Episode 256: A Mess at Northwestern!

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WITH GRANT NAPEAR

Grant Napear

Football, Sports, Basketball

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode I discuss yesterday's firing on longtime Northwestern Football Coach Pat Fitgerald. Fitzgerald was fired after 11 former and current players brought hazing allegations to the university hierarchy. I start the episode by playing the breaking news from ABC 7 News in Chicago. We also hear from former college and NFL QB Danny Kanell who did not hold back on his thoughts regarding the firing. Is this a case of panicking by the University, or are these allegations true and regardless of whether Fitgerald was aware or not, he still is culpable as the coach? Fitgerald released a statement last night and reaffirmed the investigation's finding that he was unaware of any hazing taking place. You better believe a big lawsuit is coming and it is only a matter of time before more facts come to light involving these allegations with the football program at Northwestern! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.4	Pat Fitzgerald is no longer he has been fired as of yesterday by the university president gone he was initially
1:16.5	suspended for two weeks that changed in a hurry over the weekend and thus the
1:22.2	announcement was made yesterday.
1:24.8	This is obviously big news but in Chicago it was the lead story on every single
1:32.3	news station. This may give you a little background on what's
1:35.8	actually going on at Northwestern. And we are starting tonight with breaking news
1:40.6	Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald has been fired.
1:44.3	Now this comes amid the fallout of hazing investigations involving Northwestern
1:48.6	Universities Football Program.
1:50.8	ABC 7's Jim Rose, a sports director in our sports department, joining us now with breaking news.
1:55.3	We were just talking about this between the five, the six o'clock news, and it happened just so quickly.
2:00.5	I mean, it just happened in such a blur and I think Northwestern probably
2:04.2	figured they had no choice but to take the action that they took about an hour ago.
2:08.7	After rethinking his two-week suspension of head coach Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern President Michael
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