Northwestern Practice at Great Lakes

Northwestern football practiced yesterday at the Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago. The Naval Station, is the US Navy's Training Headquarters and 50,000 recruits pass through it annually. Great Lakes also has a lot of college football history , and was even considered a powerhouse when it played college football from the 1910s to the 1940s. Part of the reason Northwestern was at Great Lakes, was to promote their Sept. 11th home opener against Illinois State, which is also "Heroes Day," but Pat Fitzgerald also took his team there to connect with the tradition at Great Lakes. Great move for NU.