[NU Sports] I have a few questions

[dennisgaub at ga-tech.net]

Quoting WildElk2 at aol.com:

>  I'm pumped, as I'm hitting the road Labor Day weekend to see my beloved
> Cats.  But I have a few questions that maybe some old salts can answer:
> 1)  does NGN have a website? If not a website, do they have a booth at Ryan
> Field?
> 2) After breaking the curse against Iowa in 1995, we went to a restaurant
> thjat sat right below the Noyes St. "L" stop.  Is that restaurant 
> still there?
> (P.S.  we ran into Lineman Paul Janus and his family; my memory is that Paul
> started in the line in 1996, and was a back-up in 1995.)
> 3) I'm taking my son to his 1st NU game in Evanston (he's seen a few games on
> the road as well as the M.C. Bowl); would taking a 14 year old to the campus
> be a good idea?  He gets straight A's; unlike his Dad!
>
>  I still think our defense will determine how far we'll go this season.
> There is no one who will convince me that Penn St. or Wisky is better 
> than us.
> Our depth has improved, as RW, despite his flaws, is developing a "system",
> something GB never did.  Even with Rees and Backes not playing, I 
> believe a 4-1
> start is probable rather than farfetched. Minimum, we need a 3-2 
> start, and with
> Purple-haze sunglasses on, ASU has it's liabilities; can we start 5-0?
>   The NIU game should scare us. Novak wants this one pretty bad, as he wants
> to get a leg up on recruiting in Chicagoland.  I also believe that many more
> Huskie fans will be present then in years past.
>   It's great to talk NU football. C'mon list, it's time to wake up!
>
>                     GO CATS!!!                  Eric
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Eric,

Sounds like your son is kind of like mine. He's 16, hardworking and an honor
student and a pretty fair trumpet player. This summer, he attended a 
music camp
at Stanford and heard that NU's brass program was one of the best. (Could have
fooled me since all the music folks I knew during my days in Evanston were
vocalists.)

Anyway, one thing led to another, and next thing we knew were planning 
to attend
homecoming. Close enough to my wife's birthday to say we're celebrating 
big time
by: 1) going to the Chicago Symphony on Friday night; 2) taking in the 
Saturday
night game under the lights against Michigan. Oh, and my son is going to tour
campus on Friday and take in an information session at the School of Music.
Hope to get him bleeding purple, too.

To say I'm psyched about that weekend is an understatement! Hope this trio of
Montanans brings better luck to the Cats than we did 3 years ago. We motored
down to Colorado Springs for the season opener. Yuck!! But, I have seen two NU
victories in the past 10 years -- at Duke in '96, and against Oklahoma in '97.
So I hope I bring some good karma this time, especially since I haven't 
been to
a game on campus since, I think, '72.

Hope to bump into some of the people on the list while at the game. 
I've ordered
tickets and am waiting for them to show up so I can say where we're sitting.

Hurry up, Halloween weekend!

Dennis Gaub
Medill '74