Episode 335: Music City Bowl Preview

Just days away from the Music City Bowl we take a good hard look at Kentucky before we break down the College Football Playoff.  We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes or directly from here.

For anyone in the Chicagoland area looking for a place to watch the game, we will be hosting a watch party at Arlington Ale House at 111 W Campbell St. in Arlington Heights.  Shoot an email to westlotpirates@gmail.com for more information.

Our 2017 picks contest is coming to a head going into bowl season.

Erik went 1/2 in Championship week and keeping his lead with 47 points: South Florida (9) USC (11) Auburn (10) NC State (8) and Notre Dame (9)

John went 2/2, closing the gap with Erik at 46 points. John also has the only playoff team, so he has 6 possible points remaining.: Alabama (11) Boise St (10) Northwestern (9) Texas (6) and Florida Atlantic (10)

Sam is out of it again this season only going 1/2 and sitting on 41 points. The Notre Dame overlap and the gap make catching Erik mathematically impossible: Ohio State (10) Florida State (6) Oklahoma State (9) Oregon (7) and Notre Dame (9)

The West Lot Pirates ESPN Bowl Challenge is back for another year! Join us by following this link and using the password “pirates”

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Episode 334: Bowl Preview Part 2

This week we continue our previews of the 2017 Bowl Season by chatting about the second half of the bowl games. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes or directly from here.

For anyone in the Chicagoland area looking for a place to watch the game, we will be hosting a watch party at Arlington Ale House at 111 W Campbell St. in Arlington Heights.  Shoot an email to westlotpirates@gmail.com for more information.

Our 2017 picks contest is coming to a head going into bowl season.

Erik went 1/2 in Championship week and keeping his lead with 47 points: South Florida (9) USC (11) Auburn (10) NC State (8) and Notre Dame (9)

John went 2/2, closing the gap with Erik at 46 points. John also has the only playoff team, so he has 6 possible points remaining.: Alabama (11) Boise St (10) Northwestern (9) Texas (6) and Florida Atlantic (10)

Sam is out of it again this season only going 1/2 and sitting on 41 points. The Notre Dame overlap and the gap make catching Erik mathematically impossible: Ohio State (10) Florida State (6) Oklahoma State (9) Oregon (7) and Notre Dame (9)

The West Lot Pirates ESPN Bowl Challenge is back for another year! Join us by following this link and using the password “pirates”

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 333: Bowl Preview Part 1

This week we start our previews of the 2017 Bowl Season! We take a snap look at the first 20 bowls. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes or directly from here.

For anyone in the Chicagoland area looking for a place to watch the game, we will be hosting a watch party at Arlington Ale House at 111 W Campbell St. in Arlington Heights.  Shoot an email to westlotpirates@gmail.com for more information.

Our 2017 picks contest is coming to a head going into bowl season.

Erik went 1/2 in Championship week and keeping his lead with 47 points: South Florida (9) USC (11) Auburn (10) NC State (8) and Notre Dame (9)

John went 2/2, closing the gap with Erik at 46 points. John also has the only playoff team, so he has 6 possible points remaining.: Alabama (11) Boise St (10) Northwestern (9) Texas (6) and Florida Atlantic (10)

Sam is out of it again this season only going 1/2 and sitting on 41 points. The Notre Dame overlap and the gap make catching Erik mathematically impossible: Ohio State (10) Florida State (6) Oklahoma State (9) Oregon (7) and Notre Dame (9)

The West Lot Pirates ESPN Bowl Challenge is back for another year! Join us by following this link and using the password “pirates”

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 332: Music City Bowl Bound

The matchups are set, flights and hotels booked and we’re all ready to get into Bowl Season! Northwestern will be taking on Kentucky at the Music City Bowl in Nashville in a battle for Wildcat supremacy.  We take a quick look at Kentucky before we get into some of the other big Bowls. We also ride the insanity of the coaching carousel, although as crazy as it’s been, we should maybe call it the coaching roller coaster.  Finally, we check in on hoops as NU gets further into a bit of an odd start to the season. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes or directly from here.

Our 2017 picks contest is coming to a head going into bowl season.

Erik went 1/2 in Championship week and keeping his lead with 47 points: South Florida (9) USC (11) Auburn (10) NC State (8) and Notre Dame (9)

John went 2/2, closing the gap with Erik at 46 points. John also has the only playoff team, so he has 6 possible points remaining.: Alabama (11) Boise St (10) Northwestern (9) Texas (6) and Florida Atlantic (10)

Sam is out of it again this season only going 1/2 and sitting on 41 points. The Notre Dame overlap and the gap make catching Erik mathematically impossible: Ohio State (10) Florida State (6) Oklahoma State (9) Oregon (7) and Notre Dame (9)

 

The West Lot Pirates ESPN Bowl Challenge is back for another year! Join us by following this link and using the password “pirates”

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 331 Northwestern 42-Illinois 7

The regular season is over and the Cats are 9-3. What a way to finish the year; a 7 game win streak, a chance for a 10 win season, and, oh yeah, the LOLHat stays in Evanston where it belongs. This week we break down the game, look ahead to Championship Week, and try to wrap our heads around the absolute craziness that is the 2017 Coaching Carousel. We are your premier Northwestern Sports Podcast! You can download the episode from iTunes or directly from here.

Our picks are in for our 2017 picks contest.

Erik only went 2/5 this week and maintains his lead with 46 points: South Florida (9) USC (10) Auburn (10) NC State (8) and Notre Dame (9)

Sam had a great 4/5 week, but it seems to be a case of too little, too late.  He’s got 40 points: Ohio State (10) Florida State (5) Oklahoma State (9) Oregon (7) and Notre Dame (9)

John also went 2/5 this week as he keeps pace with Erik with 42 points.: Alabama (11) Boise St (9) Northwestern (9) Texas (6) and Florida Atlantic (9)

All three of us have 2 teams alive this weekend so we’ll see how it all breaks next week.

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