[chrisk]

Northwestern hired a new athletic director, MarK Jackson, last week. Based on his introductory press conference, NU doesn't plan to back off and are building what they call one of the top college stadiums in the country. They do get a full share of Big 10 money and don't field as many sports as Stanford, but with its higher level of resources, Stanford should be able to do better. (The admission requirements for football and basketball players may be one area where Northwestern has an edge).

He was recruited from Villanova, but he has an interesting and varied background in football, including USC, Raiders, and Patriots.

https://nusports.com/news/2024/8/29/gene...c-director

[chrisk]

Northwestern hired a new athletic director, MarK Jackson, last week. Based on his introductory press conference, NU doesn't plan to back off and are building what they call one of the top college stadiums in the country. They do get a full share of Big 10 money and don't field as many sports as Stanford, but with its higher level of resources, Stanford should be able to do better. (The admission requirements for football and basketball players may be one area where Northwestern has an edge).

He was recruited from Villanova, but he has an interesting and varied background in football, including USC, Raiders, and Patriots.

https://nusports.com/news/2024/8/29/gene...c-director

[Hurlburt88]

Landing in Chicago last week I flew over NU/Evanston, and the stadium site is a big hole in the ground.   So that project is actively in progress.  It is also my perception that NU does have slightly and meaningfully lower admission requirements for athletes than LSJU.   I do follow NU fairly actively given I have a grad degree from there and my oldest kid went there for undergrad

[Hurlburt88]

Landing in Chicago last week I flew over NU/Evanston, and the stadium site is a big hole in the ground.   So that project is actively in progress.  It is also my perception that NU does have slightly and meaningfully lower admission requirements for athletes than LSJU.   I do follow NU fairly actively given I have a grad degree from there and my oldest kid went there for undergrad

[chrisk]

If you are not watching NFL in Brazil, you can see the temporary Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium on Lake Michigan at 6pm on FS1. Duke at Northwestern.

[chrisk]

If you are not watching NFL in Brazil, you can see the temporary Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium on Lake Michigan at 6pm on FS1. Duke at Northwestern.