RECAP: This week in Northwestern athletics: June 27-July 3

Randy Walker

This week marked the tenth year since Northwestern football coach Randy Walker suddenly passed away at the age of 52. Ben Goren wrote a tribute piece to Walker and the 2000 Northwestern team that defined his legacy.

Football and basketball analysis

As always at Inside NU, there was plenty of hard-hitting analysis to go around. Isaac Bushnell (who is not a pseudonym for the dearly departed Henry Bushnell to avoid work contracts, but actually Henry's brother) wrote a piece on who could end Northwestern's NBA Draft drought.

The Inside NU staff conferred on its biggest snubs from the "Top Ten Most Important Players" series.

Summer guides:

We kicked off a series previewing Northwestern's team this week, position by position:

• Zach Pereles wrote about Clayton Thorson and the other quarterbacks
• Will Ragatz wrote about the running backs
• Zach Pereles also wrote about the Superback position
• Tristan Jung covered the offensive line
• Zach Pereles wrote about the defensive line
• Ian McCafferty wrote about the linebackers
• Ian McCafferty also covered the wide receivers (definitely not literally)

NBA and MLS news

Tre Demps signed with the Chicago Bulls and Tyler Miller had the game of his life for the Seattle Sounders.

Pound the Talk

THE TALK HAS BEEN POUNDED! LIKE POUND CAKE!