Tag: Northwestern

Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald, seen here on the sidelines of a Big Ten football game in 2018, signed a ten-year contract extension with Northwestern. (Image: Joe Robbins/Getty)

Wildcat for Life? Northwestern Locks Up Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald Thru 2030

The Northwestern Wildcats rewarded head coach Pat Fitzgerald with a 10-year contract extension, meaning the most successful coach in Northwestern football history will remain with the team throughout the next decade. Northwestern has a record of 106-81 since Fitzgerald took over as head coach in 2006. Fitzgerald fielded numerous job […]

Can Northwestern Remain the Only Undefeated Team Perfect Against the Spread? 

Can Northwestern Remain the Only Undefeated Team Perfect Against the Spread? 

As COVID-19 cancellations continue to disrupt this fractured college football season, one constant remains: a record number of teams are undefeated. But which program is also perfect against the spread? Northwestern, that’s who.  In a Week 13 college football first, 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools remain undefeated. They are […]

The Northwestern Wildcats QB Aidan Smith is tackled by the Iowa Hawkeyes. (Image: Daniel Bartel/Getty)

Northwestern Opens as 40-Point Favorite Over 1-9 UMass

Even though the Northwestern Wildcats are 1-8 and stuck in last place in the Big Ten West basement, bookmakers released a big point spread when Northwestern opened as a 40-point favorite over the hapless, one-win, University of Massachusetts Minutemen (1-9). UMass is in the discussion for the worst team in […]