Northwestern won the Big Ten West this past weekend after its Week Seven matchup against Minnesota was cancelled due to positive COVID-19 cases within the Gophers’ program and at least three games were played. Ahead of their rivalry game against Illinois, Pat Fitzgerald, Peyton Ramsey, Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman, Paddy Fisher and JR Pace spoke to the media via Zoom.

Pat Fitzgerald

Opening statement: Thanks everybody for being here today, kind of unique not having a game to talk about. But again, like I said last week, I’m just thinking about all those student athletes and staff members affected by the COVID-19 up in Minneapolis and hope their health is improving and they’re all doing okay.