Illinois rallies past Northwestern, 38-35 Champaign-Dan Persa's return was felt immediately throwing for 4 tds but the defense could not hold on to a 11 point lead in the third quarter and eventually surrendered to the Fighting Illinis. Persa threw for 4 tds while only...
Persa listed as co-starter vs Illinois Line: Illinois -8 Total 50 Northwestern fans have been awaiting the return of exciting QB Dan Persa who ruptured his Achilles tendon last year. It looks like they will get their wishes this week when Northwestern travels to play Illinois. Northwestern...
Northwestern takes care of business at BC, 24-17 Chesnut Hill-After struggling on offense early, the Dan Persa-less Wildcats found their offensive stride late in the first half and established a 24-10 lead early in the fourth quarter after QB Cutler juked out the...
CollegeFootballBreakdown.com Game Preview Wisconsin vs Northwestern With a possible Big Ten Championship on the horizon, the Badgers get a tired Northwestern team in Madison on Saturday on Senior Day. The only question is whether Wisconsin can be focused with the emotional senior day and the fact...
CollegeFootballBreakdown.com Wrigley Field, Chicago-Football at Wrigley was a great experience for the Fighting Illini who took their ground attack on a short road trip. Northwestern was minus its start player QB Dan Persa and he was surely missed this Saturday. Illinois RB Mikel...
CollegeFootballBreakdown.com The long season is almost over and the Fighting Illini need one more win to become bowl eligible. This week they tussle with the Northwestern Wildcats who come off their upset victory over the Hawkeyes last week. But this week Dan Persa...
CollegeFootballBreakdown.com Evanston-The Northwestern Wildcats seems to have the same never quit personality of their coach, Pat Fitzgerald. After getting absolutely blown out in the second half against Penn State, they regrouped, and upset the Iowa Hawkeyes at home in front of a pleased crowd,...
Northwestern will be excited to play Iowa at home but think the team seems to be wearing down towards the end of the season....
CollegeFootballBreakdown.com Game Preview Iowa at Northwestern After a near loss at Indiana, the Hawkeyes travel again this week to play the Northwestern Wildcats who return home after losing a 21 point lead to Penn State. Will Iowa look past Northwestern towards Ohio State? Is Northwestern wearing...
ColegeFootballBreakdown.com State College-It was the worst of halves. It was the best of halves. So was the case for Penn State this weekend as they trailed 21-0 with less than 1 minute to go in the first half and still won by two...
