Looks like Indiana is primary game on Big Ten network. So for Big ten plus does that mean we need to subscribe to it to get this one game? I guess $9.95 ok and can cancel afterwards but just checking the options.

Thought this deserves its own thread. Pretty clear that the players are very behind Braun.

Honestly, I just like the guy. Even in that moment he makes it about anything but himself. Easy to see why players like playing for him.

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PS — interesting that Gragg gets nothing but a drive-by, no?

I'm a huge fan of Braun and I'm not taking anything away from him. But when we're throwing around accolades, I wonder if we should throw some Skip's way, too.

Ben Bryant finds himself on the precipice of the last home game of his long and winding college career. I talked to him about coming back from injury against Wisconsin, what Northwestern means to him and what he's learned from his season in Evanston.

It is interesting how little traction women's basketball is getting on this site. It is obvious that both women's basketball and volleyball are gaining major traction nationally yet both teams are an after thought here. My take is Coach Joe missed on a few years of recruits and isn't getting the athletic and size types the team needs. Hate to say it but a 60 plus year old man with good but not great history isn't competitive recruiting wise. I don't know enough to make a comment on volleyball. It is a seriously competitive sport at the top and the Big Ten is dominant. Tough to break into that.

It looks like just to watch NU BB games this week (and next) requires someone to sign up for two different streaming services. BTN+ and ESPN+ Do other BIG programs have to deal with this? Don't recall it before this year

If someone has a different way to see the games this weekend.....

Turnovers. Last year we were -18 for the year, So far this year we are +5. That is a change of 23. Still have a couple games to go but hard to imagine that much of a change. That is huge and has been instrumental in our success,

If you’d told me pregame that:

- Dayton would shoot 50%+ from the field AND from 3

- Boo would have 15

- Our big man would have 4 pts and just 3 rebounds

I’d have expected not just a loss, but an ugly one. And yet…we won. That is impressive and, I think, a hopeful reality about this team. Quality win…and we didn’t come close to playing as well as possible.

NU and PSU defeated our cupcakes, but the teams that faced competition got smoked. Not a good look for the conference.

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Seemed the most likely outcome based on everything I was hearing lately. Though the timing is a bit earlier than I expected, I can see how this could/should help with recruiting and team continuity.

Should be fascinating to watch the staff decisions he makes. Pretty sure at least Bajakian is toast, wouldn’t be surprised to see at least the entire offensive staff out the door as well. I would personally like to see extensive changes to the recruiting and S&C staffs, but don’t know that Braun will go that far.

Either way… we’ve got our guy, let’s see where he can take us.

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I’m fully bought in on Head Coach Braun. Most of us are. Those that want to dwell on past failures can go pound sand.

Just curious.

The Wildcats will try to win back-to-back games for the first time this season, @lou v goes Behind Enemy Lines to talk to BoilerUpload.com's Travis Miller to get the inside scoop on the Boilermakers.

Both Matt and I will be at the press conference introducing David Braun as the 30th head coach in NU history today. It starts at noon at the WAC.

Have to admit I’m shocked.

This has to mean most of the assistants are coming back which also has to support Fitz’s lawsuit and claims of not knowing.

This will be a very interesting next four months.

We have no idea if Braun can recruit at this level. Clear we need an amazing offensive coordinator that can coach and RECRUIT.

Braun can sell the defense. He has done a miracle this year.

The Wildcats will try to win back-to-back games for the first time this season, @lou v goes Behind Enemy Lines to talk to BoilerUpload.com's Travis Miller to get the inside scoop on the Boilermakers.

The Athletic today rated the six college football coaching openings. They rated the NU coaching job the last of the six with a grade of C+, they ranked Michigan State’s as the second best job with a B+ grade. OUCH.

6. Northwestern, C+: Northwestern is a Big Ten job, and Pat Fitzgerald showed that some winning is possible. But it’s one of the toughest jobs in the league, and USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are all coming in to make it even tougher as the Big Ten West dissolves.

This situation with Peacock and watching our last game made me wonder about the direction things are heading esp watching sporting events like college football games. We’ve gone from old school antennas to cable to subscribing to apps to stream shows and events with some coming back full circle to digital antennas to watch local stations that may not be available on some apps. I’ve been ok sticking with cable until recently. As more customers have abandoned their cable subscriptions for streaming apps the price of cable service has risen significantly (I’m currently with Spectrum for WiFi, cable and cell service.) Over time I’ve picked up other services like Amazon Prime and Apple+. I liked the convenience of cable and having a single menu to search the schedule. Now viewing is very splintered, although there are options to view on demand on your own schedule. It seems like streaming apps are upending traditional cable so I’m reviewing my options including shedding cable. Just curious what other board members are doing to contain costs while still being able to access content at a reasonable cost with convenient viewing options. I don’t think it will get any cheaper. I also just cancelled a Disney+ combo subscription when they raised their rates.

@lou v talked to 2024 DE Braxton Strong about his official visit last weekend for Northwestern's game against Iowa.

It would have been fun to see 350 yards from Bryant, but it was also fun to be borrrrred because NU was just so much better.

I have no idea where today’s OL play came from, but geez that DL continues to come to play.

Lots of grinders on this roster and kids with pride.

Braun, as reported by the booth today:
“They know where my heart is, and they’ve responded.” I like that.

What a shocking and wonderful victory, and what a joyful season.

Yes, I realize the deck is stacked against Braun with the current circumstances, and NU will presumably be conducting a search for a new head coach even as Braun takes the helm this season. But if (big if) Braun can pull off a miracle and win X number of games, what number X will win him the job outright?

What a season thus far; surpassed any reasonable expectation to this point, and we have Purdue and Illinois ahead of us to try to lock up a bowl bid. I was hoping to be surprised today against Wisconsin and instead I was shocked at how much better we looked than them.

Most impressive thing to me is just how the team (especially the defense) has looked better across the season; to the point where it's looked terrific the past couple of games.

Even the offense has been substantially better than anything we saw last year and not just when Bryant's been QB.

This team has played hard every game, easy to root for a team showing this kind of effort (win or lose). Credit to Braun that this team has responded to the ups and downs of this season.