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Links Page
Created
8/20/00;
Updated 6/27/10
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YouTube NU Football Index
A new page of links, devoted to Wildcat game clips currently housed on YouTube.
Official
Northwestern Sites
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NUSports.com-- Operated by CBS Sports, this is the official NU
athletic site, providing info
about all Northwestern teams. Includes press releases,
audio/video,
and up to date team rosters.
Just prior to the 2009 season, NU brought in former Chicago Tribune
columnist Skip Myslenski, who is now the NUSports.com special
contributor.
NUSports.com contains the official on-line store,
which is operated
by Let's Tailgate. Let's
Tailgate, the finest NU merchandise retailers, have a store on Central
Street, just west of Ryan Field.
Recently, the athletic department began posting to its own Twitter account. Coach Fitzgerald also maintains a page on Twitter.
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| NUFootballFamily-- A
recruitment-focused site managed by a company called Recruiting
Radar. NUFootballFamily is a sleek, video-rich look at the
current 'Cats, the program, NU and the community. Also has a
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Northwestern
University-- NU's
Web site, a portal to just about everything on campus and to the alumni
pages.
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NU
Archives-- The
University Archives (located in the Deering Library) has a Web exhibit
devoted to NU football history, containing pages for each era of
Wildcat football.
In addition to its digital exhibit, the Archives has also posted a series of film clips of NU football and a list of NU's Hall of Famers.
Also be sure to check out the archived site NU keeps from its Sesquicentennial. This site
was devoted to the year-long celebration of NU's 150th anniversary in
2001. Interesting
historical information about sports, academics, and campus life.
The site is still up, but is now strictly an archival site
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WNUR--
Chicago's
Sound Experiment and the only place to hear reggae, industrial, and
Leonard
Nemoy singing Beatles tunes, all in one evening. Here is their
sports
page, which is updated often and very well done. WNUR-FM
broadcasts
the Wildcats, as does WGN;
however, only WGN carries the games live on the Web.
In Spring 2005 WNUR's Howard Tilman posted
to WNUR's web site his discussion about HailToPurple.com, the first
edition of his series, "So You're a
Northwestern Fan."
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Other
Fan Sites (and Blogs)
Like Hail To Purple, these are pages
run by individuals, non-commercial and independent.
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Section
1: Actively Updated Fan Sites Pages active as of June 2010.
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Lake The Posts-- NU
football blog Lake The Posts began in late June 2007. The blog
features daily
updates, including a wealth of informed and content-rich commentary and
analysis.
LTP covers all things related to NU athletics, with a keen eye focused
on Wildcat marketing. He has offered a slew of great suggestions
for improving the athletic department's marketing efforts.
Of particular note is LTP's fantastic feature, "the Purple Mafia," in
which the host interviews some of NU's most illustrious alumni. |
The Northwestern Wildcat--
Readers of the Rivals.com NU message boards are familiar
with Turk and his post-game reports, player reviews, and recruiting
analysis.
He began his own fan site, called The Turk Report, in February 2005. In August 2009 Turk moved to his new site, which will feature commentary covering all NU sports.
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Bring Your Champions, They're Our Meat--
Ready
for a shock to the system? Then take a look at the wittiest,
strangest, and most inexplicable NU fan site of all time. A blog
that began in November 2008, BYCTOM features sports commentary that
focuses on NU football... sort of. I fear that the creator of
BYCTOM might give up and stop updating (the updates are, shall we say, sporadic).
Two words of advice to this person: DON'T STOP. Do whatever it
takes to go on. Quit your job. Release the hostages.
Make an unholy pact with the darker forces of your psyche-- whatever it takes.
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Black and Purple-- Created
in February 2008 by a Northwestern alumnus, Black and Purple is a
Weblog devoted to opinion about NU sports, with a focus so far on
football and basketball. B&P is a fan of NU and
Indiana. Iowa? --Not so much...
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Welsh-Ryan Ramblings-- This
blog has been posting since November 2008, but until recently it was
devoted to NU basketball. However, in fall 2009 it has widened
its commentary to include the Wildcat football team, so it now fits
into this group.
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Section 2: The Dearly Departed NU football fan sites that are
no longer on the Web.
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Click here
for a list of defunct fan sites.
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Unofficial Northwestern Sites
Pages either affiliated
with an Internet network or run as commercial sites
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Rivals' WildcatReport.com-- This is Northwestern's site
within the Rivals / Yahoo
network. The current Rivals site is administered by Lou
Vaccher, who provides original and in-depth coverage of games,
recruiting and more. Larry Watts, who used to write for the Evanston Review, now provides exclusive material for Rivals.
The site was started by Chris Pool back on the old
RivalNet network toward the end of 1996. Roy Lamberton later ran
the site (and called it Purple Reign) starting in the fall of 2000. In
November 2002 Roy took Purple Reign to Scout.
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Purple Reign-- This
is Scout.com's Northwestern site, affiliated
with Fox Sports.
The site is currently published by David Vranicar, who took over the
post from Roy Lamberton in May 2009. Vranicar provides a mix of
free and premium content, including weekly news wrapups, team and
recruiting information.
The Scout site was created by Chris Pool after he left the Rivals
site. When Roy Lamberton left Rivals in 2002, he joined Pool at
Scout and soon was the sole publisher of Purple Reign. Lamberton
left in 2007, returning in 2008. The site continues to have both
free and premium-based message boards for fans.
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Sippin' On Purple-- Begun
in June 2009 as a student-run blog called "The Purple Drank," Rodger
Sherman's wonderful blog Sippin' On Purple is now part of the SB*Nation
blog network, which is part of CBS Sports. Check out SOP's Coach
Fitz Intensity Meter.
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Spread Far the Fame-- A
blog which began posting in September 2009, SFTF features commentary on
NU athletics and Wildcat football in particular. In June 2010
Spread Far the Fame shed its independent status and became part of the
Chicago Now site network, representing NU athletics among Chicago Now's
roster of sports fan blogs.
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Northwestern Wildcats Examiner-- Began
during the 2008 season; part of the Chicago examiner.com site
network. This news list-style blog is managed by Benjamin Miraski.
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NORTHWESTERNMIX.com-- Part
of the SPORTSMIXED.com network of sites, a commercial set of sports
blogs that began in 2008. NORTHWESTERNMIX.COM is run by a
NUMBAlum who provides original content, as well as syndicated content
and news and blog links.
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North by Northwestern-- Hard to peg: NbN is not an official NU publication, nor is it part of a
larger Internet network. It is a completely independent online
student publication for the NU community, begun in 2006. Features
thorough coverage of NU sports.
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Daily Herald-- The
Herald's site
provides good, though sporadic reporting on the
'Cats,
with skilled and knowledgeable writers, including Lindsey
Willhite. However, their focus remains on Notre Dame and the
Illini.
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Evanston Review -- The
Review used to feature great reporting by Larry Watts. However,
with Watts' departure the Review now almost exclusively focuses on high
school sports, with very little coverage left for NU.
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Chicago Tribune-- ChicagoSports.com,
the
Tribune's Web sports site, features an NU page. The coverage for
NU is now mainly provided by Shannon Ryan, who is off to a good start
reporting on the 'Cats.
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| ESPN-- The
Purple's team page from ESPN. Links to ESPN articles about the
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Sports
Illustrated-- SI's
small page devoted to Northwestern. Includes sports.
Illustrated.
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USA
Today-- Graphs!
Easy! To! Read! NU! Page!
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FoxSports-- When
Wildcats Attack: Highlights Here. A meld of several groups,
including Fox, CollegeFootballNews.com, the Sporting News and The
Insiders.
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CBS
SportsLine-- The
Tiffany Network's team page for NU.
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MSNBC-- Another
NU page, with a few basic stats and stories.
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Message Boards
Want to post your
Wildcat football rants? Want to lurk and see what others
are writing about NU? Here are all of the NU football message
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- Rivals Wildcat Football Free Board-- The main Rivals NU board.
The former "Purple Reign," it is now moderated by LouV and the Rivals staff.
- Rivals Wildcat Football Premium Board-- A premium, fee-based message board returned to Wildcat Report in 2007, as a place for Rivals subscribers to discuss
recruiting scoops and other topics.
- Purple
Reign Premium Discussion Board-- The Scout.com premium board.
Fee based and no longer in use.
- Purple
Reign "Ryan Field"-- The Scout.com open NU football board. Free.
- CBS Northwestern Board--
This is an inactive message board with a very curious history. It
was at one time the
official NU site's board, and it used to be linked directly to
NUSports.com (though it was unused even then). It is now a
generic board within CBS's network.
- Big Ten Fever--
A new message board, replacing the now-defunct Big Ten Talk (itself
something of an offshoot of the old Big Ten official message
boards). There are forum pages for each Big Ten school, including
NU.
- The Wildside-- A message board that began in 2004 and was revamped in 2006, it is linked to the folks at WNUR.
- "NWU"
Sport List Archive-- This
page is a partial archive of the "NWU Sports List," run by Mike
Nolan. Members subscribe
to participate.
Not a conventional message board, but a list of e-mailed posts.
The oldest
existing message board (started circa 1994). Viewing the archive
used to be open to all, but changed in 2004 to an entirely
subscription-based service.
- Chicago Tribune NU Board-- ChicagoSports.com's board, an
old site which has deteriorated over time. Last used in 2002.
Free.
- SportsOnly,
FansOnly, AOL, and the Official Big Ten boards-- These NU message
boards, all very popular at one time or another, are no more.
Will they return? Probably not, but who can say?
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Other
Sites of Interest to NU Fans
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GameDay Evanston-- Rivals.com
poster AstroCat designed this site as a resource for visiting fans
traveling to Evanston to watch a Northwestern game. GameDay
Evanston provides information about area parking, restaurants, and
attractions.
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The
Big Ten Conference-- The
official site: news releases and a resource for stats.
Now run, like NU's site, by CSTV (what isn't run by CSTV now?). Unfortunately,
the conference decided in October 2000 that their long-running message
boards (a notorious wild west show of juvenile flaming) were a little
too
salty to be officially sanctioned, and the Webmaster shut them down.
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Big Ten - Online-- A nice survey of each Big Ten school's online info and resources.
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NCAA--
The NCAA's official site. Of particular note is the site's records page,
which gives links to on-line and free copies of the most recent NCAA
football record books, in Adobe format. A must for football
history and stats buffs.
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ncaafootball.com--
The NCAA's official site specifically for football. Feature
articles, photos, and a little history and stats.
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NationalChamps.net--
At
one time this site was at least loosely affiliated with the NCAA.
It had a sizable database of college football info, including a section
of
future schedules for each team. Now almost all of its content is
subscriber access only.
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Collegefootballnews.com--
What used to be an independent and fun college football site has become
a mere cog in the FoxSports machine. Still very interesting
analysis and commentary.
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Power
Ratings--
James Howell's College Football Power Ratings. A creative rating system that James Howell has applied to just
about every team in college history. Extensive site
with
schedules, scores, results from the Ice Age.
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College
Football Data Warehouse-- The
name says it all. NU's page within the warehouse includes
all-time
poll rankings, championships, season records, and more.
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Pro Football Reference-- Lists all NU football players who have played in the NFL, with key stats.
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The
Helmet Project--
The Helmet Project is one graphic artist's attempt to recreate
virtually
every football helmet ever worn by an organized team. The Big Ten
has a page, and NU's section includes illustrations of some of the
Wildcats'
helmets since 1960.
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Valerie
Sue Miller-- Valerie is a Northwestern alumna and an outstanding singer.
Check out
her Website, as well as her first two CD offerings, available on her
page!
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