The crew rolls into town Sunday and everything will air on the network 5 PM ET /4 PM CT, this should be interesting to see what they’re going to talk about with the team hopefully not too much about the scandal. I actually want to hear how the team looks.

I live about a mile away from the stadium so I'm probably within their target radius

I couldn't figure out how to upload the image so I put it on my google drive

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We'll keep a running total here.

NU released its media availability schedule today. Coach Braun and select players will be made available on Wednesdays after practice, on Aug 9, 16 and 23. It looks like practice will be open to the media on the 9th and 16th, as well.

That’s not a ton of opportunities, but honestly more than I was expecting.

Here's @lou v's story on KJ Windham, the first member of Northwestern basketball's Class of 2024.

Hey Gang,

This is just an update for the WildcatReport Fam that we'll be jumping into our Summer Big Ten Previews tomorrow! As a lot of you are probably aware, we put a ton of effort into these and go team-by-team throughout the summer starting with the no-plays and then running through the entire NU schedule.

You may agree or disagree with our takes, but our main goal is always to try to catch everyone up on exactly where the entire Big Ten is right now and how NUFB fits into that picture.

First preview drops tomorrow, and we'll update links here for anyone who might be interested.

Thanks as always!
Sam, John, and Scuzz/The West Lot Pirates

Schill announces "an independent review of the processes and accountability mechanisms in place at the University to detect, report and respond to potential misconduct in its athletics programs, including hazing, bullying and discrimination of any kind" that is to be lead by former United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Thought I would like to get some word on this year's team who I assume will open in 4 weeks. Do we think Braun will be less secretive about teams progress as camp progresses?

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I just learned that three-star 2024 guard KJ Windham is on campus for an official visit. The Indianapolis Ben Davis and Meanstreets product picked up an offer from NU in June. It's his only Power Six offer so far.

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Dicky V's FIRST-TEAM preseason all-american - not too shabby!

Hey Gang,

We had to audible this summer, because we still wanted to get Big Ten Preview content out, but, obviously, the whole middle of the summer was basically put in the blender this year.

We ended up deciding to do a First-Half/Second-Half format for the next 2 weeks to look at all of the team's on NU's schedule. It's Rutgers through Howard this week, with the second half up next week.

Rutgers certainly has its warts as always, Minnesota is going through a substantial transition period on offense, and Penn State loses a couple of the best players in the conference from last season. But still...not a lot of good news here. PSU still looks like a monster, CUSA turnover has UTEP eyeing a special season, and Duke might be one of the best teams in the ACC. Heck, even Howard had two running backs go for 151/6.9ypc/2TDs against USF last year.

Thanks as always,

Sam, John and Scuzz/The West Lot Pirates

Hey Gang,

We had to audible this summer, because we still wanted to get Big Ten Preview content out, but, obviously, the whole middle of the summer was basically put in the blender this year.

We ended up deciding to do a First-Half/Second-Half format for the next 2 weeks to look at all of the team's on NU's schedule. It's Rutgers through Howard this week, with the second half up next week.

Rutgers certainly has its warts as always, Minnesota is going through a substantial transition period on offense, and Penn State loses a couple of the best players in the conference from last season. But still...not a lot of good news here. PSU still looks like a monster, CUSA turnover has UTEP eyeing a special season, and Duke might be one of the best teams in the ACC. Heck, even Howard had two running backs go for 151/6.9ypc/2TDs against USF last year.

Thanks as always,

Sam, John and Scuzz/The West Lot Pirates

High "news above replacement value" compared to what else is coming out.
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We just hired her to do an investigation of the Athletic Department. Can we please get rid of Schill and Gragg ASAP before they run this school and athletic program completely into the ground? It's borderline comical at this point, or it would be if it wasn't our own university they are systematically torching with mistake after mistake. This is virtually guaranteed to further the media circus around this mess, not help resolve anything.

I thought the Skip Holtz hire was a sensible thing and maybe we had turned a bit of a corner toward minor stabilization, but nope just wait one day later and another boneheaded decision arrives. Like clockwork. I am wondering if Skip is doing this as a favor to Fitz and/or Braun to help him out. Wouldn't expect that a conversation with Gragg would convince him to come on board, that would probably have him running in the opposite direction.

No link yet, but he will be a special assistant to David Braun and will go back to the USFL next spring.

Here's @lou v's story on Buie's injury and its potential impact on Northwestern this season.

Here's @lou v's story on Buie's injury and its potential impact on Northwestern this season.