Vereen steps up while Miles bails out

Todd McShay offers his Week 12 stock report, including rising RB Shane Vereen and a a pair of coaches who are falling fast.

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Northwestern holds off Wisconsin en route to 3rd win in row

Brian Peters and Jordan Mabin made key defensive plays late as Northwestern beat Wisconsin 33-31 on Saturday.

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ND tied for highest graduation rate

Notre Dame, Duke tied for highest graduation rate among FBS schools.

...OLB, Navorro Bowman puts the clamps on Scott Concannon during their 34-13 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois

Northwestern fends off Illinois to help bowl bid with 7th win

Mike Kafka threw for 305 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score in Northwestern's 21-16 win Saturday over Illinois.

Cal signs three-game contract with Nevada

...past the 2010 season are Colorado (away in 2011), Ohio State (away in 2012, home in 2013), Northwestern (home in 2013, away in 2014) and Texas (away in 2015, home in 2016). California's 2010...

They don't know drama

The Illinois-Northwestern rivalry has been mostly subdued the past five years.

Friendly fire

High school friends on each side of UI-NU rivalry get another chance to trash-talk.

...7, 2009: Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg (16) looks for a receiver during the second half the Northwestern Wildcats 17-10 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa on November...

Cats' McManis modest in success

Northwestern cornerback Sherrick McManis is proving his doubters wrong.

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Big Ten power rankings: Week 13

...on Dec. 5. T-4. Northwestern (8-4, 5-3): When Northwestern trailed Indiana 28-3 on Oct. 24, no one thought the Wildcats would end up here. OK, maybe Pat Fitzgerald and his players...

Separating winning quarterbacks from just good ones

He's Got It By Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com Jeremiah Masoli won't win any national awards this season. A slow start and a midseason knee injury proved too mu...

NU's Hankwitz tries to decode former team

...took place during his introductory news conference as Northwestern's defensive coordinator in January 2008. Hankwitz was...in a lot of time against their offense," Wildcats defensive tackle Adam Hahn said. "So he would...