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Got this off the Iowa board...

TruMedia stats for the 2023 season:




A bit surprised to see the Cats that high, but it makes sense that Braun was moving to more of his type of O.

Anyone have the data for the previous season or 2?

Iowa should move up the chart as their new scheme is akin to the Shanahan based Packers O.

How many do we have this year for 2025 football? With the turnover last summer, and more transfers our than in on the portal, I recall we'll take more than usual

Heard it through the grapevine:
1 Board of Trustees is leading the way on the replacement AD hire, Schill not really involved.
2 Schill likely to serve out his term / contract but not be renewed.

Who would you rather be today? Boo or Chase? Does Chase regret not returning for another year? Does Boo regret not turning pro earlier? Are they both happy with their decisions?

I talked to DT Tanner Jumpp about his decision to commit to Northwestern, his training goals and his official visit last weekend.

I talked to DT Tanner Jumpp about his decision to commit to Northwestern, his training goals and his official visit last weekend.

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Phoenix got nothing out of the highest payroll in the league. They’re gonna need players on the minimum.

Go Boo Go Boo Go

Maybe it's not a big deal to many, but ex-Cat Scott Harrington had a really good first round today in the Korn Ferry Tour in Springfield IL. Eight under par, tied for 2nd.

If it's not inappropriate to ask about here -- does anyone know how Scott's wife is doing? Some years ago she was a serious cancer patient, and I've wondered about outcomes of the treatment she received. I'm rooting for them both. Scott's scuffled quite a bit on the course -- went up to the PGA Tour and is back in Korn Ferry. He deserves some good fortune.

This one came out of left field. Very odd.

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Northwestern hosted JonAnthony Hall for his first trip up to Evanston. Hall's recruitment is stacked with Big Ten offers, I talked to him about NU getting the chance to set the bar on the OV last weekend.

Worst at #18. Given that we have three starters coming back seems a little surprising that we're that low.

Iowa is not the only team getting a Northwestern QB

Northwestern College quarterback Jalyn Gramstad is transferring to the University of Nebraska to use his final season of eligibility. Well, I did say it was another Northwestern.

Sorry for the click bait. 🤣🤣🤣

@lou v has the story on new Northwestern RB commit Ronny Johnson's decision.

@lou v talked to Michigan DT prospect Derrick Simmons about his recruitment, his untraditional visit style to see schools in June, and Northwestern.

I've started seeing announcement of non-conference games for next season. So far I think this is all we know about next year's non-conference slate:

DePaul (12/21/24 @ WRA)
Arizona State (@ United Center)
@ Dayton

That leaves a lot of games left to figure out. The Gavitt Games series is over. I assume we'll be in a non-conference tournament. Usually those are announced pretty far in advance, but I don't recall anything for NU and I'm not seeing anything online either. Hopefully there will be a couple more power conference opponents. I assume the rest will be the usually parade of sub-200 teams. Next season we should work on blowing those teams out.

UPDATE (7/22):
I'm starting to see teams release their non-conference schedules so here's what we know now:

Lehigh (11/4)
Montana State (11/19)
@ Dayton
Arizona Tip-off @ Tempe, AZ (Play two of Butler/Mississippi State/UNLV)
Georgia Tech (12/15 @ MKE) - This hasn't been officially announced, but Coach James mentioned it in an interview so it seems legit, albeit weird.
DePaul (12/21)
Arizona State (@ United Center) - Moved to 2025

Assuming there will be eleven non-conference games, that's six seven down, five four to go.

Sure would be nice to have him today.

Illinois
(-)
Dain Dainja - Memphis
Sencire Harris- West Virginia
Amani Hansberry - West Virginia
Luke Goode - Indiana
Niccolo Moretti - Florida Atlantic
Coleman Hawkins

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Kylan Boswell - Arizona
Jake Davis - Mercer
Tre White - Louisville
Carey Booth - Notre Dame
Ben Humrichous - Evansville
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Indiana
(-)
Kaleb Banks - Tulane
C.J. Gunn - DePaul
Payton Sparks - Ball State

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Myles Rice - Washington State
Oumar Ballo - Arizona
Kanaan Carlyle - Stanford
Luke Goode - Illinois
Langdon Hatton - Bellarmine
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Iowa
(-)
Dasonte Bowen - St. Bonaventure
Patrick McCaffery - Butler
Amarion Nimmers - Indian Hills CC
Tony Perkins - Missouri

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Drew Thelwell - Morehead State
Seydou Traore - Manhattan
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Maryland
(-)
Noah Batchelor - Buffalo
Jamie Kaiser Jr. - Butler
Jahnathan Lamothe - North Carolina A&T
Caelum Swanton-Rodger - Old Dominion
Mady Traoré - Frank Phillips College (JUCO)

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Ja'Kobi Gillespie - Belmont
Rodney Rice - Virginia Tech
Selton Miguel - South Florida
Tafara Gapare - Georgia Tech
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Michigan State
(-)
Mady Sissoko - California
A.J. Hoggard - Vanderbilt

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Frankie Fidler - Omaha
Szymon Zapala - Longwood
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Michigan
(-)
Youssef Khayat - Bowling Green
Dug McDaniel - Kansas State
Tarris Reed, Jr. - Connecticut
George Washington III - Richmond
Terrance Williams II - USC

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Tre Donaldson - Auburn
Rubin Jones - North Texas
Danny Wolf - Yale
Roddy Gayle Jr. - Ohio State
Sam Walters - Alabama
Vladimir Goldin - Florida Atlantic
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Minnesota
(-)
Braeden Carrington - Tulsa
Isaiah Ihnen - Liberty
Kristupas Keinys - Pacific
Joshua Ola-Joseph - California
Pharrel Payne - Texas A&M
Elijah Hawkins - Texas Tech
Cameron Christie - NBA Draft

(+)
Frank Mitchell - Canisius
Brennan Rigsby - Oregon
Femi Odukale - New Mexico State
Trey Edmonds - UTSA
Caleb Williams - Macalester College (D3)
Lu'Cye Patterson - Charlotte
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Nebraska
(-)
Mata Diop - Loyola Marymount
Blaise Keita - Western Kentucky
Jamarques Lawrence - Rhode Island
Ramel Lloyd, Jr. - Long Beach State
Eli Rice - Penn State
C.J. Wilcher - Texas A&M

(+)
Andrew Morgan - North Dakota State
Gavin Griffiths - Rutgers
Rollie Worster - Utah
Connor Essegian - Wisconsin
Braxton Meah - Washington
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Northwestern
(-)
Parker Strauss - UC Riverside

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🎉🎉🥳🥳 Jalen Leach - Fairfield
Keenan Fitzmorris - Stony Brook 🥳🥳🎉🎉
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Ohio State
(-)
Roddy Gayle, Jr. - Michigan
Bowen Hardman - Akron
Zed Key - Dayton
Scotty Middleton - Seton Hall
Felix Okpara - Tennessee

(+)
Meechie Johnson - South Carolina
Aaron Bradshaw - Kentucky
Micah Parrish - San Diego State
Sean Stewart - Duke
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Penn State
(-)
Favour Aire
Jameel Brown - Temple
Kanye Clary - Mississippi State
Bragi Gudmundsson - Campbell
Demetrius Lilley - La Salle

(+)
Kachi Nzeh - Xavier
Yanic Konan Niederhauser - Northern Illinois
Eli Rice - Nebraska
Freddie Dilione V - Tennessee
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Purdue
(-)
Mason Gillis - Duke
Ethan Morton - Colorado State
Chase Martin

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Nada
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Rutgers
(-)
Antonio Chol - Howard
Gavin Griffiths - Nebraska
Mawot Mag - BYU
Clifford Omoruyi - Alabama
Derek Simpson - Saint Joseph's
Daniel Vessey
Antwone Woolfolk - Miami (OH)

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Tyson Acuff - Eastern Michigan
Zach Martini - Princeton
Jordan Derkack - Merrimack
PJ Hayes - San Diego
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Wisconsin
(-)
Ross Candelino - Lipscomb
Connor Essegian - Nebraska
Luke Haertle - Winona State
Isaac Lindsey - South Dakota State
A.J. Storr - Kansas
Gus Yalden - Seton Hall
Chucky Hepburn - Louisville

(+)
Camren Hunter - Central Arkansas
Xavier Amos - Northern Illinois
John Tonje - Missouri

Looks like that Bruce Weber coaching tree firing up.

Justin Bell, a 6’8”, 288 lb OT out of Dakota HS, is set to visit Evanston this weekend. Bell has a handful of offers including one from Indiana. Will be interesting to see if he picks up one from NU on his visit.

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Looks like the Cats will be participating. Solid group of 4. Should be fun.

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Sure feels good to post this thread. But other than Marks and Goff, I have no clue who’s out there. Toss out your NIL-competent names!

Bad news: recruiting lately looks like a higher level MAC or even FCS program.

Good news: the teams at the FCS level coached by Braun and Lujan would probably have handily defeated NU in 2021, 2022, and even 2023.

So if we get MAC/FCS recruits who play like SDSU and NDSU then we may finish in the middle third of the newly expanded Big Ten.

Given the NIL changes and AD/presidential leadership along with the Fitz transition, I don't think we could be surprised to see recruiting fall to this level. We'll see if the results on the field look better than the appearance on paper.