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SWR grad Ethan Wiederkehr savors his experience playing for Northwestern
Ethan Wiederkehr, third from left, celebrates after helping Northwestern to a win against Auburn in the Citrus Bowl Jan. 1. (Credit: Northwestern Athletics)
At its root, football is football. Whether at the peewee, high school or big-time college level, football is still football.
Ethan Wiederkehr is reminded of that every so often when he steps onto the football field for Northwestern University.
“When you get to this level where coaches are paid like millions to coach, I thought this game would turn into more of a business, but the relationships are built with teammates and my coaches,” he said. “It felt more like the game of football that I loved, that I loved in high school, that I loved growing up, and it’s the same old thing. Even when I’m out in warmups and there’s 90-plus thousand people in the crowd, I always think to myself how this i ....

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