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Northwestern's All-Century Team

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ESPN put together an All-Century team for every Big Ten school, and recently completed the Northwestern team, highlighted by members of the 2015 team Dan Vitale, Anthony Walker, and Nick VanHoose. Notably left off the team are Dan Persa, Justin Jackson, Drake Dunsmore, Barry Cofield, Dean Lowry, Nick Roach, and Ibraheim Campbell. What changes would you make?

Justin Jackson named to Doak Walker Award watch list

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After being named to the Maxwell Award watch list earlier this month, Justin Jackson has earned a spot on the Doak Walker Award watch list for the nation's best running back. Fresh off consecutive 1,000 yard seasons, the preseason honors for Jackson should come with little surprise.

Anthony Walker named to Butkus Award watch list

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Anthony Walker is really, really good at football. He's been named to the Bednarik and now the Butkus Award watch lists.

Anthony Walker, Matt Harris, Justin Jackson to attend Big Ten Media Days

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The attendees for Big Ten Media Days, which run July 25-26, have been announced. The Wildcats will bring All-American linebacker Anthony Walker as well as second-team All-Big Ten running back Justin Jackson and third-team All-Big Ten cornerback Matt Harris to the event along with head coach Pat Fitzgerald. A full list of attendees can be found above.

Northwestern 9/1 odds to win Big Ten West

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Bovada has released its odds to win for every conference, including conference divisions, and Northwestern has 9/1 odds to win the Big Ten West, behind Iowa (1/1), Nebraska (2/1) and Wisconsin (4/1). Northwestern also comes in with 33/1 odds to win the Big Ten, behind Michigan and Ohio State (7/4), Michigan State (7/1), Iowa and Nebraska (9/1), Wisconsin (14/1) and Penn State (18/1).

Justin Jackson, Anthony Walker named to Maxwell and Bednarik Watch Lists

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No surprises here. Fresh off of back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons, Justin Jackson was named to the preseason Maxwell Award Watch List while teammate and All-American Anthony Walker was named to the Bednarik Award Watch List. Two high preseason honors for two players who will be instrumental in any successes Northwestern has next season.

Northwestern projected to go to the Independence Bowl by SB Nation

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SB Nation's Jason Kirk released his way-too-early bowl predictions, but then again too early is never early enough. He has Northwestern in the Independence Bowl against Mississippi St. on December 26th in Shreveport, Louisiana. We won't tell you what happened the last time the Wildcats and the Bulldogs met in a bowl game, but you can watch the highlights here.

Seven Wildcats named to Athlon Sports preseason All-Big Ten teams

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Athlon Sports released its predictions for the All-Big Ten teams this season, and seven Northwestern players were included. The following players were named: RB Justin Jackson (1st team) OT Blake Hance (4th team) DT Tyler Lancaster (3rd team) MLB Anthony Walker (1st team) CB Matthew Harris (3rd team) S Godwin Igwebuike (2nd team) KR Solomon Vault (2nd team)

Clayton Thorson is spending his offseason catching sharks

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Man vs Shark

A video posted by Clayton Thorson (@cthorson18) on

The starting QB shows a ton of poise handling a shark in the Atlantic Ocean. Major props.