LB Carson Cooney from Oswego HS.

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As far as I can tell here are the names still left on our board. We’re sitting at 13 commitments (not counting Smith and/or Green).

Matthew Smith (NC) - LB - silent commit
Alex Green (TX) - WR - silent comment (pending final admissions approval)
Lucas Austin (IL) - OL - visiting this week
Qayvier Johnson CT) - DE/LB - visited last weekend

Check out this story for the journey of Ryan Boe's recruitment by David Braun, from NDSU to Northwestern, and more about Boe's process.

I just wrapped up a call with Batavia QB Ryan Boe who is currently silently committed to NU. Story will be pending as we always respect prospects breaking the news to teams in both directions. He said he plans to tell NDSU tomorrow night and then announce publicly for NU shortly thereafter that same night or Saturday.

But until then, here are my notes from the call:

His initial NDSU recruiter was David Braun! Braun held off when he initially got to NU because he didn't want to bring in Boe without knowing he would be there long-term. Braun reached out 2-3 weeks ago and they moved quickly from there given the proximity.

Braun reached out so you guessed it, Bajakian's role has been very limited. Boe said he's appreciated how straightforward and honest Braun has been, and that he told him whether Bajakian stays or goes he has a spot at NU. If there will be a replacement, Braun said he'd immediately be put in touch to start building communication.

The way I read that between the lines: Braun is letting the kids know or strongly hinting about areas that could be replaced, and there's likely a directive not to share outside of vague comments with media.

Boe said that Entz' departure for USC wasn't necessary for his commitment to NU but did serve as a nail in the coffin.

Another rave review for Jack Lausch as a player host, and Boe is apparently a better Xbox player than Ricky Ahumaraeze.


Like I said, it'll be a couple days before the full story goes up on the site so I'm happy to expand on things if there are comments or questions. Seems like NU has their QB for 2024!

David Braun was formally announced as the permanent head coach at Northwestern in a press conference at Ryan Fieldhouse. Here are our takeaways from what Braun had to say about his hiring process, this season and the program's future.

No. 25 Northwestern (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) hosts Chicago State (3-9) tonight at Welsh-Ryan Arena at 7 p.m. The game will air on BTN.

I mean really. W IN THE ACTUAL F

19 times in the litter box. Once behind the couch

There will be six players in the Las Vegas Bowl that carried offers from both Northwestern and Utah, three on each team. @lou v broke down which players the Utes and Wildcats battled for, who won, and why.

I had no idea this a cappella group existed. Perhaps they were named after NU's football team, the Underdogs?

There will be six players in the Las Vegas Bowl that carried offers from both Northwestern and Utah, three on each team. @lou v broke down which players the Utes and Wildcats battled for, who won, and why.

Is Benet 7-foot sophomore Colin Stack any relation to former Wildcat Jim Stack?

Not sure of the accuracy here…but a couple of names to keep on the radar:

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2019 CB Roderick Heard starts classes today at NU after being part of the last team ever at Farmington (Mich.) Harrison.

Heard one of the first...and one of the last

Great job!

Our fans suck too (including myself because I didn’t go either). Without the students, it’s dead and there is no home court advantage. It’s like those 11:00 am nonconference football games. Might as well be a scrimmage.

Football or basketball, if we don’t play hard we lose. Crowd can make a difference. Barnhizer needs to make his free throws. We had a chance to go to a double digit lead in the second half and he and Langborg go 3 for 6. And Buie lost his man twice in the last 10 minutes. And so many stupid passes by everybody but Buie. Quickness kills.

Here are @mshelton33's takeaways from the embarrassment in Evanston.

Danny O'Niel of Indianapolis Cathedral says he is down to three new offers: SDSU, NU, & MIAMI, FL. Could he be a Wildcat?

Has there ever been a player in football or basketball that has gone from being as disliked as Buie was to being as beloved as Buie is? I can’t figure out how to word it but you know what I mean. A lot of people on this board and in the stands could not stop ripping on him through his first 3 seasons. His mistakes were almost all they could focus on.

I can’t think of anybody like him in the past 35-40 years. Maybe Kafka if we win the bowl game.

But barely. Prairie View A&M last year. Western Michigan this year (and Binghamton was uncomfortably close). Eventually you get burned if you don't put these teams away by the midpoint of the 2nd half. Today was that day.

According to this Rivals story, NU is recruiting Syracuse TE commit Jamie Tremble. From the story:

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One of the most intriguing players not expected to sign next week is the longtime SU commitment. Tremble is still high on the program and says there's a reason he hasn't decommitted, but others are trying to get him on campus in December and January like Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, Duke and Northwestern. Syracuse is also likely to contend for an official visit with Fran Brown's staff in the fold, so this recruitment could be a busy one ahead of February 7.

Link:
https://n.rivals.com/news/recruiting-notes-in-the-south-one-week-from-signing-day

I didn't get a chance to catch the game, but I just popped in to see the board in panic.

Did those two Chicago State pro players get ruled eligible? Or were they playing in disguise?