West Lot Pirates

Jan 28 2025 389 ep. 59 mins 73
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A unique take on Northwestern Athletics with thoughts ranging from the visceral to the statistical. Sam, John and Erik will break down NU football, recruiting, basketball and more.

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Episode 599: Lacrosse Primer with Yanyan Li

Jan 28 2025 72 mins  
With the Women's Lacrosse season just around the corner, we welcome in Yanyan Li, Managing Editor from InsideNU to catch us up with all the changes in the program. How do the Cats move on from Izzy Scane and Co. to flip the script from last season's disappointment in the Championship game?

Episode 598: Working Overtime

Jan 23 2025 63 mins  
Over the past two weeks, the Cats found themselves in two overtime situations, one positive, one negative and finished off with a great win over Indiana. Tonight, we look back at Nicky Buckets' game winning shot, Jalen Leach's ridiculous ejection and the Ty Berry 3 point show. We can also close the book on the 2024 college football season as Ohio State took home the National Champi

Episode 597: Trouble with Zebras

Jan 08 2025 57 mins  
It was a rough week for the Men's Basketball team. After a real physical game at Penn State where the free throw differential was immense, the Cats went down to West Lafayette where they ran into a Purdue squad shooting the lights out. On the bright side, we continue to see incredible returns from the Football transfer portal with some former Jackrabbits coming to Evanston to play

Episode 596: Transfer Portal

Jan 04 2025 88 mins  
Happy New Year! We're back after our holiday break with some huge news from the transfer portal. QB Preston Stone tops the December class of incoming transfers and we're excited. We also react to the first two rounds of the CFP and look ahead a bit to the semifinals.

Episode 595: Basketball Barnburners

Dec 11 2024 46 mins  
The beginning of December brings the annual mini-conference slate where the Cats went out to Iowa and hosted Illinois. Both games were incredibly close with the Cats taking the split. Now as they head into finals and the holidays, we see just a few more chances to tune up before the Big Ten meat grinder kicks into full gear. We also start to discuss the College Football Playoff and

Northwestern AD Mark Jackson

Dec 10 2024 56 mins  
Tonight, we sit down with new Northwestern AD Mark Jackson to discuss a wide range of topics: his background, the NIL landscape, the new Ryan Field and much much more.

Episode 594: 2x National Champion Lauren Wadas and NU's Football Finale

Dec 03 2024 115 mins  
Prior to the season, we sat down with Lauren Wadas to preview the Field Hockey season. With the magical season they had, culminating in the program's second National Championship, we simply had to have her back on to regale us with stories from their title run. We also look back at the Football team's 38-28 loss to Illinois at Wrigley Field and begin to look ahead to what may need

Episode 593: Field Hockey National Champions/Michigan 50-NU 6

Nov 27 2024 97 mins  
Northwestern Field Hockey's magical season culminated with a dominant 5-0 win over St. Joe's to bring home the team's second National Championship. This week, we relive their championship run while also examining the state of the Football team after their 50-6 drubbing by Michigan.

Episode 592: Ohio State 31-Northwestern 7

Nov 19 2024 86 mins  
We knew it was going to be a tall task to stay with Ohio State last weekend at Wrigley Field, but Northwestern really turned some heads with the way the offense came together in the first half. Now, Wildcat Nation turns their eyes to Ann Arbor, Michigan as not only the Football team plays this weekend, but Field Hockey is playing in the NCAA Final Four there as well.

Episode 591: Bye Week Musings

Nov 12 2024 99 mins  
As the Cats get set to head into the Friendly Confines to take on Ohio State, we take a moment to reflect on the season thus far and prepare for the final stretch. We also have Field Hockey going into the NCAA Tournament as the #2 seed and Basketball getting underway with a couple early non-conference games.