EVANSTON — Football is in the air. It's August 9, 2015, just one day before the Northwestern Wildcats are set to begin preseason training camp. The team meeting room is full. Players are present. Coaches, equipment managers, administrators — they're all present too. And of course the coach, Pat Fitzgerald, is there. Fitzgerald has important business to take care of. It's time to fill a coveted vacancy, one of the most exclusive privileges of Northwestern football. It's time to award the No. 1 jersey for the Wildcats' upcoming season.
Wearing the No. 1 jersey has been a Northwestern football tradition since 2011.