Ladies and Gentlemen, it&#39;s signing day! Today Northwestern welcomes in 15 incoming freshmen into the football program. We discuss the signings and the guys who will be coming to Evanston next season. Also, we start our 2021 Bowl previews with a look at the bowl games up through Christmas Day.

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Episode 479: Signing Day and Bowl Preview Part 1

With the football early signing period a week away and both Men&#39;s and Women&#39;s basketball starting a little bit of conference play, we had to check in on some of the big news items coming out of Evanston including Joe Spivak getting an opportunity to join the WWE and potentially become a professional wrestler.

Episode 478: Is that Joe Spivak's Music?

After another disappointing outing, Northwestern can finally wrap up the 2021 campaign. As we start to turn our attention to the 2022 season, there are still many things left to figure out. What activity will we see in the Transfer Portal? What kind of coaching changes will we see? How will this season affect the recruiting class? We also check in with Men&#39;s and Women&#39;s Hoops as they really get into the thick of the non-conference slate.

Episode 477: Illinois 47-Northwestern 14

Congratulations to the Northwestern Field Hockey team for winning their first National Championship in program history! The Cats finished off their magical run through the NCAA Tournament with a 2-1 win over Harvard in the Final 4 and a 2-0 blanking of Liberty in the title game! Elsewhere, at Wrigley Field, the football team lost their 5th straight game. The season comes down to the final game this weekend as the Cats hope to keep the LOLHat in Evanston as they travel downstate to take on the Illini. We&#39;ve also got some news from the hardcourt in both Men&#39;s and Women&#39;s Hoops.

Episode 476: National Champion Field Hockey/Purdue 32-Northwestern 14

The season continues to disappoint with yet another rough loss, this time to Wisconsin, instead of breaking down the game, we start to look ahead to where the program is going. It&#39;s thoughtful, it&#39;s insightful and there are metaphors referring to Disney kingdoms. Plus, the game at Wrigley Field is this weekend. All is not doom and gloom however as Field Hockey is in the Final 4 and both Men&#39;s and Women&#39;s hoops are off to undefeated starts.

Episode 475: Wisconsin 35-Northwestern 7

With all the ways Northwestern has lost this year, the one we&#39;ve been missing is that late game gut punch. Well, not anymore. Tonight, Sam and John go over the game with Scuzz calling in poolside from his family vacation. 

Episode 474: Iowa 17-Northwestern 12

Well, we knew that the Minnesota OL was amazing and that it really didn&#39;t matter who was running the ball for them. Already down their top 2 RBs for the season and their 3rd RB going out early, they still had 2 backs go for over 100 yards as they controlled the ball and the clock, wearing out the NU defense. The Cats&#39; season seems to be circling down the drain, but with Iowa coming into Ryan Field this weekend, we will get to see another offense just as lost as NU&#39;s is. 

Episode 473: Minnesota 41-Northwestern 14

It was a tale of two halves in Ann Arbor last week. While the Cats hung in there for the first half, the second half was a different story as Michigan took their decisive time of possession advantage and wore the NU defense down. Now we enter the heart of the western division schedule as we take on the Gophers this Saturday afternoon. For the first time in several years, all three of us will be in attendance!

Episode 472: Michigan 33-Northwestern 7

It&#39;s amazing how much one win can change the mindset of a fan base. Northwestern came off their bye week and did pretty much whatever they wanted against Rutgers. This weekend&#39;s matchup against Michigan, however, is going to be a totally different beast. But there is a path to victory there. Join us as we trace that path out for you.

Episode 471: Northwestern 21-Rutgers 7

With a week off to regroup, we reset our expectations for the back half of the season. Rutgers is coming to town this weekend and we outline a path to victory. We also discuss the announcement of the next President of Northwestern, Dr. Rebecca Blank.

Episode 470: Bye Week Breather

There&#39;s really not much we can say about this game. It was awful in every sense of the word. With Northwestern&#39;s bye week upon us, this is an opportunity to take stock and see what kind of changes the Cats can make as we get into the back half of the schedule. 

Episode 469: Nebraska 56-Northwestern 7

A lot of things went right in Northwestern&#39;s big win over Ohio, but there are definitely still some things to work on and questions to be answered. This week, the Cats head west to Lincoln to take on Nebraska under the lights. Nebraska&#39;s Defense is much improved, but is there a blueprint to moving the ball against them? Can Adrian Martinez be stopped by anyone other than himself?

Episode 468: Northwestern 35-Ohio 6

To call that first half against Duke a miserable time would be too generous. There are a lot of adjectives that we could use to describe it, but fundamentally, it was just embarrassing. The second half was a different story, but the Cats just ran out of time. We feel your pain as we try to figure out what the hell is going on with this team and how we can mentally re-adjust our expectations for the rest of the season. 

Episode 467: Duke 30-Northwestern 23

While Indiana State was certainly what the doctor ordered to get the bad taste of the opener out of our mouths, there is still some rumblings of discontent amongst Wildcat faithful. We had to bring in Jay Sharman (aka Lake the Posts) to help us take the temperature of the fanbase, get our heads around the annual "September Swoon" and prepare us all mentally for this weekend&#39;s game against Duke.

Episode 466: Northwestern 24-Indiana St. 6 w/Jay Sharman

Well, that is certainly not how we wanted to start the season. Things went south for the Cats starting from the very first play of the game. However, instead of giving our knee-jerk reactions, we took some time, broke down the film and really dissected what went wrong last Friday in Evanston.

Episode 465: Michigan State 38-Northwestern 21

A unique take on Northwestern Athletics with thoughts ranging from the visceral to the statistical. Sam, John and Erik will break down NU football, recruiting, basketball and more.

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