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Now this is what we're talking about! Northwestern finally put together an offensive performance that we have been looking for as they trounced ULM. Now, the Cats now find themselves not only at 3-2, but also looking ahead to a game against Penn State this weekend that all of a sudden looks a whole lot more interesting.

We have been saying for some time that this game against the Bruins would be very telling in what to expect from this Northwestern squad this year. While the Cats did play a clean game and many players looked great, there were some major concerns in the strategy and game plan philosophy that we had to get into.

With the Cats off this week preparing for a dreadful UCLA squad with their interim coach, we took this opportunity to take stock of the rest of the conference through the lens of our preseason thoughts. Who is looking better than we thought at the start of the season? Who is worse?

Northwestern enters their first Bye Week with many questions still unanswered. On one hand, the Cats looked pretty decent against a monster Oregon team. On the other hand, the Offense still remains maddeningly inconsistent and mistake-prone. Today we take stock as we look ahead a week and a half to a dreadful UCLA team who just fired their coach.

It was a lovely night for some Friday Night Lights and Northwestern did what they needed to do: lay down the wood on their FCS foe. Unfortunately, they also lost Cam Porter for the season with a leg injury. Now, with #4 Oregon looming Saturday morning, what will the Cats need to do and what should we expect to see?

As Northwestern's Field Hockey squad embarks on their journey to defend their National Championship, John sat down with InsideNU's Editor-in-Chief Yanyan Li to break down the 2025 team.

That was certainly not the start to the 2025 season that anyone had anticipated. The Cats gave up 5 turnovers and the offense looked listless throughout the game. Tonight, we take a look back and try to figure out what NU will need to do to right the ship.

You've heard us talk about the rest, now join us as we talk about the best! That's right, this is the moment you've all been waiting for: our in-depth preview of the 2025 Northwestern Wildcats. We'll dive deep into the defense, the offense, the special teams and much, much more.

We wrap up our Summer Preview slate just as we do every year, with the battle for the Top Hat and Illinois. The Illini are coming off their best season in a while as they continue to embody the Bret Bielema system. But last year they seemed to come out on the right side of almost every close game they played. Will that luck continue into the 2025 campaign?

Northwestern wraps up the 2025 home (Wrigley) schedule as we welcome in the Gophers. In what may be the last game in Wrigley for the foreseeable future, PJ Fleck and the Flecktones come in looking to build on recent success. Will they have enough to make some noise at the top of the conference?

Two years removed from their National Championship, Michigan looks to ride their stellar D and hope that their revamped offense can propel them back to the top of the conference.

USC starts their second season in the Big Ten in a fascinating place. There is always the sense that the Trojans could/should be in the picture for the top of the conference, but for the past several years, the reality of the situation is not what the USC faithful expect. How hot is Lincoln Riley's seat? Will a rough schedule keep them from achieving where they believe they should be?

For the first time in what seems like forever, Nebraska is coming off a bowl appearance. Matt Rhule continues to reshape the program and Dylan Raiola enters his sophomore season hoping to improve on what was a solid freshman year. Will the Huskers actually make it a streak of bowling this year?

There are very few teams in the conference that look as different from last year as Purdue. A new coaching staff led by Barry Odom brought in boatloads of transfers into West Lafayette this year. Will it be enough to get Purdue out of the Big Ten basement?

Penn St. comes into the 2025 season highly touted and widely considered to be among the cream of the crop in the Big Ten. They return most of their offensive weapons and make a huge hire at Defensive Coordinator. Will they be able to live up to their hype this year?

It's the second season for UCLA in the Big Ten and the second season under DeShaun Foster. Coming off a 5-7 season last year, they have a lot of new faces. What will the Bruins look like when they come visit the lakefront?

Northwestern's third game of the season marks the start of the conference slate and with it, the defending Big Ten Champions, last season's #1 seed in the Playoff and what will no doubt be the highest ranked football team to play on the Lakefront, the Oregon Ducks. The Ducks look to reload after last year's disappointing finish at the Rose Bowl and they look fully capable of making tha...

In today's episode, we discuss David Braun, Preston Stone, Joe Himon and Anto Saka and their trip to Vegas for Big Ten Media Days. We also discuss the Jake Retzlaff transfer to Tulane and how that may impact the Cats' week 1 matchup.

We continue our Summer Previews with a look at the three Non Conference matchups. The Cats start off heading down to New Orleans in late August to take on Tulane. The following week brings a Friday evening matchup against Western Illinois. In early October, the Cats welcome in Louisiana-Monroe to the lake for Northwestern's Homecoming game.

Our Summer Previews continue with brief looks at the other 4 Big Ten teams Northwestern does not play this year: Indiana, Washington, Michigan St. and Iowa.

Are you ready? Because we sure are! The 2025 college football season is fast approaching so it is time for us to kick off our 15th season of Northwestern Football coverage. We start as we do every year with previews of the Big Ten teams that NU will not play this season. We start off with the defending National Champs OSU, Maryland, Rutgers and Wisconsin.

The 2025 Northwestern Spring Sports calendar closed with a huge flourish this year as the Women's Golf team won their very first National Championship with some incredible golf against the very best in the nation. Lacrosse also played for the title after a massive comeback against BC in the semifinal.

We are fully into postseason mode for Lacrosse and Softball. The Lake Show continues into the NCAA Quarterfinals with a definitive win over Michigan. Now only a date with Penn stands between them and the Final Four. Softball rode the wave of a monster series win at UCLA into the NCAA Tournament where they will head to Clemson for their regional.

It's three straight Big Ten Championships for NU Lacrosse with a couple of dramatic wins over Johns Hopkins and Maryland. Now they await their matchups in the NCAA Tournament as they look to head back to the top of the mountain. We also check in with Baseball and Softball as they both come down the stretch runs of their regular seasons and position themselves for their Big Ten Tourneys.

This week we sat down with NU Lacrosse Head Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller. We're fast approaching the tail end of the regular season and the Cats are firing on all cylinders. Coming up on April 17, they look to set an all time Lacrosse attendance record at Martin Stadium in a huge matchup with Michigan. We talked with Coach Amonte Hiller about this year's team, her career and much, much more.