[NU Sports] An NU recruiting billboard

[John Labbe]

See also this article from the Tribune re: the recruiting of Fitzgerald  
to NU and the fact that ND didn't recruit him.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs 
-060708nu,1,2873482.story?coll=cs-college-headlines

But to the original post, as pumped up as I am about Fitzgerald as the  
coach, you'll have to help me understand the edge it gives us with  
respect to ND.  I'm not seeing it.




On Jul 11, 2006, at 10:45 PM, Jim Bendat wrote:

> Actually, Fitz was never offered a scholarship by ND.  He had a  
> lifelong dream on playing for the Irish, but just before his planned  
> visit to South Bend, ND gave someone else its last scholarship offer.   
> Meanwhile, Gary Barnett had been heavily recruited Fitz, and Pat  
> decided to take the offer.
>
> I got this information from an LA. Times article I saved from when NU  
> came to L.A. in December 1995 for the Rose Bowl.  The paper featured  
> Fitz in one of its pregame stories, a piece entitled "New Coach Fitz  
> Right In."  The article discussed how Fitz would be unable to play in  
> the Rose Bowl because of the broken leg he had suffered late in the  
> season, but that he would nevertheless be on the sideline, helping in  
> any way that he could.  Barnett is quoted in the story, saying that  
> Fitz "is not only a great player, but he's also a coach on the field."
>
> Go Fitz!  Go Cats!
>
> Jim B.
>
>
> Jim Leonard wrote:
>> Fellow Wildcat Faithful,
>>
>> I can't remember the details, but I believe Pat Fitzgerald was  
>> recruited by Lou
>> Holtz and perhaps verbally promised a scholarship to Notre Dame.  
>> Given his
>> experience, as an Irish southsider with aspirations of playing in  
>> South Bend, I
>> think he will be very successful in stealing recruits away from ND.
>> I don't know what NCAA rules exist to this end, but, if I had the  
>> money, I'd
>> put a billboard on I-90, one exit before Southbend with a picture of  
>> Fitz as a
>> player on the left and as a coach on the right that reads "Last exit  
>> before you
>> make a big mistake". Given the personal story he can tell, and his  
>> general
>> charm, I expect that most of the academically-minded talent in  
>> Chicago will be
>> heading north for the next few years.
>>
>
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