[NU Sports] Other Facts About NU Football

[Jeff Beamsley]

I don't begrudge Walker anything.

He has put together a winning regular season against a brutal conference
schedule with a lot of inexperienced kids.  

I'm all about results and if he can deliver results (win more than you lose)
and graduate his kids (which he also does), then he has earned my vote -
even if he does it by offering small animal sacrifices to Jobu.

So I'm not sore at all, unless you count hoarse from yelling at the TV.  I'm
having a great time.  I love it when we win.  This season is right up there
with the best in recent memory.  To see these kids get up off the carpet
after being presumed dead by everyone (including me) was truly
inspirational.  Don't know how much RW has to do with it, but since we can't
ask Baz to stay, the only thing that we CAN do to reward this success is
give RW the opportunity to do it again in the future.

Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Jonathan Michael Hawkins
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:25 AM
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Other Facts About NU Football

Picky?  Nah, it's just Jeff sore about having to begrudgingly allow that
Walker should stay here for a while.  Hehe. ;-)

On 3 Dec 2004, Jeff wrote:
> 3. It is no secret that I don't think RW is a good fit for NU.

On 24 Aug 2005, Jeff wrote:
> Prediction: 2-9 <snip> But if RW is able to pull off a six win season 
> this year with our schedule, he deserves the job for as long as he 
> would like to have it.

Go 'Cats, Eviscerate the 'Eyes,

Jonathan

On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Roy Lamberton wrote:

> 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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>> (http://www.purplewildcats.com)
>> AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
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>> got this Computer Biz handled
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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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