Updated
Jan. 3, 2009

Lemon curry?

The Crown Tower
Clock should be:
WHITE



 





 



Rasheed Ward flies in for the touchdown.
Image processed from AP Photo
The Important Final Score:

Outback Bowl--  55,117
Alamo Bowl--  55,986

NU Sold Out Its Ticket Allotment
 Requests for Alamo Photos and Stories
HailToPurple.com has received a couple of important requests for Alamo Bowl photos and stories...
jhodges Postgame Analysis
Mizzou 30, NU 23
jhodges has provided his wrapup of the Wildcats' overtime loss to Missouri...
'CATS FALL IN ALAMO O.T.
NU, with outstanding offensive and defensive performances, gave the Tigers all they could handle before bowing in the 2008 Alamo Bowl...
jhodges Preview
The Missouri Game
Here is the Alamo Bowl matchup!  jhodges gives his pick for NU vs. Missouri...
Wildcat Preview and Prediction
The Lowes Line
The Line's Jersey Cat provides his pick for the Alamo Bowl matchup with Mizzou...
Wildcat History
NU's First 10-Win Season: 1903
Additional evidence was recently found that NU won 10 games in 1903...
Other pages updated this week (Dec. 28)
Links Page (new fan blog!)
Bowl Records also updated
About this site
Graham-Grange Trophy Update

Updated 11/27/08
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Updated 12/30/08


There is now a photograph of the original NU-Illinois football trophy!  Scroll down to near the bottom of the page to see an image of the earlier prize, the basis for a possible replacement for Sweet Sioux...




30
Number of wins until Coach Fitzgerald becomes NU's
all-time winningest coach



Next for the Wildcats:


The Wildcats'
2008 season
has concluded.
2009 Wildcat
Schedule
H 
 Miami (O)
 Sep 5
H  I-AA Towson (MD)
 Sep 12
A 
 Syracuse Sep 19
H 
 Minnesota Sep 26
A  Purdue Oct 3
H 
 Eastern Michigan
 Oct 10
A 
 Michigan St.
 Oct 17
H 
 Indiana
 Oct 24
H 
 Penn St.
 Oct 31
A 
 Iowa
 Nov 7
A 
 Illinois
 Nov 14
H 
 Wisconsin Nov 21
- Bowl Game?
 -

2008 Results
(9-4; 5-3 Big Ten)
W 
 Syracuse 30-10
W 
 Duke 24-20
W  I-AA So. Illinois 33-7
W  Ohio Univ. 16-8
W  Iowa 22-17
L  Michigan St.
 20-37
W 
 Purdue 48-26
L
 Indiana 19-21
W  Minnesota 24-17
L 
 Ohio St. 10-45
W 
 Michigan 21-14
W  Illinois 27-10
L Missouri (Alamo) 23-30




From the Archives Mailbag:

Thanks goes out to Rivals.com poster Mool212, who took my old
2003 Lockdown graphic and brought it into 2008!




Grrrrrowl!!  GoUPurple2.0 gets his game face on.
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