Willie Mays passed at 93. 24 All-Star games. 3,000+ hits. 660 home runs.

An amazing stat about Mays: he led the league in triples three times, led the league in home runs four times, and led the league in stolen bases four times. Also won a batting title.

And then there was that catch at the old Polo Grounds stadium, where the CF wall was 483 feet from home plate.

@lou v talked to highly sought after OL Lucas Allgeyer about his official visit and where the Wildcats stack up among his 20 offers.

I talked to Northwestern TE commit Robby Preckel about his visit to Northwestern, his decision to commit and his future role as a Wildcat.

Scoop Jackson weighs in a Dr. Gragg’s “promotion”.

I talked to Cameron Herron yesterday about his visit, the offer he received on it and the potential for a return trip on an official this spring or summer.

@lou v talked to Dexter (Mich.) running back Ronny Johnson about his performance at Northwestern's camp, his official visit this weekend and the prospect of an offer.

I talked to new 2025 TE commit Noah LaPorte about his decision, his relationship with tight ends coach Paul Creighton and his legacy as a three-sport athlete for Princeton (Ill.).

I talked to new 2025 TE commit Noah LaPorte about his decision, his relationship with tight ends coach Paul Creighton and his legacy as a three-sport athlete for Princeton (Ill.).

Not the best moment for Lauren Withrow. Seems like a good kid that did some good work for NU, and this obviously is an honest mistake, but yikes.

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Here in E-Cat’s territory of Shanghai today. While checking out the historic Huangpu River’s western shore in the section known as The Bund, our guide mentioned that Secretary of State Blinken had taken over the promenade for his morning jog when recently here ,

In the course of his visit he spoke to a group of NYU students on the topic of people-to-people ties between China and the U.S. Focusing on educational exchanges he noted that the U.S, has maintained over 300,000 Chinese nationals attending our universities while U.S. university students studying in China has dropped from 15,000 to 800.

Following up on that revelation I see that in 2020 Northwestern had a significant 1,500 of those and that China had the most foreign exchange students attending Northwestern.

OK to get back to the topic of this thread I just found out while trying to get to this site via WiFi that it (and all other Yahoo based sites) was blocked! Oddly though when I turn off WiFi and rely solely on data I can get through.

FWIW, the only U,S. News TV channel that is broadcast here is CNN. Surprise. FOX News is not welcome in the People’s Republic - though I found that again using data, access was a go.

Who knew that WildcatReport is viewed as a subversive entity here in China by the CCP? Right up there with Fox.

I’m in Austin for a conference this weekend, and I happen to be in the same hotel that it appears Texas is hosting a lot of recruits. There was a TON of burnt orange in the lobby today, and the conference room off the lobby was for “Texas Football Sign In”.

Maybe I’ll put on some NU gear and see if i can steal some recruits!

My sources tell me Jonah Hayes is going to be a Wildcat.

Hopefully Lou can verify

Marks speaks with Dave Eanet.

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@lou v talked to RB Isaiah Groves about his official visit to Northwestern, the impact of NU’s facilities and more.

I’ve been watching full swing and it’s great to see alums Luke Donald and Matt Fitzpatrick lead Europe to the Ryder Cup last year.

Beings to question who the most accomplished non-revenue athlete NU has produced.

Fitz has a US Open, Ryder Cup, US Amateur and top 10 ranking.

Luke Donald (world number 1 for a bit)

Matt Grevers (Olympic gold)

Joe Girardi (long MLB career, World Series as manager)

Any others?

Marcelo Vitti out of Divine Child HS picks up a 2026 offer from Braun & Co.

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@lou v talked to Jacob Schmidt, the executive director of TrueNU, Northwestern's NIL collective, about the impact of the Tennessee injunction that wipes out NCAA regulations on the use of NIL in recruiting.

Has anyone seen a single interview with Zach Lujan? Even one? Why is the guy hiding in the weeds? I'd love to hear what he thinks about his offensive personnel, how he intends to use his weapons, how his offense will differ from Bajakian's. Instead, radio silence. This must be intentional, but why?

@lou v has the story on 2025 ATH Bodpegn Miller, who immigrated to the US from Ethiopia when he was five, and his offer from Northwestern.

Competition is stiff (Oklahoma, etc.), but glad to see us in the running early for a high-academic local OL.

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