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Episode 318: Week 1 Preview

After a long offseason of speculation and preview, the 2017 College Football season is finally here. We preview Northwestern’s game against Nevada and look around the rest of the CFB landscape. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes, Stitcher Radio or directly from here.

Our picks are in for our 2017 picks contest.

John went with: Alabama (14) Boise St (10) Northwestern (7) Texas (5) and Florida Atlantic (3)

Erik chose: South Florida (11) USC (10) Auburn (8) NC State (7) and Notre Dame (4)

Sam selected: Ohio State (11) Florida State (10) Oklahoma State (10) Oregon (4) and Notre Dame (4)

Email us your selections at westlotpirates@gmail.com

Be sure to check out our Facebook page! Head over to Facebook and “Like” us there for all the latest updates. You can also follow us on Twitter and join the conversation!

We really want to hear from our listeners on what you would like to hear from us. Please email us, tweet at us, hit us up on Facebook, comment on the blog or call our voicemail line at 847-231-2287 (CATS) and let us know what you’d like to hear from us.  All of our contact info is in the sidebar.

Thanks so much for listening and Go Cats!

Episode 317: Summer Previews: Northwestern

With College Football games starting up this weekend, it’s time that we fully break down our very own Northwestern Wildcats. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes, Stitcher Radio or directly from here.

Our picks are in for our 2017 picks contest.

John went with: Alabama (14) Boise St (10) Northwestern (7) Texas (5) and Florida Atlantic (3)

Erik chose: South Florida (11) USC (10) Auburn (8) NC State (7) and Notre Dame (4)

Sam selected: Ohio State (11) Florida State (10) Oklahoma State (10) Oregon (4) and Notre Dame (4)

Email us your selections at westlotpirates@gmail.com

Be sure to check out our Facebook page! Head over to Facebook and “Like” us there for all the latest updates. You can also follow us on Twitter and join the conversation!

We really want to hear from our listeners on what you would like to hear from us. Please email us, tweet at us, hit us up on Facebook, comment on the blog or call our voicemail line at 847-231-2287 (CATS) and let us know what you’d like to hear from us.  All of our contact info is in the sidebar.

Thanks so much for listening and Go Cats!

Episode 316: Going Camping

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.

Be sure to check out our Facebook page! Head over to Facebook and “Like” us there for all the latest updates. You can also follow us on Twitter and join the conversation!

We really want to hear from our listeners on what you would like to hear from us. Please email us, tweet at us, hit us up on Facebook, comment on the blog or call our voicemail line at 847-231-2287 (CATS) and let us know what you’d like to hear from us.  All of our contact info is in the sidebar.

Thanks so much for listening and Go Cats!

Episode 315: SEC Talk with Gary Segars

In this episode, we welcome in Gary Segars, host of the Winning Cures Everything podcast. We look at the Hugh Freeze situation from a southern perspective and take a quick spin around the SEC. 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.

Be sure to check out our Facebook page! Head over to Facebook and “Like” us there for all the latest updates. You can also follow us on Twitter and join the conversation!

We really want to hear from our listeners on what you would like to hear from us. Please email us, tweet at us, hit us up on Facebook, comment on the blog or call our voicemail line at 847-231-2287 (CATS) and let us know what you’d like to hear from us.  All of our contact info is in the sidebar.

Thanks so much for listening and Go Cats!

Episode 314: Summer Previews: Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois

This week, we look back at the Big Ten Media Days and finish our previews of the rest of Northwestern’s schedule with a look at Purdue, Minnesota and Illinois. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes, Stitcher Radio or directly from here.

Be sure to check out our Facebook page! Head over to Facebook and “Like” us there for all the latest updates. You can also follow us on Twitter and join the conversation!

We really want to hear from our listeners on what you would like to hear from us. Please email us, tweet at us, hit us up on Facebook, comment on the blog or call our voicemail line at 847-231-2287 (CATS) and let us know what you’d like to hear from us.  All of our contact info is in the sidebar.

Thanks so much for listening and Go Cats!