@lou v spoke to DevilsIllustrated.com publisher Conor O'Neill to get some inside information on the Blue Devils before their matchup with the Wildcats this Saturday.

22 years have passed since that tragic day. The outrage and solidarity that arose following that event have now faded but I still remember that day vividly. I had 4 total joints scheduled at Fairfax Hospital but after completing the first, I learned of the towers being hit, then the Pentagon was struck. All in house surgeons assembled in the ER and were separated into teams to deal with the expected victims from the Pentagon but only a few burn patients arrived and we were released in the evening.

For those who want to feel the outrage following the attacks, I would recommend visiting The George Bush Library at SMU in Dallas. A visit takes you back to that day and will rekindle the emotions you felt. It will also allow you to realize how easily the horrors of that day have been forgotten.

I recently spent 2 weeks in Wyoming and attended a rodeo on August 26, the 2 year anniversary of the Abbey Gate disaster. A rider entered the arena carrying the magnificent Wyoming State Flag. A young lady then rode in, at breakneck speed , circling the arena carrying the Flag of the United Staes with the thousands in attendance clapping and cheering, as Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American" played. The 2 riders than stopped in the center of the arena. 13 saddled but riderless horses were led into the arena. The names and hometowns of the 13 servicemen and women killed at the Abbey Gate in Afghanistan were read, followed by a minute of silence and a lone trumpeter playing "Taps". The crowd then sang "The National Anthem". I felt fortunate to be there, in my jeans, boots and cowboy hat.

I attended the game in person so I didn’t watch the TV broadcast until today. My golly the broadcasters were not very good, and the overall broadcast production struck me as community access TV quality. Glad I attended the game.

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Can we drop off a drunk OSU fan to piss on her lawn?

Hahahahahahahahahaha BEARS hahahahahahahaha BEARS lolololololololololololololololol BEARS soooooooo baaaaaaad stilllll lolololol

@lou v spoke to DevilsIllustrated.com publisher Conor O'Neill to get some inside information on the Blue Devils before their matchup with the Wildcats this Saturday.

Not sure he would even answer the call but there are only so many B1G/SEC jobs out there.

Would we even spend what it takes?

All times CENTRAL. Rankings come from the AP poll. All games available nationally unless otherwise indicated. I will add missing announcers as they are assigned.

First, the NU game:

Northwestern @ #21 Duke
Saturday, September 16
2:30 PM, ACC Network
PxP: Chris Cotter
Color: Mark Herzlich

And the rest:

Friday, September 15

Virginia @ Maryland
6:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Eric Collins
Color: Devin Gardner

Saturday, September 16

#7 Penn State @ Illinois
11:00 AM, FOX
PxP: Gus Johnson
Color: Joel Klatt

Georgia Southern @ Wisconsin
11:00 AM, BTN*
PxP: Mark Followill
Color: Matt Millen

Louisville vs. Indiana @ Indianapolis, IN
11:00 AM, BTN*
PxP: Connor Onion
Color: Brock Vereen

Minnesota @ #20 North Carolina
2:30 PM, ESPN
PxP: Beth Mowins
Color: Kirk Morrison

Western Michigan @ #25 Iowa
2:30 PM, BTN*
PxP: Lisa Byington
Color: Anthony Herron

Virginia Tech @ Rutgers
2:30 PM, BTN*
PxP: Joe Beninati
Color: Adam Breneman

Western Kentucky @ #6 Ohio State
3:00 PM, FOX
PxP: Jason Benetti
Color: Brock Huard

#8 Washington @ Michigan State
4:00 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP: Brendan Burke
Color: Chris Simms

Northern Illinois @ Nebraska
6:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Jeff Levering
Color: Mark Helfrich

Syracuse @ Purdue
6:30 PM, NBC
PxP: Noah Eagle
Color: Todd Blackledge

Bowling Green @ #2 Michigan
6:30 PM, BTN
PxP: Cory Provus
Color: Jake Butt

*These are regional telecasts; check your local listings or the BTN GameFinder.

Honestly we've started out worse than we have this year against teams that sucked more.

I'm halfway hopeful we can get a few B1G wins.

Duke looks like they may boatrace us but who knows. If we pull the reverse Fitz instead of losing inexplicably to Duke maybe we drag them down to our level and surprise them.

I think this all depends on if Ben Bryant is back. Having Hilinski as a back-up (esp if we fix our OL issues) isn't the worst thing either.

Go 'Cats.

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I talked with Jack Lausch this morning after practice, check out my profile on his path to Northwestern, his game against UTEP and the rest of this season in this WildcatReport premium story.

Obviously it’s unlikely. Duke’s got home field advantage and momentum and a quarterback who’ll probably get drafted. But Duke is Duke in the same way tht Barney’s teams were still Northwestern — I’d love to be their Wake Forest.

Things I like so far:
- Cam and Henning look like legit portal wubs
- Bajakian is doing just a bit more with motion and misdirection
- Gallagher is playing like an All-American through two games; all those tackles last season were more “he’s a good football player” than they were just “well somebody’s gotta make a tackle sometime”
- The Sky Cats, or whatever the defensive backs were called a few years ago, legacy remains safe with this current crew
- SAKA SAKA SAKA SAKA SAKA

UTEP isn’t good. Rutgers isn’t good. It’ll be a miserably hot and humid afternoon.

But I’m content to believe and be excited for Saturday, for the first time since the NU-MSU opener.

Cheerleaders are now alleging unsafe conditions and unfair expectations, along with lack of Athletic Department support. Also racism and sexual harrasment. What's next??? Of course none of this happens at Alabama, USC, TSISB, Florida, et al. This University Newspaper, like some of the Frats should be thrown off campus. Last week a former BOT member and a few of us had lunch and he squarely put much of the blame on the Daily's BS!!!

I saw today DePaul just extended their ADs contract to 26/27. For those in the know is that how NU operates, in that you get a x year contract and renewed (if applicable) the last year of the contract? Grabbing at straws here with our predicament.

Here are our takeaways from David Braun's Week 3 press conference.

Why was my “Tuck is…” post moved to the free board?

I deliberately posted that on The Rock.

I did not; this became evident when one of his deputies did the glad handing on the field for the veteran.

Did this MFer honestly not show up to the football home opener?

We need a wildcat who’s fearless like this. @Hungry Jack can refer coaches of this nature:

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Check out the 3-2-1 heading into Week 3 from @mikefitz77. Three things we learned, two questions we're asking and one bold prediction before the Wildcats face off with the No. 21-ranked Blue Devils.

This story keeps getting weirder and weirder.

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Here are our takeaways from Northwestern’s 38-7 win over UTEP.

Check out the 3-2-1 heading into Week 3 from @mikefitz77. Three things we learned, two questions we're asking and one bold prediction before the Wildcats face off with the No. 21-ranked Blue Devils.

Really nice vision and speed on his screen pass TD. On watching the highlight clip he doesn’t look like he is running as hard as he could so perhaps he is actually faster.

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I’m listing our four quarterbacks in reverse alphabetical order so as to avoid any bias.

Simply put: who should be our starter at quarterback?

We are 102. I hope it isn't our peak :-(