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September - 2010

Gettin Familiar with Illinois State
Tuesday Sips
Next on the Chopping Block: Illinois State
Northwestern-Vanderbilt, the Recap: I'll Take It!
Northwestern 23, Vanderbilt 21: post game thread
"Kick in the 'Dore Wavin the Four-Four" - The Notorious B.I.G.
Sherrick McManis Memorial Picks, Week One
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRDS: A Few Quick Questions for Anchor of Gold
Playing Creighton and Other Me Returning From a Trip Sips
Northwestern's Division, 2011/2012 Schedules Released
AHHHHHHHHHHH BIG TEN DIVISIONS
Name of the Week: Vanderbilt Edition

August - 2010

And Vanderbilt had a Secretary named Northwestern...
Gettin' Familiar With Vanderbilt
Next on the Chopping Block: Vanderbilt
One Week
Planning a Road Trip: Vanderbilt
point of clarification
Juice Thompson, Jeff Ryan Northwestern's Captains... But Why?
One Less Day Til Football 2010, Post 10: More Special Teams
Scrimmagin, Roadtrippin, Kyle Rowley Dominating, and Other Monday Sips
One Less Day Til Football 2010: Kicking It
One Less Day Til Football Season 2010, Post 9: Northwestern's Safeties
Now Somebody Else Has That Number
Monday Sips
Northwestern Has New Jerseys
One Less Day Til Football Season, Post 8: Northwestern's Cornerbacks
One Less Day Til Football Season, Post 7: Northwestern's Linebackers
Peekin at the Pros: A Look at NU Players in the NFL
Chi Chi Ariguzo: Good Name, or Great Name?
Friday Sips
Western Kentucky Losing Streak Putting Northwestern on Notice?
One Less Day Until Football Season, Post 6: Northwestern's Defensive Line
One Less Day Til Football Season 2010, Post 5: The Offensive Line
Media Day Notes
Monday Sips

July - 2010

Can John Shurna be Kevin Coble?
Kevin Coble Peacing Out Sips
Kevin Coble Leaving Thoughts
One Less Day Til Football 2010, Post 4: Superbacks
Alex Marcotullio's Sun Sets on the British Empire
John Shurna, Lost at USA Basketball Camp
Friday Sips
Fumble! Is Northwestern Lucky or Talented?
Vegas' Thoughts on NU
One Less Day Til Football 2010, Post 3: Northwestern's Wide Receivers
Andrew Brewer: Sayin' Goodbye Like Tevin Campbell
Tre Demps, Alex Marcotullio and other Sunday Sips
Eric Chun has a Cut to Make
Eric Chun at the British Open, Alex Marcotullio plays ball, and Scotland Day for Sippin on Purple
Kyle Rowley to Saint Mary's
One Less Day Til Football Season, Post 2: Northwestern's Running Backs
Where I Come From: EA Sports NCAA Football 2011 Available Now
Basketball Recruiting Update: NU gets first 2011 commitment
Where I Come From: Expectations for the 2010 Wildcats
Where I Come From: The Outback Bowl and other Memorable Moments
Where I Come From: Tyrell Sutton and Mike Kafka
Where I Come From: Northwestern Tailgating Traditions/Lack Thereof
Where I Come From: The 2009 Northwestern Wildcats
Where I Come From: How I Became a Northwestern Wildcats Fan.
Where I Come From: an Introduction
Happy Fourth of July from Sippin' on Purple!

June - 2010

One Less Day Til Football Season 2010, Post 1: Northwestern's Quarterbacks
Sayin Goodbye Like Tevin Campbell: Sherrick McManis
Monday Sips
Northwestern Basketball's Eurotrip
Monday Sips
Happy Father's Day, from Sippin' on Purple/Tyrell Sutton
Happy Birthday to ME, punks!
A House Divided BEST Stand: Divvying up the Big Twelveventen
Next on the Chopping Block: NEBRASKA
Welcoming Nebraska thread
Thursday Apocalyptic Sips
Anarchy in the UK: Alex Marcotullio tries out for the Great Britain U-20 Basketball team
50 rounds, no love: Northwestern and the MLB Draft
Playing "How Spilled is this Milk" with the Northwestern Women's Lacrosse team
Alex Marcotullio kinda, sorta like Benedict Arnold, but better
Finding the Jinxer
Yeah... so...

May - 2010

GO MARYLAND WOMEN'S LAX WOOO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!11!11 OPEN THREAD
Happy Friggin Dillo Day!
GO UNC WOMEN'S LAX UNC WOMEN'S LAX RULEZSZ!!!111 OPEN THREAD
Bored? Unemployed? It's a Big Ten Baseball Tournament Open Thread!
(Phil) Steele Reserve: NU on the Preseason All-Big Ten teams
Towson, and other Facebook stalkers of NU Sports
Tuition Saturday: And then there was one (team that could be remotely considered to be in competition for a national title)
Thursday Sips
Tuition Tuesday: How to Lose a Game in 10 Innings
Tuition.... Saturday? Pair of Cats teams invent the word "rompage"
(Semi)Breaking: Michael Wilbon announced as NU's 2010 Commencement Speaker.
Wednesday Sips
Sayin Goodbye Like Tevin Campbell: Corey Wootton
Tuition Tuesday: Conference Championships Bore Me Edition
Happy Mother's Day, from Sippin on Purple!
Thursday Sips
Wrigley, Part Two: I Did It For the Glory
Wrigley, Part One: Going (Foot)Balls to the (ivy-covered) Walls
Tuition Tuesday: The Almost No-loss Weekend

April - 2010

Thurdsay Sips
I'm Sprung: NU's Spring Game, summarized.
Tuition Tuesdays: Vanderkilled.
NFL Drafka, postgame
Picks, only five months ahead of time
Round 5, Pick 13: Houston Texans select Sherrick McManis
Spring Game, yo!
Round 4, Pick 24: Philadelphia selects Mike Kafka
Round 4, Pick 11: Chicago Bears select Corey Wootton
Spring Football Guide
NFL Drafka, 4/23
Tuition Tuesday: Wednesday Edition.
NFL Drafka, 4/20
A Weekend of Shattered Dreams
So, I should never, ever talk about women's lacrosse.
NFL Drafka, April 15
A Lacrosse Laquandary.
Surviving the (Wildcat) Game.
HYPE AND SPECULATION, BABY!
Friday Sips
Why Is Northwestern Different from Duke?
Michigan State vs. Butler: THE RECKONING.
Sayin Goodbye Like Tevin Campbell: Mike Kafka.

March - 2010

Stuff I Missed
Reporting For Duty.
Handing back the reigns
Friday Sweet 16 analysis and picks
Thursday Sweet 16 Analysis and Picks
The Carmody Situation (part 2)
The Carmody Situation (part 1)
Rhode Island 76, Northwestern 64
Preview: Northwestern at Rhode Island
Yo me voy a Pinar del Rio*; or, How I learned to stop rooting and secretly am kinda glad we didn't make the NCAA's.
First Day Out (I'm Back)
NIT: vs. Rhode Island on Wednesday
Selection Sunday: Kiddie Edition.
Technically Not Over Yet: Looking at NU's Postseason Options.
Purdue 69, Northwestern 61
Northwestern vs. Purdue/conference tournament live game thread spectacular
Preview: Northwestern vs. Purdue: Can lightning strike twice?
Northwestern 73, Indiana 58: Winning ugly
Northwestern vs. Indiana/conference tournament game thread extravaganza
Thursday Random Thoughts and Picks
Preview: Northwestern vs. Indiana: Glory's Last Shot
The 55.
Tuesday Random Thoughts
First Annual Sippin' On Purple Big Ten Awards
Sunday Random Thoughts and Picks
Indiana 88, Northwestern 80
Quick Big Ten pick
Preview: Northwestern at Indiana
Thursday Random Thoughts and Picks
Northwestern 72, Chicago State 49
Northwestern basketball vs. Chicago State: Gameday
Wednesday Random Thoughts and Picks
Preview: Chicago State at Northwestern
Tuesday Random (and by random, I mean more defense talk) Thoughts and Picks

February - 2010

Penn State 79, Northwestern 60
Sunday Big Ten picks
Preview: Northwestern at Penn State
Saturday Big Ten Picks
A look ahead to the Big Ten tournament, and NU rooting interests the rest of the regular season
Northwestern 74, Iowa 57
Northwestern basketball vs. Iowa: Gameday
Preview: Iowa at Northwestern
Thursday Morning Random Thoughts and Picks
Indefensible: more rantings about NU's terrible defense (with efficiency stats and partial preview of the Iowa game)
Wednesday Random Thoughts and Picks
Tuesday Big Ten picks
Name of the Week: NAME OF THE YEAR EDITION
Big Ten Power Rankings, February 22th: Talking Heads edition
Wisconsin 70, Northwestern 63
Preview: Northwestern at Wisconsin
Saturday Picks
Thursday Random Thoughts and Picks
Penn State 81, Northwestern 70
Wednesday Random Thoughts and Picks
Preview: Penn State at Northwestern
Tuesday Random Thoughts and Picks
Big Ten Power Rankings, February 15th
Northwestern 77, Minnesota 74
It's Friday night, ain't a damn thing funny
Thursday Random Thoughts and Picks
Iowa 78, Northwestern 65
Wednesday Random Thoughts and Picks
Preview: Northwestern at Iowa
Monday Night Random Thoughts and Picks
Big Ten Power Rankings, February 8th: Marie Digby edition
Congrats to Zach Strief!
Northwestern 78, Indiana 61
Preview: Indiana at Northwestern
Quick Saturday Big Ten Picks
Friday Random Thoughts, plus questions being answered
An NU Fans Guide to Watching: Super Bowl XLIV.
Thursday Random Thoughts and Picks
Wednesday Random Thoughts and Picks
It's Signing Day.
Northwestern 67, Michigan 52
Preview: Michigan at Northwestern
Tuesday Random Thoughts and Picks
A breakdown of Northwestern's defensive breakdowns
2 Legit 2 Commit

January - 2010

Big Ten Power Rankings, February 1st: ATLiens edition
Quick Sunday Picks
Michigan State 79, Northwestern 70
Preview: Northwestern at Michigan State
State of the Program Address
Thursday Quick Picks
Quick Picks
Minnesota 65, Northwestern 61
Preview: Northwestern at Minnesota
Tuesday Random Thoughts and Picks
Big Ten power rankings: White Stripes edition
Sunday Random Thoughts and Picks
Northwestern 73, Illinois 68
Preview: Illinois at Northwestern
Saturday Big Ten Picks
Friday Random Basketball Thoughts
Bubble watch: Northwestern edition
Thursday recap of the night that was and picks
Wednesday Random Thoughts and Picks
Ohio State 76, Northwestern 56
Tuesday Random Basketball Thoughts and Picks
Preview: Northwestern at Ohio State
Big Ten power rankings, January 18th: The Wire edition
Saturday wrapup and Sunday Picks
Northwestern 72, Purdue 64
Saturday Picks
Preview: Purdue at Northwestern
Friday Random Basketball Thoughts
The Day After
Wisconsin 60, Northwestern 50
Wednesday Random Basketball Thoughts
Preview: Wisconsin at Northwestern
Behind Enemy Lines: Wisconsin
How late can a man post an Outback Bowl recap?
Tuesday Morning Random Basketball Thoughts and Picks
Big Ten basketball power rankings: January 11th
Northwestern 68, Michigan 62
Sunday Random Basketball Thoughts
Preview: Northwestern at Michigan
Quick Picks
Picking up the pieces
Northwestern 53, Texas-Pan American 44
Preview: Texas-Pan American at Northwestern
Thursday Random Basketball Thoughts
Know your opponent: Texas-Pan American
Wednesday Sips
Wednesday Random Basketball Thoughts
Dissecting a Decision
Big Ten Tonight: January 5th
Big Ten basketball power rankings: January 4th
Michigan State 91, Northwestern 70
Northwestern basketball vs. Michigan State: Gameday
Heartbreaker
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