONN - Great talent throughout lineup; Great coaching
NU - Some great talent in parts of lineup; limited by injury; Great coaching
Illinois - Great talent throughout lineup; Average / Below Average Coaching

Result - NU coaches gave us a small chance; Illinois had no chance due to being stubborn and playing their way or the highway.

I feel like it must have already been discussed here because it was alluded to in the PBC thread. But just linking the Darren Rovell tweet in case as I don't see a thread discussing this.

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Yes, the logistics and parking would be a nightmare. No, I don't have any confidence whatsoever in Gragg's ability to pull this off effectively.

But... re logistics: you open up some marginal on-campus parking, have the majority of folks park at Ryan Field (aim to keep one of E or W lots clear during that period of construction), do reverse shuttles from Ryan Field back to campus, have most people get off in front of Patten and walk from there. You'd have to set up some preferential parking on campus for handicapped or older folks. And I realize that one road in and out on Lincoln is going to be a mess as the game approaches. But... is that really worse than having everyone drive >1 hour down to Bridgeport to play in a soccer stadium that is on the SW side of Chicago?? The 15-20k capacity in the temporary facility will make it somewhat more manageable. And heck - we should actually have a home field advantage at that capacity? Plus, the views and notoriety it would gain would turn this into something of a positive out of what is a really crappy situation, and give the players something to be excited about.

Lots of hurdles and challenges make me very skeptical this will actually ever get done (particularly with Ggarg at the helm), but this is the first thing I've seen that actually gives me some hope that next season won't be a disaster. Good creative thinking by someone in the AD. Let's brainstorm and troubleshoot and try to make it work!

(PS - keep the one Wrigley game for OSU, and then debatable what you do for Wisconsin and IL. I'd love to host Wisconsin at this temporary facility and block out some of the visiting Bucky fans personally, particularly if Soldier is occupied that weekend. IL I could see a case for doing that down at Soldier (or Wrigley) in a battle for Chicago's B1G Team - they did host a couple of their home games there years back. But I also don't mind playing them with 20k capacity on the lakefill - their games hosting us down at Memorial Stadium on TG weekend usually don't have much more than 20k...)

Again... quite hesitant and not high expectations - but really cool outside the box thinking. I hope there's a way to make this work.

Northwestern offered Downers Grove (Ill.) North quarterback Owen Lansu on his visit to spring practice on March 30. I talked to Lansu about where the Wildcats stand, his excellent relationship with new OC Zach Lujan and other schools that may soon enter the fray with offers of their own.

Met up with one of my NU Grad sons and his family here on Spring Break. In a country that does not traditionally celebrate Easter we chanced upon an Easter Egg hunt that was followed by a visit to Himeiji Castle where the emerging Cherry Blossoms added to the Easter experience.

A belated Happy Easter to all.

(FWIW the group photo was posed specifically tp memorialize a scene filmed there in the James Bond film, "You Only Live
Twice." As I best recall Sean Connery as James Bond went up the pictured walkway to enter the Ninja School that the castle was being used for in the movie.)

There is a Big 10 team in the final four, and NU beat them this year, and last, and another Big 10 team made it to the elite 8, and NU beat them as well this year. Not too shabby. Maybe not next year, but I look forward to even better things in the future. Although maybe next year, depending on portal transfers.

Northwestern offered Downers Grove (Ill.) North quarterback Owen Lansu on his visit to spring practice on March 30. I talked to Lansu about where the Wildcats stand, his excellent relationship with new OC Zach Lujan and other schools that may soon enter the fray with offers of their own.

Aariz Taylor a local Edge out of Kenwood Academy visited NU on Saturday. He’s got a few P4 offers to include Cincinnati, Indiana and Georgia Tech. Taylor self reports a 3.9 GPA. No NU offer as of yet.

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They call it ‘semi-state’ in Indiana, it appears. Ben Davis plays Center Grove at 10 am on Saturday. If they win, they’ll play the winner of Jeffersonville-Lawrence North at 8.

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Four state championship games will be played Saturday, 3/30 in Indy. Title games are delayed one week due to the NCAA Tournament.

Also, it’s KJ Windham’s birthday.
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Apparently, per Rodger Sherman's twitter, the Portland regional court had different 3-point line measurements. This wasn't noticed until after 4 Sweet 16 games were played, and 1 Elite 8 game was played.

Lujan and Company aren’t messing around.

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The UFL is on ESPN right now. I can't believe I missed yeserday,. Crap. Oh well such is life

I miss you

A week after the 2023-24 season came to a close, we looked back and compiled a list of the five greatest games from the career of Northwestern's greatest player: Boo Buie.

A week after the 2023-24 season came to a close, we looked back and compiled a list of the five greatest games from the career of Northwestern's greatest player: Boo Buie.

Here's our quick story on Northwestern picking up a commitment from their 2025 QB, more to come from WildcatReport.

Sincere Harris is still a freshman, but he'll have visited three Big Ten programs by the end of April. I talked to the rising star at defensive end about his first trip to Evanston and his first impression of Northwestern and its coaching staff.

Last indoor home game. The game will be televised on BTN.

Ok, looks like the Big Ten over/under for wins in the tournament is 8.
Have a strong lean to the Under. The 8/9 seeds don’t help the Big. Think the only way this goes over is two teams going off to final 8. Seems too obvious, so it worries me. What do the pundits on here think?

Really proud of how Ryan played against a very physical Houston team. We got mentioned a few times by the announcers too which was cool.

PJ Haggerty is transferring from Tulsa a year after he transferred from TCU. Going to be a good scorer. But anyway, somebody on the socials said that because he redshirted his freshman year then transferred to Tulsa, the first year transfer didn't count. He also played in half a dozen countable games, then redshirted. It wasn't reported as a medical redshirt. This same person said that the rules changed for basketball a few years ago. Is this all true?