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How will Northwestern replace Dan Vitale?

"Who will replace Dan Vitale?"

Pat Fitzgerald had been hearing the question a lot. He heard it after Vitale played his final game as a Wildcat. He heard it after the former superback wowed scouts at the NFL Combine. He knew he'd hear it more as the NFL Draft approached.

It's a question Fitzgerald had heard before though. So had superbacks coach Bob Heffner. It's just that the name at the end of it was different.

"I remember somebody asking me four years ago, ‘How are you going to replace Drake Dunsmore?