Get your ass to the Charity Bowl!

This year, we honor James Franklin by commemorating his Penn State swan song against NORTHWESTERN with a $220.21 donation!

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Episode 639: Kevin Fishbain We are mere days away from the NFL Draft and there are several Cats who should hear their names called throughout the weekend. To get ready, we welcome in Kevin Fishbain from The Athletic to get us…

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We were thrilled to welcome @kfishbain.bsky.social to the show to talk about the NFL Draft, the prospects for the Cats this weekend, and his fantastic podcast Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain.
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“And here we go!”

A lot about the world is very heavy right now but if a college football podcast that got jettisoned by Vox during the pandemic for not having a marketable audience can raise this much money for refugees in Atlanta in two days then just think of all the stuff we can all do together

Thank you @edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social @jasonkirk.fyi for all you do!

Get your ass to the Charity Bowl!

This year, we honor James Franklin by commemorating his Penn State swan song against NORTHWESTERN with a $220.21 donation!

#GoCats & #GiveNoQuarter

Episode 639: Kevin Fishbain We are mere days away from the NFL Draft and there are several Cats who should hear their names called throughout the weekend. To get ready, we welcome in Kevin Fishbain from The Athletic to get us…

🚨🚨🚨NEW EPISODE!!!🚨🚨🚨
We were thrilled to welcome @kfishbain.bsky.social to the show to talk about the NFL Draft, the prospects for the Cats this weekend, and his fantastic podcast Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain.
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Join West Lot Pirates Tourney! You've been invited to join West Lot Pirates Tourney and play ESPN's Men's Tournament Challenge

Later today we'll drop our annual NCAA Tournament preview with Scott Sepich. In the meantime, you can get started on our bracket challenge with the password "buckets" (IYKYK)
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PURDUE.

WE ALREADY INHABIT SO MANY OF YOUR NIGHTMARES.

WHAT'S ONE MORE?!

Watching West and Singleton go to work tonight...we'll take three more years of this please!!!

WHAT'S IN THE BOX INDIANA
WHAT'S IN THE BOXXXXXXX

Episode 634: Whiparound Tonight, we check in on NU Hoops as the Men’s team extended their winning streak against Indiana to 6, the Lacrosse team as they took out their frustration after their loss to Colorado, Softb…

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As we get set to flip the calendar to March, let’s check in on Basketball, Lacrosse, Softball and Baseball and see what’s going on.

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Episode 633: Changing Seasons As the Spring seasons for Lacrosse, Softball and Baseball (yes, we know it’s February) get underway, we look at the opening weekend’s games which had some good and some rough outcomes. …

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NU Lacrosse and Softball started their seasons last weekend with Baseball getting going this weekend. As we turn our attention to Spring, we take a look back at opening weekend.
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Episode 632: 2026 Football Schedule The calendar may read January, but it’s time to look ahead to the 2026 college football season, specifically, the release of the Big Ten schedule. Tonight we look at the Cats’ schedule …

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With the 2026 Big Ten schedule release yesterday, we can now start making travel plans and booking hotels. One thing we are still waiting on is the venue info. A swan song for the lake perhaps?
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Episode 631: A New National Champion With Indiana’s historic win over Miami in the National Championship Game, that brings us to the end of the 2025 College Football Season. In tonight’s episode, we discuss the Hoosiers an…

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As we close the book on the 2025 College Football Season, we look back at Monday night's game and how Indiana's historic win could change the way we think about College Football moving forward.
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Episode 630: Transfer PortalPalooza Transfer portal season is here and boy, it’s busy. In addition to continuing building out the offensive coaching staff under Chip Kelly, we have a flurry of faces transferring in and heading …

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It's wild that just 24 hours after recording, this week's episode is already slightly out of date. In tonight's episode, we dive into the first wave of Transfer PortalPalooza and the changes in the coaching staff.

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Sorry, we try to cross post as much as we can, but it’s hard to remember to do both.

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So...anything in particular that anyone would like to talk about? Any recent news items that you might be looking for us to chip away at?

We'll get there😉 Away we go!

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So...anything in particular that anyone would like to talk about? Any recent news items that you might be looking for us to chip away at?

We'll get there😉 Away we go!

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The three of us are out on Lujan. There’s no need to settle for mediocrity. I’d (Sam) rather shoot for the moon and fail than be content with blah.

Episode 626: Illinois 20-Northwestern 13 It would be easy to chalk this game up to just being a rivalry game in the snow, but there was a lot more going on than just that in Northwestern’s 7 point loss to Illinois. Now with the regu…

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After we have all thawed out from the snow bowl on Saturday, we take stock of the Cats as they prepare to learn their bowl destination. Oh, did we mention there's some news on the coaching carousel...?
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Episode 625: Northwestern 38-Minnesota 35 and a Field Hockey National Championship What a weekend! Field Hockey finished their journey to repeat as National Champions with 2 incredible wins in both the Final 4 game against North Carolina and the title game against Princeton. Foot…

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In this week of giving thanks, we have a lot to be thankful for. NU Field Hockey won their second straight National Title, Football won at Wrigley and clinched a Bowl for the 2nd time in 3 years and much more. westlotpirates.com/2025/11/26/e...

Episode 623: USC 38-Northwestern 17 It was a tale of two halves this past Friday in LA. The first half saw two teams trading punches back and forth. But one freak play turned the game on its head and USC pulled away in the second hal…

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This week, we look back at our trip to LA, look ahead to our trip to Wrigley Field, marvel at the great start to the basketball season and prepare for both Women's Soccer and Field Hockey's NCAA tourney runs.
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Episode 622: It’s Basketball Season! The Northwestern Men’s Basketball season tipped off this week with a huge win over Mercyhurst. With so many new faces on the squad, we take a look at the who’s who on the team. Also, wi…

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@NUMensBball started their season with a resounding victory over Mercyhurst and @NUFBFamily is set to come off their bye week to fly out west to take on USC. We cover all that and more in this week's episode.

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Episode 622: It’s Basketball Season! The Northwestern Men’s Basketball season tipped off this week with a huge win over Mercyhurst. With so many new faces on the squad, we take a look at the who’s who on the team. Also, wi…

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NU Men's Basketball started their season with a resounding victory over Mercyhurst and the Football squad is set to come off their bye week to fly out west to take on USC. We cover all that and more in this week's episode.
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Go see the #1 ranked defending National Champion @NUFHCats this weekend!

Tell us about it (DM or email us a pic w the scoreboard) and we’ll enter your name to win our tickets for an upcoming @NUMensBball game!

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Episode 618: Northwestern 42-Louisiana-Monroe 7 Now this is what we’re talking about! Northwestern finally put together an offensive performance that we have been looking for as they trounced ULM. Now, the Cats now find themselves not only…

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This week, we look back at a fantastic offensive performance by the Cats while taking down ULM. Now, with Penn St. licking their wounds after their disastrous trip to LA, lets go shock the world 😈

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Happy Homecoming, fam!

Enjoy the festivities and come see us at the Red Pirate Flag before @NUFBFamily takes the field!

#GiveNoQuarter today!!!

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