With 7 minutes left in the first half. Hopefully they use up all of their excellent play in this game LOL

…that three-star 2025 LB and weekend visitor Josh Veldman will be a Wildcat.

QB - Sullivan, Hilinski, Lausch, Gray
RB - Porter, Himon, Komolafe
WR - Henning, Kirtz, Gill, Covey, Gray
TE - Gordon, Lang, Olges
OL- Tiernan, Knox, Wrather, Carsello, Thompson

DE - McLaughlin, Hagarty, Hubbard, Saka, Pate, Kilbane
DT - Bastone, Story, Spencer, Pearson, Flakes, Roberts
LB - Mueller, Soares, Uihlein, Brus
CB - Johnson, Adeyi, Smith
S - Azema, Turner, Fitzgerald

K - Olsen
P - Renner, Akers

Solid group coming back. Defense is returning most of the production from last year. With a solid QB transfer and some transfer depth at RB, we can go bowling again!

Edit:
Removed D'Antonio, Niro, Gallagher
Added: Pearson, Hagarty, Uihlein, Brus, Carsello

Northwestern hosted media availability before leaving for Minneapolis, and head coach Chris Collins addressed the media alongside All-Big Ten players Boo Buie and Brooks Barnhizer. Here are our takeaways from what they had to say.

College football coaches get paid a lot of money, but there is often an inverse relationship between their intelligence and their salary. At NU, we have been so fortunate not to have suffered the likes of Tommy Tuberville and Lincoln Riley. Let's see how long this one lasts....3...2...1...

Come at me bros! I’m going to bed, but you and the NCAA selection committee read it here first: I want Kansas (or Marquette) in the second round.

If Big Matt plays and we can land Purdon’t… then I’m good with that too. Unfortunately we’re dealing with reality here folks.

Northwestern was DE Mason Mayne's first Big Ten offer. I talked to him about his visit to a spring practice, where NU stacks up in his recruitment and the possibility of a return to Evanston on an official visit.

Northwestern was DE Mason Mayne's first Big Ten offer. I talked to him about his visit to a spring practice, where NU stacks up in his recruitment and the possibility of a return to Evanston on an official visit.

According to Nielson, each Big 10 team will be getting between 80 to 100 million dollars annually in television rights for a seven year deal with the various networks. There is also additional income from ticket sales and other sources. The thing that seems strange to me is that in the new era of NIL, we fans are being asked to contribute with "charitable donations" to pay the players. Some of the NIL money is being paid for legitimate endorsements (like Dr. Pepper commercials for Caleb Williams) but a lot of these "endorsements" or "charitable work" are only a front to pay the players for being on the team. I am questioning why we fans are being asked to subsidize these NIL payments when there is big money being paid to the individual schools. The players are certainly necessary to generate these TV deals and deserve to be compensated fairly for their contributions, but why is this being thrust on the fans and not coming from the Universities?

I understand that there are rules in place regarding NIL that currently have to be adhered to and am not questioning if the rules are being followed but am instead questioning the rules themselves.

You read that right: high school freshman Sincere Harris is visiting NU on March 26. He’s from Blue Island Eisenhower, where he is teammates with Andre Lovett, a 2025 who visited NU in January but does not have an offer.

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It’s official now. No surprise.

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Can Benson be the dominant presence in the middle we have rarely had, or is he one of 3 or 4 guys rotating in that play some under the basket and some nearby. I guess this will be the year to tell, seeing how he should have gained some strength and experience from last year.

What do you guys hear from practice and rumors?

Coming off of a stellar senior year, four-star NU forward signee Miller Kopp is ready to put his high school behind him.

Kopp ready for 'bigger things' at Northwestern ($)

Man, beating up Chicago State had a greater impact than I thought.

No way that shot gets off if Lumpkin is on the team. Need to find a defensive lineup with someone who can guard man2man at the 4.

Northwestern will get two shots to impress four-star, Rivals100 forward Miller Kopp.

Corey Evans' story: Miller Kopp schedules official and in-home visits

Interesting.

Not sure an NU reunion is in order unless Battle (brother gone he gone?) or Lowery (greener pastures?) are gone, but best of luck to him. Great guy, not great head coach results ((66-110)/(38-66)).

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Northwestern hosted media availability before leaving for Minneapolis, and head coach Chris Collins addressed the media alongside All-Big Ten players Boo Buie and Brooks Barnhizer. Here are our takeaways from what they had to say.

ESPN now has us as an 8 seed in Brooklyn versus Oklahoma. The second round matchup with UConn would be difficult, but the seeding would be incredible for our east coast alumni after our first two tournament appearances out west (Utah, California).

What other projections are there?

OVC regular season and tourney champs.

Sophomore Andre Lovett is from south suburban Blue Island Eisenhower, which isn't a school NU recruits very often. He said he'll be in Evanston on Saturday for what he called a junior day. I'll try to find out more about it and who else is coming.

This Dolphin fan is thrilled to see it!

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I was hoping they would have a Selection Show Watch Party again this year and I just received the email saying they would. I am a little disappointed they say the team will be there as they could be playing in the B10 Championship game instead. Here's the RSVP link if anyone needs it.

Bad at his job? https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...must-do-in-conference-tourneys-this-week/amp/