Northwestern Football Staff, Players Slammed for ‘Inappropriate, Offensive and Tone Deaf’ Shirts Worn amid Hazing Scandal
Photo:Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesWeeks after the firing of former Northwestern University coach Pat Fitzgerald, a group of football staffers and players are coming under fire themselves for appearing to defend the embattled coach.On Wednesday, Northwestern athletics director Derrick Gragg shared his displeasure, calling out the group for wearing T-shirts that read “Cats Against the World” with the number “51” — Fitzgerald’s former jersey number as a player in the mid-90s....