Alumnus of Northwestern University (2005, BS in Chemical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science) and avid Northwestern football fan. Was 5-year member of Northwestern University Marching Band (NUMB), 2000-2004. I've been writing about Northwestern football since 2006 at HailToPurple and look forward to providing balanced commentary on Wildcats football.
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During preseason camp prior to the 2009 campaign, I wrote a piece on the next step for Northwestern football, which I argued was winning the games that NU should win...
Solid list, though I personally would have gone with Kustok at QB for 2 reasons: 1) Zak was a more dangerous runner. He cracked 500 rushing...
Jonathan Hodges replied…
Joe, You definitely have an argument there, but one reason I went with Brett was that...
This decade (2000-2009) was quite a period of time for the Northwestern offense, with spread offense being implemented in 2000 by head coach Randy Walker and offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson...
Good take!!! GO HAWKS!!!
If the Big Ten doesn't get a BCS at-large bid (Iowa/PSU), which is unlikely, don't be so sure that Wisconsin has the Champs Sports Bowl spot...
Jonathan Hodges replied…
Northwestern does travel to bowls very well (admittedly much better than filling the home field), mostly...
Sam Oleson replied…
Yea, honestly I wouldn't even mind if Northwestern got chosen over the Badgers to play in...
With the regular season now in the books for the Northwestern Wildcats (8-4, 5-3), now comes the hard part: waiting for the bowl bids to be handed out on December 6...
Nice article and it was great for NU fans to finally have a reason to rush the field and celebrate with the team.
You stated earlier in the article that Smith and Wootton played as freshmen in 2006. Both actually played in 2005 (Wootton was injured early in the...
Good article, it's pretty clear that Fitz is a perfect fit at Northwestern. The fact that he is an alumnus and played such a central role...
What a way to cap off the regular season as Northwestern (8-4, 5-3) pulled off the upset over previously No. 16 Wisconsin (8-3, 5-3) by a final score of 33-31...
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Honest Northwestern Bowl Assessment and…
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Big Ten Midseason Power Rankings, Bowl …
Received 1,000 Reads • October 13, 2009
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