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	jhodges Posted 7/15/07; Updated 1/3/10

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2009 Season Commentary

Anatomy of a Play: Heater (posted January 3, 2010)
Big Ten Expansion: A Realistic Look (posted Dec. 23, 2009)
NU All-Decade Team: The Defense and Special Teams (posted Dec. 14)
Changing Perceptions (posted Dec. 9)
What Could Have Been (posted Nov. 30)
NU All-Decade Team: Offense (posted Nov. 25)
Honest Northwestern Bowl Assessment (posted Nov. 25)
Big Ten Bowl Projections and Weeks 11 and 12 Preview (posted Nov. 9)
Big Four, Middling Seven? (posted Nov. 2)
What Northwestern Must Do to Reach a Bowl in 2009 (posted Oct. 19)
Big Ten Midseason Power Rankings (posted Oct. 14)
NU Football 2009 Mid-Season Report Card (posted Oct. 12)
Please, Just Eliminate the Coaches' Poll (posted Sept. 29)
Can the Wildcats Turn Around the 2009 Season? (posted Sept. 28)
What Happened to Northwestern's Defense? (posted Sept. 21)
What's with All This Conference Banter? (posted Sept. 16)
How to Get the 'Cats Rolling Again (posted Sept. 15)
NU's Running Game (posted Sept. 10)
About Those Extra Practices in Ann Arbor (posted Sept. 1)
Preseason Prediction for 2009 (posted Aug. 28)
2009 Big Ten Preview (posted Aug. 27)
Five Questions for Camp (posted Aug. 20)
The Next Step for NU (posted Aug. 20)
2009 Special Teams Preview (posted Aug. 20)
2009 Offense Preview (posted Aug. 9)
2009 Defense Preview (posted Aug. 3)
Let the Pre-Season Begin (posted July 26)
Fitz's Contract Extended Through 2015 (posted June 23)
Big Ten Expansion (posted June 23)
2009 Post-Spring Depth Chart (posted May 28)
NFL Draft 2009 (posted April 28)
Spring Update (posted April 14)
Spring Practice Guide (posted April 5)
2009 Recruiting Class (posted Feb. 4)
Who Will Start in 2009? (posted Jan. 18)
Ingalls to Saints (posted Jan. 13)

2008 Season Commentary

Annual Basketball Dabble (posted Mar. 20, 2009)
2008 Season Review (posted Jan. 16, 2009)
Alamo Bowl Aftermath (posted Jan. 8, 2009)
Attendance Diatribe (posted Dec. 14)
Bowl Snub Is a Bowl Opportunity (posted Dec. 8)
The Defensive Turnaround (posted Dec. 5)
Evaluation of My 2008 Predictions (posted Dec. 1)
Post-Thanksgiving Bowl Update (posted Dec. 1)
NU's Bowl Destination (posted Nov. 25)
NU Seniors 2008 Tribute (posted Nov. 19)
Bowl Update (One Week Remaining) (posted Nov. 17)
The Stretch Run (posted Nov. 9)
Ohio State: The Big Game (posted Nov. 2)
Time to Respond (posted Oct. 26)
Big Ten Bowl Picture (posted Oct. 21)
Mid-Season Report Card 2008 (posted Oct. 14)
Purple Haze on October 11 (posted Oct. 6)
The Forgotten Wildcats? (posted Sept. 30)
What's With the 2008 Wildcats? (posted Sept. 22)
Big Ten Rundown (posted Sept. 15)
Every Week Is Different (posted Sept. 8)
Time for Revenge? (posted Sept. 2)
What Questions Were Answered in Camp Kenosha? (posted Aug. 28)
2008 Preseason Prediction (posted Aug. 24)
Nonconference Nightmares (posted Aug. 13)
Five Questions for Camp Kenosha 2008 (posted Aug. 12)
Fitz Elected to College Hall of Fame (posted Aug. 11)
Spring Summary for NU (posted Mar. 18)
Northwestern Basketball (posted Mar. 16)
Response to The Daily Northwestern (posted Feb. 17)
Proposed 2008 Rules Changes (posted Feb. 17)
NU Hires New OC and DC (posted Jan. 14)
McGee to Arkansas (posted Jan. 2)

2007 Season Commentary

Big Ten Bowls 2007 (posted Dec. 15)
Colby Will Not Return (posted Dec. 3)
Discussing the Heisman (posted Nov. 30)
NU Bowl Possibilities Update (posted Nov. 26)
Evaluation of jhodges' Predictions for '07 (posted Nov. 21)
jhodges' 2007 Season Review (posted Nov. 19)
Bowl Possibilities (posted Nov. 14)
NU's Fourth-Quarter Woes (posted Nov. 7)
Northwestern Bowl Hopes (posted Oct. 22)
Mid-Season Report Card (posted Oct. 9)
C.J. Is Our Quarterback (posted Oct. 3)
Big Ten Picture Begins to Take Shape (posted Sept. 25)
Ohio State During-Game Commentary (posted Sept. 22)
Turning Things Around (posted Sept. 18)
Northwestern Being Out-Coached (posted Sept. 18)
The NU Defense (posted Sept. 12)
Attendance at NU (posted Sept. 5)
Pre-Season Wrap-Up (posted Aug. 26)
Kenosha Injury Update (posted Aug. 22)
Five Positions Vulnerable to Injury (posted Aug. 18)
Five Things to Look Out for at Camp Kenosha (posted Aug. 11)
2007 Preseason Big Ten Predictions (posted Aug. 8)
Five Question Marks for 2007 (posted Aug. 4)
Five Reasons to Be Excited About Wildcat Football in 2007 (posted July 28)
2007 Schedule and Still-too-early Prediction (posted July 21)
Introduction (posted July 15)

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