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    The Pat Fitzgerald Show Presented by Allstate to Debut Next Week

    NUSPORTSDOTCOM
    Wildcat football fans can get the latest news about the team straight from Coach Fitzgerald himself on <i>The Pat Fitzgerald Show Presented by Allstate</i>.

    NUSPORTSDOTCOM
    Wildcat football fans can get the latest news about the team straight from Coach Fitzgerald himself on The Pat Fitzgerald Show Presented by Allstate.
    NUSPORTSDOTCOM

    Sept. 2, 2010

    EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern football fans will have a new place to get the inside scoop on the Wildcats next week, when The Pat Fitzgerald Show Presented by Allstate debuts. The show, hosted by WGN Radio Sports Director Dave Eanet, will premiere on Comcast SportsNet Chicago at 11 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Sept. 7, and also air on the Big Ten Network later in the week.

    The Pat Fitzgerald Show Presented by Allstate will feature Northwestern's fifth-year head coach as he breaks down highlights of the previous Saturday's game and discusses his team's preparation for upcoming opponents. The 13-week show will run through the course of the 2010 regular season. A complete air schedule for September's episodes is listed below.

    The show's initial episode will also feature a behind-the-scenes look at the Wildcats' recent practice at Naval Station Great Lakes. Future episodes will include a include in-studio interviews with Northwestern student-athletes and look at what members of the Wildcats do away from the football field.

    A partnership between Northwestern Athletics and the Medill School will produce The Pat Fitzgerald Show Presented by Allstate. The show will originate from Medill's McCormick Tribune Center Studio.

    As a College Football Hall of Fame linebacker at Northwestern in the mid-1990's, Fitzgerald led NU to back-to-back Big Ten titles and an appearance in the 1996 Rose Bowl. After assuming head coaching duties at his alma mater in 2006 Fitzgerald has continued his successes, guiding the Wildcats to 17 wins in the past two seasons and bowl eligibility three years in a row.

    THE Pat Fitzgerald SHOW PRESENTED BY ALLSTATE
    SEPTEMBER AIRING SCHEDULE


     

     

    Episode #1 - Tuesday, Sept. 7 - 11 p.m. CT - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
         Wednesday, Sept. 8 - 1 p.m. CT - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
         Thursday, Sept. 9 - 3:30 p.m. CT - Big Ten Network

    Episode #2 - Tuesday, Sept. 14 - 11:30 p.m. CT - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
         Wednesday, Sept. 15 - 12:30 p.m. CT - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
         Thursday, Sept. 16 - 3:30 p.m. CT - Big Ten Network

    Episode #3 - Tuesday, Sept. 21 - 11 p.m. CT - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
         Wednesday, Sept. 22 - 1 p.m. CT - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
         Thursday, Sept. 23 - 3:30 p.m. CT - Big Ten Network

    Episode #4 - Tuesday, Sept. 28 - 11 p.m. CT - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
         Wednesday, Sept. 29 - 12:30 p.m. CT - Comcast SportsNet Chicago
         Thursday, Sept. 30 - 3:30 p.m. CT - Big Ten Network