Northwestern Wildcats News

Chicago Tribune — Tyrell Sutton calls himself one of the happiest players at Northwestern right now.

Chicago Tribune — Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips' voice was hoarse on Sunday, probably from cheering during the win against Michigan, he joked. More likely, he lost it talking up the Wildcats in hopes of impressing bowl representatives.

Chicago Tribune — If coach Bill Carmody needs a highlight film for Northwestern's postseason banquet, all he'll have to do is pull out the DVD of Sunday's season opener.

Chicago Tribune — Michigan loses school-record eighth game Michigan has lost eight games for the first time in the storied program's 129-year history after Northwestern beat the Wolverines 21-14 on Saturday.

Chicago Tribune — There are not many teams that can endure the loss of one star player. Northwestern is trying to deal with a roster that has been diminished by injury on what seems like a weekly basis.

Chicago Tribune — Ohio State in past; bowl positioning now top concern About an hour after Northwestern's 45-10 loss to Ohio State, quarterback Mike Kafka entered the Nicolet Football Center in a dark suit carrying a plastic bag with a sandwich in it.

Chicago Tribune — It doesn't take a football genius to see that there's a talent gap between Ohio State and Northwestern. It takes one working eyeball, and maybe not even that.

Chicago Tribune — Mike Kafka got another start at quarterback for Northwestern on Saturday, taking the field for the Wildcats' first series against No. 12 Ohio State.

Chicago Tribune — NU aims to end history of routs vs. Buckeyes An easy way to motivate Northwestern would be to pick nearly any score from recent games against Ohio State: 58-7 ... 54-10 ... 48-7.

Chicago Tribune — Center DeAndre Thomas and backcourt subs Jerwin Calloway and Andre White were in the forefront when NAIA powerhouse Robert Morris upset Northwestern 69-62 in an exhibition Thursday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Chicago Tribune — If NU's Bacher not better by Thursday, Kafka set to start The daily briefings on Northwestern quarterback C.J. Bacher's health are usually one-sentence updates about his recovering from an injured hamstring.

Chicago Tribune — Northwestern quarterback C.J. Bacher moved better at practice Tuesday, but he needs every day to become easier if he wants to play Saturday against Ohio State.