[NU Sports] The NU Wildcat Super Bowl "Curse"

[Roy Lamberton]

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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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
Computer Applications & Support Associates
and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of MHRJGScott at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:43 PM
> To: nwu-sports at 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 at 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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