It’s just two weeks before the College Football season gets underway and we can’t be more excited! This week Sam and Erik talk about some of the news coming out of Northwestern camp, discuss the rapidly growing trend of closing practices to the media and look back on week 1 of the NFL preseason to check in on the NU alums in the league. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes, Stitcher Radio or directly from here.

This season we are expanding our picks challenge to all our listeners. Just pick 5 BCS teams who had a combined win total in 2016 of no more than 40. Whoever’s squad finishes 2017 with the highest win total wins the game.  Email westlotpirates@gmail.com with your squads and we’ll keep track here.

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