[NU Sports] We were doing better before

[Michael Vance]

I haven't listened at all, but from the box score (Yahoo has a nice 
almost-live box score & play-by-play; there's about a minute or two delay) 
it looks like we haven't met a big play that we can't give up.  Strictly by 
the numbers, ours don't look too bad, but then you look at ASU averaging 
over 20 yards/completion and, even taking away Herring's 58-yarder where he 
had his fumble, 6-ish yards/carry, and you can see that this is going to be 
a long year defensively.  It either has to be 2000 all over again, or it's 
going to be a long year.

Of course, Michigan's D has shown some weakness, especially against the 
run.  Michigan State proved this afternoon that they can give up big drives 
one right after the other, too.  Iowa gave up 21 to Northern Iowa after 
their debacle last week, and Purdue's D hasn't been all it was cracked up 
to be, at least not so far.  And there's always Illinois.  So there's 
hope.  dOSU, PSU, and Wisconsin still scare me, mainly because of their 
defense.  Although PSU seems to have finally hit their stride offensively, 
the Cheese Spread offense came back down to earth today.

It's going to be an interesting season.  I think that if the non-conference 
season has shown anything it's that the conference race should be a little 
more wide open than was originally thought.  All of the "Big Three" had 
their vulnerable underbellies exposed, and some of the rest showed some 
unexpected strengths.  To be quite honest, I think that the only two teams 
that have no shot at the conference are Indiana and Illinois.  This could 
be one of those years when 6-2 wins the league.  I could probably even 
concoct a scenario where four teams tie at 5-3 or something like that.

Well, if nothing else, it should be fun to watch!

-Michael

At 9/17/2005 10:18 PM, John Labbe wrote:
>Well, we were doing pretty well before we could hear it online.  Two 
>stops, a forced fumble and a touchback, and a TD to take the lead 7-0.
>Now that the online broadcast has begun, we've been outscored 31-0.
>OK, let's move the ball.
>
>
>On Sep 17, 2005, at 9:47 PM, HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com wrote:
>
>>Finally it works
>>I was sitting in the damn car driving around, cause I couldnt pick it up in
>>the house
>>Right outside of St Louis
>>
>>Man I am dedicated
>>
>>Appreciate all the help
>>
>>Go Cats
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