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Very sad news to share…

It’s with a heavy heart that I share that our beloved friend and devoted Wildcat fan Jerry Epstein (aka @FloridAlum) has passed away. I’m in a bit of shock right now but I wanted to get the word out to the Wildcat Report faithful as soon as possible. Jerry bled Purple as we were truly his family over the past few years. Nothing brought a smile to his face as much as talking about Northwestern athletics. Jerry had a heart of gold; he would literally give you the shirt off his back. His Purple Parties were legendary and will be remembered by so many here. Jerry took such joy in connecting Wildcat fans from all across the country. I know he will be looking down upon the Cats next Saturday and into eternity. Godspeed @FloridAlum You will be missed. May he R.I.P. 🙏

TOS coaching carousel survey

247 had over 100 FBS coaches complete a survey on rising coaching stars and ones they think are likely to get let go this offseason. No surpirse JON and Bajakian are listed on the hot seat. But there are a ton of intriguing names on the rising stars list that could be possible replacements.

Sanborn vs. Fisher

I watched former Badger Jack Sanborn have a pretty solid game for the Bears yesterday. With nothing more to say about the current Cats situation, I thought we might discuss how Paddy Fisher might have done in a similar situation. As Big Ten players, I thought they were somewhat similar. Both were heady guys with better athleticism than you would think, but not prototypical NFL linebacker speed. Sanborn went undrafted as did Fisher. What do some of you film experts think? If Fisher were given a low-pressure starting MLB job on a non-competitive NFL defense like the Bears, could he have been as good as Sanborn?

This team is epic bad

The Big 10 West isn’t even very good this year and yet NU is still far and away the absolute dregs of the conference.

Fitz and his coaching staff should be embarrassed. Painful to even watch for two quarters now.

Dumpster fire of epic proportions…

I’ll be shocked if there isn’t a mass exodus of players (at least anyone who isn‘t at NU mainly for the degree)

Pat Spencer

Is on the Golden State Warriors pre season roster with chance to make the team and has a big fan in Steve Kerr, per NBC article,

"Of all the new names showing up on a daily basis at Chase Center, Spencer easily is the biggest wild card -- for a number of reasons. After a dominant four-year lacrosse career at Loyola and winning what amounts to college lacrosse's Heisman Trophy as a junior, Spencer used his college graduate eligibility year to play basketball at Northwestern. In his lone season of college basketball, Spencer averaged 10.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists.

Golden State holds the 26-year-old's G League rights, and Kerr loves what he has seen from him.

"Big fan of Pat's," Kerr said. "Great competitor, great athleticism in terms of his balance and his coordination and his core strength. He jumps with more explosiveness than I realized. He had the play in Tokyo where he tried to dunk on the whole team and got fouled.

"I love that he's a lacrosse guy. I think sports like soccer and hockey and lacrosse kind of establish vision that you need in basketball where you have to see the field in front of you or the court in front of you and see everything positioning-wise. I think all of those things are helpful for Pat.

"He needs to play. He just doesn't have a ton of basketball experience. He's a really intriguing prospect."

Observations and thoughts on todays game

#37 is not a starting big 10 middle line backer-can’t tackle
#50 is not a big ten DL-was getting manhandled on the line
#9 is not a D1 scholarship
Worthy QB
#84 had no last name on his jersey
Pj fleck is a D-bag
Wendell Davis, henrink barndt still didn’t see the field as upperclassman and transfers.
This list goes on and on and on. Last but not least we have no QB for the next two games.
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