Hosts:
Sam Walter (executive producer, host and editor) John Lacombe – (executive producer, social media director), Erik Schousboe (executive producer, finance director)
Podcast Inauguration:
December, 2010
Bio:
Your weekly Northwestern Sports podcast – bringing visceral and statistical analysis since 2010. We tailgate under the Red Pirate Flag because the West Lot Pirates give no quarter, especially the fourth. The West Lot Pirates are the premier Northwestern athletics podcast. We are three die-hard NU fans who have known each other and attended games together for more than 25 years. We primarily cover Northwestern Football but have a great love for all things NU and cover Mens & Womens Basketball, Lacrosse, Softball, and other sports in-depth throughout the year.
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New Podcast Episodes
- Episode 631: A New National Champion
by West Lot Pirates on January 22, 2026 at 2:24 amWith Indiana’s historic win over Miami in the National Championship Game, that brings us to the end of the 2025 College Football Season. In tonight’s episode, we discuss the Hoosiers and their season and how that could completely change the way we think about College Football.
- Episode 630: Transfer PortalPaloozaby West Lot Pirates on January 9, 2026 at 2:54 am
Transfer portal season is here and boy, it’s busy. In addition to continuing building out the offensive coaching staff under Chip Kelly, we have a flurry of faces transferring in and heading out. Tonight, we go through some of the early highlights of transfer season including our new QB, Aidan Chiles.
- Episode 629: Northwestern 34-Central Michigan 7 and Chip Kelly
by West Lot Pirates on December 31, 2025 at 3:12 pmWell now! Happy Holidays indeed! The Cats went out to Detroit in the GameAbove Sports Bowl and laid it on Central Michigan with a dominant performance from the Defense. But we weren’t done with the holiday surprises. Northwestern did something that we never thought would happen. They took a big swing and brought in Chip Kelly as the new OC!
- Episode 628: GameAbove Sports Bowl Preview vs. Central Michigan
by West Lot Pirates on December 24, 2025 at 3:51 amFor our podcast’s 15th birthday, we do what we did in our very first episode, preview the Northwestern Bowl Game. On paper, CMU looks like a middle of the road MAC team, but as we all know, the game is not played on paper. We look forward to our Boxing Day matchup with CMU and look back at the first round of CFP games.
- Episode 627: It’s Bowling Season!
by West Lot Pirates on December 17, 2025 at 4:12 amAs we enter the back half of December, we find ourselves in the midst of Bowl Season. Tonight, we look ahead to the GameAbove Sports Bowl in Detroit where the Cats will be taking on Central Michigan. We also catch up on the rest of the Big Ten’s bowl/playoff matchups and take stock of the Basketball team as we get our final tune-up games before conference play starts in earnest.