[NU Sports] Randy Walker, Broadway phenomenon

[Jim Bendat]

Okay, I've just pulled out my Fiddler CD, and I'll take my crack at it, 
going through the list of song titles:

1. Tradition - NUMB forming the N at midfield before the game.
2. Matchmaker - are NU and Randy Walker the perfect match?  Reasonable 
minds differ, but recent season suggest the match is working out.
3. If I Were a Rich Man - Dennis already covered this one
4. Sabbath Prayer - the games are on Saturdays, which of course is the 
Sabbath.  We've needed to say a few prayers for a number of games, I'd say.
5. To Life -- Jason already covered this one, and it applies to RW, too
6. Miracle of Miracles - I'd say the Iowa game last season would cover 
this category
7. The Dream - going back to the Rose Bowl
8. Sunrise, Sunset - We wake up on Saturday mornings in the fall 
thinking about the upcoming game, and hopefully by sunset we have 
another NU victory.
9. Wedding Dance - I'll leave this one to someone more creative
10. Now I Have Everything - a Rose Bowl victory (well, at this point, 
any bowl victory)
11. Do You Love Me? - that's what RW asks of Frank Loomis and John DeGroat
12. The Rumor - this is up to date:  rumor has it that both Eric 
Peterman and Gerard Hamlett are being switched to cornerback for 2006.
13. Far From the Home I Love - the way all of us feel when we're away 
from Evanston when the team pulls off another great victory at Dyche/Ryan.
14. Anatevka - Jason already covered this one

Jason Singer wrote:
> Too bad he didn't stick around to create any "Traditions!", although one
> could think of the '95 and '96 seasons as a "Miracle of Miracles". But, of
> course, he decided to find out what life would be like "If He Were a Rich
> Man?", so he flew the coop like the "Little Bird" he is. "On the other
> hand"...he setup at least the belief that we could win, and for that I say
> "L'Chaim, To Life!"
>
> ..even if he now can be found wondering around "Anatevka."
>
> And yes, I have WAY too much time on my hands until the MLB starts I earnest
> (and also played Tevye many moons ago)!
>
> Jason Singer SP'86
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:08 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Randy Walker, Broadway phenomenon
>
> I went to Clearwater, Florida, this past week for Phillies spring training
> and traveled to Bradenton to watch them play the Pirates at their training
> complex.  While there, I naturally visited the beer stand which was manned
> by several old fellows who had retired to Florida some years back, one of
> whom claimed  to have been Randy Walker's teacher in high school.  I
> naturally asked about the coach's younger days and was told that he had been
> a great fellow and just as good a student.  I then received information that
> shows that the coach is a well rounded guy - not speaking in physical terms.
> It seems that he was not only a stellar athlete, but he played Tevye in the
> school production of Fiddler on the Roof.  I wonder if he knew how prophetic
> If I Were a Rich Man was?  
>  
> Don't know if it's true.  Just repeating what the old fellow said.
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