PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Northwestern athletic director Derrick Gragg praised the school's football players and coaches for displaying "collective resilience" in preparing for the season, including their participation in anti-hazing training last month.
Gragg, who will attend Sunday's season opener against Rutgers alongside university president Michael Schill, told ESPN that the team has "done everything we've asked them to do" since the firing of longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald on July 10 in the wake of hazing allegations against the program.
Northwestern brought in Protection For All, a consulting firm run by former college athletes Mike McCall and Dan Beebe -- also the former Big 12 commissioner -- to conduct in-person training on Aug.