Northwestern Basketball Underway

With the Northwestern football season coming to a close, the NU basketball team is starting up. In the past the Cats have not had a very strong basketball program, but this year they're off to an excellent start. They currently have a 7-2 record and are looking strong. Northwestern historically has not had a very big team but this year they have some good size with 7 foot freshman Kyle Rowley. Other key players for NU are guard Craig Moore and forward Kevin Coble. If the Cats keep playing like they are now they have a great chance to make some noise in the Big Ten.

Northwestern Bowl Bid Announced

After the Northwestern Wildcats finished their regular season 9-3 they waited for two weeks for the rest of college football to finish the season and fid out which bowl they would be in and who they would play.

Well the wait is finally over and the Cats will take on Missouri in the Alamo Bowl. Many NU fans were upset by this bid because they thought they deserved a higher bid. I personally was happy with this because my sister goes to Missouri so I think there should be some good family rivalry.

Be sure to watch the last Cats game this season on December 29th.

Ohio State Not Classy

Two weeks ago Northwestern hosted the Ohio State Buckeyes. The past 3 years Ohio State had won by a margin of 128-40. The turnout for this game was looking to be the same considering Northwestern starting quarterback, leading tackler, 1st and 2nd string running backs were injured. But Northwestern came out strong and the score was only 21-10 in the Buckeyes favor at half time. The hung on and didn't let the score get too far away from them and it was 31-10 with 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter. The game was virtually over and Northwestern put in a lot of their second and third string players to get them some playing time.
Ohio State had the ball 4th and 15 and was getting ready to punt. But instead of punting they did a fake and picked up the first down and on the next play threw a long pass for a touchdown. If you know anything about football this is a very unclassy move and some of the NU fans were getting a little rowdy.
The score was now 38-10 and the game was for sure over now but once again Ohio State decided to be jerks and with 6 seconds left in the game they scored another touchdown. This was like a big unnecessary kick in the genital region. Ohio State is a very unclassy team and they should receive some sort of sanction from the Big ten for this type of behavior.

Cats Season Back On Track

The Northwestern Wildcats took quite a hit when their starting running back and quarterback were injured 3 weeks ago, but since then the Cats buckled down, made adjustments, and are right back on track with their season.

After losing to Indiana, the Wildcats went on to play the #24 ranked Minnesota. Even diehard NU fans like myself were a little nervous on how the game would play out with back-up quarterback Mike Kafka taking the snaps. But the nation was in for a surprise. Kafka ran the ball 23 times and gained 217 yards, a alltime record for any Big Ten quarterback ever! The Cats also won the game 28-21 on a last second interception by Brendan Smith. It was a huge win for the Wildcats and got them back on track.

The week following the Minnesota game the Wildcats played Ohio State. Most of the NU players were quite worn out and the suffered a loss. But the team put the loss behind them and packed their bags and headed out to Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Cats pummeled the Wolverines and handed them another loss in their already terrible 3-8 season. The Cats now look ahead to their last regular season game this weekend against their rivals, the Illini. Hopefully the Cats will win this game and get into a good bowl game.

Season Of Ups and Downs

Its been awhile since I have last updated how Northwestern was doing with their season. Since my last post quite a lot has happened to the Cats.

Following their loss to Michigan State the Wildcats hosted the Purdue Boilermakers and were anxious to erase the loss the previous year. The Cats had a great game a won 48-26.

Northwestern then traveled to Bloomington, Indiana to take on the Hoosiers, a game everyone thought the Cats would easily win. The team came out flat and Indiana took an early lead and the Cats never recovered and lost the game 19-21. It was a tough loss but even worse both starting quarterback CJ Bacher and runningback Tyrell Sutton were injured during the course of the game. Tyrell hurt his wrist and had to have surgery, and will be out for the rest of the season. CJ strained his calf and is not expected to play for the next two weeks, and will be replaced by Mike Kafka.

Cats suffer first loss

The Northwestern Football team came up short against Michigan State this weekend and suffered their first loss of the season. The Cats showed up a quarter late when they trailed the Spartans 17-0 at the end of the first quarter. They hung with State the rest of the game losing by a final score of 34-17.

Northwestern had more total yards throughout the game then Michigan State did, but they also had three costly turnovers, where as the Spartans had none. Although the Cats dreams of going undefeated are over they are still 5-1 a great start. Hopefully the can put this tough loss behind them and look ahead to nextweeks game against Purdue.

Cats prepare for Michigan State

The Northwestern Football team is hoping to keep their undefeated record alive as they prepare to play Michigan State this Saturday, October 11th. The Cats didn't have a game last weekend so they go an extra week to prepare for the big game against the 22nd ranked Spartans.
For the Cats to win this one they'll have to work very hard on containing Michigan State runningback Javon Ringer. He currently leads the Big Ten in rushing yards and is also one of the top five rushers in the nation. Hopefully the Northwestern defense led by middle linebacker Malcolm Arrington can put a stop to Ringer's success.

GO CATS!

Cats beat Iowa

The Northwestern Wildcats took on the Iowa hawkeyes this saturday at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. The Cats got off to a slow start trailing 10-0 at the close of the first quarter. But the perservenance of the Cats narrowed Iowa's lead to 17-10 at half time. Cats came out strong in the second half by scoring or their first to posseions making the score 22-17. The stifling NU defense then held this lead for the remainder of the game.

The offense was led by CJ Bacher who had 3 touchdowns passing and played great coming off a pretty weak performance last weekend against Ohio. Corey Wutton led the NU defense with 8 tackles and two sacks.

All in all it was a great performance by the Cats, who increased their record to 5-0 and are now winning the Big Ten. Hopefully they can keep up the good work for the rest of the season.

Northwestern 2-0

The Northwestern football team is now 2-0! The Cats pulled off a big victory over the Duke Blue Devils last saturday, September 6th. They won by a score of 24-20. The team was also coming off a huge win August 29th in which they crushed the Syracuse Orange 30-10. Some experts have said that this is the Cats' big break out year and they could really make a run for the Big Ten title. The team has a lot of seniors this year so it could be the last chance in awhile for them to make a run. Runningback Tyrell Sutton will be leading the way along with quarterback, C.J. Bacher and wide reciever, Ross Lane. Hopefully the "Big 3" can lead the Cats to a great season!

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