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If you like the status quo, then Northwestern's spring camp wasn't the place to be.

After a frustrating 6-6 season where the Wildcats squandered fourth-quarter leads against Purdue and Iowa—and somehow lost a home game to Duke—Pat Fitzgerald shook things up during the offseason.

He brought in Bowling Green's Mick McCall as offensive coordinator—and McCall convinced Fitzgerald to go back to the no-huddle attack that Northwestern used for several years under Randy Walker.

He brought in Wisconsin's Mike Hankwitz as defensive coordinator—and Hankwitz installed an attacking 4-3 defense that's supposed to bring more big plays in 2008.

The new coordinators' arrivals meant Northwestern spent plenty of spring ball learning new systems and...]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:23:01 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaaf,article,teamreports-2008-ncaaf-nnv:1 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:23:01 PDT