[NU Sports] A Champaign boast

[Michael Jackson]

I would like to second that post from Cyril.  This was a special season
that we all should be proud of.  I for one have had many enjoyable
seasons watching our Cats play BT football this year.  The home games
have all been exciting, the weather has cooperated and we have exceeded
our pre-season expectations.  What more could we want.  Let us give the
coaching staff a chance to build on this.  They need our support not our
criticism.  

The grass is not always greener on the other side.  Enjoy the bowl game
and let's root for our BB team that just may have a chance to do
something very special this year.  

Purple Pride!

Mike Jackson

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
On Behalf Of Cyril S. Ku
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 11:30 AM
To: NUMBalum78 at aol.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] A Champaign boast

Come on people, we are 7-4 and we are going to a bowl.
LET US CELEBRATE! Instead I saw more than 100 posts
about firing our coaches and a whole bunch of
negativities about our football program. Why? I just
don't get it!

We lost many key players before the season. We are the
second youngest team in Big Ten and we played one of
the toughest schedules in the nation. Yet we are 7-4,
the third place in Big Ten. I don't know about you but
I am extremely proud of our team.

I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to
our coaches and players for a special season. I (and
hopefully many members on this list) will support you
in whatever bowl you are going to play. I am proud to
be a Wildcat.

GO CATS!

Cyril Ku

--- NUMBalum78 at aol.com wrote:

> 
> Yep, I was at that "Amazon Bowl" game -- the one in
> Brazil where the 'Cats 
> lost out to this incredible team of female warriors
> who cheated by bringing 
> their bows and arrows, right?   And then we got
> jobbed by those horrible refs who 
> let the Amazons shoot poison darts at our
> quarterback when the clock was 
> running out!   (Or maybe this is just a twisted
> recollection of the Hawaii game 
> last year.) 
> 
> Look it's a free country and there's nothing to stop
> anyone who wants to fill 
> this list with anti-Walker rhetoric, no matter how
> nonsensical it might be.  
> (Although I wonder if we really needed a dozen
> anti-Walker posts yesterday in 
> less than 15 minutes.  That may have been a new
> Sports List record.)  
> Everybody on this list knows that our defense has
> had more than its share of problems 
> this season, dating back to a spate of injuries and
> departures last summer.  
> Coaching isn't the only explanation for our
> defensive woes, and may not even be 
> the primary factor.  
> 
> But gee whiz people WE'RE GOING TO A BOWL which is
> an accomplishment that few 
> of us would have predicted at the start of the
> season!  Even with all their 
> problems, our defense showed tremendous heart and
> character and found a way to 
> stop some very good offenses when they needed to.  
> 
> I, for one, have enjoyed this season and I hope
> Walker sticks around -- in my 
> opinion he's earned it.  I hope the naysayers won't
> mind too much if I sit 
> back and enjoy the prospect of going to a bowl game.
>  Thanks.  
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/20/2005 7:47:30 AM Eastern
> Standard Time, 
> johnadeg at bellatlantic.net writes:
> Walker is still making excuses for a poor defense,
> which in my opinion, 
> is more of a reflection on the coaching than on the
> players.  If we have 
> to play UCLA in El Paso, it could be the Amazon Bowl
> all over again.  
> The NU offense when Basanez is focused is
> remarkable, no doubt about that.
> 
> John
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