Looks like the Cats check in at #14. Just ahead of the Utes!

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All times CENTRAL. All games available nationally unless otherwise indicated. I will add announcers as they are assigned.

First, the NU games:

Northwestern @ Penn State
Wednesday, January 10
5:30 PM, BTN
PxP: Jason Horowitz
Color: Stephen Bardo

Northwestern @ Wisconsin
Saturday, January 13
11:00 AM, BTN
PxP: Kevin Kugler
Color: Brian Butch

And the rest:

Tuesday, January 9

Indiana @ Rutgers
6:00 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP: Noah Eagle
Color: Stephen Bardo

Purdue @ Nebraska
8:00 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP: Jac Collinsworth
Color: Robbie Hummel

Wednesday, January 10

Wisconsin @ Ohio State
7:30 PM, BTN
PxP: Kevin Kugler
Color: Robbie Hummel

Thursday, January 11

Michigan @ Maryland
6:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Jason Benetti
Color: Robbie Hummel

Michigan State @ Illinois
8:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Tim Brando
Color: Bill Raftery

Friday, January 12

Minnesota @ Indiana
5:30 PM, FS1
PxP: Lisa Byington
Color: Stephen Bardo

Nebraska @ Iowa
8:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Mike Hall
Color: Brian Butch

Saturday, January 13

Penn State @ Purdue
1:15 PM, BTN
PxP: Dave Revsine
Color: Robbie Hummel

Sunday, January 14

Rutgers @ Michigan State
11:00 AM, BTN
PxP: Dave Revsine
Color: LaPhonso Ellis

Maryland @ Illinois
1:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Kevin Kugler
Color: Robbie Hummel

Behind the Football Board in reporting Lujan as new OC?

Get to know Northwestern's top target at offensive coordinator.

I absolutely love Izzo. This presser is magical. I would love every coach to take a page from his presser how to book. Absolute gold.

I'm hearing that Luke Hunger will start tonight, his name is on the student section cheering sheets.

That's a big win for the Wildcats! @lou v has the game story on Northwestern's 88-74 win over Sparty.

Northwestern (10-3, 1-1 Big Ten) hosts Michigan State (9-5, 1-2 Big Ten) at Welsh-Ryan Arena at 6:30 p.m. tonight. The game will air on BTN.

The Wildcats are in desperate need of a win after a 30-point loss at Illinois. This is the first home game of 2024, students are packing their sections and tickets are sold out.

OblioKit says it’s a white out for tonight’s game, and he has purple or black NU wear.

Is it ever a Purple Out?

That's a big win for the Wildcats! @lou v has the game story on Northwestern's 88-74 win over Sparty.

a new one. The SDSU OC, Zach Lujan, hasn't necessarily called his best game of the season and his well thought-of FCS Player-of-the-Year QB, Mark Gronowski, has struggled with consistency against a stout Griz D; but the Battlin' Bunn-Bunns have taken control in H-2, especially via their D causing turnovers that have led to short-field possession scores that have widened the SDSU lead.

From my perspective, the 'Cats' O most definitely could improve under the mentorship of Coach Lujan (especially when compared to Bajakian's tepid 2023 offensive production). Now how would Lujan's play calling talent fare against the incoming PAC-12 B1G Dogs... one can only speculate. I would say... sign the man and give him the reins to compete with the B1G Boys of The B1G.

What say you all?

The Sun Devils are now 3-0 in the Pac 12 so hopefully they can keep it going and our win against them becomes a quality win.

Bring the OC, QB, and OL Coach. Organized, physical, and executing assignments very well. Innovative? Not so much, but very sound.

ESPN's Pete Thamel confirms that Tim McGarigle will be stepping up into the role of Northwestern's defensive coordinator.

After a big loss to Illinois, @lou v has your preview for Michigan State tomorrow night.

Why do I have to reset every day on the rock?
Seems like I have to reset every day

Anyone know whether this photo I captured of fans seated in front of me at the Las Vega Bowl game pictures Seth Meyers in attendance? His last taped show before the Christmas break was on Friday so logistically he could have made it to Las Vegas. Northwestern Alum Seth has been in attendance at prior major NU sporting events to include an NCAA Basketball Tournament game.

He does have a look-alike younger actor brother who has been mistaken for his twin, but I am not sure of his Northwestern ties.

If I recall correctly there was mention on this board of the Northwestern Football players pre-bowl game activities in Las Vegas including a bout of foosball, a game like football that incorporates both offensive and defensive strategies. Included in the following post is a vignette that I put together for friends and family regarding my replication and reimagining of another game that similarly incorporates both offense and defense.

Since you are part of my "internet family" as well as "internet friends" I am sharing it here for those looking for an hopefully entertaining diversion during this down period preceding Spring Football.

For Christmas, I attempted to replicate and reimagine a classic French game from 1894 known as Billiards Nicolas or as known on this side of the pond, "Puff Billiards." (This was 9 years before Monopoly, then known as "The Landlord's Game" was invented in 1903.)

Anyone remember playing Puff Billiards?

The Original:


As Replicated and Reimagined:

In the portal. Any chance he’d be interested in NU? Any chance he’d pass Admission’s muster?

Good read on a truly unique path to NU.

Tune into the Standard Network ABC broadcast on this Sunday, January 7th @ 1:00 PM CST, to watch the 2023-2024 FCS Championship Football Game as the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits lock horns/rabbit ears with the Grizzlies of the University of Montana...

When is the 2023-24 FCS National Championship Game?​

The 2023-24 FCS Championship is on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 2 p.m. ET.

How to watch the 2023-24 FCS Championship​

The 2023 FCS Championship will air on ABC. You can stream the game by clicking or tapping here.


Why, you ask? The answer is simple... This could be (and I personally declare that it will be) the national "coming-out" game for the Wildcats' next super-significant Offensive Coordinator hire of Coach Zack Lujan from SDSU. If the 'Cats University powers-that-be (are you listening current AD Mr. Gragg and President Mr. Schill) can lure this innovative offensive mind and sign him to a minimum 5-year contract into David Braun's Wildcat Football Program, it will mark a monumental shift in the 'Cats' near-term gridiron future that will be the equivalent of the Earth's long-overdue/awaited Magnetic Pole Shift.

To every fan who identifies himself or herself as a card-carrying member of Wildcat Nation, this could be the start of something as significant as the game-changer hire/signing of Pat Fitzgerald to the post of NU Wildcat Football Head Coach in 2006. With David Braun as the defensive guru of the 'Cats coupled with the state-of-the-art talent of Mr. Lujan as his offensive coordinator, this collaboration could set the table for NU's relevancy regarding championship aspirations within the new-look 2024 B1G Football Conference as the 4 B1G Dogs of the erstwhile former Pac-12 join our competitive ranks of the B1G.

And it all starts with the 2024 FCS Football Championship grapple this Sunday @ 1:00 PM CST.

Be There and Beware!!!

After a big loss to Illinois, @lou v has your preview for Michigan State tomorrow night.

This got buried on the other thread, but I thought it sufficiently interesting to share separately. It isn’t Pete Thamel, Adam Rittenberg, etc., but Football Scoop is actually pretty dialed in:

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Take your victory lap, @CoralSpringsCat . Must say that I‘m still a little skeptical of a defensive-minded HC handing the reins of his offense to a young and relatively unseasoned OC, but in Braun we trust. Perhaps there are more veteran guys anticipated as staff members.

Now go bring Gronowski with you