Talk:Northwestern Wildcats football

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Split articles

I don't think splitting the article is necessary for the 2006 and 2007 teams. I don't see why a 4-8 football team should get its own page. If NU is nationally ranked or invited to a bowl game later in the season, a page for the 2007 team would be reasonable. That hasn't happened yet, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bolt Vanderhuge (talk • contribs) 20:17, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I thought there was a move on the College Football project to create pages for each season - that any season was notable enough for an article. Hoof Hearted 14:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Cardiac 'Cats

Is there a way to make a new page for 'Cardiac Cats? Is it important enough for a stand alone articleSkokiePride (talk) 23:05, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not really sure that every close game since 1996 is important, I believe that the overall concept of the 'Cardiac Cats is important to Northwestern's football renaissance and their ability to field competitive teams and the overall concept deserves to be mentioned in the article. However, I don't think you need to list every single gameSkokiePride (talk) 00:07, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Someone should write a section in rivalries for Iowa — Preceding unsigned comment added by MynameisOlszewski (talk • contribs) 22:34, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Summary of the head coaches' records

This would be a good section to add. Not necessarily a line for each season, but a summary for each coach's total record with Northwestern. See Wisconsin Badgers football#Coaching history or Minnesota Golden Gophers football#All-time records for ideas. Bruinfan12 (talk) 12:03, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Orphaned references in Northwestern Wildcats football

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Reference named "SI article, 1959":

From Ara Parseghian: Furlong, William Barry (September 21, 1959). "'It's A Naturalness. It's Me'". Sports Illustrated: 128–140. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
From Miami RedHawks football: William Barry Furlong (September 21, 1959). "'It's A Naturalness. It's Me'". Sports Illustrated: 128–140. Retrieved July 6, 2013.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 19:31, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hazing scandal - listed under 'traditions'

It's completely correct and good that the recent hazing scandal that resulted in Fitz's firing is included in this article. However, the current approach (cheekily listing a couple of the hazing practices that came to light after students came forward under "traditions") is probably not ideal.

If it's to be included, it should be given a proper write-up. 12.249.24.134 (talk) 19:20, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]