John Mullin

They all have heard and read the talk, the usual stuff. Illinois favored to win the Big Ten Conference. Watch out for Michigan State. Nobody wants to play Wisconsin. The...

Since 1971, Northwestern has been 5-4 or better at this point of only three seasons. All three of those years the Wildcats won at least a share of the Big...

Coach Randy Walker didn't make many changes last week to get Northwestern on the right track for its first road win of the season, but he knows enough to listen...

Coaches always talk about balancing their offense between run and pass. Northwestern is doing it. The Wildcats have passed 347 times, or 51 percent of the time, and run 331,...

One of the problems this season for Penn State has been injuries, particularly the concussion that kept quarterback Zack Mills out of the Ohio State loss last Saturday. Now that...

One thing Saturday's victory over nationally ranked Purdue did was to rekindle Northwestern's hopes for a bowl game this season. Another was to restore some swagger to a team that...

Northwestern's secondary came in for some scrutiny and criticism early this season but has emerged as one of the bellwether indicators for the Wildcats' success. And they'd like a little...

Northwestern wide receiver Mark Philmore, 13th in Division I-A with 54 receptions, is out four to six weeks after spraining his right knee in Saturday's victory over Purdue. Jeff Backes...

More information is expected Monday on the condition of wide receiver Mark Philmore, who left Saturday's game on a cart with what was termed a sprained right knee. Philmore is...

Coaches are holding to a commitment to get running back Terrell Jordan more carries and playing time, but Noah Herron just isn't cooperating. Herron has become a dominant force in...