[NU Sports] Fans Overconfident? Let's Preview the Rainbows

[Chris Patterson]

I agree with Jeff and Roy, let's start talking about Saturday's game
(albeit, I did make reservations to board my dog on the 30th yesterday :)).

How big is the offensive line for Hawaii? I watched their game against Idaho
and it was hard to tell. Should the CATS blitz a lot on Sat?

Same question with their D line. And what's their secondary like? The team
will need to execute some passes this Sat. or Noah won't get 100 again.

The CATS have got to come to play and forget about everything else!

Chris Patterson
Knoxville, TN

Go CATS! 



-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:55 AM
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Overconfidence? (used to be Purdue to Sun Bowl)


Roy,

Thanks for bringing this bowl discussion back into perspective.

All of this bowl talk assumes that Hawaii is going to give us the win 
for just showing up.

I would like to hear a little more about his team and what the match-ups 
look like, and a little less about all the fun we're going to have when 
we win.

 From what little I've read Hawaii has the ability to just shred 
defensive secondaries.  Combine that with the fact that NU did not have 
a good game last week, the significant changes in climate and time zone, 
and NU's tendency to play to the level of the competition.  This hardly 
looks like a gimme.  And even if it was a gimme on paper, how many gimme 
wins did NU get this year?

Hopefully the football team is a little more focused than the fans and 
media, otherwise perhaps we are going to be the ones petitioning for 
bowl consideration with a 6-6 record.

Jeff