Updated
May 16, 2013


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Flashback: VMark vs. 'Cuse [AP Photo]
 		B1G Releases 2014 Schedule;
NU in West Division

The 'Cats now know the B1G schedule of their first season in the West Division.  Here are the future schedules...
Way Too Early Bowl Odds

It's spring, clearly time to talk bowl picks...
Wildcat History
Fate of the Fire Bell Revealed?

What happened to the original NU - Illinois trophy?  Here are more clues...
NU Holds Open Practice

Spring football is over.  Here are some photos from the open practice...
Greatest Games: Dark Ages Edition

Let's take a look at NU's greatest games from 1973 to 1991...
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HTP Twitter Hits 1,000 Followers

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Here's a fun image!  With the movie 42 in theaters, WGN News ran a brief story about Jackie
Robinson's visit to Wrigley Field in 1949.  The image above shows him meeting with college
football all-stars, including members of NU's 1949 Rose Bowl championship team.  Alex
Sarkisian is the one immediately to Robinson's left (grey pants, red shirt with wide stripe).
[WGN, Sarkisian Family Photo]




50
Number of wins
recorded by NU's
all-time winningest coach


Next for the Wildcats:


Camp Kenosha XXII
Kenosha, Wisc.
August
  

2013 Wildcat Schedule
(* Denotes Division Game)
A  California
 Aug 31
H  Syracuse Sep 7
H 
 Western Michigan
 Sep 14
H 
 I-AA Maine Sep 21
- 
 Bye Week
 Sep 28
H 
 Ohio State
 Oct 5
A 
 Wisconsin
 Oct 12
H 
 Minnesota*
Oct 19
A 
 Iowa*
 Oct 26
A 
 Nebraska*
 Nov 2
- 
 Bye Week
 Nov 9
H 
 Michigan*
 Nov 16
H 
 Michigan State*
 Nov 23
A Illinois Nov 30


2012 Results
(10-3; 5-3 B1G)
W  Syracuse 42-41
W  Vanderbilt
 23-13
W 
 Boston College
 22-13
W  I-AA S. Dakota
 38-7
W 
 Indiana 44-29
L 
 Penn St.
 28-39
W 
 Minnesota* 21-13
L 
 Nebraska* 28-29
W 
 Iowa* - HC
 28-17
L  Michigan* 31-38
W  Michigan State* 23-20
W  Illinois 50-14
W 
 Miss. St. (Gator)
 34-20
  Final AP Rank
 17th



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why not party like a rock star on Saturdays in the fall?"
--Coach Fitzgerald, as quoted in the Daily


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