Northwestern University
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O'Donnell: Lovable elitists - can Northwestern and its football program have it all?Aug 23, 2019 1:00 am - NORTHWESTERN ATHLETICS WANTS to be loved. And Northwestern University wants to be elite. Didn't Bob Seger address that disconnect in "Beautiful Loser" when he sang: "Rea...
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Armstrong, Jones top horses in No. 9 Irish rushing stable
Aug 21, 2019 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - No. 9 Notre Dame may find out this season that a stable full of running backs is better than one. Jafar Armstrong and Tony Jones Jr. are sharing ...
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Former QB Riley Lees in position to be one of NU's top receiversAug 17, 2019 1:00 am - Making the switch from high school quarterback to college receiver may not seem like a big deal. Plenty of guys switch positions in college. But the reality for a guy li...
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Irish hope to ride Book's arm to second straight CFP berth
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Thorson leaves behind blueprint for success at NorthwesternAug 10, 2019 6:00 pm - Former Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson made his NFL debut on Thursday, completing 2 of 9 passes in mop-up action for the Philadelphia Eagles. Fifth-year senior ...
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Kelly, Notre Dame ready to wash out taste of playoff loss
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Why NIU's new football coach Hammock is already scaring opponentsJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - DETROIT - For Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton, "scary" is the word that comes to mind when thinking about new coaching hires in the MAC. That fear he cites is eno...
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NIU chosen to finish 3rd in MAC West media pollJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - DETROIT - Thomas Hammock says he believes expectations are tempered with a new coaching staff. Even acknowledging the uncertainty in observers, he's more than confident ...
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After winning Big Ten West division last season, Northwestern prepared to prove itself againJul 20, 2019 1:00 am - Maybe it was the 47-year wait between bowl games, a numbing stretch that ran from 1949-95. Maybe it was the 23 straight losing seasons, starting in 1972 and extending th...
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Big Ten football, from top to bottomJul 20, 2019 1:00 am - After a two-year absence from the College Football Playoff, can a Big Ten team get back to the final field of four this year? With defending national champion Clemson an...