NU Sports News Digest for 10/8

Its back - All the News that Fits We Link -- The Original Index to Online News about Northwestern University Athletics

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FOOTBALL

NU's lackluster play on 'D' could prompt changes

C.J. Bachér Throws For School-Record 520 Yards In 48-41 OT Victory
+ Purple rain of touchdowns for 'Cats
+ Bacher has a day
+ Blocked punt provides lift
+ Winning the Wildcat way
+ SjT: I Don't Care!
+ Shaky Cats' defense rises to occasion
+ Wildcats Upset Spartans In OT

C.J. Bachér Named Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week
+ Watch broadcast highlights from the Big Ten Network.
+ Basanez protege performs

Yarbrough a big part of Wildcats' big plays

+ Fitzgerald wants team to keep fighting
+ Skip Myslenski: In a rush to succeed
+ Rittenberg: Wildcats need to find end zone
+ Wildcats lack finishing touch
+ Giving NU some purple pride

Inside Slant

from the Spartans
Third Downs, Patient Scheme Beat Spartans
+ Shootout Stymies Spartans
+ Fall flashback
+ MSU finds itself in familiar hole
+ Moving forward
+ Final thoughts after MSU-Northwestern

Next Up the Minnesota Golden Gophers
Gophers Fall 40-20 at Indiana
+ Payton hero for Hoosiers
+ Hoosiers hand it to Gophers
+ Once again, Gophers defense outmatched
+ Brewster plans to stick with Weber as U quarterback
+ Outplayed and inadequate, Gophers fall to 1-5

Big 10
Surprising Results in Third Week of Conference Football Action
+ 2007 Standings

Battering rampage
+ Illini snap into place
+ Juice, Benn injuries nothing to sweat
+ Mendenhall keeps sprinting into spotlight

Lions maul hapless Hawkeyes

A little bit of history for Hart

Buckeyes make the stop
+ Purdue know it won't get any easier this week
+ Ohio St. stymies Purdue

RECRUITING

Early Decision

Week 6 Friday Night Phenoms

Darius Ashley talks Louisville visit

FIELD HOCKEY

'Cats Come From Behind; Fall in Overtime
+ A quartet of first-year teammates adjust to field hockey and college together

GOLF

Northwestern Set to Host 2007 Windon Memorial Golf Classic Sunday and Monday

SOCCER

Men [#7}
No. 7 Wildcats Get Back on Track with 3-0 Blanking of Wisconsin
+ Replacing the irreplaceable

Women
No. 11 Penn State Comes Back To Top Northwestern, 3-1
Two Second-Half Goals Propel Wildcats Past Buckeyes, 2-0

TENNIS

NU Wins Doubles Title at Wildcat Invitational

VOLLEYBALL

No. 16 Michigan Sweeps Northwestern, 3-0
+ Northwestern hopes to recover from weak conference play

MISCELLANY

Teddy Greenstein: Cajun aims to add spice

NU's sports gift good for E-town

Alumni

• Barry Cofield Ross Responds with Superb Second Half
• J.A. HappWill miss AFL with sore elbow.
  

Meanwhile in baseball
Wildcats, Alumni Battle to 4-4 Tie

PGA
Tom Johnson Tied for 59th
Scheduled for Frys.com Open benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children

Jess Daley - Missed the Cut
Scheduled for WNB Golf Classic

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Coach Roy's Comments on the stories are in Italics:
Remember that I try to only get one copy of an AP story.
$ before a story means its from a source requiring a subscription.
Opinion Columns usually have the name of the writer in bold at the front of the headline.
Yes, we use Google News, First Headlines and Yahoo as part of our search for Wildcat stories.

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