Saturday September 3, 2011 the Northwestern Wildcats football team will open it's season against the Boston College Eagles @ 12:00 p.m e.t in Alumni Stadium.
It appears that the Wildcat's Heisman Trophy candidate and 2010 first team all Big-Ten quarterback, Dan Persa, may sit this one out.
Northwestern head coach, Pat Fitzgerald, claims Persa is "100% healed". However, during practice Monday Persa was limping.
Tina Akouris, Sun-Times Media, reported in her article "Limp or not, QB Dan Persa striving to be ready for Northwestern's opener", Persa has a ready explanation when asked about the right Achilles tendon he repured last season.
"I'm rehabbing three or four times a day, and it really does a number on your body," Persa said. in the past couple of weeks, it has been pain-free, which is encouraging. It gets better every day."
Akouris reported that Persa said he isn't sure if he will start the opener, but he is putti...
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