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Defunct
Fan Sites
Page Created
5/30/04;
Updated 7/15/07
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The following is a list of NU football fan sites which are
no longer on the Internet.
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Northwestern Wildcats
Football WebSite (mid 1995 - May 2002) -- Jim Jackson's fan site
was a groundbreaking resource, with news, graphics, and
commentary. Jackson began the site in 1995 and continued updating
it until the 2000 season. It stayed on the Web nearly two more
years.
Fans can see
an archived version of Jim Jackson's site
from the Wayback Machine Web Archiving Project.
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Wildcat Den
(mid 1995 - 1996?) -- Along with the pages by Jim Jackson, Chris Chen,
and
Brad
Kaiser, the Wildcat Den was one of the four original NU fan pages, and
one of
the first to be presented with graphics. There is no known
on-line archive of the Wildcat Den.
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cjc's
Unofficial Northwestern Wildcats Football Site (mid 1995 - Sept. 2005)
--
Chris
Chen's site featured news, schedules, team info, Web articles,
and more. His site began as a student page on Northwestern's
pubweb before being moved into private space. cjc's last real
update came in October 2000, after which it remained on the Web, but
was dormant. In September 2002 the site switched URL addresses
again, but remained inactive. Finally in September 2005 cjc's
site, the last remaining of the four "original fan sites," dropped from
the Internet.
Fans can see
an archived version of cjc's site
from the Wayback Machine Web Archiving Project.
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Unofficial Northwestern
Recruiting Site (1996 - May 2004) -- Site by Brad Kaiser.
Featured
thorough analysis of NU football recruiting. Updated regularly
from
1996 until 1999. Dormant from February 1999 until early May 2004.
Fans can see
an archived version of Brad Kaiser's site
from the Wayback Machine Web Archiving Project.
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Wildcat Zone (late 1996-early 1998) -- Another early fan site which has slipped the surly bonds of
the Web. There is no on-line archive of the Wildcat Zone.
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Far East Wildcat's
Northwestern Football Page (mid 1998 - March 2005) -- This was the most famous NU
football fan site. Far East Wildcat began his fan page in
Singapore in 1998.
Nearly two years later, he moved to Tokyo and created the URL
FarEastWildcat.com.
As his site grew, so did its following.
FEW was responsible for one of the largest bowl parties in school
history, the Wildcat Roundup, prior to 2000's Alamo Bowl. His
site
was mentioned in the Chicago
Sun-Times, and in 2001 the Daily
Northwestern
ran an article featuring FEW and his site. His page also
introduced fans to "The Waterboy," a former NU football player whose
funny and occasionally biting commentary appeared on FarEastWildcat.com
throughout the season.
Fans can see an archived version of FarEastWildcat.com
from the Wayback Machine Web Archiving Project.
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Jonathan Michael
Hawkins: Go 'Cats (2002 - 2005) -- Part
of his
site, "..the new web experience..," Jonathan Michael Hawkins expanded
his NU page prior to the 2003 season to include a
blog-style
opinion section and more. This was probably the first NU fan site
in blog format. Last updated after the '03 season, and
removed from the Web just before the '05 season.
Fans can see
an archived version of Jonathan Michael
Hawkins' site.
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jhodges.org (2004 - 2007) -- Jonathan
Hodges began his blog in summer 2004 and provided commentary and
analysis of several topics, including NU sports. His site went
offline in spring 2007. Jonathan's NU football commentary can now
be read on HailToPurple.com.
Fans can see
a partial archive of jhodges.org on the Wayback Machine.
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