“That’s all right, that’s okay, you’re going to work for us someday!”Īnnoying, yes, but that - along with strong women’s and Olympic sports - was just about all we had. Northwestern has always been known for its academics, a fact that soothed us when we lost all those football games back in the day. As a journalist, I cannot write or report on a school that I proudly serve in several capacities, including as a member of our 66-person Board of Trustees and a Medill professor of practice.īut a fun column on what it has been like to live and die with NU sports all these years? When I ran it by my editor, she gave me the green - er, purple - light. This is the first column I’ve written about Northwestern in years, with good reason. We’re the ones who went to the Medill School of Journalism, where we learned early on there is no cheering in the press box - which is why most of us won’t be anywhere near the press box Saturday in Indy, because there most definitely has to be cheering. More: What the playoff selection committee got right and wrong More: Urban Meyer says his Buckeyes not yet national caliber 'in certain areas' If you need to know anything more about this, there are a couple hundred sports journalists working at newspapers and websites and TV and radio stations around the country who would be more than happy to fill you in. Now, however, this Saturday in the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis, if Northwestern were to upset Ohio State, the Rose Bowl is exactly where the Wildcats will go.Īs an astute sports fan, you probably have heard the news that small, private and beautiful Northwestern University is playing in the Big Ten Championship game for the first time.
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