Only Indiana, with those highly-regarded freshmen, is rated in the Top 20 of the AP's pre-season Top 25.
Chris Collins is not beaten yet! The door is open for a Purple surprise...

Apparently, the OC at James Madison, sixth in the ncaa in scoring, is Mike Shanahan, but not that Mike Shanahan.

Played WR at Pitt.
Has been on staff at Pitt, Indiana (Pa.), Elon, and now JMU.
His teams pass and score.


He also has 460 LinkedIn connections.

I thought our NCAA appearance would propel us into a long run of success. We had talent, a dynamic and exciting new coach, our first NCAA appearance. Collins was able to land 4 star commits and guys like Pete Nance.... We built a new and improved venue... I thought we'd be good for a long period.

Here we are picked to finish 13th or 14th by most pundits. Many of our top guys have left the program. CC appears to be a lame duck. Our recruits haven't gotten any offers from any other schools. How did all this happen?

And assuming we dump CC, finish winless and totally hit rock bottom, how do we rebuild it all?

I was thinking after @PURPLE Book Cat ‘s post… let’s try to hire Tennessee’s defensive coordinator Tim Banks for our next offensive coordinator.

He’s been a defensive coach at Illannoy and PSU before, so he knows the B1G. And with all of his defensive coaching experience, he’d see the game a different way than Bajakian or any other experienced OC we could hire.

And if you haven’t been paying attention, UT has been pretty good this season and they’ve had our number in past bowl games. Do y’all agree?

Found another Sporting Goods Store at Village Crossing in Skokie, between Best Buy & Bed Bath & Beyond.

Rally House has been open since may, but road is blocked due to construction. Access via sidewalk

Has NU, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois etc

What a cheap shot my Dramond after he picked a fight with a smaller teammate. Disgusting. I expected more of him, but maybe this is the kind of player Izzo really recruits.
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The Facebook link may not work or it’s being taken down but someone on Wildcats Uncensored posted

“Unfortunately we may be losing our second commitment.”

All times CENTRAL, and all games played on Saturday, October 22. Rankings come from the AP poll. All games nationally televised unless otherwise indicated.

First, the NU game:

Northwestern @ Maryland
2:30 PM, BTN
PxP: Brandon Gaudin
Color: Jake Butt

And the rest:

Iowa @ #2 Ohio State
11:00 AM, FOX
PxP: Gus Johnson
Color: Joel Klatt

Indiana @ Rutgers
11:00 AM, BTN
PxP: Cory Provus
Color: Matt Millen

Purdue @ Wisconsin
2:30 PM, ESPN
PxP: Bob Wischusen
Color: Dan Orlovsky

Minnesota @ #16 Penn State
6:30 PM, ABC
PxP: Joe Tessitore
Color: Greg McElroy

#18 Illinois, #4 Michigan, Michigan State, and Nebraska are off this week.

I received an email yesterday announcing changes to the Wildcat Fund and "new benefits, levels, and more!"

I have no qualms or shame admitting that I'm "Varsity" Level ($100). I park in the South Golf Lot, which I prefer to the other lots so this aligns just fine with my needs and demand. I noticed in this new marketing, Varisty level does not include "access to football parking based on availability" - I *think* this has always been the case - that you're basically guaranteed at the next/$500 level but at Varsity I am just at the mercy of the trickle-down (and I'll take those odds/I'm fine with that).

Can someone confirm that this is not a change from the status quo? I'm not suddenly/actually INeligible for parking, am I?

Maryland will tell the tale. Over the years, it has seemed that the next game will decide if NU is for real or not. In this case, I believe that to be true. If NU wins, even by a small amount, that may indicate Fitz is getting handle on this. If not, all the speculation that NU is irrevocably trending down will be verified. Who else might we beat? Iowa, but so what? One more win will not change the situation. However, Maryland, NU's last chance for salvation this year, just might turn that around. I sure hope so.

What happened to the post about parking passes I assume it was about reselling them and taken off I am a Northwestern fan and al and had purchased a parking pass on stub hubfor the Ohio State game however it is apparently not available till November 1 why is that when tickets are available much earlier…just curious

Just wanting us to play better. Good luck to our guys and the coaches. They are in Purple and I want them to perform well and win. It won't be easy, but it is possible. Go 'Cats!

The freshman walk-on would have turned 19 tomorrow.

Our fall is complete

2-1 in OT over # 21 OSU!

We are actually not the worst Power 5 team in the country, we’re only second worst (to Colorado). Though I’m sure we may be worst by the end of the season. Colorado moved up several spots by notching a win.

Other than Big Ski at #6, this mock has a lot of question marks to me. First I’m seeing Tanner McKee ranked so high. Also hard to imagine the Seahawks and Panthers (and Falcons for that matter) passing on a QB in round one. Also can’t see the Lions taking a QB based on Goff’s performance and their horrific defense. Was this just some click bait generated by @CatManTrue

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Dylan Senda, doing what he can to raise your spirits....

Under Coach Hank, we had a defense system that was good enough to win the Big Ten West in two of three seasons. When Coach Hank retired, we switched to a new defensive coordinator with a substantially different new system. Why did we switch to a new system when the old one seemed to be working? Coach Hank left under good conditions to a scheduled retirement and maybe we should have found someone to replace him who had the same basic philosophy for the defense.

The new defensive system seems to be an abject failure and I don't understand why we switched from a system that was working.

Finally. This is a big step forward for NU!!!

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