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Coming off a successful 2021 season with a tremendous running attack, despite some brutal injuries to the RB corps, Minnesota looks to keep the momentum into 2022. Will the return of Kirk Ciarrocca bring more balance to the Gopher offense?

Ohio State is a perennial CFP contender and this year is no different. Tonight we take a look at the Buckeyes and try to get to the bottom of if the hype surrounding them is warranted.

The calendar may have turned from 2021 to 2022, but with Kirk Ferentz still going strong at Iowa, it looks like we might have a very similar Hawkeye team to last season's. Will they be able to ride their dynamic Defense back to Indy or will their offensive struggles catch up to them?

After making a bowl game for the first time since 2014, Maryland looks to ride their high powered offence to back-to-back winning seasons. Will their defense be the thing that keeps them from doing so?

Last year, Wisconsin rolled with one of the best defenses in the country but their struggles on offense kept them from going to Indy. With Jim Leonhard inexplicably not the head coach somewhere else, do the Badgers have what it takes to run back last years excellent D?

We take a quick break from our Summer Previews to mark the official start of NU Football's Summer Camp. Ray Niro III was honored with the #1 jersey in the first meeting of camp so there's plenty to celebrate on that front. We also discuss some of the big topics that came up at the Media Days in Indy including NIL and further expansion beyond the USC/UCLA moves.

Getting back into conference play, Northwestern starts the month of October on the road in State College. Penn State is coming off a 7-6 2021, but locked up James Franklin to a 10 year contract extension. Will their 2022 offense bring enough to the table to help out their outstanding D?

Northwestern's annual FCS and MAC games will always cause some apprehension amongst the fan base. This year it's no different. In fact, there may be more reason for concern. We'll take a look at Southern Illinois and Miami, OH as we round out the NU non-conference slate.

The Cats' second game of the season comes after returning from Ireland. Duke was not a great team last year but NU really put up a stinker in Durham. Will 2022 present an opportunity to exact some revenge from last year? What does Duke look like without David Cutcliffe at the helm?

We turn our attention to the NU schedule as we begin with a Week 0 matchup against the so-called "Greatest 3-9 team in history." Northwestern travels to the Emerald Isle to take on a Nebraska team that is trying to figure out an identity as Scott Frost's seat gets hotter and hotter. Will UNL finally make a bowl game under their Prodigal Son come home?

We wrap up our previews of the Big Ten teams not on Northwestern's schedule with a look at Rutgers. In 2021, many people were singing the praises of Rutgers and envisioned a good season for them. But as the legendary NU coach Dennis Green once said, they are who we thought they were. Will 2022 be any different?

Our previews continue as we break down the Big Ten teams not on NU's schedule this season. After signing Mel Tucker to a massive contract extension, Michigan State is certainly all in. But how do you replace the best RB in college football last year?

The previews of the Big Ten teams not on Northwestern's 2022 schedule continues with a look at Indiana. After a brilliant 2020 season, the Hoosiers fell way off in 2021 (where have we heard that before...) Will Tom Allen be able to flip the switch again to take Indiana back to the 2020 level of greatness? Or will the power of the East Division be too much for the Hoosiers to handle?

We start our Summer Previews with a look at the Big Ten teams that Northwestern does not play this season. What better place to begin than with the defending Big Ten Champions, the Michigan Wolverines. Can they rekindle the magic of 2021 and make it back to Indy?

With a magical season cut short by a juggernaut of an Oklahoma squad, the NU Softball team made some big news a 5 seniors announced they'll be back to finish the job in OKC next year. Then, we make our pivot to the 2022 Football season as we get set for our annual previews coming very soon.

It was arguably the greatest Super Regional in Softball history. Northwestern and Arizona State traded haymakers deep into the night and the Cats, on the arm of Danielle Williams and the bats of Jordyn Rudd, Maeve Nelson, Hannah Cady, Rachel Lewis and many more, prevailed and punched their ticket to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.

As the Northwestern Softball team heads down to the desert to take on Arizona State in the Super Regionals, we welcome in Noah Coffman to help us dive in to this team on a whole other level.

What an incredible weekend we are having in Northwestern athletics right now. From the Jon Rothstein happy hour to Lacrosse dominating their way to the National Semifinals to Softball cruising their way to the championship game in the Evanston regional to a massive Football recruiting commitment wave, it's an exciting time to wear the Purple and White.

Big congratulations to the NU Softball team for winning the Big Ten Championship. Now, they're on to the Big Ten Tournament this weekend hoping to put a stamp on their chances of hosting NCAA Regionals/Super Regionals. Lacrosse is into the NCAA Tournament as well, drawing the 4 seed and a first round matchup against Central Michigan. A win would pit them up against either Michigan or Notre Dam...

It's time for our annual tradition of livecasting the first round of the NFL Draft with our friends over at Winning Cures Everything.

This week Veronica Burton became the second Wildcat ever taken in the top 10 picks of the WNBA Draft as she heads to Dallas as the 7th overall selection. We celebrate that, continue to rock and roll with the Softball and Lacrosse teams before we check in on some Football recruiting news and look at the USFL with a Northwestern view.

With Softball off to a wonderful start to Conference play (5-1), we have to take a closer look at the season of Rachel Lewis. She's not only hitting the cover off the ball, she's making her way up to the top of the NU record books. Lacrosse is also white hot as they gear up for the home stretch of the regular season. We've also got some transfer news as well on this episode of the West...

If you're not watching this NU Softball team absolutely dominate all comers this season, now is the time to fix that. The Cats finished off their early season barnstorming tour with a decisive sweep of the weekend series at Mizzou, knocking off the 18th ranked Tigers and no-hitting a very talented Stanford squad. This week we also celebrate Ryan Deakin's National Championship in wrestling,...

March Madness is upon us yet again! However, a grave injustice exists as the NU Women's team was snubbed from the NCAA tournament this year, thus ending the fabulous NU career of Veronica Burton. To help us wrap our heads around the Men's tournament, we welcome our own Bracketologist, Scott Sepich back to the show.

Thank you to everyone who braved the elements to come out to Welsh-Ryan Arena with us last week to honor the Seniors on the Women's Basketball team. Tonight, we recap that game and pay well deserved homage to the Softball and Lacrosse squads for their phenomenal performances last weekend.