[NU Sports] Other Facts About NU Football

[Roy Lamberton]

Picky Picky - you're right, I should have said consdecutive 6 win season. That
record still goes back to Hanley and is still amazing given our long time
doormat status in the big 10. It still costs us calls by some older refs.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:42 AM
> To: 'NU Sports List'
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Other Facts About NU Football
> 
> 
> RW hasn't put together three consecutive .500 seasons either.
> 
> Last I checked, bowl games count.  So the last three seasons 
> have been 6-7, 6-6, and at least 6-6 this season.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Lamberton [mailto:rstetson at capps-assoc.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 8:37 AM
> To: jeffb at hilgraeve.com; NU Sports List
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Other Facts About NU Football
> 
> The big thing [for me anyway] is that nobody coaching NU has 
> had 3 consecutive 6 win seasons since Hanley.
> 
> Others have had better records during their time here, but 
> they've never put together 3 consecutive .500 seasons.
> 
> Back in the old days, it was harder to get enough top players 
> to come to NU because a kid could go play at the local U on 
> scholarship and sit on the bench. Now with 85 schollies, more 
> top kids consider NU, but you have to give credit to RW & Co. 
> for picking kids that will play in his system. 
> 
> RW does have to have another big winning season or two to get 
> over .500 for his time here, but the longer you coach 
> somewhere, the harder it is to pull a long term record over 
> .500 if you've had a couple of bad years at the start but 
> Walker is on track to start to improve that career record at 
> NU, and maybe wind up with one of the longer tenures at NU 
> and in the Big 10.
> 
> rsl
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> Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
> Computer Applications & Support Associates and Publisher of 
> Purple Reign, The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
> (http://www.purplewildcats.com)
> AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] 
> > On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:21 PM
> > To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> > Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Other Facts About NU Football
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > Slow down there big fella.
> > 
> > No disrespect intended to Pappy, but I think that Ara P.
> > might have a bone to pick with you.
> > 
> > First of all, not including this year, RW's record from 
> 2000-2004 is 
> > 27-33 (.450).  Ara's record (plus one year of
> > Alex) from 1960-1964 is 24-21 (.533 my gosh a winning 
> record!).  Alex
> > turned in a 4-6 season in 1965 to make their combined six 
> year total 
> > for the sixties 28-27 (.509 also winning!). Even if NU goes 3-0 the 
> > remainder of the season, that makes RW's record for this 
> decade so far 
> > 36-36 (.500).
> > Close but no cigar.
> > 
> > Jeff
> >
> 
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