Northwestern is 10-2 and has a chance to set a new school record for victories in a season if it can beat Tennessee in the Citrus Bowl. None of this likely would have been possible if not for what happened 20 years ago. In 1995, the Wildcats authored one of the greatest Cinderella sports stories of all time. A perennial Big Ten doormat and the butt of many jokes, Northwestern stunned the country that year by winning the Big Ten and earning its first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1949.
"A lot of people love to root for underdogs," said Chris Martin, a starting cornerback on that '95 team.