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Northwestern enters this week's game against Iowa as a huge underdog, but I personally don't see why the spread is over two touchdowns.

Never in my years of being a Northwestern fan did I think I'd be begging and praying for quarterback Mike Kafka to be under center Saturday against Iowa.

Right about this time last season, Northwestern quarterback C.J. Bacher injured his right hamstring on a broken-field run.

Ben Chappell had 219 yards passing and a touchdown and rushed for another score, and Indiana beat Northwestern 21-19 Saturday to snap a five-game losing streak.

They laser-lock. They convey inordinate focus. A Coldplay face off of a ''Got Milk?'' billboard frames their intensity.

THE END OF DEUCE THURSDAYS? Famed former NU quarterback CJ Bacher teamed up with a nameless bar in Wrigleyville to give NU a spot in the 'hood. "Northwestern doesn't really have a bar in Wrigleyville, and when I was on the team and went down there, it got at me a little bit," Bacher says.

EAST LANSING - Statistically, Michigan State and Northwestern aren't much different.

The Northwestern Wildcats open up the second half of their season with a tough road trip to Michigan State , who is riding a two game conference win streak and are looking to recover from a rough start to the year.

C.J. Bacher was a candle. Mike Kafka is the wind. Bacher radiated serene confidence.

Had Terrell Owens put up the kind of numbers that Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka did at Syracuse on Saturday, he'd have held a midweek news conference and taped a reality show about it.\ But Kafka has avoided prolonged reflection after he accounted for three touchdowns passing and one each receiving and rushing in a 37-34 loss against the ...

Northwestern has high expectations after going 9-4 last season, winning nine games for the first time since 1996.

If I had to come up with a list of my top five least favorite teams, the Northwestern Wildcats would fall in at No.

C.J. Bacher threw for 43 touchdowns and rushed for eight during his career at Northwestern University.

Part eight of a 12-part series outlining Indiana football's opponents this season.

As the ink dried on a contract extension, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald did what anybody would do.

As the ink dried on a contract extension, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald did what anybody would do.

As the ink dried on a contract extension, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald did what anybody would do.

EVANSTON – As the ink dried on a contract extension, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald did what anybody would do.

At 22 years of age, Northwestern's Mike Kafka is too young to realize who Wally Pipp was.

First, sorry for the posting hole the last few days. A couple of special projects and severe technical problem that sucked every file out of my laptop.