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Episode 634: Whiparound Tonight, we check in on NU Hoops as the Men’s team extended their winning streak against Indiana to 6, the Lacrosse team as they took out their frustration after their loss to Colorado, Softb…

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As we get set to flip the calendar to March, let’s check in on Basketball, Lacrosse, Softball and Baseball and see what’s going on.

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Episode 633: Changing Seasons As the Spring seasons for Lacrosse, Softball and Baseball (yes, we know it’s February) get underway, we look at the opening weekend’s games which had some good and some rough outcomes. …

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NU Lacrosse and Softball started their seasons last weekend with Baseball getting going this weekend. As we turn our attention to Spring, we take a look back at opening weekend.
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Episode 632: 2026 Football Schedule The calendar may read January, but it’s time to look ahead to the 2026 college football season, specifically, the release of the Big Ten schedule. Tonight we look at the Cats’ schedule …

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With the 2026 Big Ten schedule release yesterday, we can now start making travel plans and booking hotels. One thing we are still waiting on is the venue info. A swan song for the lake perhaps?
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Episode 631: A New National Champion With Indiana’s historic win over Miami in the National Championship Game, that brings us to the end of the 2025 College Football Season. In tonight’s episode, we discuss the Hoosiers an…

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As we close the book on the 2025 College Football Season, we look back at Monday night's game and how Indiana's historic win could change the way we think about College Football moving forward.
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Episode 630: Transfer PortalPalooza Transfer portal season is here and boy, it’s busy. In addition to continuing building out the offensive coaching staff under Chip Kelly, we have a flurry of faces transferring in and heading …

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It's wild that just 24 hours after recording, this week's episode is already slightly out of date. In tonight's episode, we dive into the first wave of Transfer PortalPalooza and the changes in the coaching staff.

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Sorry, we try to cross post as much as we can, but it’s hard to remember to do both.

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So...anything in particular that anyone would like to talk about? Any recent news items that you might be looking for us to chip away at?

We'll get there😉 Away we go!

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So...anything in particular that anyone would like to talk about? Any recent news items that you might be looking for us to chip away at?

We'll get there😉 Away we go!

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The three of us are out on Lujan. There’s no need to settle for mediocrity. I’d (Sam) rather shoot for the moon and fail than be content with blah.

Episode 626: Illinois 20-Northwestern 13 It would be easy to chalk this game up to just being a rivalry game in the snow, but there was a lot more going on than just that in Northwestern’s 7 point loss to Illinois. Now with the regu…

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After we have all thawed out from the snow bowl on Saturday, we take stock of the Cats as they prepare to learn their bowl destination. Oh, did we mention there's some news on the coaching carousel...?
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Episode 625: Northwestern 38-Minnesota 35 and a Field Hockey National Championship What a weekend! Field Hockey finished their journey to repeat as National Champions with 2 incredible wins in both the Final 4 game against North Carolina and the title game against Princeton. Foot…

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In this week of giving thanks, we have a lot to be thankful for. NU Field Hockey won their second straight National Title, Football won at Wrigley and clinched a Bowl for the 2nd time in 3 years and much more. westlotpirates.com/2025/11/26/e...

Episode 623: USC 38-Northwestern 17 It was a tale of two halves this past Friday in LA. The first half saw two teams trading punches back and forth. But one freak play turned the game on its head and USC pulled away in the second hal…

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This week, we look back at our trip to LA, look ahead to our trip to Wrigley Field, marvel at the great start to the basketball season and prepare for both Women's Soccer and Field Hockey's NCAA tourney runs.
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Episode 622: It’s Basketball Season! The Northwestern Men’s Basketball season tipped off this week with a huge win over Mercyhurst. With so many new faces on the squad, we take a look at the who’s who on the team. Also, wi…

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@NUMensBball started their season with a resounding victory over Mercyhurst and @NUFBFamily is set to come off their bye week to fly out west to take on USC. We cover all that and more in this week's episode.

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Episode 622: It’s Basketball Season! The Northwestern Men’s Basketball season tipped off this week with a huge win over Mercyhurst. With so many new faces on the squad, we take a look at the who’s who on the team. Also, wi…

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NU Men's Basketball started their season with a resounding victory over Mercyhurst and the Football squad is set to come off their bye week to fly out west to take on USC. We cover all that and more in this week's episode.
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Go see the #1 ranked defending National Champion @NUFHCats this weekend!

Tell us about it (DM or email us a pic w the scoreboard) and we’ll enter your name to win our tickets for an upcoming @NUMensBball game!

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Episode 618: Northwestern 42-Louisiana-Monroe 7 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…

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This week, we look back at a fantastic offensive performance by the Cats while taking down ULM. Now, with Penn St. licking their wounds after their disastrous trip to LA, lets go shock the world 😈

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Happy Homecoming, fam!

Enjoy the festivities and come see us at the Red Pirate Flag before @NUFBFamily takes the field!

#GiveNoQuarter today!!!

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Episode 617: Northwestern 17-UCLA 14 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 pla…

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So UCLA happened - we won! It was fun!

A win is a win, period. But we need to have some serious discussion about this offense and the path forward.

With ULM & Homecoming up next, what should we expect going forward?

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Episode 617: Northwestern 17-UCLA 14 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 pla…

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Coming off this weekend's UCLA game, we definitely have some thoughts on how this game went and where we might look to go from here. With ULM coming in for Homecoming, what should we expect moving forward?

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Episode 616: Bye Week Big Ten Check-in 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 thou…

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With @NUFBFamily off last week, we revisited our preseason conf previews to take stock of B1G teams 3-4 games into the season, including and most especially our opponent this weekend.

#GiveNoQuarter

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Episode 615: Oregon 34-Northwestern 14 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…

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There's a lot to unpack after this past weekend's game against Oregon. Now we go into the Bye Week looking ahead to a UCLA team that is, in a word, dreadful having just fired their coach.
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hey Dan! Hoping you are able to join us at the tailgate on Saturday before Ducks-Cats!

We will be in the same spot as last year - south edge of the parking lot at Noyes/Sheridan road. Cheers & Go Cats 😈

Let's keep it a buck:

Over HERE, when we say we're about to Nat 20 the hell out of this...we don't have to explain that😂

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Looking for a Pick-Me-Up?

Check out John's @NUFHCats Preview with @insidenu's @yyanyanli1!

Maddie, Ashley, Ilse & Co. are already rolling in 2025. Listen an remind yourself JUST HOW GOOD our defending National Champs are!

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Episode 612: Tulane 23-Northwestern 3 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 t…

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Whelp... That sure wasn't what we had in mind to start off the season. Join us as we look back at a rough trip to the Big Easy and look ahead to some Friday Night Lights against WIU.
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Episode 611: Northwestern Preview and Game Week! 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 Northwes…

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of all ages... We are proud to present our 2025 @NUFBFamily preview pod!

#GiveNoQuarter #GoCats

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48+ hours til #B1GCats football in the Big Easy.

Get prepped for the @NUFBFamily season with our massive NU preview pod, opponent previews, and other big ten team capsules!

Last year on the lake - time to #GiveNoQuarter!

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