Collegiately Speaking: Bouncing back from a season-opening loss

enSeptember 08, 2021

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About this Episode

The Northwestern Wildcats struggled in the first game of the season when they lost to Michigan State 38-21. Northwestern’s play-by-play voice, Dave Eanet, and former Wildcat quarterback, Dan Persa, breakdown what went wrong against the conference rival. Former kicker, and the all-time leading point scorer in NU history, Jeff Budzien, shared his thoughts as well. […]

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