The 31st Annual Las Vegas Bowl is set with a matchup between the 8-4 Utah Utes out of the (for the last time) Pac-12 and the 7-5 Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten.
In what’s been a tumultuous five months for Northwestern’s football program, it seems to already have been turned around by their rookie head coach, David Braun. In no way did anyone expect Northwestern to be competitive in 2023.
Since the summer before the 2023 Big Ten season, the talk has continuously been surrounded by controversy. The conference is already made fun of in the college football world for being low-scoring and featuring mainly punts.
Northwestern announced Wednesday that the school has a new permanent head coach. Previous head coach Pat Fitzgerald was fired in July in connection to a hazing and abuse scandal with the Northwestern football team.
Northwestern will name David Braun as its head football coach on a permanent basis, ESPN reported Wednesday. Braun was thrust into the job as interim coach in July after Northwestern dismissed Pat Fitzgerald amid allegations of hazing.
Ousted Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald, fired amid a hazing investigation, is seeking more than $130 million in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The suit, filed in Cook County, Ill., names the university and its president as defendants.
Fitzgerald made it clear he was planning to file a lawsuit after Northwestern fired him, and now he has.
On Sunday, Norhtwestern played its first game since a hazing scandal resulted in the firing of long-time head coach Pat Fitzgerald. It didn't go well. The Wildcats lost at Rutgers, 24-7.
After a hazing scandal led to the ouster of longtime head coach Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern interim coach David Braun wants to focus on football as the Wildcats prepare for their Sunday season opener against Big Ten opponent Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J.
Northwestern administrators failed to give football coach Pat Fitzgerald his "due process" before firing him and tarnished his "legacy and character," a group of former athletes at the school charged Monday in an open letter.
Fitzgerald is said to have gone through multiple pieces of training as well as a background check as part of his role as a volunteer.
Longtime Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald has a new role after he was fired over allegations of hazing within the football program.
Two anonymous former Northwestern football players have now filed civil lawsuits against school officials related to allegations of hazing.
In 2014, Northwestern football players tried to unionize. The effort — which coach Pat Fitzgerald himself opposed — ultimately failed.
After firing head coach Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern will retain the rest of its football coaching staff, the school told multiple media outlets Tuesday.
Longtime Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald was fired on Monday, and it would appear he is planning to take legal action against the university.
Northwestern made the only decision it could on Monday when it fired Pat Fitzgerald, backtracking from its appallingly weak two-week suspension handed to Fitzgerald on Friday.
I have said multiple times that Pat Fitzgerald is among those with the most job security in College Football. That just makes the culture of hazing within the program all the more ridiculous, preventable, and harmful to those involved.
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald is facing potentially harsh discipline over a hazing investigation, but it does not sound like the punishment will be enough for the former player who came forward with allegations.
A day after Northwestern announced a two-week suspension for football coach Pat Fitzgerald for hazing allegations, the university president issued a second statement suggesting that the school "may have erred" in the severity of its discipline.
Pat Fitzgerald was suspended on Friday for two weeks without pay after an investigation into hazing within the program. Some details emerged on Saturday that suggest Fitzgerald should have been fired instead.
The school is also implementing several other measures to curb hazing within the program, including no more off-campus practices and a locker room monitor who does not report directly to Fitzgerald or any other member of his staff.
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald met with the media following the Wildcats' 17-12 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday night. Here are the highlights from his comments.
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald met with the media following the Wildcats' 38-21 loss in their home opener against Michigan State Friday night.
Opening Statement PAT FITZGERALD: It's great to be back in Lucas Oil Stadium. I look forward to hearing that fight song one of these times that we're in here.
It’s no secret that Pat Fitzgerald has led the Northwestern program to great success. With the exception of the mid-1990s (when Fitzgerald was a linebacker on the team), Northwestern football has been largely nonexistent on the national stage throughout its history despite being one of the founding members of the Big Ten.
Fitzgerald will strongly consider his NFL options over the offseason. Specifically, he has garnered interest from the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons and Houston Texans.
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