[NU Sports] One week from today....

[DPENDERG at aol.com]

I must say that I'll be very disappointed with Fitz and the team if we lose  
to Miami.  They were devastated by graduation, while we have most of our  
starters back on offense and defense.  We have one of the best running  backs and 
OLs in the country.  QB is a question mark, I know, but it's the  same with 
Miami.  We also should have the edge in motivation with the  emotion of the 
first game following the loss of Randy Walker.   If Cats are ready and prepared 
well, we should win all of our  non-conference games.  
 
 
In a message dated 8/25/2006 9:35:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jeffb at hilgraeve.com writes:

We would  all like to see a quick start BUT we also have to be prepared for a
slow  start.

Even though Miami graduated a lot of starters, Montgomery knows  what he
needs to do to beat NU.  He has to stop our run and make us  prove that we
can stop his.  They are going to have their own issues  at QB and they are
pretty banged up coming out of training camp.  So I  think that you are going
to see both teams feature the run.

The  other wild card, when you have new people on both sides of the ball at
QB,  is turnovers.  So I think that it is going to come down to the  defenses.
Whichever defense does a better job stopping the run and  producing turnovers
is going to win the game.  Hope that it is  us.

As far as Fitz on the sidelines, I think that he will try hard to  emulate
RW's "eye of the storm" calmness, but I think that he will fail.  <g>

Jeff




-----Original Message-----
From:  nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf  Of Brian H. Winkler
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 8:32 AM
To: Jim  Leonard; nwu-sports at tssi.com; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU  Sports] One week from today....

Jim - I like your optimism.

To  help the football discussion, I 'd like to hear what others will be
looking  for in the first game.

On the defensive side, I want to see more  consistent d-line play.  Camp news
has suggested this has improved but  some pressure on the QB and no 
long runs is what we need to see.   17 pts or less and fewer than 325 
yards given up would be a nice  start.

On the offensive side, turnovers is the key given the new QB  situation. 
Continuation of our strong run game should help the new  QB.  On a side note
I am excited that it looks like Kafka is the  starter.  We went to the same
high school in Chicago, and it would be  great to see a local Chicago kid
excel as QB. 

As for special teams,  no pooch kicks on the kickoffs and a consistent FG
game.

As for  coach Fitz, I am looking forward to seeing what his demeanor and
presence  will be on the sidelines.  How will it change?  Will it change  from
previous years?

Go Cats,
Brian




Jim  Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
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..I will  be reading about our first victory of the 2006 season. 

We haven't had  a lot of football talk on the list over the past two weeks, 
but
it just  occured to me that this can be a very positive thing. Last year's  
news
from camp was mostly bad. Howard transferring, more injuries, etc.  

For me, the only bad news from fall practice is that we don't have a  clear 
#1
at quarterback. I'm sure that Fitz and the coaches are well  aware of the 
need
to establish one guy as the leader. My guess is that  Brewer will settle in 
to a
slot receiver role and either Kafka or  Bacher will emerge before the team 
heads
to Reno. 

GO  CATS!
Jim


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