[NU Sports] UCLA, cont.

[Abrahamson, Alan]

Again, I completely and respectfully disagree.
 A colleague at my paper calls them (in print) the Frauds. I confess I'm not all that taken with them, even with their one loss, but nonetheless I don't underestimate them. Drew Olson is having a great season and Maurice Jones is the real deal.
 But, if they go to the Sun Bowl, my guess is they are going to be emotionally feeling sluggish about it - and the prospect of playing a "lesser" opponent in Northwestern.
 We, on the other hand, would be playing -- by reputation at least -- "up." 
 Expect victory.
 



 
-----Original Message-----
From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) [mailto:sjtruog at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:16 PM
To: Abrahamson, Alan
Cc: 'nwu-sports at tssi.com'
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] NU vs. Virginia in Music City Bowl? 


I think we could beat them as well - we can beat just
about anybody if Baz and the O are on.

But I doubt we'd be likely to beat 'em (and I was
talking about our chances - not if)... Cal perhaps
(but we won't play Cal because if they get a BCS at
large bid to move up and slip Cal to the Sun, OSU
won't and we won't be in El Paso), but not UCLA.

The Bruins are a top 10 team with a 9-1 mark. They
have beaten Oklahoma and Cal and run up impressive
numbers. Their one loss -- Arizona -- seems to be one
of those "perfect storm" moments when everything went
wrong for UCLA and everything went right for the
Wildcats (who haven't looked that good in years).
They'll give USC a good game (they should have beat
'em last year save for a poor officiating call) -
don't underestimate the Bruins.

--- "Abrahamson, Alan" <Alan.Abrahamson at latimes.com>
wrote:

>  I completely yet respectfully disagree. We can beat
> UCLA or Cal.
>  Expecting victory - Alan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]On
> Behalf Of SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 7:20 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU vs. Virginia in Music
> City Bowl? 
> 
> 
> NU vs. UVa would be a pretty interesting matchup. If
> the Cavs show up with their A game, they'd be a
> tough
> foe, but seems fairly even.
> 
> Memphis would also be intriguing, pitting two of the
> nation's best running backs against each other.
> 
> I like our chances in either of those games than in
> one against one of the SEC's Big Six in Nashville or
> the Pac 10's Big Three in El Paso.
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT



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