Saturday starts the fall football season we thought might never come.
After 226 days without a single sporting event on Northwestern’s campus, the Wildcats will end the streak and host Maryland under the Ryan Field lights for their first game of the year.
This season will bring a lot of unknowns: how players’ bodies will respond during game time following a shortened training camp and time in pads; the question of players’ health among the pandemic; and the Wildcats’ offensive scheme under new offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian and transfer QB Peyton Ramsey, who will get his first start in purple this Saturday.