When it comes to Northwestern Wildcats football, everyone usually brings up 1995, and how that team re-defined the 'Cats. But I've always said that it's really a different Big Ten championship team, the 2000 squad, who really ushered in a new era for NU. Because that was the first year Randy Walker installed the spread-option offensive system, and the program has showcased … [Read more...] about Spread-Option Trend-Setters: 2000 Big Ten Champion Northwestern Wildcats
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Northwestern Football Past, Present and Future with Leading Rusher Damien Anderson
Former Northwestern running back Damien Anderson will host an interactive Q&A session with fans at the Allstate Tailgate Tour before the Wildcats take on the Fighting Illini in the Allstate Wrigleyville Classic at Wrigley Field on Saturday, Nov. 20. Anderson, who played for Northwestern from 1998 to 2001 and is the school’s all-time leading rusher, will be signing … [Read more...] about Northwestern Football Past, Present and Future with Leading Rusher Damien Anderson
Northwestern’s Top Ten Players of the Decade
By Paul M. Banks For the first time since the 1930s, Northwestern football will have a winning decade. Indeed the program has taken a major step up to gain respectability and more during the 2000s. From about the 1960s up until 1995, going to Ryan Field and watching the home team lose was like walking into a Starbucks and hearing Norah Jones; 19 times out of 20 (Or … [Read more...] about Northwestern’s Top Ten Players of the Decade