[NU Sports] Insight Bowl

[Mark Ament]

Speaking of bowls, it was nice to turn on the Sun Bowl and see a tribute 
to Randy Walker painted on the field.   For anyone who didn't see it, 
there were purple and white ribbons painted on the field with "RW" and 
the dates of his life (which escape me at the moment) on the ribbon.  I 
understand there was a tribute to him either at halftime or before the 
game.  I turned to the game in the second half, so didn't see that.
Mark

SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:
>> I don't see a easy victory ahead for the big ten.
>> They could possibly be 0-6 
>>     
>
> Could be indeed, but it's not all that unexpected ...
> I thought we might sneak one out today, but Purdue
> looked awfully flat and Minny choked big-time. And you
> can throw out the Alamo Bowl. First off, neither team
> deserves to be there but for different reasons (Texas
> got shafted worse than just about everyone but Rutgers
> in the bowl shakeup) and secondly, it's practically a
> Longhorn home game (well, most Big Ten bowls are in
> opponents' back yards, but this is worse:) ).
>
> But remember that we started slow last year and woke
> up in the new year. Had Iowa not gotten shafted by the
> refs, we'd have been 4-0 with Wisky's upset and PSU
> and OSU winning.
>
> I think we have a decent shot to repeat that feat
> again this year. JoePa's an exceptional bowl coach and
> if he can get that offense to just not turn it over,
> they'll hang in there with Rocky Top. And Wisky,
> Michigan and OSU are the better teams on paper ... of
> course, the games aren't played on paper.:)
>
> But after a dreary start to the bowl season (we need
> to limit the CUSA and MAC bowl bids!:) ), things
> really picked up with the games today. It'd be nice if
> the BCS lived up to last year's thrillers, but I have
> a feeling none of the four on Fox will be within
> single digits. Hope Barry Alvarez (ick) is good at
> filler ... and thank goodness the Musburger game in
> Pasadena shouldn't need that filler! :)
>
> Still amazing to think that a decade ago at this time
> we were all in Orlando and a "Big Ten" decade ago was
> that magical week in Pasadena. Hopefully we're back in
> the postseason mix next year.
>
> Go Big Ten!
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
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> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
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