NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Northwestern got their fourth win of the season after pulling off a huge upset by beating #10 Nebraska 28 to 25. One Northwestern player, Jeravin Mathews, will probably be nursing a migraine after being blind sided by Quincy Enuwa.

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Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa appears ready to return from a ruptured Achilles' tendon. Coach Pat Fitzgerald says he ''fully'' anticipates Persa will play Saturday at No. 24 Illinois, but how much will be determined ''in how the week goes.'' Fitzgerald spoke Monday at his weekly news conference. Getting Persa back should give the Wildcats...

Saturday afternoon, Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter was not up to the challenge of Army's double-eagle defense, resulting in a 21-14 Wildcat loss. Colter could only muster 146 yards of total offense -- 89 passing and 57 rushing, before being replaced by redshirt freshman Trevor Siemian midway through the fourth quarter. In his weekly news conference, Northwestern...

Northwestern launched a Dan Persa Heisman Trophy campaign before the season began. They've replaced Persa on their billboards but say that was the plan all along. Is it that, or is it that Persa's hurt?

Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa has been walking around in preseason football camp with what appears to be a noticeable limp. While Persa himself admits rehabbing his ruptured right Achilles tendon takes a toll on his body, Wildcats head football coach Pat Fitzgerald has a more fanciful explanation.‘‘Your limp could be somebody else’s pimp walk,’’ Wildcats coach Pat...

There's a framed letter written in purple ink hanging in Dan Persa's childhood bedroom. It's the one former Northwestern coach Randy Walker wrote and mailed to Persa at his parents' Bethlehem, Pa., home after he committed the summer before his senior year to play quarterback for the Wildcats. Dan, I'm thrilled you decided to become a Wildcat! I was very impressed with you in...

Safety concerns and an end zone that's a little too snug for comfort mean Illinois and Northwestern will both march towards the same end of the field during tomorrow's game at Wrigley.

I wouldn't expect to see much in-fighting at Northwestern practices after seeing how coach Pat Fitzgerald's handled the last two players who who took a few jabs at one another.

Auburn 38, Northwestern 35 (OT). If you had written some unwieldy script to the Outback Bowl leading up to its final play -- a narrative in which Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka throws five interceptions but also accounts for 562 total yards and five touchdowns while leading the underdog Wildcats from a two-touchdown deficit in the final minutes of the fourth quarter; in which...

In a game that rivaled Idaho’s win over Bowling Green in the Humanitarian Bowl on Wednesday, Auburn beat Northwestern 38-35 in an Outback Bowl thriller on New Year’s Day. On a whole, it was an extremely sloppy game. The Tigers intercepted Wildcats’ quarterback Mike Kafka five times, including twice in the end zone. Auburn also had [...]

Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi left the Hawkeyes’ game against Northwestern early in the second quarter with an apparent foot injury. Stanzi was hurt when Wildcats’ defender Corey Wootton sacked him in the end zone. He fumbled and Nwest Marshall Thomas recovered the ball in the end zone for a Northwestern touchdown to cut Iowa’s lead to [...]

Northwestern, in a bowl game? Must be a sign the apocalypse is upon us. But wait, Missouri didn't clinch the Big 12 that everyone predicted? There is the apocalypse again. Oh well, instead we get to be treated as the Alamo Bowl has the Big 12 and the Big 10 battle off for more conference supremacy. Read more insight from this InGameNow user. Come discuss the game with...

Gary Barnett left as soon as he got a "better" job. Randy Walker was taken by a tragic heart attack. Northwestern Football has had a tough run since their 1995-6 Rose Bowl season, but with former standout LB Pat Fitzgerald at the helm, things appear to be on the upswing.

Despite their history, the Northwestern Wildcats can produce some good numbers for fantasy college football team owners. Unfortunately for 2007, their recruiting efforts don't look so great, which won't help you in the short term ...