In past years I have noticed the same error. Seems to be being carried over for some reason. Hard to explain. You would think someone at ESPN would know the difference.
Since I moved to Utah I've been amazed how many people who follow college football in general ask me where NU is or what division they play in.
I think that's why the slogan "Chicago's Big Ten Team" is clever on several fronts.
I was at a concession stand at the Gator Bowl and one of the employees, middle aged lady, asked "What IS Northwestern?" (Not "where is"). My short answer was it's a school like Vanderbilt in Chicago. Cringe worthy, I know, but I wanted to get to the game
As a wrestler in a Nebraska high school (and pretty good), I was recruited by Wayne State in northeastern Nebraska for a wrestling scholarship. When I told their recruiter I was going to Northwestern, I got a lot of flak about going to a second rate college instead of Wayne State. When he finally realized I was talking about NU, not Northwestern College in Iowa, I never heard from him again.
They've had that wrong for at least a year, maybe two. I saw it I think in 2016 and emailed ESPN pointing it out, but clearly it never got corrected. Maybe Peters has a strange sense of humor and asked ESPN to list it that way to drive us crazy. I don't need help going crazy.
For those nice folks up north. It's basically UM, and MSU and the Great Beyond when it comes to a university education.
You realize that the schedule scroll on wildcat report homepage of this very website lists as NW; right? Seems like if we are going to jump on people for using NW; maybe change this website for starters?
