Northwestern football

Northwestern's 10-2 season saw many players rise to prominence, but which Wildcat stood out the most? The Gameday staff discusses which player deserves to be named the team's most valuable and hands out a few other awards. Senior defensive end Deonte Gibson battles against a Tennessee player. The Wildcat captain along with his senior teammates … Read more

He leads Northwestern into Friday's Outback Bowl against Tennessee as the epitome of a modern football coach, a strong communicator who relates to corporate types as well as college kids and a disciplinarian developing a knack for doing more with less. Tennessee entered the season with high expectations of becoming the best team in the … Read more

Hunter Niswander does not have the biggest leg in college football. His average punt distance ranked 122nd in the NCAA. Now, to be fair, Niswander had to punt the ball 78 times this year thanks to Northwestern's offensive issues, and some of those For decades, Northwestern was the scourge of the Big Ten, if not … Read more

Senior defensive end Deonte Gibson battles against a Tennessee player. The Wildcat captain along with his senior teammates played their last game for Northwestern on Friday. Stephanie Kelly, Web Editor January 1, 2016 •  Video · More · CBSSports.com Fantasy and Games · Fantasy Football News · Player News, Rankings, Projections · Fantasy Baseball News … Read more

Fans are hoping for the same result next year in a New Year's Six bowl or even the College Football Playoff. There will be a lot of buzz around this Tennessee team heading into 2016 and rightfully so. They return nine starters on offense and With Northwestern's regular season over, and only the bowl game … Read more

So our music selection today fits nicely with my early-week #DKNarrative that the Northwestern Wildcats don't deserve their number whatever ranking in the AP or Coaches poll. GoAupher talked me off the ledge a bit, and  Northwestern will be without senior offensive lineman Geoff Mogus and sophomore superback Garrett Dickerson when the Wildcats open Big … Read more

Already ranked 16th in the nation, Northwestern ran its record to 5-0 in its Big Ten opener on Saturday with a 27-0 thumping of Minnesota, which is likely to wind up having a pretty good season. This is the Wildcats' best start since 2010, and their BTN LIVE – Northwestern RB Justin Jackson joins the … Read more

Northwestern shut out Minnesota, 27-0, on Saturday to move to 5-0, and more importantly, all y'all on the Internet are having fun watching this video of hirsute freshman defensive back Steven Reese getting down:  17 Northwestern overcame a sluggish first half to rally for a 24-19 victory over Ball State on Saturday night. Thorson, the … Read more

Instead of directing contempt at players, the Northwestern head coach would rather take all the scorn from fans on social media. He suggested that Northwestern fans, followers or those who just happen to flip on the game use the hashtags #WTFitz or  Northwestern football is back — well, almost. The 2015 season is six days … Read more