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Words just can't do proper justice to the majesty of the opening of New Ryan Field. The stadium was incredible, the crowd was electric and the team was utterly dominant in their 34-13 drubbing of Penn St.

What a wild game in Bloomington as the Cats gave Indiana everything they could handle. Now, Northwestern welcomes in Penn State as the curtain is raised on the palace that is New Ryan Field.

Welcome to the Library! The Cats closed out their time on the lakefront in style as they absolutely demolished Colorado. Now the schedule difficulty ramps way up as Northwestern begins conference play on the road in Bloomington as they take on the defending National Champion Indiana Hoosiers.

As the Cats get set to cut the ribbon on New Ryan Field, we have quite the curtain call on the 2+ year stint at Martin Stadium as Deion Sanders brings his Colorado Buffaloes to the lake.

Woah baby! What a way to start the season! There is so much to talk about coming out of this game from the resurgent offense from Aiden Chiles and the 3 Headed monster at running back to the outstanding play of the defensive backfield checking in with 13 passes broken up. Tonight we'll get into all that and more as we recap the Cats' 34-18 win over the Jackrabbits.

GAME WEEK!!!! After 8 months of talking, projecting, analyzing and theorizing, we are finally ready to kickoff the 2026 Northwestern Football season! This Saturday night, under the lights on the lake, the Cats face off against FCS powerhouse South Dakota St. LET'S GOOOOOO!!!

After our scouting previews of 20 different teams, at last we come to the one we're all here to see. Tonight, we break down the 2026 Northwestern Wildcats, diving deep into the Offense, Defense and Specials. This is a season which will see titanic changes to the program, from opening a new stadium to the splashiest coaching hire in school history. What is the outlook for the Cats this year?

Tonight, we wrap up our Summer Previews with a look at Ohio State, Minnesota and Illinois. Sure the trip to Columbus will be difficult, but, much like last year, the final two games against the Gophers and Illini may very well tell the story of the entire Northwestern season.

Tonight, we continue our journey through the Northwestern schedule. As we get into the back half of October with the seasons changing, our schedule kicks into the next gear. Rutgers will come to Evanston, only to be followed by a Halloween journey to Oregon. Finally we flip the calendar to November with Iowa coming to town.

As we were looking at the Northwestern schedule and planning out our summer previews, this is the episode which we knew would be a spicy one. Starting off with the defending champs, talking about the first game at the New Ryan Field and then Michigan St. where the emotions and drama will be running high.

After previewing the Big Ten foes we don't see this year, it's time to dig into the Northwestern schedule. What a doozy off the top as we face FCS powerhouse South Dakota St. Then it'll be Prime Time on the lake as Colorado comes to town. Finally, we look at our Homecoming game against Ball State.

We continue our Summer Previews with the other 4 Big Ten teams that the Cats do not play this season. Tonight has a significant PAC-12 feel as we look at USC, Washington and UCLA before we round things out with Wisconsin.

Welcome to the West Lot Pirates Season Premier where we begin to get ready for the 2026 College Football season! As always, we begin our previews by taking a quick look at all of the Big Ten teams NOT on Northwestern's schedule this year. Tonight, we look at Michigan, Maryland, Purdue and Nebraska.

We have so much to cover in tonight's episode. For starters, NU Lacrosse just won their 9th Championship under Kelly Amonte Hiller with a thrilling 14-11 victory over North Carolina in front of 8,500 fans mostly clad in purple. As if that wasn't enough, Mr. Cat himself, Dave Eanet joins us as we approach the 20 year anniversary of the tragic passing of Randy Walker. We reminisce about the...

With an OT win over a swarming Colorado squad, NU Lacrosse advances to yet another Final 4. This time however, we're playing on our own field. Also, NU has a new President with the announcement that Mung Chiang will be taking the reins July 1st.

Northwestern Lacrosse has the unique opportunity to potentially play every game of the NCAA tournament at Martin Stadium on the lakefront. With their huge win over James Madison, the Cats look to avenge their early season loss to Colorado in the Quarterfinals with the chance to go back to the Final 4 on the line Thursday afternoon.

Lacrosse has now won 4 consecutive Big Ten Conference Tournament Championships to go along with their 4 consecutive Regular Season Championships with a tremendous OT win over Maryland. Now we wait to see what their path will look like as they attempt to make yet another deep run in the NCAA Tournament.

We are mere days away from the NFL Draft and there are several Cats who should hear their names called throughout the weekend. To get ready, we welcome in Kevin Fishbain from The Athletic to get us up to speed and talk about his phenomenal podcast Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain.

With March Madness in our rearview mirror, the offseason of College Basketball is upon us. As the Transfer Portal opened on Tuesday, the Wildcats find themselves in a situation we have not experienced before. Eight players have entered their names into the portal and Chris Collins now finds himself in a situation where he will need to completely rebuild the roster. How is this going to work?

In our latest episode, we recap Lacrosse's fantastic road trip to North Carolina and their subsequent home win against Johns Hopkins. We also continue to be baffled by the ridiculous travel-related premature ending of the softball game against Oregon.

With the NCAA Basketball Tournament drawing nigh, we welcome back Scott Sepich, our resident Bracketologist for his 16th season of bracket analysis.

Nick Martinelli finished up his Northwestern career at Welsh-Ryan with a pair of thrilling games: a last second buzzer beater against Oregon and yet another barn burner against Purdue. Tonight, we look back at the end of the hoops regular season and we check in on the rest of the spring teams.

Tonight, we check in on NU Hoops as the Men's team extended their winning streak against Indiana to 6, the Lacrosse team as they took out their frustration after their loss to Colorado, Softball as they continue to develop whilst taking on a meat grinder of a non-conference schedule and Baseball as they have started off to a very respectable 5-2 start.

As the Spring seasons for Lacrosse, Softball and Baseball (yes, we know it's February) get underway, we look at the opening weekend's games which had some good and some rough outcomes.

The calendar may read January, but it's time to look ahead to the 2026 college football season, specifically, the release of the Big Ten schedule. Tonight we look at the Cats' schedule while also noting that NEXT week we find out the home venue locations. Might we see another game or two on the lake before the New Ryan Field is ready?