Author: Michael Canmann (michaelcanmann2024@u.northwestern.edu) Many clichés get thrown around in football. “Defense wins championships.” “Establish the run.” “The game is won in the trenches.” At their core, each of these statements attempt to point out a…
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Author: Michael Diersen (michaeldiersen2023@u.northwestern.edu), McCormick To many NFL GMs and all fantasy football managers, workhorse running backs are hot commodities. While an elite running back can carry NFL and fantasy teams to championships, they can…
Author: Mike Pastuovic (michaelpastuovic2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 Nowadays, it is rare to get through a weekend of football without hearing announcers vaguely refer to “the numbers” in regards to teams deciding to go for two or…
Authors: Tim Wegener (timothywegener2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 Rishab Jayanthi (rishabjayanthi2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg ’23 The COVID-19 crisis has upended economies, lives, and cultures around the world. Among the endless list of COVID-19 affected markets lies sports. For months,…
Authors: Andrew Davis and Neev Suryawanshi The saying “defense wins championships” is an old football adage from famous coach Bear Bryant. The saying was especially true in the 80s through 90s, where teams like the…
Author: Ben Caterine (bencaterine2023@u.northwestern.edu), McCormick There are few sounds more ubiquitous in sports than the roar of a home crowd. From the Cameron Crazies to Borussia Dortmund’s Yellow Wall, fans give sporting events the energy and…
Author: CJ Miller (cjmiller2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg A hot topic in today’s NFL is the importance of each individual position. It is undoubtedly necessary to have positional priorities straight for GMs, as they operate under a hard…
Author: Andy Bergeron (andybergeron2023@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg After his hot start in 2020, the national media and fans raised the point that Russell Wilson has never received an MVP vote, and decided to start the narrative that…
Author: Drew Miller (Weinberg ’23) For die-hard football fans, nothing beats the feeling of sitting back on a Sunday and wasting the day on the couch watching football. In an attempt to see the best…
Author: Henry Faversham (Weinberg ‘22) Week 1 of the NFL season started with the Kansas City Chiefs putting a clinic against the Houston Texans on Thursday night. Now, Sunday is upon us, and we’re excited…