[NU Sports] Cat Season Report Card

[Jim Bendat]

I give Randy Walker an A.  We finished 7-4, after all the so-called 
experts and naysayers predicted us to go 2-9 at best.  Please tell me, 
in exactly which games was RW outcoached?  Only one -- Penn State.  It 
was PSU which adjusted at halftime and turned things around in the 
second half.  More often, it was RW and his coaching stafff that 
regrouped at halftime, holding three of our last four opponents 
(Michigan, Iowa and Illinois) without a touchdown in the second half, 
for example.  

You tell me, coming into the season, did you really expect us to go into 
Michigan State and beat them, 49-14 on their home field?  Did you expect 
us to beat an undefeated Wisconsin team?  Did you expect us to beat Iowa?

Randy Walker knows what this team needs.  We have a stud kicker coming 
to school next year.  Our team is basically young and will improve. 
 Yes, we'll have a new QB next year, but we'll have lots of guys 
returning.  We'll be good next year, even better in 2007.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, and thank you to Randy Walker and the 
whole team.   -- Jim B.