Shepkowski: Persa Push Already Paying Off
What is a small private school with very little football tradition like Northwestern doing spending money on billboards across the country to promote Dan Persa's Heisman Trophy campaign?
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What is a small private school with very little football tradition like Northwestern doing spending money on billboards across the country to promote Dan Persa's Heisman Trophy campaign?
Considering NU's recent behavior under Phillips' purple reign, his paintbrush is still threatening to make Chicago go blind.
Jim Phillips, a 1990 graduate of Illinois, agreed to a long-term contract extension with Northwestern, one that will keep him in Evanston through 2020.
On Tuesday, the NCAA released the most recent Academic Progress Rate data for all Division I athletic programs. The Northwestern football team took the top spot among all FBS teams.
Northwestern made the right move on Tuesday by extending Pat Fitzgerald's contract through 2020. Now they have to follow up and get Fitzgerald, as well as the rest of Wildcat athletics, better facilites.
Northwestern has signed head football coach Pat Fitzgerald to a new 10-year contract that will keep him on the Ryan Field sideline through the 2020 season.
Northwestern and Stanford are two of the most prestigious academic institutions in the country, and starting in 2019 the two schools will resume playing each other in football.
The Northwestern University men's basketball team has never made the NCAA Tournament in the previous 71 years of the tournament's existence. The Wildcats are a long shot this year, but their first bid could come soon.
Despite the fact that both offenses headed in the same direction all game, the Wildcats are open to playing in Wrigley Field again.
