From artmiller1 at hotmail.com  Sun Jan  1 00:13:45 2006
From: artmiller1 at hotmail.com (Arthur Miller)
Date: Sun Jan  1 00:14:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Happy New Year, Wildcat Fans
Message-ID: <BAY106-DAV94D3BD028D3B96D3103ED8A2A0@phx.gbl>

Here's to a prosperous and successful 2006 for all of you, and for our
beloved Wildcats.
From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Sun Jan  1 01:43:52 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Sun Jan  1 02:13:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Dispatch from El Paso
Message-ID: <20051231.234431.18334.221595@webmail28.nyc.untd.com>

Talking to UTEP fans at the game the Sun Bowl is NOT part of campus.  I asked this because I was shocked by the beer sales.  So any church-state conflict did not happen in regards to Diamond Rio.

El Paso was great.  Everybody was very friendly and I loved the local excitement for the game.  Reading the El Paso Times sports section was like reading the papers in Madison and Iowa City -- a rah, rah over-the-top coverage of the game.  The Trib and Sun-Times devote more space to Blackhawks coverage -- ugh!


Our special teams were abysmal, other than our kick coverage, which was excellent.  
I figure 23 points lost:
Missed FG - 3
Blocked FG - 3
Extra Points - 2
On-sides returned for TDs - 14
UCLA going for 2 instead of 1 - 1

Our defense other than stopping the run late was excellent.  They shutdown one of the best and most efficient QBs in the nation.  That being said McGarigle did not have a good game even though he was supposedly healthier than anytime throughout the season.  Also Heinz was out-of-control.  Our personal fouls this season were way, way down and he had 2 unnecessary ones.

Our OL was sub-par.

Bas was inconsistent, but that might have been due to pressure or cheap shots.

Our WRs dropped too many passes.  TJ Jones should not start again until he can catch passes.  Ross Lane should have started the game instead of TJ.

Resolutions/To Do for 2006:
* Get a special teams coordinator
* Stop the run
* Develop Bacher slowly by running the ball
* Give RW an extension if he accomplishes the first item

Marc Linhardt
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Sun Jan  1 06:49:38 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jan  1 06:53:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Dispatch from El Paso (fwd)
Message-ID: <267.35d222f.30e929e2@aol.com>

 
Perhaps we should adopt some of the rules laid out by my Scottish  ancestors. 
 From Scottish history:
17 January
Today in 1795 Duddingston Curling Society became 
the  first curling club in the world to be 
formally organized. Membership of the  club cost 
three guineas and it soon attracted the country's 
top curlers.  Members who did not wear the club's 
badge while on the ice were subject to a  fine. 
The club laid out the rules of the sport in 1803 
including  fines for 'uttering oaths and 
introducing a political subject into  conversation'.



> I  thought that we were going to keep religion and politics out  of all  
> of this.




From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Jan  1 09:32:37 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Jan  1 09:32:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Dispatch from El Paso (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200601010233.k012XB0s014224@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <003b01c60ee8$983799a0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

FWIW - Country Music and the Christian Religion are very intertwined. 3 of the
top men's vocal groups of the past 30 years started out as gospel groups, the
Statler Brothers, Oak Ridge Boys, and even the Gatlin Brothers.

Its not uncommon for a country act to include some gospel. Its part of their
tradition and heritage.

Now to Football: The run game didn't get going because UCLA was really shifting
up front and playing their keys properly. Zach was quoted in one of the stories
about guys missing angles, etc. They defended our rush game as you would an
option team, one guy on the QB and one on the running back. We saw how well that
technique worked.

Personally, I'm not ready to make any wholesale changes in coaching staff. We
might lose one or two, but I don't think this is the year you clean house.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 9:33 PM
> To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Dispatch from El Paso (fwd)
> 
> 
> > > I thought that we were going to keep religion and 
> politics out  of 
> > > all
> > > >of this.
> > > 
> > > That's far easier to say than achieve.
> > 
> > Maybe I should look forward to discussing whether we keep RW or not
> 
> I thought we that we were going to keep religion and politics 
> out of all of this!  :-)
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Sun Jan  1 11:40:58 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Sun Jan  1 11:42:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Different Perspective On What Went Wrong
In-Reply-To: <43B731F7.7000805@bellatlantic.net>
References: <244.48f8152.30e8351a@aol.com> <43B731F7.7000805@bellatlantic.net>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270601010940h4073c82ar1325c8067d1c9b92@mail.gmail.com>

I have to say that just as in the Michigan game, we lost this game
because we could not run the football.  As we saw in the second
quarter, UCLA could run the football and despite the fact that they
were behind they relied on the part of their offense that was working.
 Sutton ended up with only 84 yards on 18 carries, while Basanez had
to carry the offense (he did an admirable job since the UCLA defense
knew we had become a one dimensional passing attack) through the end
of the game.  The Wildcat defense seemingly collapsed in the second
quarter as they attacked the weak point in our defense by running the
ball up the left side consistently.  The D clamped down in the second
half, though, only giving up one score - which was almost a gimmie
after the Sutton fumble on our own 14 yard line.

While it's easy to blame the special teams (particularly Howells), I
think the blame rests on the lack of a rushing game.  This made our
offense one dimensional, and UCLA effectively neutralized our attack
until the very end of the game when Basanez took over and fought it
out until it was all over.  The defense effectively scored all of the
touchdowns in the first quarter (2 were returns, the other was set up
by the Heinz interception in UCLA territory), and all the offense
could muster was 2 FGs until late in the game.  UCLA stopped the run
early and then watched NU become one-dimensional, which was something
that they could stop.  The defense did an admirable job outside of the
second quarter collapse - they held Olson to only 146 yards passing
(much of it on one big play) and forced huge turnovers and turned them
into points - something they have done much of the year.  In the
second half they held the game within reach the whole way, which was
amazing considering they way they were handled late in the first half.

It was good to see my fellow NU fans at the Sun Bowl stick around
until the end.  The atmosphere was great in the stadium and at all the
events leading up to the game.  It was a competitive and exciting game
and, while a win would have been nice, it was still a good experience.

Happy New Year and Go 'Cats!!!

Jonathan



On 12/31/05, John A. DeGroat <johnadeg@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> Schooler's anlaysis of Basanez is probably accurate.  He took some
> whacks that would have ko'd a lot of players.  It wouldn't be a surprise
> that he got a concussion.  Who could have guessed two years ago tht he
> would be as good as he was this yer.  It will be intersting to see wehe
> he goes in the NFL draft.
>
> JohnDeGroat
>
>
> BSchooler@aol.com wrote:
>
> >I was at the game; haven't watched the tape yet. I feel the defense, under
> >the circumstances, played well enough for us to have won the game. Of course,
> >the kicking game was a joke, except for surprisingly good kick-off coverage. But
> >the problem, from my perspective, was that Basanez got his bell rung late in
> >the second half and his decision making skills suffered accordingly. In fact,
> >I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he played with a mild concussion. We've
> >seen Basanez's decision making skills suffer earlier in his career after
> >getting hit in the head. Air Force in his Sophomore year is the best example. I
> >think that's what happened yesterday.
> >
> >In the second half, Basanez locked on to his primary receiver. He's lucky
> >more passes weren't intercepted. One pass in the fourth quarter, Baz must have
> >stared down his receiver for five seconds before firing a bullet to a receiver
> >who was blanketed. Nearly all second half passes were fired full strength; no
> >touch was utilized - even on short passes.Poor decision making wasn't limited
> >to the passing game. Time after time, I felt Baz made the wrong decision on the
> >option and the zone read. It seems he already had his mind made up on who was
> >going to get the ball instead of reading the defensive end. In addition, the
> >QB is supposed to stick the ball into the RB's gut and either remove it or
> >leave it there on the zone read - based on the read. Instead, Baz was lunging at
> >the RB when giving him the ball or making a perfunctory wave of the ball a few
> >feet from the RB when he kept it. No deception or utilization of the read was
> >evident in the second half in the running game.
> >
> >And this from the same QB who led masterful performances much of the year.
> >This certainly wasn't the same QB we saw against Wisconsin and Michigan State. I
> >think the reason is that Baz was suffering from a mild concussion in the
> >second half. We've seen Baz adversely affected by a blow to the head earlier in
> >his career and I feel it unfortunately happened again in the Sun Bowl.
> >
> >Bob Schooler
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From michael.vance at att.net  Sun Jan  1 11:45:55 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Sun Jan  1 11:46:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Dispatch from El Paso
In-Reply-To: <20051231.234431.18334.221595@webmail28.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20060101122958.03e3cc10@ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net>

At 1/1/2006 02:43 AM, mlinhardt@netzero.net wrote:
>Our special teams were abysmal, other than our kick coverage, which was 
>excellent.
>I figure 23 points lost:
>Missed FG - 3
>Blocked FG - 3
>Extra Points - 2
>On-sides returned for TDs - 14
>UCLA going for 2 instead of 1 - 1

One thing that everyone, including the announcers, seems to have overlooked 
is that the early missed kicks did not just account for five points, but 
six.  Had we made all of those, the score would have been 27-20 after 
UCLA's third TD and they would not have gone for two.  They'd have just 
kicked the PAT, making it 27-21.

>Also Heinz was out-of-control.  Our personal fouls this season were way, 
>way down and he had 2 unnecessary ones.

But he also made a couple of great plays, like the second INT.  Heinz 
played like a kid who was thrilled to be back on the field and was eager to 
hit somebody.  That's what defensive players do.  I'm not crazy about the 
late hits, but his intensity paid off other times, so I think it was a wash.

>Our WRs dropped too many passes.  TJ Jones should not start again until he 
>can catch passes.  Ross Lane should have started the game instead of TJ.

Agreed.  I wasn't sure why a kid who hadn't played all season was starting 
at one of the positions where we have the most depth.  It made sense for 
Heinz to start, assuming his performance in practice was up to snuff.  The 
secondary has gotten shuffled and reshuffled all season, and especially 
with Deante Battle out, it was a no-brainer to start Heinz.  But Jones must 
have been great in practice for him to get the nod over Lane after the 
season that Lane has had.

>Resolutions/To Do for 2006:
>* Get a special teams coordinator

More than any other area of the game, I'd like to see RW concentrate on 
this in the off-season.  Change the basic philosophy of special teams to 
make it closer to the Beamer/Barnett model.  If it was just the actual 
place-kicking, then you could put the blame on the personnel or the kicking 
coach, but for a few years now, at least three of the four main phases of 
special teams (place kicking, punting, and coverage) have been pretty 
bad.  I don't mind the lack of touchbacks if the coverage team can play 
like they did yesterday, but that usually hasn't happened.


Michael, CAS '91
mailto:michael@vance.com

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Jan  1 12:52:28 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Jan  1 12:52:45 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/1
Message-ID: <003c01c60f04$83e02af0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

www.PurpleWildcats.com
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New Year Edition

New Year of Basketball, both men and women in action, plus some more Football
post season notes,

                                                      All the News that Fits We
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about
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Athletics

Winter Break
BASKETBALL

     Men:
     NU's Hachad could miss 1-3 weeks
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nu01.html 
     + Random Thoughts: Playing without Mo
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/484276.html 

     'Cats Ring In The New Year Against Northern Colorado
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/123005aaa.html 

     Next up: The Northern Colorado Bears
     Men's Basketball Rings In New Year With Matchups Against Northwestern and
Nebraska
      http://uncbears.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/123105aab.html 
     + Bears Top Eastern Michigan 76-70 to Pick Up First Victory of the Season
      http://uncbears.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/123005aaa.html 

     Other Big 10
     Michigan Cruises Past Chicago State
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=22169 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     'Cats Head North to Ring in New Year
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/123105aab.html 
     + Start the New Year With Women's Basketball vs. Northwestern
 
http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/wbb/headlines/full_story.aspx?story_id=2006_
01_01_09_27_28_wbb 

FOOTBALL

     Looking to next Fall
     Quarterback question
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060101026
4jan01,1,2784750.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + Bowl loss spotlights Wildcats' major 2006 concerns
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=137870 
     Sutton's showcase never materializes
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=137663 
     Burned!
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/12/31/43b6d462b51e3 
     Once Again a Bridesmaid
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/483924.html 
     Click here for a game wrapup
      http://hailtopurple.com/cats5l31a.html 
     Wildcats Drop Sun Bowl after Jumping Out to Big Lead
      http://jhodges.org/archives/2006/01/01/86/ 

     Post Season All Star Games
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle -
     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

WRESTLING

     One Second
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/123105aae.html 

MISCELLANY

     Ex-OSU Star Clarett Accused of Robbery 
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/wire/sns-ap-fbc-clarett-r
obbery,1,7491136.story?coll=sns-ap-collegesports-headlines 

     Gophers' Mason to get four-year extension
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/01/mason.minneso
ta.ap/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 

Alumni

     Luis Castillo Knee Strain
      http://www.chargers.com/news/headline_detail.cfm?news_key=2509 

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Jan  1 12:53:34 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Jan  1 12:53:40 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat during the game
Message-ID: <003d01c60f04$ab4a0ac0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>


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From jason at jasonsinger.com  Sun Jan  1 13:03:24 2006
From: jason at jasonsinger.com (Jason Singer)
Date: Sun Jan  1 13:07:13 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] HERRON SCORES!!!
Message-ID: <BFDD677C.4D4%jason@jasonsinger.com>

Luckily, I'm ahead enough in my playoff round, that I decided to sit LT and
start Mr. Noah Herron this week and he just scored his first NFL TD!

Congrats to a special Cat!!!

Jason Singer '86


From clzahn at mindspring.com  Sun Jan  1 13:15:00 2006
From: clzahn at mindspring.com (Clark Zahn)
Date: Sun Jan  1 13:16:34 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] HERRON SCORES!!!
In-Reply-To: <BFDD677C.4D4%jason@jasonsinger.com>
References: <BFDD677C.4D4%jason@jasonsinger.com>
Message-ID: <43B82A34.2080600@mindspring.com>

Jason Singer wrote:

>Luckily, I'm ahead enough in my playoff round, that I decided to sit LT and
>start Mr. Noah Herron this week and he just scored his first NFL TD!
>
>Congrats to a special Cat!!!
>
>Jason Singer '86
>
>  
>

He ran by Bentley to make the score.  Bentley is #57 for the Seahawks.  
Noah is having a good day.

Clark Zahn


From HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com  Sun Jan  1 13:59:24 2006
From: HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com (HUDHAIFA3@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jan  1 14:00:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] HERRON SCORES!!!
Message-ID: <1dc.4c000f3e.30e98e9c@aol.com>

I do believe Herron scored a touchdown against the Bears last  
week.............
From michael.vance at att.net  Sun Jan  1 15:29:12 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Sun Jan  1 15:29:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] HERRON SCORES!!!
In-Reply-To: <1dc.4c000f3e.30e98e9c@aol.com>
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20060101162414.04121428@ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net>

At 1/1/2006 02:59 PM, HUDHAIFA3@aol.com wrote:
>I do believe Herron scored a touchdown against the Bears last
>week.............

Yep, this was his second career NFL TD.

Unfortunately, his yards/carry have not been that great, so it remains to 
be seen whether he stays on.  He was effectively the Packers' fourth or 
fifth choice at RB this season, but he was the only one still standing at 
the end of the season.  "Green Bay Running Back" seemed to be a one-way 
ticket to season-ending injury this year.

Michael, CAS '91
mailto:michael@vance.com

From tbng at suscom.net  Sun Jan  1 17:03:25 2006
From: tbng at suscom.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sun Jan  1 17:03:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] One more music comment
References: <003d01c60f04$ab4a0ac0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <002a01c60f27$922c0f20$c102a8c0@DENNISMACHINE>

Screw ALL "professional" musician performances at football halftimes, all 
places, all times, all formats.  I don't watch a football game to listen 
to a damn rock 'n roll or hillbilly concert.  Let the bands perform.

From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Sun Jan  1 17:13:28 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Sun Jan  1 17:14:41 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] One more music comment
In-Reply-To: <002a01c60f27$922c0f20$c102a8c0@DENNISMACHINE>
References: <003d01c60f04$ab4a0ac0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
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I agree... although the bands did get to perform (a shortened halftime
show).  Watching both bands perform a full show would have been
better, though.  (apparently 1/4 of UCLA's band did not come due to
the long trip by bus, hence they did not march pregame or halftime
shows - though they did play on the field).  It was great to see
another great performance by NUMB, though, and it was good to see them
act classy before, during, and after the game (which can't be said of
many people).

Jonathan

On 1/1/06, Dennis W. Brandt <tbng@suscom.net> wrote:
> Screw ALL "professional" musician performances at football halftimes, all
> places, all times, all formats.  I don't watch a football game to listen
> to a damn rock 'n roll or hillbilly concert.  Let the bands perform.
>
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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Sun Jan  1 18:06:37 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Sun Jan  1 18:06:39 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Minny extends Mason 4 years
Message-ID: <200601020006.k0206beV021575@romaine.tssi.com>

Glen Mason didn't get quite the pay raise he was looking for, but he
did get a 4 year extension that will average $ 1.65 million a year, with
an additional $750,000 in bonuses tied to both team performance and 
graduation rates.
--
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From jleonard518 at yahoo.com  Sun Jan  1 18:25:22 2006
From: jleonard518 at yahoo.com (Jim Leonard)
Date: Sun Jan  1 18:26:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
Message-ID: <20060102002522.46408.qmail@web36814.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Fellow Wildcat Faithful,

This bowl was a bust. Unfortunately, I think what we saw 'the best' we will
ever get from Coach Walker. He may be a "good fit" for Northwestern in terms of
running a clean, consistent program that graduates players, but in 2-3 games
each year he will be soundly outcoached. He may be good for consistent 6-5
seasons, but I don't think we'll ever see a 10-1 season from him. And, 6-5 ever
year might be all that Murphy and Beinen want. 

With respect to El Paso as a bowl destination, it has now replaced Atlantic
City on my list of worst places to visit in the lower 48. What a dump. I am
relieved that no other Big Ten school will have to go back. 

Oh, and the UTEP stadium was definitely designed and built before the concept
of "ergonomics" came around. The corridors were narrow and cramped, and the
mens rooms were worse. It was interesting to see that when Dyche was updated in
the late 90s that we apparently donated our trough urinals to UTEP. 

Someday we will win a bowl game, but it will take years for me to forget about
how lame this experience was. 

Best,
Jim


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From neil.kaplan at carsdirect.com  Sun Jan  1 19:02:29 2006
From: neil.kaplan at carsdirect.com (Kaplan, Neil)
Date: Sun Jan  1 19:03:51 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
Message-ID: <5D23CF7CDF3DA74DA2DB587F621B5FAB0B743806@cdlaex02.carsdirect.win>

Could not disagree more re: El Paso.

I took my 12 and 10 year old and they had the time of their lives.  NM State
basketball v. the hated Coach Knight on Thursday.  Great arena, great
atmosphere - met the provost of the university in a pizza joint 20 mins
before the game who escorted us the back way to the arena so we did not miss
a minute.

Friendly folks in El Paso who were only too happy to let us know they have
the lowest crime rate of any city over 500K population in the country.  Yes
the Sun Bowl is a dump but what a spectacular setting and the tailgating was
convenient and fun...not to mention free parking!

Finally, yesterday an all day trip to Carlsbad Caverns which was one of the
most remarkable days the three of us have had in our lives - a memory that
we will always share.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Leonard [mailto:jleonard518@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:25 PM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso


Fellow Wildcat Faithful,

This bowl was a bust. Unfortunately, I think what we saw 'the best' we will
ever get from Coach Walker. He may be a "good fit" for Northwestern in terms
of
running a clean, consistent program that graduates players, but in 2-3 games
each year he will be soundly outcoached. He may be good for consistent 6-5
seasons, but I don't think we'll ever see a 10-1 season from him. And, 6-5
ever
year might be all that Murphy and Beinen want. 

With respect to El Paso as a bowl destination, it has now replaced Atlantic
City on my list of worst places to visit in the lower 48. What a dump. I am
relieved that no other Big Ten school will have to go back. 

Oh, and the UTEP stadium was definitely designed and built before the
concept
of "ergonomics" came around. The corridors were narrow and cramped, and the
mens rooms were worse. It was interesting to see that when Dyche was updated
in
the late 90s that we apparently donated our trough urinals to UTEP. 

Someday we will win a bowl game, but it will take years for me to forget
about
how lame this experience was. 

Best,
Jim


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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Sun Jan  1 19:50:36 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Sun Jan  1 19:50:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso (fwd)
Message-ID: <200601020150.k021oaDs024012@romaine.tssi.com>

> Someday we will win a bowl game, but it will take years for me to forget about
> how lame this experience was. 

I suspect there is not a bowl venue that could not become a lame experience
for someone.  Bowl trips are what you make of them.  

I've been to El Paso a few times, it has world-class museums, possibly
the best German restaurant I've ever been to, far surpassing those in
the Chicago area, some highly underrated wineries, great mountain views, etc.

If none of those tickle your fancy, Juarez is just across the river.
--
Mike Nolan

From thehaze at earthlink.net  Sun Jan  1 20:04:40 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Sun Jan  1 20:08:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU bowl games under Barnett and Walker
Message-ID: <43B88A38.3000008@earthlink.net>

Losses under Barnett:  41-32 and 48-28.  Combined loss totals:  89-60. 
 Average loss score:  45-30.

Losses under Walker:  66-17, 28-24 and 50-38.  Combined loss totals: 
 144-89.  Average loss score:  48-30.

Very comparable, and not too impressive, no matter who was coaching. 
 But we'll get that elusive bowl win one of these days.  If the Red Sox 
and the White Sox can win the World Series, surely our day will come, too.  

Jim B.




From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Sun Jan  1 06:33:25 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Sun Jan  1 22:02:13 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Mohamed Hachad
Message-ID: <43B7CC15.3040106@bellatlantic.net>

The Chicago Sun-Times reported  that Mohamed Hachad is going to be out 
for one to three weeks following surgery last Wednesday to remove his 
appendix.  This means that he will probably miss both the Purdue and the 
Minnesota games.

John DeGroat
From DPENDERG at aol.com  Mon Jan  2 07:23:31 2006
From: DPENDERG at aol.com (DPENDERG@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  2 07:27:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
Message-ID: <254.419347c.30ea8353@aol.com>

I also would not put down El Paso too harshly (after an afternoon in  Juarez, 
EP looks pretty good).  It will never be a great tourist  destination, but 
the point made a number of times about the warm hospitality of  the local folks 
cannot be understated. They really seemed appreciative that we  were there and 
went out of their way to show it.  Sun Bowl is also at best  an average 
facility, but it is a spectacular setting for a game. I only  wish the outcome had 
been better, but the curse of the Walker era --  pathetic kicking game and 
defense -- just continue to haunt  us.  We need help in those areas or we'll 
never go beyond the 7-5  plateau. Period.  
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan  2 09:08:04 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan  2 09:08:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <254.419347c.30ea8353@aol.com>
Message-ID: <000401c60fae$54ac1e10$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Its just possible that RW has already addressed the kicking game with the commit
from Demos out in Phoenix. I also thought Villareal showed a lot of poise
kicking at the end of the game.

[FWIW - David played on a college team that missed just about every kick one
year. The next year their kicker made all conference.]

Defense is another matter - in the past we'd always find 9 or 10 good defenders
but we had little or no depth. Folks point to the 95-96 defense as if that was
something we always had. But if you dig out your media guide and check our NFL
draftees, the older teams produced a lot of offensive draftees. Up until
recently, NU hasn't produced NFL defenders the way we've produced offensive
folks.

The Big 10 also didn't have to produce the cornerbacks and safeties back in the
"3 yards and a cloud of dust" days. 

Right now, we may be a victim of our own success at coaching younger players - a
highly ranked DT would look at NU's D-Line and figure we're loaded with young
guys who will start for 2 or 4 years. Same thing with the linebackers, altho
they seem to want to come in and play for Fitz. 

But lets face it. NU is not the school of choice for most top HS defensive
players.

Besides, I suspect that even with Barry and McG [and Hershell] gone, the D has
the "hosses" to continue to improve.

Our defenses seem to be able to come up with a scheme at the half that stop the
opposition. 

Even in the Sun Bowl, we saw the defense make the shifts that stopped the UCLA
run.  We started the game set up to shut down a passing attack, and we did - 22
points worth. They changed to a running game, over our freshman tackle. During
the season we had the depth to pull one guy, talk it over, and make the
adjustments. In the Sun Bowl, we had to leave our 2 top guys in because of
depth. 

I'm working on an analysis of our recruiting so far, and possibly what the team
will look like in 2006. From my preliminary look at the recruiting chart, its
not that bad on both sides of the ball.

rsl

 


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, but the curse of the Walker era --  pathetic 
> kicking game and 
> defense -- just continue to haunt  us.  We need help in those 
> areas or we'll 
> never go beyond the 7-5  plateau. Period.  
>
> 


From AJWDBW at aol.com  Mon Jan  2 09:47:10 2006
From: AJWDBW at aol.com (AJWDBW@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  2 09:51:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
Message-ID: <22f.41ca45d.30eaa4fe@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 1/2/2006 7:29:16 AM Central Standard Time,  
DPENDERG@aol.com writes:

We need  help in those areas or we'll 
never go beyond the 7-5  plateau. 


Didn't I read that we actually recruited a kicker?
 
Don Williams C55
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  2 11:03:31 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Mon Jan  2 11:04:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Not everything's coming up Roses ...
Message-ID: <20060102170331.44332.qmail@web52905.mail.yahoo.com>

Ouch - watching the "only parade I'd ever care to
march in or watch -- including homecoming:)" on TV
from Pasadena today is painful! The wind ... the rain
... the USC band:) ... someone in Pasadena has angered
Mother Nature!

Could it be that the bowl has had only one traditional
Big Ten-Pac 10 matchup in the last five years (with
more visits from Big XII land than Pac 10 or Big Ten)?

Could it be that the Rose Parade of all things has
stooped to the pop/country star corny lip-sync
performances to "spice up" the demos instead of
sticking to their amazing floats and traditional
bands?

Whatever the case, it sure doesn't seem like Bowl Day
with no sun in Pasadena and no real Rose Bowl. Thanks
BCS!

Wow - it really doesn't seem like a decade ago that we
had to get up at the hotel sooooo early, put on the
NUMB uniform and march in that parade! And getting a
tour of the floats up close a couple nights before was
just amazing - the amount of skill and work that goes
into those. What a blast - hope the purple can return
to Pasadena sometime soon.

GO CATS!!!
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From DPENDERG at aol.com  Mon Jan  2 11:03:50 2006
From: DPENDERG at aol.com (DPENDERG@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  2 11:05:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
Message-ID: <24.7f5c43a7.30eab6f6@aol.com>

I'm sorry, but the NU defense adjusted to stop the UCLA running  attack?  
Maybe we were not watching the same game!  UCLA had 310 yards  rushing.  Some 
adjustment.  The UCLA offensive line controlled the  entire line of scrimmage and 
not just one DL. 
 
Not certain also was is meant by our defenses always coming up with a  
"scheme at the half" to stop the opposition. Again, not the same game I saw  in El 
Paso.  There is a good reason that NU is ranked at the  bottom of D-IA.  In my 
view, it's wishful thinking to adopt the familiar  "wait 'til next year" 
mantra that is really speculation and nothing more.  Teams roll up yards and score 
points against us for a variety of  reasons, but something needs to be done 
beyond just hoping next year will  be different.  I'm not holding my breath, but 
I'd really like to see some  "adjustments" in the D coaching staff. 
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan  2 11:28:42 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan  2 11:28:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/2
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Monday Late Edition

Good Basketball start to 2006 for the Men, not so good for the Women
Roundballers, a few more Football wrapup stories, a little Miscellany, and
Alumni getting ready for the new 
year.

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Winter Break
BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Wildcats Win Third Straight With 82-47 Win Over Northern Colorado
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010106aaa.html
     $ Bad Day for Bears: NU 82 N.Col 47
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/484339.html
     + Blowout builds Cats' confidence
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060101nugamer,1,445087
.story?coll=cs-college-headlines
     + Wildcats opportunistic in rout
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nu02.html
     + A feel-good victory  for Northwestern
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=138135
     $ First Game in Double Figures
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=484538&nid=1899368&fhn=1&refid=4742
     $ Career High for Bernard
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=484539&nid=1899352&fhn=1&refid=4742
     $ First Half Minutes
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=484541&nid=1899358&fhn=1&refid=4742

     Random Thoughts: Playing without Mo
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/484276.html

     From the other side:
     Northwestern Too Much For Bears, as Northern Colorado Falls 82-47
      http://uncbears.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010106aae.html

     Next up: Perdue Boilermakers [Wednesday]
     Purdue Falls to No. 4 Memphis, 90-70
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/123005aab.html
     + Pressure defenses fluster Boilers
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060101/SPORTS02010201/
601010328/1122/BOILER
     + No. 4 Tigers maul Boilermakers
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051231/SPORTS02010201/
512310329/1122/BOILER

     Then its at  Minnesota Golden Gophers [Saturday]
     Gophers End 2005 With 67-54 Victory Over Oral Roberts
 
http://www.gophersports.com/sportsNews/press_release.asp?news_id=11698&sport_id=
mbasket
     + Gophers aim to slow 'fastest 40 minutes in basketball'
      http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2005/12/14/66601
     + Gophers 67, Oral Roberts 54
      http://www.startribune.com/512/story/157019.html

     Other Big 10
     Myslenski: Big Ten braces for another wild ride
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-060101myslenski,1,6
341245.column?coll=cs-college-headlines

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Badgers trounce Wildcats
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=484441
     + Illini, NU women come up empty in Big Ten play
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=138142
     + Wisconsin 74, Northwestern 45
 
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/13530756.htm

FOOTBALL

     More Sun Bowl Wraputs & Pictures
     Sun Bowl Photo Gallery
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/123105aaa.html
     + WNUR BOWL PAGE
      http://sports.wnur.org/football/2005sunbowlpage.html
     + College Football News
      http://www.collegefootballnews.com/Big_Ten/Northwestern.htm

     SportsXchange Wrapup 
     + Notes and Quotes
 
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamReport?categoryId=86065&type=NotesAndQuotes 
     + Strategy and Personnel
 
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamReport?categoryId=86065&type=StrategyAndPersonn
el 

     Future Opponents:
     Miami [Ohio]: Football Places 11 Players on All-MAC First and Second Teams
 
http://muredhawks.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112805aac.html 

     New Hampshire: UNH OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR CHIP KELLY NAMED ASSISTANT COACH
OF THE YEAR BY THE GRIDIRON CLUB OF GREATER BOSTON
      http://www.unhwildcats.com/football/20052006/122005a.shtml 

     Meanwhile up in Gopherland:
     Patrick Reusse: Mason expected reward for mediocrity
      http://www.startribune.com/508/story/157139.html 

     Post Season All Star Games
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle -
     Game Week Schedule
      http://www.shrinegame.com/game_week_schedule.php 

     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

MISCELLANY

     OSU Fans left on the tarmac
     Tour group cancels flight to Fiesta Bowl
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/344580558883385.php 

     Flutie hits NFL's 1st drop kick since '41
 
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_FLUTIE_DROP_KICK?SITE=ININS&SECTION=S
PORTS 

Alumni

     Sam Simmons Brigade's first mini-camp under way
      http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/13511164.htm 
     + Arena football excites ex-Schlagle star
      http://www.kansascitykansan.com/articles/2005/12/29/sports/sports15.txt 

     Ikechuku Ndukwe headed to the Playoffs
      http://www.redskins.com/gameday/ 

     Noah Herron Complete 2005 YTD Stats
      http://www.packers.com/pdfs/weekly_stats_update.pdf 

     Mark Loretta New blood, fresh faces will impact Red Sox
 
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051218&content_id
=1283783&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos 

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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Jan  2 11:40:59 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  2 11:42:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Not everything's coming up Roses ...
Message-ID: <ff.22ebde5d.30eabfab@aol.com>

 
\sjtruog@yahoo.com writes:

hope the  purple can return
to Pasadena sometime soon


Or at least to warm (hot) and sunny Orlando where Whisky is  poised to win 
the first bowl game for the BT.  Maybe it is because I spent  a lot of weekends 
in Madison when Evanston was dry and they served beer in the  Rathskeller on 
campus but I have never hated the Badgers.  Can't root for  Iowa or dOSU, but 
hope JoPa wins the big one and  retires.
From tbng at suscom.net  Mon Jan  2 12:04:30 2006
From: tbng at suscom.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Mon Jan  2 12:04:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
References: <24.7f5c43a7.30eab6f6@aol.com>
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<I'd really like to see some  "adjustments" in the D coaching staff.

I'd really like to see some TALENT on defense, especially the defensive 
line, a typically weak part of the team, Luis Castillo notwithstanding. 
What we need is a ROW of guys who are quick, athletic, can bench 450 lbs or 
more (all of Utah's starting linebackers did last season), have a motor, and 
can pull a 3.0+ gradepoint.  You know, the kind Michigan and Ohio State get 
year in and year out minus the gradepoint.  Look at our currently listed 
crop of recruits.  Last I looked, there was nary a four or five-star among 
them and not that many threes.  Yes, the highly touted sometimes don't work 
out, and lesser rated guys occasionally spring from nowhere (thank you, Pat 
Fitzgerald), but until we can recruit one or two top athletes every season, 
we're a .500 team, sometimes a bit better, sometimes a bit worse - maybe a 
lot worse with injuries.  Penn State is now getting four and five-star guys 
in droves, and you DO pass your classes for JoePa or it's see ya. 

From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Jan  2 12:50:01 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  2 12:51:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <000401c60fae$54ac1e10$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
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Roy said:
 
"Its just possible that RW has already addressed the kicking game with the commit
from s out in Phoenix."
 
He'll have addressed it when he fields a kicker who consistently puts the kick-off in the end zone, and makes a percentage of his extra points and field goals that would place the kicker in the upper 20% of Big-Ten and/or D-I kickers.  Commits are nice, but we have had a lot of highly touted commits.  If RW wants to play the 'tough-love' coach game with his players, MM should play it with him.  Place kicking, punting, kick coverage and kick returns MUST be at a level that places them in the top 20% or so of D-I, or RW has to answer why they are not.  He is making six figures annually, remember.
 
Additionally, 
 
"Right now, we may be a victim of our own success at coaching younger players - a
highly ranked DT would look at NU's D-Line and figure we're loaded with young
guys who will start for 2 or 4 years. Same thing with the linebackers, altho
they seem to want to come in and play for Fitz."
 
Our own success at defensive coaching ?  With consistently one of the nation's worst defenses ?  Players probably have 2 camps here - one group sees the embarrassing defense, and figures they'd have an excellent chance of breaking into such a lousy unit.  The bigger camp, however, looks at the train wreck that is annually the RW defense and says - 'play for that unit ?  The coaching is inept !  I would have to be 50% better than another guy just to catch an NFL scout's eye'.  Success at defensive coaching ?  Roy, for shame !
 
Finally,
 
"I'm working on an analysis of our recruiting so far, and possibly what the team
will look like in 2006. From my preliminary look at the recruiting chart, its
not that bad on both sides of the ball."
 
We have all seen the recruiting grades and the predicted org charts - again, 'tough-love' RW MUST perform on the field, not in projections.  Again, MM MUST tell him that the defense MUST be consistently top 20% in D-I, or his services are no longer needed.
 
We have heard for too long rosy projections and self-serving excuses ("But lets face it. NU is not the school of choice for most top HS defensive players.")  Then RW gets all folksy mid-season..."well, the injuries got us...we just didn't have the horses".  If we didn't have the horses, it is because you didn't get them.  If they got hurt - injuries strike everybody.  The best coaches solve the problem - ours gets all folksy and makes excuses.
 
Our University has taken some of it's money - dollars that could have gone to further the education of America's youth, do primary research in Medicine, etc. - and committed more than A MILLION DOLLARS of it to ensuring that RW and his descendants can live quite comfortably long after the rest of us poor working wretches are subsisting on social security and government cheese.  WE SHOULD AT MINIMUM expect him to do an extraordinary job at his task - not 6-7, 7-6, 2-9, etc.  For us to pay him like a media celebrity and expect (and accept) so little from him in return, is twisted.
 
If President Bienen consistently had one of the country's WORST medical schools, and frequently had a law school that was almost comically embarrassing (if it weren't so tragic), everyone on this list would (rightly) be calling for his head.  But RW consistently has one of the country's worst defenses, and frequently puts embarrassing special teams units on the field, and many say he's doing 'an OK job...he's the best we can hope for...
 
Northwestern University was neither founded nor made great with the intent of sticking with a guy because he's folksy and OK and may be 'the best we can get'.  The whole notion of Northwestern is a University 'of the highest order', and the football teams we have been seeing lately are clearly NOT of the highest order.
 
We should expect to be the best in all things that the University involves itself in.  If we are lacking in anything, it is our duty as members of the Northwestern family to insist that we become outstanding in that area.  Anything less is unfair to the University (and all of those who have gone before).
 
Time for some 'tough-love' for RW
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85



 
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Sent: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 10:08:04 -0500
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso


DemoIts just possible that RW has already addressed the kicking game with the commit
from s out in Phoenix. I also thought Villareal showed a lot of poise
kicking at the end of the game.

[FWIW - David played on a college team that missed just about every kick one
year. The next year their kicker made all conference.]

Defense is another matter - in the past we'd always find 9 or 10 good defenders
but we had little or no depth. Folks point to the 95-96 defense as if that was
something we always had. But if you dig out your media guide and check our NFL
draftees, the older teams produced a lot of offensive draftees. Up until
recently, NU hasn't produced NFL defenders the way we've produced offensive
folks.

The Big 10 also didn't have to produce the cornerbacks and safeties back in the
"3 yards and a cloud of dust" days. 

Right now, we may be a victim of our own success at coaching younger players - a
highly ranked DT would look at NU's D-Line and figure we're loaded with young
guys who will start for 2 or 4 years. Same thing with the linebackers, altho
they seem to want to come in and play for Fitz. 

But lets face it. NU is not the school of choice for most top HS defensive
players.

Besides, I suspect that even with Barry and McG [and Hershell] gone, the D has
the "hosses" to continue to improve.

Our defenses seem to be able to come up with a scheme at the half that stop the
opposition. 

Even in the Sun Bowl, we saw the defense make the shifts that stopped the UCLA
run.  We started the game set up to shut down a passing attack, and we did - 22
points worth. They changed to a running game, over our freshman tackle. During
the season we had the depth to pull one guy, talk it over, and make the
adjustments. In the Sun Bowl, we had to leave our 2 top guys in because of
depth. 

I'm working on an analysis of our recruiting so far, and possibly what the team
will look like in 2006. From my preliminary look at the recruiting chart, its
not that bad on both sides of the ball.

rsl

 


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, but the curse of the Walker era --  pathetic 
> kicking game and 
> defense -- just continue to haunt  us.  We need help in those 
> areas or we'll 
> never go beyond the 7-5  plateau. Period.  
>
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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Mon Jan  2 13:11:42 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Mon Jan  2 13:11:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso (fwd)
Message-ID: <200601021911.k02JBgHj008231@romaine.tssi.com>

> Place kicking, punting, kick coverage and kick returns MUST be at a level 
> that places them in the top 20% or so of D-I, or RW has to answer why 
> they are not.

That's a mighty high standard, that's the top 25.  I GUARANTEE that not
every top 25 team has a top 25 place kicker, punter, and kickoff kicker.

Punting and place kicking are enough different that most schools have
two kickers.  It appears to me that the muscle skills that make for 
a good place kicker don't necessarily lead to someone who can consistently
put the ball in the end zone on kickoffs.  (That's not where most special
team coaches want it kicked anyway, they want the ball to get to about the 5,
it gives more chance of pinning the team inside the 20.)

FWIW, NU averaged 7th (out of 10 punters, Minnesota's punter didn't have
enough punts to qualify) in punt average in the Big 10 this year.  

Who finished last?  Michigan.  Three of the top 4 punters in the Big 10 
played for teams that finished at the bottom of the conference standings:  
MSU, Indiana and Illinois.  

Place kicking was a bit more predictive.  The only non-bowl team in the
conference whose field goal kicker finished higher than Howells in the
conference standings was Illinois.  
--
Mike Nolan


From jason at jasonsinger.com  Mon Jan  2 15:14:05 2006
From: jason at jasonsinger.com (Jason Singer)
Date: Mon Jan  2 15:47:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Not everything's coming up Roses ...
In-Reply-To: <20060102170331.44332.qmail@web52905.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BFDED79D.503%jason@jasonsinger.com>

Interestingly, I worked the opening segment of the Rose Parade this morning.
I wrangled and managed the talent (dancers, aerialists, musicians) you saw
in the Leeann Rimes opening segment, which if you saw, you then know I got
to spend a lot of time with some incredibly beautiful dancers and circus
performers, which made a very wet day a little less rough.

I worked from 10PM last night until an hour ago and it did not stop raining
for more than 10 minutes the entire 14 hours, but more importantly, I can
tell you with absolute truth that Leann Rimes did NOT lip sync. The women
who introduced her did, but Leeann sang live to a track and was a true pro.

That said, while I'm no fan of either country music or gimmicks, the Rose
Parade NEEDS that kind of thing. Ratings have been in the toilet for some
time now and they felt they needed to do something to get people watching.

It was my first time back at the Parade since we played there and I gotta
say, in spite of the rain, the crowds were amazing and those crowds were
totally into the experience. It just made me wish we were playing in the
game all the more.

Off to sleep! 

Good to see some of you in El Paso!!!

- jason singer SP'86


On 1/2/06 9:03 AM, "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ouch - watching the "only parade I'd ever care to
> march in or watch -- including homecoming:)" on TV
> from Pasadena today is painful! The wind ... the rain
> ... the USC band:) ... someone in Pasadena has angered
> Mother Nature!
> 
> Could it be that the bowl has had only one traditional
> Big Ten-Pac 10 matchup in the last five years (with
> more visits from Big XII land than Pac 10 or Big Ten)?
> 
> Could it be that the Rose Parade of all things has
> stooped to the pop/country star corny lip-sync
> performances to "spice up" the demos instead of
> sticking to their amazing floats and traditional
> bands?
> 
> Whatever the case, it sure doesn't seem like Bowl Day
> with no sun in Pasadena and no real Rose Bowl. Thanks
> BCS!
> 
> Wow - it really doesn't seem like a decade ago that we
> had to get up at the hotel sooooo early, put on the
> NUMB uniform and march in that parade! And getting a
> tour of the floats up close a couple nights before was
> just amazing - the amount of skill and work that goes
> into those. What a blast - hope the purple can return
> to Pasadena sometime soon.
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  2 15:09:38 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Mon Jan  2 16:57:26 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <8C7DDE478ACAB5B-F48-18EAD@FWM-R13.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <20060102210938.97890.qmail@web52912.mail.yahoo.com>

> of Big-Ten and/or D-I kickers.  Commits are nice,
> but we have had a lot of highly touted commits.  If
> RW wants to play the 'tough-love' coach game with

Any suggestion where else we should look to improve
the kicking game besides the "nice" committments
through recruiting? Isn't that how a coach is supposed
to work to help the problem?

> We have all seen the recruiting grades and the
> predicted org charts - again, 'tough-love' RW MUST
> perform on the field, not in projections.  Again, MM
> MUST tell him that the defense MUST be consistently
> top 20% in D-I, or his services are no longer
> needed.

It's nice to set these MUST goals, but again folks,
there needs to be some intelligence and reason behind
setting goals. Any school can set goals that they MUST
be top 20 etc. etc. etc. or fire the coach. That would
mean firing almost 100 coaches each year.

We know where we need to improve - it won't happen
overnight. It is reasonable to ask to see improvement.
It is unreasonable to say something MUST be top 20 or
else fire the coach. It's that kind of thinking that
destroys any kind of program building before it gets
started.

> his task - not 6-7, 7-6, 2-9, etc.  For us to pay
> him like a media celebrity and expect (and accept)
> so little from him in return, is twisted.

Actually, if you did a study of wins per dollar
compared to these top 20 coaches where you seem to
demand NU be immediately, I think you'd find Walker to
be a bit of a bargain. I also doubt you could get NU
to cough up enough money to bring Charlie Weis, Urban
Meyer or Steve Spurrier to Evanston.

>  The whole notion of Northwestern is a University
> 'of the highest order', and the football teams we
> have been seeing lately are clearly NOT of the
> highest order.

OK, let's use this absurd analagy of a university's
hundreds of years of tradition vs. a coach with seven
years at a school with zero tradition of winning at
football ...

Say we started a marine biology program at NU and
demanded that it MUST be the best in the world. No
ocean nearby? Nonsense! Cold weather? Balderdash! We
refuse to look at any outside circumstances and DEMAND
that we MUST have it NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!

So someone comes to NU and builds a marine biology
program in seven years that had one great year in the
first four, but improved and was consistently among
the top half of the Big Ten and nation the last three
years. Would we scrap it and build it all over
demanding that we be top 20 NOW NOW NOW or else, or do
we see where the improvements can be made and address
these concerns with the leader who has gotten us this
far?

A school can't just start paying attention to football
and expect to be the best overnight after decades of
neglect to pretty much all of its major revenue
sports. Tradiiton, facilities, location, academics,
etc. ARE a factor and you can't change that overnight.
You will not find a person who will build NU into a
top 20 program NOW ... you need someone who is
committed to doing it the right way and doing it for
the long run. The same you would do if you founded a
new school at the university. Medill and Kellogg
weren't #1 overnight, there are years of tradition and
hard work built into earning that reputation -- and if
a new school started a business grad school tomorrow,
it would not be up with Kellogg, Wharton, etc. right
away -- it would take some time, money and dedication.

> We should expect to be the best in all things that
> the University involves itself in.

Are we really the best in everything? Are we the best
in all academic areas and all athletic areas? Hanging
a lot of NCAA Final Four banners in Welsh Ryan lately?
Are our law school grads running for president like
those at Yale and Harvard?

Again, it's a worthy goal -- but it can't be a MUST
goal or ELSE, it has to have some reason and thought
behind it. And if you look at NU throughout the years,
our football program has been better for this
generation of NU students than generations before. 

Had this "tough love" outrage come in the 1970s, or
1980s, it might have seemed merited. But after the
most successful decade of football in almost a half
century at Northwestern, it sounds more like a child
throwing a tantrum in a store that they want the toy
"NOW MOMMY NOW!" than a reasoned, thought-out
argument.

Yeah, bowl losses suck. From the one we were feeling a
decade ago at this time, to the four since. But if you
look at the bigger picture, you see that NU fans *are*
demanding more and *are* receiving more from their
football team. You can look at it one way, saying we
need to be top 20 NOW or else fire 'em all ... a
quick-fix way. Or you can look at it with a sound,
long-term approach ... was this past decade of
Northwestern football better than the decade (or two
or three) before it? Most definitely.

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Mon Jan  2 15:14:30 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Mon Jan  2 17:02:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Big Ten bowls ...
Message-ID: <20060102211430.74492.qmail@web52902.mail.yahoo.com>

I haven't heard announcers more critical of
officiating at the end of a bowl game as I have for
this year's Alamo and Outback bowls. Yikes!

Still, another loss for the Big Ten to go to 0-4. At
least the Big Ten team didn't blow a lead this time, I
guess.

On the plus side, Wisconsin is playing -- by far --
their best game of the year and has a two TD lead in
the fourth on Auburn. Maybe we'll finish strong with
the Badgers, Buckeyes and Nittany Lions.

GO CATS!!!
Go Big Ten!
-SjT

PS - I know El Paso was the smallest stadium of the
bunch, but they didn't appear to have many -- if any
-- extra seats for the Sun Bowl (and from the radio
and TV, it sounded like NU had the majority of the
fans). Most of these other games, even the Citrus,
have large chunks of empty seats. The Gator Bowl looks
virtually half full.

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From NEONRye at aol.com  Mon Jan  2 17:18:50 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  2 17:20:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
Message-ID: <df.230ab51b.30eb0eda@aol.com>

Stephen:
 
While none of our recent law school grads are running for President (and  
given what we have had to choose from, I don't consider that necessarily a black  
mark against our beloved University), we had a major party candidate (and a 
darn  good one, albeit a two-time loser to Dwight Eisenhower) in Adlai E. 
Stevenson,  who was the Democratic nominee in 1952 (the year of my birth) and 1956, 
and who  ran again unsuccessfully against John F. Kennedy for the Democratic 
nod in  1960:  
_http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/alumni/a-stevenson.html_ 
(http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/alumni/a-stevenson.html) 
 
In addition, both George McGovern (who lived in Latham) and Richard  Gephardt 
matriculated at NU.
 
Liberals all, so I have no doubt Bob Schooler will weigh in with some  
counter-history.:-)
 
Having said that, I agree with your analysis overall.
 
Paul Levinson
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Mon Jan  2 17:28:08 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  2 17:29:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
Message-ID: <28b.379d764.30eb1108@aol.com>

Although NU grads are 0-6 from major  party presidential runs.

Bryan was 0 for 3 , Stevenson 0 for 2, and Mcgovern 0 for 1--but maybe I need 
to keep politics out of this !


Harry
From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Mon Jan  2 10:00:14 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Mon Jan  2 18:49:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <000401c60fae$54ac1e10$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
References: <000401c60fae$54ac1e10$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <43B94E0E.6000504@bellatlantic.net>

The problem is probably less with the players that get recruited and 
more with ineffective defensive coaching other than for Fitzgerald.  The 
kicking game reflects Walker's admitted limited knowledge about that 
part of the game.  No changes in the coaching staff equals no likely 
improved success.  Being satisfied with a 7-4 season that included a lot 
of luck equals 4-7 seasons in the future.  Will Murphy and Bienen make 
some changes?  probably not .

John DeGroat

Roy Lamberton wrote:

>Its just possible that RW has already addressed the kicking game with the commit
>from Demos out in Phoenix. I also thought Villareal showed a lot of poise
>kicking at the end of the game.
>
>[FWIW - David played on a college team that missed just about every kick one
>year. The next year their kicker made all conference.]
>
>Defense is another matter - in the past we'd always find 9 or 10 good defenders
>but we had little or no depth. Folks point to the 95-96 defense as if that was
>something we always had. But if you dig out your media guide and check our NFL
>draftees, the older teams produced a lot of offensive draftees. Up until
>recently, NU hasn't produced NFL defenders the way we've produced offensive
>folks.
>
>The Big 10 also didn't have to produce the cornerbacks and safeties back in the
>"3 yards and a cloud of dust" days. 
>
>Right now, we may be a victim of our own success at coaching younger players - a
>highly ranked DT would look at NU's D-Line and figure we're loaded with young
>guys who will start for 2 or 4 years. Same thing with the linebackers, altho
>they seem to want to come in and play for Fitz. 
>
>But lets face it. NU is not the school of choice for most top HS defensive
>players.
>
>Besides, I suspect that even with Barry and McG [and Hershell] gone, the D has
>the "hosses" to continue to improve.
>
>Our defenses seem to be able to come up with a scheme at the half that stop the
>opposition. 
>
>Even in the Sun Bowl, we saw the defense make the shifts that stopped the UCLA
>run.  We started the game set up to shut down a passing attack, and we did - 22
>points worth. They changed to a running game, over our freshman tackle. During
>the season we had the depth to pull one guy, talk it over, and make the
>adjustments. In the Sun Bowl, we had to leave our 2 top guys in because of
>depth. 
>
>I'm working on an analysis of our recruiting so far, and possibly what the team
>will look like in 2006. From my preliminary look at the recruiting chart, its
>not that bad on both sides of the ball.
>
>rsl
>
> 
>
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>, but the curse of the Walker era --  pathetic 
>  
>
>>kicking game and 
>>defense -- just continue to haunt  us.  We need help in those 
>>areas or we'll 
>>never go beyond the 7-5  plateau. Period.  
>>
>>
>>    
>>
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Mon Jan  2 22:09:56 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Mon Jan  2 23:01:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
In-Reply-To: <000901c60fc6$fa8836d0$c102a8c0@DENNISMACHINE>
References: <24.7f5c43a7.30eab6f6@aol.com>
	<000901c60fc6$fa8836d0$c102a8c0@DENNISMACHINE>
Message-ID: <43B9F914.6030909@bellatlantic.net>

Dennis Bandt has it right.  By the way, Michigan does graduate players, 
they aren't the Spartans.   Did anyone catch the interview with Alvarez 
after thier win today and his reasons for picking his replacement?  
Among other things he wanted someone who in additon to being a smart 
coach could also relate to the players,  the alumni and generate 
enthusiasm for Wisconsin's football program. 

John DeGroat

Dennis W. Brandt wrote:

> <I'd really like to see some  "adjustments" in the D coaching staff.
>
> I'd really like to see some TALENT on defense, especially the 
> defensive line, a typically weak part of the team, Luis Castillo 
> notwithstanding. What we need is a ROW of guys who are quick, 
> athletic, can bench 450 lbs or more (all of Utah's starting 
> linebackers did last season), have a motor, and can pull a 3.0+ 
> gradepoint.  You know, the kind Michigan and Ohio State get year in 
> and year out minus the gradepoint.  Look at our currently listed crop 
> of recruits.  Last I looked, there was nary a four or five-star among 
> them and not that many threes.  Yes, the highly touted sometimes don't 
> work out, and lesser rated guys occasionally spring from nowhere 
> (thank you, Pat Fitzgerald), but until we can recruit one or two top 
> athletes every season, we're a .500 team, sometimes a bit better, 
> sometimes a bit worse - maybe a lot worse with injuries.  Penn State 
> is now getting four and five-star guys in droves, and you DO pass your 
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From AirSnod at aol.com  Tue Jan  3 06:29:27 2006
From: AirSnod at aol.com (AirSnod@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan  3 06:33:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] One more music comment
Message-ID: <230.49f4da5.30ebc827@aol.com>


How let's just forget about all the half-time music/entertainment/stupid 
human tricks/the up with people crap, period? I have never understood the 
perceived "need" for half-time entertainment of any sort.

Half-time is for bathroom breaks and to purchase concessions. Or perhaps to 
have a discussion/recap with those next to you in the stands. 

Leave the field empty, or better yet, put hallway TV's up in the concourse to 
let people catch up on Sportcenter scores.

Feel free to flame away.

In a message dated 1/1/06 4:07:51 PM, tbng@suscom.net writes:


> Screw ALL "professional" musician performances at football halftimes, all
> places, all times, all formats.? I don't watch a football game to listen
> to a damn rock 'n roll or hillbilly concert.? Let the bands perform.
> 
> 

From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Tue Jan  3 09:50:46 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Tue Jan  3 09:54:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <000401c60fae$54ac1e10$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <00fa01c6107d$7c51cd50$4f01a8c0@hilgraeve.com>


Roy wrote <snip>

But lets face it. NU is not the school of choice for most top HS defensive
players.

===============================

Roy,

Mind telling me why a defensive player who could get into NU would be any
less interested than an offensive player?

The guys we're looking for are the ones who care about education and value
the degree that NU is offering in return for playing football.  You saying
that only guys with skills on offense can figure this out?

You also know that HS kids good enough to play in college are almost always
two-way players in HS.  They only become one-way players when they get to
college, and even then are often switched from what they were recruited to
do based on an opportunity to play and team needs (e.g. Backus).  So help me
make sense of this claim that that RW's consistently poor defenses are the
result of some inherent difficulty in recruiting good defenders to NU.  

Given the fact that this appears to be a recent phenomena associated with
the current coach, what changed that made it more difficult for the current
coach than it was for the previous coach?

Seems like you could just as easily make the assertion that this coach
either can't recruit defensive talent, can't coach kids on how to be good
defenders, or has decided that offense is more important.

Jeff


From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Tue Jan  3 10:05:27 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Tue Jan  3 10:12:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <43B94E0E.6000504@bellatlantic.net>
Message-ID: <010401c6107f$898c4480$4f01a8c0@hilgraeve.com>

Saw the first half and then last minute.  Had a neighbor's wedding to attend
during the second half, so I can't comment on the adjustments that were
made, but looking at the box score, it appears that I saw almost all of the
scoring.

As Roy pointed out, the UCLA line discovered, when the couldn't pass that
they could run right over Gill and take advantage of McGarrigle's
aggressiveness.  On D, UCLA appeared to have success when they switched to
three down linemen and added a fourth LB.  But we also made it easy for them
because of special team ineptness.  We couldn't run the ball, our offense
became predictable, and Baz took a beating.  Can't comment about his
decision-making in the second half.

As others have pointed out, this was a special teams implosion (who is the
special teams coach again?).  What particularly bothered me is Walker's
quote in the paper explaining why he went for the touchdown on the last play
of the first half.  He said that he had already made the decision to switch
kickers, but the new kicker hadn't had a chance to warm up.  I figure that
he should have made that decision when Howells' last FG got blocked (ugly
kick) and that there was plenty of time for the new kicker to warm up.  What
would have happened if we scored?  Would he have sent Howells out there
again for the extra point?  

Talked to someone at church who had no particular axe to grind.  He's an NU
alum too but probably class of '48.  He felt Walker was clearly out coached.
Hard to disagree when you opponent spots you 22 points and you let them back
into the game.  I feel bad for these kids who fought there hearts out and
never gave up, but didn't come away with the win they deserved.  

Jeff

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The problem is probably less with the players that get recruited and more
with ineffective defensive coaching other than for Fitzgerald.  The kicking
game reflects Walker's admitted limited knowledge about that part of the
game.  No changes in the coaching staff equals no likely improved success.
Being satisfied with a 7-4 season that included a lot of luck equals 4-7
seasons in the future.  Will Murphy and Bienen make some changes?  probably
not .

John DeGroat

Roy Lamberton wrote:

>Its just possible that RW has already addressed the kicking game with 
>the commit from Demos out in Phoenix. I also thought Villareal showed a 
>lot of poise kicking at the end of the game.
>
>[FWIW - David played on a college team that missed just about every 
>kick one year. The next year their kicker made all conference.]
>
>Defense is another matter - in the past we'd always find 9 or 10 good 
>defenders but we had little or no depth. Folks point to the 95-96 
>defense as if that was something we always had. But if you dig out your 
>media guide and check our NFL draftees, the older teams produced a lot 
>of offensive draftees. Up until recently, NU hasn't produced NFL 
>defenders the way we've produced offensive folks.
>
>The Big 10 also didn't have to produce the cornerbacks and safeties 
>back in the
>"3 yards and a cloud of dust" days. 
>
>Right now, we may be a victim of our own success at coaching younger 
>players - a highly ranked DT would look at NU's D-Line and figure we're 
>loaded with young guys who will start for 2 or 4 years. Same thing with 
>the linebackers, altho they seem to want to come in and play for Fitz.
>
>But lets face it. NU is not the school of choice for most top HS 
>defensive players.
>
>Besides, I suspect that even with Barry and McG [and Hershell] gone, 
>the D has the "hosses" to continue to improve.
>
>Our defenses seem to be able to come up with a scheme at the half that 
>stop the opposition.
>
>Even in the Sun Bowl, we saw the defense make the shifts that stopped 
>the UCLA run.  We started the game set up to shut down a passing 
>attack, and we did - 22 points worth. They changed to a running game, 
>over our freshman tackle. During the season we had the depth to pull 
>one guy, talk it over, and make the adjustments. In the Sun Bowl, we 
>had to leave our 2 top guys in because of depth.
>
>I'm working on an analysis of our recruiting so far, and possibly what 
>the team will look like in 2006. From my preliminary look at the 
>recruiting chart, its not that bad on both sides of the ball.
>
>rsl
>
> 
>
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>, but the curse of the Walker era --  pathetic
>  
>
>>kicking game and
>>defense -- just continue to haunt  us.  We need help in those areas or 
>>we'll never go beyond the 7-5  plateau. Period.
>>
>>
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From Sanford_Stein at rush.edu  Tue Jan  3 10:10:03 2006
From: Sanford_Stein at rush.edu (Sanford_Stein@rush.edu)
Date: Tue Jan  3 10:25:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] In-game decisions
Message-ID: <OF8E9C7B6D.52D87291-ON862570EB.00581DDD-862570EB.0058CFC0@rsh.net>





Catching up on all the e-mails today, I am surprised to see no
discussion of Walker's in-game strategy.

Does anyone else think that going for the touchdown instead of
the field goal at the end of the first half was a really poor decision?
I know the kicker is struggling, but the chance of getting 3 points
is probably > 95% and the chance of scoring on one play from
the five yard line is probably < 50%.  Three points gives the team
some momentum going into the locker room, changes the entire
strategy in the fourth quarter, and perhaps restores the kicker's
confidence.

And what about the reduced use of Tyrell Sutton in the second half?
He was struggling as well, but he still gives us our best chance for
a big running play.  I've never coached football, but is it a good idea
to change the formula that has worked all season in the middle of a
big game?

                        SS

From jleonard518 at yahoo.com  Tue Jan  3 10:48:02 2006
From: jleonard518 at yahoo.com (Jim Leonard)
Date: Tue Jan  3 10:55:51 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
In-Reply-To: <00fa01c6107d$7c51cd50$4f01a8c0@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <20060103164802.74149.qmail@web36802.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

All, 

Looking back to the 95/96 teams, I remember having a very solid defense.
However, it is probably fair to say that the guys on those defenses were about
the same caliber of recruits that have played for the 04/05 defenses. 

So, assuming the athletic talent is about the same, why has the defense gotten
worse? My theory is that the amazing gains on offense have been at the expense
of the defense. Consider:

1) The 95/96 teams had a much more tradition 'ball control' offense. Schnur
would often lead 6+ minute drives that kept the defense off the field and well
rested. The spread offense does not rest the current defense nearly as much. 

2) In practice, the defense 95/96 defense would face the 95/96 offense. Our
current defense faces the spread most of the time in practice and therefore
struggles against other offenses. Especially in situations where the is 1-2
Tight Ends on the line and the team runs between the tackles. 

I'm not saying NU should abandon the spread offense, but I do think that its
success can (in part) explain why the defense has gotten worse. 

Regards,
Jim




	
		
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From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Tue Jan  3 11:35:41 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Tue Jan  3 11:37:41 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
Message-ID: <20060103.093601.2979.234293@webmail21.nyc.untd.com>

Jeff B. writes...
Hard to disagree when you opponent spots you 22 points and you let them back into the game.

What about a 28 point lead that WV almost blew last night?  For those who argue that ball control would prevent the blowing of leads this is a good counter example.  WV barely passes, being almost entirely an option team, yet Georgia came back and almost won.

Our defense this year was porous, but they were also opportunistic and bend, but don't break.  They caused the 30 turnovers, which is the 2nd most in our history(33 in 1995).  Special teams were by far the number 1 reason we had tight games/losses this year -- bad placekicing, bad punting, bad kickoffs, and bad coverage.  Our porous defense and an offense that would go into funks for quarters at a time(see Q3 vs. UCLA, Q3/Q4 vs. Michigan) were also contributing factors.

Next season our defense has to improve to be competitive, but it does not have nearly as far to go as special teams.

Marc Linhardt
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Tue Jan  3 11:30:04 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Tue Jan  3 12:07:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
In-Reply-To: <20060103164802.74149.qmail@web36802.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002601c6108b$58a9cf20$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

If this were a question of degree, I would agree with you.  But being worse
than virtually every other defense in the country tends to wash away these
issues of degree and nuance.

There are a lot of teams that run some version of the spread.  They all had
better defenses.

There are a number of schools with high academic standards for their
football players.  They all had better defenses.

There were teams that went through coaching changes.  They all had better
defenses.

There are a lot of teams with no winning tradition.  They all had better
defenses.

There are a lot of teams that didn't go to a bowl game.  They all had better
defenses.

There are a lot of teams who lost more games than NU.  They all had better
defenses.

There were other teams with young players starting.  They all had better
defenses.

There were other teams who struggled with injuries on defense.  They all had
better defenses.

Seeing UCLA gash the worst defense in the country during the second quarter
sort of brought the whole thing home.  

Consistency is something RW promised next year.  Consistently having the
worst defense in the country tends to simplify the whole discussion of what
the problem is. 

Jeff

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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:48 AM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense

All, 

Looking back to the 95/96 teams, I remember having a very solid defense.
However, it is probably fair to say that the guys on those defenses were
about the same caliber of recruits that have played for the 04/05 defenses. 

So, assuming the athletic talent is about the same, why has the defense
gotten worse? My theory is that the amazing gains on offense have been at
the expense of the defense. Consider:

1) The 95/96 teams had a much more tradition 'ball control' offense. Schnur
would often lead 6+ minute drives that kept the defense off the field and
well rested. The spread offense does not rest the current defense nearly as
much. 

2) In practice, the defense 95/96 defense would face the 95/96 offense. Our
current defense faces the spread most of the time in practice and therefore
struggles against other offenses. Especially in situations where the is 1-2
Tight Ends on the line and the team runs between the tackles. 

I'm not saying NU should abandon the spread offense, but I do think that its
success can (in part) explain why the defense has gotten worse. 

Regards,
Jim




	
		
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Tue Jan  3 12:14:04 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Tue Jan  3 12:18:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <20060103.093601.2979.234293@webmail21.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <003501c61091$7e2dc930$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

Letting UCLA back into the game after they handed us 22 unanswered points
was evidence of RW getting out coached, not a claim that we should be a ball
control team or criticism of the "bend don't break" philosophy of defense. 

Dorrell got his kids back into the game by changing both their offensive and
defensive game plans on the fly.  Walker didn't seem to make any defensive
adjustments until half time.

Dorrell scored with a walk-on kicker getting his first start and had another
one ready to go if the first one faltered. Walker wasn't able to make his
kicker switch until half time.

Special teams gave up two TD's when the same guy blew up the same play
twice.

RW's response was that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't work.  My
thought is that there is a big difference between not working and giving
back a TD that you just fought for.  This wasn't an accident.  Dorrell is a
smart coach.  He saw the Iowa game.  He knew how that onside kick play was
supposed to work and taught his guys how to beat it.  So why run exactly the
same play again and expect a different result?  That is the classic
definition of insanity.  

Jeff

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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:36 PM
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Subject: RE: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso

Jeff B. writes...
Hard to disagree when you opponent spots you 22 points and you let them back
into the game.

What about a 28 point lead that WV almost blew last night?  For those who
argue that ball control would prevent the blowing of leads this is a good
counter example.  WV barely passes, being almost entirely an option team,
yet Georgia came back and almost won.

Our defense this year was porous, but they were also opportunistic and bend,
but don't break.  They caused the 30 turnovers, which is the 2nd most in our
history(33 in 1995).  Special teams were by far the number 1 reason we had
tight games/losses this year -- bad placekicing, bad punting, bad kickoffs,
and bad coverage.  Our porous defense and an offense that would go into
funks for quarters at a time(see Q3 vs. UCLA, Q3/Q4 vs. Michigan) were also
contributing factors.

Next season our defense has to improve to be competitive, but it does not
have nearly as far to go as special teams.

Marc Linhardt
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Tue Jan  3 14:23:45 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Tue Jan  3 14:25:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <20060103.093601.2979.234293@webmail21.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <20060103202345.90635.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>

> What about a 28 point lead that WV almost blew last
> night?  For those who argue that ball control would
> prevent the blowing of leads this is a good counter
> example.  WV barely passes, being almost entirely an
> option team, yet Georgia came back and almost won.

Except that West Virginia runs a spread attack in
their offense -- the spread does a lot of great
things, but shorten the game it does not. The problem
isn't whether you run or pass from the spread, it's
how little time it takes to do either out of the
spread.

Teams that run the spread across the country almost
always have horrible defensive numbers because whether
the offense does good or bad, the D is on the field
much more than D's on teams with a traditional
offense.

NU's offense all year was a rhythm offense - when it's
on, it's tough to stop. When it's disrupted, it's a
3-and-out taking maybe only 20 seconds off the game
clock and giving the D a minute or two of rest -- so
it does wear out a defense.

Of course, on the flip side, Tressel went away from
the spread yesterday to milk clock and almost blew a
game where OSU was absolutely dominating Notre Dame
but hadn't put the game away.

> Our defense this year was porous, but they were also
> opportunistic and bend, but don't break.  They
> caused the 30 turnovers, which is the 2nd most in

It'll be interesting to see what Charlie Weis does in
South Bend, becuase the statement above could almost
be applied exactly to ND's defense. All year, they
were opportunistic, bend-don't-break and bailed out by
a big-play offense (and the fact that their soft
schedule didn't include many high powered opposing
offenses save USC and MSU). 

BTW - Weis also took some big gambles in the game
(going for it on 4th down early only down 14-7 with a
chance for a FG) -- so I wouldn't get too upset with
Walker for trying for the TD at the end of the first
half instead of the FG when we'd had two kicks blocked
already.

> our history(33 in 1995).  Special teams were by far
> the number 1 reason we had tight games/losses this
> year -- bad placekicing, bad punting, bad kickoffs,
> and bad coverage.  Our porous defense and an offense
> that would go into funks for quarters at a time(see
> Q3 vs. UCLA, Q3/Q4 vs. Michigan) were also
> contributing factors.

Good analysis - special teams needs to be addressed
first. That's a huge hole right now. But there have
been flaws all over -- including the offense, which
couldn't keep big leads built by the D vs. PSU or UCLA
or get back in the game vs. Michigan despite numerous
chances from the D.

> Next season our defense has to improve to be
> competitive, but it does not have nearly as far to
> go as special teams.

Amen - and the good news is that if you focus on
special teams, it is the area that can be turned
around the quickest, see Beamer when he came to
VaTech, Snyder at KSU and Barnett at NU.

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From lvaccher at comcast.net  Tue Jan  3 14:43:16 2006
From: lvaccher at comcast.net (Louie Vaccher)
Date: Tue Jan  3 14:59:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
References: <20060103202345.90635.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002601c610a6$532e8110$c0d7b043@Louie>

I don't agree that a spread offense automatically means that your defensive 
numbers will suffer. You could make the time-of-possession argument in the 
early '00s when Northwestern was running it without a huddle, but now that 
they've modified it and huddle after every play, the time-of-possession 
factor isn't that big a deal. This year, Northwestern averaged 29:39 in TOP 
and their opponents averaged 30:21. That's pretty darned close.

And yes, West Virginia may have blown a big lead last night, but the 
Mountaineers went into the game ranked eighth in the country in total 
defense and 10th in scoring defense.

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>> What about a 28 point lead that WV almost blew last
>> night?  For those who argue that ball control would
>> prevent the blowing of leads this is a good counter
>> example.  WV barely passes, being almost entirely an
>> option team, yet Georgia came back and almost won.
>
> Except that West Virginia runs a spread attack in
> their offense -- the spread does a lot of great
> things, but shorten the game it does not. The problem
> isn't whether you run or pass from the spread, it's
> how little time it takes to do either out of the
> spread.
>
> Teams that run the spread across the country almost
> always have horrible defensive numbers because whether
> the offense does good or bad, the D is on the field
> much more than D's on teams with a traditional
> offense.
>
> NU's offense all year was a rhythm offense - when it's
> on, it's tough to stop. When it's disrupted, it's a
> 3-and-out taking maybe only 20 seconds off the game
> clock and giving the D a minute or two of rest -- so
> it does wear out a defense.
>
> Of course, on the flip side, Tressel went away from
> the spread yesterday to milk clock and almost blew a
> game where OSU was absolutely dominating Notre Dame
> but hadn't put the game away.
>
>> Our defense this year was porous, but they were also
>> opportunistic and bend, but don't break.  They
>> caused the 30 turnovers, which is the 2nd most in
>
> It'll be interesting to see what Charlie Weis does in
> South Bend, becuase the statement above could almost
> be applied exactly to ND's defense. All year, they
> were opportunistic, bend-don't-break and bailed out by
> a big-play offense (and the fact that their soft
> schedule didn't include many high powered opposing
> offenses save USC and MSU).
>
> BTW - Weis also took some big gambles in the game
> (going for it on 4th down early only down 14-7 with a
> chance for a FG) -- so I wouldn't get too upset with
> Walker for trying for the TD at the end of the first
> half instead of the FG when we'd had two kicks blocked
> already.
>
>> our history(33 in 1995).  Special teams were by far
>> the number 1 reason we had tight games/losses this
>> year -- bad placekicing, bad punting, bad kickoffs,
>> and bad coverage.  Our porous defense and an offense
>> that would go into funks for quarters at a time(see
>> Q3 vs. UCLA, Q3/Q4 vs. Michigan) were also
>> contributing factors.
>
> Good analysis - special teams needs to be addressed
> first. That's a huge hole right now. But there have
> been flaws all over -- including the offense, which
> couldn't keep big leads built by the D vs. PSU or UCLA
> or get back in the game vs. Michigan despite numerous
> chances from the D.
>
>> Next season our defense has to improve to be
>> competitive, but it does not have nearly as far to
>> go as special teams.
>
> Amen - and the good news is that if you focus on
> special teams, it is the area that can be turned
> around the quickest, see Beamer when he came to
> VaTech, Snyder at KSU and Barnett at NU.
>
> GO CATS!!!
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Tue Jan  3 15:00:30 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Tue Jan  3 15:01:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] In-game decisions
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Field Goal Decision:

Walker made the right choice going for it on the final play of the
half.  The ball was on the 4 yard line and a TD would have tied the
game going into the half (NU received the kickoff after the half
anyways, so he knew the 'Cats would get the ball back - therefore it
was not an extremely risky move).  Plus, Howells missed an extra point
and had another extra point and a field goal blocked earlier on what
seemed to be very low kicks (remember Howells' collegiate debut
against Miami a few years back where he kicked it into the back of his
own O-line).  In any case I credit Walker for not going his normal
conservative route and for taking the risk to get the tie going into
the half (and trying to gain some momentum, of which we had none by
that point).

Running Game:

He should have established the running game earlier in the game,
although UCLA was bent on stopping the run by putting a lot of guys up
front (hence Baz' gaudy pass stats: 38-70, 416 yds).  The Sutton
fumble in the second half on NU's own 14 basically spotted UCLA a TD,
and Walker took him out in favor of Roberson for the next two drives,
which is acceptable given Sutton's mistake.

In any case, the offense was not balanced at all during the game (the
only offensive TD of the first half was the reverse run by Philmore),
and the passing attack only started clicking with almost no time left
in the game.  Despite the fact that UCLA was stacking the box, we
basically gave up on the run without trying it much and therefore
played right into their hands by becoming one dimensional.

I would not say that Walker made bad decisions except for the lack of
a running game early on, and in some cases he made really good calls
that were worth the risks (i.e. going for it at the end of half one). 
Unfortunately the special teams did not get it done no matter what
decision he made for them.

Jonathan

On 1/3/06, Sanford_Stein@rush.edu <Sanford_Stein@rush.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Catching up on all the e-mails today, I am surprised to see no
> discussion of Walker's in-game strategy.
>
> Does anyone else think that going for the touchdown instead of
> the field goal at the end of the first half was a really poor decision?
> I know the kicker is struggling, but the chance of getting 3 points
> is probably > 95% and the chance of scoring on one play from
> the five yard line is probably < 50%.  Three points gives the team
> some momentum going into the locker room, changes the entire
> strategy in the fourth quarter, and perhaps restores the kicker's
> confidence.
>
> And what about the reduced use of Tyrell Sutton in the second half?
> He was struggling as well, but he still gives us our best chance for
> a big running play.  I've never coached football, but is it a good idea
> to change the formula that has worked all season in the middle of a
> big game?
>
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From thiegs at umn.edu  Tue Jan  3 15:15:45 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Tue Jan  3 15:19:53 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <002601c610a6$532e8110$c0d7b043@Louie>
Message-ID: <000c01c610aa$dcf3fca0$fb326580@jthiegs2003>

Good point, Louie.  Also, even within our own conference, just look at
Purdue.  For a few seasons prior to this year the Boilermakers had great
defenses, and, of course, they have run some variant of a spread offense
since Joe Tiller brought it with him to West Lafayette.  Heck, some
people--including me, I admit--thought Purdue would have one of the best
defenses in the country this year, with 11 returning starters from one of
the nation's best defenses last year...but look how that played out.
Anyway, the point is that having a spread offense (or a powerful,
quick-strike offense of any kind) doesn't necessarily mean that we should
expect poor defensive performance.  -Joe

  
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From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Louie Vaccher
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:43 PM
To: SjT (Stephen J. Truog); nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso


I don't agree that a spread offense automatically means that your defensive 
numbers will suffer. You could make the time-of-possession argument in the 
early '00s when Northwestern was running it without a huddle, but now that 
they've modified it and huddle after every play, the time-of-possession 
factor isn't that big a deal. This year, Northwestern averaged 29:39 in TOP 
and their opponents averaged 30:21. That's pretty darned close.

And yes, West Virginia may have blown a big lead last night, but the 
Mountaineers went into the game ranked eighth in the country in total 
defense and 10th in scoring defense.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog@yahoo.com>
To: <nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso


>> What about a 28 point lead that WV almost blew last
>> night?  For those who argue that ball control would
>> prevent the blowing of leads this is a good counter
>> example.  WV barely passes, being almost entirely an
>> option team, yet Georgia came back and almost won.
>
> Except that West Virginia runs a spread attack in
> their offense -- the spread does a lot of great
> things, but shorten the game it does not. The problem
> isn't whether you run or pass from the spread, it's
> how little time it takes to do either out of the
> spread.
>
> Teams that run the spread across the country almost
> always have horrible defensive numbers because whether
> the offense does good or bad, the D is on the field
> much more than D's on teams with a traditional
> offense.
>
> NU's offense all year was a rhythm offense - when it's
> on, it's tough to stop. When it's disrupted, it's a
> 3-and-out taking maybe only 20 seconds off the game
> clock and giving the D a minute or two of rest -- so
> it does wear out a defense.
>
> Of course, on the flip side, Tressel went away from
> the spread yesterday to milk clock and almost blew a
> game where OSU was absolutely dominating Notre Dame
> but hadn't put the game away.
>
>> Our defense this year was porous, but they were also opportunistic 
>> and bend, but don't break.  They caused the 30 turnovers, which is 
>> the 2nd most in
>
> It'll be interesting to see what Charlie Weis does in
> South Bend, becuase the statement above could almost
> be applied exactly to ND's defense. All year, they
> were opportunistic, bend-don't-break and bailed out by
> a big-play offense (and the fact that their soft
> schedule didn't include many high powered opposing
> offenses save USC and MSU).
>
> BTW - Weis also took some big gambles in the game
> (going for it on 4th down early only down 14-7 with a
> chance for a FG) -- so I wouldn't get too upset with
> Walker for trying for the TD at the end of the first
> half instead of the FG when we'd had two kicks blocked already.
>
>> our history(33 in 1995).  Special teams were by far
>> the number 1 reason we had tight games/losses this
>> year -- bad placekicing, bad punting, bad kickoffs,
>> and bad coverage.  Our porous defense and an offense
>> that would go into funks for quarters at a time(see
>> Q3 vs. UCLA, Q3/Q4 vs. Michigan) were also
>> contributing factors.
>
> Good analysis - special teams needs to be addressed
> first. That's a huge hole right now. But there have
> been flaws all over -- including the offense, which
> couldn't keep big leads built by the D vs. PSU or UCLA
> or get back in the game vs. Michigan despite numerous
> chances from the D.
>
>> Next season our defense has to improve to be
>> competitive, but it does not have nearly as far to
>> go as special teams.
>
> Amen - and the good news is that if you focus on
> special teams, it is the area that can be turned
> around the quickest, see Beamer when he came to
> VaTech, Snyder at KSU and Barnett at NU.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog@yahoo.com
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>
>
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Tue Jan  3 15:18:52 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Tue Jan  3 15:19:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
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In 2001 (after the 2000 premier of the spread offense), Walker went to
a slightly more conventional spread that eliminated most of the no
huddle in order to control the ball more.  That year also featured the
team collapse following the Wheeler death and a season riddled with
injuries (by the end of the year 14 starters/major contributors were
out with injuries).  He did change up the defensive coaching staff,
moving Brown to assistant coach and bringing in some new blood.  He
also moved some offensive players over to help things out (Backes to
DB from RB).

This year we saw many defensive players who were going to be big
contributors go down or leave before the season began (Backes, Howard,
Heinz, Roach was out for a time) which punched a hole in the defensive
unit's plans.  While losing one player should not be an excuse, losing
basically a third of your defensive starters hurts any team.

Next year we must expect that the defense will improve; many players
gained big experience this year and the team has had the extra bowl
practices to develop some younger players.  Walker has promised
consistently in the W column which hopefully means improvement on
defense.  He has shown that he can develop offensive players and has
had some good individual D-linemen and linebackers, but he needs to
get a solid defensive unit put together that can be respectable.  So
far he has relied on a stellar offense and a bend but don't break
defense that can make a stand when absolutely necessary.  I think we
are all looking for improvement on the defensive front.

Jonathan

On 1/3/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
> If this were a question of degree, I would agree with you.  But being worse
> than virtually every other defense in the country tends to wash away these
> issues of degree and nuance.
>
> There are a lot of teams that run some version of the spread.  They all had
> better defenses.
>
> There are a number of schools with high academic standards for their
> football players.  They all had better defenses.
>
> There were teams that went through coaching changes.  They all had better
> defenses.
>
> There are a lot of teams with no winning tradition.  They all had better
> defenses.
>
> There are a lot of teams that didn't go to a bowl game.  They all had better
> defenses.
>
> There are a lot of teams who lost more games than NU.  They all had better
> defenses.
>
> There were other teams with young players starting.  They all had better
> defenses.
>
> There were other teams who struggled with injuries on defense.  They all had
> better defenses.
>
> Seeing UCLA gash the worst defense in the country during the second quarter
> sort of brought the whole thing home.
>
> Consistency is something RW promised next year.  Consistently having the
> worst defense in the country tends to simplify the whole discussion of what
> the problem is.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim Leonard
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:48 AM
> To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
>
> All,
>
> Looking back to the 95/96 teams, I remember having a very solid defense.
> However, it is probably fair to say that the guys on those defenses were
> about the same caliber of recruits that have played for the 04/05 defenses.
>
> So, assuming the athletic talent is about the same, why has the defense
> gotten worse? My theory is that the amazing gains on offense have been at
> the expense of the defense. Consider:
>
> 1) The 95/96 teams had a much more tradition 'ball control' offense. Schnur
> would often lead 6+ minute drives that kept the defense off the field and
> well rested. The spread offense does not rest the current defense nearly as
> much.
>
> 2) In practice, the defense 95/96 defense would face the 95/96 offense. Our
> current defense faces the spread most of the time in practice and therefore
> struggles against other offenses. Especially in situations where the is 1-2
> Tight Ends on the line and the team runs between the tackles.
>
> I'm not saying NU should abandon the spread offense, but I do think that its
> success can (in part) explain why the defense has gotten worse.
>
> Regards,
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Tue Jan  3 15:29:16 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Tue Jan  3 15:30:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <002601c610a6$532e8110$c0d7b043@Louie>
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What's interesting to note among all this Walker talk is that his
contract runs out in 2007 and has not been renewed, which many of us
figured would have occured by now considering the good season NU had
and the trip to the bowl game.  Only having a year left does not
really attract recruits, and many schools have already extended
coaches' contracts (i.e. Mason at Minn).

Does this possibly show that Northwestern will wait until after next
season to see how successful he is?  If they are going to make a move
soon, they will have to before signing day or else it won't do much
good for the program (since nothing really occurs between then and the
pre-season in terms of coaching besides spring practice).  Only time
will tell, although Murphy and Bienen seem committed to Walker (which
is deserved, in my opinion, since he has brought some sort of
consistency to the program.  Coaching changes never really do good for
anyone unless the coach is horrid.)

Jonathan

On 1/3/06, Louie Vaccher <lvaccher@comcast.net> wrote:
> I don't agree that a spread offense automatically means that your defensive
> numbers will suffer. You could make the time-of-possession argument in the
> early '00s when Northwestern was running it without a huddle, but now that
> they've modified it and huddle after every play, the time-of-possession
> factor isn't that big a deal. This year, Northwestern averaged 29:39 in TOP
> and their opponents averaged 30:21. That's pretty darned close.
>
> And yes, West Virginia may have blown a big lead last night, but the
> Mountaineers went into the game ranked eighth in the country in total
> defense and 10th in scoring defense.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog@yahoo.com>
> To: <nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:23 PM
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
>
>
> >> What about a 28 point lead that WV almost blew last
> >> night?  For those who argue that ball control would
> >> prevent the blowing of leads this is a good counter
> >> example.  WV barely passes, being almost entirely an
> >> option team, yet Georgia came back and almost won.
> >
> > Except that West Virginia runs a spread attack in
> > their offense -- the spread does a lot of great
> > things, but shorten the game it does not. The problem
> > isn't whether you run or pass from the spread, it's
> > how little time it takes to do either out of the
> > spread.
> >
> > Teams that run the spread across the country almost
> > always have horrible defensive numbers because whether
> > the offense does good or bad, the D is on the field
> > much more than D's on teams with a traditional
> > offense.
> >
> > NU's offense all year was a rhythm offense - when it's
> > on, it's tough to stop. When it's disrupted, it's a
> > 3-and-out taking maybe only 20 seconds off the game
> > clock and giving the D a minute or two of rest -- so
> > it does wear out a defense.
> >
> > Of course, on the flip side, Tressel went away from
> > the spread yesterday to milk clock and almost blew a
> > game where OSU was absolutely dominating Notre Dame
> > but hadn't put the game away.
> >
> >> Our defense this year was porous, but they were also
> >> opportunistic and bend, but don't break.  They
> >> caused the 30 turnovers, which is the 2nd most in
> >
> > It'll be interesting to see what Charlie Weis does in
> > South Bend, becuase the statement above could almost
> > be applied exactly to ND's defense. All year, they
> > were opportunistic, bend-don't-break and bailed out by
> > a big-play offense (and the fact that their soft
> > schedule didn't include many high powered opposing
> > offenses save USC and MSU).
> >
> > BTW - Weis also took some big gambles in the game
> > (going for it on 4th down early only down 14-7 with a
> > chance for a FG) -- so I wouldn't get too upset with
> > Walker for trying for the TD at the end of the first
> > half instead of the FG when we'd had two kicks blocked
> > already.
> >
> >> our history(33 in 1995).  Special teams were by far
> >> the number 1 reason we had tight games/losses this
> >> year -- bad placekicing, bad punting, bad kickoffs,
> >> and bad coverage.  Our porous defense and an offense
> >> that would go into funks for quarters at a time(see
> >> Q3 vs. UCLA, Q3/Q4 vs. Michigan) were also
> >> contributing factors.
> >
> > Good analysis - special teams needs to be addressed
> > first. That's a huge hole right now. But there have
> > been flaws all over -- including the offense, which
> > couldn't keep big leads built by the D vs. PSU or UCLA
> > or get back in the game vs. Michigan despite numerous
> > chances from the D.
> >
> >> Next season our defense has to improve to be
> >> competitive, but it does not have nearly as far to
> >> go as special teams.
> >
> > Amen - and the good news is that if you focus on
> > special teams, it is the area that can be turned
> > around the quickest, see Beamer when he came to
> > VaTech, Snyder at KSU and Barnett at NU.
> >
> > GO CATS!!!
> > -SjT
> >
> > * * * * * * * * *
> > STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> > sjtruog@yahoo.com
> > GO CATS!!!
> >
> >
> >
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Tue Jan  3 15:37:01 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Tue Jan  3 16:04:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] One more music comment
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If you're that interested in football only, don't go to college games
- that is what the NFL is for (usually they don't have any halftime
entertainment except at the Super Bowl).  College football is more
about bringing together students, faculty, alumni, and others
associated with the school to support the team and the school than
just watching football.  If the team was not associated with the
school i would say less than a fourth of people would go (and that is
probably an over-estimate at NU).  The bands at halftime are part of
the school environment and help support the team and entertain those
in the stands.  The people in the band (of which I was one) get a
chance to use their talents to help support the school.

If you don't want to be a part of it, just go to the bathroom at
halftime and listen to your radio in a stall while eating some nachos,
since nobody is really stopping you from doing so.  Or just watch the
game on TV, where you get a better view and can watch any other game
or sport you wish, meanwhile those that want to support the team and
school and those who just love the college football atmosphere can
enjoy the game.

Jonathan

On 1/3/06, AirSnod@aol.com <AirSnod@aol.com> wrote:
>
> How let's just forget about all the half-time music/entertainment/stupid
> human tricks/the up with people crap, period? I have never understood the
> perceived "need" for half-time entertainment of any sort.
>
> Half-time is for bathroom breaks and to purchase concessions. Or perhaps to
> have a discussion/recap with those next to you in the stands.
>
> Leave the field empty, or better yet, put hallway TV's up in the concourse to
> let people catch up on Sportcenter scores.
>
> Feel free to flame away.
>
> In a message dated 1/1/06 4:07:51 PM, tbng@suscom.net writes:
>
>
> > Screw ALL "professional" musician performances at football halftimes, all
> > places, all times, all formats. I don't watch a football game to listen
> > to a damn rock 'n roll or hillbilly concert. Let the bands perform.
> >
> >
>
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Tue Jan  3 16:12:27 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan  3 16:16:37 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] One more music comment
Message-ID: <13d.2257903a.30ec50cb@aol.com>

I used to go to all the Tulane games since I had free 50yd line tickets and  
entrance to the skybox.  The best part of most of those games was half-time  
with the Southern U, or Grambling marching bands, or the marching 100 from St.  
A's H.S.
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Tue Jan  3 16:19:12 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan  3 16:20:31 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] One more music comment
Message-ID: <26f.38da68a.30ec5260@aol.com>

I think the prior comment dealt with professional bands, not college 
--College bands are so much part of the collegiate football atmosphere


Harry
From lvaccher at comcast.net  Tue Jan  3 15:55:16 2006
From: lvaccher at comcast.net (Louie Vaccher)
Date: Tue Jan  3 16:30:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
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Message-ID: <006601c610b0$61f65560$c0d7b043@Louie>

You wrote:

This year we saw many defensive players who were going to be big
contributors go down or leave before the season began (Backes, Howard,
Heinz, Roach was out for a time) which punched a hole in the defensive
unit's plans.  While losing one player should not be an excuse, losing
basically a third of your defensive starters hurts any team.


There's no question that the defense suffered some big setbacks. But take a 
look at the offense.

They lost a 1,000+ yard rusher (Noah Herron), three offensive linemen and a 
starting wide receiver (Ashton Aikens) from the year before due to 
graduation.

Then, in July, they found out that starting center Trevor Rees won't return 
due to academics, meaning they would have to start four new O linemen. On 
top of that, the replacement starting center (Joel Belding) went down wiht a 
knee injury the week before the opener and had to be replaced by Austin 
Matthews, a backup guard who would have been third on the depth chart at 
center.

The assumed starter at tailback - Terrell Jordan, the only RB with more than 
two career carries - went down with an injury over the summer and ended up 
missing the entire season. Brandon Roberson, who would have been the No. 2 
guy, started game one and got hurt in the first quarter, so they brought in 
Tyrell Sutton, a true freshman that would have started the year as the No. 3 
RB if everyone was healthy.

Wideouts T.J. Jones, Kim Thompson and Mark Philmore missed time throughout 
the year, necessitating the play of true freshmen Rasheed Ward and Eric 
Peterman, a guy that played QB in high school.

How did the offense react? By finishing fifth in the country in total 
offense.

Ever wonder why Walker's offensive system can withstand injuries and 
inexperience but the defense can't? Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to 
that question.

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To: <jeffb@hilgraeve.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense


> In 2001 (after the 2000 premier of the spread offense), Walker went to
> a slightly more conventional spread that eliminated most of the no
> huddle in order to control the ball more.  That year also featured the
> team collapse following the Wheeler death and a season riddled with
> injuries (by the end of the year 14 starters/major contributors were
> out with injuries).  He did change up the defensive coaching staff,
> moving Brown to assistant coach and bringing in some new blood.  He
> also moved some offensive players over to help things out (Backes to
> DB from RB).
>
> This year we saw many defensive players who were going to be big
> contributors go down or leave before the season began (Backes, Howard,
> Heinz, Roach was out for a time) which punched a hole in the defensive
> unit's plans.  While losing one player should not be an excuse, losing
> basically a third of your defensive starters hurts any team.
>
> Next year we must expect that the defense will improve; many players
> gained big experience this year and the team has had the extra bowl
> practices to develop some younger players.  Walker has promised
> consistently in the W column which hopefully means improvement on
> defense.  He has shown that he can develop offensive players and has
> had some good individual D-linemen and linebackers, but he needs to
> get a solid defensive unit put together that can be respectable.  So
> far he has relied on a stellar offense and a bend but don't break
> defense that can make a stand when absolutely necessary.  I think we
> are all looking for improvement on the defensive front.
>
> Jonathan
>
> On 1/3/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
>> If this were a question of degree, I would agree with you.  But being 
>> worse
>> than virtually every other defense in the country tends to wash away 
>> these
>> issues of degree and nuance.
>>
>> There are a lot of teams that run some version of the spread.  They all 
>> had
>> better defenses.
>>
>> There are a number of schools with high academic standards for their
>> football players.  They all had better defenses.
>>
>> There were teams that went through coaching changes.  They all had better
>> defenses.
>>
>> There are a lot of teams with no winning tradition.  They all had better
>> defenses.
>>
>> There are a lot of teams that didn't go to a bowl game.  They all had 
>> better
>> defenses.
>>
>> There are a lot of teams who lost more games than NU.  They all had 
>> better
>> defenses.
>>
>> There were other teams with young players starting.  They all had better
>> defenses.
>>
>> There were other teams who struggled with injuries on defense.  They all 
>> had
>> better defenses.
>>
>> Seeing UCLA gash the worst defense in the country during the second 
>> quarter
>> sort of brought the whole thing home.
>>
>> Consistency is something RW promised next year.  Consistently having the
>> worst defense in the country tends to simplify the whole discussion of 
>> what
>> the problem is.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
>> Behalf Of Jim Leonard
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:48 AM
>> To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
>> Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
>>
>> All,
>>
>> Looking back to the 95/96 teams, I remember having a very solid defense.
>> However, it is probably fair to say that the guys on those defenses were
>> about the same caliber of recruits that have played for the 04/05 
>> defenses.
>>
>> So, assuming the athletic talent is about the same, why has the defense
>> gotten worse? My theory is that the amazing gains on offense have been at
>> the expense of the defense. Consider:
>>
>> 1) The 95/96 teams had a much more tradition 'ball control' offense. 
>> Schnur
>> would often lead 6+ minute drives that kept the defense off the field and
>> well rested. The spread offense does not rest the current defense nearly 
>> as
>> much.
>>
>> 2) In practice, the defense 95/96 defense would face the 95/96 offense. 
>> Our
>> current defense faces the spread most of the time in practice and 
>> therefore
>> struggles against other offenses. Especially in situations where the is 
>> 1-2
>> Tight Ends on the line and the team runs between the tackles.
>>
>> I'm not saying NU should abandon the spread offense, but I do think that 
>> its
>> success can (in part) explain why the defense has gotten worse.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From jleonard518 at yahoo.com  Tue Jan  3 16:44:17 2006
From: jleonard518 at yahoo.com (Jim Leonard)
Date: Tue Jan  3 16:45:31 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
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All,

I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to recruit to an
academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good kickers? 

Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country has to be
loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an academic mind
and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard for
Northwestern to recruit these guys?

Jim


		
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From thiegs at umn.edu  Tue Jan  3 17:06:23 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Tue Jan  3 17:10:43 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
In-Reply-To: <20060103224417.9805.qmail@web36805.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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You'd thing there'd be more, but it's always been a mystery to me too why
they seem to be so hard to find and why it's a weakness on so many teams.
Guess what I'm going to try to groom my toddler son to be?  ;)

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Jim Leonard
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:44 PM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers


All,

I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to recruit to
an academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good
kickers? 

Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country has to be
loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an academic
mind and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard
for Northwestern to recruit these guys?

Jim


		
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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Tue Jan  3 17:15:47 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan  3 17:17:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
Message-ID: <229.41a0ad3.30ec5fa3@aol.com>

In a message dated 1/3/2006 3:11:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, thiegs@umn.edu 
writes:

> You'd thing there'd be more, but it's always been a mystery to me too why
> they seem to be so hard to find and why it's a weakness on so many teams.
> Guess what I'm going to try to groom my toddler son to be?  ;)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 

Maybe we have to look overseas like b-ball--Lots of great place kickers have 
come from there.  I think the Gogalak brothers (sorry for the younger alums 
who may not know of them) went to Columbia and Princeton.  Of course we can't 
forget about John Kidd who lasted many years in the NFL and may have been NU's 
best punter ever  

Harry
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Tue Jan  3 17:19:01 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan  3 17:20:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
Message-ID: <29e.3214f4b.30ec6065@aol.com>

Oops make that Cornell and Princeton, and both earned degrees 
From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Tue Jan  3 12:28:47 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Tue Jan  3 19:59:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
In-Reply-To: <003501c61091$7e2dc930$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
References: <003501c61091$7e2dc930$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
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Jeff:  you're wrong. 

"...the classic definition of insanity" is Randy Walker's inflexible style of coaching.  Other coaches make adjustments, Randy just rattles along ignoring the flat tire on his game plan cart.

John DeGroat 


Jeff Beamsley wrote:

>Letting UCLA back into the game after they handed us 22 unanswered points
>was evidence of RW getting out coached, not a claim that we should be a ball
>control team or criticism of the "bend don't break" philosophy of defense. 
>
>Dorrell got his kids back into the game by changing both their offensive and
>defensive game plans on the fly.  Walker didn't seem to make any defensive
>adjustments until half time.
>
>Dorrell scored with a walk-on kicker getting his first start and had another
>one ready to go if the first one faltered. Walker wasn't able to make his
>kicker switch until half time.
>
>Special teams gave up two TD's when the same guy blew up the same play
>twice.
>
>RW's response was that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't work.  My
>thought is that there is a big difference between not working and giving
>back a TD that you just fought for.  This wasn't an accident.  Dorrell is a
>smart coach.  He saw the Iowa game.  He knew how that onside kick play was
>supposed to work and taught his guys how to beat it.  So why run exactly the
>same play again and expect a different result?  That is the classic
>definition of insanity.  
>
>Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
>Behalf Of mlinhardt@netzero.net
>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:36 PM
>To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
>Cc: Maureen.Linhardt@plexus.com
>Subject: RE: [NU Sports] El Painful El Paso
>
>Jeff B. writes...
>Hard to disagree when you opponent spots you 22 points and you let them back
>into the game.
>
>What about a 28 point lead that WV almost blew last night?  For those who
>argue that ball control would prevent the blowing of leads this is a good
>counter example.  WV barely passes, being almost entirely an option team,
>yet Georgia came back and almost won.
>
>Our defense this year was porous, but they were also opportunistic and bend,
>but don't break.  They caused the 30 turnovers, which is the 2nd most in our
>history(33 in 1995).  Special teams were by far the number 1 reason we had
>tight games/losses this year -- bad placekicing, bad punting, bad kickoffs,
>and bad coverage.  Our porous defense and an offense that would go into
>funks for quarters at a time(see Q3 vs. UCLA, Q3/Q4 vs. Michigan) were also
>contributing factors.
>
>Next season our defense has to improve to be competitive, but it does not
>have nearly as far to go as special teams.
>
>Marc Linhardt
>Tech '93
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Tue Jan  3 12:22:31 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Tue Jan  3 19:59:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
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Jeff has it right, but unfortunately the people who make the key 
decisions, Bienen and Murphy don't seem to want to make the necessary 
changes from what I can gather reading all the postings here. 

Jeff Beamsley wrote:

>If this were a question of degree, I would agree with you.  But being worse
>than virtually every other defense in the country tends to wash away these
>issues of degree and nuance.
>
>There are a lot of teams that run some version of the spread.  They all had
>better defenses.
>
>There are a number of schools with high academic standards for their
>football players.  They all had better defenses.
>
>There were teams that went through coaching changes.  They all had better
>defenses.
>
>There are a lot of teams with no winning tradition.  They all had better
>defenses.
>
>There are a lot of teams that didn't go to a bowl game.  They all had better
>defenses.
>
>There are a lot of teams who lost more games than NU.  They all had better
>defenses.
>
>There were other teams with young players starting.  They all had better
>defenses.
>
>There were other teams who struggled with injuries on defense.  They all had
>better defenses.
>
>Seeing UCLA gash the worst defense in the country during the second quarter
>sort of brought the whole thing home.  
>
>Consistency is something RW promised next year.  Consistently having the
>worst defense in the country tends to simplify the whole discussion of what
>the problem is. 
>
>Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
>Behalf Of Jim Leonard
>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:48 AM
>To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
>Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
>
>All, 
>
>Looking back to the 95/96 teams, I remember having a very solid defense.
>However, it is probably fair to say that the guys on those defenses were
>about the same caliber of recruits that have played for the 04/05 defenses. 
>
>So, assuming the athletic talent is about the same, why has the defense
>gotten worse? My theory is that the amazing gains on offense have been at
>the expense of the defense. Consider:
>
>1) The 95/96 teams had a much more tradition 'ball control' offense. Schnur
>would often lead 6+ minute drives that kept the defense off the field and
>well rested. The spread offense does not rest the current defense nearly as
>much. 
>
>2) In practice, the defense 95/96 defense would face the 95/96 offense. Our
>current defense faces the spread most of the time in practice and therefore
>struggles against other offenses. Especially in situations where the is 1-2
>Tight Ends on the line and the team runs between the tackles. 
>
>I'm not saying NU should abandon the spread offense, but I do think that its
>success can (in part) explain why the defense has gotten worse. 
>
>Regards,
>Jim
>
>
>
>
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Tue Jan  3 20:00:35 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Tue Jan  3 20:01:40 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
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Maybe because what they do is based on not only a specific skill butalso a lot of psychological aspects as well.  See Waselewski (Ibelieve that's the right spelling) from 2001-2002, who was a bigtransfer from Florida who hit almost every 50+ yarder, but missed manybig kicks including a 20 yarder against OSU in 2002 (I hear that manymisses were due to bad holds, but the stats are still strange).  Whileit is difficult enough to pick the most physically talented playerswith good academics, at least you have grades and tapes to evaluate. With so much psychology involved, it's basically a hit or miss game(its hard to find a really consistent kicker since the kicking gameisn't the same as high school).  I think even the big schools stillhave trouble getting really good kickers year in and year out, exceptmaybe OSU who has had 5 years of excellent kicking going (and look attheir record over that span as well... and how many close games theyhave won).
Jonathan
On 1/3/06, Jim Leonard <jleonard518@yahoo.com> wrote:> All,>> I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to recruit to an> academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good kickers?>> Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country has to be> loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an academic mind> and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard for> Northwestern to recruit these guys?>> Jim>>>> __________________________________________> Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about.> Just $16.99/mo. or less.> dsl.yahoo.com>> _______________________________________________> nwu-sports site list> nwu-sports@tssi.com> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports>

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From NEONRye at aol.com  Tue Jan  3 20:44:31 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan  3 20:45:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
Message-ID: <2d2.9dcadd.30ec908f@aol.com>

Good points all, but what was really missing on our defense, many  years, and 
especially this year, is a bona fide pass rush--which can cover up  other 
problems on defense, such as slow or undersized DB's, which we seem to  recruit 
on a regular basis.  We had NO defensive thrust on the line  virtually all 
year.  We lost to Penn State because of it, and it never  really abated.  Unless 
we get some new "Castillos" we will always be weak  on "D".  It's just a fact 
of life.
 
Also, after the First Quarter of the Sun Bowl, we not only lost in the  
trenches consistently on "D", we also got whupped on the "O" line as well,  
notwithstanding our gaudy statistics going in.  That, and the kicking game,  was 
where the game was decided, IMHO.
 
Paul Levinson
From michael.vance at att.net  Tue Jan  3 21:27:43 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Tue Jan  3 21:28:31 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
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At 1/3/2006 05:44 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
>All,
>
>I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to recruit to an
>academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good kickers?
>
>Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country has to be
>loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an academic mind
>and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard for
>Northwestern to recruit these guys?

The thing is that we have recruited good kickers.  Brian Huffman, who was 
the starting kicker when our current place kicking woes began, was a total 
stud in high school.  He kicked something like five game-winners and had 
three kicks of 50+ yards in his career at Schaumburg, which is unheard of 
at the high school level.  But he somehow lost his consistency early in 
college and ended his career as a slightly better-than-average punter.

-Michael 

From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Tue Jan  3 21:39:59 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Tue Jan  3 21:41:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
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Huffman was exclusively a punter (quite a good one... one of the best
in the conference) until our kicker-to-be Slade Larscheid went down
with a broken leg (coincidentally Slade is now the backup punter). 
Usually in high school you have kickers (like our current star
recruit) who both punt and place kick while in college they separate
out and specialize in one or the other (although there are special
circumstances such as injury.. or Weatherford down at Illinois who was
an excellent punter but also did kickoffs).  I guess you just have to
pick the right thing for them to do, which NU doesnt seem to have had
good luck at recently.

Jonathan

On 1/3/06, Michael Vance <michael.vance@att.net> wrote:
> At 1/3/2006 05:44 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
> >All,
> >
> >I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to recruit to an
> >academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good kickers?
> >
> >Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country has to be
> >loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an academic mind
> >and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard for
> >Northwestern to recruit these guys?
>
> The thing is that we have recruited good kickers.  Brian Huffman, who was
> the starting kicker when our current place kicking woes began, was a total
> stud in high school.  He kicked something like five game-winners and had
> three kicks of 50+ yards in his career at Schaumburg, which is unheard of
> at the high school level.  But he somehow lost his consistency early in
> college and ended his career as a slightly better-than-average punter.
>
> -Michael
>
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Wed Jan  4 00:20:37 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Wed Jan  4 00:28:25 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Big Ten bowls ...
Message-ID: <20060104062037.94034.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>

So ... how hard is it to find a good kicker again?:)
Sheesh - Bobby and JoePa are probably wondering about
that now. Quite a game -- gutsy effort by FSU (though
they pushed that "echo of the whistle" to the limit
yet again) and by PSU. Can the Rose Bowl live up to
the BCS games so far?

Looking back on the Big Ten's bowl season ...

* Three big wins in the three money games over a
heavily favored Auburn, a media darling Charlie Weis
and Notre Dame and FSU in Florida (never an easy feat
down in that heat).

* Two close losses in two of the most poorly
officiated games we've seen in bowls in awhile for
Iowa and Michigan.

* Two big blown leads for Minnesota and NU against
teams who woke up and lived up to their expectations
from earlier in the year.

So not as bad as it could have been after that 0-4
start -- we were really in all our games and the
league came off looking pretty good, IMO. We won't
have the Pac 10's bowl record, but I think we had a
tougher set of matchups than they did overall.

Good games ... thank goodness for the move to the west
coast so these aren't 1am or later finishes!:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

* * * * * * * * *
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From johnl at mac.com  Wed Jan  4 01:18:41 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Wed Jan  4 01:19:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
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Funny that we were criticizing Walker today for an inability to recruit 
kickers, when in tonight's game, two of the best college coaches of all 
time had their kickers combine to miss four consecutive 
possibly-game-winning field goals (and one kicker missed an extra point 
earlier in the game).

I think there's a lot of luck in getting a great kicker.  How many 
scholarships can you afford to burn on kickers?  Then what if your 
recruit doesn't work out as you hoped as is often the case with many 
players, or what if your recruit gets injured.  Is it no coincidence 
that many good kickers have been walk-ons?




On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:27 PM, Michael Vance wrote:

> At 1/3/2006 05:44 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to 
>> recruit to an
>> academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good 
>> kickers?
>>
>> Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country 
>> has to be
>> loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an 
>> academic mind
>> and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard 
>> for
>> Northwestern to recruit these guys?
>
> The thing is that we have recruited good kickers.  Brian Huffman, who 
> was the starting kicker when our current place kicking woes began, was 
> a total stud in high school.  He kicked something like five 
> game-winners and had three kicks of 50+ yards in his career at 
> Schaumburg, which is unheard of at the high school level.  But he 
> somehow lost his consistency early in college and ended his career as 
> a slightly better-than-average punter.
>
> -Michael
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From NUMBalum78 at aol.com  Wed Jan  4 01:27:05 2006
From: NUMBalum78 at aol.com (NUMBalum78@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan  4 01:28:37 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
Message-ID: <140.52d97b44.30ecd2c9@aol.com>

Jim, 

The perplexing thing is that NU frequently has always been able to find good 
kickers in the past.   Heck, back in the Dark Ages of NU football, the kicking 
game was about the only thing we had going for us.  

Even more frustrating is that we've missed out on some real hotshot kickers.  
 It was widely reported that UVA's all-everything kicker, Connor Hughes, 
practically begged to come to NU, and he got the cold shoulder from our 
recruiters.   (Both his parents are university professors, btw -- currently at Purdue.)  

Hard to understand how we can miss out on great kickers, especially the ones 
who fall right into our lap.  


In a message dated 1/3/2006 5:46:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
jleonard518@yahoo.com writes:
All,

I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to recruit to an
academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good kickers? 

Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country has to be
loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an academic mind
and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard for
Northwestern to recruit these guys?

Jim
From tbng at suscom.net  Wed Jan  4 07:55:29 2006
From: tbng at suscom.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Wed Jan  4 08:02:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
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	<dfd84e37f46239d9b6a4d681cf103402@mac.com>
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> Funny that we were criticizing Walker today for an inability to recruit
> kickers, when in tonight's game, two of the best college coaches of all 
> time had their kickers combine to miss four consecutive 
> possibly-game-winning field goals (and one kicker missed an extra point 
> earlier in the game).

Yes, but they weren't doing that all season.  That missed extra point broke 
a string of something like 120 consecutive extra points for FSU.  No kicker 
makes 100%, and even the best misses a chipshot once-in-a-while.  It looks 
like the pressure got to both kids, but they were successful the rest of the 
season.  How often did our kicking game screw up this season?

From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Wed Jan  4 09:04:33 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Wed Jan  4 09:13:29 2006
Subject: Fw: RE: Re: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
Message-ID: <20060104.070501.26395.240906@webmail47.nyc.untd.com>

I think they also have to consider the fact that the BT has CHANGED
offensively overall.  Many teams in 95/96 ran some ball control run-first offense, throw as a last resort leading to a good overall defensive ranking.

Also, we were TOTALLY exposed in the secondary against USC and Tennessee, two throwing offenses, in those two post season games.  Many teams (BT especially has changed in this respect) are now running some form of the spread/quick strike/West Coast offense which means MORE SCORING overall...

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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Wed Jan  4 09:11:30 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Wed Jan  4 09:15:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
In-Reply-To: <dfd84e37f46239d9b6a4d681cf103402@mac.com>
Message-ID: <000a01c61141$248aa410$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

The kickers last night just missed.  If the aim had been better, they had
all of the other components of a successful kick.  Our kicker's problem
wasn't aim. It was elevation, so it was a much more fundamental issue of
execution.  

As far as recruiting is concerned, IMHO NU should be able to recruit good
kickers in the same way that we should be able recruit good players in every
other aspect of the game.  Just a matter of priority and execution.  Even
the best schools sometimes have a year or two when special teams may
struggle because a kicking recruit doesn't pan out, but special teams have
been a consistent (there's that word again) enough problem at NU that it
can't be explained away by the failure of an individual athlete to live up
to their potential.

Jeff

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Funny that we were criticizing Walker today for an inability to recruit
kickers, when in tonight's game, two of the best college coaches of all time
had their kickers combine to miss four consecutive possibly-game-winning
field goals (and one kicker missed an extra point earlier in the game).

I think there's a lot of luck in getting a great kicker.  How many
scholarships can you afford to burn on kickers?  Then what if your recruit
doesn't work out as you hoped as is often the case with many players, or
what if your recruit gets injured.  Is it no coincidence that many good
kickers have been walk-ons?




On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:27 PM, Michael Vance wrote:

> At 1/3/2006 05:44 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to 
>> recruit to an academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so 
>> hard to get good kickers?
>>
>> Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country 
>> has to be loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who 
>> have an academic mind and would love a free Northwestern education. 
>> Why has it been so hard for Northwestern to recruit these guys?
>
> The thing is that we have recruited good kickers.  Brian Huffman, who 
> was the starting kicker when our current place kicking woes began, was 
> a total stud in high school.  He kicked something like five 
> game-winners and had three kicks of 50+ yards in his career at 
> Schaumburg, which is unheard of at the high school level.  But he 
> somehow lost his consistency early in college and ended his career as 
> a slightly better-than-average punter.
>
> -Michael
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan  4 10:06:35 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan  4 10:05:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/4
Message-ID: <001301c61148$d742baf0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

www.PurpleWildcats.com
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Big 10 Opener Edition

Men start the Big 10 Conference season, plus a look at both Purdue and
Minnesota's roundball teams. More Sun Bowl stories, along with Miscellany and
even some Alumni/NFL 
speculation...

                                                      All the News that Fits We
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Athletics
Winter Break
BASKETBALL

     Men:
     'Cats Open Big Ten Play vs. Purdue Wednesday Night
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010406aaa.html
     + Initiation day is upon NU freshmen
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060103nu,1,1892419.sto
ry?coll=cs-college-headlines
     + NU's Hachad out 2 games
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060103nui
tem,1,1698516.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print
     + Cats begin Big Ten season with overhauled starting lineup
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/04/43bb942c3e1b8
     $ BKB Pregame Intel: Purdue Boilermakers
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/485324.html
     + Random Thoughts: Basketball Color Commentary
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/484689.html

     Next up: Purdue Boilermakers [Wednesday]
     Men's Basketball Game Notes
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010306aaa.html
     + Big Ten peers believe Painter will fix Purdue
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060104/SPORTS02010201/
601040342/1122/BOILER
     + Freshmen forced to grow up fast
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060104/SPORTS02010201/
601040338/1122/BOILER

     Then its at  Minnesota Golden Gophers [Saturday]
     Some Player background stories:
     + A Critical Choice: Junior Forward Zach Puchtel
 
http://www.gophersports.com/feature/feature_release.asp?news_id=579&sport_id=mba
sket
     +The Love of the Game: Sophomore Ryan Saunders
 
http://www.gophersports.com/feature/feature_release.asp?news_id=578&sport_id=mba
sket

     Coming together takes more time than usual
      http://www.startribune.com/512/story/161737.html
     + Gophers' backcourt trio just getting started
      http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/colleges/13525969.htm
     + Gophers display Big Ten intensity
      http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/colleges/13525967.htm

     Other Big 10
     Myslenski Izzo creates elite monster
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060102myslenski,1,6611
322.column?coll=cs-college-utility
     + Big Ten race to be a battle
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=138748

     Vaden's late surge lifts IU
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060104/SPORTS0601/601040418
/1004/SPORTS

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Next up is Ohio State
     No. 10/10 Ohio State Remains on Road at Northwestern Thursday
 
http://ohiostatebuckeyes.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/010306aaa.ht
ml

FOOTBALL

     The Daily's take on the sun bowl
     Burned!
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/12/31/43b6d462b51e3
     + Sun-burned
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/04/43bb7eb54d6a8
     + Sutton slowed by nation's worst rush defense
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/04/43bb96be716de
     + Special teams strikes again: More at kicking, punting troubles slow Cats
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/04/43bb98fd8c48a
     + Ganguli: Despite disappointing loss, NU should build off its successes
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/04/43bb95c7d7f74
     + 'Cats Kicking Themselves After Returns Spoil Comeback
      http://sports.wnur.org/football/2005sunbowlpage.html

     Future Opponents:
     JoPa can't find a kicker either...
     Penn State's Kelly finally a hero in 3rd OT
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-orange04.html
     + JoPa bests Bowden; Big Ten 3-4 in Bowl games
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/04/43bb9520b34a1

     Ohio State returns plenty of firepower for '06
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/042sd3.htm

     Purdue football remains busy since last game
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
250

     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle -
     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

RECRUITING

     Three Pompano Beach Recruits May Visit
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=485305

     Derek Hall D-End Commits Blind
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=485070&nid=1898459&fhn=1&refid=4742
     Landry Fields Upcoming Official Visit
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=485050&nid=1677956&fhn=1&refid=4742

MISCELLANY

     Murphy's Mark: Great Showing By NU Fans in El Paso
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/genrel/010306aae.html
     Northwestern Names Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/genrel/010306aac.html
     NBA lifestyle relaxes Keady
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060101/SPORTS02010201/
601010320/1122/BOILER
     Clarett let go after posting $50K bond
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-crep04.html

Alumni

     Looking towards the draft
     Scouting the Sun Bowl

     Joe Girardi: Young Marlins face uphill climb in 2006
 
http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051216&content_
id=1283316&vkey=news_fla&fext=.jsp&c_id=fla 

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan  4 10:26:36 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan  4 10:26:51 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
In-Reply-To: <000a01c61141$248aa410$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <001401c6114b$a218ee00$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

All of Howells attempts were kind of low - his kickoff for the game went out of
bounds on about the 2.

There's a good kicking camp at Elon University in NC every year. Wonder if our
guys could go?

rsl

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> >
> > The thing is that we have recruited good kickers.  Brian 
> Huffman, who
> > was the starting kicker when our current place kicking woes 
> began, was 
> > a total stud in high school.  He kicked something like five 
> > game-winners and had three kicks of 50+ yards in his career at 
> > Schaumburg, which is unheard of at the high school level.  But he 
> > somehow lost his consistency early in college and ended his 
> career as 
> > a slightly better-than-average punter.
> >

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan  4 10:28:51 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan  4 10:27:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
In-Reply-To: <20060104.070501.26395.240906@webmail47.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <001501c6114b$f27151d0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

When we first ran the spread, you'll remember that we did it no huddle, at a
breakneck pace that kept the big 10 monsters off guard. But they've adjusted and
RW [and his assistants] decided that the pace was killing a defense that was on
the field about 3/4 of the game.

Maureen is right, however, the Big 10 now throws a lot more. Give the credit to
RW and Tiller for doing that...

rsl

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> Subject: Fw: RE: Re: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
> 
> 
> I think they also have to consider the fact that the BT has 
> CHANGED offensively overall.  Many teams in 95/96 ran some 
> ball control run-first offense, throw as a last resort 
> leading to a good overall defensive ranking.
> 
> Also, we were TOTALLY exposed in the secondary against USC 
> and Tennessee, two throwing offenses, in those two post 
> season games.  Many teams (BT especially has changed in this 
> respect) are now running some form of the spread/quick 
> strike/West Coast offense which means MORE SCORING overall...
> 
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> 
> 
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Wed Jan  4 14:25:37 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Wed Jan  4 14:33:36 2006
Subject: Fw: RE: Re: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
In-Reply-To: <20060104.070501.26395.240906@webmail47.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <20060104202537.96843.qmail@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>

> I think they also have to consider the fact that the
> BT has CHANGED
> offensively overall.  Many teams in 95/96 ran some
> ball control run-first offense, throw as a last

Good point. I'll admit that I was one of those who
scoffed at Tiller when he arrived at Purdue, saying
that a WAC offense could never work in the bruising
Big Ten. But part of Tiller's genius is that he never
really had to prove that it works here - he got others
to switch to it! NU, MSU, heck even OSU and Wisconsin
are running some forms of spread-it-out attack these
days.

> Also, we were TOTALLY exposed in the secondary
> against USC and Tennessee, two throwing offenses, in

Another good point ... the only B10 team in 95/96 who
would have had the receiving game to burn us like that
was OSU (Michigan always has talented receivers but
never uses them) and we skipped the Bucks.

No, it doesn't excuse our poor defensive performance
lately - or the miserable special teams performance.
But -- Orange Bowl and SEC games aside -- we are in an
"offensive/passing" era of college football right now.
The option era passed, so this will too -- we'll just
see if the Tillers, Walkers, Weiseseses, etc. can stay
ahead of it for awhile.

BTW - special teams woes weren't just for NU in bowls
this year -- the game last night had some bad kicking,
as did the Fiesta with ever-reliable OSU getting a
couple kicks blocked ... plus that Hawaii Bowl PAT
miss that won it for Nevada.

Perhaps the growth in the popularity of soccer has
taken all the good kickers away?:) Blasted soccer
moms!!!:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From thiegs at umn.edu  Wed Jan  4 16:01:24 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Wed Jan  4 16:05:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Basketball!
Message-ID: <003501c6117a$67fa3150$fb326580@jthiegs2003>

Hey, anyone else (besides Roy) notice that tonight's the BIG TEN OPENER (and
the home opener, no less) for the 'Cats in our second-most followed
sport?!?!  And yet, no threads..except a very short one about the relative
levels of traffic for football threads vis-a-vis basketball threads on
various lists.  Let's hear some chatter!  Okay, I'll start:  "Boy, I sure
hope we can beat the worst team in the conference at home, even if Mohamed
Hachad is out of commission while he recovers from an appendectomy."

-Joe

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Wed Jan  4 19:49:28 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Wed Jan  4 19:50:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Looks like the Big Ten did make the Rose Bowl ...
Message-ID: <20060105014928.15398.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>

... as the officiating crew. My sympathies to Pete
Carroll and Mack Brown.:)

With the lack of a Big Ten-Pac 10 matchup most the
last few years, I had forgotten how electric of an
atmosphere the Rose Bowl can be. I still get
goosebumps remembering how I couldn't even hear my own
horn as 71,000+ folks in purple sang "Go U
Northwestern" during pregame ... or when Darnell
scored in the 4th to make it 32-31. Good to see the
magic back in Pasadena, even if the Big Ten isn't
yet.:)

Couple other early game notes ...

* Wow - all of that Longhorn D and all but 2 of the
offense is from the state of Texas. No wonder that's
such an enticing job -- some amazing talent close to
home.

* Yes, anything can happen in college football games
whether it's the home field fans, the tall Notre Dame
Stadium grass, luck, etc. ... but from the first two
series, it's pretty apparent that when these two teams
come focused and ready to play, the only team that
we've seen this bowl season who could stay on the same
field as them is Ohio State, and the Bucks had their
chance with Texas visiting the Shoe in that megagame
back in September.

Hope it lives up to the other BCS games ...
interesting that the tri-state area at the Appalachain
foothills will have 3 of the 4 BCS winners this year
and, again, the Florida teams are absent from the top
10 (though Florida may sneak in).

GO CATS!!!
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From thehaze at earthlink.net  Wed Jan  4 21:17:38 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Wed Jan  4 21:21:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Who cares about the Rose Bowl? -- Cats win!
Message-ID: <43BC8FD2.1040206@earthlink.net>

NU 66, Purdue 53 in Big Ten opener.

http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010406aaa.html


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan  4 22:26:41 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan  4 22:25:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Who cares about the Rose Bowl? -- Cats win!
In-Reply-To: <43BC8FD2.1040206@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <002101c611b0$3a8dddd0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I had Choir tonight, and therefore missed the end of what sounded on WGN as an
amazing game

Tim Doyle with 20?

Vedran with 28?

Whooodathunkit

rsl

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> NU 66, Purdue 53 in Big Ten opener.
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From michael.vance at att.net  Wed Jan  4 23:37:44 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Wed Jan  4 23:38:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Call it dumb luck....
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20060105003301.036f3ff8@ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net>

...but the BCS got it right this year.  All four games were fantastic.  The 
Sugar Bowl looked like it was going to be a blowout at first, but Georgia 
came back to make it exciting, even if it was the only one where the lead 
never changed hands.


Michael, CAS '91
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From s.fridley at comcast.net  Wed Jan  4 23:46:29 2006
From: s.fridley at comcast.net (s.fridley@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Jan  4 23:47:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Who cares about the Rose Bowl? -- Cats win!
Message-ID: <010520060546.21553.43BCB2B5000A519F000054312200760180970A040B079D00D29C@comcast.net>

I love my DVR.  Watched the Cats win tonight, then sped home to watch the game in its entirety.  By skipping ads and other dead spots, caught up to live action by midway through the 4th quarter.

The Cats BB game was a good one.  Vedran had 20 in the first half, and would easily have had more if he hadn't picked up a second foul with a couple minutes left to play.  The Purdue team is bad, and was dealt another major blow with a nasty-looking injury to Nate Minnoy (also recruited by NU).

But the Cats played good defense, did a decent job on the boards, and made their shots.  Doyle had a very good game indeed.  VV was able to distribute the ball a little more in the second half.  Cats were never in danger.  It isn't like beating MSU or Illinois, but the Cats took care of business.

USC, meet Big Ten refs.  Not to take anything away from Texas, who played great and was deserving.  Would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the first Texas touchdown had been reviewed.

To be fair to the refs, a number of other calls, such as the fumble/incomplete pass on Texas' second to last drive were very tough, very close calls even from slowed multiple replay angles.   Even tougher calls at game speed.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson@capps-assoc.com>
> I had Choir tonight, and therefore missed the end of what sounded on WGN as an
> amazing game
> 
> Tim Doyle with 20?
> 
> Vedran with 28?
> 
> Whooodathunkit
> 
> rsl
> 
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> > 
> > 
> > NU 66, Purdue 53 in Big Ten opener.
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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Wed Jan  4 23:52:48 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan  4 23:53:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Who cares about the Rose Bowl? -- Cats win!
Message-ID: <197.4e0a2e42.30ee0e30@aol.com>

Well I can tell you I would rather have watched this national championship 
game than the Cat win in hoops !--They don't make them much better--I hate both 
schools and was going to be sorry to see one or the other win, but what a game 
-

-It's nice that the BCS got it right and the only other negative is I miss 
the BT/Pac 10 tradition for the Roses.
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Thu Jan  5 07:14:20 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Thu Jan  5 07:15:37 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Call it dumb luck....
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20060105003301.036f3ff8@ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net>
Message-ID: <20060105131420.45287.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>

> ...but the BCS got it right this year.  All four
> games were fantastic.  The 

Yup. I'm not a BCS fan, but it was a great stretch of
games -- also interesting to note that the three teams
who were essentially playing in their backyard -- FSU,
UGa, USC -- all lost.

I wasn't a fan of either team last night, but it was a
heck of a game that actually lived up to all the hype.
And in the end, watching USC's fan's heartbroken and
stunned faces kinda made me a Texas fan ... briefly!:)
Vince Young is indeed the real deal and I'm just
hoping that he'll come out now and join my Saints next
year at the #2 pick!

Glad to see the hoopsters win as well -- looks like it
could be a long year in the Big Ten with our backcourt
in trouble, so we gotta win all those we should win.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Thu Jan  5 08:06:43 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Thu Jan  5 08:10:18 2006
Subject: Fw: RE: Re: [NU Sports] The curse of the spread offense
In-Reply-To: <20060104202537.96843.qmail@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <036301c61201$42508bc0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

Stephen wrote <snip>

Perhaps the growth in the popularity of soccer has taken all the good
kickers away?:) Blasted soccer
moms!!!:)

================================

If anything soccer has produced a larger pool of kickers rather than
smaller.  Soccer is one of the most popular sports for pre-HS girls and
boys.  Football remains the largest varsity sport in terms of the number of
athletes in HS and college.  Soccer is starting to make some inroads in HS
with regard to talent since the seasons overlap, but football remains the
way to go for those who want a college scholarship.  Also Jarrod Payton has
shown that soccer players can make the transition to football fairly easily.
In his case, I don't think that he started playing football until his Junior
year in HS. 

Jeff



From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Thu Jan  5 08:21:04 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Thu Jan  5 09:05:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Call it dumb luck....
Message-ID: <20060105.062129.6999.249165@webmail58.nyc.untd.com>

SJT writes...
Vince Young is indeed the real deal and I'm just hoping that he'll come out now and join my Saints next year at the #2 pick!


You really think he is more than just a bigger Michael Vick?

Exciting, yes, but a successfull NFL quarterback, no.

I believe every playoff team in the NFL this year has a statue as their quarterback.

Bball was very exciting.  If we win at Minnesota and home against PSU we could be a NIT team.

16 games left w/ 8-4 record(28 total games plus tournament -- 7 more wins needed)
Possible wins:
1/7 at Minnesota
1/11 vs. PSU
1/25 at Purdue
2/11 vs. IPFW
2/23 vs. Wisconsin
2/25 at PSU
3/4 vs. Minnesota

Maybe we can beat Iowa at home on the 2/8.  It will be tough to sweep anybody in the Big Ten, but we need the Purdue and PSU sweeps to have any hope.

Anybody see anything different?

Marc Linhardt
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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Thu Jan  5 09:28:51 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Thu Jan  5 09:28:54 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Who cares about the Rose Bowl? -- Cats win! (fwd)
Message-ID: <200601051528.k05FSpbx009264@romaine.tssi.com>

> USC, meet Big Ten refs.  Not to take anything away from Texas, who played great and was deserving.  Would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the first Texas touchdown had been reviewed.
> 

They score 1-2 plays later, no big impact on the game.  The other no-review
was an interception of a USC pass, that might have had a bigger impact on
the game.

Not the best night for the instant replay folks, though they did get the
other INT call reversed correctly.  I sometimes feel sorry for the 
officials, who have fractions of a second to see those calls, compared 
to the replay booth, where they have slo-mo and lots of time, and then
they STILL don't blow their whistle!
--
Mike Nolan

From michael.vance at att.net  Thu Jan  5 10:53:52 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (michael.vance@att.net)
Date: Thu Jan  5 10:54:39 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Call it dumb luck....
Message-ID: <010520061653.28311.43BD4F2000071F9900006E9721612436460A0C020E90D2040A0E080C0703@att.net>

-------------- Original message from "mlinhardt@netzero.net" <mlinhardt@netzero.net>: --------
> SJT writes... 
> Vince Young is indeed the real deal and I'm just hoping that he'll come out now 
> and join my Saints next year at the #2 pick! 
> 
> 
> You really think he is more than just a bigger Michael Vick? 

Yes, more like Randall Cunningham or Warren Moon than Vick.  Taller than Vick, does a better job of keeping his head up and looking downfield when he scrambles, and has a better, more accurate arm.

> Exciting, yes, but a successfull NFL quarterback, no.

In the NFL, the offense won't be designed to use him as a runner as much.  

> I believe every playoff team in the NFL this year has a statue as their 
> quarterback.

Not entirely true.  Roethlisberger can move pretty well when he has to, though no one would call him a "scrambling quarterback," but Plummer can move.

-Michael

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Jan  5 11:06:34 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Jan  5 11:05:41 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/5
Message-ID: <002601c6121a$62ad6be0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

www.PurpleWildcats.com
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& the NU Sports List

Big 10 Opener 2 Edition

A good start to the Big 10 Season with a win over Purdue - we've got both sides
here, plus the Flu strikes in Minny. There's more Big 10 talk inside, plus
Women's Basketball has a 
visit from some personalities and #10 OSU. More Football and Recruiting, and
Wrestling as the Winter sports season at NU takes of Big Time!

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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Cats beat Purdue last night...
     Vukusic, Doyle Help Wildcats Win Big Ten Opener
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010406aaa.html 
     + 2 Wildcats prove too hot to handle
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060105015
1jan05,1,3505649.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + Doyle delivers 2nd hot hand in Cats' victory
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nu05.html 
     + Fresh faces, same result: NU prevails
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/05/43bcd498c9ca1 
     + Dorsey: Vedran and Cats need more nights like Doyle's to succeed
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/05/43bcd0dbc2a1b 
     + Northwestern whips Purdue
      http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/13551777.htm 
     + N'Western Defeats Purdue in Big Ten Opener
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=22457 

     Cats feast on cupcake to open New Year
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-05-06-792382.
html 

     From the: Purdue Boilermakers
     Minnoy injured in loss
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/SPORTS02010201/
601050339/1122/BOILER 
     + Big Ten peers believe Painter will fix Purdue
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060104/SPORTS02010201/
601040342/1122/BOILER 
     + Boilermakers Fall To Wildcats
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010406aaa.html 
     + Purdue falls to Northwestern, 66-53
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
273 
     + Boilers lose a starter to injury -- again
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/SPORTS0602/601050479
/1004/SPORTS 

     Purdue Vs. Northwestern Game Statistics
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/SPORTS02010201/
51128009/1122/BOILER 

     Next its at  Minnesota Golden Gophers [Saturday] 
     Flu decimates Gophers as Big Ten opener nears
      http://www.startribune.com/512/story/163967.html 
     + Bug catches U at bad time
      http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/13551769.htm 

     Other Big 10
     Teams push Big Ten atop RPI rankings, now eye one another
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/05/43bccfb935ad3 
     Illinois Hosts Michigan St. in Big Ten Opener
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=22495 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Dales-Schuman To Visit Welsh-Ryan Arena Thursday
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/010406aab.html 
     Pine time good for player, unavailing for struggling team
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/05/43bcd18e3ec59 
     No. 10 Ohio State Visits Welsh-Ryan Thursday
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/010406aaf.html 
     + Gametracker
 
javascript:window.open('http://livestats.nusports.collegesports.com/livestats/da
ta/w-baskbl/382284/','GameTrackerwbaskbl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=n
o,width=780,height=540'); 
     void(''); 
     + Listen
      http://allaccess.cstv.com/media/school.jsp?sid=2350&gSportId=3 

FOOTBALL

     Tyrell Sutton Named to FWAA Freshman All-America Team
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/010506aab.html 
     Kick returns spoil Cat comeback 
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-05-06-792404.
html 

     Future Opponents:
     Paterno feisty after big win, sleepless night 
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=406 

     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle - 
     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

RECRUITING

     Army AA Bowl preview 
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/04/recruiting.wa
tch/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 

WRESTLING

     Streaking: Herbert wins 22nd straight 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/05/43bcd34c1a011 
     + Herbert chalks up repeat win at Midlands
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-05-06-793230.
html 

MISCELLANY

     Stewart Mandel: Young runs his way into history
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/writers/stewart_mandel/01/05/rose
.young/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 
     + On the biggest stage, Vince Young delivers for Texas
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=407 

     Another jock in politics
     Swann Announces Run for Pa. Governor
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=22448 

Alumni

     Luis Castillo changes coming for the Chargers?
      http://nfldraft.scout.com/2/485343.html 

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Jan  5 11:11:52 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Jan  5 11:25:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Call it dumb luck....
In-Reply-To: <20060105.062129.6999.249165@webmail58.nyc.untd.com>
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Comments below...

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of 
> mlinhardt@netzero.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:21 AM
> To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
> Cc: Maureen.Linhardt@plexus.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Call it dumb luck....
> 
> 
>
> 
> I believe every playoff team in the NFL this year has a 
> statue as their quarterback.

All of them can get up and run, but you have to wonder about Young in the NFL -
he's said he'd like to go to Houston to play ball, they have the #1 pick this
year....

> Bball was very exciting.  If we win at Minnesota and home 
> against PSU we could be a NIT team.
> 
> 16 games left w/ 8-4 record(28 total games plus tournament -- 
> 7 more wins needed) Possible wins: 1/7 at Minnesota 1/11 vs. 
> PSU 1/25 at Purdue 2/11 vs. IPFW 2/23 vs. Wisconsin 2/25 at 
> PSU 3/4 vs. Minnesota

I'd defer to Greg K, but with Minny down with the Flu all week [see the sports
news], a win up there is a pretty food bet.

Wisconsin is the big problem, and beating anyone twice is hard for NU, but this
team seems to be playing as a team, helping VV get going. This could be the
first!

rsl 

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Jan  5 18:13:19 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Jan  5 18:12:40 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Jason Wright Update
Message-ID: <003e01c61256$005a8ea0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Bernies Insider has a story up that Jason Wright signed a contract with the
Browns as they work to get next year's training camp team together.

Maybe he can stick this time?

Or finally go to medical school.

rsl

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From NEONRye at aol.com  Thu Jan  5 18:13:54 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jan  5 18:15:43 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Michigan Left Out of Final AP Rankings For First Time
	Since 1984
Message-ID: <1dc.4c382fbb.30ef1042@aol.com>

Here's the link:  
_http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/sportsevent/article.adp?id=20060105132509990011_ 
(http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/sportsevent/article.adp?id=20060105132509990011) 
 
Top 5:  Texas, USC, Penn State, OSU, W. Va.
 
Notre Dame was 9th.  Wisky was only 15th.   Like Mich., Iowa  was "out of the 
money".
 
Paul Levinson
From jhcclark at aol.com  Thu Jan  5 22:16:23 2006
From: jhcclark at aol.com (jhcclark@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jan  5 22:30:34 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Michigan Left Out of Final AP Rankings For First Time
	Since 1984
In-Reply-To: <1dc.4c382fbb.30ef1042@aol.com>
References: <1dc.4c382fbb.30ef1042@aol.com>
Message-ID: <8C7E08F168CD8DB-D4-32A1@MBLK-M34.sysops.aol.com>

What I find most disturbing about the final polls is that in both the 
AP and the Coaches', 9-3 Auburn is one spot ahead of a 10-3 Wisconsin 
team which beat them 24-10.  Wisky dominated, and Auburn stunk up the 
stadium and my television screen, yet the polls ....

Ah well, this bowl season ticked me off in any number of ways.  
Officiating cost Michigan and Iowa their games [believe it], HORRENDOUS 
luck with 2 onside kick TDs cost Northwestern its game, and Minny 
inexplicably [read:  Glen Mason] caved to Virginia.  At least there was 
no bogus "threepeat" by USC.

USC, like all the major conference teams, signed up with the BCS to 
solve the issue of who is the true National Champion.  It was true this 
year, last year, and the year before that [but not true in 1997 when 
Michigan and the Big Ten were not part of the Bowl Coalition].  USC 
can't claim the title in 2003 -- they put their lot in with the BCS.  
LSU was the 2003 Champ, not USC.  Can't change the rules just because 
you don't like the result.

The AP poll is interesting, but does not determine which BCS team is 
the National Champion [non-BCS teams would be another story].

Phew, glad I got that outta my system.

-----Original Message-----
From: NEONRye@aol.com
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:13:54 EST
Subject: [NU Sports] Michigan Left Out of Final AP Rankings For First 
Time Since 1984

  Here's the link:
_http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/sportsevent/article.adp?id=200601051325099900
11_
(http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/sportsevent/article.adp?id=200601051325099900
11)

Top 5:  Texas, USC, Penn State, OSU, W. Va.

Notre Dame was 9th.  Wisky was only 15th.   Like Mich., Iowa  was "out 
of the
money".

Paul Levinson
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Thu Jan  5 23:17:41 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Thu Jan  5 23:18:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Who cares about the Rose Bowl? -- Cats win! (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200601051528.k05FSpbx009264@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <20060106051741.35582.qmail@web52907.mail.yahoo.com>

> Not the best night for the instant replay folks,
> though they did get the

One thing I do like about the officials this year
compared to last year ... they are letting plays go
more often without blowing the whistle, making a play
instantly dead and unable to be reviewed. So they've
learned that.

Hopefully from the bowl games, they'll now learn that
the folks in the booth need to have a sharp eye and be
on those replays right away to buzz down to the field
ASAP before another play is called.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Thu Jan  5 23:15:21 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Thu Jan  5 23:23:21 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Call it dumb luck....
In-Reply-To: <010520061653.28311.43BD4F2000071F9900006E9721612436460A0C020E90D2040A0E080C0703@att.net>
Message-ID: <20060106051521.76414.qmail@web52901.mail.yahoo.com>

> > You really think he is more than just a bigger
> Michael Vick? 
> 
> Yes, more like Randall Cunningham or Warren Moon
> than Vick.  Taller than Vick, does a better job of

Agreed - Young is much more a Cunningham than a Vick
-- he has it all -- size, throwing, running,
confidence. If the NFL coaches just "leave him alone"
as Mack Brown wisely did and not try and pigeonhole
him, he'll be fine.

> > Exciting, yes, but a successfull NFL quarterback,
> no.
> 
The NFL is slower in changing than college, but
quarterback mobility is starting to be used more
deftly by some coaches.

> Not entirely true.  Roethlisberger can move pretty
> well when he has to, though no one would call him a
> "scrambling quarterback," but Plummer can move.

But last year, you had 3 of the Final Four --
Roethlisberger, Vick and McNabb -- as capable
scramblers. And Brady doesn't have lead feet either.

I think a smart coach could figure out how to use
Young quite well. Now the trick is for New Orleans to
get an owner and coach who can figure that out.:)

GO CATS!!!
Geaux Saints!!!
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From jleonard518 at yahoo.com  Fri Jan  6 09:35:27 2006
From: jleonard518 at yahoo.com (Jim Leonard)
Date: Fri Jan  6 09:43:22 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Rose Bowl - was that a catch?
In-Reply-To: <20060106051741.35582.qmail@web52907.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20060106153527.72731.qmail@web36808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

There was a play late in the game (4th quarter) where a Texas player "caught",
then was hit and dropped, a pass. This play was reviewed and rules a non-catch,
rather than a catch then fumble. 

In slow motion it looked like a catch that was fumbled, but in real time it was
almost instantaneous. I've always understood the idea of 'have possesion and
take two steps' as one definition of a catch. In this case though, the
receiver's feet were stationary. 

So my question is, how is a catch verified if the receiver doesn't move his
feet? 

Thanks,
Jim


		
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Fri Jan  6 09:54:52 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Fri Jan  6 09:55:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Rose Bowl - was that a catch?
In-Reply-To: <20060106153527.72731.qmail@web36808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <20060106051741.35582.qmail@web52907.mail.yahoo.com>
	<20060106153527.72731.qmail@web36808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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In the NFL I believe the rule is that the player must have possesionand make an "athletic move" with the ball, i.e. taking a step orturning his body.  I am not sure what the rule in college is, though. On the play that you speak of, in slow motion it really did look likea catch and a drop, but played in real time it looked like it wentright through his arms.  Overall I think our Big Ten officials did agood job in the game - the game was very evenly matched and emotionswere running high so it was a difficult game to call and they did muchbetter than the inexperienced Sun Belt and WAC officials in some ofthe Big Ten bowl games.
Jonathan
On 1/6/06, Jim Leonard <jleonard518@yahoo.com> wrote:> There was a play late in the game (4th quarter) where a Texas player "caught",> then was hit and dropped, a pass. This play was reviewed and rules a non-catch,> rather than a catch then fumble.>> In slow motion it looked like a catch that was fumbled, but in real time it was> almost instantaneous. I've always understood the idea of 'have possesion and> take two steps' as one definition of a catch. In this case though, the> receiver's feet were stationary.>> So my question is, how is a catch verified if the receiver doesn't move his> feet?>> Thanks,> Jim>>>> __________________________________________> Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about.> Just $16.99/mo. or less.> dsl.yahoo.com>> _______________________________________________> nwu-sports site list> nwu-sports@tssi.com> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports>

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From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Fri Jan  6 08:23:48 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Fri Jan  6 10:04:45 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Some other sports news...
Message-ID: <20060106.062420.28421.257570@webmail10.nyc.untd.com>

Forgive me if these have already been published by RSL, but weekly I scan interesting NU news(mostly non-sports) from news.google.com.

Football
Sun Bowl brings sales
Area businesses benefit from bowl game
El Paso Times(El Paso, TX)
http://www.borderlandnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060104/NEWS/601040323

Kicker conquers injury
Spearfish grad back to old form for Northwestern
Sioux Falls Argus Leader(Siox Falls, SD)
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051230/SPORTS/51230010/1002

Lacrosse Recruiting
Spencer will be a Wildcat
Auburn Citizin(Auburn, NY)
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2006/01/01/news/sports/sports02.txt

Football Alumni
Javiar Collins
NFL: BRONCOS SIGN SIX FREE AGENTS TO FUTURE CONTRACTS
http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=133226&src=0




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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Jan  6 10:40:39 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Jan  6 10:42:50 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/6
Message-ID: <000001c612df$ef5d8b90$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

www.PurpleWildcats.com
for Purple Reign
& the NU Sports List

Friday  Edition

Basketball news, plus some more Football updates, other Winter sports, including
Wrestling, and women's Basketball - plus recruiting news, Alumni updates,
Fencing and 
Lacrosse...

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Athletics

BASKETBALL

     Men:
     'We circled this game'
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/06/43be24bd26b92

     They always said he was a character...
     Doyle laughs his way to career-high 20 points
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=139174

     Freshman Star Nate Minnoy Latest Boilermaker Shelved For Season With Knee
Injury
      http://www.indianapolishoops.com/articles/minnoyinjury.html 
     + Freshman to have knee surgery
 
http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060106/SPORTS02010201/60106
0341 



     Next its at  Minnesota Golden Gophers [Saturday 1 PM - ESPN+ ]
     Coming together takes more time than usual
      http://www.startribune.com/512/story/161737.html 
     + Heading into Big Ten, Gophers still a mystery
      http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/13560607.htm 

     Other Big 10
      Illini show plenty of sizzle
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060105illinigamer,1,58
91612.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Illini, Brown go old-school
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ill06.html 

     + Illini have no problem with MSU in favorite's role
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-illnt06.html 
     + Dee-lightful opener for Illini
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=139672 
     is OSU the sleeper team this year?
     Lewis, Sullinger lead way for hot-shooting OSU
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-big06.html 

     Wisconsin Defeats Iowa in Big Ten Opener
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=22538 

     Big Ten Launches 'Welcome To The Big Stage' Campaign
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122905aab.html 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Wildcats Bested by No. 10 Buckeyes, 82-54
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/010506aaa.html 
     + All-American's size and game tower over Wildcats
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/06/43be2702ec7a4 
     + Swatted down, out
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/06/43be26657c2c3 

     From the OSU side:
     + OSU negates good start by Northwestern
      http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=262044&Category=17 
     Watch the Game!
      javascript:mediaPlayer.play({w_id: '45499',sid: '2350',type: 'v_sub',gid:
'2006/01/05/osuwbk-nwuwbk-1'}) 

FOOTBALL

     $ Defense: Where Are We Now?
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/485731.html 
     Spearfish grad back to old form for Northwestern
 
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051230/SPORTS/51230010/1
002 
     Future Opponents:
     Ohio Highway Patrol stops using Solich posters
      http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2280146 
     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle -
     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

RECRUITING

     $ Offense: Two Big Questions - Part 1
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/486142.html 
     $ Defense: Where Are We Now?
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/485731.html 
     Dwarn Smith Hopes to hear from Vandy
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=486024&nid=2137876&fhn=1&refid=4742


FENCING

     Three hope to qualify for Junior Olympics at home event
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/06/43be234f6b2c8 

LACROSSE

     Spencer will be a Wildcat
      http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2006/01/01/news/sports/sports02.txt 

SWIMMING

     Wildcats flee from wintry waters for tropical training
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/06/43be242424482 

WRESTLING

     NU attempts to shake off rust against in-state rival
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/06/43be21151d0bd 

Alumni

     Jason Wright Signed as a Future/Reserve Player
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=485503&nid=2164139&fhn=1&refid=4742


     Luis Castillo Turning the page - Schottenheimer talking
      http://www.chargers.com/news/headline_detail.cfm?news_key=2513 
     Javiar Collins: Signs with the Broncos
      http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=133226&src=0 
     Six Inked to Future Contracts
      http://cache.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=338&storyID=5148 

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan  7 12:04:34 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan  7 12:06:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat during the Basketball Game
Message-ID: <000301c613b4$f386b310$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Turn on WGN and Chat

http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.pl?id=122893

rsl

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From Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com  Sat Jan  7 13:15:10 2006
From: Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com (Weinbaum, Willie)
Date: Sat Jan  7 13:22:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat during the Basketball Game
Message-ID: <200601071922.k07JMj8Z020314@gw.tssi.com>

Pleasant surprise - game's on ESPN-U, DirecTV Channel 609 & Cats lead 8-2 early.

 -----Original Message-----
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Sent:	Sat Jan 07 13:10:06 2006
To:	NU Sports List
Subject:	[NU Sports] Chat during the Basketball Game

Turn on WGN and Chat

http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.pl?id=122893

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From jmccull at insight.rr.com  Sat Jan  7 14:11:11 2006
From: jmccull at insight.rr.com (J.R. McCullough)
Date: Sat Jan  7 14:11:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Winning by 19!!!!
Message-ID: <000f01c613c6$8152d6e0$6401a8c0@JROFFICEHP>

This game is incredible. Our defense is lights-out. Also, Vedran is so smooth. I'm so glad it's Big Ten season so I can catch these games on TV. This team has been a joy to watch today. 

J.R.

GO CATS!
From JamSam22 at aol.com  Sat Jan  7 14:35:21 2006
From: JamSam22 at aol.com (JamSam22@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jan  7 14:49:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Winning by 19!!!!
Message-ID: <104.6fded340.30f18009@aol.com>

ESPN.com is offering a free preview of the Full Court package. You can  watch 
the game online right now for free.
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan  7 15:18:31 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan  7 15:25:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Winning by 19!!!!
In-Reply-To: <104.6fded340.30f18009@aol.com>
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Gee, I cudda saved a few bucks...

rsl

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> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of JamSam22@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 3:35 PM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Winning by 19!!!!
> 
> 
> ESPN.com is offering a free preview of the Full Court 
> package. You can  watch 
> the game online right now for free. 
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From NUMBalum78 at aol.com  Sat Jan  7 15:22:13 2006
From: NUMBalum78 at aol.com (NUMBalum78@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jan  7 15:34:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!    
Message-ID: <193.4f3f749a.30f18b05@aol.com>

'Cats beat Minny in Men's Basketball 

Well the 19-point lead didn't hold up, but the 'Cats hung on for a HUGE road 
win against Minnesota, 57-49.  NU is now 2-0 in the Big Ten for the first time 
in something like 30 years.  (Yes, that means we're in FIRST PLACE in the 
conference, since the Illini lost to Iowa today.) 

With Penn State coming into Welsh-Ryan on Wednesday night and Mohamed Hachad 
returning to the lineup after his appendectomy, the 'Cats have an excellent 
shot to go 3-0 in conference.  

Two of our freshmen players, Sterling Williams and Craig Moore, really 
stepped up today with 15 points each.  

Point totals: 
17 Vedran Vukusic, 7 rebounds 
15 Sterling Williams (career high) 
15 Craig Moore (career high) 
 6 Tim Doyle 
 4 Bernard Cote, 7 rebounds 

FINAL:  Northwestern 57, Minnesota 49

WAY TO GO 'CATS!!! 
From NEONRye at aol.com  Sat Jan  7 16:28:40 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jan  7 16:32:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!    
Message-ID: <155.5ec30144.30f19a98@aol.com>

Wow!  These guys must have changed from their "Clark Kent" outfits,  which 
they were wearing against Seton Hall before Christmas in New Jersey, into  their 
capes and tights with the "S" across the chest!  I can't believe this  is the 
same team that I saw in the Meadowlands.
 
Paul Levinson
From ddave at nusports.com  Sat Jan  7 17:16:17 2006
From: ddave at nusports.com (dave bradley)
Date: Sat Jan  7 18:09:41 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!
Message-ID: <20060107151617.515B6BEC@dm21.mta.everyone.net>

I too was impressed with the win (and Moore's shooting).  Still concerned about someone stepping up to really take over the point guard position. Down the end of game, numerous loose (or actually lost) passes (even Vedran) and dribbles thru the press.

Its always great to win a road game in B10 - but to be honest I dont' think Minny is as good as they have been recently.  10+ turnovers in just the first half.

Go 'Cats, hope they can rip up the Nits at home.

dave bradley
(717) 687-5355
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From: NEONRye@aol.com
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:28:40 EST
To: NUMBalum78@aol.com, nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!

Wow!  These guys must have changed from their "Clark Kent" outfits,  which 
they were wearing against Seton Hall before Christmas in New Jersey, into  their 
capes and tights with the "S" across the chest!  I can't believe this  is the 
same team that I saw in the Meadowlands.
 
Paul Levinson
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Wed Jan  4 08:08:07 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Sat Jan  7 19:04:54 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] kickers
In-Reply-To: <140.52d97b44.30ecd2c9@aol.com>
References: <140.52d97b44.30ecd2c9@aol.com>
Message-ID: <43BBD6C7.2080801@bellatlantic.net>

Maybe the good kickers read or heard of Walker's comment that he didn't 
know much about kicking.

John DeGroat

NUMBalum78@aol.com wrote:

>Jim, 
>
>The perplexing thing is that NU frequently has always been able to find good 
>kickers in the past.   Heck, back in the Dark Ages of NU football, the kicking 
>game was about the only thing we had going for us.  
>
>Even more frustrating is that we've missed out on some real hotshot kickers.  
> It was widely reported that UVA's all-everything kicker, Connor Hughes, 
>practically begged to come to NU, and he got the cold shoulder from our 
>recruiters.   (Both his parents are university professors, btw -- currently at Purdue.)  
>
>Hard to understand how we can miss out on great kickers, especially the ones 
>who fall right into our lap.  
>
>
>In a message dated 1/3/2006 5:46:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>jleonard518@yahoo.com writes:
>All,
>
>I understand why large & fast defensive linemen might be hard to recruit to an
>academic school like Northwestern. But why is it so hard to get good kickers? 
>
>Most kickers don't fall into the classic "jock" mold. This country has to be
>loaded with great kickers (place, punt, and kickoff) who have an academic mind
>and would love a free Northwestern education. Why has it been so hard for
>Northwestern to recruit these guys?
>
>Jim
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Sat Jan  7 18:53:53 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Sat Jan  7 19:04:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!
In-Reply-To: <155.5ec30144.30f19a98@aol.com>
References: <155.5ec30144.30f19a98@aol.com>
Message-ID: <43C062A1.7010606@bellatlantic.net>

NU looked pretty good against Purdue too who almost knocked off Michigan 
this afternoon.

John DeGroat

NEONRye@aol.com wrote:

>Wow!  These guys must have changed from their "Clark Kent" outfits,  which 
>they were wearing against Seton Hall before Christmas in New Jersey, into  their 
>capes and tights with the "S" across the chest!  I can't believe this  is the 
>same team that I saw in the Meadowlands.
> 
>Paul Levinson
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From johnl at mac.com  Sat Jan  7 23:36:18 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Sat Jan  7 23:36:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!
In-Reply-To: <155.5ec30144.30f19a98@aol.com>
References: <155.5ec30144.30f19a98@aol.com>
Message-ID: <3f25ea6f2f25559c55839ca62b30871e@mac.com>

Indeed, I think the team may be improving this season.  I also attended 
an early-season game, Delaware State, and we looked sloppy and not very 
good.  Based on those kinds of performances, no one has had any reason 
to have a positive outlook for the season.

We will certainly face much greater challenges this season, but today's 
win at Minnesota was a big stepping stone.  The team actually looked 
good, and some young guys really stepped up.  If you're going to be 
relying on a true freshman (Moore), perhaps it takes a few games to get 
him broken in.  Hopefully he'll continue his great shooting.

I'm not making any predictions, but I'm looking forward to the season a 
lot more than I was before this week.  Hachad should be back this week, 
which should give us a boost, too.


On Jan 7, 2006, at 4:28 PM, NEONRye@aol.com wrote:

> Wow!  These guys must have changed from their "Clark Kent" outfits,  
> which
> they were wearing against Seton Hall before Christmas in New Jersey, 
> into  their
> capes and tights with the "S" across the chest!  I can't believe this  
> is the
> same team that I saw in the Meadowlands.
>
> Paul Levinson
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From michael.vance at att.net  Sun Jan  8 13:27:24 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Sun Jan  8 13:28:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!
In-Reply-To: <3f25ea6f2f25559c55839ca62b30871e@mac.com>
References: <155.5ec30144.30f19a98@aol.com>
 <155.5ec30144.30f19a98@aol.com>
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Any conference road win is psychologically valuable, even if the opponent 
is near the lower end of the conference and they were playing with a 
depleted roster.

-Michael

At 1/8/2006 12:36 AM, John Labbe wrote:
>Indeed, I think the team may be improving this season.  I also attended an 
>early-season game, Delaware State, and we looked sloppy and not very 
>good.  Based on those kinds of performances, no one has had any reason to 
>have a positive outlook for the season.
>
>We will certainly face much greater challenges this season, but today's 
>win at Minnesota was a big stepping stone.  The team actually looked good, 
>and some young guys really stepped up.  If you're going to be relying on a 
>true freshman (Moore), perhaps it takes a few games to get him broken 
>in.  Hopefully he'll continue his great shooting.
>
>I'm not making any predictions, but I'm looking forward to the season a 
>lot more than I was before this week.  Hachad should be back this week, 
>which should give us a boost, too.
>
>
>On Jan 7, 2006, at 4:28 PM, NEONRye@aol.com wrote:
>
>>Wow!  These guys must have changed from their "Clark Kent" outfits,
>>which
>>they were wearing against Seton Hall before Christmas in New Jersey, 
>>into  their
>>capes and tights with the "S" across the chest!  I can't believe this
>>is the
>>same team that I saw in the Meadowlands.
>>
>>Paul Levinson
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From warneradams at comcast.net  Sun Jan  8 15:38:09 2006
From: warneradams at comcast.net (warneradams)
Date: Sun Jan  8 15:39:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!    
In-Reply-To: <155.5ec30144.30f19a98@aol.com>
Message-ID: <200601082139.k08Ld08Z001962@gw.tssi.com>

The move to insert the freshman into the starting rotation at the end of
November is certainly paying dividends now.  Jenkins is a great sparkplug
but shouldn't be playing 30 minutes a game.  Hachad is so streaky that you
have to be able to fill in with others.  Hitting outside shots makes so much
difference in our offense.  How about Doyle blowing by the Minny guard or
some of those great back-door plays run to perfection.  First place Cats!

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of NEONRye@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 4:29 PM
To: NUMBalum78@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!! 

Wow!  These guys must have changed from their "Clark Kent" outfits,  which 
they were wearing against Seton Hall before Christmas in New Jersey, into
their 
capes and tights with the "S" across the chest!  I can't believe this  is
the 
same team that I saw in the Meadowlands.
 
Paul Levinson
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan  9 06:16:19 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan  9 06:16:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS WIN!!!
In-Reply-To: <20060107151617.515B6BEC@dm21.mta.everyone.net>
Message-ID: <000801c61516$7f8a4630$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I don't think there's any doubt that Moore is the point guard and Sterling is
his partner in driving the ball on the dribble. BC uses Sterling Williams to get
the ball up quickly and the 2 frosh seemed to be able to handle the press Minny
threw at them.

Last year, Vedran would have been the guy bringing the ball up on the press.
This year VV gets down court and the frosh bring it up.

Moore had 2 turnovers in the game, a lot for him so far this year, but not a lot
compared to other PG's around the league.

Next year, Joe O, the kid from Rice, will battle to get time away from Moore.
IMHO of course <g>

Isn't this a "wonderful" problem to have?

rsl 

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> 
> I too was impressed with the win (and Moore's shooting).  
> Still concerned about someone stepping up to really take over 
> the point guard position. Down the end of game, numerous 
> loose (or actually lost) passes (even Vedran) and dribbles 
> thru the press.
> 


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan  9 08:21:06 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan  9 08:28:01 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/9
Message-ID: <000a01c61527$ee23cfb0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Edition

Wrapping up the weekend, with one win and one loss on the courts, Fencing,
Swimming and Tennis play, plus more in Miscellany for your Monday perusal of
Wildcat Newsl...

                                                      All the News that Fits We
Link
                                                          Your Index to News
about
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Athletics

BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Five In a Row! Wildcats Shut Down Minnesota 57-49
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010706aaa.html 
     + `Magnificent' defense lifts NU
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060108037
7jan08,1,1993736.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + NU's Classic Carmody NU 57 Minny 49
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/486536.html 
     + Cats zone out Minnesota
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nu08.html 
     + Northwestern shakes off Gophers
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/347395653678216.php 
     + Vukusic comes up big in 'Cats win
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060107nugamer,1,359082
1.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Worth Moore than gold
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/09/43c1f49c07ea3 
     + Young guard asserts himself in victory
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/09/43c1f6dbb1d68 
     + Rakov Road win gives team a chance
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/09/43c1f54de5c63 

     From the  Minnesota Golden Gophers
     Northwestern Stifles Gophers 57-49 In Big Ten Opener
 
http://www.gophersports.com/sportsNews/press_release.asp?news_id=11718&sport_id=
mbasket 
     + Men's basketball: Northwestern 57, Gophers 49
      http://www.startribune.com/512/story/169945.html 
     + A bad time to be out of sync
      http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/13574962.htm 
     + Wildcats Net Victory Over Gopher Men
      http://wcco.com/sports/local_story_007163823.html 
     + Men's basketball: Gophers defense vulnerable from beyond the arc
      http://www.startribune.com/512/story/170972.html 

     Next is Penn State [7 PM Wednesday - No TV]
     Penn State Falls At #18 Ohio State In Big Ten Opener
      http://www.gopsusports.com/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=9270 

     Other Big 10
     The Big Ten: Wide Open as ever 
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=486429 

     Imperfect Illini cold, creamed
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ill08.html 
     + Back  to reality for Illini
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=140535 
     + Loss makes it clear: As Brown goes, so go Illini
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=140796 

     Badgers put MSU in a hole
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-wis09.html 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Illini Edge Wildcats, 64-55
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/010806aab.html 
     + Cats erase early deficit but unable to hold onto lead
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/09/43c1f766ec2ff 
     + Illini keep Wildcats winless in Big Ten
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=140807 

     Northwestern Travels South to Battle Illinois at 2 p.m. Sunday
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/010606aab.html 

     Swatted down, out
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/06/43be26657c2c3 

FOOTBALL

     Charges dropped against NU linebacker
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060106nui
tem,1,3074775.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     Morton: Traditional Bowl Matchups Still Missing
      http://sports.wnur.org/analysts/rm010706.html 
     Ranking the 2005-2006 Bowls
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5226774?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24 
     HailToPurple: Sun Bow Pictures: Page 1
      http://hailtopurple.com/av/photos2005_sun1.html 
     + Page 2
      http://hailtopurple.com/av/photos2005_sun2.html 

     Future Opponents:
     JoPa taking the heat off the basketball team?
     NOW leader asks Paterno to step down
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-sep09.html 
     Posluszny To Be Sidelined 6-8 Weeks With Knee Injury
      http://www.gopsusports.com/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=9276 
     Ohio State's Youboty to enter NFL draft 
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5233078?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24 
     Michigan backup QB Gutierrez transferring 
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/08/bc.fbc.michig
an.gutierrez.ap/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 
     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield  - 
     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

RECRUITING

     East beats West in All-American Bowl
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5230050?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24 

FENCING

     NU's fab five: Cats add two more to Junior Olympic field (Fencing)
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/09/43c1f6524b861 

SWIMMING

     Northwestern Falls at No. 16 Tennessee, 194-158
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-swim/recaps/010706aab.html 
     Northwestern Returns to Pool at No. 16 Tennessee
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/010606aaa.html 

TENNIS

     'Cats Blank Illinois-Chicago, 7-0
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/010806aac.html 
     + Men's Tennis Falls To Northwestern In Season Opener
      http://uicflames.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/010806aaa.html 

     'Cats Set For Spring-Season Opener Against Illinois-Chicago
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/010606aac.html 

WRESTLING

     No. 13 Northwestern Pins Eastern Illinois, 35-13
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/010806aac.html 
     + No. 13 Northwestern tops EIU wrestlers
      http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2006/01/09/sports/sports%20007.txt 

     No. 13 Northwestern Set to Face In-State Rival Eastern Illinois
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/010706aab.html 

MISCELLANY

     Speed-skating sophomore headed to Torino Olympics
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/06/43be21ca79d1f 
     Journalism's paper tigers?
 
http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/ny-etnews4581130jan09,0,31290.story
?coll=ny-features-print 
     Walking slows progression of peripheral artery disease
      http://www.news-medical.net/?id=15252 

Alumni

     We've got 2 O-Linemen in the playoffs - at Washington
     Ikechuku Ndukwe #2 at both Guard Slots
      http://www.redskins.com/team/depthchart.jsp 
     Official Profile
      http://www.redskins.com/team/profile.jsp?id=1738 

     And the Steelers
     Trai Essex Depth Chart
      http://www.steelers.com/team/depthcharts 

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From clzahn at mindspring.com  Mon Jan  9 09:56:17 2006
From: clzahn at mindspring.com (Clark Zahn)
Date: Mon Jan  9 10:00:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats in the NFL playoffs?
Message-ID: <6382883.1136822177700.JavaMail.root@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

I know Bentley is with the Seahawks and Essex with the Steelers.  Are there any others?

Clark



From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Jan  9 10:06:06 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  9 10:10:26 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats in the NFL playoffs?
Message-ID: <26c.3d51f9d.30f3e3ee@aol.com>

_Ikechuku Ndukwe_ 
(http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=7683)  is on the  Redskins
From clzahn at mindspring.com  Mon Jan  9 12:56:30 2006
From: clzahn at mindspring.com (Clark Zahn)
Date: Mon Jan  9 14:01:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats in the NFL playoffs?
Message-ID: <8565978.1136832990979.JavaMail.root@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

So Ndukwe could be trying to block Bentley next Sunday.  Does Ndukwe get much playing time?  I know Bentley does.

Clark Zahn

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>
>_Ikechuku Ndukwe_ 
>(http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=7683)  is on the  Redskins
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Jan  9 15:18:02 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan  9 15:59:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats in the NFL playoffs?
Message-ID: <29a.36a816d.30f42d0a@aol.com>

Redskins December 21: Placed guard Randy Thomas on injured  reserve; signed 
offensive lineman Ikechuku Ndukwe from the practice  squad; so he has not 
played much, if at all.
From michael.vance at att.net  Mon Jan  9 19:32:36 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Tue Jan 10 00:37:47 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats in the NFL playoffs?
In-Reply-To: <29a.36a816d.30f42d0a@aol.com>
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At 1/9/2006 04:18 PM, MHRJGScott@aol.com wrote:
>Redskins December 21: Placed guard Randy Thomas on injured  reserve; signed
>offensive lineman Ikechuku Ndukwe from the practice  squad; so he has not
>played much, if at all.

He's #2 on the depth chart at both Offensive Guard positions.  Looks like 
the Redskins' O-Line is pretty beat up:

ESPN: http://sports-att.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/depth?team=was
redskins.com: http://www.redskins.com/team/depthchart.jsp
Yahoo (shows Right Guard only with an open spot at #2 Left Guard): 
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/was/depthchart

-Michael 

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 10 06:37:28 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 10 06:50:04 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats in the NFL playoffs?
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20060109202659.03f6b958@ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net>
Message-ID: <001f01c615e2$9e4a27d0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

The News digest has been tracking Ndukwe's travels thru the NFL - right now he's
the Skin's backup at guard and will have to remain there thru the playoffs.
Yesterday we had the Washington 2 Deep down in the Alumni section.

There's been little written about Ndukwe, but then he hasn't played much.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Michael Vance
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:33 PM
> To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Cats in the NFL playoffs?
> 
> 
> At 1/9/2006 04:18 PM, MHRJGScott@aol.com wrote:
> >Redskins December 21: Placed guard Randy Thomas on injured  reserve; 
> >signed offensive lineman Ikechuku Ndukwe from the practice  
> squad; so 
> >he has not played much, if at all.
> 
> He's #2 on the depth chart at both Offensive Guard positions. 
>  Looks like 
> the Redskins' O-Line is pretty beat up:
> 
> ESPN: http://sports-att.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/depth?team=was
> redskins.com: http://www.redskins.com/team/depthchart.jsp
> Yahoo (shows Right Guard only with an open spot at #2 Left Guard): 
> http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/was/depthchart
> 
> -Michael 
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From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Tue Jan 10 10:34:56 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Tue Jan 10 12:10:36 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
Message-ID: <20060110.083607.16326.285893@webmail57.nyc.untd.com>

Based on RPI, Pomeroy rankings, and Sagarin we are much better than Stanford at basketball.  

I did not think that would ever happen.

They have been a #1 or #2 seed in the tournament in recent memory.

NU RPI 73, Pomeroy 108, Sagarin 106

Stanford RPI 182, Pomeroy 142, Sagarin 157

RPI
http://kenpom.com/rpi.php
Pomeroy Rankings
http://kenpom.com/rate.php
Sagarin
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkc0506.htm

Their football teams did not go bowling either.  Usually Stanford is a model for Northwestern as to what revenue sports programs can be.  I wonder if their sports list has threads like "if only we could be as good as Northwestern" and "we should fire...".

Marc Linhardt
Tech '93


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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Tue Jan 10 12:16:25 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan 10 12:17:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
Message-ID: <13d.22ad3a06.30f553f9@aol.com>

Living out here in the Bay Area  I can see a number of factors for Stanford's 
decline--The #1 reason is probably their coach of many years going to the 
pro's.  Combine that with graduation (or in Childress' case, leaving early) they 
have to rebuild with new names running the show-It may take awhile


Harry
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 10 13:03:34 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 10 13:05:36 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/10
Message-ID: <002101c61618$8e94a410$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Dad's 87th Birthday Edition

Basketball basking in 2-0 glory, but getting ready for a slightly thought week?
Changes around the big 10, More post season Football. Swimming, Volleyball wrap,
Tennis, and 
Wrestling too as Dad skips his golf to get ready for a big dinner tonight...

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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     NU's Vukusic Named Men's Basketball Player of the Week
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010906aaa.html 
     Bill Carmody Teleconference: January 9th
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/487475.html 
     + Rugged road trips remain the norm
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060109big
tenbits,1,7480685.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 

     Next is Penn State [7 PM Wednesday - No TV] 
     Men's Basketball Hits The Floor At Northwestern Wednesday
      http://www.gopsusports.com/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=9290 
     + Game Notes (in pdf format)
      http://www.gopsusports.com/docs/mbb06/notes/mbb_webnotes_1-11.pdf 
     + Forward ready to help squad
 
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/01/01-10-06tdc/01-10-06dsports-02.asp 
     + Offensive spark needed for PSU
 
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/01/01-10-06tdc/01-10-06dsports-03.asp 

     Other Big 10
     Men's Basketball Weekly Release - Jan. 9
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010906aab.html 
     + January 9 Basketball Teleconference
      http://web.servicebureau.net/conf/meta?i=1112621319&c=16607&m=was&u=/w.xsl

     Enjoy the Big 10 Standings
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/big10-m-baskbl-body.html 
     Old king Kohl does it again
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-060108myslenski,1,2
928779.column?coll=cs-college-utility 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Next up is Indiana, Thursday

FOOTBALL

     Future Opponents:
     Mallory out as Illinois defensive coordinator
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060109illinimallory,1,
224566.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     Posluszny returning for senior season
 
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/sports/colleges/pennsylvania_state_un
iversity/13588690.htm 
     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield  - Makes the East-West Shrine
Game
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=487006&nid=1842135&fhn=1&refid=4742

     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

RECRUITING

     Myron Lewis Impressed by Northwestern
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=487181&nid=2322918&fhn=1&refid=4742

     $ Is Baron Batch Still Looking Around?
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=487438 

SWIMMING

     Overmatched NU falls to No. 16 Tennessee 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/10/43c3599ff0a52 

TENNIS

     Cats drop UIC in first match of 2006 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/10/43c3558214bf4 

VOLLEYBALL

     NU overcomes history for 'thrilling' end to record-setting season
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/10/43c358eb4aa15 

WRESTLING


     Cats stay perfect in duals with 35-13 win 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/10/43c35a7d630b4 

MISCELLANY

     Northwestern Announces 2005-06 Hall of Fame Induction Class
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/genrel/010906aaf.html 

     Northwestern Names Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/genrel/010906aac.html 
     Bradley allowed to keep nickname, for now
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060109bradley,1,503720
4.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

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From prplehaze at insightbb.com  Tue Jan 10 21:10:28 2006
From: prplehaze at insightbb.com (Mark Ament)
Date: Tue Jan 10 21:26:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
In-Reply-To: <20060110.083607.16326.285893@webmail57.nyc.untd.com>
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mlinhardt@netzero.net wrote:

>Based on RPI, Pomeroy rankings, and Sagarin we are much better than Stanford at basketball.  
>
>I did not think that would ever happen.
>
>They have been a #1 or #2 seed in the tournament in recent memory.
>
>NU RPI 73, Pomeroy 108, Sagarin 106
>
>Stanford RPI 182, Pomeroy 142, Sagarin 157
>
>RPI
>http://kenpom.com/rpi.php
>Pomeroy Rankings
>http://kenpom.com/rate.php
>Sagarin
>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkc0506.htm
>
>Their football teams did not go bowling either.  Usually Stanford is a model for Northwestern as to what revenue sports programs can be.  I wonder if their sports list has threads like "if only we could be as good as Northwestern" and "we should fire...".
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Before you get too self-satisfied with our relative performance vis a 
vis Stanford, they did win the Sears Cup for like the 10th straight time 
this past year.

From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Wed Jan 11 06:37:52 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Wed Jan 11 07:40:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
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Marc Ament wrote...
Before you get too self-satisfied with our relative performance vis a 
vis Stanford, they did win the Sears Cup for like the 10th straight time this past year.


I did say revenue sports, which is not what Stanford won the Sears Cup for.

Also I am not cocky just surprised.  Our athletic department still has a long way to go to match their results.  

They must plow a ton of money into non-revenue sports to fund all those scholarships and support all those sports.



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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan 11 06:38:48 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan 11 09:50:47 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
In-Reply-To: <43C47724.7010807@insightbb.com>
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Not to denigrate their performance, they compete in many minor sports that NU
can't afford.

They are very good in those sports, racking up the points needed to win that
Sears award.

Until NU funds men's Fencing, and track, we'll never come close

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>
> Before you get too self-satisfied with our relative performance vis a 
> vis Stanford, they did win the Sears Cup for like the 10th 
> straight time 
> this past year.
> 
> 

From Hakirsch at aol.com  Wed Jan 11 09:51:55 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 11 09:53:15 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
Message-ID: <1e8.49a3df57.30f6839b@aol.com>

Hello Gary !

Harry Kirsch

Stanford recruits visited strip club 
2003 incidents, revealed in lawsuit, didn't violate rules at time






Ron Kroichick and Mark Fainaru-Wada, Chronicle Staff Writers

Wednesday, January 11, 2006


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Stanford football players entertained recruits by taking them to a San 
Francisco strip club on two weekends in January 2003 -- and the outings were paid 
for with athletic-department money. 

The university acknowledged Tuesday the visits took place, but it said no 
coaches were aware of the trips and the actions did not violate NCAA rules. 
However, the incidents prompted an athletic-department investigation that resulted 
in changes to the policies on recruiting visits. 

The information about the trips to the strip club surfaced in a lawsuit filed 
by an athletic-department employee against the university and senior 
associate athletic director Debra Gore-Mann. Gore-Mann, who oversees the department's 
finances, is a candidate to replace recently departed athletic director Ted 
Leland. 

The suit was brought by Sheryl Kanzaki, who alleges she was harassed and 
discriminated against, particularly by Gore-Mann. 

Gore-Mann did not return a phone message seeking comment. 

The school issued a statement Tuesday stating it "regrets the actions of the 
student athletes who accompanied recruits in 2003 to adult entertainment 
venues." Even though NCAA rules were not violated, the statement said the school's 
"standards of conduct preclude such entertainment as any part of recruitment 
activity." 

Per NCAA rules, each host player receives $30 per day to entertain a recruit. 
The lawsuit alleges the Stanford athletes filed "numerous, handwritten 
'receipts' for $20 each for expenditures" at the New Century Theater, a Larkin 
Street club whose Web site advertises "Lap Dancers," "Video Booths," and "VIP 
Lounges." 

Stanford Senior Counsel Patrick Dunkley acknowledged the "receipts" were 
filed by an administrator in the football department and then flagged by Kanzaki. 
Dunkley also admitted that, as Kanzaki alleged, the handwritten receipts later 
were replaced by lost-receipt memos to account for the money spent at the 
club. 

Dunkley said he didn't know whether player hosts had taken recruits to strip 
clubs before the 2003 incidents. However, the athletic department received 
indications the adult-entertainment excursions weren't uncommon, according to a 
source familiar with the Stanford football program and its investigation of the 
incidents. 

"Everybody on the football team was interviewed," said the source, who 
requested anonymity because of the pending lawsuit. "There were some players who 
said they knew nothing about it. But there were others who said, 'It was a 
tradition, it happened to me when I was recruited.' " 

Buddy Teevens, the school's head football coach at the time, said Tuesday 
that he was not aware of any previous incidents and that he learned of the trips 
to the New Century after the fact. Teevens, now Dartmouth's coach, said he was 
"hazy" about details, but he believed the situation involved "one set of 
receipts from one individual." 

However, according to information provided to The Chronicle, the trips to the 
New Century involved at least 10 player hosts and their recruits, with more 
than $300 spent at the club. Dunkley, the school's counsel, said recruits were 
taken there on two separate weekends in January 2003. 

According to thebootleg.com, a Stanford fans Web site that tracks recruiting, 
the school hosted 28 players on the weekends of Jan. 10-11 and 17-18. Twenty 
of those players ended up at Stanford. 

Teevens said he was "surprised and disappointed" and that "we ripped 
everybody" involved after learning of the strip-club trips. 

"From that point forward, the threat was clear: You would jeopardize your 
scholarship if you were involved in any activities of that sort," Teevens said in 
a phone interview. 

In connection with the recruiting visits, Stanford did report a minor NCAA 
violation -- but not for players visiting the strip club. The university 
informed the Pac-10 in 2003 that players had exceeded the amount they were allowed to 
spend while entertaining a recruit, according to Ron Barker, an assistant 
commissioner for governance and enforcement at the conference office. 

At the time, Barker said, taking a recruit to a strip club was not an NCAA 
violation. In August 2004, after a highly publicized scandal at Colorado in 
which sex and alcohol were used to entice football recruits to attend the school, 
the NCAA board of directors issued guidelines for recruiting visits that it 
expected schools to adopt. 

Those guidelines include not taking recruits to strip clubs. 

Stanford had made similar changes on its own in the wake of the New Century 
incidents, according to Dunkley. Jon Alston, a linebacker who recently 
completed his senior season, said he knew nothing about the strip-club visits but 
recalled the university becoming more diligent about recruiting reimbursements. 

"There was a dramatic shift in how the expenses were done shortly after 
2003," Alston said. "The administration was very strict about what was appropriate 
and what was not appropriate. Every dollar was to be accounted for and 
receipts were always necessary." 

Kanzaki's lawsuit stretches beyond the allegation of recruiting 
improprieties. The suit, filed Nov. 18 in Santa Clara County Superior Court, runs 35 pages 
and offers a detailed chronology of alleged harassment, retaliation and 
discrimination, mostly involving Gore-Mann. 

According to the lawsuit, Kanzaki developed several medical conditions, some 
of which she attributed to the treatment she received from Gore-Mann. 

By March 2005, the lawsuit states, Kanzaki was diagnosed with severe 
depression, a condition she attributes to Gore-Mann changing her responsibilities and 
"retaliating" against Kanzaki for her work limitations and for raising 
questions about reimbursement requests. 

"This is fundamentally a case of disability discrimination and retaliation by 
Gore-Mann in particular and Stanford in general," said David Secrest, 
Kanzaki's lawyer. 

E-mail the writers at rkroichick@sfchronicle.com and 
mfainaru-wada@sfchronicle.com. 

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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Wed Jan 11 10:04:20 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Wed Jan 11 10:04:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball? (fwd)
Message-ID: <200601111604.k0BG4KMO024907@romaine.tssi.com>

> Not to denigrate their performance, they compete in many minor sports that NU
> can't afford.

The Directors Cup is rigged so that Stanford wins it, not that any school
other than Stanford cares.
--
Mike Nolan

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan 11 09:52:21 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan 11 11:31:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/11
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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     'Cats Look to Remain Unbeaten In League Play Wednesday Night vs. Penn State
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011006aae.html 
     $ BKB Pregame Intel: Penn State Nittany Lions
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/487777.html 
     + New-look Wildcats emerge from coach's old-school D
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/11/43c4b62356728 
     + Men's basketball seniors urge students to come out
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/11/43c4b780de3a6 
     + Wildcats' freshman guards pass 'chemistry'
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=141405 

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     Next is Penn State [7 PM Wednesday - No TV] 
     Men's Basketball Hits The Floor At Northwestern Tonight\
      http://www.gopsusports.com/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=9290 
     + Lions look for Big Ten victory
 
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/01/01-11-06tdc/01-11-06dsports-07.asp 
     + Penn State must limit turnovers
 
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/sports/colleges/pennsylvania_state_un
iversity/13596853.htm 

     Then its Wisconsin
     Tucker helps Wisconsin move to 3-0 in Big Ten
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-cage11.html 

     Other Big 10
     Ager, Davis have Spartans sputtering
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-big10.html 

     One bright spot for Illini: Pruitt - Post player draws Weber's praise
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/01/11/sports/college_sports/101fcafb26dd28cb86
2570f2007f6782.txt 

     With White out, IU faces a challenge
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/SPORTS0601/601110471
/1004/SPORTS 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Indiana Heads to Evanston to Battle Wildcats
 
http://iuhoosiers.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/011006aab.html 
     + Northwestern Notes in PDF Format
 
http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/ind/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/Game18Northw
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FOOTBALL

     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield  - Makes the East-West Shrine
Game
     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

RECRUITING

     Jason Jankowski MAC over Big Ten
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=487667&nid=1776756&fhn=1&refid=4742


FENCING

     En garde! - Homewood-Flossmoor and Marian Catholic fencing clubs enjoying
success
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/01/11/sports/the_prep_zone_illinois/c9c46cbe00
27aeb0862570ed001f0c3a.txt 

SWIMMING

     Chelsea Davis Named Big Ten Diver of the Week
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/011006aab.html 
     + The next big thing
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/11/43c4b6c1de8f7 

MISCELLANY

     Gee, that's my problem
     Study: You can't be fat, middle-aged and healthy
 
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002732651_obesity11.html 

     Evanston eases bar ban for students
 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northshore/chi-0601110256jan11,1,746537
7.story?coll=chi-newslocalnorthshore-hed 

Alumni

     This weekend features 2 NU vs NU setups...
     Kevin Bentley and Ikechuku Ndukwe [Seattle vs Washington]

     Trai Essex and Matt Ulrich [Steelers vs colts]

     Not sure the article is positive about Trai...
     Trai Essex: Cowher: Supreme effort needed to win
      http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06011/635747.stm 

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan 11 09:46:46 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan 11 12:11:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
In-Reply-To: <20060111.043828.1485.278249@webmail34.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <003901c616c6$3a5b1060$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I agree - Scout's "The Bootleg" was one of the first true internet fan sites and
had a gazillion paying members very early on. They're still one of the largest
here on Scout, and I think it shows the level of support that Stanford has among
its alums, many of whom are in the computer biz.

In any case, they seem to be able to draw smart athletes into their programs,
and then win at the "non revenue" sports.

It fosters a climate of success that carries over into business.

It's a shame NU tried to follow the U of Chicago model back in the 70's and
diminish the importance of athletics to the University. We have 20 years of
"lost" alumni out there who don't remember the athletic teams fondly. 

Those that do still tell stories about watching NU lose at home.  We were proud
of our NFL guys, but NU was always about 15 players short in football, and 4 in
basketball.

Stanford took the other road [along with Duke] and started trading their
athletic prowess for contributions - it seems to have worked in both places,
altho Duke is still a ways behind in football.

The present regime in the AD's office seems to understand the importance of
sports to the overall presence of a university in its community. We still have a
long way to go, but we have come a long way from the mid 70's when we couldn't
win if the future of the world depended on that win.

rsl

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> 
> They must plow a ton of money into non-revenue sports to fund 
> all those scholarships and support all those sports.
> 
> 


From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Tue Jan 10 12:32:07 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Wed Jan 11 14:19:44 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
In-Reply-To: <20060110.083607.16326.285893@webmail57.nyc.untd.com>
References: <20060110.083607.16326.285893@webmail57.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <43C3FDA7.1000609@bellatlantic.net>

When Stanford lost Willingham and then their basketball coach to the 
Warriors, things went down hill.  May not mean anything, but curious.

John DeGroat

mlinhardt@netzero.net wrote:

>Based on RPI, Pomeroy rankings, and Sagarin we are much better than Stanford at basketball.  
>
>I did not think that would ever happen.
>
>They have been a #1 or #2 seed in the tournament in recent memory.
>
>NU RPI 73, Pomeroy 108, Sagarin 106
>
>Stanford RPI 182, Pomeroy 142, Sagarin 157
>
>RPI
>http://kenpom.com/rpi.php
>Pomeroy Rankings
>http://kenpom.com/rate.php
>Sagarin
>http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkc0506.htm
>
>Their football teams did not go bowling either.  Usually Stanford is a model for Northwestern as to what revenue sports programs can be.  I wonder if their sports list has threads like "if only we could be as good as Northwestern" and "we should fire...".
>
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Wed Jan 11 12:39:00 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Wed Jan 11 14:19:45 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
In-Reply-To: <003701c616ab$f886a470$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
References: <003701c616ab$f886a470$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <43C550C4.7030607@bellatlantic.net>

NU also as to do something about the baseball program.  NU hasn't won 
the Big Ten championship since Fred Lindstrom was the coach in the fifties.

John DeGroat

Roy Lamberton wrote:

>Not to denigrate their performance, they compete in many minor sports that NU
>can't afford.
>
>They are very good in those sports, racking up the points needed to win that
>Sears award.
>
>Until NU funds men's Fencing, and track, we'll never come close
>
>rsl
>
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>>Before you get too self-satisfied with our relative performance vis a 
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>>straight time 
>>this past year.
>>
>>
>>    
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Wed Jan 11 12:52:48 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 11 14:38:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
Message-ID: <29a.387da07.30f6ae00@aol.com>

One of the great things about Stanford is the support they give to their 16  
"club" sports. More than 1000 people participate in these diverse sports like  
ice hockey and rugby. I don't think NU still has any club sports like ice 
hockey  that I played as an undergrad.
From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Wed Jan 11 16:09:30 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Wed Jan 11 16:13:22 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
In-Reply-To: <29a.387da07.30f6ae00@aol.com>
Message-ID: <011001c616fb$b1d24e30$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

UoM is really big into club sports too.  They have the student population to
support a lot of club sports, but they have a bunch of different levels
ranging from simple pickup and coed recreational to traveling
intercollegiate.  They have some great facilities for these sports too.
They also have a football program that turns $26M in profit every year.

One of the other advantages that Stanford has is that you can play outdoors
12 months a year.  So it's going to be a lot less expensive for them to
facilitate a lot of these activities compared to NU.  NU can still do a lot
more to encourage these activities, but it's going to take a lot more
football wins to get the budget to where it needs to be to provide the
indoor facilities required to host a comparable number of sports.

Jeff  

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One of the great things about Stanford is the support they give to their 16
"club" sports. More than 1000 people participate in these diverse sports
like ice hockey and rugby. I don't think NU still has any club sports like
ice hockey  that I played as an undergrad.
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Wed Jan 11 16:18:53 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 11 16:20:25 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
Message-ID: <97.6ece973a.30f6de4d@aol.com>

Well, I looked at the NU club sport site before posting and it has no info  
except some emails for anybody interested. Check out Stanford club sports sites 
 and get embarrassed. NU does not care about much that does not make them 
money,  alumni clubs and club sports are good examples.
From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Wed Jan 11 15:12:43 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Wed Jan 11 16:51:45 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
In-Reply-To: <29a.387da07.30f6ae00@aol.com>
References: <29a.387da07.30f6ae00@aol.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270601111312y2a1feb23h754ef59a77fc7b74@mail.gmail.com>

NU actually does have a rather large club sports program in addition
to the very large intramural sports program.  There are a number of
club teams including mens/womens rugby, mens/womens ice hockey, mens
fencing (women are varsity), mens/womens sailing, mens/womens crew,
and others that I can't think of (but are probably advertised
somewhere in NU propaganda).  They don't get much support, though, and
have been asking for more money from student funding recently to
support their programs (buy equipment, rent fields, go to
tournaments).  I knew quite a few people who participated on the club
teams listed above and it's a good program for those interested in
competition beyond intramural but don't want to be on a varsity team
(if one is even available).

Jonathan

On 1/11/06, MHRJGScott@aol.com <MHRJGScott@aol.com> wrote:
> One of the great things about Stanford is the support they give to their 16
> "club" sports. More than 1000 people participate in these diverse sports like
> ice hockey and rugby. I don't think NU still has any club sports like ice
> hockey  that I played as an undergrad.
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From HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com  Wed Jan 11 16:51:40 2006
From: HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com (HUDHAIFA3@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 11 16:53:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU-PSU
Message-ID: <267.3e3ff33.30f6e5fc@aol.com>

Wildcats 61 PSU 48
 
Double V 26 big ones.............................
 
3-0 in conference
From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Wed Jan 11 15:05:10 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Wed Jan 11 17:07:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
Message-ID: <20060111.130554.22840.295@webmail32.nyc.untd.com>

Hockey:  We throw them(men's and women's) a few dollars each year and attend 3-5 games.  They are very scrappy.

Men's Hockey
http://groups.northwestern.edu/menshockey/welcome.html

Women's Hockey
http://groups.northwestern.edu/wmnshockey/Schedule.htm


Cycling:  Last year we gave to the cycling team, which as a triathlete I have an interest.

Cycling
http://groups.northwestern.edu/cycle/


-- MHRJGScott@aol.com wrote:
One of the great things about Stanford is the support they give to their 16  
"club" sports. More than 1000 people participate in these diverse sports like  
ice hockey and rugby. I don't think NU still has any club sports like ice 
hockey  that I played as an undergrad.
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Wed Jan 11 17:35:38 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 11 17:37:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
Message-ID: <1db.4ac20a24.30f6f04a@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 1/11/2006 6:11:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
mlinhardt@netzero.net writes:

http://groups.northwestern.edu/menshockey/welcome.html


Thanks, you could not find those links on the NU athletic dept. site.   Nice 
that NU makes the team play in Highland Park, whatever happened to the  rink 
behind Dyche?
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Wed Jan 11 18:03:34 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 11 18:04:44 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU-PSU
Message-ID: <24b.5124d90.30f6f6d6@aol.com>

For those of you like me  who  were  faked out by this e-mail--it is only a 
prediction not a past result !

Harry
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Wed Jan 11 18:08:07 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 11 18:46:37 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU-PSU
Message-ID: <21b.63bdba2.30f6f7e7@aol.com>

In a message dated 1/11/2006 2:53:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
HUDHAIFA3@aol.com writes:

> Wildcats 61 PSU 48
> 
> Double V 26 big ones.............................
> 
> 3-0 in conference
> 

For those of you like me? who? were? faked out by this e-mail--it is only a 
prediction not a past result !

Harry
From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Thu Jan 12 13:07:59 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Thu Jan 12 13:08:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Denial-of-service attacks
Message-ID: <200601121907.k0CJ7xiw018174@romaine.tssi.com>

In the last few days I have received tens of thousands of spam messages,
completely overwhelming my mail gateway.

In fact, I had to delete several thousand queued messages, most of which
I assume (and hope) were spam, just to get anything flowing again.

It appears the time to upgrade my mail gateway/firewall hardware and software
has finally arrived.  List service may be a bit spotty until that gets
done.
--
Mike Nolan

From jleonard518 at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 12 14:09:08 2006
From: jleonard518 at yahoo.com (Jim Leonard)
Date: Thu Jan 12 14:16:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sutton's Status
In-Reply-To: <200601121907.k0CJ7xiw018174@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <20060112200908.65689.qmail@web36813.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

All,

I was looking at an ESPN story about USC's two running backs declaring an early
end to their education. Then I clicked on a link of all underclassmen (so far)
to declare for the draft. 

Apparently Brian Calhoun (WISC) and Laurence Maroney (MINN)have both learned
enough at their respective schools as well. I didn't even know Maroney had
another year left. Anyhow, this puts Sutton clearly on top of the Big Ten
running back corps heading in to next year (and 2 years after that!!!)

Regards,
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Jan 12 09:56:17 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Jan 12 15:31:51 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/12
Message-ID: <001801c61790$b9d1c620$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Northwestern Edged by Penn State 65-61
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/011106aaa.html 
     + 'Outhustled, outscrapped' Cats lose to Penn State
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nu12.html 
     + NU's opportunity lost
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060111nugamer,1,103491
2.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + 'Outhustled': Cats lose rebounding battle to undersized Nittany Lions
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/12/43c614b793969 
     + Not so fast: Cats stumble
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/12/43c619d082778 
     + Cats suffer a loss they cannot afford
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=142015 
     + Out with the new, in with the old Northwestern
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/122sd6.htm 
     + Northwestern falls out of 1st
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/349243398529828.php 
     + Penn State Rallies to Defeat Northwestern
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=22938 

     Tao: Blown opportunity: Wildcats lose game, Big Ten lead and maybe fans
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/12/43c615b02548e 

     daCoach: Random Thoughts: Lost to Who?
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/488165.html 

     Written back before Wednesday
     Wildcats step up with two Big Ten wins 

     from the  Penn State side 
     Nittany Lion Basketball Beats Northwestern 65-61 for First Big Ten Win
     + Hoop Team's Losing Streak Finally Ends
     + DeChellis, Lions earn conference road win
     + Penn State ends road losing streak
     + Claxton leads Nittany Lions past Northwestern

     Next is Wisconsin [Saturday - 1 PM ESPN+]
     Its all football for the Badgers today

     Other Big 10
     Ager, Davis give MSU exactly what it needs
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-msu12.html 

     Foster, Buckeyes steal one from turnover-prone Boilers
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-osu12.html 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Wildcats Host Hoosiers at 7 p.m.
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/011106aab.html 
     + Shot consistency crucial for Cats to overcome Hoosiers
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/12/43c618ff2af3e 

FOOTBALL

     Cats can't wait 'til next year
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-12-06-800349.
html 

     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield  - Makes the East-West Shrine
Game
     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

WRESTLING

     13th-Ranked Wildcats Hit The Road For NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/011206aad.html 

MISCELLANY

     T.J.'s Little Brother leaving Chicago?
     Loyola's Parker transferring
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060111loyolaitem,1,336
5590.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     From the NCAA Meetings, more changes?
     NCAA seeks to curb poor sportsmanship
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=445 
     + Coaches to develop standard replay system
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/11/bc.fbc.coache
s.instantr.ap/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 

     The guy at GA Tech who talked about how hard it was to recruit...
     Braine retiring due to health reasons
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5239364?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24 
     And still they come - 18,000 apps this year
     NU receives record pool of applicants
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/12/43c5fc0d97ea3 

Alumni

     This weekend features 2 NU vs NU setups...
     Kevin Bentley and Ikechuku Ndukwe [Seattle vs Washington]

     Trai Essex and Matt Ulrich [Steelers vs colts]
     Steelers notes for Colts game
 
http://media3.steelers.com/MediaContent/2006/01/09/11/Steelers_notes_for_Colts_g
ame_-_Playoffs_61210.pdf 
     Colts notes for Steelers game
 
http://media3.steelers.com/MediaContent/2006/01/09/11/Colts_notes_for_Steelers_G
ame_-_Playoffs_61209.pdf 

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From thiegs at umn.edu  Thu Jan 12 15:24:07 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Thu Jan 12 16:05:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sutton's Status
In-Reply-To: <20060112200908.65689.qmail@web36813.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002c01c617be$85c0fbc0$fb326580@jthiegs2003>

Michael Hart and some Michigan fans might take issue with that bold
assertion, but I'd rather have Sutton too.  :)  Maroney does (did) have a
year left, but despite the fact that he waited until after the bowl game to
make his decision official, it's been commonly assumed even since 2004 that
he would leave after this past season.  Incidentally, I was pleasantly
surprised to read in part of his announcement his vow to come back and
finish college whatever happens in the NFL, because he promised his mother
he would get his degree when he went to college and that's a promise he said
there's no way he would break.  -Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Jim Leonard
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:09 PM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Sutton's Status


All,

I was looking at an ESPN story about USC's two running backs declaring an
early end to their education. Then I clicked on a link of all underclassmen
(so far) to declare for the draft. 

Apparently Brian Calhoun (WISC) and Laurence Maroney (MINN)have both learned
enough at their respective schools as well. I didn't even know Maroney had
another year left. Anyhow, this puts Sutton clearly on top of the Big Ten
running back corps heading in to next year (and 2 years after that!!!)

Regards,
Jim



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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Thu Jan 12 15:09:21 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Thu Jan 12 17:17:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sutton's Status
In-Reply-To: <20060112200908.65689.qmail@web36813.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <03de01c617bc$75d85480$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

I think that Mike Hart might have something to say about your rankings.

Hopefully Sutton won't suffer the same challenges with injury that seemed to
slow Hart down a little in his sophomore year.

Jeff 

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Behalf Of Jim Leonard
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:09 PM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Sutton's Status

All,

I was looking at an ESPN story about USC's two running backs declaring an
early end to their education. Then I clicked on a link of all underclassmen
(so far) to declare for the draft. 

Apparently Brian Calhoun (WISC) and Laurence Maroney (MINN)have both learned
enough at their respective schools as well. I didn't even know Maroney had
another year left. Anyhow, this puts Sutton clearly on top of the Big Ten
running back corps heading in to next year (and 2 years after that!!!)

Regards,
Jim



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From szeller at comcast.net  Thu Jan 12 11:21:07 2006
From: szeller at comcast.net (szeller@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Jan 12 17:26:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's the matter with Stanford basketball?
Message-ID: <011220061721.21919.43C69003000A36240000559F22092299279D0A04040A969C@comcast.net>

What many may not realize is that Stanford admissions weigh heavily on athletic prowess and interest. Virtually every undergrad on the campus is some sort of smart jock. It would be shocking if they didn't have a huge club sport department given their student body makeup.

Scott Zeller MD
Med '86
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Thu Jan 12 20:54:54 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Thu Jan 12 20:56:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sutton's Status
In-Reply-To: <20060112200908.65689.qmail@web36813.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20060113025454.6579.qmail@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>

> Apparently Brian Calhoun (WISC) and Laurence Maroney
> (MINN)have both learned
> enough at their respective schools as well. I didn't

Glad to see both those backs headed to the pros.:)
Wisky and Minny should be solid teams next season, but
both should be solid mid-pack league teams and we can
take 'em!:)

As for best back next year, I love Sutton, but I'll
have to see what he can do as a sophomore with
defenses keying in on him now that Baz is gone. He's a
talent, but he did slowdown toward the end of the
season and we'll need to figure out how to get him the
ball and keep defenses honest.

Hart probably has the edge if healthy given that he's
gone through the sophomore slump and has more talent
around him on offense. But don't forget Pittman at OSU
either. He has that breakaway speed as he showed in
the Fiesta and with all OSU's weapons, he'll be third
or fourth on opposing defenses stop list.

Interesting to see how the league's shaping up for
next year. With Vince Young gone, OSU has a good shot
in Austin now and has to be the early favorite for the
league crown and a possible return to Arizona in
January. But Michigan's always there, Iowa will get
better (if Ferentz doesn't go to the NFL) and PSU
won't slip too far either.

After that, there's the bowl contender, but not league
contender, pack. Basically everyone but Indiana and
Illinois - and don't be surprised if they're in the
mix too.

How many days do we have to wait?:)

GO CATS!!!
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From johnl at mac.com  Wed Jan 11 23:23:40 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Thu Jan 12 21:19:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU-PSU
In-Reply-To: <21b.63bdba2.30f6f7e7@aol.com>
References: <21b.63bdba2.30f6f7e7@aol.com>
Message-ID: <4615efbbf3be10c33fbc88c97a1639a5@mac.com>

Well the prediction may have been a jinx tonight.

I attended the game.  What a bummer to lose to Penn State after 
Saturday's win at Minnesota.

We played well most of the first half, building an 11 point lead and 
shooting lights out from 3-point land, including 2 Vedran 3s in about a 
15 second span (the second one following a steal).

Then we gave up an 11-0 run before regaining a small lead before the 
half.  But we were flat the whole second half.  If you wanted to blame 
one person for the loss, you could look to Cote who missed 4 free 
throws in a row late in the game, and then missed an open 3 right after 
that.  But it was a team loss.  We seemed bigger and faster, and the 
stats show that we shot better, but throughout the second half, PSU 
just seemed to want it a little more than we did.

On a side note, boy they could sure use some work on some of the 
timeout and halftime entertainment.  During one timeout they played a 
little jingle to which everyone was supposed to get up and "slide" and 
"spin around," and repeat various variations for about 2 minutes.  
Suffice it to say, even the cheerleaders, who were leading the "slide," 
weren't getting into it, while the fans were either oblivious or 
dumbfounded.

As for the halftime contests:  The kid shooting shots of consecutively 
greater distance with a 1 minute clock is a good contest and a 
consistent crowd pleaser.  That's probably why it's the only event 
that's lasted game after game (although I don't know what a kid will do 
with a night at the Orrington Hotel).  The one where the student fell 
last year and had to taken off on a stretcher has been axed, although 
it didn't seem inherently dangerous (he had 10 second to make a shot at 
the other end of the court, the idea being to drive and make a layup).  
The contest where four kids run up and down the court trying to shoot 
while wearing oversized shoes and shorts appears to have been, 
fortunately, short lived.  The try to land your self-made paper 
airplane into a circle has now been replaced with try to shoot your 
sling-shot airplane into a suitcase (although both appear to be nearly 
as impossible).

Thankfully, the pep band is great and really adds to the atmosphere.  
Unlike football games, you can hear them, despite their smaller size, 
and they are able to feature a few non-marching instruments like a drum 
set and electric bass (though I don't know how much the latter adds).




On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:08 PM, Hakirsch@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/11/2006 2:53:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> HUDHAIFA3@aol.com writes:
>
>> Wildcats 61 PSU 48
>>
>> Double V 26 big ones.............................
>>
>> 3-0 in conference
>>
>
> For those of you like me? who? were? faked out by this e-mail--it is 
> only a
> prediction not a past result !
>
> Harry
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From thehaze at earthlink.net  Fri Jan 13 00:31:11 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Fri Jan 13 02:30:01 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU-PSU
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John Labbe wrote:

> As for the halftime contests:  The kid shooting shots of consecutively 
> greater distance with a 1 minute clock is a good contest and a 
> consistent crowd pleaser.  That's probably why it's the only event 
> that's lasted game after game (although I don't know what a kid will 
> do with a night at the Orrington Hotel).  

They have what sounds like a similar contest at UCLA games at Pauley 
Pavilion.  Three differerent students are selected each game to try to 
make a lay-up, a free throw, a 3-point shot and a half court shot -- all 
within 30 seconds.  If someone makes all four shots, school tuition is 
covered for an entire school year.  At Thursday night's game against 
Washington State, I saw one guy make the first three shots within the 
first 13 seconds.  So, he then had time to take two half court shots, 
one of which came very, very close.  I can't remember what they gave him 
as a consolation prize -- it may have also been a night at the Orrington 
Hotel.   :)      --  Jim B.


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Jan 13 08:21:12 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Jan 13 08:21:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/13
Message-ID: <003a01c6184c$9bb1cde0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Anti Paraskevidekatriaphobia Edition 

No Paraskevidekatriaphobia here...Lots of Ranked teams this Winter as Wrestling,
Swimming and Tennis get their season underway ranked in the top 20. Basketball
looking to get back on track in a tough place, Women's Roundball loses. Football
commentary, and some more.

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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Cats look to regain Mo-mentum after defeat 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/13/43c757fad4358 
     Commentary from State College
     Rice: Don't get too excited about one road win
 
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/sports/colleges/pennsylvania_state_un
iversity/13614677.htm 

     Next is Wisconsin [Saturday - 1 PM ESPN+] 
     Badgers Hold Down Gophers, 64-62

     + Badgers survive rough stretch; sit atop the Big Ten

     + Potrykus: Bennett, Ryan real treasures 
      http://www.jsonline.com/badger/bkb/jan06/384684.asp 
     + Badger report
      http://www.jsonline.com/badger/bkb/jan06/384211.asp 

     Other Big 10
     Illini have had needed time to analyze, improve
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=142437 
     Indiana loses White to injury
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/bigten.asp?id=141088 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     'Cats Fall to Hoosiers, 69-56
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/011206aab.html 
     + Cats lose early lead, sixth straight
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/13/43c758b4323d0 
     + Cats' post struggles lead to 47 Hoosier points
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/13/43c757accc0b6 
     + Indiana's Valentin hits record 61st straight FT
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/98475117278043.php 

     From the Indiana Side...
     Valentin Sets New Division I Consecutive Free Throws Made Record, IU
Topples Northwestern 69-56
      http://iuhoosiers.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/011206aaa.html 
     + Valentin: One up on Shaq and Wilt
      http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=33222&adid=sports 
     + How many free throws can you shoot in a row?
      http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=33221&adid=sports 

FOOTBALL

     SjT: Big 10 Running Backs Depart
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/488470.html 
     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield  - Makes the East-West Shrine
Game
     Las Vegas All-America Classic: Basanez

RECRUITING

     Midwest lineman has Beavs tied at the top
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=488446 
     Pollard Inks Three to National Letters of Intent
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/111705aac.html 

WRESTLING

     13th-Ranked Wildcats Hit The Road For NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/011206aad.html 

SWIMMING

     Men
     No. 17 Northwestern Ready for Dallas Morning News Swimming & Diving Classic
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/011206aab.html 

TENNIS

     Men
     'Cats Head South to Face Cardinals, Cardinals
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/011206aae.html 

     Women
     No. 6 Northwestern Starts Spring Season at National Collegiate Tennis
Championships
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/011306aab.html 
     + Wildcats Begin Spring Season Ranked No. 6
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/011206aac.html 

MISCELLANY

     Selling What? Where?
     Northwestern University Considers Selling Condoms In Dormitory Vending
Machines
      http://www.amonline.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=15247 
     Do you have paraskevidekatriaphobia?
     Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky
      http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/friday_the_13th.htm 
     Most college coaches stay put at football programs 
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=451 

Alumni

     This weekend features 2 NU vs NU setups...
     Kevin Bentley and Ikechuku Ndukwe [Seattle vs Washington]

     Trai Essex and Matt Ulrich [Steelers vs colts]

     Luis Castillo: The San Antonio ... Chargers?
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/nfl/stories/MYSA011306.1D.FBNsaints.
chargers.1d1f3b72.html 

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From yevb00 at gmail.com  Fri Jan 13 09:05:32 2006
From: yevb00 at gmail.com (Evan Bradley)
Date: Sat Jan 14 11:28:47 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU-PSU
In-Reply-To: <43C7492F.2070105@earthlink.net>
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At Georgetown games, they do the one with kids in big uniforms. 
Unfortunately, at the game I was at, neither kid was able to throw the
ball high enough to reach the rim while wearing the big shoes.


On 1/13/06, Jim Bendat <thehaze@earthlink.net> wrote:
> John Labbe wrote:
>
> > As for the halftime contests:  The kid shooting shots of consecutively
> > greater distance with a 1 minute clock is a good contest and a
> > consistent crowd pleaser.  That's probably why it's the only event
> > that's lasted game after game (although I don't know what a kid will
> > do with a night at the Orrington Hotel).
>
> They have what sounds like a similar contest at UCLA games at Pauley
> Pavilion.  Three differerent students are selected each game to try to
> make a lay-up, a free throw, a 3-point shot and a half court shot -- all
> within 30 seconds.  If someone makes all four shots, school tuition is
> covered for an entire school year.  At Thursday night's game against
> Washington State, I saw one guy make the first three shots within the
> first 13 seconds.  So, he then had time to take two half court shots,
> one of which came very, very close.  I can't remember what they gave him
> as a consolation prize -- it may have also been a night at the Orrington
> Hotel.   :)      --  Jim B.
>
>
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From BSchooler at aol.com  Sat Jan 14 11:45:19 2006
From: BSchooler at aol.com (BSchooler@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jan 14 11:49:15 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern 
Message-ID: <288.417605e.30fa92af@aol.com>

On January 6, 2006, all Alumni Admission Council (AAC) Directors were sent an 
e-mail containing this bit of great news:

<<This year, we have the highest number of freshman applications ever 
received in the University's history.? For fall 2006, as of 01/05/06, we've recorded 
a total of 17,626 freshman applicants and we still are opening buckets and 
buckets of mail!? This beats the previous all-time record of 16,674 that was set 
for fall 1997.>>

Needless to say, this is tremendous news. Aside from the fact that our 
rankings will rise accordingly, it means the people who really count - the students 
who want the best possible education - are increasingly recognizing 
Northwestern University in this regard. Hats off to President Henry Bienen, who I 
believe must get credit for Northwestern's enhanced academic profile.

Bob Schooler  ? 


From NEONRye at aol.com  Sat Jan 14 12:04:16 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jan 14 12:08:22 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern 
Message-ID: <1a4.46b38688.30fa9720@aol.com>

Good news for NU--bad news for my son, David, who is in 10th Grade, as the  
odds for him following me as a "legacy" keep shrinking.:-)
 
Paul Levinson
From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Sat Jan 14 12:14:54 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Sat Jan 14 12:14:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern (fwd)
Message-ID: <200601141814.k0EIEslq015819@romaine.tssi.com>

> Needless to say, this is tremendous news. Aside from the fact that our 
> rankings will rise accordingly, 

The rankings will only rise if other schools are not also seeing big
increases in the number of applicants, since I assume those rankings 
are relative.

I understand that all of the top schools are seeing big increases in
the number of applicants, in part because students are applying to more
schools than they used to.

According to a November 30th article in the Wall Street Journal, in 2004
16.1% of incoming freshmen applied to seven or more schools, up from 9.6%
in 1994.  The ease of online applications is one factor in the increase.
(Some schools even waive the application fee for online applications, 
though I believe Northwestern is not among them, as I recall it wasn't
when my son applied a few years ago.)

Correct me if I'm wrong, is not the 'yield' (the percentage of accepted
students who actually enroll) going down at Northwestern and other schools?
--
Mike Nolan

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan 14 13:19:43 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan 14 13:27:30 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat during the game
Message-ID: <005001c6193f$79dd0600$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>


Right now - same place

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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Sat Jan 14 14:15:55 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Sat Jan 14 14:50:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200601141814.k0EIEslq015819@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <08b301c61947$530c8660$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

My youngest just went through that process and I can report that ease of
online applications vary widely (as you might expect).  The majority of the
schools he applied to still charged a fee for the online application (though
it was small).  

There is still a lot of paperwork, even if you do submit electronically.
His HS, for example, doesn't submit transcripts or recommendations
electronically.  University of Colorado Boulder, for example, accepts the
application online but doesn't accept payment for the application
electronically (go figure).  So I think that a lot of schools are still
figuring this out.

There also appear to be more essays than when my older son went through the
process five years ago.

>From what I've read, part of that is an attempt by at least the top tier
public schools to meet their goals of having a diverse student population
without running afoul of the right wing backlash against  affirmative
action.

Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Mike Nolan
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 1:15 PM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern (fwd)

> Needless to say, this is tremendous news. Aside from the fact that our 
> rankings will rise accordingly,

The rankings will only rise if other schools are not also seeing big
increases in the number of applicants, since I assume those rankings are
relative.

I understand that all of the top schools are seeing big increases in the
number of applicants, in part because students are applying to more schools
than they used to.

According to a November 30th article in the Wall Street Journal, in 2004
16.1% of incoming freshmen applied to seven or more schools, up from 9.6% in
1994.  The ease of online applications is one factor in the increase.
(Some schools even waive the application fee for online applications, though
I believe Northwestern is not among them, as I recall it wasn't when my son
applied a few years ago.)

Correct me if I'm wrong, is not the 'yield' (the percentage of accepted
students who actually enroll) going down at Northwestern and other schools?
--
Mike Nolan

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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Sat Jan 14 12:53:33 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Sat Jan 14 17:55:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern
In-Reply-To: <288.417605e.30fa92af@aol.com>
References: <288.417605e.30fa92af@aol.com>
Message-ID: <43C948AD.9030002@bellatlantic.net>

Just imagine the number of applicants NU would have with powerhouse 
football and basketball programs and what that would mean in terms of 
income for NU.

John DeGroat.

BSchooler@aol.com wrote:

>On January 6, 2006, all Alumni Admission Council (AAC) Directors were sent an 
>e-mail containing this bit of great news:
>
><<This year, we have the highest number of freshman applications ever 
>received in the University's history.  For fall 2006, as of 01/05/06, we've recorded 
>a total of 17,626 freshman applicants and we still are opening buckets and 
>buckets of mail!  This beats the previous all-time record of 16,674 that was set 
>for fall 1997.>>
>
>Needless to say, this is tremendous news. Aside from the fact that our 
>rankings will rise accordingly, it means the people who really count - the students 
>who want the best possible education - are increasingly recognizing 
>Northwestern University in this regard. Hats off to President Henry Bienen, who I 
>believe must get credit for Northwestern's enhanced academic profile.
>
>Bob Schooler    
>
>
>_______________________________________________
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>
>  
>

From Hakirsch at aol.com  Sat Jan 14 18:00:20 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jan 14 18:01:30 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern
Message-ID: <29e.3b489dc.30faea94@aol.com>

In a message dated 1/14/2006 3:57:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
johnadeg@bellatlantic.net writes:

> Just imagine the number of applicants NU would have with powerhouse 
> football and basketball programs and what that would mean in terms of 
> income for NU.
> 
> 

And that would be  a shame if that is what the University wants as a way to 
boost applications--I know it has an impact--(witness after the Rose Bowl 
year), but I hope that isn't the key reason for the ever increasing number of 
applicants or higher quality--and I hope that never is a serious consideration by 
the NU administration

Harry
From spiritu at northwestern.edu  Sat Jan 14 19:05:55 2006
From: spiritu at northwestern.edu (Jonathan Michael Hawkins)
Date: Sat Jan 14 19:14:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern
In-Reply-To: <29e.3b489dc.30faea94@aol.com>
References: <29e.3b489dc.30faea94@aol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601141844470.11089@localhost>

> And that would be a shame if that is what the University wants as a way 
> to boost applications--I know it has an impact--(witness after the Rose 
> Bowl year), but I hope that isn't the key reason for the ever increasing 
> number of applicants or higher quality--and I hope that never is a 
> serious consideration by the NU administration

I believe that unless you're an Ivy a major factor in increasing 
enrollment at top-notch private Universities is highly correlated with 
making sure people know who you are as frequently as possible.  Many 
teenagers watch college football and/or basketball and thus whenever 
you've got a nationally televised game you get to put in free 
advertisements of your University.  Thus, it is a very big deal that our 
team be good enough to be televised regularly, and Americans tend to like 
a winner, so that helps too.

Getting good enough players and improving them enough so that on a few 
Monday Nights a year someone says "Noah Herron, Northwestern" is a lot of 
free advertising.  Napoleon Harris is excluded.

Smart kids like sports, too.  Schools with good sports have something for 
their alumni to brag about other than that their school is a big nerdery, 
too, which probably helps out with giving.

But we'll see.  If I didn't want big-time sports I'd've gone somewhere 
lame like UofC, so I will respectfully disagree with Harry and say this: 
as long as academic standards for athletes stay at their current high 
levels, I am all for the administration desiring and getting a couple of 
powerhouse programs.

Jonathan

p.s.  The only logical location for a track-and-field stadium and 
associated other sporting venues for the 2016 Olympics bid is, in my mind, 
Washington Park or Jackson Park (especially if in homage to Burnham's Fair 
they did them in Neo-Classical, which is probably obligatory).

But what would you do with the stadium after the Games, you ask?  What 
indeed, but become great new facilities for the University of Chicago to 
stage its long-awaited return to the Big Ten and Division I-A.  I would 
greatly enjoy kicking their asses each year in a true cross-town rivalry. 
Can you imagine the media attention?  Ah, but I'm dreaming.

From spiritu at northwestern.edu  Sat Jan 14 19:15:38 2006
From: spiritu at northwestern.edu (Jonathan Michael Hawkins)
Date: Sat Jan 14 19:24:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Great News For Northwestern
In-Reply-To: <29e.3b489dc.30faea94@aol.com>
References: <29e.3b489dc.30faea94@aol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601141910320.11089@localhost>

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Hakirsch@aol.com wrote:

> And that would be  a shame if that is what the University wants as a way to
> boost applications--I know it has an impact--(witness after the Rose Bowl
> year), but I hope that isn't the key reason for the ever increasing number of
> applicants or higher quality--and I hope that never is a serious consideration by
> the NU administration

I know this is poor form to respond to my own message, but for the record, 
Duke University is ranked 5 compared with our 11.

Stanford, who is a perennial contender for the award given to the best 
Division I-A athletics program, is ranked 5 also.

Big-time sports excellence is something we can and should strive for as 
part of the total package of being a top notch University.  It goes 
without saying that this excellence should come with no corresponding drop 
in either student quality or exceptions made for those students who are 
also athletes, but I've said it anyway. :)

Best,

Jonathan

-- 
Jonathan Michael Hawkins
<http://www.jomiha.com>

From spiritu at northwestern.edu  Sat Jan 14 19:37:41 2006
From: spiritu at northwestern.edu (Jonathan Michael Hawkins)
Date: Sat Jan 14 19:38:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601141935420.11270@localhost>

Here's a great article which mentions NU prominently in its reasoning for 
why Chicago has a giant leg up on NYC and other US cities for its 2016 
bid:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/maggie_haskins/07/08/chicago.2016/
<http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/maggie_haskins/07/08/chicago.2016/>

It would be incredible.

Jonathan

From NEONRye at aol.com  Sat Jan 14 20:30:39 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jan 14 20:49:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016
Message-ID: <2cc.1a8f874.30fb0dcf@aol.com>

As a New Yorker, I have to admit that Ms. Haskins makes a great case for  
"The Windy City"".  In New York much of the outright opposition and lack of  
enthusiasm for the Olympic bid last year was the unfortunate reliance on the  
silly idea to have an 80,000 seat football/Olympic stadium plopped into  Manhattan 
southwest of Times Square along the Hudson River.  There would  simply be no 
way for people to get there other than on mass transit--and, as NU  fans well 
know, gridiron fans like to tailgate.  I think the vision she  paints of an 
Olympics taking advantage of Chicago's natural geography, its  ethnic and 
cultural and diversity, its "can-do" spirit and historical  ability to build and 
re-build, and its love of sports makes a compelling  case.  As someone who 
entered NU in September, 1970 as a provincial Long  Islander, and left in 1974 as 
someone who really loves Chicago and appreciates  its unique qualities, I hope 
it is the U.S. representative.  I actually  have a law partner who does legal 
work for the Olympic Committee, so if the  Olympics had been in NYC, I was 
golden for tickets, but still think Chicago  would make a more logical host.
 
Paul Levinson
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Jan 14 21:00:56 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Jan 14 21:02:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601141935420.11270@localhost>
Message-ID: <20060115030056.26290.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com>

I remember Mayor Daley proposing that a couple years
back and laughing. But I keep hearing it more and more
and it makes me think that this could actually happen
(winning the US bid - maybe not the overall games).

The article made a good case, and it'd be great to see
beautiful Evanston and the NU lakefront showcased for
some of the events. Chicago truly is a great city and
would represent the country better than some of the
other names that bid against NYC last time (Houston?
Please - didn't they learn from August in Atlanta!:)
).

Dunno how likely it is (though with Asia in '08 and
Europe in '12, Australia out of major cities and
Africa and South America likely to continue to be
ignored by the IOC, a North American candidate would
probably be the favorite), but I hope they get it.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Sun Jan 15 11:09:39 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jan 15 11:13:50 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] good article on recruiting
Message-ID: <2a1.3dc7cd6.30fbdbd3@aol.com>

NU is tops in the big ten, dOSU is last.
_http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/recruiting/orl-recstory1506j
an15,0,4752329.story?coll=orl-sports-headlines_ 
(http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/recruiting/orl-recstory1506jan15,0,4752329.story?coll=orl-
sports-headlines) 
From BSchooler at aol.com  Sun Jan 15 23:10:54 2006
From: BSchooler at aol.com (BSchooler@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jan 15 23:16:26 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 13th Verbal Commitment
Message-ID: <291.406b731.30fc84de@aol.com>

Found this on the Bill Hodge recruiting site:

http://www.clubcolors.com/main/home.jsp?selected_catalog=northwestern&
bmForm=cc_start&bmFormID=1130959603571&bmUID=1130959603571

His name is Kendall Mason from Florida, 6'1", 270 lbs. He's our first DL 
verbal. Read on the Rivals site that he was visiting but this is the first 
indication I've seen that he verbally committed.

Bob Schooler 
From BSchooler at aol.com  Sun Jan 15 23:10:54 2006
From: BSchooler at aol.com (BSchooler@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jan 15 23:33:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 13th Verbal Commitment
Message-ID: <291.406b731.30fc84de@aol.com>

Found this on the Bill Hodge recruiting site:

http://www.clubcolors.com/main/home.jsp?selected_catalog=northwestern&
bmForm=cc_start&bmFormID=1130959603571&bmUID=1130959603571

His name is Kendall Mason from Florida, 6'1", 270 lbs. He's our first DL 
verbal. Read on the Rivals site that he was visiting but this is the first 
indication I've seen that he verbally committed.

Bob Schooler 
From BSchooler at aol.com  Sun Jan 15 23:13:22 2006
From: BSchooler at aol.com (BSchooler@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jan 15 23:34:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Woops - Wrong Link
Message-ID: <20c.10c4a75c.30fc8572@aol.com>

Here's the correct link to Kendall Mason verbal commitment from the Bill 
Hodge site:


http://interact.collegesports.com/recruiting/pros_card_frames.cfm?recruit_id=3262&sport=football&dbyear=05

Bob Schooler
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan 16 10:56:10 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan 16 10:58:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/16
Message-ID: <000401c61abd$c0aecc60$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Weekend Wrapup/MLK Day Edition

Basketball wrapups, some recruiting, Tennis, Wrestling, and Swimming news from
last weekend.

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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Wildcats Fall To No. 21 Badgers, 68-52
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/011406aab.html 
     + Wildcats get Badgered
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060115029
4jan15,1,7896571.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + Cursed at Kohl: NU 52 Wisc 68
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/488923.html 
     + Clanking Cats fall on road
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nu15.html 
     + Badgers adjust, handle Wildcats
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=143167 
     + Late 13-2 first-half run dooms NU
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/16/43cb494651b2a 
     + Badgered into submission
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/16/43cb474a661e1 
     + Badgers humble Cats
      http://www.nuhoops.com/2006/01/badgers_humble_cats.html 

     Notes, Quotes
 
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/northwestern.htm 

     Coach Roy: Random Thoughts: Bad O or Good D?
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/489470.html 

     Shea: Can Cats make NIT?
      http://www.nuhoops.com/2006/01/can_cats_make_nit.html 

     From Wisconsin
     Badgers Trounce Wildcats, 68-52
 
http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/mbb/headlines/full_story.aspx?story_id=2006_
01_14_15_34_10_mbb 
     + Notebook: Frosh contain Vukusic
      http://wisconsin.scout.com/2/488941.html 
     + Tucker's 20 points lift UW over Northwestern
      http://badgerherald.com/sports/2006/01/15/tuckers_20_points_l.php 
     + Rob Schultz: Ryan plays it smart with simple, consistent approach
      http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/uw/index.php?ntid=68944 
     + Patient Badgers skin Cats
      http://www.jsonline.com/badger/bkb/jan06/385117.asp 

     Next Up Michigan

     Other Big 10
     MSU's Davis Nabs Men's Basketball Weekly Laurels
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011606aaa.html 

     MSU outlasts OSU in two OTs
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-cage16.html 

     Senior duo saves day for Illinois
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ill151.htm 
     + Illini defense shows chinks in its armor
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=143274 

     Purdue bounces back for Painter's first Big Ten win
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-purd15.html 

     Short break for Indiana OK by Weber
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-herb15.html 

     Haluska finds touch at good time for Iowa
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-iowa15.html 
     + Haluska, Iowa win  at Penn St.
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/bigten.asp?id=143199 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     'Cats Bested by Hawkeyes, 80-48
     + Second-half surge turns early lead into blowout
     + Hawkeyes exploit Cats' shooting woes
     + Hawkeyes finish satisfying stretch with blowout win

     'Cats Welcome Hawkeyes

FOOTBALL

     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield 

RECRUITING

     Newman Speaks Out
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=489402 
     Chicagoland hoss high on Beavs
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=489390 
     Oliver Confirms OSU Scholarship Offer
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=489149 
     Browning Gives The Latest
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=489139 

     Do assistants bring players?
     Cooks delivers two commitments from Texas
      http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/sports/badgersFB/index.php?ntid=68915 

SWIMMING

     Men
     No. 17 Wildcats Finish Second at Dallas Morning News Swimming & Diving
Classic
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/011406aaa.html 

TENNIS

     Men
     Wildcats Take Five-Straight Singles Matches to Top Ball State, 5-2
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/011606aac.html 

     Women
     Cristelle Grier and Alexis Prousis Finish Second At National Collegiate
Tennis Championships
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/011506aaf.html 
     + Wildcats Earn Two Berths In Doubles Semifinal Round at National
Collegiate Tennis Championships
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/011506aac.html 

WRESTLING

     13th-Ranked Wildcats Fall to No. 18 Arizona State, 22-17
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/011406aaj.html 
     + Herbert still undefeated, but NU knocked out early 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/16/43cb4ab42c699 

MISCELLANY

     Clarett victim of entitlement
     http://badgerherald.com/sports/2006/01/15/clarett_victim_of_en.php 

Alumni

     Bentley [Seahawks] and Essex [Steelers] advance

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From spiritu at northwestern.edu  Mon Jan 16 12:04:18 2006
From: spiritu at northwestern.edu (Jonathan Michael Hawkins)
Date: Mon Jan 16 12:05:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016
In-Reply-To: <2cc.1a8f874.30fb0dcf@aol.com>
References: <2cc.1a8f874.30fb0dcf@aol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601142038160.11491@localhost>

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, NEONRye@aol.com wrote:

> As a New Yorker, I have to admit that Ms. Haskins makes a great case for
> "The Windy City""...

According to Eric Larson's excellent book, "The Devil In the White City", 
Chicago's nickname came from the blustery talk coming from the city's 
prominent politicians and public figures who argued for Chicago to 
represent America to the world in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

I hope that Mayor Daley, Rahm Emanuel, Jan Schakowsky, Bobby Rush, Jesse 
Jackson, Jr., Jesse Jackson, Sr., Dennis Hastert, Barack Obama, and 
prominent Chicagoans in business, especially Patrick Ryan, start getting 
blustery soon about why Chicago should get the Olympics. :)

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 17 11:15:18 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 17 11:27:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/17
Message-ID: <001301c61b89$97d2c540$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday Edition

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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     $ Bill Carmody Teleconference 1/16
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/489892.html 

     Hutchens: Penn State's win at Northwestern hard to fathom
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/SPORTS/601170414/106
9/SPORTS0601 

     Next Up Michigan [Wed 7 PM]
     Men's Basketball Upset Bid Falls Short at No. 7 Illinois
      http://www.mgoblue.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=20139 
     + Dee-sappointed
      http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/17/43cc9c2bc5fe2 
     + Matt Singer: Great comeback, thrilling conclusion, but Michigan must
learn to finish
      http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/17/43cc9d514dd52 
     + Just out of reach again 
 
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/aanews/basketball/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/11373
2355697660.xml&coll=2 
     + Abram back, but still injured 
 
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/aanews/basketball/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/11373
2362497660.xml&coll=2 
     + Wolverines face critical 4-game swing in which Big Ten title, postseason
chances could rest.
 
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/SPORTS0201/601170332/
1131 

     Some older stuff about the team
     + U-M's Harris not sweating shutout
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060114/SPORTS06/601140311/1054

     + Finally, Brown free of major pain -- and it shows
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060113/SPORTS06/601130435/1054


     And then Illinois [Sat 3:30 PM]
     Illinois Remains No. 7 in Latest AP Poll
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=23205 
     Road gets tougher for Illinois
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060116illini,1,6958409
.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Illini need to grow up fast at No. 13 Indiana
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ill17.html 
     + Illini look for road win, hope it's vs. Hoosiers
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=143782 
     + History with Hoosiers drives Illini
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/351595899457770.php 
     + Rambling Reck: Big Ten hoops action gets hot
      http://www.tribstar.com/sports_columns/local_story_016230042.html 

     Other Big 10
     MSU's Izzo can live with a 2-2 start
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060116bigtenbits,1,560
3001.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     Ryan's young Badgers meshing quickly
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-big17.html 
     Ryan, Wisconsin not surprised to be undefeated in Big Ten
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/172sd3.htm 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Cats come up short against Illini
      http://www.wnur.org/sports/wbball.html 
     Iowa women down Northwestern
 
http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=84454D2A-14BC-44A2-8CAFA4AF0F34
7BB2 

FOOTBALL

     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield
     College players perform for next-level eyes
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA011706.1D.FBCshrinegame.
scouting.d48bd2d.html 
     + Players offer distinctive pedigrees
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA011706.6D.FBCshrine.side
r.d32c748.html 
     + Notebook: Transformation seen in move to S.A.
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA011706.6D.FBCshrine.note
book.d32bb38.html 

RECRUITING

     2006 signing day for football recruits
      http://hailtopurple.com/cats6a12a.html 
     Myron Lewis Which team's in the lead?
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=489122&nid=2322918&fhn=1&refid=4742


FENCING

     Nemecek continues torrid run with 2nd-place finish in Houston
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/17/43cc834b4de50 
     + Nemecek Finishes Second at USFA North America Cup in Houston, Texas
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-fenc/spec-rel/011606aaa.html 

SWIMMING

     Men
     Cats grab second in tough pool
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/17/43cc81b7812a1 

TENNIS

     Weekend brings mixed results for tennis teams
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/17/43cc829a10dac 

MISCELLANY

     2005-06 Winter Sports Weekly Release #8
 
http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/nw/genrel/auto_pdf/05-06WinterWR8.pdf 

     See, they don't always get it right either
     NFL admits refs were wrong
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/pro/351596422676158.php 
     + Porter livid
      http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/news/story?id=2294214 

     Ohio St.-Michigan ticket scammer arrested  
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/15/bc.fbc.ohiost
.michigant.ap/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 

Alumni

     Bentley [Seahawks] and Essex [Steelers] advance

     Mark Loretta: Loretta set to take stage at Fenway
 
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060113&content_id
=1295034&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos 

     Jeff Roehl: Rejoins New England
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=489868&nid=1809046&fhn=1&refid=4742


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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan 18 12:46:45 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan 18 12:58:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/18
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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     'Cats Face Michigan Wednesday Night in Ann Arbor
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011706aab.html 
     + NU at Michigan
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-cagep18.html 
     $ BKB Pregame Intel: Michigan Wolverines
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/490269.html 
     + NU big men not playing to size
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/18/43cde1dc6ef7b 

     Next Up Michigan [Wed 7 PM] 
     Daily Sports Q & A: Graham Brown
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/18/43cde2c31e7e6 
     + Wolverines look to race past 'Cats
      http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/18/43cdee18d07c0 
     + A vital week for Michigan
 
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/aanews/basketball/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/11375
9885561420.xml&coll=2 
     + Today's games
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060118/SPORTS06/601180305/1054
/SPORTS06 
     + Wolverines seek better beginning
      http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/011806/spo_2006011809.shtml 

     And then Illinois [Sat 3:30 PM] 
     Late wake-up call
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060117illinigamer,1,31
6454.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Illini show guts, get no glory
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ill18.html 
     + Frenzied fans not big hit with Illini
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-illnt18.html 
     + Augustine's foul trouble proves costly for Illinois
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=144070 
     + Sixth man Wilmont steps up for injured White
 
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/sports/z1/01-18-06_z1_spor_01.html 
     + IU controls Brown, who scores just five
 
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/sports/z1/01-18-06_z1_spor_02.html 
     + Hoosiers on the Marco - Killingsworth, Hoosiers hold off Illini
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/01/18/sports/top_sports/2cdd5da90a774b03862570
fa0017b0cc.txt 

     Other Big 10
     Unpredictable Big Ten still sorting itself out
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/18/43cde11b06fd8 
     A win tonight puts everything in Badgers' favor
      http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/011806/spo_2006011810.shtml 
     MARK SNYDER: Wisconsin still badgering league
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060118/SPORTS08/601180304/1054
/SPORTS06 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Zoned out: Wildcats offense still in funk
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/18/43cde00030148 
     NU Faces UW-Milwaukee In Nonconference Match Up
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/011706aae.html 

FOOTBALL

     Post Season All Star Games:
     Pair leads East past West at Las Vegas All-American Classic
 
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-15-Sun-2006/sports/5372276.html 

     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield 
     UT tight end Thomas still Young's main man
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA011806.3C.FBCshrine.thom
as.1231c17f.html 
     + Notebook: Texas A&M's Carter looking impressive
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA011806.3C.FBCshrine.note
book.1231c05c.html 
     + A&M's McNeal on clock to revive pro dream
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA011806.1C.FBCshrine.mcne
al.1231c096.html 

RECRUITING

     Irish accept 3 early enrollments
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060117irishrecruits,1,
1792843.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     Wild Week Ahead for Fields
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=489963 

SWIMMING

     Men
     Matt Grevers Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/011706aab.html 

TENNIS

     Wildcats Host Area Foe DePaul
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/011706aad.html 

MISCELLANY

     T.J.'s little brother moves to San Antonio
     Parker's brother to join UTSA
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/localcolleges/stories/MYSA011506.10C.BKCparke
r.utsa.35f4e59.html 

Alumni

     Jeff Roehl Rejoins New England 
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=489868&nid=1809046&fhn=1&refid=4742


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From wseliger at aol.com  Wed Jan 18 16:43:26 2006
From: wseliger at aol.com (wseliger@aol.com)
Date: Wed Jan 18 16:48:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Looking for 1 extra ticket for the NU-Illinois Game
	this weekend
In-Reply-To: <002101c61c5f$88d88580$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
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 I'm looking for one extra ticket for a friend for this Saturday's basketball game.  If you know of anyone with an extra ticket please contact me.
 
Thanks,
 
Bill Seliger
wseliger@aol.com
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan 18 17:57:54 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan 18 18:08:04 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat during the game
Message-ID: <002501c61c8b$01191250$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Its on TV, and you can join your fellow alums on line too.

Turn on the TV, listen to Shon or WGN on the web and listen to Dave and Chat
here

http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.pl?id=122893

rsl

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Jan 19 09:19:26 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Jan 19 09:23:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/19
Message-ID: <002f01c61d0b$bd214dc0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

www.PurpleWildcats.com
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Thursday Edition

Lights out shooting dooms the Cats at Michigan, Women start shooting, Tennis,
Swimming, Lacrosse along with Alumni news.

                                                      All the News that Fits We
Link
                                                          Your Index to News
about
                                                       Northwestern University
Athletics

BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Northwestern Falls To Michigan, 68-51
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/011806aaa.html 
     + Wolves outshoot Cats: NU 51 Michigan 68
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/490457.html 
     + Cats call for help but can't find any
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060119014
9jan19,1,1928201.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + Energized Michigan coasts past Wildcats
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nu19.html 
     + NU dazed and lost in maize
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cf40eb24cc0 
     + Big Blue dominates NU front line in blowout win
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cf41a6973cd 
     + Wolverines tame Wildcats
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=144494 
     + NU left helpless
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/191sd5.htm 
     + Northwestern Loses Third Straight
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=23376 
     + Listless Cats dominated by Michigan
      http://www.nuhoops.com/2006/01/listless_cats_dominated_by_mic.html 

     Good comparison of parallels in NU Football & Basketball
     Rakov: Same roles, different plot for NU
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cf3ef7393bc 

     Wolverines' reasons why not
      http://www.nuhoops.com/2006/01/wolverines_reasons_why_not.html 

     Moore giving emotional lift to Cat attack
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-19-06-805435.
html 

     From the Michigan side
     Men's Basketball Uses Hot Shooting to Defeat Wildcats
      http://www.mgoblue.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=20177 
     + Michigan Dispatches Northwestern, 68-51
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=490544 
     + 'M' cruises past 'Cats in home rout
      http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cf3da3411b1 
     + Singer: Balance key in Blue's decisive win
      http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cf3e311eb15 
     + Abram lifts healthy Wolverines
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/SPORTS06/601190602/1054

     + Guard limps off court because of sprained ankle but expects to play
Saturday at Minnesota.
 
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/SPORTS0201/601190430/
1131 
     + Wolverines drop Wildcats
      http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/011906/spo_2006011911.shtml 
     + Michigan 68, Northwestern 51
 
http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/base/sports-16/11376404612123
00.xml&storylist=mibusiness 

     Next is Illinois
     Could leg problems be affecting Brown?
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=144517 
     + Pruitt's Career-High Not Enough for Illini
      http://illinois.scout.com/2/490130.html 
     + Illini shut down on the road
 
http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2006/01/18/Sports/Illini.Shut.Down.On.The.Road-1
434996.shtml 
     + A hall of a different color
 
http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2006/01/18/Sports/A.Hall.Of.A.Different.Color-14
34998.shtml 
     + Late wake-up call
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060117illinigamer,1,31
6454.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     Other Big 10
     Ohio State pins first loss on Wisconsin
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-big19.html 
     + Buckeyes Hold Off No. 15 Wisconsin 77-67
      http://ohiostate.scout.com/2/490393.html 

     Iowa Defeats Minnesota in Triple OT
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=23383 

     Claxton Leads Penn State's Rout of Purdue
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=23365 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Northwestern Falls to UW-Milwaukee, 81-73
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/011806aaa.html 
     + Offense emerges, but Cats still fall
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cf4288b2d98 

FOOTBALL

     HaitToPurple: 1876 game
      http://hailtopurple.com/cde/unof.html 
     + excerpts from HailToPurple.com's 2005 posts
      http://hailtopurple.com/features/2005.html 

     Post Season All Star Games:
     East West Shrine: Basanez, McGarigle, Cofield
     Philmore Added to Hula Bowl Roster; Cofield to Participate in East West
Shrine Game
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011806aac.html 
     + Shrine Game notebook: Byrd added to West roster
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA011906.10C.FBCshrine.notebook.17c
d262b.html 

RECRUITING

     Anthony Ferla Still Searching For Right Fit
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=490578&nid=776988&fhn=1&refid=4742 
     Two defensive tackles pledge Northwestern
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-19-06-803843.
html 

FENCING

     Wildcats Open First Coaches Poll at No. 7
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-fenc/spec-rel/011806aaa.html 

LACROSSE

     CSTV To Boast Nation's Most Compelling College Lacrosse Programming
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/011806aaa.html 

TENNIS

     Men
     Wildcats Blank DePaul, 7-0
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/011806aaa.html 

     Women
     Wildcats Set to Host Wildcat Invitational
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/011906aac.html 
     + Nationally ranked Cats ready for meet
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cf433f680ce 

MISCELLANY

     An NU Math Prof in this group?
     Hockey moms face off for fun of it
 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0601190046jan19,1,3166368.sto
ry?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed 

Alumni

     Northwestern Announces 2005-06 Hall of Fame Induction Class
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/genrel/010906aaf.html 
     + Northwestern adds five to hall of fame
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-19-06-798684.
html 
     Feds indict dentist linked to prostitution ring
      http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=3825315 

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From spiritu at northwestern.edu  Thu Jan 19 17:32:57 2006
From: spiritu at northwestern.edu (Jonathan Michael Hawkins)
Date: Thu Jan 19 18:41:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Looking for 1 extra ticket for the NU-Illinois Game
	this weekend
In-Reply-To: <8C7EA97BABB16CB-9B8-194F3@mblk-d12.sysops.aol.com>
References: <002101c61c5f$88d88580$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
	<8C7EA97BABB16CB-9B8-194F3@mblk-d12.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601191730490.8414@localhost>

I'm sure it's not a concern, but this "friend" is going to be wearing 
exclusively purple and cheering for NU, right?

Because otherwise you really should advertise that up front.

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, wseliger@aol.com wrote:

> I'm looking for one extra ticket for a friend for this Saturday's 
> basketball game.  If you know of anyone with an extra ticket please 
> contact me.
>
> Thanks,

-- 
Jonathan Michael Hawkins
<http://www.jomiha.com>

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Jan 20 10:49:09 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Jan 20 10:58:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/20
Message-ID: <001301c61de1$70015360$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Friday Late Edition

Sneaking into the Weekend, with a need to win on the Basketball Court. Tennis
Tournament continues, Wrestling heads for Minny and a showdown, 4 Alums in
action Saturday in 
all star games. Swimming and Miscellany too.

                                                      All the News that Fits We
Link
                                                          Your Index to News
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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Fan Advisory: Saturday's Game A Sellout, So Plan To Arrive Early
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/011906aaa.html 
     + Bring on the Illini
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/20/43d07613a20ff 
     + One sure way to beat Illinois... 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/20/43d076dddb2cd 
     + Notes Quotes
 
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/northwestern.htm 

     Next is Illinois
     $ Trip to Evanston chance to fix leak
      http://www.news-gazette.com/sportsfacts/stories.cfm?NUMBER=16890 
     + Great by any measure
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060120/SPORTS/601200505/100
4/SPORTS 

     Followed by Purdue
     Men's Basketball Game Notes
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012006aaa.html 
     + Purdue plays for respect, IU continues title hunt
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
475 
     + Indiana-Purdue rivalry brings history to Assembly Hall, revives childhood
memories for senior Boilermaker
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
483 
     + Boilermakers blocking out rivals
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060117/SPORTS02010201/
601170331/1122/BOILER 
     + Purdue's road woes continue
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/SPORTS02010201/
601190341/1122/BOILER 

     Other Big 10


WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     'We really just need a win'
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/20/43d0793f835bd 
     Desperate women face Northwestern
 
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/01/01-20-06tdc/01-20-06dsports-12.asp 
     + Penn State overmatched by Purdue
 
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/01/01-20-06tdc/01-20-06dsports-11.asp 

FOOTBALL

     Post Season All Star Games:
     Not much news about Cats here...
     East West Shrine: [3 PM WT - ESPN2]
      Basanez [14], McGarigle [41], Cofield [95]
     Injury not steeling Toledo QB's thunder 
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA012006.07D.FBC_shrine_gr
adkowski.1c4584d7.html 
     Games Notes
      http://www.shrinegame.com/pdf/East-West_Shrine_Game_Notes-1-17-06.pdf 
     Flip Card
      http://www.shrinegame.com/pdf/East-West_Shrine_flip_card-1-17-06.pdf 

     Hula Bowl: [6 PM WT - ESPN] 
     Philmore
     West's Willingham wants win 
      http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/20/sports/story01.html 
     + Notebook: Hula Bowl 
      http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/20/sports/notebook.html 

RECRUITING

     We understand a Linebacker prospect will be visiting.

FENCING

     Four top-ten teams awaiting Wildcats in two tournaments
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/20/43d077fd767af 

SWIMMING

     Young swimmers hope to put on show for home crowd
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/20/43d078600e996 
     Northwestern and Penn State Claim Weekly Honors
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/011706aaa.html 

TENNIS

     Pollard and Torricelli to Host Faculty/Staff Tennis Bash
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/genrel/011906aab.html 

     Women
     No. 6 Northwestern Wraps Up First Day of Wildcat Invitational
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/011906aac.html 

WRESTLING

     16th-Ranked 'Cats Travel to No. 1 Minnesota For Big Ten Opener
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/012006aad.html 
     + NU faces nation's top team
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/20/43d07a2541081 
     + Big Ten Action Set to Take Place; Minnesota and Konrad Gain No. 1 Ranking
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/011806aaa.html 

MISCELLANY

     Black athletes' graduation rate well below that of whites
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=463 
     Nugent, developer of I formation, dies at 92  
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/19/bc.fbc.obit.n
ugent.ap/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 

Alumni

     Purple Ponderings, v. 3 no.2
      http://www.mopsquad.com/artman/publish/article_4632.htm 

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From wseliger at aol.com  Fri Jan 20 16:03:40 2006
From: wseliger at aol.com (wseliger@aol.com)
Date: Fri Jan 20 16:05:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Looking for 1 extra ticket for the NU-Illinois Game
	this weekend
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601191730490.8414@localhost>
References: <002101c61c5f$88d88580$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>	<8C7EA97BABB16CB-9B8-194F3@mblk-d12.sysops.aol.com>
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Message-ID: <8C7EC2481682A60-17A4-1CE7@FWM-M42.sysops.aol.com>

I should have made this more clear.  This friend (Pete Lograsso - some of you know him) is certainly a full-on NU fan.  He and I spent 4 years in NUMB cheering the cats during the dark days of the late 80's.  I'll be there in my season seats wearing purple as well!
 
I am still looking for that one elusive ticket - if anyone has an extra I can be reached on my cell at 847.875.1216.
 
Funny story - when we were at the NU-tOSU game in November Pete was working the scalpers for tickets to the game (because we didn't plan ahead).  He was wearing an NU sweatshirt and even the ticket scalpers wouldn't sell him tickets.  He finally had to take his sweatshirt off and turn it inside-out so he could clandestinely buy tickets.   
 
 - Bill 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Michael Hawkins <spiritu@northwestern.edu>
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:32:57 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Looking for 1 extra ticket for the NU-Illinois Game this weekend


I'm sure it's not a concern, but this "friend" is going to be wearing exclusively purple and cheering for NU, right? 
 
Because otherwise you really should advertise that up front. 
 
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, wseliger@aol.com wrote: 
 
> I'm looking for one extra ticket for a friend for this Saturday's > basketball game. If you know of anyone with an extra ticket please > contact me. 
> 
> Thanks, 
 
-- Jonathan Michael Hawkins 
<http://www.jomiha.com> 
 
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nwu-sports@tssi.com 
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan 21 10:45:33 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan 21 10:46:08 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/21
Message-ID: <000001c61eaa$19905200$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Saturday PreGame Edition

The Cats entertain Illinois at home today in Basketball, lots more pregame info,
plus Tennis, Wrestling results, and Swimming - There's also news on the All Star
games and Alumni 
too.

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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     'Cats Welcome No. 7 Illinois to Welsh-Ryan Arena Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012006aab.html 
     + Wildcats warn: don't mistake  'stoic' demeanor for resolve
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=145399 

     Free Cat Chat during Games Here
      http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.pl?id=122893 

     Next is Illinois
     Frazier takes to role of 'Mini Dee'
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060120illini,1,4730180
.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Illini road woes go beyond Brown
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ill21.html 
     $ BKB Pregame Intel: Illinois Fighting Illini
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/491192.html 
     + Illini feeling desperate
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=145344 
     + Familiar story: Weber expects NU to test Illini
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/353465600441063.php 
     + Illini 68-6 since 2004 loss to Northwestern
      http://www.sj-r.com/sections/sports/stories/76748.asp 
     + Illini need to win one on the road
      http://www.pjstar.com/stories/012106/ILL_B8ON83O0.083.shtml 

     Followed by Purdue
     Men's Basketball Game Notes
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012006aaa.html 
     + Rivalry rekindles childhood memories
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/SPORTS02010201/
601210336/1122/BOILER 
     + Purdue's road woes continue
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/SPORTS02010201/
601190341/1122/BOILER 

     Other Big 10
      Big East And Big 10 Pace Wooden Nominees
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=491139 

FOOTBALL

     Post Season All Star Games:
     Not much news about Cats here...
     East West Shrine: [3 PM WT - ESPN2]
     Playing for the East:  Basanez [14], McGarigle [41], Cofield [95] 
     Notebook: Coaches plan to stick to simple game plans
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/nfl/stories/MYSA012106.10C.FBCshrine
.notebook.21a8dfdb.html 
     + Rosters, history
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA012106.10C.FBCshrine.ros
ters.21a8e03d.html 

     Hula Bowl: [6 PM WT - ESPN] 
     Philmore 

RECRUITING

     .Options Expand for Dembesky
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=491131 
     Brandon Glyck Makes Choice
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=491101&nid=1819371&fhn=1&refid=4742

     Super Saturday Showdown! Duke-Bound Jon Scheyer and Glenbrook North Set To
Clash With Northwestern-bound Jeff Ryan and Glenbrook South In AAA Chicago 
     Game of the Week On WTTW-Channel 11 
      http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/northsouth.html 

SWIMMING

     No. 17 Wildcats Outduel No. 19 Irish, 172-128
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/012006aac.html 

TENNIS

     Men
     A Pair of 2005 NCAA Qualifiers Meet as Wildcats Host No. 26 Notre Dame
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/012006aad.html 

     Women
     Northwestern Finishes Second Day of Wildcat Invitational
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/012106aac.html 

WRESTLING

     Top-Ranked Gophers Edge Wildcats in Big Ten Opener, 24-11
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/012006aae.html 
     + No. 1 Minnesota Defeats No. 16 Northwestern 24-11 
 
http://www.gophersports.com/sportsNews/press_release.asp?news_id=11783&sport_id=
mwrest 

MISCELLANY

     Is anybody listening?
 
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicA
rticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128769450793 

Alumni

     Trai Essex Still in the playoffs
      http://news.steelers.com/article/61520/ 
     Levelle Brown Now with Chicago
      http://www.chicagorush.com/roster_View.asp?ID=95&Unit=Player 
     Dwayne Missouri DEFENSIVE MINDED SOUL SHUTDOWN DRAGONS IN SCRIMMAGE
      http://www.philadelphiasoul.com/news/current_news/504703.html 

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan 21 11:42:38 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan 21 11:49:43 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat during Shrine Bowl and Basketball
Message-ID: <000001c61eb2$13134600$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I plan to be up in the Chat Room during both the Shrine Bowl and Illinois
Basketball game

C'mon down

http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.pl?id=122893

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From NEONRye at aol.com  Sat Jan 21 16:36:59 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jan 21 16:41:01 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Shrine Game Blooper 
Message-ID: <271.46d62a0.3104118b@aol.com>

Brett B. agreed to be miked for the game, and when he got under center on  
his first third-down play, he let go with the "f" word in telling his linemen to 
 hold on the hard count he was planning to use.  He did, and the West jumped  
offside, just as BB predicted they would.    Too bad that the  play will be 
overshadowed by his inadvertent blooper.  Meanwhile, he just  missed throwing a 
TD to the big end from Hofstra (my wife's alma mater) at the  end of the 
first half on 4th and 7 from the West 36-yard line.  The throw  was right there, 
however.
 
Paul Levinson
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan 21 17:35:59 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan 21 17:36:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Shrine Game Blooper 
In-Reply-To: <271.46d62a0.3104118b@aol.com>
Message-ID: <000101c61ee3$6f17ad70$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

They turned off the Mic and he got his team into the end zone to tie it up.

I don't think that hurts his chances, maybe as a broadcaster, but...

He could take over for Ted A on the NU games on WGN.

I'd like that

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of NEONRye@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 5:37 PM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Shrine Game Blooper 
> 
> 
> Brett B. agreed to be miked for the game, and when he got 
> under center on  
> his first third-down play, he let go with the "f" word in 
> telling his linemen to 
>  hold on the hard count he was planning to use.  He did, and 
> the West jumped  
> offside, just as BB predicted they would.    Too bad that the 
>  play will be 
> overshadowed by his inadvertent blooper.  Meanwhile, he just  
> missed throwing a 
> TD to the big end from Hofstra (my wife's alma mater) at the  
> end of the 
> first half on 4th and 7 from the West 36-yard line.  The 
> throw  was right there, 
> however.
>  
> Paul Levinson
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From thehaze at earthlink.net  Sat Jan 21 17:42:12 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Sat Jan 21 17:42:26 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Shrine Game Blooper
References: <271.46d62a0.3104118b@aol.com>
Message-ID: <43D2C6D4.30303@earthlink.net>

I saw it, too.  It was a third and three situation.  Brett told his 
line, "Hold your fucking water.  They're gonna jump."  Sure enough, the 
West jumped and the East had a first down.  Better television than most 
shows I've seen lately.  ESPN2 should be proud.  -- Jim B.

NEONRye@aol.com wrote:

>Brett B. agreed to be miked for the game, and when he got under center on  
>his first third-down play, he let go with the "f" word in telling his linemen to 
> hold on the hard count he was planning to use.  He did, and the West jumped  
>offside, just as BB predicted they would.    Too bad that the  play will be 
>overshadowed by his inadvertent blooper.  Meanwhile, he just  missed throwing a 
>TD to the big end from Hofstra (my wife's alma mater) at the  end of the 
>first half on 4th and 7 from the West 36-yard line.  The throw  was right there, 
>however.
> 
>Paul Levinson
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan 21 18:01:29 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan 21 18:01:53 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] At the Shrine Bowl - Band playing Go U Northwestern as
	the East drives
Message-ID: <000201c61ee6$fefa84a0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

How about that, 

Not as good as NUMB, but Go U Northwestern just the same!

rsl

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan 21 18:17:43 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan 21 18:17:56 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Baz got the East to the 1
Message-ID: <000301c61ee9$43f26490$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

But they couldn't punch it in with :01

I think he helped his potential pro status today, but...

I would have like a win too.

Go CATS

rsl

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Jan 21 18:20:29 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Jan 21 18:20:45 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Shrine Game Blooper
In-Reply-To: <43D2C6D4.30303@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <000401c61ee9$a673d4a0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Its right up there with David Allen Coe in a live concert on KRLD

Singing "You Never Called Me by my Name,"  - ended the song with "You never even
called me by my F****ng name"

And no 7 second delay on AM, the FM station knew better and had it delayed.

Ain't live TV/Radio fun?

Go CATS

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jim Bendat
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:42 PM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Shrine Game Blooper
> 
> 
> I saw it, too.  It was a third and three situation.  Brett told his 
> line, "Hold your fucking water.  They're gonna jump."  Sure 
> enough, the 
> West jumped and the East had a first down.  Better television 
> than most 
> shows I've seen lately.  ESPN2 should be proud.  -- Jim B.
> 
> NEONRye@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >Brett B. agreed to be miked for the game, and when he got 
> under center 
> >on
> >his first third-down play, he let go with the "f" word in 
> telling his linemen to 
> > hold on the hard count he was planning to use.  He did, and 
> the West jumped  
> >offside, just as BB predicted they would.    Too bad that 
> the  play will be 
> >overshadowed by his inadvertent blooper.  Meanwhile, he just 
>  missed throwing a 
> >TD to the big end from Hofstra (my wife's alma mater) at the 
>  end of the 
> >first half on 4th and 7 from the West 36-yard line.  The 
> throw  was right there, 
> >however.
> > 
> >Paul Levinson
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Jan 22 11:10:55 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Jan 22 11:23:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/22
Message-ID: <000801c61f76$cf2813b0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Sunday Weekend Wrap Edition

Tough loss as the Illini roll at NU's house. Baz almost wins the Shrine Game,
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BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Northwestern Falls To No. 7 Illinois, 58-47
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012106aaa.html 
     + Vukusic's low five spell doom for NU
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-herb22.html 
     + Vukusic has forgettable game: 5 points, 1-for-14 shooting
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=145706 
     + No. 7 Illinois 58, Northwestern 47
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/221sd6.htm 
     +Random Thoughts: Life without Vedran
     http://northwestern.scout.com/2/491532.html

     Box Score
 
http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2005-2006/mb012106.html 
     + Quotes
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012106aab.html 
     + Notes
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012106aag.html 

     Frank Sales has a running mate...
     PIETRUSZKIEWICZ So, where's that NCAA appearance?
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/nickp/353914299441296.php 

     From Illinois
     No. 7 Illinois Cruises Past Northwestern, 58-47
 
http://fightingillini.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012106aaa.html 
     + Dee and Defense Give Illini First Road Win
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=491392 
     +  Slump-busting duo
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060121illininugamer,1,
4095768.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Another step in the right direction
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060121myslenski,1,7397
755.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Illini survive sloppy 2nd
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ill22.html 
     + Good . and some bad for Illini
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=145715 
     + Nothing set yet on Freeman
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=145716 
     + Win leaves Illini dissatisfied
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/110912709402286.php 
     + Illinois earns win but doesn't fight to finish
      http://www.sj-r.com/sections/sports/stories/76822.asp 
     + It's a win, and Illini will take it
      http://www.pjstar.com/stories/012206/ILL_B8P1070U.077.shtml 
     + No. 7 Illinois to a 58-47 victory over Northwestern on Saturday.
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=23557 

     Followed by Purdue
     Purdue Falls To No. 13 Indiana, 62-49
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012106aaa.html 
     + Off-the-mark Hoosiers battle past Purdue
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ind22.html 
     +  Hoosiers come alive in second half, pull away
 
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/sports/z1/01-22-06_z1_spor_01.html 
     + Hoosiers eventually put Boilers in their place
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/SPORTS0601/601220463
/1004/SPORTS 
     + Missed dunk sums up the game
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/SPORTS0601/601220479

     + Kline helps with dirty work
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/SPORTS0601/601220465

     + Hoosiers pull away from Purdue
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/SPORTS02010201/
601220334/1122/BOILER 
     + Inspired White gets little help
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/SPORTS02010201/
601220339/1122/BOILER 
     + Rivalry rekindles childhood memories
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/SPORTS02010201/
601210336/1122/BOILER 

     Other Big 10
     Hot Horton keeps Gophers reeling
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-minn22.html 
     MSU's Big Three swamp Hawkeyes
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-msu22.html 
     Buckeyes surge in second half
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-osu22.html 
     North Dakota St. 62, No. 15 Wisconsin 55
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/221sd9.htm 
     + No gimmes for Badgers
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-wis22.html 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Lady Lions Visit Welsh-Ryan Arena
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/012006aab.html 
     + Listen
      http://allaccess.cstv.com/media/school.jsp?sid=2350&gSportId=3 
     + Gametracker
 
javascript:window.open('http://livestats.nusports.collegesports.com/livestats/da
ta/w-baskbl/382289/','GameTrackerwbaskbl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=n
o,width=780,height=540'); 
     void(''); 

FOOTBALL

     Post Season All Star Games:
     Not much news about Cats here...
     East West Shrine: [3 PM WT - ESPN2]
     Playing for the East:  Basanez [14], McGarigle [41], Cofield [95] 
     NO Tackles info, but McG and Barry C both had a couple of key stops...Baz
almost won the game but gets short changed in the coverage....
     McNeal leads West to Shrine win
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA012206.1C.FBCshrine.main
.305f785.html 
     + West wins Shrine Game with goal line stand 
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/21/shrine.game.a
p/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 
     + McNeal provides heroics in East-West Shrine Game 
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=467 
     + A&M quarterback helps his NFL prospects
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA012206.7C.FBCshrine.mcne
al.305f8cb.html 
     + Game summary, statistics
 
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/football/stories/MYSA012106.ap.FBCshrine.stat
s.27b16e2c.html 
     + Shrine Game photo gallery
      javascript:; 
     + Players out to shine for pros at Shrine Game 
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/20/shrine.game.a
p/index.html?section=si_ncaaf 

     Hula Bowl: [6 PM WT - ESPN] 
     Philmore
     No mention of Philmore, even in the game rosters...?
     East wins defensive showdown in Hula Bowl 
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/football/ncaa/01/21/hula.bowl.ap/
index.html?section=si_ncaaf 

RECRUITING

     Jeff Ryan: Scheyer plays to the crowd
 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-060121glenbrook,0,7199662.story?coll=cs-
highschool-headlines 
     + North rules Glenbrook clash
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/prep/cst-spt-glen22.html 
     + Glenbrook North Tops Glenbrook South 57-46 Behind a 33-Point Effort From
Duke-Bound Jon Scheyer 
      http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/northsouth1.html 

     Recruit Update: E.J. Jones
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=491366 

FENCING

     Wildcats Go 5-0 at Penn Duals
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-fenc/recaps/012106aab.html 

SWIMMING

     Women
     Northwestern Falls at No. 15 Michigan, 163.5-126.5
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-swim/recaps/012106aab.html 

     Men
     No. 17 Wildcats Outduel No. 19 Irish, 172-128
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/012006aac.html 

TENNIS

     Women
     Northwestern Finishes Second Day of Wildcat Invitational
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/012106aac.html 

MISCELLANY

     Black athletes' graduation rate well below that of whites 
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=463 

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     Good to see Colby land a football job... 
     Colby Clark: Now with the Austin Wranglers [AFL]
 
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=3600&ATCLID=225177 
     Joe's experience behind the plate makes this interesting...
     Joe Girardi: Backstop battle intriguing for new-look Fish
 
http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060118&content_
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From cyrilku at yahoo.com  Sun Jan 22 21:50:43 2006
From: cyrilku at yahoo.com (Cyril S. Ku)
Date: Sun Jan 22 21:52:08 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
Message-ID: <20060123035043.94351.qmail@web53307.mail.yahoo.com>

Well, Pittsburgh Steeler has Trai Essex (#79) and
Seattle Seahawk has Kevin Bentley (#57). The
ex-Northwestern factor in Super Bowl will be invalid.

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From cyrilku at yahoo.com  Sun Jan 22 22:00:54 2006
From: cyrilku at yahoo.com (Cyril S. Ku)
Date: Sun Jan 22 22:02:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
In-Reply-To: <20060123035043.94351.qmail@web53307.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20060123040054.9161.qmail@web53301.mail.yahoo.com>

I should clarify...no Super Bowl Championship team has
ex-Northwestern players. It will not be true this
year.

Cyril Ku

--- "Cyril S. Ku" <cyrilku@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, Pittsburgh Steeler has Trai Essex (#79) and
> Seattle Seahawk has Kevin Bentley (#57). The
> ex-Northwestern factor in Super Bowl will be
> invalid.
> 
> Cyril Ku
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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Sun Jan 22 22:10:01 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jan 22 22:11:42 2006
Subject: Fwd: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
Message-ID: <90.6de94d4f.3105b119@aol.com>

In a message dated 1/22/2006 8:09:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, Hakirsch 
writes:

> >> I should clarify...no Super Bowl Championship team has
>> ex-Northwestern players. It will not be true this
>> year.
>> 
>> Cyril Ku
>> 
>> 
> 
> Wow that is amazing  stat--wonder if any  other Div 1-A team has that 
> dubious distinction ?
> 
> I am sure several NU players have  at least played in the game, including 
> Jim Lash of the 4 time loser Vikings  (though he may have been on only 3 of 
> them )and Steve Tasker of the 4 time loser Bills
> 
> Harry

From NEONRye at aol.com  Mon Jan 23 07:09:42 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan 23 07:13:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
Message-ID: <2b5.3505751.31062f96@aol.com>

Harry,
You are correct with Jim Lash, a star receiver (along with Barry Pearson of  
the Steelers) on the 1970 and 1971 Wildcats.  Another Viking on those teams  
was our former tight end,(also from '70 and '71 and I believe '72), Steve  
Craig.  I met Steve Craig by happenstance about 15 years ago at the  Greensboro 
(N.C.) Airport, wearing an NU varsity jacket.  He was a really  nice guy.
 
Paul Levinson
From cyrilku at yahoo.com  Mon Jan 23 08:07:54 2006
From: cyrilku at yahoo.com (Cyril S. Ku)
Date: Mon Jan 23 08:15:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
In-Reply-To: <ff.23f8680b.3105b0e6@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20060123140754.99126.qmail@web53309.mail.yahoo.com>

Napo Harris is the most recent one when he was a
rookie with the Oakland Raiders.

Cyril

--- Hakirsch@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/22/2006 8:02:42 PM Pacific
> Standard Time, 
> cyrilku@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> > I should clarify...no Super Bowl Championship team
> has
> > ex-Northwestern players. It will not be true this
> > year.
> > 
> > Cyril Ku
> > 
> > 
> 
> Wow that is amazing  stat--wonder if any  other Div
> 1-A team has that dubious 
> distinction ?
> 
> I am sure several NU players have  at least played
> in the game, including Jim 
> Lash of the 4 time loser Vikings  (though he may
> have been on only 3 of them 
> )and Steve Tasker of the 4 time loser Bills
> 
> Harry
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan 23 09:41:11 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan 23 09:40:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/23
Message-ID: <000001c62033$70285470$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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BASKETBALL

     Hail to the Victors: this time it's Illinois
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/23/43d4732a7244a 
     + Miserable beating to Illini
      http://www.nuhoops.com/2006/01/miserable_beating_to_illini.html 

     Random Thoughts: Life without Vedran
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/491532.html 
     + Vukusic shut down by Illini, held to one basket
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/23/43d471b6d2121 
     + Cats don't have plan to end skid
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/23/43d4748b10072 
     + Vukusic held to season low performance
 
http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2006/01/23/Sports/Vukusic.Held.To.Season.Low.Per
formance-1493504.shtml 

     Interesting analysis of the game
     Illinois @ Northwestern: Box Score Breakdown
      http://illinois.scout.com/2/491857.html 

     Next up The Purdue Boilermakers
     Late IU run, outside shooting finishes Boilers
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
498 
     + Hoosiers pull away from Purdue
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/SPORTS02010201/
601220334/1122/BOILER 

     Then Indiana
     $ IU Turns up Defensive Heat, Cools Down Purdue
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=180&p=2&c=491381 
     + Purdue slows star
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
500 

     Other Big 10
     Carter shoots less, understands more
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=145991 
     + Selfishness from young Illinois players worries Weber
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/354381577299475.php 
     + Team play helps Illini to victory
 
http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2006/01/23/Sports/Team-Play.Helps.Illini.To.Vict
ory-1493497.shtml 
     Illini get key road win
 
http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2006/01/23/Sports/Illini.Get.Key.Road.Win-149347
4.shtml 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Lady Lions Best Wildcats, 91-48
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/012206aab.html 
     + Penn State wins battle of Big Ten bottom-dwellers
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/23/43d47692f3c62 
     + Cats' shooting woes hit rock bottom in 11-for-56 outing
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/23/43d47512b5c35 

     Lady Lions snap losing streak with blowout of Northwestern
 
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/sports/colleges/pennsylvania_state_un
iversity/13688867.htm 
     + Portland hits 800 with easy victory
 
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/01/01-23-06tdc/01-23-06dsports-03.asp 

FOOTBALL

     McNeal provides heroics in East-West Shrine Game
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=467 
     HailToPurple: Unofficial Results
      http://hailtopurple.com/cde/unof.html 

RECRUITING

     Jeff Ryan loses battle of Glenbrook
      http://www.nuhoops.com/2006/01/jeff_ryan_loses_battle_of_glen.html 

SWIMMING

     Men No. 17 Wildcats Outduel No. 19 Irish, 172-128
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/012006aac.html 
     + NU takes 12 of 16 races in win over Notre Dame
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/23/43d47404a5266 

TENNIS

     Pollard and Torricelli to Host Faculty/Staff Tennis Bash
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/genrel/011906aab.html 

     Men
     No. 26 Notre Dame Outlasts 'Cats, Wins 6-1
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/012206aac.html 

     Women
     No. 6 Northwestern Goes 5-1 On Final Day of Wildcat Invitational
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/012206aaj.html 
     + Lobos Finish Day Four At Northwestern Invite
      http://golobos.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/012206aaa.html 

WRESTLING

     No. 16 Northwestern Rallies to Beat 22nd-Ranked Badgers, 24-15
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/012206aac.html 

MISCELLANY

     Higher education ignoring one of its low points
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/rapoport/cst-spt-rap23.html 

     I'd have a comment but its time for my nap...
     Getting enough sleep
      http://www.dailybulletin.com/entertainment/ci_3428277 

     Looking for some fun in "Charm City"
     Mets should've kept Benson, dealt wife
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060123/SPORTS/601230387/100
4 

Alumni

     Trai Essex AFC Championship Game: Steelers 34, Broncos 17
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/231sd2.htm 
     Kevin Bentley NFC Championship Game: Seahawks 34, Panthers 14
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/231sd1.htm 
     Seahawks Dominate Panthers
     http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=491956

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From Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com  Mon Jan 23 07:54:13 2006
From: Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com (Weinbaum, Willie)
Date: Mon Jan 23 10:26:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
Message-ID: <200601231626.k0NGQkat026180@gw.tssi.com>

Have had CFL Grey Cup champs - QB Mike Kerrigan, for example.  

His Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 39-15 in 1986 &
Kerrigan was MVP on Offence (yes, the British spelling) - -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_CFL_season



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Harry,
You are correct with Jim Lash, a star receiver (along with Barry Pearson
of the Steelers) on the 1970 and 1971 Wildcats.  Another Viking on those
teams was our former tight end,(also from '70 and '71 and I believe
'72), Steve Craig.  I met Steve Craig by happenstance about 15 years ago
at the  Greensboro
(N.C.) Airport, wearing an NU varsity jacket.  He was a really  nice
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Jan 23 09:38:52 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Jan 23 11:04:01 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
In-Reply-To: <2b5.3505751.31062f96@aol.com>
Message-ID: <105f01c62033$1cfef650$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

Interesting that starting NFL positions that NU players are filling appears
to have changed from the occasional receiver (most recently Bates) to
linemen and LB's with spot RB starts.

It is true that, just as RW promised, more NU players are in the NFL than
ever before.  But for some reason they aren't at the receiver position.  Why
is that?

Jeff


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Harry,
You are correct with Jim Lash, a star receiver (along with Barry Pearson of
the Steelers) on the 1970 and 1971 Wildcats.  Another Viking on those teams
was our former tight end,(also from '70 and '71 and I believe '72), Steve
Craig.  I met Steve Craig by happenstance about 15 years ago at the
Greensboro
(N.C.) Airport, wearing an NU varsity jacket.  He was a really  nice guy.
 
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From thiegs at umn.edu  Mon Jan 23 11:01:16 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Mon Jan 23 11:05:34 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
In-Reply-To: <200601231626.k0NGQkat026180@gw.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <002701c6203e$9fc72ed0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>

Yeah, but I only watch the Grey Cup for the commercials.  -Joe


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Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor


Have had CFL Grey Cup champs - QB Mike Kerrigan, for example.  

His Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated the Edmonton Eskimos 39-15 in 1986 &
Kerrigan was MVP on Offence (yes, the British spelling) - -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_CFL_season



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Harry,
You are correct with Jim Lash, a star receiver (along with Barry Pearson of
the Steelers) on the 1970 and 1971 Wildcats.  Another Viking on those teams
was our former tight end,(also from '70 and '71 and I believe '72), Steve
Craig.  I met Steve Craig by happenstance about 15 years ago at the
Greensboro
(N.C.) Airport, wearing an NU varsity jacket.  He was a really  nice guy.
 
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Mon Jan 23 11:49:17 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Mon Jan 23 11:51:15 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
In-Reply-To: <2b5.3505751.31062f96@aol.com>
References: <2b5.3505751.31062f96@aol.com>
Message-ID: <43D5171D.9070409@bellatlantic.net>

Wasn't Joel Collier on a Vikings  and a Buffalo (as a coach) with Super 
bowl teams?

john DeGroat

NEONRye@aol.com wrote:

>Harry,
>You are correct with Jim Lash, a star receiver (along with Barry Pearson of  
>the Steelers) on the 1970 and 1971 Wildcats.  Another Viking on those teams  
>was our former tight end,(also from '70 and '71 and I believe '72), Steve  
>Craig.  I met Steve Craig by happenstance about 15 years ago at the  Greensboro 
>(N.C.) Airport, wearing an NU varsity jacket.  He was a really  nice guy.
> 
>Paul Levinson
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>  
>

From spiritu at northwestern.edu  Mon Jan 23 10:02:19 2006
From: spiritu at northwestern.edu (Jonathan Michael Hawkins)
Date: Mon Jan 23 12:12:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
In-Reply-To: <20060123140754.99126.qmail@web53309.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20060123140754.99126.qmail@web53309.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601231001440.25235@localhost>

Sorry, Napoleon doesn't count.  Didn't you hear?  He went to Dixmoor 
University.  They can keep him.

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Cyril S. Ku wrote:

> Napo Harris is the most recent one when he was a
> rookie with the Oakland Raiders.
>
> Cyril
>
> --- Hakirsch@aol.com wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 1/22/2006 8:02:42 PM Pacific
>> Standard Time,
>> cyrilku@yahoo.com writes:
>>
>>> I should clarify...no Super Bowl Championship team
>> has
>>> ex-Northwestern players. It will not be true this
>>> year.
>>>
>>> Cyril Ku
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Wow that is amazing  stat--wonder if any  other Div
>> 1-A team has that dubious
>> distinction ?
>>
>> I am sure several NU players have  at least played
>> in the game, including Jim
>> Lash of the 4 time loser Vikings  (though he may
>> have been on only 3 of them
>> )and Steve Tasker of the 4 time loser Bills
>>
>> Harry
>>
>
>
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From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Mon Jan 23 14:11:18 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Mon Jan 23 14:12:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
Message-ID: <20060123.121121.2703.91368@webmail13.nyc.untd.com>

Bentley played, but Essex was inactive.  

If the situation continues and Pittsburgh wins does it break the streak?  

To me the person has to be on the active roster to be considered.  I don't believe they even would travel with the team to Detroit if they were inactive.

NFL Inactives for AFC Title Game -- Trai was inactive
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/abn4000302.htm

Defense pulls the plug on Panthers -- Lots of good Bentley quotes especially regarding Smith
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/256676_hside23.html


I thought we played well in the 1st half vs. the Ill-whine-I.  You say I am nuts?  Well we played 34 seconds of great defense each possession only to have them hit an off-balance NBA-range 3-pointer.  We on the other hand could not hit any easy shots.  We trapped mercilessly and stole the ball quite a bit.  We did not get dominated on the glass like we did against PSU.  Some more balanced shooting percentages and I think we could have won.

Marc Linhardt
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Jan 23 15:06:25 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Jan 23 15:10:28 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <20060123.121121.2703.91368@webmail13.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <116701c62060$df0565e0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

Seattle played the sort of defense on Smith that the Bears should have (and
could have) played.

It reminded me of the '85 bears loss to Miami where Ditka almost came to
blows with Buddy Ryan because Ryan refused to call off the blitz and put
another defender in pass coverage.  Chicago's bid for a perfect season came
to an end as Marino's quick release ate the Bears up with short gains.  In
this year's version, Carolina took advantage of Chicago's stubbornness
regarding single coverage on Smith and he repeatedly embarrassed whomever
was hung out there with him.

Anyone read anything in the Chicago papers calling Lovie Smith out for his
poor game plan and failure to adjust?

Jeff


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Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?

Bentley played, but Essex was inactive.  

If the situation continues and Pittsburgh wins does it break the streak?  

To me the person has to be on the active roster to be considered.  I don't
believe they even would travel with the team to Detroit if they were
inactive.

NFL Inactives for AFC Title Game -- Trai was inactive
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/abn40
00302.htm

Defense pulls the plug on Panthers -- Lots of good Bentley quotes especially
regarding Smith http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/256676_hside23.html


I thought we played well in the 1st half vs. the Ill-whine-I.  You say I am
nuts?  Well we played 34 seconds of great defense each possession only to
have them hit an off-balance NBA-range 3-pointer.  We on the other hand
could not hit any easy shots.  We trapped mercilessly and stole the ball
quite a bit.  We did not get dominated on the glass like we did against PSU.
Some more balanced shooting percentages and I think we could have won.

Marc Linhardt
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From hakirsch at aol.com  Mon Jan 23 16:28:04 2006
From: hakirsch at aol.com (hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:38:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <116701c62060$df0565e0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <8C7EE8369657767-E38-30A5@FWM-D10.sysops.aol.com>

I didn't read anything here in SF--But in the game you are referring the Bears were stopped by a key interception by a NU guy whose name I can't remember--Kind of ironic to have a Chicagoland college player help ruin the Bears' chance at a perfect season
 
Harry 
 
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To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:06:25 -0500
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?


Seattle played the sort of defense on Smith that the Bears should have (and
could have) played.

It reminded me of the '85 bears loss to Miami where Ditka almost came to
blows with Buddy Ryan because Ryan refused to call off the blitz and put
another defender in pass coverage.  Chicago's bid for a perfect season came
to an end as Marino's quick release ate the Bears up with short gains.  In
this year's version, Carolina took advantage of Chicago's stubbornness
regarding single coverage on Smith and he repeatedly embarrassed whomever
was hung out there with him.

Anyone read anything in the Chicago papers calling Lovie Smith out for his
poor game plan and failure to adjust?

Jeff


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Behalf Of mlinhardt@netzero.net
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:11 PM
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Cc: maureen@foresitewireless.com
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?

Bentley played, but Essex was inactive.  

If the situation continues and Pittsburgh wins does it break the streak?  

To me the person has to be on the active roster to be considered.  I don't
believe they even would travel with the team to Detroit if they were
inactive.

NFL Inactives for AFC Title Game -- Trai was inactive
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/abn40
00302.htm

Defense pulls the plug on Panthers -- Lots of good Bentley quotes especially
regarding Smith http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/256676_hside23.html


I thought we played well in the 1st half vs. the Ill-whine-I.  You say I am
nuts?  Well we played 34 seconds of great defense each possession only to
have them hit an off-balance NBA-range 3-pointer.  We on the other hand
could not hit any easy shots.  We trapped mercilessly and stole the ball
quite a bit.  We did not get dominated on the glass like we did against PSU.
Some more balanced shooting percentages and I think we could have won.

Marc Linhardt
Tech '93 


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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan 23 16:46:32 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:46:25 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <20060123.121121.2703.91368@webmail13.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <000901c6206e$db480760$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I guess Trai is in the doghouse over the 3 games he started, or they figure they
need another position more.

Bentley had a much bigger role in the defense Sunday than the Seattle website
let on.

On the Illinois game, I'll yield to the two coaches who gave Augustine credit
for keeping Vedran off balance [and off the scoreboard]. Every so often they'd
cut to VV and he looked slightly disgusted, altho at other times he looked like
his normal self. He did play decent defense [I thought]

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of 
> mlinhardt@netzero.net
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:11 PM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Cc: maureen@foresitewireless.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
> 
> 
> Bentley played, but Essex was inactive.  
> 
> If the situation continues and Pittsburgh wins does it break 
> the streak?  
> 
> To me the person has to be on the active roster to be 
> considered.  I don't believe they even would travel with the 
> team to Detroit if they were inactive.
> 
> NFL Inactives for AFC Title Game -- Trai was inactive 
> http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=
nfl/news/abn4000302.htm

Defense pulls the plug on Panthers -- Lots of good Bentley quotes especially
regarding Smith http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/256676_hside23.html


I thought we played well in the 1st half vs. the Ill-whine-I.  You say I am
nuts?  Well we played 34 seconds of great defense each possession only to have
them hit an off-balance NBA-range 3-pointer.  We on the other hand could not hit
any easy shots.  We trapped mercilessly and stole the ball quite a bit.  We did
not get dominated on the glass like we did against PSU.  Some more balanced
shooting percentages and I think we could have won.

Marc Linhardt
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan 23 16:52:34 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan 23 16:51:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <20060123.121121.2703.91368@webmail13.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <000b01c6206f$b3033b70$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I think you'd carry your full team to the Super Bowl because you don't make the
inactive determination until the day before the game and you go to the Super
Bowl site a week early.

I have a stringer in Pittsburgh who can probably clear that up since he's
usually hangin around the camp.

rsl

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> mlinhardt@netzero.net
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> Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
> 
>
> To me the person has to be on the active roster to be 
> considered.  I don't believe they even would travel with the 
> team to Detroit if they were inactive.
> 
>

From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Jan 23 17:09:21 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Jan 23 17:13:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <8C7EE8369657767-E38-30A5@FWM-D10.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <11d801c62072$0b72c7b0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

William Judson made the interception late in the game after Fuller was
injured and McMahon was trying to mount a comeback, but according to the
Dolphin web site he went to South Carolina State.
 
Jeff

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From: hakirsch@aol.com [mailto:hakirsch@aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:28 PM
To: jeffb@hilgraeve.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?


I didn't read anything here in SF--But in the game you are referring the
Bears were stopped by a key interception by a NU guy whose name I can't
remember--Kind of ironic to have a Chicagoland college player help ruin the
Bears' chance at a perfect season
 
Harry 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com>
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:06:25 -0500
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?


Seattle played the sort of defense on Smith that the Bears should have (and

could have) played.



It reminded me of the '85 bears loss to Miami where Ditka almost came to

blows with Buddy Ryan because Ryan refused to call off the blitz and put

another defender in pass coverage.  Chicago's bid for a perfect season came

to an end as Marino's quick release ate the Bears up with short gains.  In

this year's version, Carolina took advantage of Chicago's stubbornness

regarding single coverage on Smith and he repeatedly embarrassed whomever

was hung out there with him.



Anyone read anything in the Chicago papers calling Lovie Smith out for his

poor game plan and failure to adjust?



Jeff





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Cc: maureen@foresitewireless.com <mailto:maureen%40foresitewireless.com> 

Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?



Bentley played, but Essex was inactive.  



If the situation continues and Pittsburgh wins does it break the streak?  



To me the person has to be on the active roster to be considered.  I don't

believe they even would travel with the team to Detroit if they were

inactive.



NFL Inactives for AFC Title Game -- Trai was inactive

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork
<http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/abn4
0> &page=nfl/news/abn40

00302.htm



Defense pulls the plug on Panthers -- Lots of good Bentley quotes especially

regarding Smith http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/256676_hside23.html





I thought we played well in the 1st half vs. the Ill-whine-I.  You say I am

nuts?  Well we played 34 seconds of great defense each possession only to

have them hit an off-balance NBA-range 3-pointer.  We on the other hand

could not hit any easy shots.  We trapped mercilessly and stole the ball

quite a bit.  We did not get dominated on the glass like we did against PSU.

Some more balanced shooting percentages and I think we could have won.



Marc Linhardt

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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Jan 23 17:19:10 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan 23 17:23:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ex-Northwestern Factor
Message-ID: <2c7.24cdb70.3106be6e@aol.com>

The greatest player in post season football history was our own Otto  Graham, 
albeit a decade too early for superbowls.
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Mon Jan 23 17:26:59 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan 23 17:28:37 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
Message-ID: <d4.3601039b.3106c043@aol.com>

In a message dated 1/23/2006 3:14:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
jeffb@hilgraeve.com writes:

> William Judson made the interception late in the game after Fuller was
> injured and McMahon was trying to mount a comeback, but according to the
> Dolphin web site he went to South Carolina State.
> 
> Jeff
> 

You could be right, but i seem to remember a rookie 1st or 2nd round pick out 
of NU making an interception--Does anyone out there who would have graduated 
in the mid-80's remember any top DB picks ?

Harry
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Mon Jan 23 17:33:23 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan 23 17:34:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
Message-ID: <ea.791b5dd0.3106c1c3@aol.com>

In a message dated 1/23/2006 3:14:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
jeffb@hilgraeve.com writes:

> William Judson made the interception late in the game after Fuller was
> injured and McMahon was trying to mount a comeback, but according to the
> Dolphin web site he went to South Carolina State.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 

Ok  the guy was Alex Moyer --does anyone remember if he made an interception 
in that big game--it was on  a Monday night

Harry
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Mon Jan 23 17:52:32 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan 23 17:54:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
Message-ID: <257.52ff4f3.3106c640@aol.com>

In a message dated 1/23/2006 3:35:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Hakirsch@aol.com writes:

> >William Judson made the interception late in the game after Fuller was
> >injured and McMahon was trying to mount a comeback, but according to the
> >Dolphin web site he went to South Carolina State.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> 
> Ok  the guy was Alex Moyer --does anyone remember if he made an interception 
> 
> in that big game--it was on  a Monday night
> 
> Harry
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Ok--my error-=-Moyer  (an LB) recovered an onside kick late in the game to 
help seal the win for the Dolphins as they preserved their team being the only 
unbeaten team in NFL history

Harry
From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Mon Jan 23 22:11:21 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Mon Jan 23 23:12:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <000901c6206e$db480760$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
References: <000901c6206e$db480760$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <43D5A8E9.2020701@bellatlantic.net>

Having watched the Penn State, Michigan and Illinois games, I came away 
with some conclusions.  First the Penn State loss seems to have taken 
the heart out of the team, second it is apparent why Kentucky probably 
wasn't sorry to see Cote` leave; (talk about cement hands),  finally I 
think that both Moore and Williams look like they could be terrific with 
more experience.  It is going to take a monumental turnaround to make 
the NIT.  Next yeear with VV gone, it is really going to be tough.  I 
just hope that Moore and Williams or Carmody for that matter don't get 
totally disgusted and leave.

Watching other basketballl games, it looks to me like other coaches have 
picked up on recruiting playrs in Europe, they seem to be smart and 
don't need to carry a bail bondsman's card with them.

John DeGroat

Roy Lamberton wrote:

>I guess Trai is in the doghouse over the 3 games he started, or they figure they
>need another position more.
>
>Bentley had a much bigger role in the defense Sunday than the Seattle website
>let on.
>
>On the Illinois game, I'll yield to the two coaches who gave Augustine credit
>for keeping Vedran off balance [and off the scoreboard]. Every so often they'd
>cut to VV and he looked slightly disgusted, altho at other times he looked like
>his normal self. He did play decent defense [I thought]
>
>rsl
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
>>[mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of 
>>mlinhardt@netzero.net
>>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:11 PM
>>To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
>>Cc: maureen@foresitewireless.com
>>Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
>>
>>
>>Bentley played, but Essex was inactive.  
>>
>>If the situation continues and Pittsburgh wins does it break 
>>the streak?  
>>
>>To me the person has to be on the active roster to be 
>>considered.  I don't believe they even would travel with the 
>>team to Detroit if they were inactive.
>>
>>NFL Inactives for AFC Title Game -- Trai was inactive 
>>http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=
>>    
>>
>nfl/news/abn4000302.htm
>
>Defense pulls the plug on Panthers -- Lots of good Bentley quotes especially
>regarding Smith http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/256676_hside23.html
>
>
>I thought we played well in the 1st half vs. the Ill-whine-I.  You say I am
>nuts?  Well we played 34 seconds of great defense each possession only to have
>them hit an off-balance NBA-range 3-pointer.  We on the other hand could not hit
>any easy shots.  We trapped mercilessly and stole the ball quite a bit.  We did
>not get dominated on the glass like we did against PSU.  Some more balanced
>shooting percentages and I think we could have won.
>
>Marc Linhardt
>Tech '93 
>
>
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Tue Jan 24 01:19:32 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan 24 01:40:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601141935420.11270@localhost>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601141935420.11270@localhost>
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Speaking as a Chicago suburbanite, it would be an incredible pain.
 
Traffic is already murderous - no one wants any more congestion.
 
Taxes are already too high - no one is going to want to pay for any of this.
 
Today it was announced that the Chicago Public Schools may have to axe 1000 teachers just to handle a sudden spike in teachers' pension costs.
 
The infrastructure is already crumbling - the El tracks are ancient, the expressways are in a constant state of rebuilding, bridges and viaducts are in a bad state of disrepair
 
Cost overruns at Millenium Park, as well as widespread corruption in Daley's City Hall (The city Treasurer now wears a monitoring device, thanks to the Hired Trucks scandal) have caused the public to distrust any large public works project - they recognize that all that money will disappear into a black hole of corruption and graft.
 
Every city that has hosted an Olympiad has suffered huge losses.
 
Inter-Governmental cooperation always sounds good on paper - but in Illinois, it almost never works.  Chicago is almost always at odds with the suburbs - and other local units of government have almost no reason to work together.  Airport planning, transit planning - all of these initiatives break down in 'city vs.suburbs' problems.
 
Please  - NO OLYMPICS EVER !
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Michael Hawkins <spiritu@northwestern.edu>
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:37:41 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016


Here's a great article which mentions NU prominently in its reasoning for why Chicago has a giant leg up on NYC and other US cities for its 2016 bid: 
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/maggie_haskins/07/08/chicago.2016/ 
<http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/maggie_haskins/07/08/chicago.2016/> 
 
It would be incredible. 
 
Jonathan 
 
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Tue Jan 24 02:15:14 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan 24 02:16:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <116701c62060$df0565e0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <8C7EED5702064BA-588-18543@FWM-D38.sysops.aol.com>

Both Chicago papers, as well as the 2 sports talk radio stations in town, have called out Lovie, OC Ron Turner and DC Ron Rivera for various coaching misdeeds.  Calling out Ron Rivera is pretty amazing - as an ex-Bear, he falls into that class of demigods that are rarely questioned (demigod because he was a sub in the 85 super bowl - the 3 starters at LB were Mike Singletary, Otis Wilson and Wilber Marshall).  Super Bowl Bears are automatically accorded 'Divine' status.  Some of the criticisms have included:
 
- Lovie - didn't play Rex Grossman in the last regular season game (despite the fact that he had only started one game in the last 14 months).  Didn't instill a sense of purpose in his team (they looked flat).  Allowed his team to get arrogant (they talked a lot before the game).  Ironically, the '85 Bears exhibited the height of arrogance, recording 'The Super Bowl Shuffle' after the loss in the Dolphins game.  But they won the Super Bowl, so a little arrogance is forgiven...
 
- Ron Turner (OC, ex-U of I coach)  Criticized for emphasizing the passing game, this despite a run-oriented offense (Thomas Jones, 1400+ yards rushing), and an inexperienced quarterback (7 career starts over 3 seasons).
 
- Ron Rivers (DC) Criticized for single teaming Steve Smith with Peanut Tillman (burned badly) and later, rookie Chris Thomas.  The Bears did have a Pro-Bowl corner, Nathan Vasher, but they never matched him up with Smith.
 
Some even intimated that the Rams lost interest in Rivera for their head coaching job after the game.
 
The ease with which Seattle handled Steve Smith has angered the Chicago fans even more.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
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From: Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com>
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:06:25 -0500
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?


Seattle played the sort of defense on Smith that the Bears should have (and
could have) played.

It reminded me of the '85 bears loss to Miami where Ditka almost came to
blows with Buddy Ryan because Ryan refused to call off the blitz and put
another defender in pass coverage.  Chicago's bid for a perfect season came
to an end as Marino's quick release ate the Bears up with short gains.  In
this year's version, Carolina took advantage of Chicago's stubbornness
regarding single coverage on Smith and he repeatedly embarrassed whomever
was hung out there with him.

Anyone read anything in the Chicago papers calling Lovie Smith out for his
poor game plan and failure to adjust?

Jeff


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Behalf Of mlinhardt@netzero.net
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:11 PM
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Cc: maureen@foresitewireless.com
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?

Bentley played, but Essex was inactive.  

If the situation continues and Pittsburgh wins does it break the streak?  

To me the person has to be on the active roster to be considered.  I don't
believe they even would travel with the team to Detroit if they were
inactive.

NFL Inactives for AFC Title Game -- Trai was inactive
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/abn40
00302.htm

Defense pulls the plug on Panthers -- Lots of good Bentley quotes especially
regarding Smith http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/256676_hside23.html


I thought we played well in the 1st half vs. the Ill-whine-I.  You say I am
nuts?  Well we played 34 seconds of great defense each possession only to
have them hit an off-balance NBA-range 3-pointer.  We on the other hand
could not hit any easy shots.  We trapped mercilessly and stole the ball
quite a bit.  We did not get dominated on the glass like we did against PSU.
Some more balanced shooting percentages and I think we could have won.

Marc Linhardt
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From NEONRye at aol.com  Tue Jan 24 05:58:45 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan 24 06:18:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
Message-ID: <30.1d36851.31077075@aol.com>

How come a Penn State loss (much more of a heartbreaker) didn't take the  
heart out of our football team as well?  Perhaps there is a difference in  
coaching (and I know the sports are quite distinct) between RW and BC.   That's 
Coach Carmody's job--to keep the team's spirit up and to keep it  focused.  If 
this team collapses because of the loss of one game they  should probably have 
won, Mark Murphy may be more disgusted than Bill  Carmody.
 
Paul Levinson
From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Tue Jan 24 06:58:29 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Tue Jan 24 06:59:12 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <30.1d36851.31077075@aol.com>
References: <30.1d36851.31077075@aol.com>
Message-ID: <43D62475.3010200@bellatlantic.net>

It just looked to me that everything went south after the Penn STate 
loss.  I'm not sure that the  comparison of the football and basketball 
program is valid.  Carmody had nothing to build on, Walker did.  I 
suspect that Carmody may very well be somewhere else if things don't 
turn around, voluntarily or involuntarily, nonetheless Carmody hs a 
better reputation as a basketball coach than does Walker as a football 
coach; listen to the comments of the announcers; they still rave about 
Carmody s being one of the smartest college coaches.  I think the 
basketball loss to Penn State was more devastating than the one in 
football because NU was so much further ahead in the basketball game.

John DeGroat

NEONRye@aol.com wrote:

> How come a Penn State loss (much more of a heartbreaker) didn't take 
> the heart out of our football team as well?  Perhaps there is a 
> difference in coaching (and I know the sports are quite distinct) 
> between RW and BC.  That's Coach Carmody's job--to keep the team's 
> spirit up and to keep it focused.  If this team collapses because of 
> the loss of one game they should probably have won, Mark Murphy may be 
> more disgusted than Bill Carmody.
>  
> Paul Levinson

From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Tue Jan 24 07:17:42 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Tue Jan 24 08:04:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
Message-ID: <20060124.051840.22840.97714@webmail32.nyc.untd.com>

Check out today's daily article.  I know Carmody is a media darling, but at some point we have to see improvement.  An analogy might be females talking about "looking for a nice man", but actually looking out for a harlequin romance.

I was hoping this year we would dominate non-conference and have a so-so non-conference and win a few NIT games.  Instead we had a weak non-conference and conference is no place to play "catch up".

Next year it will feel like we are starting over.  Vedran and Mohammed are our two best players and they are gone.  Craig could be a good player or he could be one that can make open shots, but not create shooting opportunities.

I am glad I like football a lot more than basketball, because I have a feeling that our next best chance for a good(NIT) season is 2008-09.

B-ball needs new gameplan
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/24/43d5c8c060d91

-- "John A. DeGroat" <johnadeg@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
...Carmody had nothing to build on, Walker did.  I suspect that Carmody may very well be somewhere else if things don't turn around, voluntarily or involuntarily, nonetheless Carmody hs a better reputation as a basketball coach than does Walker as a football coach; listen to the comments of the announcers; they still rave about Carmody s being one of the smartest college coaches...


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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 24 09:26:49 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 24 09:26:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <20060124.051840.22840.97714@webmail32.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <001401c620fa$98a375c0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Not surprised that all the "pundits" now jump on the anti-Carmody bandwagon.
>From listening to his voice when he talks about the team, he sounds very
frustrated. Listen to the WGN postgames - he's not a happy camper with the way
the team is playing.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of 
> mlinhardt@netzero.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:18 AM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Cc: Maureen.Linhardt@plexus.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" 
> get broken?
> 
> 
> Check out today's daily article.  I know Carmody is a media 
> darling, but at some point we have to see improvement.  An 
> analogy might be females talking about "looking for a nice 
> man", but actually looking out for a harlequin romance.
> 
> I was hoping this year we would dominate non-conference and 
> have a so-so non-conference and win a few NIT games.  Instead 
> we had a weak non-conference and conference is no place to 
> play "catch up".
> 
> Next year it will feel like we are starting over.  Vedran and 
> Mohammed are our two best players and they are gone.  Craig 
> could be a good player or he could be one that can make open 
> shots, but not create shooting opportunities.
> 
> I am glad I like football a lot more than basketball, because 
> I have a feeling that our next best chance for a good(NIT) 
> season is 2008-09.
> 
> B-ball needs new gameplan 
> http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/2
4/43d5c8c060d91

-- "John A. DeGroat" <johnadeg@bellatlantic.net> wrote: ...Carmody had nothing
to build on, Walker did.  I suspect that Carmody may very well be somewhere else
if things don't turn around, voluntarily or involuntarily, nonetheless Carmody
hs a better reputation as a basketball coach than does Walker as a football
coach; listen to the comments of the announcers; they still rave about Carmody s
being one of the smartest college coaches...


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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 24 09:29:05 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 24 09:28:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Trai Essex
Message-ID: <001501c620fa$e9b5dac0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I just heard from one of my "inside sources" at the Steelers that barring
injury, Trai Essex probably won't dress for the Super Bowl, but he's going to
Detroit and would get a ring if they win.

The Steelers only dress one reserve O-Lineman for games, even though they carry
several extra on their 2 deep.

I've just about finished digging thru the archives about Cats in the superbowl.
There aren't as many as you might think.

rsl 

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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Tue Jan 24 09:33:30 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Tue Jan 24 09:34:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" get broken?
In-Reply-To: <001401c620fa$98a375c0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
References: <001401c620fa$98a375c0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <43D648CA.10906@bellatlantic.net>

I agree with your perception of Carmody on the post game interviews on 
WGN.  He must use up a lot of Rolaids.

John DeGroat

Roy Lamberton wrote:

>Not surprised that all the "pundits" now jump on the anti-Carmody bandwagon.
>>From listening to his voice when he talks about the team, he sounds very
>frustrated. Listen to the WGN postgames - he's not a happy camper with the way
>the team is playing.
>
>rsl
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
>>[mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of 
>>mlinhardt@netzero.net
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 8:18 AM
>>To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
>>Cc: Maureen.Linhardt@plexus.com
>>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] If Pittsburgh wins does the "curse" 
>>get broken?
>>
>>
>>Check out today's daily article.  I know Carmody is a media 
>>darling, but at some point we have to see improvement.  An 
>>analogy might be females talking about "looking for a nice 
>>man", but actually looking out for a harlequin romance.
>>
>>I was hoping this year we would dominate non-conference and 
>>have a so-so non-conference and win a few NIT games.  Instead 
>>we had a weak non-conference and conference is no place to 
>>play "catch up".
>>
>>Next year it will feel like we are starting over.  Vedran and 
>>Mohammed are our two best players and they are gone.  Craig 
>>could be a good player or he could be one that can make open 
>>shots, but not create shooting opportunities.
>>
>>I am glad I like football a lot more than basketball, because 
>>I have a feeling that our next best chance for a good(NIT) 
>>season is 2008-09.
>>
>>B-ball needs new gameplan 
>>http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/2
>>    
>>
>4/43d5c8c060d91
>
>-- "John A. DeGroat" <johnadeg@bellatlantic.net> wrote: ...Carmody had nothing
>to build on, Walker did.  I suspect that Carmody may very well be somewhere else
>if things don't turn around, voluntarily or involuntarily, nonetheless Carmody
>hs a better reputation as a basketball coach than does Walker as a football
>coach; listen to the comments of the announcers; they still rave about Carmody s
>being one of the smartest college coaches...
>
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 24 11:03:56 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 24 11:10:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
Message-ID: <001701c62108$2a41fb20$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>


http://northwestern.scout.com/2/492476.html

This year the "curse" gets broken

Go Cats

rsl

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From lvaccher at comcast.net  Tue Jan 24 12:12:38 2006
From: lvaccher at comcast.net (Louie Vaccher)
Date: Tue Jan 24 12:47:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
References: <001701c62108$2a41fb20$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <009f01c62111$c2a60a60$c0d7b043@Louie>

You forgot Steve Tasker, who played in FOUR Super Bowls with the Bills. 
Also, Darryl Ashmore played for the 2002 Raiders, although he was on injured 
reserve, I believe.

Looking at the media guide, Luther Morris is listed as a member of the 1997 
Broncos, and that team won the Super Bowl. While I'm sure he didn't appear 
on the roster, is it possible that he might have gotten a ring?

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Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"


>
> http://northwestern.scout.com/2/492476.html
>
> This year the "curse" gets broken
>
> Go Cats
>
> rsl
>
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 24 13:22:13 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 24 13:21:30 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
In-Reply-To: <009f01c62111$c2a60a60$c0d7b043@Louie>
Message-ID: <001f01c6211b$7f5a3650$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

The problem with running down lists in fine print - Tasker was widely discussed
on this forum when he was playing, I shudda remembered. Ashmore was a big part
of Oakland's success leading up to the superbowl year, but I do remember him
being hurt enough that he couldn't play in 2002

Unfortunately, Denver doesn't list their old rosters anywhere, so I can't check
out Morris.

I've fixed the story and will change it once our admin comes back up.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louie Vaccher [mailto:lvaccher@comcast.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:13 PM
> To: rstetson@capps-assoc.com; NU Sports List
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
> 
> 
> You forgot Steve Tasker, who played in FOUR Super Bowls with 
> the Bills. 
> Also, Darryl Ashmore played for the 2002 Raiders, although he 
> was on injured 
> reserve, I believe.
> 
> Looking at the media guide, Luther Morris is listed as a 
> member of the 1997 
> Broncos, and that team won the Super Bowl. While I'm sure he 
> didn't appear 
> on the roster, is it possible that he might have gotten a ring?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson@capps-assoc.com>
> To: "NU Sports List" <nwu-sports@tssi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:03 AM
> Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
> 
> 
> >
> > http://northwestern.scout.com/2/492476.html
> >
> > This year the "curse" gets broken
> >
> > Go Cats
> >
> > rsl
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 24 13:30:51 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 24 13:56:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/24
Message-ID: <002001c6211c$b06f6890$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

www.PurpleWildcats.com
for Purple Reign
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Tuesday Edition

Rumblings from Evanston about Basketball, lots more recruiting news, Lacrosse
gets started against top competition, Swimming, Fencing, and some Alumni news
too.
                                                                  All the News
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                                                                      Your Index
to News about
                                                                    Northwestern
University Athletics
BASKETBALL

     Here come the critics
     B-ball needs new gameplan
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/24/43d5c8c060d91 
     + WNUR -Men's Basketball Mid-Season Review: In a word, Disappointing.
      http://sports.wnur.org/analysts/rg012206.html 

     Notes, Quotes
 
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/northwestern.htm 
     Next up The Purdue Boilermakers
     Men's Basketball Game Notes
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012406aab.html 
     + Weekly Teleconference
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012306aab.html 

     It's a moot point, but Boilers could have been good
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
522 
     + Forward shows Boilers leadership despite injury
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
519 
     + Boilers get ready for rematch against Wildcats
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
520 

     The troubles in Boilerland continue....
     Boilermakers boot Spates
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/SPORTS0602/601240414
/1004/SPORTS 
     + Basketball team releases freshman guard
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
509 
     + Boilermakers dismiss Spates
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/SPORTS02010201/
601240335/1122/BOILER 

     Then Indiana
     Killingsworth Becomes 17th Player in Big Ten History to Earn Three POW Nods
in a Season
 
http://iuhoosiers.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012306aad.html 
     + Indiana vs. Iowa Gameday
      http://indiana.scout.com/2/492382.html 
     $ Alford: IU Presents Significant Challenge
      http://indiana.scout.com/2/492412.html 
     + Tuesday night 'golden' opportunity for IU
      http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=33438&adid=sports 
     + Reserve Kline helps team despite criticisms, boos on home court
      http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=33401&adid=sports 
     + Road to Big Ten title starts in Iowa
 
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2006/01/24/iusports.new.1138076912.sto 
     + Ratliff's shining moments have been few, far between
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/SPORTS0601/601240424
/1004/SPORTS 
     + Tied for first in Big Ten, Hoosiers ready to hit road
 
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/SPORTS04/6012
40408/1002/SPORTS 

     Other Big 10
     The shame game: Wisconsin or Iowa?
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060123bigtenbits,1,422
6743.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     Gopher O-fer in Big 10 disheartens Monson
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-big24.html 

     Illini Fall to No. 8 as AP Poll Reshuffles
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=23649 

WOMEN's BASKETBALL

     Wildcat Basketball Team to Celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/012306aaa.html 

FOOTBALL

     Chris Wells still tops Scout.com Hot 100 
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5264796?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24 

RECRUITING

     Good news for NU on the roundball front
     Big Ten School Leads For Booker
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=492429 
     + Wildcats Lead For Senior Forward
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=492399&nid=1590573&fhn=1&refid=4742


     Me thinks the class is done...
     Doin' that Scholarship Math
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/492414.html 

FENCING

     Sleepless in Philly: Cats sweep Penn Duals then post a 3-1 mark at NYU 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/24/43d5c59f9dfcb 

LACROSSE

     National Champion Wildcats Square Off Against the U.S. Women's Lacrosse
Team Sunday
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/012406aac.html 
     Amonte Hiller Adds Nielsen to 2006 Roster
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/012306aab.html 

SWIMMING

     Women
     Bigger and better: Michigan drops outmanned NU 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/24/43d5c25a4da4a 

TENNIS

     Women dominate invitational, men lose to No. 26 Notre Dame
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/24/43d5c434b3f7d 
     Men

     Women
     Women's Tennis Opens Season with Strong Showing at Northwestern
      http://www.gopsusports.com/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=9382 

VOLLEYBALL

     Northwestern Holds End of Year Banquet
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/012306aaa.html 

WRESTLING

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From spiritu at northwestern.edu  Tue Jan 24 14:26:43 2006
From: spiritu at northwestern.edu (Jonathan Michael Hawkins)
Date: Tue Jan 24 14:30:12 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016
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Chuck--

Thanks for your message.

> Speaking as a Chicago suburbanite, it would be an incredible pain.

Speaking as a Chicagoan, you could stay at home in Elmhurst or Palos 
Heights or wherever you live and never even catch a whiff of the Olympics.

> Traffic is already murderous - no one wants any more congestion.

This is true, but it wouldn't affect intelligent spectators at the 
Olympics, who would intelligently choose to avoid congestion and ride the 
el.

> Today it was announced that the Chicago Public Schools may have to axe 
> 1000 teachers just to handle a sudden spike in teachers' pension costs.

This is irrelevant and utterly misleading.  They have to cut jobs because 
the teacher's union mismanaged their $10 billion pension fund and failed 
to cover their costs.  The city is required by law to make up the 
difference, which is forcing Chicago to let actually-teaching teachers go 
to pay for the pensions of old teacher's union teachers who are either 
unwilling to hire a successful fund manager or are too incompetent/corrupt 
to do so.

> Every city that has hosted an Olympiad has suffered huge losses.

Ask Peter Ueberroth about that.  And Billy Payne, to a (much) lesser 
extent.  Their Olympiads and Chicago have something in common, which is 
left as an exercise to the reader.

> Please - NO OLYMPICS EVER !

Now we get to the crux of the matter.  It's not Chicago bidding for the 
Olympics, it's the Olympics in general.  This is much like the hard-core 
socialists or, on the other side of the aisle, guys like Andrew 
Stuttaford.

Thanks for sharing, Chuck.

Best,

Jonathan

From cherron604 at aol.com  Tue Jan 24 16:57:15 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:59:17 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
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According to the Super Bowl's fine History section,
 
 http://www.superbowl.com/history/boxscores/game/sbxxxii
 
Luther Morris neither started nor suited up for Super Bowl XXXII.  Whether he got a ring or not is a different question.  It has been too long since the Bears handed out their rings - I no longer remember what they did (knowing the McCaskeys, probably as little as they could get away with).  I do know the White Sox were pretty liberal with World Series rings (as well as playoff shares) this past season.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
 
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You forgot Steve Tasker, who played in FOUR Super Bowls with the Bills. Also, Darryl Ashmore played for the 2002 Raiders, although he was on injured reserve, I believe. 
 
Looking at the media guide, Luther Morris is listed as a member of the 1997 Broncos, and that team won the Super Bowl. While I'm sure he didn't appear on the roster, is it possible that he might have gotten a ring? 
 
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Tue Jan 24 17:44:54 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan 24 18:29:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016
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Jonathan,
 
All valid points.  The only problem is, if you put the Olympic question to the taxpayers of Chicago (or Illinois, since Chicago could not pay the whole amount themselves, and all of the venues would not be in Chicago), it would fail.  Estimates of the cost of Sydney 2000 are at about $5.9 Billion - all revenues, tickets, sponsorships, etc. were only believed to be $3.6 Billion.  The last estimate I saw for Athens 2004 was $14.6 Billion.  Two good articles:
 
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/olym-m03.shtml
 
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/news/2004-11-18-cost_x.htm
 
Additionally, you would be asking taxpayers to foot the bill for venues for events that they likely could neither afford to attend, nor obtain the tickets if they could afford them.  
 
http://www.psychpage.com/learning/library/intell/school3.htm
 
Remember that 44% of Illinois schools are NOT meeting the minimum requirements for No Child Left Behind;  About 1.8 million Illinois residents lack health insurance;  One of every three Illinois hospitals is losing money, according to the Illinois Hospital Association;  The City of Chicago and State of Illinois cannot, in good conscience, ask the taxpayers to foot the bill for a multi-week sports festival that most of them cannot attend, while so many other needs in the state go unmet, or poorly met.  It might happen, but I doubt if the voters would approve the expenditure.
 
The last line of the Sydney story is instructional:
 
"As NSW's Auditor-General, said, when asked how the public would benefit from the Games: "The taxpayer, the taxpayer has ah, has paid for the privilege of paying for the Olympics."
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Michael Hawkins <spiritu@northwestern.edu>
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:26:43 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016


Chuck-- 
 
Thanks for your message. 
 
> Speaking as a Chicago suburbanite, it would be an incredible pain. 
 
Speaking as a Chicagoan, you could stay at home in Elmhurst or Palos Heights or wherever you live and never even catch a whiff of the Olympics. 
 
> Traffic is already murderous - no one wants any more congestion. 
 
This is true, but it wouldn't affect intelligent spectators at the Olympics, who would intelligently choose to avoid congestion and ride the el. 
 
> Today it was announced that the Chicago Public Schools may have to axe > 1000 teachers just to handle a sudden spike in teachers' pension costs. 
 
This is irrelevant and utterly misleading. They have to cut jobs because the teacher's union mismanaged their $10 billion pension fund and failed to cover their costs. The city is required by law to make up the difference, which is forcing Chicago to let actually-teaching teachers go to pay for the pensions of old teacher's union teachers who are either unwilling to hire a successful fund manager or are too incompetent/corrupt to do so. 
 
> Every city that has hosted an Olympiad has suffered huge losses. 
 
Ask Peter Ueberroth about that. And Billy Payne, to a (much) lesser extent. Their Olympiads and Chicago have something in common, which is left as an exercise to the reader. 
 
> Please - NO OLYMPICS EVER ! 
 
Now we get to the crux of the matter. It's not Chicago bidding for the Olympics, it's the Olympics in general. This is much like the hard-core socialists or, on the other side of the aisle, guys like Andrew Stuttaford. 
 
Thanks for sharing, Chuck. 
 
Best, 
 
Jonathan 
 
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Tue Jan 24 19:24:09 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Tue Jan 24 19:52:21 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016
Message-ID: <240.5bca91b.31082d39@aol.com>

Hogwash, "make no little plans" Chicago would be perfect for the Olympics,  
it is really the great American city for the new century as it was for the  
"century of progress" and Northwestern could get a new sports stadium and great  
exposure as the U of Chicago did 90 years earlier.  I live in Orlando for  the 
climate and the lack of traffic, but get back to the city every year for  
"taste of Chicago" and the 4th of July on the lakefront among other  events.
_http://www.hydepark.org/parks/burnham/burnhamtimeline.htm_ 
(http://www.hydepark.org/parks/burnham/burnhamtimeline.htm) 
From thehaze at earthlink.net  Tue Jan 24 20:20:06 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Tue Jan 24 21:36:04 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Re: home losses to Penn State
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John A. DeGroat wrote:

>  I think the basketball loss to Penn State was more devastating than 
> the one in football because NU was so much further ahead in the 
> basketball game.
>
> John DeGroat
>
Not true.  Our football team led Penn State, 23-7.  The greatest lead 
our basketball team held over PSU was 30-19.  


From Alan.Abrahamson at latimes.com  Tue Jan 24 21:53:05 2006
From: Alan.Abrahamson at latimes.com (Abrahamson, Alan)
Date: Tue Jan 24 22:00:51 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Re: Chicago Olympics 2016
Message-ID: <6A0419188B49A54C960893D230C268070CBEA82E@goose.latimes.com>

 This is a subject I might suggest that I know a fair amount about. My job is covering the Olympic movement, and I have written for the past seven years about all manner of Olympic bids.

 The issue of Olympic accounting is complex. One number -- $15 billion for Athens, say -- doesn't do the subject justice.

 To start, there are operating committee budgets, and then there are capital investments -- that is, two different accounting columns.

 The Athens organizing committee more or less broke even on a budget of about $2 billion. 
 The Greek government plowed billions -- the precise total is still uncertain -- into re-developing Athens. It overspent because it wasted the first three years of the seven years every host city and nation gets in the run-up to the Games. It also had to spend an enormous amount on security, for two reasons: The Greeks needed to upgrade their command and control infrastructure. And the 2004 Games were the first Summer Olympics after the 9/11 attacks, which considerably heightened security concerns.

 Putting aside the overtime pay and the security budgets, the Greek government sought to use the Games as a catalyst for a thorough renovation, to use the Games as a hard deadline to get done in Athens in just a few years -- a new metro, extensive highway construction, new light rail lines, a new airport -- what might otherwise have taken 20 or more years.

 It's this idea of the Olympics as a catalyst that drives mayors, governors and prime ministers to seek the Games. London, the 2012 host, will build the largest new park in Europe in over a century.

 It's the catalyst thing that has intrigued the likes of Mayor Daley. 
 Chuck is absolutely right to ask whether support for the Olympics would detract from support for essential government services. This is the essence of my job -- keeping watch on government expenditures.

  The US Olympic Committee, for those of you interested, gets not one penny from the federal government. It is self-sustaining. That is not the case in other countries, where it is common for the Olympic team to be supervised by a government sports ministry, and where it is common for government to play a significant, if not leading, role in a bid to play host to the Games.

  I might note as well the obvious follow-on point, the very thing that makes a U.S. Olympics different from a Games in Australia or Greece, or the United Kingdom, or anywhere else for that matter. In this country, the Games are expected to be funded privately -- in the manner of Los Angeles in 1984. This is why a comparison to Athens or Sydney (as Chuck has drawn) or London or wherever is not quite apt. Elsewhere, the local, regional or national governments typically undertake to underwrite the Games; that is not the American way.

 For what it's worth, I would expect that under the direction of Peter Ueberroth, the current chairman of the USOC, the man who headed the 1984 LA Games, any U.S. city put forward for 2016 -- if any city is put forward -- would go forward with a concrete expectation of a privately funded Games, with most -- indeed, if not all -- needed sports-facility construction privately funded as well. The roads, sewers, airports, etc., are another matter, and certainly appropriate for public debate; I might also note, however, that O'Hare would without question be able -- now -- to handle Olympic traffic. So, for that matter, would JFK. Or LAX. Or SFO. Or Houston's airport. Or Seattle's. Or wherever. 

 For those interested, the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, begin Feb. 10.

 And now back to your regularly scheduled Wildcat programming. 
 - Alan 

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From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
To: spiritu@northwestern.edu; nwu-sports@tssi.com 
Sent: 1/24/2006 3:44 PM 
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016 

Jonathan, 
  
All valid points.  The only problem is, if you put the Olympic question 
to the taxpayers of Chicago (or Illinois, since Chicago could not pay 
the whole amount themselves, and all of the venues would not be in 
Chicago), it would fail.  Estimates of the cost of Sydney 2000 are at 
about $5.9 Billion - all revenues, tickets, sponsorships, etc. were only 
believed to be $3.6 Billion.  The last estimate I saw for Athens 2004 
was $14.6 Billion.  Two good articles: 
  
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/olym-m03.shtml 
  
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/news/2004-11-18-cost_x.ht 
m 
  
Additionally, you would be asking taxpayers to foot the bill for venues 
for events that they likely could neither afford to attend, nor obtain 
the tickets if they could afford them.  
  
http://www.psychpage.com/learning/library/intell/school3.htm 
  
Remember that 44% of Illinois schools are NOT meeting the minimum 
requirements for No Child Left Behind;  About 1.8 million Illinois 
residents lack health insurance;  One of every three Illinois hospitals 
is losing money, according to the Illinois Hospital Association;  The 
City of Chicago and State of Illinois cannot, in good conscience, ask 
the taxpayers to foot the bill for a multi-week sports festival that 
most of them cannot attend, while so many other needs in the state go 
unmet, or poorly met.  It might happen, but I doubt if the voters would 
approve the expenditure. 
  
The last line of the Sydney story is instructional: 
  
"As NSW's Auditor-General, said, when asked how the public would benefit 
from the Games: "The taxpayer, the taxpayer has ah, has paid for the 
privilege of paying for the Olympics." 
  
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
  
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jonathan Michael Hawkins <spiritu@northwestern.edu> 
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com 
Sent: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:26:43 -0600 (CST) 
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Chicago Olympics 2016 



Chuck-- 
  
Thanks for your message. 
  
> Speaking as a Chicago suburbanite, it would be an incredible pain. 
  
Speaking as a Chicagoan, you could stay at home in Elmhurst or Palos 
Heights or wherever you live and never even catch a whiff of the 
Olympics. 
  
> Traffic is already murderous - no one wants any more congestion. 
  
This is true, but it wouldn't affect intelligent spectators at the 
Olympics, who would intelligently choose to avoid congestion and ride 
the el. 
  
> Today it was announced that the Chicago Public Schools may have to axe 
> 1000 teachers just to handle a sudden spike in teachers' pension 
costs. 
  
This is irrelevant and utterly misleading. They have to cut jobs because 
the teacher's union mismanaged their $10 billion pension fund and failed 
to cover their costs. The city is required by law to make up the 
difference, which is forcing Chicago to let actually-teaching teachers 
go to pay for the pensions of old teacher's union teachers who are 
either unwilling to hire a successful fund manager or are too 
incompetent/corrupt to do so. 
  
> Every city that has hosted an Olympiad has suffered huge losses. 
  
Ask Peter Ueberroth about that. And Billy Payne, to a (much) lesser 
extent. Their Olympiads and Chicago have something in common, which is 
left as an exercise to the reader. 
  
> Please - NO OLYMPICS EVER ! 
  
Now we get to the crux of the matter. It's not Chicago bidding for the 
Olympics, it's the Olympics in general. This is much like the hard-core 
socialists or, on the other side of the aisle, guys like Andrew 
Stuttaford. 
  
Thanks for sharing, Chuck. 
  
Best, 
  
Jonathan 
  
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Jan 25 07:23:42 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Jan 25 08:31:19 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Re: home losses to Penn State
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I just want the next game with State Penn to be devastating to them....

rsl

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> 
> John A. DeGroat wrote:
> 
> >  I think the basketball loss to Penn State was more devastating than
> > the one in football because NU was so much further ahead in the 
> > basketball game.
> >
> > John DeGroat
> >
> Not true.  Our football team led Penn State, 23-7.  The greatest lead 
> our basketball team held over PSU was 30-19.  
>

From becherw at comcast.net  Tue Jan 24 12:26:51 2006
From: becherw at comcast.net (becherw@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Jan 25 16:16:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
Message-ID: <012420061826.2513.43D6716B0000DF52000009D12205886172999D0A080C0A0D@comcast.net>

Why is it that every team that I cheer for has the word "curse" hanging around its neck? Billy goats, the Dyche family, the Super Bowl, the Cub factor! 

Curses!!!!

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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Wed Jan 25 16:37:08 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Wed Jan 25 17:14:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
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As evidenced this year with Northwestern and the Sox, and last year with
those other Sox, most curses can be broken.  The only real unbreakable curse
exists on the North Side because it is self inflicted, self renewing, and
IMHO deserved.  <g>

Jeff 

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Why is it that every team that I cheer for has the word "curse" hanging
around its neck? Billy goats, the Dyche family, the Super Bowl, the Cub
factor! 

Curses!!!!

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Jan 26 10:22:59 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Jan 26 10:30:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/26
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www.PurpleWildcats.com
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Post Game Win on the road Edition

Basketball OT Win - lots of stories from both sides, Women's Basketball plays a
biggie tonight, Recruiting, Fencing, & Soccer news too.
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BASKETBALL

     Vukusic and Hachad Lead Northwestern Past Purdue With Exciting Overtime Win
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012506aaa.html 
     + Vedran & Mo Show: NU 78 Purdue 76
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/493126.html 
     + Wildcats call upon Moore
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060125nugamer,1,372189
3.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Frosh face delivers in win
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nu26.html 
     + Cats prevail in 'intense' OT shootout
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/26/43d876d34d64b 
     + Mr. Big Shot? Another Moore three propells Cats to victory
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/26/43d8792f6c54f 
     +No quit in Cats
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=147041 
     + Wildcats outlast weary Purdue
      http://www.nwherald.com/SportsSection/college/116445689833176.php 

     Tao:  Shot may not have 'turned season around,' but Cats still should
celebrate
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/26/43d874b92262c 

     Watts:  Moore giving emotional lift to Cat attack
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-19-06-805435.
html 

     Random Thoughts: Senior Leadership
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/493261.html 

     from The Purdue Boilermakers
     Boilermakers Edged In OT By Wildcats
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012506aaa.html 
     + Purdue suffers overtime loss to NW
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
564 
     + Lack of depth hurts Boilermakers in OT
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/01/26/sports/college_sports/142c7347b489482486
2571020017dae0.txt 
     + Boilermakers fall in OT
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/01/26/sports/college_sports/b3a59a84a3e9d4eb86
257102001c26bd.txt 
     + Wildcats edge Boilers out during overtime in toughest loss of season'
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
565 
     + Purdue suffers overtime loss
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
566 
     + Boilers' good night turns sour at end
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/SPORTS0602/601260443
/1004/SPORTS 
     + Boilers wither in overtime
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/SPORTS02010201/
601260326/1122/BOILER 
     + Purdue Vs. Northwestern Game Statistics
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/SPORTS02010201/
51128015/1122 
     + Photos - vs. Northwestern
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=BY&Date=20060126&Categor
y=SPORTS02010201&ArtNo=601260801&Ref=PH&Profile=1122 

     Then Indiana
     Inconsistency mars Hoosiers in 2nd conference loss
      http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=33467&adid=sports 
     $ Sending the Wrong Message
      http://indiana.scout.com/2/493270.html 
     + IU vs Iowa photos
      javascript:gallPop(107); 
     + Hoosiers admit effort was weak in loss at Iowa
 
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/SPORTS04/6012
60443/1002/SPORTS 

     Other Big 10
     Power source: Home runs
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060125illini,1,7023945
.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Illini take time to get rolling
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ill26.html 
     + Randle sparks big Illini charge
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=147011 

     Michigan knocks off No. 11 Michigan St.
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-big26.html 

     Beverley waiting for Illinois to make an offer
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-bev26.html 

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

     Wildcats Head To Ann Arbor Thursday
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/012506aab.html 
     + NU looks to climb out of Big Ten basement
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/26/43d87ac886420 
     + Wildcats looking for first league win
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-19-06-806779.
html 

FOOTBALL

     Not that we'll ever see him...
     Brennaman to be Fox's lead announcer for BCS
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5278928?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24 

     Midwest already talking Juniors...
     Recruiting buzz as signing day nears
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/5280008 

RECRUITING

     Scout TV: Kevin Rouse
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=493165 
     + ScoutTV - LB Kevin Rouse
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=493056 

     Evan Blankenship ScoutTV: Combine Video Interview
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=492850&nid=2278736&fhn=1&refid=4742


     Two defensive tackles pledge Northwestern
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-19-06-803843.
html 

FENCING

     Wildcats Travel to South Bend for Notre Dame Duals
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-fenc/spec-rel/012506aab.html 

LACROSSE

     Never guess who is on the cover...
     Inside Lacrosse releases pre-season All-America list for DI women
 
http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=110049 

     College Pre-Season Rankings
      http://laxmagazine.collegesports.com/genrel/122205aaa.html 

     but they're all from the northeast except that Stanford one...
     2006 Tewaaraton Selection Committees Announced
      http://tewaaraton.com/cgi-data/news/files/36.shtml 

SOCCER

     Another winner comes to Evanston
     Tom Carlin Named Assistant Men's Soccer Coach
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/012506aad.html 

SOFTBALL

     Michigan holds top spot in 2006 Pre-Season Poll
      http://www.usasoftball.com/pressreleases/getStory.asp?nid=1073 

WRESTLING

     Jake Herbert Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/012506aaa.html 
     Minnesota's Kish and Northwestern's Herbert Split Wrestler of the Week
Honors
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/012506aaa.html 

MISCELLANY

     Purdue chasing athletic graduation rates.
     Student athletes hover on brink of graduation rate goal
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
548 

     There's a TV movie in here, if it wasn't so serious....
     Attorney: Northwestern Prof Framed Imprisoned Man
      http://www.nbc5.com/news/6413257/detail.html 

Alumni

     NU alum in a fight with the Knicks
     Anucha Browne Sanders View the text of the Browne Sanders Complaint
      http://www.vladeck.com/docs/Browne%20Sanders%20Complaint.pdf 
     + Isiah denies harassment
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/261sd6.htm 
     + Isiah Thomas responds to allegations
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/SPORTS04/601260489/1
004/SPORTS 
     + Lawsuit infuriates Thomas
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060126/SPORTS0403/601260436
/1004/SPORTS 

     Sam Simmons BRIGADE SET FIRST ROSTER IN ANTICIPATION OF INAUGURAL SEASON
     http://www.kcbrigade.com/finalroster.php

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Jan 26 10:55:40 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Jan 26 13:19:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
In-Reply-To: <16f801c621ff$dff8a7f0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <000801c62299$56b570f0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

If Seattle loses, we'll be able to continue the "curse" stuff because its
apparent that Trai won't dress for the game, therefore, the team with the Cat
will have lost again.

They won't show Essex on the "official" roster if he doesn't dress, even though
he'll get a Super Bowl ring if Pittsburgh wins. That will give us another thing
to discuss.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:37 PM
> To: 'NU Sports List'
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
> 
> 
> As evidenced this year with Northwestern and the Sox, and 
> last year with those other Sox, most curses can be broken.  
> The only real unbreakable curse exists on the North Side 
> because it is self inflicted, self renewing, and IMHO deserved.  <g>
> 
> Jeff 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of becherw@comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
> 
> Why is it that every team that I cheer for has the word 
> "curse" hanging around its neck? Billy goats, the Dyche 
> family, the Super Bowl, the Cub factor! 
> 
> Curses!!!!
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson@capps-assoc.com>
> > 
> > http://northwestern.scout.com/2/492476.html
> > 
> > This year the "curse" gets broken
> > 
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Thu Jan 26 13:43:18 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jan 26 14:05:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
Message-ID: <20c.115909eb.310a8056@aol.com>

 
Just to clarify, what exactly is the NU curse?  Don't we mean the NU  
superbowl factor? The original ex-cub factor as invented by my friend Ron  Berler, an 
alum and lead singer with the del-crustations (Telander's band) said  that 
the world series team with the most ex-cubs was doomed. This is different  from 
the billy goat curse, curse of the bambino, and the black sox scandal which  
is technically not a curse.  As Ron like to say when he asked me to help  with 
a mechanical problem "This is because I was born into the Jewish culture,  and 
for all our many fine qualities, Jewish men are not known for the ability to  
fix things (with the exception of Arnold Rothstein, who fixed the 1919 World  
Series)."
 
In a message dated 1/25/2006 6:15:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
jeffb@hilgraeve.com writes:

As  evidenced this year with Northwestern and the Sox, and last year with
those  other Sox, most curses can be broken.  The only real unbreakable  curse
exists on the North Side because it is self inflicted, self renewing,  and
IMHO deserved.  <g>

Jeff 




From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Thu Jan 26 14:44:47 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Thu Jan 26 14:46:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
In-Reply-To: <20c.115909eb.310a8056@aol.com>
References: <20c.115909eb.310a8056@aol.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270601261244q39ce5f9bsba0eb4e3bc6dd9c2@mail.gmail.com>

I think the true NU curse is still the curse of Dyche Stadium (no RoseBowl appearances since renaming the stadium), as detailed here in theJan. 10 Daily Forum:
Dyche curse keeps going
Calls from Chicago to me in Oregon are rare. But I got three of themin one day after the Wildcats blew that 22-0 lead in the Sun Bowl gameagainst UCLA. Two castigated me (they wanted castration, but settledfor castigation) for my curse on Northwestern football; the thirdpraised me.
I'm glad they remembered the curse I invoked on my 1997 trip toEvanston because of the dropping of the Dyche Stadium name to givepublic focus to the name Ryan Field. All callers mistakenly assumed mydecade-old curse resulted in the UCLA comeback in the 50-38 NU loss inEl Paso. No way!
The generous gift of Pat Ryan justified adding his name to the field.But it was foolish and insensitive for the University to drop thetraditional name dating from 1925 when the stadium was built. Havingnon-Northwestern people at the top in the University and in athleticsexplains how they can be memory-dead when it comes to Wildcatshistory.
The curse will remain until the Dyche name is reinstated, and justicedone. In the meantime, I've no control over mystical meanderings thaton occasion cause the Wildcats to lose a post-season game they shouldhave won.
? George Beres,
Medill '55
And then there's the Patten Gym curse: The first ever NCAA final four(men's BBall) tournament was held in old Patten Gym (in 1939, Ibelieve).  Patten Gym was then torn down to build Tech (in 1942, Ibelieve).  NU's men's basketball team has subsequently never been tothe NCAA tournament.
Jonathan
On 1/26/06, MHRJGScott@aol.com <MHRJGScott@aol.com> wrote:>> Just to clarify, what exactly is the NU curse?  Don't we mean the NU> superbowl factor? The original ex-cub factor as invented by my friend Ron  Berler, an> alum and lead singer with the del-crustations (Telander's band) said  that> the world series team with the most ex-cubs was doomed. This is different  from> the billy goat curse, curse of the bambino, and the black sox scandal which> is technically not a curse.  As Ron like to say when he asked me to help  with> a mechanical problem "This is because I was born into the Jewish culture,  and> for all our many fine qualities, Jewish men are not known for the ability to> fix things (with the exception of Arnold Rothstein, who fixed the 1919 World> Series).">> In a message dated 1/25/2006 6:15:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,> jeffb@hilgraeve.com writes:>> As  evidenced this year with Northwestern and the Sox, and last year with> those  other Sox, most curses can be broken.  The only real unbreakable  curse> exists on the North Side because it is self inflicted, self renewing,  and> IMHO deserved.  <g>>> Jeff>>>>> _______________________________________________> nwu-sports site list> nwu-sports@tssi.com> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports>

--Jonathan W. Hodges829 Foster St. Apt. 401Evanston, IL  60201-3259(847) 736-2449jonathanwhodges@gmail.comhttp://jhodges.org

From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Thu Jan 26 15:55:42 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jan 26 15:57:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
Message-ID: <1fc.110523d7.310a9f5e@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 1/26/2006 3:45:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
jonathanwhodges@gmail.com writes:

George  Beres


Oh yeah George, where does he get off putting a curse on his former  
employer, I know he's Greek but he is no Sam Sianis, maybe it is because Philip  
Knight reneged on a $10 million pledge to the Duck stadium fund, and he hates  rich 
donors, AKA Pat Ryan
     
Da Curse of the Billy Goat Timeline  
October  6, 1945 - The  Beginning of Da Curse of the Billy Goat.  William 
"Billy Goat"  Sianis and his pet goat Murphy were allowed into Wrigley Field for 
the  fourth game of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Detroit 
 Tigers.  Sianis and the goat made it onto the playing field before  ushers 
intervened and led them to the grandstand aisle.  Billy Goat  Sianis maintained 
that he had two $7.20 box seat tickets and that there  was no disclaimer 
preventing him for using a ticket for his goat.   After a short argument, Sianis 
and the goat were allowed to occupy the  seats for which he had tickets.  
Nevertheless, they were later  ejected at the command of Cubs' owner Philip Knight 
Wrigley due to the  animal's objectionable odor.  Sianis was furious over the 
ejection  and placed a curse on the Cubs that they would never win a National 
League  pennant or play in a World Series game at Wrigley Field.  The Cubs  
lost game four and eventually the World Series.  Sianis sent Wrigley  a telegram 
that read, "Who Smells  Now!"
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Jan 26 18:33:01 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Jan 26 18:33:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
In-Reply-To: <20c.115909eb.310a8056@aol.com>
Message-ID: <001c01c622d9$3abeaca0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

The "Wildcat Superbowl Curse" was kinda named by the list last week when the
speculation began about Trai Essex and Kevin Bentley being on opposite sides of
the field.

After a fair amount of research [see Scout.com earlier in the week] the list
members discovered [and was confirmed by me and a few more diggers] that no
former NU wildcat has ever played on a winning superbowl team.

I wrote and article for Scout about the "curse" and I haven't seen anyone else
pick it up, yet....

I have another story coming about the various Wildcats in the Superbowl, who
started, and how they did according to the official box scores - we're light on
roundball this weekend.

Go Cats, wherever you are playing...

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of MHRJGScott@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:43 PM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
> 
> 
>  
> Just to clarify, what exactly is the NU curse?  Don't we mean the NU  
> superbowl factor? The original ex-cub factor as invented by 
> my friend Ron  Berler, an 
> alum and lead singer with the del-crustations (Telander's 
> band) said  that 
> the world series team with the most ex-cubs was doomed. This 
> is different  from 
> the billy goat curse, curse of the bambino, and the black sox 
> scandal which  
> is technically not a curse.  As Ron like to say when he asked 
> me to help  with 
> a mechanical problem "This is because I was born into the 
> Jewish culture,  and 
> for all our many fine qualities, Jewish men are not known for 
> the ability to  
> fix things (with the exception of Arnold Rothstein, who fixed 
> the 1919 World  
> Series)."
>  
> In a message dated 1/25/2006 6:15:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
> jeffb@hilgraeve.com writes:
> 
> As  evidenced this year with Northwestern and the Sox, and 
> last year with those  other Sox, most curses can be broken.  
> The only real unbreakable  curse exists on the North Side 
> because it is self inflicted, self renewing,  and IMHO deserved.  <g>
> 
> Jeff 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> nwu-sports@tssi.com 
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Jan 27 10:11:13 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Jan 27 10:13:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/27
Message-ID: <003801c6235c$4bb7add0$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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BASKETBALL

     Women
     Northwestern Defeats Michigan, 77-57
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/012606aaa.html
     + NU on flip side of big beat-down
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/27/43d9bb89060cb
     + Northwestern Women Defeat Michigan
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=23876

     From the Michigan side...
     Women's Basketball Falls to Wildcats in Home Contest
      http://www.mgoblue.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=20266

     Penn State lowers boom on Wildcat
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/01-26-06-813480.
html

     Men
     Northwestern basketball stats
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-nubbstats
,1,6338021.storylink?coll=cs-college-nwestern-utility

     Top programs know TV's part of big picture
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-nation27.html

     Next game is at the  Indiana Hoosiers Wednesday
     IU Schedules Second `White Out' of the Season for Feb. 4 Connecticut Game
 
http://www.fansonly.com/schools/ind/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012506aaa.html
     + Much needed win in sight
      http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=33546&adid=sports
     + No storm damage -- yet
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/SPORTS0601/601270489
/1004/SPORTS

     Other Big 10
      'Singles' will shape Big Ten title chase
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=147382

     Is veteran assistant Boylen Izzo's successor at MSU?
 
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/SPORTS02/601270319/11
31/SPORTS0201

     From Minnesota
     Coaches Trade Spot On Big Ten Hot Seat
      http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/01/27/66840
     Snyder: Big Ten - Home Cooking is the Way of Life
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/SPORTS08/601270307/1054
/SPORTS06

FOOTBALL

     Hodges: Recruiting and the 2006 Season
      http://jhodges.org/archives/2006/01/20/87/

     Into football statistics?
     HailToPurple.com: 'Cat Data Extra
      http://hailtopurple.com/cde

RECRUITING

     Timi Oshinowo Makes the call
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=493465&nid=1264935&fhn=1&refid=4742
     Stewart Mandel: Revisiting the recruiting rankings
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rssclick/2006/writers/stewart_mandel/01/25/recr
uitjng.revisited/index.html?section=si_ncaaf

SOCCER

     Brad Napper Drafted by FC Dallas In MLS Supplemental Draft
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/012606aae.html 

SWIMMING

     Men
     Northwestern Hosts Iowa for Senior Meet
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/012606aaa.html 
     + Looking ahead: Cats see Iowa as Big Ten tune-up
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/27/43d9b8e656869 

     Women

     Seniors swim into sunset in final meet of regular season
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/27/43d9b987801b1 

TENNIS

     Wildcats Head to ACC Country to Face No. 31 Tarheels
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/012606aab.html 
     + Tennis teams travel out of state for weekend matches
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/27/43d9ba7973233 

WRESTLING

     Cats hoping history doesn't repeat itself in lopsided Michigan series
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/27/43d9bb1ca0332 

MISCELLANY

     One of them is involved in the NU Alum's Lawsuit...
     These 10 are absolute wrecks of an exec
      http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/5265080 

     Knicks Try to Minimize Lawsuit and Another Loss
      http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/27/sports/basketball/27knicks.html 
     + Thomas Dodges Media Circus
      http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/61052.htm 

Alumni

     Kevin Bentley: Seahawks' Bentley Kept Notes on Steelers
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060126/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_seahawks_steeler_scouts 

     Sam Simmons Brigade's Simmons relies on family support in uncertain
football life
 
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/special_packages/kansas_city_bri
gade/13712882.htm 
     Thanks Frank for the Alumni news above...

     Levelle Brown - On the Chicago Rush Injured List
      http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=roster&team=64 

     Dwayne Missouri  Playing D in Philly [Depth Chart]
      http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=depthchart&team=99 

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From johnl at mac.com  Sat Jan 28 00:39:03 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Sat Jan 28 00:39:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
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Just to be clear, Northwestern has never been in the NCAA basketball  
tournament at all.  Below you say "has subsequently never been" in the  
tournament.  We weren't in it in 1939, either.  The finals just  
happened to be played in Patten Gym.  This curse is a bit suspect,  
though, because although we've never been in the tournament, the final  
four was again held in Evanston in 1956, in McGaw Hall, which we  
haven't torn down.  And although we tore down the "old" Patten Gym, we  
did build a "new" Patten Gym, which ironically is now the "old" gym on  
campus.  The way T.R. Weaver used to tell the story (either you know  
him or you don't), they tore down Patten Gym the day after the first  
championship game to start building Tech.

You can find more Final Four status at the following (rather long) link:


http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/ 
04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4j3CQXJgFjGpvqRqCKOcAFfj_zcVH1v_QD9gtzQ 
iHJHRUUAc0tpTA!!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfTFU!? 
CONTENT_URL=http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/ 
m_final_four_records_book/index.html


On Jan 26, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Hodges wrote:

> And then there's the Patten Gym curse: The first ever NCAA final  
> four(men's BBall) tournament was held in old Patten Gym (in 1939,  
> Ibelieve).  Patten Gym was then torn down to build Tech (in 1942,  
> Ibelieve).  NU's men's basketball team has subsequently never been  
> tothe NCAA tournament.
> Jonathan

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan 30 10:20:22 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan 30 10:20:51 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/30
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BASKETBALL

     Women
     Purdue Edges Wildcats, 71-63, in West Lafayette
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/012906aaa.html 
     + Effort not enough against league's best
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/30/43ddbab431f89 

     From the PU Side...win was a big deal
     No. 8 Purdue Hangs on to Beat Northwestern 71-63
 
http://purduesports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/012906aaa.html 
     + Boilers shut down Wildcats for 13th straight victory
 
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php/module/Issue/action/Article/article_id/2
604 
     + Boilers get their 13th win in a row
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/SPORTS0602/601300375
/1004/SPORTS 
     + 21 turnovers mute Purdue's victory celebration
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060129/SPORTS02010202/
601290342/1122/BOILER 
     + Sloppy Boilermakers prevail
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/SPORTS02010202/
601300319/1122/BOILER 
     + Boilermakers earn high marks
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060129/SPORTS02010202/
601290332/1122/BOILER 
     + Curry pleased Boilers show no mercy
 
http://www.boilerstation.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060129/SPORTS02010202/
601290336/1122/BOILER 

     Men
     Random Thoughts: What's With the Hoosiers?
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/494589.html 

     SIU boasts 2nd-best program in the state
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060129siu,1,3655051.st
ory?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     Next game is at the  Indiana Hoosiers Wednesday 
     Lineup shuffle helps Gophers win
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-ind30.html 
     + IU can't take it on road
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/SPORTS0601/601300352
/1004/SPORTS 
     + Minnesota 61, No. 13 Indiana 42
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/302sd1.htm 
     + No. 13/11 Indiana Falls at Minnesota
      http://iuhoosiers.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012906aac.html 
     + Davis says White probably out for rest of season
      http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=33578&adid=sports 
     + Offense seems lost in offensive loss
      http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=33583&adid=sports 
     + Hoosiers humbled - Last-place Minnesota pounds IU
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/01/30/sports/college_sports/39a7caa8314e4f1d86
25710600032d7b.txt 

     Followed by Michigan State - Saturday


     Other Big 10
      Illini back in good company
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-060128illini,1,400211.
story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Barry Temkin: For a night, friendship put on hold
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/cs-060127t
emkin,1,5768625.column?coll=cs-college-headlines 

FOOTBALL

     Signing Day is Wednesday - Watch for more coverage coming....

RECRUITING

     Sterling's little brother
     Westinghouse beats rising sun, but not Young
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/cs-060129suntimbbbwest
inghouse,0,3714232.storylink?coll=cs-highschool-newspapers 

FENCING

     No. 7 Wildcats Go 6-2 on Day One of Notre Dame Duals
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-fenc/recaps/012806aac.html 

LACROSSE

     Wildcats Defeat U.S. National Team 19-13
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/012906aaa.html 

SWIMMING

     Men
     A doggy-paddle kind of win: Wildcats sweep all 16 events
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/30/43ddb2edb4801 

     Women
     Seniors get happy send-off, team wins all but two races
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/30/43ddb521e92d7 


TENNIS

     Women
     No. 6 Wildcats Hook Third-Ranked 'Horns in Dual Opener, 6-1
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/012806aac.html 

     Men
     15th-Ranked Demon Deacons Edge Wildcats, 5-2
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/012906aac.html 
     + Men's Tennis Knocks Off #51 Northwestern, 5-2
 
http://wakeforestsports.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/recaps/012906aaa.html 

WRESTLING

     16th-Ranked Wildcats Fall to No. 4 Michigan In Nailbiter, 22-15
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/012806aab.html 
     + Cats hang tough before falling in final match 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/30/43ddb7fea116f 

MISCELLANY

     Study shows NU's endowment up 15%
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/30/43ddb513d33ab 

Alumni

     The Anucha Browne-Sanders flap is getting lots of press in New York
     Before Accusations, Success in Business and Basketball
      http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/sports/basketball/28sanders.html?_r=2 
     + Heyman:  The dirt in this Garden won't be cleaned up easily
 
http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/ny-spflash294606311jan29,0,7447114.colu
mn?coll=ny-sports-columnists 
     + Quinn  Looks like we still have long way to go
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/01-29-2006/sports/basketball/knicks/story/386727p-328
158c.html 
     + Isiah has support in high places
 
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-spisiah0129,0,5772082.story 
     + Proving harassment is a tough road
 
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-splawy0129,0,1616862.story 

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Jan 30 16:31:57 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Jan 30 16:32:36 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Wonder where this idea came from?
Message-ID: <001b01c625ec$fe3b0c30$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>


http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/013006aaa.html

Once again, we had the story first, and someone else follows along....

[From last week]
http://northwestern.scout.com/2/492476.html

I've got another story coming about all the alumni who have played in
championship games...


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From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Jan 30 21:57:13 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Jan 30 22:07:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
In-Reply-To: <8ba23b35bc98915e1fa7993eb4055564@mac.com>
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Somewhat off topic...
 
But is Tom Ray Weaver still haunting the halls of Tech ?
 
Or has he moved on ?
 
Though my grades were forgettable, I still remember the pipe aroma emanating from Weaver's old office (I think I spent a great deal of time there explaining shortfalls in my chemistry work), and the anecdotes of Fred Basolo. 
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: John Labbe <johnl@mac.com>
To: NU List Sports <nwu-sports@tssi.com>; Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges@gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:39:03 -0600
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"


Just to be clear, Northwestern has never been in the NCAA basketball tournament at all. Below you say "has subsequently never been" in the tournament. We weren't in it in 1939, either. The finals just happened to be played in Patten Gym. This curse is a bit suspect, though, because although we've never been in the tournament, the final four was again held in Evanston in 1956, in McGaw Hall, which we haven't torn down. And although we tore down the "old" Patten Gym, we did build a "new" Patten Gym, which ironically is now the "old" gym on campus. The way T.R. Weaver used to tell the story (either you know him or you don't), they tore down Patten Gym the day after the first championship game to start building Tech. 
 
You can find more Final Four status at the following (rather long) link: 
 
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4j3CQXJgFjGpvqRqCKOcAFfj_zcVH1v_QD9gtzQiHJHRUUAc0tpTA!!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfTFU!?CONTENT_URL=http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/m_final_four_records_book/index.html 
 
On Jan 26, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Hodges wrote: 
 
> And then there's the Patten Gym curse: The first ever NCAA final > four(men's BBall) tournament was held in old Patten Gym (in 1939, > Ibelieve). Patten Gym was then torn down to build Tech (in 1942, > Ibelieve). NU's men's basketball team has subsequently never been > tothe NCAA tournament. 
> Jonathan 
 
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From johnl at mac.com  Mon Jan 30 23:35:06 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Tue Jan 31 00:12:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
In-Reply-To: <8C7F4318DC47E4F-135C-9AE3@FWM-D15.sysops.aol.com>
References: <20c.115909eb.310a8056@aol.com>
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I'll respond to the list since we're a bit slow lately.

When I was there in the mid-90s, TR Weaver was still going strong.  He  
was running the general chemistry labs and teaching weekly review  
sessions for freshman chemistry.  But then toward the end of my  
undergraduate career, he apparently went too far, cursed at one too  
many students, and they took away most of his teaching duties, leaving  
him to teach night-school classes only.  He's no longer listed on the  
faculty listing for the chemistry department, so presumably he's now  
retired.

For those of you who don't know, TR Weaver was a long-time institution  
in the Northwestern chemistry department.  He had attended Northwestern  
for graduate school in the 60s or early 70s and then he never left.  He  
was the coordinator for undergraduate labs and essentially coordinated  
all of the freshman general chemistry classes, including overseeing all  
the TAs, grading of papers, labs, etc.  He was known for having his  
opinions and a sharp tongue with students, on occasion.  He called a  
couple of friends of mine "f***ing idiots"---that got their attention.   
Another favorite saying was "smarter than a cow, dumber than a horse."   
Despite all that, he was fairly well liked due to his general patience  
and willingness to try to help students get through the class, but for  
those who got entrenched on his bad side, it probably wasn't much fun.

http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/faculty/lecture/


On Jan 30, 2006, at 9:57 PM, cherron604@aol.com wrote:

> Somewhat off topic...
> ?
> But is Tom Ray Weaver still haunting?the halls of Tech ?
> ?
> Or has he moved on ?
> ?
> Though my grades were forgettable, I still remember the pipe aroma  
> emanating from Weaver's old office (I think I spent a great deal of  
> time there explaining shortfalls in my chemistry work), and the  
> anecdotes of Fred Basolo.
> ?
> Chuck Herron?? Tech '85?
> ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Labbe <johnl@mac.com>
> To: NU List Sports <nwu-sports@tssi.com>; Jonathan Hodges  
> <jonathanwhodges@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:39:03 -0600
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
>
> Just to be clear, Northwestern has never been in the NCAA basketball  
> tournament at all. Below you say "has subsequently never been" in the  
> tournament. We weren't in it in 1939, either. The finals just happened  
> to be played in Patten Gym. This curse is a bit suspect, though,  
> because although we've never been in the tournament, the final four  
> was again held in Evanston in 1956, in McGaw Hall, which we haven't  
> torn down. And although we tore down the "old" Patten Gym, we did  
> build a "new" Patten Gym, which ironically is now the "old" gym on  
> campus. The way T.R. Weaver used to tell the story (either you know  
> him or you don't), they tore down Patten Gym the day after the first  
> championship game to start building Tech.?
> ?
> You can find more Final Four status at the following (rather long)  
> link:?
> ?
> http://www.n!  
> caa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/ 
> 04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4j3CQXJgFjGpvqRqCKOcAFfj_zcVH1v_QD9gtz 
> QiHJHRUUAc0tpTA!!/delta/base64xml/ 
> L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfTFU!?CONTENT_URL=http://www.ncaa.org/ 
> library/records/m_final_four_records_book/index.html?
> ?
> On Jan 26, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Hodges wrote:?
> ?
> > And then there's the Patten Gym curse: The first ever NCAA final >  
> four(men's BBall) tournament was held in old Patten Gym (in 1939, >  
> Ibelieve). Patten Gym was then torn down to build Tech (in 1942, >  
> Ibelieve). NU's men's basketball team has subsequently never been >  
> tothe NCAA tournament.?
> > Jonathan?
> ?
> _______________________________________________?
> nwu-sports site list?
> nwu-sports@tssi.com?
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-spo rts?
From thiegs at UMN.EDU  Tue Jan 31 09:54:05 2006
From: thiegs at UMN.EDU (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Tue Jan 31 11:51:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
In-Reply-To: <ac98552a90391f82cc48d51b82c4802b@mac.com>
Message-ID: <001201c6267e$90b76270$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>

TRW was my professor for Accelerated Inorganic Chemistry in the fall of my
freshman year ('92-'93), and I attended a Weaver lecture on my first day of
college classes.  Normally the kind of coarseness described below really
turns me off, but for some reason it seemed almost endearing in TR's case.
Maybe because despite his occasional--okay, frequent--gruffness it was clear
that he really cared about his students and their progress.  I thought he
had an excellent teaching style in general.  Also, I found him to have quite
a sense of humor, which is a trait I value very highly in professors (or
people of any vocation, for that matter).  -Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of John Labbe
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:35 PM
To: cherron604@aol.com
Cc: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"


I'll respond to the list since we're a bit slow lately.

When I was there in the mid-90s, TR Weaver was still going strong.  He  
was running the general chemistry labs and teaching weekly review  
sessions for freshman chemistry.  But then toward the end of my  
undergraduate career, he apparently went too far, cursed at one too  
many students, and they took away most of his teaching duties, leaving  
him to teach night-school classes only.  He's no longer listed on the  
faculty listing for the chemistry department, so presumably he's now  
retired.

For those of you who don't know, TR Weaver was a long-time institution  
in the Northwestern chemistry department.  He had attended Northwestern  
for graduate school in the 60s or early 70s and then he never left.  He  
was the coordinator for undergraduate labs and essentially coordinated  
all of the freshman general chemistry classes, including overseeing all  
the TAs, grading of papers, labs, etc.  He was known for having his  
opinions and a sharp tongue with students, on occasion.  He called a  
couple of friends of mine "f***ing idiots"---that got their attention.   
Another favorite saying was "smarter than a cow, dumber than a horse."   
Despite all that, he was fairly well liked due to his general patience  
and willingness to try to help students get through the class, but for  
those who got entrenched on his bad side, it probably wasn't much fun.

http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/faculty/lecture/


On Jan 30, 2006, at 9:57 PM, cherron604@aol.com wrote:

> Somewhat off topic...
> ?
> But is Tom Ray Weaver still haunting?the halls of Tech ?
> ?
> Or has he moved on ?
> ?
> Though my grades were forgettable, I still remember the pipe aroma
> emanating from Weaver's old office (I think I spent a great deal of  
> time there explaining shortfalls in my chemistry work), and the  
> anecdotes of Fred Basolo.
> ?
> Chuck Herron?? Tech '85
> ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Labbe <johnl@mac.com>
> To: NU List Sports <nwu-sports@tssi.com>; Jonathan Hodges
> <jonathanwhodges@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:39:03 -0600
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"
>
> Just to be clear, Northwestern has never been in the NCAA basketball
> tournament at all. Below you say "has subsequently never been" in the  
> tournament. We weren't in it in 1939, either. The finals just happened  
> to be played in Patten Gym. This curse is a bit suspect, though,  
> because although we've never been in the tournament, the final four  
> was again held in Evanston in 1956, in McGaw Hall, which we haven't  
> torn down. And although we tore down the "old" Patten Gym, we did  
> build a "new" Patten Gym, which ironically is now the "old" gym on  
> campus. The way T.R. Weaver used to tell the story (either you know  
> him or you don't), they tore down Patten Gym the day after the first  
> championship game to start building Tech.?
> ?
> You can find more Final Four status at the following (rather long)
> link:?
> ?
> http://www.n!
> caa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/ 
> 04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4j3CQXJgFjGpvqRqCKOcAFfj_zcVH1v_QD9gtz 
> QiHJHRUUAc0tpTA!!/delta/base64xml/ 
> L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfTFU!?CONTENT_URL=http://www.ncaa.org/ 
> library/records/m_final_four_records_book/index.html?
> ?
> On Jan 26, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Hodges wrote:
> ?
> > And then there's the Patten Gym curse: The first ever NCAA final >
> four(men's BBall) tournament was held in old Patten Gym (in 1939, >
> Ibelieve). Patten Gym was then torn down to build Tech (in 1942, >  
> Ibelieve). NU's men's basketball team has subsequently never been >  
> tothe NCAA tournament.?
> > Jonathan
> ?
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From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Tue Jan 31 10:23:37 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Tue Jan 31 12:13:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Trai and Kevin stories
Message-ID: <20060131.082437.21047.156217@webmail58.nyc.untd.com>

I apologize if these have been posted before.

Trai Essex

Fort Wayne The News-Sentinel 1/30/06
Wide-eyed Essex in Super groove
Fort Wayne native still a bench-riding Steelers rookie, but he’s diving headfirst into the Super Bowl experience
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/sports/13747562.htm

Detroit Free Press 1/27/06
UPDATES: BEST OF THE MIDWEST 2001-2005
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/SPORTS09/601270392/1057
No other Northwestern players were mentioned.


Kevin Bentley

Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1/27/06
Seahawks Roundup
BEHIND THE MASK: Kevin Bentley
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/257281_hrail27.html


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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Jan 31 14:55:46 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Jan 31 16:02:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 1/31
Message-ID: <002d01c626a8$b5e12430$6500a8c0@DAVIDXP>

www.PurpleWildcats.com
for Purple Reign
& the NU Sports List
  Signing Day Eve Edition

 Getting ready for the new Football Cats, Signing Day tomorrow, Lots more
Basketball, including a great story on Vedran. Fencing, Tennis and more Alumni
news

                           All the News that Fits We Link
                             Your Index to News about
                         Northwestern University Athletics

BASKETBALL

     Men
     The Vedran Vukusic story
     Traveling man with a big plan
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-060131020
9jan31,1,4554227.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 

     Next game is at the Indiana Hoosiers Wednesday 
     Upon Further Review.Minnesota
      http://indiana.scout.com/2/494593.html 
     + Davis: IU needs just some tweaking
 
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/SPORTS04/6013
10450/1002/SPORTS 
     + Road kill: Minnesota flattens IU
      http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/sports/colleges/13746531.htm 
     + Debate to play White seems easy
      http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/sports/colleges/13746605.htm 

     Followed by Michigan State - Saturday
      Brown Pushes Michigan State Past Penn State
      http://msuspartans.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012806aae.html

     + Post Game NotesAgainst Penn State
      http://msuspartans.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012806aaa.html

     + Izzo Update
 
http://www.mlive.com/spartans/weblog/index.ssf?/mtlogs/mlive_grinzongreen/archiv
es/2006_01.html#108115 
     + Injured Davis might sit again
 
http://www.greenandwhite.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/GW0201/60131034
4/1023/GW 
     + MSU men's notebook: 'Worst rebounding team I've had'
 
http://www.greenandwhite.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/GW0201/60131034
5/1023/GW 
     + Spartan fast break
 
http://www.greenandwhite.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/GW0201/60131034
3/1023/GW 

     Other Big 10

          Talented Wolverines becoming a real force
           http://www.suntimes.com/output/campus/cst-spt-big31.html 
          One for the road
           http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=148892 
          Hutchens: League schedule could tip balance
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/SPORTS/601310404/100
4/SPORTS 
          Big Ten basketball at a glance
           http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=34315 
          Sullinger leads No. 20 Buckeyes to win
 
http://www.mlive.com/sportsflash/college/index.ssf?/base/sports-6/11386779011327
00.xml&storylist=bigten 

     Women


FOOTBALL

     Defense: Recruiting Chart & Analysis
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/494748.html 
     Defense: Recruiting Chart & Analysis II
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/495011.html 
     Tyrell Sutton One more honor for Tyrell?
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=494768&nid=1864509&fhn=1&refid=4742

     2 New Commits:
     Corbin BryantMorgan Park player picks NU
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/cs-060130prepfbitem,1,
6137719.story 
     Sherrick McManus: A breakaway threat
      http://www.pjstar.com/sports/allstars/football/2005/ALL_B8BVV4JH.077.shtml

     + ALL-STAR TEAM
      http://www.pjstar.com/sports/allstars/football/2005/bigteam.shtml 


RECRUITING

     Not a bumper crop
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/sportsstory.asp?id=148871 

FENCING

     Two hard: NU falls to nation's Nos. 1, 2 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/31/43df07b95f60e 

TENNIS

     Women
     Wildcats rope in Longhorns
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/31/43df05dac1e0e 
     Men
     Cats stumble on N.C. trip, drop to 3-4
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/31/43df08e1c2f60 

MISCELLANY

     Now is time for action on academic reform
      http://www.suntimes.com/output/slezak/cst-spt-carol31.html 
     College fans concerned about commercialization
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/SPORTS/601310412/100
4/SPORTS 

Alumni

     Brad Napper drafted by hometown club
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/31/43df0a1fb8a03 
     Joe Girardi: Girardi sets clean-shave policy for Marlins
 
http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060127&content_
id=1301754&vkey=news_fla&fext=.jsp&c_id=fla 
     Sam Simmons: KC can't catch up to Dallas
 
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/special_packages/kansas_city_bri
gade/13744614.htm 
     Dwayne Missouri: SOUL GET DEFENSIVE; CRUISE TO 52-34 OPENING GAME VICTORY 
     http://www.philadelphiasoul.com/news/current_news/505550.html 
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