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This week we welcome in Louis Vaccher from WildcatReport.com to talk about the state of Northwestern recruiting.

We are fired up this week. Basketball is on a 2 game winning streak and BTN just premiered an amazing documentary on the 2016/17 Basketball season. However, there are some major issues going on at Michigan State and believe me, we have thoughts on the matter.

With the Basketball season looking more and more like a wonk season, we immerse ourselves in some recruiting probabilities.

With the whole band back together, we look back again at the Northwestern win in the Music City Bowl before recapping a wild National Championship game between Alabama and Georgia. We also begin our big pivot to the hardcourt as we talk some Men's Hoops and a much needed win over Minnesota.

What a roller coaster of a Music City Bowl! Sam and Erik go through all the ups and downs as we look back at the Northwestern victory and briefly look ahead to the National Championship game.

Just days away from the Music City Bowl we take a good hard look at Kentucky before we break down the College Football Playoff. 

This week we continue our previews of the 2017 Bowl Season by chatting about the second half of the bowl games.

This week we start our previews of the 2017 Bowl Season! We take a snap look at the first 20 bowls.

The matchups are set, flights and hotels booked and we're all ready to get into Bowl Season! Northwestern will be taking on Kentucky at the Music City Bowl in Nashville in a battle for Wildcat supremacy.  We take a quick look at Kentucky before we get into some of the other big Bowls. We also ride the insanity of the coaching carousel, although as crazy as it's been, we should maybe call i...

The regular season is over and the Cats are 9-3. What a way to finish the year; a 7 game win streak, a chance for a 10 win season, and, oh yeah, the LOLHat stays in Evanston where it belongs. This week we break down the game, look ahead to Championship Week, and try to wrap our heads around the absolute craziness that is the 2017 Coaching Carousel.

It may have been a frigid, rainy day, but that didn't stop the Cats from rattling off their sixth straight victory.  Join us as we look back at Senior Day and Northwestern's domination of the Gophers.

The winning streak continues as Northwestern took down Purdue on a chilly night at Ryan Field. Fortunately, this one didn't go to OT. We talk about the game, look ahead to the Gophers game this weekend and recap the first 2 games of the Men's Basketball season. Finally, we remember back to each of our first memories of College Football.

Another week, another overtime, another Wildcat victory! This week, we recap the game and celebrate the first ever FBS team to win three consecutive overtime games. We also touch on the Men's Basketball squad as they begin their quest to go back to the NCAA tournament this week.

Another week, another OT, another great win for the Cats! We look back at this thrilling game and turn the calendar to November as we hit the road to Lincoln, Nebraska where Northwestern takes on the Cornhuskers.

It's always nice to beat Iowa and this year is no different.  With a whipping wind, the Cats fought off Iowa behind the staunch defense and an opportunistic offense.

Well, there's nothing like a taste of a swiss cheese Maryland D to cure a stagnant offense.  The Cats went to the DMV and came back with a new all-time rushing champion! Oh, and a much needed win too.

A dismal offensive performance leaves us with a ton of questions and very few answers. We try to wrap our heads around the issue of NU's lackluster offense while also looking ahead to this weekend's first ever trip to Maryland.

It was a weird game up in Madison with both positives and negatives. We look at the game from both angles as we turn our gaze forward to this weekend's Homecoming game against #4 Penn State.

With Northwestern on their off week, Sam and John talk about some of the protests going on around football, preview this weekend's Wisconsin game and check in with the rest of the college football landscape.

It's nice to get back on the winning side of things. This week, we talk about the NU win over Bowling Green and then take stock of the B1G as we begin to enter conference play proper.