From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov  1 11:14:28 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov  1 11:16:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/1
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FOOTBALL

     NORTHWESTERN updates
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061101020
1nov01,1,6258176.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + Brewer Gets A Shot At WR
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/01/Sports/Brewer.Gets.A.Shot.
At.Wr.football-2414561.shtml 
     + Random Thoughts: A New WR and the QB Shuffle
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/585605.html 
     + Eddie Simpson-OLB; plus Iowa Police Blotter
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/585622.html 

     SportsXchange: Inside Slant
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamReport?categoryId=86065&type=InsideSlant 
     + 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 

Next up for the Cats:

     11/4 @ Iowa Hawkeyes ESPN+
     Tate's grit impressive in eyes of teammates
 
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/SPORTS020502/61
1010391/1017/SPORTS06 
     + Tate's new splint 'not akward or cumbersome'
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/HAWKS0104/6110103
07/1053/HAWKS 
     + Ferentz: Tate A Likely Starter
      http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/103106aaa.html 
     $ NU Week: Kirk on the Side Transcript Part 1
      http://iowa.scout.com/2/585359.html 
     $ NU Week: Kirk on the Side Transcript Part 2
      http://iowa.scout.com/2/585426.html 
     + Ferentz: Tate can go
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/news/2006/11/01/Sports/Ferentz.Tate.Can.Go-2414008.sht
ml 
     + Tate's new splint 'not akward or cumbersome'
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/HAWKS0104/6110103
07/1080 
     + Tate to return as Iowa Q-B
 
http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=062E1B26-348F-4447-A3C81C1C210A
54B9&dbtranslator=local.cfm 
     + Tate back at the helm
      http://www.gazetteonline.com/2006/10/31/Home/tateterminator.htm 
     + Tate's grit impressive in eyes of teammates
 
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/SPORTS02050
2/611010391/1003/SPORTS 
     $ NU Week: Mike Humpal Q&A
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=585442 

     We apologize for the Hawkeye's ignorance in regard to NU as our
abbreviation. They continue to ignore my requests to 
     change...

Big 10 etc.

     Talking turkey on 12 games
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/118974,CST-SPT-big01.article 

     Hoosiers finally get shot at 1st bowl in 13 years
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2645320 

RECRUITING

     Chip Ghigna Prepares for playoffs
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=585332&nid=2487499&fhn=1 

BASKETBALL

     Big 10
     Groin injury to sideline Illini's Randle a week
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/illinois/cs-061031illinic
age,1,484337.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

CROSS COUNTRY

     NU Can't Keep Up With Wolverines In Chase For Title
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/01/Sports/Nu.Cant.Keep.Up.Wit
h.Wolverines.In.Chase.For.Title.cross.Country-2414564.shtml 

FENCING

     New Class Produces Results In 1st Meet
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/01/Sports/New-Class.Produces.
Results.In.1st.Meet.fencing-2414567.shtml 

SOCCER

     Men
     'Cats Face Penn State Thursday at Big Ten Tournament
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/103106aac.html 

     Women
     'Cats Ready for Big Ten Tournament
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/103106aab.html 

SWIMMING

     Matt Grevers Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/103106aaa.html 
     Seniors Lead Way As Cats Drop IU
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/01/Sports/Seniors.Lead.Way.As
.Cats.Drop.Iu.swimming-2414563.shtml 

VOLLEYBALL

     Northwestern Faces Illinois Wednesday, Iowa Saturday in Road Contests
     + Senior Turning Hits Into Deadly Weapons For NU

MISCELLANY

     Lots of stories will be coming about the Soccer Playoffs and more later in
the week...

Alumni

     PGA
     Luke Donald -

     Nationwide Tour  Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian - starts
Nov 6th
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/h045 
     Jess Daley -
     Tom Johnson -

   2006 Football Opponents

     11/11 Ohio State [Lasalle Bank Day]
     Buckeyes losing in turf war
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/illinois/cs-061031bigtenb
its,1,6583812.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Buckeyes' Tressel a Juice booster
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/118925,CST-SPT-local01.article 

     11/18 Illinois Fighting Illini [Senior Day]
     Illini 'D' tougher thanks to Steele
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/illinois/cs-061031illinif
oot,1,6054937.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Buckeyes hope to squeeze Illini's Juice
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2645431 

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From NEONRye at aol.com  Wed Nov  1 15:59:10 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Wed Nov  1 15:59:19 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Say Goodbye to John L.
Message-ID: <bd1.767d1d4.327a72ae@aol.com>

Well, the 'Cats tried, but they couldn't save John L. Smith's job with  
Sparty.   The Hoosiers certainly took care of that issue last  Friday.  Here's the 
story, hot off the press--he will not return next year  as MSU's coach but 
will complete the rest of this season.
 
_http://sports.aol.com/ncaafb/story/_a/michigan-states-smith-out-at-seasons-en
d/20061101140109990001?cid=1690_ 
(http://sports.aol.com/ncaafb/story/_a/michigan-states-smith-out-at-seasons-end/20061101140109990001?cid=1690) 
 
Paul Levinson
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Wed Nov  1 17:26:58 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Wed Nov  1 17:27:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Say Goodbye to John L.
In-Reply-To: <bd1.767d1d4.327a72ae@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20061101232658.32068.qmail@web52904.mail.yahoo.com>

It's gonna be real interesting to see who they get in
there (Izzo's friend Mariucci I know is the fan fave).

MSU's always had this massive inferiority complex in
football to the Maize and Blue and are always
self-hating, self-collapsing and self-destructive in
their chase of the Wolverines.

But if they get the right coach in there ... watch
out. 

If they can give up the chase of Michigan and focus on
football, there's no reason MSU shouldn't be a
consistent contender for the Rose Bowl.

With Smith out, the new hotseat in the Big Ten
probably goes to Glen Mason. It's a down year for the
Gophers and they're still trying to get over that
proverbial hump into a major bowl game ... but the
seat's still not THAT hot.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Nov  3 17:01:45 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Nov  3 17:03:44 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat tomorrow
Message-ID: <007d01c6ff9c$098acbf0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

There will be a chat tomorrow during the game with the hawkeyes.

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

I may be late, but I'll log in early so you don't think I'm not here...<g>

I have to coach my team starting at 9:30 AM, and may not be back until the game
is in the 2nd quarter.

Anyway, Go Cats!

rsl

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Nov  4 06:33:35 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Nov  4 06:35:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/3
Message-ID: <007e01c7000d$72af89b0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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FOOTBALL

     NU has some real team players plus updates on a couple of injuries...
     Andrew Brewer Brewer willing to do 'slash' role
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061101colfootnu,1,3011
437.htmlstory?coll=cs-college-headlines
     Sherrick McMannis: Freshman's play has been special
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061103019
9nov03,1,6450203.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print
       November a no-lose situation
     + Young blood
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/sports/120490,mg-nufbl-110206-s1.article
     + Northwestern at Iowa
      http://www.nbc5.com/sports/10209860/detail.html
     + Wildcats still feisty
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/news/2006/11/03/Sports/Wildcats.Still.Feisty-2437230.s
html
     + Third QB a charm for Wildcats
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Pregame/Third.Qb.A.Charm.For.Wild
cats-2437249.shtml
     + 'Cats can scratch (scouting report)
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Pregame/cats-Can.Scratch.scouting
.Report-2437193.shtml
     + Northwestern coach says his team is playing better
 
http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=811388F5-1F0E-4B4D-B5E5D79240AD
167C&dbtranslator=local.cfm
     + Winless but still enthusiastic
      http://gazetteonline.com/2006/11/03/Home/sportssection/wildcatscoach.htm

     Commentary:
     Random Thoughts: Irritating the Hawkeyes
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/585970.html
     Fishbain: Coaching staff owes an apology
      http://www.wnur.org/sports/analysts/fishbain20061027.htm
     + Northwestern Couldn't Escape Cold, Hard Facts
 
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/3-0&fp=454b5d92492e88b4&ei=A01LRd2mB4
zMHPeb6cMG&url=http%3A//feed.insnews.org/v-cgi/feeds.cgi%3Ffeedid%3D144%26story_
id%3D2286152&cid=1110865553

Next up for the Cats:

     11/4 @ Iowa Hawkeyes ESPN+
     Memory of loss in '05 still stings for Ferentz
 
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/SPORTS02050
2/611020397/1003/SPORTS
     + Brooks Visits with Christensen inside Hawkeye All-Access
      http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110206aaa.html
     $ NU Week: Christensen Transcript
      http://iowa.scout.com/2/585417.html
     + Hawkeyes hope to continue November dominance
      http://www.timesrepublican.com/sports/articles.asp?articleID=4089
     + Mattison Mr. Predictable for Iowa defense
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/HAWKS0104/6110203
33/1053/HAWKS
     + Meltdown in 2005 still hurts
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/HAWKS0104/6110103
33/1053/HAWKS
     + Tate's new splint 'not akward or cumbersome'
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/HAWKS0104/6110103
07/1053/HAWKS
     + Iowa football notebook
      http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/sp2_1102.html
     + Q&A with Matt Kroul
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Pregame/Qa.With.Matt.Kroul-243717
9.shtml
     + Kicking hits 'blip' on radar
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Pregame/Kicking.Hits.blip.On.The.
Radar-2437151.shtml
     + Herding 'Cats
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Pregame/Herding.cats-2437158.shtm
l
     + Should Tate start at quarterback on Saturday?
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Pregame/Should.Tate.Start.At.Quar
terback.On.Saturday-2437219.shtml
     + Not a numbers game for Hawks
      http://gazetteonline.com/2006/11/01/Home/sportssection/numbersgame.htm

Big 10etc.

     Too many L's doom John L.
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/120982,CST-SPT-nation02.article
     + Smith was under pressure early at Michigan State
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2646693
     + MSU's Smith done after season
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/43921482/index.html
     + Report: Smith expected to be fired
      http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Foxsports/rss/CFB/%7E3/43919517/6125310

BASKETBALL

     Women
     Wildcats pick up hoops transfer
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/sports/120411,ev-eckhart-1102006-s1.article
     + Wildcats Acquire New Player, Prep For Regular Season
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Sports/Wildcats.Acquire.Ne
w.Player.Prep.For.Regular.Season.womens.Basketball-2437944.shtml

     Big 10
     Illini rely on fierce 'D' to get job done
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061101illinigamer,1,37
28921.story?coll=cs-college-headlines

FIELD HOCKEY

     Big Ten Announces Field Hockey All-Conference Teams and Individual Honors
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/110206aag.html
     + Two Wildcats Garner All-Big Ten Honors
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/110206aab.html

     Coach Living Up Dream Job With First Tourney
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Sports/Coach.Living.Up.Dre
am.Job.With.First.Tourney.field.Hockey-2438102.shtml


SOCCER

     Men
     NU Ready For The Big Ten
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/02/Sports/Nu.Ready.For.The.Bi
g.Ten.mens.Soccer-2434558.shtml
     + Penn State Eliminates Northwestern From Big Ten Tournament in Double
Overtime
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/110206aaa.html
     + Flight Home Leaves Early
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Sports/Flight.Home.Leaves.
Early.mens.Soccer-2438093.shtml
     Big Ten Announces Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams and Individual Awards
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/110206aba.html
     + Four Wildcats Receive All-Big Ten Honors
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/110206aaa.html

     Women
     Listen to Coach Erickson preview the Big Ten Tournament
 
javascript:window.open('http://www.ocsn.com/media_server/play.smil?school=nw&med
ia_type=audio&content=http://mfile.akamai.com/8108/wma/cstv.download.akamai.com/
8108/open/nw/06-07/audio/w-soccer/10oct/103106_nw_wsoccer_int.asx','VideoBroadca
stMediaPlayer','toolbar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=no,width=468,height=220' 
     ); void('');
     + Cats Chase The Upset Where It Counts
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/02/Sports/Cats-Chase.The.Upse
t.Where.It.Counts.womens.Soccer-2434572.shtml

     Big Ten Announces 2006 All-Conference Teams & Awards
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/110206aad.html
     + Shannon Schneeman Earns ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Honor
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/110206aai.html
     Wildcats Edged by No. 1 Seed Penn State at Big Ten Tournament
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/110206aaa.html
     + Penn State Ends Cats' Postseason Fun Early
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Sports/Penn-State.Ends.Cat
s.Postseason.Fun.Early.womens.Soccer-2438097.shtml

SWIMMING

     Wildcats Return Home to Meet Boilermakers
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/110206aaa.html 
     Sibling Coaches Rising Stars Thanks To Some Solid 'Family Ties'
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Sports/Sibling.Coaches.Ris
ing.Stars.Thanks.To.Some.Solid.family.Ties-2438108.shtml 

VOLLEYBALL

     Junior Lindsay Anderson Reaches 1,000-Career Kills, 'Cats Best Illini, 3-1
     + NU Gets Revenge On Illini In Four-Game Showdown

WRESTLING

     Big Ten Wrestling Takes to the Mats This Weekend
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/110206aaa.html
     Herbert Promising To Leave No Doubts
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/03/Sports/Herbert.Promising.T
o.Leave.No.Doubts.wrestling-2438124.shtml

MISCELLANY

     Stewart Mandel: After nearly disbanding, Big East flourishing again
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/44139013/index.html
     the Cubbies on the block?
     Cubs among Tribune Co. subsidiaries for sale
      http://www.post-trib.com/business/122515,CUBS.article
     Anothr "problem" in Iowa
     NCAA penalizes men's swim team

Alumni

     PGA
     Luke Donald -
     Nationwide Tour  Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian - starts
Nov 6th
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/h045
     Jess Daley - Will Play in the Tourney

   2006 Football Opponents

     11/11 Ohio State [Lasalle Bank Day]
     Tressel time at Ohio State - Buckeyes 15-3 in November under current regime
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/11/03/sports/college_sports/b9703fb7a39f433e86
25721b001313de.txt
     11/18 Illinois Fighting Illini [Senior Day]
     Illini rely on fierce 'D' to get job done
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061101illinigamer,1,37
28921.story?coll=cs-college-headlines
     + Frosh produce for Zook's Illini
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/120975,CST-SPT-ill02.article

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From HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com  Sat Nov  4 11:23:20 2006
From: HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com (HUDHAIFA3@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov  4 11:23:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] prediction
Message-ID: <c57.5f3c5e9.327e2688@aol.com>

NU 27 Iowa 24
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Nov  4 12:25:44 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Nov  4 12:25:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I've seen enough ...
Message-ID: <20061104182544.10471.qmail@web52910.mail.yahoo.com>

Iowa may come back to win this game, but after last
weekend's game at Michigan and today's first half at
Iowa, I know this much ...

* Pat Fitzgerald is our coach. Do not underestimate
the job our young coach has done with this team the
last two weeks. The X's and O's can be learned, the
emotions and personal side of coaching can not. You
either got it or you don't and Fitz has "got it." We
all felt how devastating the MSU loss was - to head to
Ann Arbor and Iowa City following that loss, the
biggest task was not to just get blown out of the Big
House and Kinnick. Not only has this team held
together, they've gotten better. That fight, unity,
drive and bond can all be credited to our leader on
the sidelines. This man is ready to be a coach, my
friends. He'll have to tinker with coordinators and
play calls and learn a lot there, but he has the
biggest thing in a coach - he has his team and his
players will play for him.

* C.J. Bacher can run this offense. We saw what a big
difference the loss of Baz made in the first half of
the season. In the last 3 games, we've seen what a big
difference a CJ can make in getting the O back to
where it should be. This guy's our quarterback, and he
has a couple more years left!

* When the offense is balanced by a solid QB, Tyrell
Sutton is one heck of a running back. His numbers will
show sophomore slump, but he hasn't lost a step from
last year when the offensive rhythm is established and
has even added some strength in running over foes.

* Long offensive drives rock! And they let the defense
rest to rush more! Just as Fitz is finding his groove,
our OC appears to be finding his way rather nicely.
Now just don't let up on offense with a lead! Oh yeah
- and on 3rd and 1, do NOT run an option to the SHORT
SIDE of the field, especially when Brewer doesn't yet
know how to make the defender commit on the option.

* Our defensive players have a lot of heart and
hustle. I'm not sure Colby deserves to be back next
year, but it's nice to see our players hustling and
fighting hard - with the right schemes they can be
effective and we can hopefully add to the talent pool.

* Special teams is still a glaring weakness on this
team. The missed FG hurts and thankfully the
interception wiped out a horrible punt that set Iowa
up for a TD. We really need to focus on improving this
area ASAP.

* We have our own excuses this year, so I don't want
to keep hearing about the weather in Ann Arbor or
Iowa's slew of injuries. We have our own injuries and
trials.

* If we had had this team on the field in place from
the start of September, we may be thinking Phoenix
right now ... not the BCS bowls, but the Insight Bowl.

Much like the 1997 team where an early injury (Bates)
really killed the season, we were hurt at the start of
this year by Walker's death and injuries. But we're
really playing decent football right now and looking
like a much improved team - the opposite of what you'd
expect would happen after a loss like the MSU game -
so that has me optimistic for next year and the
future.

Oh yeah, one more thing I know ...

* WE WILL BEAT ILLINOIS in two weeks!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Nov  4 12:45:01 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Nov  4 12:45:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The timing rule ...
Message-ID: <20061104184501.78058.qmail@web52901.mail.yahoo.com>

I've hated the new clock rules all season (I'd like to
see them at least go back to the old way for the last
5 minutes of each half) ... maybe some action will
come now that there was a loophole discovered in the
PSU/UW game with those blatant offsides in a row to
milk the clock down since it starts on the kick.

JoePa was ticked, Bucky's new coach couldn't hide his
smirk and I'll bet we see an angry letter from State
College about this rule change soon.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Sat Nov  4 13:48:24 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov  4 13:48:28 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] big win
Message-ID: <3ad.9b965fd.327e4888@aol.com>

like everybody I am not happy about our season, but personally, any year we  
beat  Iowa is a yeah with one very bright spot.
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Nov  4 13:51:42 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Nov  4 13:51:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Congrats coach!
Message-ID: <20061104195142.15292.qmail@web52905.mail.yahoo.com>

How fitting is it that Fitz gets his first Big Ten win
against the same team his mentor did in 1999.

Congratulations coach!

You just can't say enough about the job Fitz has done
keeping this team focused on the future after that MSU
loss.

As I've said many times before - a season that
includes a win over Iowa and/or Wisconsin can not be a
bad season.:)

I left that stadium a couple weeks ago with such
heartbreak, but I have been overflowing with purple
pride ever since at the response of this team. What a
great win over the hated Hawkeyes. We've found our
quarterback and we have our coach!

Well done, Coach Fitz!!!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From neonrye at aol.com  Sat Nov  4 14:03:25 2006
From: neonrye at aol.com (neonrye@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov  4 14:03:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Congrats coach!
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Well said, as always Stephen.  I think today's magnificent showing--from beginning to end (Four Quarters, as the players kept reminding each other with 4 fingers raised up)--marks the true beginning of the "Fitz Era".  This team is maturing and coming together.  Not only do we have our QB, but we now have a "D", even without Roach, and perhaps most importantly, Mr. Tyrell Sutton had a huge day, which should put to rest all of the murmuring in The Daily and elsewhere about Mr. Tyrell Sutton transferring to another school.  Mr. Tyrell Sutton just needs to be healthy, to have an "O" Line open holes like it did today, and to have Mr. C.J. Bacher make the other team's defense play a balanced formation and not stack the line, and he can then show his remarkable talents.  This game should be a turning point.  I expect a tough effort next week against the tOSU, which should be looking ahead to Armageddon vs. UM, and then even better things against the "Zookies".  Finally, "Purple Pride" is in bloom.
 
Only bad thought:  How, oh how, could Howells miss that "gimme" FG?  I thought that was going to haunt us in the end......
 
Paul Levinson
 
 
 
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Subject: [NU Sports] Congrats coach!


How fitting is it that Fitz gets his first Big Ten win
against the same team his mentor did in 1999.

Congratulations coach!

You just can't say enough about the job Fitz has done
keeping this team focused on the future after that MSU
loss.

As I've said many times before - a season that
includes a win over Iowa and/or Wisconsin can not be a
bad season.:)

I left that stadium a couple weeks ago with such
heartbreak, but I have been overflowing with purple
pride ever since at the response of this team. What a
great win over the hated Hawkeyes. We've found our
quarterback and we have our coach!

Well done, Coach Fitz!!!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From tbng at comcast.net  Sat Nov  4 14:08:43 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sat Nov  4 14:08:53 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Congrats coach!
References: <20061104195142.15292.qmail@web52905.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <001201c7004d$0736eb70$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

Best game for the offensive line all season.  Of  course, Iowa may be a 
weakened team, which is what the announcers said 1,629 times.  Whatever, our 
OL was knocking them around down the stretch.  LO-O-O-OVE IT!  (To quote 
Zack and Weezie)

Best game of the season for the quarterback and wideouts.  I said a few 
weeks ago that Brewer should go to wide receiver, and he came through!

Best game of the season for the defense, especially the secondary.  Mr. 
McManis looks like the real deal.  Even the DL got some pressure, although 
the one sack/fumble was a gift.

Best game of the season for Tyrell Sutton, who looked like his old self in 
spite of the fact he isn't old.

Typical awful job by the kickers.  Howells is what we've been doing at his 
kicking since he lost the TCU game two seasons back, and Larscheid has more 
shanks than a butcher shop.

With all the hype about the Michigan-OSU game, wouldn't you just LOVE to end 
it with a victory next week?  Nah!  That's too much to ask.  I said we'd 
lose to OSU by 40.  Maybe it will only be 25 - 30.  Man, would I love to be 
wrong.

P.S.  443 yards of offense!  Did Baz suit up in a Bacher jersey? 

From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Sat Nov  4 15:07:40 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Sat Nov  4 15:07:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Congrats coach!
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I concur with the congratulations to our Wildcats who fought hard today and
came out with a well-deserved win.  Definitely credit Sutton who had some
nice runs, particularly in the second half, to help the 'Cats churn out the
win.  Bacher had some nice passes but looks like he is still developing, but
still he gave NU what it needed to win.  Also another credit for the defense
who really shut down Iowa today and came up with big turnovers.

I would like to correct something regarding the kicking - it was Brian
Huffman who went 1-6 on field goals at TCU in 2004 (not Howells).  Huffman
came in as a punter and was switched to place kicker once Larscheid and
Howells weren't panning out.

I do agree that a week after having a very solid special teams effort
against Michigan it looked pretty bad today with some bad punts and the
missed 22 yd. field goal.

NU left some points on the field with that missed FG and the interception in
the red zone but they fought hard and finally played a "complete" game for
the win.

Jonathan

On 11/4/06, Dennis W. Brandt <tbng@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Best game for the offensive line all season.  Of  course, Iowa may be a
> weakened team, which is what the announcers said 1,629 times.  Whatever,
> our
> OL was knocking them around down the stretch.  LO-O-O-OVE IT!  (To quote
> Zack and Weezie)
>
> Best game of the season for the quarterback and wideouts.  I said a few
> weeks ago that Brewer should go to wide receiver, and he came through!
>
> Best game of the season for the defense, especially the secondary.  Mr.
> McManis looks like the real deal.  Even the DL got some pressure, although
> the one sack/fumble was a gift.
>
> Best game of the season for Tyrell Sutton, who looked like his old self in
> spite of the fact he isn't old.
>
> Typical awful job by the kickers.  Howells is what we've been doing at his
> kicking since he lost the TCU game two seasons back, and Larscheid has
> more
> shanks than a butcher shop.
>
> With all the hype about the Michigan-OSU game, wouldn't you just LOVE to
> end
> it with a victory next week?  Nah!  That's too much to ask.  I said we'd
> lose to OSU by 40.  Maybe it will only be 25 - 30.  Man, would I love to
> be
> wrong.
>
> P.S.  443 yards of offense!  Did Baz suit up in a Bacher jersey?
>
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From cp2m at enterprisesw.com  Sat Nov  4 16:28:12 2006
From: cp2m at enterprisesw.com (Chris and Lori Patterson)
Date: Sat Nov  4 16:28:21 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] BIG, BIG WIN.  and Iowa's home record - last 30 games
Message-ID: <002201c70060$84c2d550$7000a8c0@hawk>

BIG WIN on many accounts. Congrats to all those Wildcats. But decisively
beating Iowa in their house (after last year's comeback, too)! Fantastic.

 

I ditto that we definitely have a head coach!  I listen to Dave and Ted on
WGN while watching on TV. I find them much more entertaining that the TV
announcers!

 

A couple things that duo pointed out today.

 

1.	The Wed after practice talk/speech by Fitz was excellent. Superb.
Fitz talked about knowing what it is like to win in Kinnick Stadium that
awesome feeling of winning. And wanting his players to have that same
feeling..

 

2.	Iowa's home record the last 30 games is 27-3  !!   Their last four
home losses are to NORTHWESTERN, Ohio State, Michigan and Iowa State. From
the Big Ten website and from http://iowa.rivals.com/schedule.asp?Team=IOWA,
I got the following:

 

JUST ADDED -- 2006 - Nov. 4th. Lost to NORTHWESTERN 7-21

2006 - Sept 30th. Lost to Ohio State 17-38

2005 - Oct. 22nd. Lost to Michigan  20-23 OT.

2004 and 2003 - undefeated at home

2002 - Sept. 14th - lost to Iowa State 31-36

 

 

 

>From the Hawkeye media guide - "A record of 30-3 over the last 4 seasons in
Kinnick Stadium, including 22 straight wins from 2002-2005"

http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/fb-media-guide-06.htm
l

 

 

For a few more details, recap:
http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/110406aac.html

Tyrell Sutton - 168 yards.  And boy did Sutton look sharp catching those
balls coming out the backfield. CJ certainly wasn't lobbing the ball to him.

 

ESPN recap

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=263082294        

 

Ferentz put blame on self

http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/iowa-m-footbl-main.html

 

 

ESPN College Scoreboard (TV)  -- they talked about "total dominance" by
Northwestern in all areas.

 

Great Entertainment today!  I feel good, too. 

 

Go CATS!  Roast a Buckeye!

Chris

Knoxville, TN

 

PS. As my wife said,  "The win couldn't have happened to[against] a better
team.. well except maybe Wisconsin." :-)

 

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Nov  4 17:01:13 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Nov  4 17:01:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] BIG, BIG WIN.  and Iowa's home record - last 30 games
In-Reply-To: <002201c70060$84c2d550$7000a8c0@hawk>
Message-ID: <20061104230113.66050.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>

> Fitz talked about knowing what it is like to win in
> Kinnick Stadium that
> awesome feeling of winning. And wanting his players

Aaaaah. I still remember that 1996 thrashing in the
corn on ABC. Side note - NUMB was there for that one
and today - go band!:)

> Tyrell Sutton - 168 yards.  And boy did Sutton look
> sharp catching those
> balls coming out the backfield. CJ certainly wasn't
> lobbing the ball to him.

Excellent point - some of those passes were a bit high
and all of 'em had a lot of mustard on 'em ...
Sutton's shown some great hands this year and it's a
good way for the O to get Tyrell the ball without
running against a stacked box.

And they figured out that Jordan is best used right up
the gut ... that was a nice run to seal the deal, TJ!

> PS. As my wife said,  "The win couldn't have
> happened to[against] a better
> team.. well except maybe Wisconsin." :-)

Amen to that.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From tbng at comcast.net  Sat Nov  4 19:55:02 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sat Nov  4 19:55:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] An old foe
References: <20061104230113.66050.qmail@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>
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Did anyone notice that New Hampshire lost again today?  Last week it was 
Hofstra; this week it was Massachusetts. 

From michael.vance at att.net  Sat Nov  4 23:42:16 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Sat Nov  4 23:42:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] An old foe
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Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
> Did anyone notice that New Hampshire lost again today?  Last week it 
> was Hofstra; this week it was Massachusetts.
Not quite.  UNH beat Hofstra last week, although by the anemic score of 
10-6.  But their loss to UMass today was their third of the year, the 
previous two being to Northeastern and James Madison, two and three 
weeks ago, respectively.

Despite the two earlier losses, UNH was ranked #8 in I-AA going into 
today's game, with UMass ranked #3, so it wasn't an upset, unless you 
maybe take home field into account.  JMU is also ranked higher now, 
although they weren't when they played.  (UNH was still #1 and JMU was 
#12.)  Interestingly, there are no undefeated teams in I-AA, but the 
only losses in the top five are to I-A teams.  UNH was the 
highest-ranked I-AA team whose only losses were to other I-AA schools.  
That may change after today.

-Michael

From clzahn at mindspring.com  Sat Nov  4 23:59:05 2006
From: clzahn at mindspring.com (Clark Zahn)
Date: Sat Nov  4 23:59:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] An old foe
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Michael Vance wrote:
> Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
>> Did anyone notice that New Hampshire lost again today?  Last week it 
>> was Hofstra; this week it was Massachusetts.
> Not quite.  UNH beat Hofstra last week, although by the anemic score 
> of 10-6.  But their loss to UMass today was their third of the year, 
> the previous two being to Northeastern and James Madison, two and 
> three weeks ago, respectively.
>
Our first game in 2007 is against Northeastern.

Clark

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Nov  5 06:17:08 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Nov  5 06:19:04 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] An old foe
In-Reply-To: <454D7DA9.6060202@mindspring.com>
Message-ID: <000401c700d4$50ca9930$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

With a real QB and a running back in gear, I'm not as worried about
non-conference 2007 as I was this year with CJ on the injured list.

New Hampshire's troubles lately does point out that some of the northeast's 1-AA
teams are pretty balanced.

rsl

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> >
> Our first game in 2007 is against Northeastern.
> 
>


From tbng at comcast.net  Sun Nov  5 06:36:35 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sun Nov  5 06:36:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] An old foe
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	<454D7DA9.6060202@mindspring.com>
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I stand corrected on Hofstra beating New Hampshire.  NH won that game 10 - 
6.  The game stuck in my head (incorrectly) thanks to that old Bill Cosby 
stand-up routine about his days playing for Temple.  ("Do not touch certain 
areas of your body while on the football field.  So I grabbed my head!") 
It's still embarrassing that we lost badly to a team that couldn't beat 
James Madison, Northeastern, and Massachusetts, and that barely beat 
Hofstra.  Next season we should be laying for Northeastern more than 
Michigan. 

From yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu  Sun Nov  5 07:16:30 2006
From: yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu (Evan Bradley)
Date: Sun Nov  5 07:16:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] geography
Message-ID: <914d6aa90611050516i4c442d11j37ebf2eb5a820979@mail.gmail.com>

Perhaps I misheard, but I swear I heard an ESPN anchor on the college
wrap-up show say something to the effect of the following (re: OSU vs.
Michigan):

"...and both teams will be in the state of Indiana next week before
meeting in the final game of the season, as Michigan takes on Indiana
and Ohio State visits Northwestern."

I only wish I could remember who it was, so I knew where to direct my
geography lesson...

Evan

From DPENDERG at aol.com  Sun Nov  5 07:32:29 2006
From: DPENDERG at aol.com (DPENDERG@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov  5 07:32:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
Message-ID: <26a.37e86b3f.327f41ed@aol.com>

Perhaps this has been noted earlier, but it seems (from the television  
coverage only) that Fitz is transmitting signals to the defense.  Is  he (not 
Colby) now determining the defensive schemes during the game (or at  least some of 
them)?  That would be a very significant development if that  is the case.  
And possibly an explanation for improved D in last two  weeks.
From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Sun Nov  5 08:01:38 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Sun Nov  5 08:01:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
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Well, Colby is still up in the box calling plays down to the guys on the
field and Fitz is probably sending them out to the field.  I couldn't
imagine that Fitz is just letting Colby sit in the booth without doing
anything, even though most 'Cats fans wish that he would do so.

In any case whatever the coaching staff has done with the defense has helped
a lot.  There was definitely some good pressure on Tate yesterday and I
applaud the D line and coaches for finally getting some pass rush.

Jonathan

On 11/5/06, DPENDERG@aol.com <DPENDERG@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Perhaps this has been noted earlier, but it seems (from the television
> coverage only) that Fitz is transmitting signals to the defense.  Is  he
> (not
> Colby) now determining the defensive schemes during the game (or at  least
> some of
> them)?  That would be a very significant development if that  is the case.
> And possibly an explanation for improved D in last two  weeks.
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Sun Nov  5 08:49:19 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Sun Nov  5 08:50:19 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU game
Message-ID: <05ca01c700e9$9312c7d0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

Anybody else excited about the OSU game?
 
We not only have a defense.  We have a pass rush and a secondary that can
cover!
 
It is amazing what can be accomplished when you stuff the run.
 
This was the game I was hoping to see this year.  Both the O and the D
bringing their best game for four quarters.
 
There were still weak spots.  Kicking was sketchy and I don't think that we
had one trick play work, but it was clearly our best game of the year.  
 
Fitz and Colby have to be given the proper credit for the huge strides this
D has made this year.  This is WAY more than this team was able to show last
year. 
 
BTW, has anyone noticed that we are no longer the most penalized team in the
league?  Think that is an accident?
 
I love where this team appears to be headed.  No more of this bend but don't
break stuff.  We're going to take the run away, cover your receivers,
pressure the QB, and make him beat us.  That's how it's done in the BT.  On
offense, we're going to make you defend every part of the field and play
assignment football.  The more aggressive your defense gets, the more we'll
slash you with cut back runs.  We're also going to force you to defend the
run because if you don't, we'll run and swing pass you to death.  But if you
sell out against the run, we've got a QB who can pick you apart.  
 
We have become a dangerous team.  We are no longer a one-trick pony or a
weak sister who can only play offense.  We have learned how to finish a game
with a lead.  The D cranked up the pressure.  The O kept possession and ran
the ball right down their throat. 
 
We can play with anyone.
 
Jeff 
From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Sun Nov  5 08:59:44 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Sun Nov  5 08:59:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU game
In-Reply-To: <05ca01c700e9$9312c7d0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
References: <05ca01c700e9$9312c7d0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270611050659h4ef53c09qbc4560fa6ae88fe7@mail.gmail.com>

This team and the coaches definitely deserve some credit for the turnaround
we've seen this year.  Yes it has been a learning year for the players and
the coaches, and they've had to deal with some difficult circumstances, but
they've pulled through and given us a win at Iowa - and a solid one at that.

Regarding the penalties - we are actually the least penalized team in the
COUNTRY (by yards, #2 by number of penalties:

http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2006&div=4&rpt=IA_teamyardspenalized&site=org

While this doesn't exactly translate into wins you can see it in the
discipline of the team.

In any case the next two weeks will be exciting, especially if the 'Cats can
put together another "complete game" like we saw against Iowa with both the
defense and offense contributing to the W.

Hopefully we'll get a lot of 'Cats fans out there on Saturday afternoon to
root on NU, and I expect a good game.

Jonathan


On 11/5/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
>
> Anybody else excited about the OSU game?
>
> We not only have a defense.  We have a pass rush and a secondary that can
> cover!
>
> It is amazing what can be accomplished when you stuff the run.
>
> This was the game I was hoping to see this year.  Both the O and the D
> bringing their best game for four quarters.
>
> There were still weak spots.  Kicking was sketchy and I don't think that
> we
> had one trick play work, but it was clearly our best game of the year.
>
> Fitz and Colby have to be given the proper credit for the huge strides
> this
> D has made this year.  This is WAY more than this team was able to show
> last
> year.
>
> BTW, has anyone noticed that we are no longer the most penalized team in
> the
> league?  Think that is an accident?
>
> I love where this team appears to be headed.  No more of this bend but
> don't
> break stuff.  We're going to take the run away, cover your receivers,
> pressure the QB, and make him beat us.  That's how it's done in the
> BT.  On
> offense, we're going to make you defend every part of the field and play
> assignment football.  The more aggressive your defense gets, the more
> we'll
> slash you with cut back runs.  We're also going to force you to defend the
> run because if you don't, we'll run and swing pass you to death.  But if
> you
> sell out against the run, we've got a QB who can pick you apart.
>
> We have become a dangerous team.  We are no longer a one-trick pony or a
> weak sister who can only play offense.  We have learned how to finish a
> game
> with a lead.  The D cranked up the pressure.  The O kept possession and
> ran
> the ball right down their throat.
>
> We can play with anyone.
>
> Jeff
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From DPENDERG at aol.com  Sun Nov  5 09:05:05 2006
From: DPENDERG at aol.com (DPENDERG@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov  5 09:05:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
Message-ID: <ca1.221f056.327f57a1@aol.com>

 
I wonder then why the head coach (and not another defensive coach)  would be 
assigned the sideline duty of simply transmitting the  coordinator's calls 
from the press box.  Maybe Fitz -- with his defensive  background -- retains the 
option to send in a call when he  wants.  I do not recall Fitz doing this 
earlier in the season. 
 
In a message dated 11/5/2006 9:01:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jonathanwhodges@gmail.com writes:

Well,  Colby is still up in the box calling plays down to the guys on the 
field and  Fitz is probably sending them out to the field.  I couldn't imagine 
that  Fitz is just letting Colby sit in the booth without doing anything, even  
though most 'Cats fans wish that he would do so. 

In any case whatever  the coaching staff has done with the defense has helped 
a lot.  There was  definitely some good pressure on Tate yesterday and I 
applaud the D line and  coaches for finally getting some pass rush. 

Jonathan

On 11/5/06, _DPENDERG@aol.com_ (mailto:DPENDERG@aol.com)  <_DPENDERG@aol.com_ 
(mailto:DPENDERG@aol.com) > wrote:  
Perhaps  this has been noted earlier, but it seems (from the television
coverage  only) that Fitz is transmitting signals to the  defense.  Is  he 
(not 
Colby) now determining the  defensive schemes during the game (or at  least 
some  of
them)?  That would be a very significant development if  that  is the case.
And possibly an explanation for improved D  in last two  weeks.  
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From tbng at comcast.net  Sun Nov  5 09:07:06 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sun Nov  5 09:07:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU game
References: <05ca01c700e9$9312c7d0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <001701c700ec$0f995f60$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

> We not only have a defense.  We have a pass rush and a secondary that can
> cover!

Don't get too excited about that pass rush just yet.  One of our sacks was a 
gift when the rusher went completely unblocked.  We were better in that 
regard yesterday, but we weren't great even against a banged-up offensive 
line.  The OSU offensive line won't be Iowa's, and they have a speedy 
quarterback.  On the good side, we are at last getting better on both sides 
of the ball and gaining in confidence, but we still need to add more of the 
talent that Sherrick McManis exhibits.  (I can see the slogan:  Attack of 
the deadly McManis.)  Win next week, and it will be a watershed victory for 
us and really tick-off whatever network will be broadcasting the Michigan - 
OSU game.  I'm hoping but not realistically. 

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  5 10:52:02 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov  5 10:52:08 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU game
In-Reply-To: <05ca01c700e9$9312c7d0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <20061105165202.65064.qmail@web52911.mail.yahoo.com>

> Anybody else excited about the OSU game?

Dunno if I'd jump *that* far ... they're still the
best team in the nation and will be angry and focused
after the close call in Illiniland.

> We not only have a defense.  We have a pass rush and
> a secondary that can

Well, Ginn and Gonzalez and the OSU line are a bit of
a step up from Iowa.

> This was the game I was hoping to see this year. 
> Both the O and the D
> bringing their best game for four quarters.

On that I'll definitely agree - we really looked sharp
on O and we took chances with well-timed blitzes and
some close coverage on D.

> I love where this team appears to be headed.  No
> more of this bend but don't

There's the big deal - you're right. Obviously this
season was a frustrating one of finding our way
through tragedy, new coaches and key injuries ... but
it looks as if Coach Fitz has guided us through. The
way he's done that -- especially after the huge
double-downer of the MSU loss and captain Nick Roach's
injury -- is just amazing. And watching CJ mature has
been fun as well. Having him healthy all this season
would have been a big difference in our record (at
least 3 more wins, IMO), and having him back next year
with health and experience will be key.

And I love the "take the run away" philosophy as well.
Remember that this year it might not work as well
because all of the Big Ten - save NU and PSU - had
their QBs back. But next year some of those guys will
be gone and we'll have to make the new guys prove they
can pass.

> We can play with anyone.

Yes - it'd be nice to show that against OSU and I
think we'll try hard, but toppling #1 is a big task.
More likely is that we keep improving and knock the
Illini around in two weeks to keep that trophy.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Sun Nov  5 11:17:35 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov  5 11:17:47 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU game
Message-ID: <d04.10b761a.327f76af@aol.com>

In a message dated 11/5/2006 8:53:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
sjtruog@yahoo.com writes:

> >Anybody else excited about the OSU game?
> 
> Dunno if I'd jump *that* far ... they're still the
> best team in the nation and will be angry and focused
> after the close call in Illiniland.
> 
> 

I agree--I am sure  that both Mich and OSU were looking ahead and nearly got 
burnt by it yesterday-Won't happen again 

Harry
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  5 11:57:53 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov  5 11:58:01 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Zach Strief ...
Message-ID: <20061105175753.89314.qmail@web52901.mail.yahoo.com>

Just saw on the Fox pregame that my beloved Saints
will be giving Zach Strief his first start this week
against that old Illini pain Simeon Rice. GO CATS!!!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!

BTW, a quick side story on Strief ... my step-brother
is a 3rd grader in Appleton, Wis., where many of the
Packer foes stay the night before the game in Lambeau.
When the Saints visited in week 2, he decided to go to
the hotel for some autographs and actually got most of
the big names -- Bush, Horn, Brees, etc.

So he's telling me about meeting my Saints and he also
mentiones how he had some NU gear on (of course!:) )
and how one player - Zach something - actually sat
down and talked with him and his mom for awhile and
how he thought it was the coolest thing ever.

It's always nice to hear stories like that and how
NU's not just putting some kids into the NFL, but some
quality people as well. Go Zach!

- Stephen

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From clzahn at mindspring.com  Sun Nov  5 12:01:15 2006
From: clzahn at mindspring.com (Clark Zahn)
Date: Sun Nov  5 12:01:26 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] An old foe
In-Reply-To: <000401c700d4$50ca9930$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>
References: <000401c700d4$50ca9930$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <454E26EB.2060105@mindspring.com>

I agree.  I just thought it was ironic that our first game next season 
is against Northeastern

Clark

Roy Lamberton wrote:
> With a real QB and a running back in gear, I'm not as worried about
> non-conference 2007 as I was this year with CJ on the injured list.
>
> New Hampshire's troubles lately does point out that some of the northeast's 1-AA
> teams are pretty balanced.
>
> rsl
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
> Computer Applications & Support Associates
> and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
> The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
> (http://www.purplewildcats.com)
> AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
> ======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
> "You have a Republic Madam --
>      If you can keep it" - Benjamin Franklin
> ============================================
>
>
>   
>> Our first game in 2007 is against Northeastern.
>>
>>
>>     
>
>
>   

From thehaze at earthlink.net  Sun Nov  5 13:33:24 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Sun Nov  5 13:33:34 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"
Message-ID: <454E3C84.3020207@earthlink.net>

That was the text message that my (NU student) daughter sent me last 
night.  I just love the fact that she's very into NU football, and even 
went with friends to Ann Arbor last week.  She also told me that the 
fraternity-sorority tailgates before 11 am games are known as "kegs and 
eggs!"

No such early rising next Saturday, as it's a 2:30 pm game.  But I'm 
sure the stadium will be rocking.  I don't know if we can pull of the 
college football upset of the year, but I'm sure we'll show up ready to 
play.  I'm looking forward to the next two games, but I'm in 
unbelievable anticipation of the next few years under Fitz.  With our 
present group of outstanding young player, along with an outstanding 
upcoming recruiting class, who can't help be anything but excited?!

Jim B.

From alan.abrahamson at nbcuni.com  Sun Nov  5 14:30:47 2006
From: alan.abrahamson at nbcuni.com (Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal))
Date: Sun Nov  5 14:30:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"
In-Reply-To: <454E3C84.3020207@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <33C4F11DF8639640A51C79CB484166FFA415F9@RKFMLVEM02.e2k.ad.ge.com>


 I agree wholeheartedly, as usual, with Jim.
 The things that have jumped out at me:
 -- Defense seems better, improbably, since the loss of Roach. Anybody
have any idea why?
 -- Defensive line play seems much improved.
 -- A pleasure to watch a Wildcat team that is so disciplined it is
almost penalty-free.
 -- Why in God's name is the kicking game so inconsistent?
 -- If we don't commit all those turnovers, we had a chance against
Michigan.
 -- McManis evokes memories of Ismaeli.
 -- Because Bacher can throw, it opens up running lanes for Sutton and
Jordan. 
 -- Bacher is going to make mistakes, much as Basanez did when Basanez
was a sophomore. Remember? 
 -- The team is -- what word do I want here? -- incredibly better when
Bacher is at qb than with Brewer or Kafka.
 When we look back at the history of the Fitzgerald years, the Michigan
State collapse will, I predict, mark the turning point. This seems
obvious enough to those of us who suffered through that game. But for
those whose interest in Wildcat football is more casual, the way that
Fitzgerald has been able to keep the team with him, and to get it to
improve, after what could have been an emotional disaster is, by any
measure, a matter that deserves considerable credit.
 I don't discount the possibility of an upset over the Buckeyes. This
Northwestern team is suddenly dangerous.
 Separate discussion. Michigan state game = worst loss ever? Starting
point for discussion: of course a 35-point collapse is, factually
speaking, the worst collapse in Division I history. But many of us on
this list have suffered through such abominations as the 34-game losing
streak; the 1981 team, which gave up 505 points; the Francis Peay years;
the 0-8 Big Ten campaign in Barnett's last year; the Sun Bowl collapse
against UCLA; etc., etc., etc.
So I ask: where in the grand tradition of sickening Northwestern defeats
does this one rank?
  Fear the purple -- warm regards, Alan
 

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Bendat
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:33 AM
To: NU Sports List
Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"

That was the text message that my (NU student) daughter sent me last
night.  I just love the fact that she's very into NU football, and even
went with friends to Ann Arbor last week.  She also told me that the
fraternity-sorority tailgates before 11 am games are known as "kegs and
eggs!"

No such early rising next Saturday, as it's a 2:30 pm game.  But I'm
sure the stadium will be rocking.  I don't know if we can pull of the
college football upset of the year, but I'm sure we'll show up ready to
play.  I'm looking forward to the next two games, but I'm in
unbelievable anticipation of the next few years under Fitz.  With our
present group of outstanding young player, along with an outstanding
upcoming recruiting class, who can't help be anything but excited?!

Jim B.

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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Sun Nov  5 14:59:20 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Sun Nov  5 14:59:28 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"
In-Reply-To: <33C4F11DF8639640A51C79CB484166FFA415F9@RKFMLVEM02.e2k.ad.ge.com>
References: <454E3C84.3020207@earthlink.net>
	<33C4F11DF8639640A51C79CB484166FFA415F9@RKFMLVEM02.e2k.ad.ge.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270611051259g4476fc27r8c66a28cfe8512a9@mail.gmail.com>

The defense is playing much better since MSU - all after losing Roach (plus
Cole has been used sparingly in the past 2 games).  The D line is finally
getting some pressure but the secondary is playing lights-out for the most
part.  Smith has really come out, McManis is playing extremely well and
should only get better.  Our LBs (Simpson in particular) have stepped it up
after losing Roach (Malleo hasn't played much, if at all, on D after MSU).
Some have speculated that Fitz has taken over some defensive play calling on
the field.  I think the defense has had the tools all along but has just put
together some complete performances over the past 2 games.  Some have also
mentioned that the defense is only as strong as the weakest link - and some
of the young guys have really stepped up their level of play.

Special teams saw the best game of the season at Michigan followed by a not
so great showing against Iowa (missed 22 yd FG, 12 yd punt).  The coverage
teams are still solid, thankfully.  We'll see what next year brings with
Demos and a new punter, but you're right in saying that Howells and
Larscheid just aren't consistent at all.

NU remains #1 in the nation in least penalty yards against (#2 in number of
penalties).  I think this actually goes along with the performance by the
special teams coverage units and the defense - the individual players are
really more disciplined and trusting themselves more and are not trying to
do too much.  I think this is carrying over from Walker's preaching and Fitz
is really driving it home.

I personally don't think the MSU game is the worst loss ever.  NU lost by 3
and was competitive in the game until the end - and prior to that point the
'Cats showed no life in Big Ten games this season.  My personal "worst loss
ever" goes to Iowa in 2000 which blew NU's Rose Bowl hopes - and this week's
win was even nicer thanks to that.

I DO think that following the MSU game the 'Cats turned it around and we've
seen that the past 2 games - the question is if they can carry this forward
to the final 2 games of the season and into the off season.  I'm sure Fitz
will work to make sure that this team is ready.

Jonathan


On 11/5/06, Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal) <alan.abrahamson@nbcuni.com>
wrote:
>
>
> I agree wholeheartedly, as usual, with Jim.
> The things that have jumped out at me:
> -- Defense seems better, improbably, since the loss of Roach. Anybody
> have any idea why?
> -- Defensive line play seems much improved.
> -- A pleasure to watch a Wildcat team that is so disciplined it is
> almost penalty-free.
> -- Why in God's name is the kicking game so inconsistent?
> -- If we don't commit all those turnovers, we had a chance against
> Michigan.
> -- McManis evokes memories of Ismaeli.
> -- Because Bacher can throw, it opens up running lanes for Sutton and
> Jordan.
> -- Bacher is going to make mistakes, much as Basanez did when Basanez
> was a sophomore. Remember?
> -- The team is -- what word do I want here? -- incredibly better when
> Bacher is at qb than with Brewer or Kafka.
> When we look back at the history of the Fitzgerald years, the Michigan
> State collapse will, I predict, mark the turning point. This seems
> obvious enough to those of us who suffered through that game. But for
> those whose interest in Wildcat football is more casual, the way that
> Fitzgerald has been able to keep the team with him, and to get it to
> improve, after what could have been an emotional disaster is, by any
> measure, a matter that deserves considerable credit.
> I don't discount the possibility of an upset over the Buckeyes. This
> Northwestern team is suddenly dangerous.
> Separate discussion. Michigan state game = worst loss ever? Starting
> point for discussion: of course a 35-point collapse is, factually
> speaking, the worst collapse in Division I history. But many of us on
> this list have suffered through such abominations as the 34-game losing
> streak; the 1981 team, which gave up 505 points; the Francis Peay years;
> the 0-8 Big Ten campaign in Barnett's last year; the Sun Bowl collapse
> against UCLA; etc., etc., etc.
> So I ask: where in the grand tradition of sickening Northwestern defeats
> does this one rank?
>   Fear the purple -- warm regards, Alan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Jim Bendat
> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:33 AM
> To: NU Sports List
> Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"
>
> That was the text message that my (NU student) daughter sent me last
> night.  I just love the fact that she's very into NU football, and even
> went with friends to Ann Arbor last week.  She also told me that the
> fraternity-sorority tailgates before 11 am games are known as "kegs and
> eggs!"
>
> No such early rising next Saturday, as it's a 2:30 pm game.  But I'm
> sure the stadium will be rocking.  I don't know if we can pull of the
> college football upset of the year, but I'm sure we'll show up ready to
> play.  I'm looking forward to the next two games, but I'm in
> unbelievable anticipation of the next few years under Fitz.  With our
> present group of outstanding young player, along with an outstanding
> upcoming recruiting class, who can't help be anything but excited?!
>
> Jim B.
>
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From DPENDERG at aol.com  Sun Nov  5 16:07:23 2006
From: DPENDERG at aol.com (DPENDERG@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov  5 16:07:28 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU game
Message-ID: <d02.10f9066.327fba9b@aol.com>

 
The Iowa game certainly lifted Cat hopes from despair, but we should not  
forget that OSU is the best team in the nation, loaded with talent, and after  
struggling with Illinois will not be looking ahead to UM when they arrive in  
Evanston. OSU is a much better team than Iowa.   It's great to  see the Wildcat 
D improved. And, to have a good quarterback again back  there.  But we will 
have to play a near perfect game to win and especially  avoid the turnovers 
which killed us in Ann Arbor.  
 
The Illini performance, however, is a sobering note for the game the  
following week.  The Illini are playing at a higher level now and also will  be a 
tough game for the Cats.  We have two very challenging games now to  finish the 
season.
 
 
In a message dated 11/5/2006 9:51:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jeffb@hilgraeve.com writes:

Anybody  else excited about the OSU game?

We not only have a defense.  We  have a pass rush and a secondary that can
cover!

It is amazing what  can be accomplished when you stuff the run.

This was the game I was  hoping to see this year.  Both the O and the D
bringing their best  game for four quarters.

There were still weak spots.  Kicking was  sketchy and I don't think that we
had one trick play work, but it was  clearly our best game of the year.  

Fitz and Colby have to be  given the proper credit for the huge strides this
D has made this  year.  This is WAY more than this team was able to show last
year.  

BTW, has anyone noticed that we are no longer the most penalized team  in the
league?  Think that is an accident?

I love where this  team appears to be headed.  No more of this bend but don't
break  stuff.  We're going to take the run away, cover your  receivers,
pressure the QB, and make him beat us.  That's how it's  done in the BT.  On
offense, we're going to make you defend every part  of the field and play
assignment football.  The more aggressive your  defense gets, the more we'll
slash you with cut back runs.  We're also  going to force you to defend the
run because if you don't, we'll run and  swing pass you to death.  But if you
sell out against the run, we've  got a QB who can pick you apart.  

We have become a dangerous  team.  We are no longer a one-trick pony or a
weak sister who can only  play offense.  We have learned how to finish a game
with a lead.   The D cranked up the pressure.  The O kept possession and ran
the ball  right down their throat. 

We can play with anyone.

Jeff  
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From artmiller1 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov  5 16:09:40 2006
From: artmiller1 at hotmail.com (Arthur Miller)
Date: Sun Nov  5 16:10:31 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"
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Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal) wrote:
> -- Why in God's name is the kicking game so inconsistent?

I have no idea, but I personally find this to be the most maddening aspect
of our play for the past few years.  I can understand why NU finds it hard
to recruit NFL-caliber quarterbacks, defensive backs, and outside
linebackers, but punters and kickers?!?  Come on!  There is really no excuse
for what we have been seeing in the kicking game lately.




From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Nov  5 16:11:06 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Nov  5 16:12:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
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A better answer would be that Fitz used to be one of the guys who signaled the
defenses in when RW was the head coach.

As I recall the talk about how the phones work at NU, the guys upstairs would
call the play, and RW would have the option of overriding the call. With McGee
down talking with Johns up stairs, I'm sure Johns is relating what he sees and
McGee and Fitz are talking back and forth on the field, even though they're in
different parts of the sidelines.

If you noticed the Hawks, with their coordinators both down  on the field, had a
lot of space between Ferentz, the OC and the DC, at least that's how it looked
on TV.

Anyway, I wouldn't put too much stock in one or two shots of Fitz holding up
fingers towards the defense and reading grand changes.

While most of the fans in a few folk's circles hope for coaching changes at the
end of the season, I personally will be surprised at ANY, unless someone is
hired away.

rsl

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> 
>  
> I wonder then why the head coach (and not another defensive 
> coach)  would be 
> assigned the sideline duty of simply transmitting the  
> coordinator's calls 
> from the press box. 


From cherron604 at aol.com  Sun Nov  5 16:24:12 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov  5 16:24:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] BIG, BIG WIN.  and Iowa's home record - last 30 games
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Having frequently done the drive back from Iowa City, you always have plenty of good listening, what with the 1 1/2 hour postgame show, followed by the 3 1/2 hour call-in show on WHO.  The game broadcast was bleak - Ed Podolak sounded devastated, everyone in Iowa is questioning their coaches, their coordinators, their talent, their heart.  
 
The fans seem convinced that Ferenz' schemes are too easy, they seem convinced that their receivers are awful (and that their overall talent level is on a par with the rest of the middle of the Big Ten), they seem convinced that their recruiting is slowing down, they are asking if the Drew Tate era is done, and if new QB Jake Christensen should be starting.
 
The 3 1/2 hour show was one complaint after another.  Jim Zabol (sp ?) made a very interesting point that in their last ten meetings, Northwestern holds a 6-4 edge over the Hawks - 4-1 at Evanston, 2-3 at Iowa City.  The announcers seemed to think that we had jinxed them - in football and basketball.
 
It is a great pleasure to have a 6-4 edge over them in the last 10 meetings - especially since, prior to that, they had beaten us 21 straight times.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
 
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Subject: [NU Sports] BIG, BIG WIN. and Iowa's home record - last 30 games


BIG WIN on many accounts. Congrats to all those Wildcats. But decisively
beating Iowa in their house (after last year's comeback, too)! Fantastic.

 

I ditto that we definitely have a head coach!  I listen to Dave and Ted on
WGN while watching on TV. I find them much more entertaining that the TV
announcers!

 

A couple things that duo pointed out today.

 

1.  The Wed after practice talk/speech by Fitz was excellent. Superb.
Fitz talked about knowing what it is like to win in Kinnick Stadium that
awesome feeling of winning. And wanting his players to have that same
feeling..

 

2.  Iowa's home record the last 30 games is 27-3  !!   Their last four
home losses are to NORTHWESTERN, Ohio State, Michigan and Iowa State. From
the Big Ten website and from http://iowa.rivals.com/schedule.asp?Team=IOWA,
I got the following:

 

JUST ADDED -- 2006 - Nov. 4th. Lost to NORTHWESTERN 7-21

2006 - Sept 30th. Lost to Ohio State 17-38

2005 - Oct. 22nd. Lost to Michigan  20-23 OT.

2004 and 2003 - undefeated at home

2002 - Sept. 14th - lost to Iowa State 31-36

 

 

 

>From the Hawkeye media guide - "A record of 30-3 over the last 4 seasons in
Kinnick Stadium, including 22 straight wins from 2002-2005"

http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/fb-media-guide-06.htm
l

 

 

For a few more details, recap:
http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/110406aac.html

Tyrell Sutton - 168 yards.  And boy did Sutton look sharp catching those
balls coming out the backfield. CJ certainly wasn't lobbing the ball to him.

 

ESPN recap

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=263082294        

 

Ferentz put blame on self

http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/iowa-m-footbl-main.html

 

 

ESPN College Scoreboard (TV)  -- they talked about "total dominance" by
Northwestern in all areas.

 

Great Entertainment today!  I feel good, too. 

 

Go CATS!  Roast a Buckeye!

Chris

Knoxville, TN

 

PS. As my wife said,  "The win couldn't have happened to[against] a better
team.. well except maybe Wisconsin." :-)

 

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  5 18:38:05 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov  5 18:38:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] BIG, BIG WIN.  and Iowa's home record - last 30 games
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> It is a great pleasure to have a 6-4 edge over them
> in the last 10 meetings - especially since, prior to

So let's see, in our last 10 games vs. our in-state
rival and two "real" rivals ...

* Iowa: 6-4 advantage CATS
* Illinois: 6-4 advantage CATS
* Wisconsin: 5-5

In seasons such as this one, it's always good to look
at stats like this and realize that some things have
indeed changed in Evanston lately.:)

GO CATS!!!
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From bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  5 19:38:08 2006
From: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com (Brad Wilson)
Date: Sun Nov  5 19:38:12 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] still basking in the glow ...
Message-ID: <20061106013808.10908.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com>

of a win over Iowa. Never enough of those! Made my
weekend. All is well...

...until I look at this week's foe. Yikes.

I have some of Jeff's optimism and I well remember
OSU's last visit to Evanston -- who could ever forget?
I am getting my DVD of the game out to watch this week
for inspiration.

However, I agree with Dennis that such optimism must
be temperate. OSU has more speed than any team NU has
seen this year and will be as physical as any (perhaps
equal to Wisconsin). There cannot be any missed field
goals, missed red zone chances and missed coverages
against the Buckeyes.

But it must be said that while winning is always the
goal, if NU gives a credible effort Saturday even in a
loss and then whacks the Illini (in the 100th game of
the series) there will be much good feeling and
confidence heading into 2007, when, in my opinion, the
schedule is much more conducive to success.

The two things I liked most about the Iowa win were:
1) getting the running game going and 2) an
aggressive, attacking defense that kept firing away
all game, nothing like the play-to-not-lose disaster
vs. MSU. 

Alright, a third thing: hearing Bumblebees booing
Captain Kirk and his crew in Kinnick! (Does anyone
agree that Ferentz's genius reputation seems to
wearing off? Iowa is 2-4 in the league with Bucky and
Goldie to go; many predicted a 11-1 season.)

Brad Wilson



"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.

"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular." -- Edward R. Murrow, 1954.

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From prplehaze at insightbb.com  Sun Nov  5 20:07:03 2006
From: prplehaze at insightbb.com (Mark Ament)
Date: Sun Nov  5 20:07:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] geography
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I didn't hear it or watch the show but it sure sounds like something 
Holtz would say.....

Evan Bradley wrote:
> Perhaps I misheard, but I swear I heard an ESPN anchor on the college
> wrap-up show say something to the effect of the following (re: OSU vs.
> Michigan):
>
> "...and both teams will be in the state of Indiana next week before
> meeting in the final game of the season, as Michigan takes on Indiana
> and Ohio State visits Northwestern."
>
> I only wish I could remember who it was, so I knew where to direct my
> geography lesson...
>
> Evan
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From yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu  Sun Nov  5 20:17:38 2006
From: yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu (Evan Bradley)
Date: Sun Nov  5 20:18:17 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] geography
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It definitely wasn't Holtz...and I would hope he would know something
about Indiana...

On 11/5/06, Mark Ament <prplehaze@insightbb.com> wrote:
> I didn't hear it or watch the show but it sure sounds like something
> Holtz would say.....
>
> Evan Bradley wrote:
> > Perhaps I misheard, but I swear I heard an ESPN anchor on the college
> > wrap-up show say something to the effect of the following (re: OSU vs.
> > Michigan):
> >
> > "...and both teams will be in the state of Indiana next week before
> > meeting in the final game of the season, as Michigan takes on Indiana
> > and Ohio State visits Northwestern."
> >
> > I only wish I could remember who it was, so I knew where to direct my
> > geography lesson...
> >
> > Evan
> >
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From bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  5 20:43:15 2006
From: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com (Brad Wilson)
Date: Sun Nov  5 20:43:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
Message-ID: <20061106024315.33089.qmail@web51306.mail.yahoo.com>

... a fascinating question.

I would almost automatically exclude some of the
hideous routs of the Dark Ages -- Earle Bruce bombing
away at Dyche in 1984 (52-3), some of the losses to
Chucking Long and Hateful Hayden, the awful 63-14 loss
to Illinois in 1989 to cap an awful 0-11 season (and
the just-as-bad 76-14 loss to MSU the week before) all
come to mind - because so little was expected. Sure,
they hurt, but 'twas ever so for NU in those days.

So I'd pick among losses when better things were
expected: 2000 Iowa certainly qualifies, as does 1996
Penn State and 2005 Ohio State. The Alamo Bowl was
appalling. Ditto the Sun Bowl, though of course that
was a much more competitive game. (The Citrus Bowl was
less painful, we had 1 bad quarter and Tennessee was
really, really good.) 2006 MSU would make the final
bunch, too. (And the Rose Bowl loss hurt like hell
but, really, the worst? No.)

But I would say the worst was 2001 Penn State -- a
game we had every chance to win at home, blew 38-35,
which started the collapse that ruined what should
have been a terrific 2001 season. Perhaps I am saying
that because I was there, but I'd still pick that one.

Brad Wilson

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.

"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular." -- Edward R. Murrow, 1954.

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From tmcadams at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  5 20:50:21 2006
From: tmcadams at yahoo.com (Trey McAdams)
Date: Sun Nov  5 20:50:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] still basking in the glow ...
Message-ID: <20061106025021.63307.qmail@web52209.mail.yahoo.com>

I am totally looking forward to this week's matchup with OSU.

How often you get the #1 team in the Nation and Heisman trophy winner coming to your place in November?  Does anyone have a record of how we have performed against #1 teams?  I would be shocked to find out we have won any of those.

Regardless, I hope the coaches and the team go out and have a fun week of practice.  I sense that Fitz is wound kind of tight and I think this is the wrong week for that.  If we were to win this week, I think that the story would be this:
 - When Troy Smith is under pressure (especially from his right), he will regulary spin without looking to his left.  If we have any chance in this game, it would be to hit him on these moves and cause a couple of fumbles.  I am not sure we will get pressure from the first guy much less have the second guy in position to make the play.  But that is the key in my mind.
 - We also have a chance if Tressel decides to run too much.  If OSU throws 30+ times, the we will be blown out.  Every time a team runs against us, I consider it a gift.  If OSU throws that much, it would mean to me that they are being aggressive and that it trouble for us.

Any thoughts on who gets to play Troy Smith on the scout team this week?  Brewer?

Again Congrats to the coaching staff for keeping this program headed in the right direction.  McGee seems to have got much more comfortable in calling the correct plays.  CJ is the future.  The offensive line is really executing well.  D-line is getting better.

Any one else starting to get the feeling that this is 1994 all over again?  Young team starting to have success.  Ultra positive coach.  OSU can beat us by 40 ( we got crushed by Iowa and PSU at the end of 1994) but it won't matter.
 
----- Original Message ----
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To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2006 7:38:08 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] still basking in the glow ...

of a win over Iowa. Never enough of those! Made my
weekend. All is well...

...until I look at this week's foe. Yikes.

I have some of Jeff's optimism and I well remember
OSU's last visit to Evanston -- who could ever forget?
I am getting my DVD of the game out to watch this week
for inspiration.

However, I agree with Dennis that such optimism must
be temperate. OSU has more speed than any team NU has
seen this year and will be as physical as any (perhaps
equal to Wisconsin). There cannot be any missed field
goals, missed red zone chances and missed coverages
against the Buckeyes.

But it must be said that while winning is always the
goal, if NU gives a credible effort Saturday even in a
loss and then whacks the Illini (in the 100th game of
the series) there will be much good feeling and
confidence heading into 2007, when, in my opinion, the
schedule is much more conducive to success.

The two things I liked most about the Iowa win were:
1) getting the running game going and 2) an
aggressive, attacking defense that kept firing away
all game, nothing like the play-to-not-lose disaster
vs. MSU. 

Alright, a third thing: hearing Bumblebees booing
Captain Kirk and his crew in Kinnick! (Does anyone
agree that Ferentz's genius reputation seems to
wearing off? Iowa is 2-4 in the league with Bucky and
Goldie to go; many predicted a 11-1 season.)

Brad Wilson



"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.

"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular." -- Edward R. Murrow, 1954.

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From WildElk2 at aol.com  Sun Nov  5 21:03:06 2006
From: WildElk2 at aol.com (WildElk2@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov  5 21:03:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
Message-ID: <ce8.113342a.327fffea@aol.com>

I concur with Brad that the 2001 loss vs. PSU was the most  painful and had 
the most consequence.  We were 4-1 at that point, and it  took 2 years until we 
beat Indiana in OT to get back on track. During that funk,  we were 5-19. In 
2001,  Kustok and DA2's many accomplishments were  clouded under the avalanche 
of points we gave up that season.
  That's why yesterday's win was so crucial; I believe that it  kept us out 
of a downward spiral into next season, or worse, into 2008. McManis  and 
Simpson have been tremendous shots in the arm, and Brendan Smith has gotten  better 
as most of us figured he would.  Our rusg defense excelled all day;  good on 
you Eric Washington.
   We'll see if my formula is true.  Illinois thought they  had gotten over a 
"hump" after beating MSU, and are winless since.  For  Illinois and NU, the 
last game of the season presents a real opportunity to sell  themselves that 
progress has been made.  For Zook, it's continuing the  agonizing climb out of 
the Ron Turner era; for NU it's a chance to put all of  the coaching changes to 
bed, and hit the ground running for 2007.  
 
  NU flag flying proud in York, PA.    Trust the  Plan!             GO  
CATS!!!
 
From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Sun Nov  5 21:34:52 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Sun Nov  5 21:35:53 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] still basking in the glow ...
In-Reply-To: <20061106013808.10908.qmail@web51304.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <077e01c70154$85197ff0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

I never said that I thought we would beat OSU, all I said was that I was
excited about the game.  Seeing how the fighting Zookers were able to make a
game of it, though, we certainly have a chance.

I'm excited because this team has nothing to lose.  They are playing the
best football of the season and having some success.  Sure we kicked Iowa
when they were down (when was the last time they lost to NU and Indiana in
the same season?), but they have kicked our butts plenty so this was just a
little bit of payback.   

I'm also excited because we have suddenly become dangerous again.  Tressel
will have to beat his guys up and make them practice for us.  Ex-coach now
commentator Cooper will have to figure out what to say when the "bad team"
that beat Iowa gives his previous employer a run for their money.

Should be fun.

Jeff

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From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Brad Wilson
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 8:38 PM
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] still basking in the glow ...

of a win over Iowa. Never enough of those! Made my weekend. All is well...

...until I look at this week's foe. Yikes.

I have some of Jeff's optimism and I well remember OSU's last visit to
Evanston -- who could ever forget?
I am getting my DVD of the game out to watch this week for inspiration.

However, I agree with Dennis that such optimism must be temperate. OSU has
more speed than any team NU has seen this year and will be as physical as
any (perhaps equal to Wisconsin). There cannot be any missed field goals,
missed red zone chances and missed coverages against the Buckeyes.

But it must be said that while winning is always the goal, if NU gives a
credible effort Saturday even in a loss and then whacks the Illini (in the
100th game of the series) there will be much good feeling and confidence
heading into 2007, when, in my opinion, the schedule is much more conducive
to success.

The two things I liked most about the Iowa win were:
1) getting the running game going and 2) an aggressive, attacking defense
that kept firing away all game, nothing like the play-to-not-lose disaster
vs. MSU. 

Alright, a third thing: hearing Bumblebees booing Captain Kirk and his crew
in Kinnick! (Does anyone agree that Ferentz's genius reputation seems to
wearing off? Iowa is 2-4 in the league with Bucky and Goldie to go; many
predicted a 11-1 season.)

Brad Wilson



"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that
accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due
process of law.

"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear
into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and
remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared
to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the
moment unpopular." -- Edward R. Murrow, 1954.

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From thehaze at earthlink.net  Sun Nov  5 21:58:38 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Sun Nov  5 21:58:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
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I agree with Brad's choice.  We were 4-1, blew the game, never 
recovered, then finished 4-7 in a season when we were actually picked to 
win the Big Ten.  That's big time disappointment.

And while we're associating the "worst loss" with a disappointing loss, 
the 2000 Iowa game has to be up there.  Not to mention the 1962 
Wisconsin game (we were 6-0 going into that one, ranked #1 in the 
country, and got blown out by the Badgers, 37-6).  Hey, and don't forget 
the 1926 Notre Dame, 1930 Notre Dame, 1931 Purdue and 1936 Notre Dame 
games -- all late season losses that ruined our perfect seasons and 
national championship hopes.  I'm sure all list members remember those 
games in detail, right?!

Jim B.

Brad Wilson wrote:
> But I would say the worst was 2001 Penn State -- a
> game we had every chance to win at home, blew 38-35,
> which started the collapse that ruined what should
> have been a terrific 2001 season. Perhaps I am saying
> that because I was there, but I'd still pick that one.
>
>   

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov  5 22:04:49 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov  5 22:04:53 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
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> ... a fascinating question.

I agree - and thankfully, I don't have as much
perspective on this as some of the other NU fans on
this list who sat through some truly lean years.

I do know that MSU wouldn't really be at the top of
that list. Painful? Yes. But one reason it felt
different from other losses was that I can't ever
remember NU jumping out to such a huge lead and
looking so dominant in a half ... usually we're the
ones coming from behind so this one felt odd, hurt
like heck and was a big disappointment, but not the
worst.

It's actually looking like the MSU loss will be much
like the Miami of Ohio loss of 1995 - a painful shock
that clipped our wings a bit but wound up being much
more of a stimulus for improvement and a turnaround.
If we escape Miami '95 28-27, I'm not sure we go 10-1
and head to Pasadena. And if we held on against MSU,
we may not have come together as much as we did to
beat Iowa.

> So I'd pick among losses when better things were
> expected: 2000 Iowa certainly qualifies, as does

That's probably the one that I'd rank #1. It was a
game we should have won and the result later in the
day from East Lansing made it even more painful. We
win that game and we're playing the Illini at home the
next week for a trip to Pasadena. The feel of
clinching Roses on home turf against a hated rival was
something we never got to experience in all the wonder
of 1995 and all we had to do was beat stupid Iowa.
That one was devastating.

> But I would say the worst was 2001 Penn State -- a
> game we had every chance to win at home, blew 38-35,

Good point here too, as well as the 2001 Indiana and
Iowa losses later in the year when it looked like the
team had plain old quit. 2001 was supposed to be a
good year but it just fell apart after PSU's rally
that year.

Some good ones there - I'd add to the mix ...
* 1996 Wake Forest (what the ?!?!)
* 1997 Wake Forest (again!?!?!?!)
* 1998 Duke (I actually blocked that one out of my
memory for awhile)
* 2003 Air Force (we had those dirty cheats and let it
slip away!)
* Motor City Bowl/Sun Bowl - should have won those
* Alamo Bowl - We weren't the better team, but we were
flat and the Huskers rubbed salt in the wound as well
* 2004 Hawaii (cost us a bowl)
* 1994 Ohio State (we had 'em! we HAD 'EM! And was it
because Lundy was on the take that we let that one
slip away?)

Not as much fun as the best win list ... but sometimes
good can come from those heartbreaking defeats, and
it's looking more and more like MSU '06 will be one of
those cases. It's certainly shown us that Fitz may be
green, but this is the man we want on our sidelines
for years and years. He can get coordinators to help
with the X's and O's, but he has the emotional and
inspirational side down and few coaches ever have
that.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Nov  5 22:12:08 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Nov  5 22:13:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] still basking in the glow ...
In-Reply-To: <077e01c70154$85197ff0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <001001c70159$b9e61810$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

The Zooker's may have spoiled it for us by scaring the Bucks so well. You know
they'll be watching our win over and over and over, working on how to stop
Tyrell, Terrell and CJ, and all those WRs.

They'll also be working over the film of Mich's win over us, and MSU's comeback.

What's good about all that is we're getting better and better each week, and
last time they played in Evanston....

rsl

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> 
> I never said that I thought we would beat OSU, all I said was 
> that I was excited about the game.  Seeing how the fighting 
> Zookers were able to make a game of it, though, we certainly 
> have a chance.
> 


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Nov  5 22:14:00 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Nov  5 22:15:45 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] BIG, BIG WIN.  and Iowa's home record - last 30 games
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In my pregame workup for the game, that seemed to be the general consensus. 

Everything else was so good they should have been right in the thick of the BCS
hunt, except for WRs and all the injuries.

rsl 

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> they seem convinced that their receivers are awful 

From johnl at mac.com  Mon Nov  6 00:05:01 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Mon Nov  6 00:05:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
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I think it really depends on how you define "worst loss ever."  The  
consensus here seems to be to define it as most painful or  
disappointing loss.  If that's the definition, I have to put Hawaii  
2004 at the top of the list.  Had we simply never agreed to play  
Hawaii, we would have been 6-5 and headed to a bowl game.  It was weeks  
before I got over that loss.

If the definition is the most embarrassing loss ever, then there are  
probably way too many candidates from which to choose.  But I would  
nominate the 2000 Alamo Bowl for the top spot.  We suffered the worst  
loss ever in bowl history and were totally outmatched.  It put a sour  
ending on an otherwise great co-Big-Ten-championship season.


On Nov 5, 2006, at 10:04 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:

>> ... a fascinating question.
>
> I agree - and thankfully, I don't have as much
> perspective on this as some of the other NU fans on
> this list who sat through some truly lean years.
>
> I do know that MSU wouldn't really be at the top of
> that list. Painful? Yes. But one reason it felt
> different from other losses was that I can't ever
> remember NU jumping out to such a huge lead and
> looking so dominant in a half ... usually we're the
> ones coming from behind so this one felt odd, hurt
> like heck and was a big disappointment, but not the
> worst.
>
> It's actually looking like the MSU loss will be much
> like the Miami of Ohio loss of 1995 - a painful shock
> that clipped our wings a bit but wound up being much
> more of a stimulus for improvement and a turnaround.
> If we escape Miami '95 28-27, I'm not sure we go 10-1
> and head to Pasadena. And if we held on against MSU,
> we may not have come together as much as we did to
> beat Iowa.
>
>> So I'd pick among losses when better things were
>> expected: 2000 Iowa certainly qualifies, as does
>
> That's probably the one that I'd rank #1. It was a
> game we should have won and the result later in the
> day from East Lansing made it even more painful. We
> win that game and we're playing the Illini at home the
> next week for a trip to Pasadena. The feel of
> clinching Roses on home turf against a hated rival was
> something we never got to experience in all the wonder
> of 1995 and all we had to do was beat stupid Iowa.
> That one was devastating.
>
>> But I would say the worst was 2001 Penn State -- a
>> game we had every chance to win at home, blew 38-35,
>
> Good point here too, as well as the 2001 Indiana and
> Iowa losses later in the year when it looked like the
> team had plain old quit. 2001 was supposed to be a
> good year but it just fell apart after PSU's rally
> that year.
>
> Some good ones there - I'd add to the mix ...
> * 1996 Wake Forest (what the ?!?!)
> * 1997 Wake Forest (again!?!?!?!)
> * 1998 Duke (I actually blocked that one out of my
> memory for awhile)
> * 2003 Air Force (we had those dirty cheats and let it
> slip away!)
> * Motor City Bowl/Sun Bowl - should have won those
> * Alamo Bowl - We weren't the better team, but we were
> flat and the Huskers rubbed salt in the wound as well
> * 2004 Hawaii (cost us a bowl)
> * 1994 Ohio State (we had 'em! we HAD 'EM! And was it
> because Lundy was on the take that we let that one
> slip away?)
>
> Not as much fun as the best win list ... but sometimes
> good can come from those heartbreaking defeats, and
> it's looking more and more like MSU '06 will be one of
> those cases. It's certainly shown us that Fitz may be
> green, but this is the man we want on our sidelines
> for years and years. He can get coordinators to help
> with the X's and O's, but he has the emotional and
> inspirational side down and few coaches ever have
> that.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog@yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
>
>
>
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From bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com  Mon Nov  6 04:37:18 2006
From: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com (Brad Wilson)
Date: Mon Nov  6 04:37:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
Message-ID: <20061106103718.25497.qmail@web51314.mail.yahoo.com>

Oooh, forgot about that one in 2004. That'd be right
up there, especially the way NU was jobbed by the
refs. 

Those Wake losses were annoying, too, but non-con
games have to a little more dreadful (see above) or in
a bowl to be ranked.

After everyone checked in, my top 5 (since 1984, when
I started being an NU fan):

1) Penn State 2001
2) Alamo Bowl
3) Iowa 2000
4) Hawaii 2004
5) MSU 2006

But, in the spirit of being positive, what was the
best win of late? 

I'd say Michigan 2000, but Ohio State 2004, Wisconsin
1995, Notre Dame 1995, Wisconsin 2005, Michigan 1996,
Wisconsin 2000, Illinois 1996, Michigan State 2005,
Illinois 2000, Iowa 2005, MSU 2001, MSU 1997, and Penn
State 1995 would be right up there. Must be missing
one  goodie from 2003, though ... aren't I?

Brad Wilson



 

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"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular." -- Edward R. Murrow, 1954.

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From tbng at comcast.net  Mon Nov  6 04:48:03 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Mon Nov  6 04:48:43 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
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<NU flag flying proud in York, PA.    Trust the  Plan!             GO
CATS!!!

Ahem!  Make that two flags flying proud in York, PA.  (OK, I live in Red 
Lion, but it's the same county.) 

From Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com  Mon Nov  6 05:19:33 2006
From: Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com (Weinbaum, Willie)
Date: Mon Nov  6 05:23:01 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
Message-ID: <EBEB58980DB31543B690E276B97F695602A97D68@XCHGNYM2.corp.espn.pvt>

Worth considering:

--for toughest loss: to Indiana, 21-20, in Dennis Green's debut in 1981, when Cats eschewed a game-tying extra point to go for two with under six minutes left.  The loss at Dyche was followed by 10 more that season, including...

--for most significant loss: 11/7/81 at Dyche to MSU for national 1-A record 29th straight, 61-14, followed by tearing down goalpost & parading by Pres. Strotz's house on way to depositing in Lake Michigan (early season loss at Arkansas after a very close first half, with knee injury to promising runningback Marc Hujik, was pivotal moment in season that became another disaster & led to breaking record held by UVA & KSU of 28 straight losses).

--many, many wipeouts and hardly any close games in the 1-42-1 era of 1978-81 (worst four years of any 1-A team ever - - my undergraduate years, which made the glory that followed '95-on especially delicious), with three years of Rick Venturi (a 20-16 heartbreaker at Purdue was closest to a conf win) & one year with Green as head coach (before he posted victories in '82)

Wins from '78-'82 easy to remember:

--27-22 over Wyoming 9/15/79 for only win of Venturi era and only win of '78-81 (note that Venturi's debut was a 0-0 tie at Illinois in '78).

--Green-led '82 wins over NIU to end record-setting losing streak at 34, over Minnesota to end seemingly interminable Big Ten losing streak and at MSU to end even longer Big Ten road losing streak.  Green earned coach of year honors that year.

Before my time, but would think that Rose Bowl triumph of '49 was school's biggest win ever, with many wonderful thrillers of '95-on closely behind & perhaps some contenders from the Parseghian era.

Every great game and even the excitement of eventual losses of modern era are greatly appreciated by those of us who passionately followed the team during the "hopeless cause" era.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Brad Wilson [mailto:bwdolphin146@yahoo.com]
Sent:	Monday, November 06, 2006 05:39 AM Eastern Standard Time
To:	nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject:	[NU Sports] I hate Hawaii

Oooh, forgot about that one in 2004. That'd be right
up there, especially the way NU was jobbed by the
refs. 

Those Wake losses were annoying, too, but non-con
games have to a little more dreadful (see above) or in
a bowl to be ranked.

After everyone checked in, my top 5 (since 1984, when
I started being an NU fan):

1) Penn State 2001
2) Alamo Bowl
3) Iowa 2000
4) Hawaii 2004
5) MSU 2006

But, in the spirit of being positive, what was the
best win of late? 

I'd say Michigan 2000, but Ohio State 2004, Wisconsin
1995, Notre Dame 1995, Wisconsin 2005, Michigan 1996,
Wisconsin 2000, Illinois 1996, Michigan State 2005,
Illinois 2000, Iowa 2005, MSU 2001, MSU 1997, and Penn
State 1995 would be right up there. Must be missing
one  goodie from 2003, though ... aren't I?

Brad Wilson



 

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"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular." -- Edward R. Murrow, 1954.

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From HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 05:53:23 2006
From: HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com (HUDHAIFA3@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 05:53:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
Message-ID: <cda.2340f66.32807c33@aol.com>

Does anyone remember the year I believe that NU lost to ND 27-12 and they  
were like 3-2 going into the Minnesota game and Sam Valensizi hit a game winning 
 field goal and the refs said the snap took place after the whistle and they  
lost. Cant remember the year, I wanna say it was the year we beat Boston  
College. You know the Lenny Williams to Lee Gissendaner  days.
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov  6 06:31:45 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov  6 06:33:30 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
In-Reply-To: <2428286fd10184b76bddf0d3e90cfab7@mac.com>
Message-ID: <001401c7019f$85a13170$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I remember the 1972 loss at home to Ohio State:

The dOSU led Griffins led the charge down field and put the bucks up 7-0

The Cats then took the ball and held it for well over 15 minutes, eventually
scoring and tieing the game at 7-7 very close to the end of the half.

But on the ensuing kickoff, one of the speedy OSU kick returners ran the ball
back for a TD and the Cats could only manage one more TD before losing 27-14 as
the Griffins ran wild at the old Dyche.

It was the first Mitch Anderson team - but I don't remember who the RB was who
was so instrumental in keeping the drives alive. I thought it was Jim Pooler,
but he has no yards for 1972, so I'm not sure who it was.

Suffice to say we thought we were watching the upset of the decade, maybe of all
time, but it was not to be....

We drowned our sorrows in Southern Comfort on a cold, damp November day in Dyche



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of John Labbe
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 1:05 AM
> To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' Sports List
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
> 
> 
> I think it really depends on how you define "worst loss ever."  The  
> consensus here seems to be to define it as most painful or  
> disappointing loss.  


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov  6 06:32:22 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov  6 06:34:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
In-Reply-To: <000d01c70191$09398a00$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>
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I'm flying mine in Seaford, DE....

<g>

rsl

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> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 5:48 AM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
> 
> 
> <NU flag flying proud in York, PA.    Trust the  Plan!             GO
> CATS!!!
> 
> Ahem!  Make that two flags flying proud in York, PA.  (OK, I 
> live in Red 
> Lion, but it's the same county.) 
> 
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov  6 06:50:05 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov  6 06:51:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/5
Message-ID: <001601c701a2$158117e0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Sunday Late Edition  All the News that Fits We Link
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FOOTBALL

     Cats get a grip- and don't let up
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061104nu,1,2482245.sto
ry?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + NU-Iowa game notes
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061104nubits,1,1907554
.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Wildcats Knock Off Hawkeyes, 21-7
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/110406aac.html 
     + Wildcats go from big losers to big winners
      http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/sp6_1105.html 
     + A must-grin game for Cats
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/124242,CST-SPT-nu05.article 
     + Wildcats stun Iowa to halt six-game skid
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/124807,1SPT8-05.article 
     + SjT - This much I know....
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/586703.html 
     + When they needed to, 'Cats ran
 
http://gazetteonline.com/2006/11/04/Home/sportssection/iowanorthwesternlatedrive
.htm 
     + Wildcats relish celebration
 
http://gazetteonline.com/2006/11/04/Home/sportssection/iowanorthwesternnotebook.
htm 
     + Box Score
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/110406aaa.html 
     + Quotes
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/110406aah.html 
     + Notes
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/110406aag.html 

     McManis a special Cat
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/123591,CST-SPT-nu04.article 

     Wildcats' Fitzgerald tries to rally troops
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=246394 

>From the

     Iowa Hawkeyes
     Iowa Topped by Northwestern
      http://hawkeyesports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/110406aaa.html 
     $ Rob Report: Northwestern
      http://iowa.scout.com/2/586828.html 
     $ NU Postgame: Kirk on the Side Transcript
      http://iowa.scout.com/2/586795.html 
     $ NU Postgame: Kirk Ferentz Transcript
      http://iowa.scout.com/2/586817.html 
     $ Hawkeyes Need Attitude Adjustment
      http://iowa.scout.com/2/586804.html 
     + Northwestern shocks Iowa
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/news/2006/11/03/Sports/Northwestern.Shocks.Iowa-243883
0.shtml 
     + Iowa stumbles
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/HAWKS0104/6110503
14/1079 
     + Photo gallery:
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=D5&Date=20061104&Category=
HAWKS0104&ArtNo=611040801&Ref=PH&Profile=1079 
     + HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/HAWKS0104/6110503
12/1080 
     + Plenty of blame to go around
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/HAWKS0104/6110503
11/1080 
     + Hawks will have to wait for bowl
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/HAWKS0104/6110503
19 
     + Hawks have no answers for loss
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061104/HAWKS0104/6110400
6 
     + Post-game press conference video clips with Kirk Ferentz
 
http://www.hawkcentral.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061104/HAWKS0104/6110400
4 
     + Hawkeyes humbled
      http://www.gazetteonline.com/2006/11/04/Home/iowanorthwesternmain.htm 
     + For Hawks, this is the year that isn't
      http://gazetteonline.com/2006/11/04/Home/sportssection/iowahlas.htm 
     + The rest of the Scout.com Iowa game coverage
      http://iowa.scout.com/index.html 
     + State of disbelief: After humbling loss, Ferentz calls his team 'fatcats'
 
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/SPORTS02050
2/611050366/1003/SPORTS&lead=1 
     +Hawkeyes hear the boos
      http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/sp4_1105.html 
     + Iowa-Northwestern summary
      http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/sp7_1105.html 

Next up for the Cats:

     11/11 Ohio State Buckeyes [Lasalle Bank Day]
     Illini make Buckeyes earn it
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/124593,CST-SPT-ill05.article 
     + Illini buck trend, but can't quite top OSU
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/124793,1SPT2-05.article 
     + Illini give Ohio State a battle
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=246675 
     + Mr. Bucknuts Bucket Of Bullets
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=587012 
     + Fumbles slow down Chris Wells and the Buckeyes
 
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?URL=/misc/register_zago.p
bs&Category=zago&Destination=http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a
rticle?AID=/20061105/SPORTS/611050337/1006 
     + Close call in a close win
      http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/15935361.htm 
     + Sunday Morning Quarterback
 
http://www.cleveland.com/osufootball/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/11627194
5625320.xml&coll=2 
     + Bucks pass pop quiz
 
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17424191&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=4637
0&rfi=6 
     + Ohio State defense continues to sparkle
 
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/SPORTS16/61105044
5/-1/SPORTS 
     + Smith, Buckeyes find Illini won't go down without a fight
 
http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/osu/2006/11/05/
ddn110506osufb.html 
     + Buckeye defenders take tight game as positive
 
http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/osu/2006/11/05/
ddn110506osuside.html 
     + Ohio State gets first scare of season
      http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Foxsports/rss/CFB/%7E3/45413803/6138304 
     + No. 1 OSU struggles in 17-10 win over Illin
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/45299766/index.html 

     Ohio State becomes first unanimous No. 1 in three years
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6116094 


Big 10 etc.

     Week 10 Football Round-up
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110406aaa.html 

     Squeaker grabs Wolverines' attention
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/124790,CST-SPT-mich05.article 
     + OSU-Michigan game for ages almost upset
      http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Foxsports/rss/CFB/%7E3/45441597/6139122 
     + Whew! No. 2 Michigan escapes Ball St. 34-26
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/45124319/index.html 
     Bielema finds new rule has its advantages
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061104hanleyim,1,75023
22.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

RECRUITING

     Jaeschke Goes Big Ten
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=587024 

BASKETBALL

     Women
     'Cats Down Challengers 59-55 in Exhibition Game
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/110306aad.html 
     Big 10

FENCING

     Sam Nemecek and Christa French Top Finishers at Penn State Open
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-fenc/recaps/110506aaa.html 

FIELD HOCKEY

      Iowa Hawkeyes 2006 Big Ten Tournament Champions
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-fieldh/recaps/110506aac.html 

GOLF

     'Cats Journey to West Coast for CordeValle Collegiate
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/110306aaa.html 

SOCCER

     Men
     Indiana wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/103006aaa.html 
     Women
     Penn State Wins 2006 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/102506aaa.html 

SWIMMING

     No. 7 Northwestern Bests No. 18 Purdue, 153-147
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/110406aab.html 

TENNIS

     'Cats Conclude Dominant Weekend at Bronco Invite
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/110506aaa.html 
     + 'Cats Complete Successful First Day at Bronco Invite
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/110306aad.html 

VOLLEYBALL

     Northwestern Completes Perfect Road Weekend With Win Over Iowa, 3-1
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/110406aaa.html 

WRESTLING

     'Cats Open Season with Impressive Showing at Eastern Michigan Open
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/110506aac.html 

MISCELLANY

     Ohio St. is unanimous No. 1 in latest AP poll
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/45490992/index.html 
     JoePa suffers broken leg
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/45495903/index.html 

Alumni

     PGA
     Luke Donald -
     Nationwide Tour  Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian - starts
Nov 6th
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/h045 
     Jess Daley - Money List
      http://www.pgatour.com/players/stats/285331/2006 

   2006 Football Opponents

     11/18 Illinois Fighting Illini [Senior Day]
     Facing the best, Illini might bag a moral victory
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/123600,CST-SPT-ill04.article 

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From DPENDERG at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 07:30:50 2006
From: DPENDERG at aol.com (DPENDERG@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 07:31:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
Message-ID: <bf9.826f011.3280930a@aol.com>

 
But a head coach signaling defensive plays?  Actually, I have since  had 
another source confirm that Fitz is more actively involved in the defensive  calls 
(even if Colby still does most of them).  Whatever you may wish  to call it, 
Colby is gone after the season.  "Hired away" to a I-AA  school or something.  
Guaranteed.  And, Bates probably  promoted.  
 
 
In a message dated 11/5/2006 5:13:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rstetson@capps-assoc.com writes:

A better  answer would be that Fitz used to be one of the guys who signaled  
the
defenses in when RW was the head coach.

As I recall the talk  about how the phones work at NU, the guys upstairs would
call the play, and  RW would have the option of overriding the call. With 
McGee
down talking  with Johns up stairs, I'm sure Johns is relating what he sees 
and
McGee and  Fitz are talking back and forth on the field, even though they're  
in
different parts of the sidelines.

If you noticed the Hawks, with  their coordinators both down  on the field, 
had a
lot of space between  Ferentz, the OC and the DC, at least that's how it 
looked
on  TV.

Anyway, I wouldn't put too much stock in one or two shots of Fitz  holding up
fingers towards the defense and reading grand  changes.

While most of the fans in a few folk's circles hope for  coaching changes at 
the
end of the season, I personally will be surprised  at ANY, unless someone is
hired  away.

rsl

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> 
>  
> I wonder then why  the head coach (and not another defensive 
> coach)  would be  
> assigned the sideline duty of simply transmitting the  
>  coordinator's calls 
> from the press box. 




From artmiller1 at hotmail.com  Mon Nov  6 08:35:47 2006
From: artmiller1 at hotmail.com (Arthur Miller)
Date: Mon Nov  6 08:35:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
In-Reply-To: <cda.2340f66.32807c33@aol.com>
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That was 1993, but the Cats were 2-3 going into the Minnesota game.  That
was a year of tough breaks--we also lost close games to Michigan State and
Iowa.

The '93 win over BC was nice, however.  After their loss to us, BC went on
an 8-game win streak, culminating with their 41-39 defeat of Notre Dame
which kept the Irish from a National Championship.



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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii

Does anyone remember the year I believe that NU lost to ND 27-12 and they  
were like 3-2 going into the Minnesota game and Sam Valensizi hit a game
winning 
 field goal and the refs said the snap took place after the whistle and they

lost. Cant remember the year, I wanna say it was the year we beat Boston  
College. You know the Lenny Williams to Lee Gissendaner  days.
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov  6 09:04:00 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov  6 09:05:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
In-Reply-To: <bf9.826f011.3280930a@aol.com>
Message-ID: <001d01c701b4$ca5fde50$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I do it all the time.... you might call our defense a triumvirate - I came up
with the scheme, but my two assistants execute the LB and d-back play. Our Line
coach just fires them up.
 
Unless Bates was offered the DC job, he'd probably leave with Colby, IMHO

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To: rstetson@capps-assoc.com; nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Defense



But a head coach signaling defensive plays?  Actually, I have since had another
source confirm that Fitz is more actively involved in the defensive calls (even
if Colby still does most of them).  Whatever you may wish to call it, Colby is
gone after the season.  "Hired away" to a I-AA school or something.  Guaranteed.
And, Bates probably promoted.  
 

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov  6 10:38:02 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov  6 10:38:08 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/6
Message-ID: <002801c701c1$ed974c20$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

www.PurpleWildcats.com
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Sunday Late Edition  
All the News that Fits We Link
Your Index to on-line News about
Northwestern University Athletics

FOOTBALL

     Tyrell Sutton Earns Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Honors
     http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110606aaa.html

     Locker room buzzing about Buckeyes' visit
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/124243,CST-SPT-nunt05.article 

     A little more about the win over Ioway
     A must-grin game for Cats
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/124242,CST-SPT-nu05.article 
     + Fitz Celebrates First Big Ten Win
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/06/Sports/Fitz-Celebrates.Fir
st.Big.Ten.Win.football-2441244.shtml 
     + Iowa Meets The New Brewer
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/06/Sports/Iowa-Meets.The.New.
Brewer.football-2441255.shtml 
     + Defense Bounces Back To Control Games
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/06/Sports/Defense.Bounces.Bac
k.To.Control.Games-2441268.shtml 
     + Hawkeye bowl stock tumbles after upset
 
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061106/SPORTS020502/61
1060348/1091/SPORTS02 
     + Win over Hawkeyes a milestone for NU
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061105colfootnu,1,5632
881.htmlstory?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     Commentary
     Dorsey: Team Left Waiting For Next Year After Promising Win
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/06/Sports/Team-Left.Waiting.F
or.Next.Year.After.Promising.Win-2441262.shtml 
     Lamberton: Random Thoughts:Ain't Life Grand
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/587333.html 

Next up for the Cats:

     11/11 Ohio State Buckeyes [Lasalle Bank Day]
     $ Sunday Morning QB: Struggle At Champaign
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=587235 
     + No. 1 Ohio State Holds Off Illinois
      http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/110406aaa.html 
     $ Late Score Aside, Defense Excels At Illinois
      http://ohiostate.scout.com/2/586869.html 
     + Illini Gain Respect with Loss to Ohio State
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=145&p=2&c=587175 
     + Buckeyes Top BCS...Louisville 3rd
 
http://www.10tv.com/?sec=sports&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200611/2076712860.
html 
     + Buckeyes Survive Huge Scare From Illinois [video highlights...]
 
http://www.10tv.com/?sec=sports&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200611/1629248087.
html 
     + Bouncing onside kick finally corralled by Robiskie
 
http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/osu/2006/11/05/
ddn110506osunotes.html 
     + Smith, Buckeyes find Illini won't go down without a fight
 
http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/osu/2006/11/05/
ddn110506osufb.html 
     + College Football Insider - could it be Louisville-Bucks?
 
http://www.cleveland.com/osufootball/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/11628055
19289840.xml&coll=2 
     + Ohio State to replace stadium turf once again
 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/10/30/bc.fbc.t25.ohiost.fiel
d.ap/index.html 

Big 10 etc.

     Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin Remain Ranked in Fourth BCS Poll
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110606aaa.html 

RECRUITING

     "We can change the program"
     Jaeschke Goes Big Ten
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=587024 
     + New Trier's Jaeschke picks Northwestern
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061105prepgbkjaeschke,
1,628053.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + New Trier's Jaeschke commits to NU
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/125532,CST-SPT-nuwom06.article 

BASKETBALL

     Men
     Young Wildcats looking to Doyle
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/125038,CST-SPT-nu06.article 
     NU struggles in basketball
 
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2006/11/06/sports/college/northwestern/doc454f1
b7863854942691464.txt 

     Women
     See the Jaeschke story above....

     Big 10
     Matta signs $20 million contract
 
http://www.thelantern.com/news/2006/11/06/Sports/Matta.Signs.20.Million.Contract
-2441430.shtml 
     Trouble in Paradise? or Columbus? 
     Early Trend mars Buckeyes' win
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/06/20061106
-D1-01.html 
     + Notebook: Payne quits to focus on academics
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/06/20061106
-D2-03.html 

GOLF

     'Cats Journey to West Coast for CordeValle Collegiate
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/110306aaa.html 
     + Cats Looking For Old Charms
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/06/Sports/Cats-Looking.For.Ol
d.Charms.golf-2441266.shtml 

MISCELLANY

     Broken leg won't idle Joe Pa
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/125321,CST-SPT-nation06.article 

Alumni

     Napoleon Harris:Middle Linebacker Picture Still Unclear
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=586373 

     PGA
     Luke Donald -
     Nationwide Tour Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian - starts Nov
6th
     Jess Daley -  http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/h045 

   2006 Football Opponents

     11/18 Illinois Fighting Illini [Senior Day]
     Local report: Juice sore but won't miss any time
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/125577,CST-SPT-local06.article 
     + Illini's  Leman  hard to  ignore
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=246953 

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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 11:42:39 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 11:42:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] worst loss ever
Message-ID: <c28.555e6ca.3280ce0f@aol.com>

I am not sure I understand the masochistic stroll down memory lane right  
after our best win of the season, but I have to vote for this one: 
 11/7/81 at Dyche to MSU for national 1-A record 29th straight, 61-14,  
followed by tearing down goalpost & parading by Pres. Strotz's house on way  to 
depositing in Lake Michigan (early season loss at Arkansas after a very close  
first half, with knee injury to promising runningback Marc Hujik
I was living on Eastlake terrace right across from Dyche and hearing the  
commotion followed the mob which was chanting "We're the worst"  to  Strotz's 
house. Ugly.
From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 11:53:14 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 11:53:20 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"
In-Reply-To: <454E3C84.3020207@earthlink.net>
References: <454E3C84.3020207@earthlink.net>
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We all want Dyche/Ryan to be rocking on Saturday - but hopefully it won't be the Scarlet and Gray doing the rocking.
 
Since this game is a sell-out, and our other games have been cozy little affairs with 20,000 or so in attendance, I would be concerned that 20,000 or more of those in attendance will be OSU fans
 
It will probably be like the bad old days, when Hawkeye and Badger fans packed our place
 
Also, when we were 2-6, 2-7, how many of our ticket holders put their seats out on Stub Hub (or gave them to OSU buddies) ?
 
I fear a very Red Dyche/Ryan on Saturday 
 
Chuck Herron  Tech '85
 
 
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That was the text message that my (NU student) daughter sent me last night. I just love the fact that she's very into NU football, and even went with friends to Ann Arbor last week. She also told me that the fraternity-sorority tailgates before 11 am games are known as "kegs and eggs!" 
 
No such early rising next Saturday, as it's a 2:30 pm game. But I'm sure the stadium will be rocking. I don't know if we can pull of the college football upset of the year, but I'm sure we'll show up ready to play. I'm looking forward to the next two games, but I'm in unbelievable anticipation of the next few years under Fitz. With our present group of outstanding young player, along with an outstanding upcoming recruiting class, who can't help be anything but excited?! 
 
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 12:26:00 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 12:26:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
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My only question would be - if Jerry Brown or Greg Colby are suddenly good and retained - why did it take Colby almost 5 years (and Brown a heck of a lot longer) to figure out what they were doing ? 
 
Maybe it's a threshold thing with Colby - after 9 or 10 500 yard choke-jobs (and 28-30 400 yard 'performances'), a lightbulb goes on and you say 'Maybe if I stopped the run and pressured the quarterback, they'd score fewer points'.
 
If our students learned that rapidly, many of them would be grasping sentence structure and algebra by about their sixth or seventh year at the University
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
PS - we had better get Colby and Brown locked-up long term before Tressel or somebody tries to 'steal' them away.
 
 
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A better answer would be that Fitz used to be one of the guys who signaled the
defenses in when RW was the head coach.

As I recall the talk about how the phones work at NU, the guys upstairs would
call the play, and RW would have the option of overriding the call. With McGee
down talking with Johns up stairs, I'm sure Johns is relating what he sees and
McGee and Fitz are talking back and forth on the field, even though they're in
different parts of the sidelines.

If you noticed the Hawks, with their coordinators both down  on the field, had a
lot of space between Ferentz, the OC and the DC, at least that's how it looked
on TV.

Anyway, I wouldn't put too much stock in one or two shots of Fitz holding up
fingers towards the defense and reading grand changes.

While most of the fans in a few folk's circles hope for coaching changes at the
end of the season, I personally will be surprised at ANY, unless someone is
hired away.

rsl

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> I wonder then why the head coach (and not another defensive 
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From cyrilku at yahoo.com  Mon Nov  6 13:00:07 2006
From: cyrilku at yahoo.com (Cyril S. Ku)
Date: Mon Nov  6 13:00:13 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Bacher in Special Team?
Message-ID: <20061106190007.82741.qmail@web53308.mail.yahoo.com>

For those of you who taped the Iowa game, please
review your tape. After our first touchdown, you can
clearly see #18 on the field for special team play.

After we scored the second touchdown (and after a
commercial), the camera showed Fitz walked along the
sideline and you can see Fitz passed two #18s on the
side line.

Roy, who was this mystry #18 in the special team?

Cyril Ku



 
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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Mon Nov  6 13:09:07 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Mon Nov  6 13:09:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense, replacing John L
Message-ID: <200611061909.kA6J97ji005743@romaine.tssi.com>

While two games isn't a trend yet, there are any number of reasons why 
the defense could have 'suddenly' gelled, and why coaches who looked
inept for several years could be looking better and feeling a bit more
secure in their jobs.

However, Colby's critic do not appear interested in reason, so I won't
offer them, except to say that Fitz may be more interested and involved 
in the defensive plans than Walker was.  

I will say, though, that I don't see Colby being a hot candidate for
jobs at other schools at this point.

On the other hand, I think Bo Pelini at LSU may be on a number of short
lists, including, if they're smart,  MSU's.  (He's got strong midwest ties, 
being an OSU alum and having worked for the Packers for several years and 
Nebraska for a year.)
--
Mike Nolan

From thiegs at umn.edu  Mon Nov  6 13:12:06 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Mon Nov  6 13:12:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
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Message-ID: <002601c701d7$73c9a620$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>

 

Yeah, that was my sophomore year, and I remember playing the transitive
property game to prove that we should have been national champions:

 

NU beat BC (woo-hoo!)

BC beat ND (ending the regular season in a shocker won 41-39 on BC's
last-second field goal)

ND beat FSU (31-24 in Week 10 -- #2 vs. #1 in "the Game of the Century")

FSU won the national championship--Bobby Bowden's first--after edging
Nebraska 18-16 in the Orange Bowl)

Therefore, NU deserved the national championship (never mind that ND beat
NU....)  :)

 

-Joe

 

 

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That was 1993, but the Cats were 2-3 going into the Minnesota game.  That

was a year of tough breaks--we also lost close games to Michigan State and

Iowa.

 

The '93 win over BC was nice, however.  After their loss to us, BC went on

an 8-game win streak, culminating with their 41-39 defeat of Notre Dame

which kept the Irish from a National Championship.

 

 

 

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Does anyone remember the year I believe that NU lost to ND 27-12 and they  

were like 3-2 going into the Minnesota game and Sam Valensizi hit a game

winning 

 field goal and the refs said the snap took place after the whistle and they

 

lost. Cant remember the year, I wanna say it was the year we beat Boston  

College. You know the Lenny Williams to Lee Gissendaner  days.

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From yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu  Mon Nov  6 13:32:31 2006
From: yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu (Evan Bradley)
Date: Mon Nov  6 13:32:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Bacher in Special Team?
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It's Dan Dixon:

http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/dixon_dan00.html

Though I'm still not sure why you'd want two players with the same number.

On 11/6/06, Cyril S. Ku <cyrilku@yahoo.com> wrote:
> For those of you who taped the Iowa game, please
> review your tape. After our first touchdown, you can
> clearly see #18 on the field for special team play.
>
> After we scored the second touchdown (and after a
> commercial), the camera showed Fitz walked along the
> sideline and you can see Fitz passed two #18s on the
> side line.
>
> Roy, who was this mystry #18 in the special team?
>
> Cyril Ku
>
>
>
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Mon Nov  6 14:10:19 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Mon Nov  6 14:10:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Bacher in Special Team?
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Dixon has been in on the kickoff team for most (if not all) of the year.

In college football the only restrictions on player numbers are:

- You can't have two people with the same number on the field at the same
time.
- You can't have a player switch numbers any time during a game.
- The 5 offensive linemen who are ineligible receivers must be numbered
50-79.

So on many teams (especially those with a lot of walk-ons and therefore
close to 100 people) there will be multiple people with the same number as
someone else.  They shouldn't be someone who plays in the same unit, though
(i.e. don't have two #18's on offense).

Jonathan

On 11/6/06, Evan Bradley <yevb0@alumni.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>
> It's Dan Dixon:
>
> http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/dixon_dan00.html
>
> Though I'm still not sure why you'd want two players with the same number.
>
> On 11/6/06, Cyril S. Ku <cyrilku@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > For those of you who taped the Iowa game, please
> > review your tape. After our first touchdown, you can
> > clearly see #18 on the field for special team play.
> >
> > After we scored the second touchdown (and after a
> > commercial), the camera showed Fitz walked along the
> > sideline and you can see Fitz passed two #18s on the
> > side line.
> >
> > Roy, who was this mystry #18 in the special team?
> >
> > Cyril Ku
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 14:13:55 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 14:14:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] BIG, BIG WIN.  and Iowa's home record - last 30 games
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For completeness, our record in the last ten meetings with our foes:
 
Michigan  3-7
Ohio State  1-9
Penn State  3-7
 
Iowa  6-4
Wisconsin  5-5
MSU  5-5 (with an MSU forfeit in 94)
Illinois  6-4
Indiana  7-3
Purdue  2-8 (5-8 in the last 13)
Minnesota  5-5
 
36-34 against 'the rest of the pack'
7-23 against 'the big 3'
 
All of which is great progress, considering where we were...
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
 
 
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> It is a great pleasure to have a 6-4 edge over them
> in the last 10 meetings - especially since, prior to

So let's see, in our last 10 games vs. our in-state
rival and two "real" rivals ...

* Iowa: 6-4 advantage CATS
* Illinois: 6-4 advantage CATS
* Wisconsin: 5-5

In seasons such as this one, it's always good to look
at stats like this and realize that some things have
indeed changed in Evanston lately.:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 14:47:30 2006
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Date: Mon Nov  6 14:47:34 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
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I was at the Indiana game in '81 - I was mad initially, but a little later I started to appreciate what Green did, and (I assume) why he did it.  The Program had to start thinking in terms of 'winning games', not merely playing to tie or to avoid a loss.  This was the heady feeling we had back then in the beginning of the Single/Green era.  Probably also why I still have a soft spot for Green, and felt a little sorry for him when he erupted after this year's Bears game.
 
The blowouts and record-breaking losses weren't so bothersome - we were bad, they were good, we were moving in a good direction, at least.  I felt then that Strotz seemed to be enjoying the 'Stop State at 28' and the goalposts being carried past his mansion a little bit too much - almost like it was vindicating his view of what the University was supposed to be.  I still remember the Daily front page photo with Strotz smiling broadly as the students carried the goalposts.
 
A great question would be what did Strotz REALLY think of football back then ?  What did he think its place was in the University (coming as he did from the U of C) ?  Did he trigger the shake-up in 1980 because he was ashamed of Pont/Venturi, or ashamed at the charges levelled by the athletes ?  And what would he have made of the programs revival under Barnett and Walker ?  Alas, questions not asked, so we'll never know, I guess.
 
My 5 most painful:
 
Iowa 2000
PSU 2001  (Indiana 2001 and Bowling Green 2001 were also painful)
UCLA 2005
Hawaii 2004 (still have nightmares of Timmy Chang)
MSU 2006  (no nightmares yet of a bewildered/giddy John L Smith)
 
Miami 1995 hurt a little at the time, and hurt alot more two months later.
 
Rose Bowl loss was a great game, we later found out J Rob had cheated (what a surprise).
 
Citrus loss wasn't too painful - we have since seen how great Peyton Manning is.
 
I didn't even mind the Alamo loss - Nebraska may have been the best team to have played 'that far down' in the Bowl pecking order.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
 
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Worth considering:

--for toughest loss: to Indiana, 21-20, in Dennis Green's debut in 1981, when 
Cats eschewed a game-tying extra point to go for two with under six minutes 
left.  The loss at Dyche was followed by 10 more that season, including...

--for most significant loss: 11/7/81 at Dyche to MSU for national 1-A record 
29th straight, 61-14, followed by tearing down goalpost & parading by Pres. 
Strotz's house on way to depositing in Lake Michigan (early season loss at 
Arkansas after a very close first half, with knee injury to promising 
runningback Marc Hujik, was pivotal moment in season that became another 
disaster & led to breaking record held by UVA & KSU of 28 straight losses).

--many, many wipeouts and hardly any close games in the 1-42-1 era of 1978-81 
(worst four years of any 1-A team ever - - my undergraduate years, which made 
the glory that followed '95-on especially delicious), with three years of Rick 
Venturi (a 20-16 heartbreaker at Purdue was closest to a conf win) & one year 
with Green as head coach (before he posted victories in '82)

Wins from '78-'82 easy to remember:

--27-22 over Wyoming 9/15/79 for only win of Venturi era and only win of '78-81 
(note that Venturi's debut was a 0-0 tie at Illinois in '78).

--Green-led '82 wins over NIU to end record-setting losing streak at 34, over 
Minnesota to end seemingly interminable Big Ten losing streak and at MSU to end 
even longer Big Ten road losing streak.  Green earned coach of year honors that 
year.

Before my time, but would think that Rose Bowl triumph of '49 was school's 
biggest win ever, with many wonderful thrillers of '95-on closely behind & 
perhaps some contenders from the Parseghian era.

Every great game and even the excitement of eventual losses of modern era are 
greatly appreciated by those of us who passionately followed the team during the 
"hopeless cause" era.

 -----Original Message-----
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Sent:   Monday, November 06, 2006 05:39 AM Eastern Standard Time
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject:    [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii

Oooh, forgot about that one in 2004. That'd be right
up there, especially the way NU was jobbed by the
refs. 

Those Wake losses were annoying, too, but non-con
games have to a little more dreadful (see above) or in
a bowl to be ranked.

After everyone checked in, my top 5 (since 1984, when
I started being an NU fan):

1) Penn State 2001
2) Alamo Bowl
3) Iowa 2000
4) Hawaii 2004
5) MSU 2006

But, in the spirit of being positive, what was the
best win of late? 

I'd say Michigan 2000, but Ohio State 2004, Wisconsin
1995, Notre Dame 1995, Wisconsin 2005, Michigan 1996,
Wisconsin 2000, Illinois 1996, Michigan State 2005,
Illinois 2000, Iowa 2005, MSU 2001, MSU 1997, and Penn
State 1995 would be right up there. Must be missing
one  goodie from 2003, though ... aren't I?

Brad Wilson



 

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that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to 
speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular." 
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Nov  6 15:11:14 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Nov  6 15:12:13 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
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When you failures over long periods of time, particularly where multiple
assistants are involved, you have to lay it at the feet of the HC.  RW never
had a strong defense.

It may be just as simple as RW was a offensive player and Fitz played
defense.  Fitz believes that you win with defense, RW believed that you win
with offense.  That philosophy determines how you recruit and where you put
your best athletes.

Given how the year started, I think that it is remarkable that the team is
playing as well as they are.  For that, you have to give credit to whole
coaching staff.  So I'm willing to let Fitz do whatever he thinks he needs
to do with the coaching staff after we finish our season in two weeks.  If
he feels that they should all be retained, that's fine with me.  If he feels
that changes are needed, that's fine with me too.

As far as Gill, McManis, Simpson, etc. - those young guys who are turning
this defense around, these guys didn't just fall out of the sky.  The
defensive coaches including Brown and Colby recruited them, so they deserve
credit for that too.

Jeff







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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Defense

My only question would be - if Jerry Brown or Greg Colby are suddenly good
and retained - why did it take Colby almost 5 years (and Brown a heck of a
lot longer) to figure out what they were doing ? 
 
Maybe it's a threshold thing with Colby - after 9 or 10 500 yard choke-jobs
(and 28-30 400 yard 'performances'), a lightbulb goes on and you say 'Maybe
if I stopped the run and pressured the quarterback, they'd score fewer
points'.
 
If our students learned that rapidly, many of them would be grasping
sentence structure and algebra by about their sixth or seventh year at the
University
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
PS - we had better get Colby and Brown locked-up long term before Tressel or
somebody tries to 'steal' them away.
 
 
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Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Defense


A better answer would be that Fitz used to be one of the guys who signaled
the defenses in when RW was the head coach.

As I recall the talk about how the phones work at NU, the guys upstairs
would call the play, and RW would have the option of overriding the call.
With McGee down talking with Johns up stairs, I'm sure Johns is relating
what he sees and McGee and Fitz are talking back and forth on the field,
even though they're in different parts of the sidelines.

If you noticed the Hawks, with their coordinators both down  on the field,
had a lot of space between Ferentz, the OC and the DC, at least that's how
it looked on TV.

Anyway, I wouldn't put too much stock in one or two shots of Fitz holding up
fingers towards the defense and reading grand changes.

While most of the fans in a few folk's circles hope for coaching changes at
the end of the season, I personally will be surprised at ANY, unless someone
is hired away.

rsl

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> 
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> I wonder then why the head coach (and not another defensive
> coach)  would be
> assigned the sideline duty of simply transmitting the coordinator's 
> calls from the press box.


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From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 15:13:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
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I think the general concensus was that Strotz was from the Uof C  philoshoshy 
of -de-emphasizing collegiate atheletics and therefore was fine  having a 
team that was getting killed week after week where every first down was  cause 
for a Rose Bowl cheer.
 
Having a 1-31 record under Venturi and a  two 1-10  seasons for  Pont's last 
2 years as head coach didn't seem to shake up much. I suspect  that when the 
athletes, particularly the African -American ones complained about  Venturi, 
combined with our horrific record, that there was a  realization that we had to 
have a new program top to bottom. (Pont, who was  then just AD at that time,  
had similar accusations leveled at him  when he was Coach at Indiana )
 
Getting Single as AD and Green as head coach , both from Stanford, showed  
that we finally were going to attempt to address some major problems--
 
Harry
From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Mon Nov  6 15:25:12 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Mon Nov  6 15:25:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Bacher in Special Team? (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611062125.kA6LPCES012399@romaine.tssi.com>

> - You can't have a player switch numbers any time during a game.
> - The 5 offensive linemen who are ineligible receivers must be numbered
> 50-79.

I think both of these can be waived with proper notification to the officials
and (probably) the other team.  

The most likely situation for needing to switch someone's uniform number 
mid-game is in case the player's jersey is damaged and they don't have 
a replacement available with that number on it, something more likely to 
happen at small schools with a limited budget.
--
Mike Nolan

From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Mon Nov  6 15:28:07 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Mon Nov  6 15:28:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 'worst losses'
Message-ID: <200611062128.kA6LS7Xn012546@romaine.tssi.com>

Aside from those huge blowout losses in the 60's and 70's, which gave me 
an intense dislike for a few coaches, some of them now deceased, The loss 
that sticks in my mind/gut the most is the one to Purdue a few years back 
where I think it was Drew Breez who threw a 99 yard TD pass.

I seem to recall we were leading at the time, too.
--
Mike Nolan

From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Nov  6 15:42:57 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Nov  6 15:43:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
In-Reply-To: <bc0.4bfe179.3280ff7d@aol.com>
Message-ID: <0b1a01c701ec$863ddfa0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

That spanned a lot of my time in Evanston too.

I remember thinking when they brought Denny Green in from Stanford, here's
another interesting PR ploy.  I was happy we had hired an African American
coach, but I was wondering why we and he would want to come into such a
hopeless situation.  We were so programmed to believe that the whole
football system was stacked against a school that refused to weaken
admission standards, that even the thought that we could have a winning
football team seemed comical.

Regardless of how you feel now about GB, every coach and fan at NU now owes
him a little bit of gratitude for opening our eyes to what was possible.

Jeff
 

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Hakirsch@aol.com
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 4:14 PM
To: CHerron604@aol.com; Willie.Weinbaum@espn.com; bwdolphin146@yahoo.com;
nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii

I think the general concensus was that Strotz was from the Uof C
philoshoshy of -de-emphasizing collegiate atheletics and therefore was fine
having a team that was getting killed week after week where every first down
was  cause for a Rose Bowl cheer.
 
Having a 1-31 record under Venturi and a  two 1-10  seasons for  Pont's last
2 years as head coach didn't seem to shake up much. I suspect  that when the
athletes, particularly the African -American ones complained about  Venturi,
combined with our horrific record, that there was a  realization that we had
to have a new program top to bottom. (Pont, who was  then just AD at that
time, had similar accusations leveled at him  when he was Coach at Indiana )
 
Getting Single as AD and Green as head coach , both from Stanford, showed
that we finally were going to attempt to address some major problems--
 
Harry
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From johnl at mac.com  Mon Nov  6 15:44:10 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Mon Nov  6 15:44:17 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 'worst losses'
In-Reply-To: <200611062128.kA6LS7Xn012546@romaine.tssi.com>
References: <200611062128.kA6LS7Xn012546@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <C2FD98BE-010E-1000-AC1E-848675B2D6E9-Webmail-10015@mac.com>

The game was at Purdue in 1999.  We weren't leading when Breez threw the 99 yard TD pass, but we were only trailing by a few points and had pinned Purdue on their own one.  We nearly had a safety on first and second downs, and then Breez threw a 99 yard TD pass on third down.  The vast majority of those yards were YACs, as I recall, but either way, it was the nail in the coffin in what looked like the makings of a come-from-behind upset.

 
On Monday, November 06, 2006, at 03:38PM, "Mike Nolan" <nolan@romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
>Aside from those huge blowout losses in the 60's and 70's, which gave me 
>an intense dislike for a few coaches, some of them now deceased, The loss 
>that sticks in my mind/gut the most is the one to Purdue a few years back 
>where I think it was Drew Breez who threw a 99 yard TD pass.
>
>I seem to recall we were leading at the time, too.
>--
>Mike Nolan
>
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From HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 16:11:59 2006
From: HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com (HUDHAIFA3@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 16:12:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Thanks Art
Message-ID: <552.6576f1cd.32810d2f@aol.com>

Art thanks for the update about what year the late loss to Minnesota was.  It 
was early in the AM and I didnt feel like doing research. I remember I was 13 
 years old and before the game Barnett walked up to me and talked to me for a 
few  minutes and I didnt know who it was until after the fact.  That was when 
 the cats used to come out of the tunnel before games.
From artmiller1 at hotmail.com  Mon Nov  6 16:13:48 2006
From: artmiller1 at hotmail.com (Arthur Miller)
Date: Mon Nov  6 16:13:56 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
In-Reply-To: <0b1a01c701ec$863ddfa0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-DAV17D143C8D83EAAB5EE17A68AF30@phx.gbl>


>Regardless of how you feel now about GB, every coach and fan at NU now owes
>him a little bit of gratitude for opening our eyes to what was possible.
>
>Jeff
 
Hear, hear!  I would say something closer to "a lot" of gratitude is due GB.
What he accomplished, and the dramatic way in which the results suddenly
appeared, should serve as an inspiration for underdogs for all time.  Always
believe, always persevere.

It's too bad Barnett isn't a more sympathetic character in the public
opinion of today; I always thought the story of the rebuilding of
Northwestern Football would make a pretty good movie.

-Art


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov  6 16:17:09 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov  6 16:17:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
In-Reply-To: <8C8CFFBE96B08D4-78C-2144@WEBMAIL-MA10.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <001701c701f1$4d70e960$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

In 1972-74, there general feeling around campus was that the profs and Strotz
thought that football was not condusive to good academics and that if they could
they'd just have it go away.

The Big 10 was so worried about NU dropping Div I football, they allowed State
Penn to join.

But cooler heads prevailed and NU realized how much money you can raise with a
decent football team. Alums like somewhere outside to visit several times a year
and are willing to pay for it.

rsl

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======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
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============================================

>
> A great question would be what did Strotz REALLY think of 
> football back then ? 


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov  6 16:22:07 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov  6 16:22:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
In-Reply-To: <bc0.4bfe179.3280ff7d@aol.com>
Message-ID: <001901c701f1$fea4d570$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Also interesting was Denny Green firing the team after having a series of white
- black meetings.

I think his comment was something about "dumb kids" not playing his style of
football.

In any case, I think the change in attitude about football started with Green,
something he doesn't get enough credit for, IMHO

rsl

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Hakirsch@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 4:14 PM
> To: CHerron604@aol.com; Willie.Weinbaum@espn.com; 
> bwdolphin146@yahoo.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
> 
> 
> I think the general concensus was that Strotz was from the 
> Uof C  philoshoshy 
> of -de-emphasizing collegiate atheletics and therefore was 
> fine  having a 
> team that was getting killed week after week where every 
> first down was  cause 
> for a Rose Bowl cheer.
>  
> Having a 1-31 record under Venturi and a  two 1-10  seasons 
> for  Pont's last 
> 2 years as head coach didn't seem to shake up much. I suspect 
>  that when the 
> athletes, particularly the African -American ones complained 
> about  Venturi, 
> combined with our horrific record, that there was a  
> realization that we had to 
> have a new program top to bottom. (Pont, who was  then just 
> AD at that time,  
> had similar accusations leveled at him  when he was Coach at Indiana )
>  
> Getting Single as AD and Green as head coach , both from 
> Stanford, showed  
> that we finally were going to attempt to address some major problems--
>  
> Harry
> _______________________________________________
> nwu-sports site list
> nwu-sports@tssi.com 
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports
> 

From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 16:29:12 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 16:29:21 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU Game
Message-ID: <8C8D00A1E36D040-78C-2B4F@WEBMAIL-MA10.sysops.aol.com>

The Bucks opened at -22 1/2, and still appear to be holding there for Saturday's game
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov  6 16:25:05 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov  6 16:32:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Bacher in Special Team? (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200611062125.kA6LPCES012399@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <001a01c701f2$690e80a0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

You can change a number if you are wearing one of the lineman numbers and go
into an eligible position. 

Guards sometimes move to FB, or Tight End, and then become eligible. They used
to wear a special pinny but then later changed to a new jersey to wear the
proper number.

Not sure if they've changed the rules about numbers, but they still have to
check in with the linesman to confirm their eligibility to catch the ball. At
least I think that's where the rules sit these days.

Where's the "ole Ref" when we need him


rsl

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======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 4:25 PM
> To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Bacher in Special Team? (fwd)
> 
> 
> > - You can't have a player switch numbers any time during a game.
> > - The 5 offensive linemen who are ineligible receivers must be 
> > numbered 50-79.
> 
> I think both of these can be waived with proper notification 
> to the officials and (probably) the other team.  
> 
> The most likely situation for needing to switch someone's 
> uniform number 
> mid-game is in case the player's jersey is damaged and they 
> don't have 
> a replacement available with that number on it, something 
> more likely to 
> happen at small schools with a limited budget.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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From NEONRye at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 16:51:53 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 16:52:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU Game
Message-ID: <c84.6a55fa2.32811689@aol.com>

Does anyone know when ABC will post the Coverage Areas for Saturday's  
broadcasts at 3:30 p.m. E.S.T.?  NU-OSU is one of four "national"  broadcasts.  The 
only other one of relevance to East Coast residents like  Yours Truly is Miami 
@ Maryland.  Given that Miami is horrible this year,  and Maryland is not 
having a great year either, I am hoping that the wise men of  ABC go for the No. 
1 Bucks against the gritty and rising 'Cats for airplay in  NYC area.   
Unfortunately, however, I will be at a soccer tournament  involving my son's premier 
travel team, so it may not matter too much in my  home, except for 
videotaping purposes.
 
Paul Levinson
From DPENDERG at aol.com  Mon Nov  6 19:30:03 2006
From: DPENDERG at aol.com (DPENDERG@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov  6 19:30:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU Game
Message-ID: <408.69c579ac.32813b9b@aol.com>

 
The Vegas line should not surprise. The Bucks are legitimate #1 in the  
country and have the talent and speed unlike anything we have seen and which  will 
be difficult to contain  Their psychological hiccup against the Illini  should 
not be overstated.  Illinois is coming on strong and will be a tough  game 
for us on November 18.  But that is for next week.  In any case,  the euphoria 
of the past weekend should not eclipse the fact that OSU is simply  much better 
than Iowa (and probably Michigan).  I just hope we keep it  close going into 
the last quarter and then anything can happen.  We have  to shut down the 
Bucks early and not get down three or four scores,  which would be difficult to 
overcome. 
 
In a message dated 11/6/2006 5:40:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cherron604@aol.com writes:

The  Bucks opened at -22 1/2, and still appear to be holding there for 
Saturday's  game

Chuck Herron   Tech '85  
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From michael.vance at att.net  Mon Nov  6 20:42:40 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Mon Nov  6 20:42:37 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 'worst losses'
In-Reply-To: <C2FD98BE-010E-1000-AC1E-848675B2D6E9-Webmail-10015@mac.com>
References: <200611062128.kA6LS7Xn012546@romaine.tssi.com>
	<C2FD98BE-010E-1000-AC1E-848675B2D6E9-Webmail-10015@mac.com>
Message-ID: <454FF2A0.6020304@att.net>

And what hurt the most about it was that either Kevin Bentley or 
Napoleon Harris (I don't remember which) had a clear shot at Brees and 
got tackled from behind.  A properly thrown flag would have given us a 
safety for holding in the end zone; two points plus the ball back in 
good field position.  It really was the play that turned that game around.

-Michael

John Labbe wrote:
> The game was at Purdue in 1999.  We weren't leading when Breez threw the 99 yard TD pass, but we were only trailing by a few points and had pinned Purdue on their own one.  We nearly had a safety on first and second downs, and then Breez threw a 99 yard TD pass on third down.  The vast majority of those yards were YACs, as I recall, but either way, it was the nail in the coffin in what looked like the makings of a come-from-behind upset.
>
>  
> On Monday, November 06, 2006, at 03:38PM, "Mike Nolan" <nolan@romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
>   
>> Aside from those huge blowout losses in the 60's and 70's, which gave me 
>> an intense dislike for a few coaches, some of them now deceased, The loss 
>> that sticks in my mind/gut the most is the one to Purdue a few years back 
>> where I think it was Drew Breez who threw a 99 yard TD pass.
>>
>> I seem to recall we were leading at the time, too.
>> --
>> Mike Nolan
>>
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From michael.vance at att.net  Mon Nov  6 20:54:49 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Mon Nov  6 20:54:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"
In-Reply-To: <8C8CFE3911779A9-78C-E61@WEBMAIL-MA10.sysops.aol.com>
References: <454E3C84.3020207@earthlink.net>
	<8C8CFE3911779A9-78C-E61@WEBMAIL-MA10.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <454FF579.4030503@att.net>

Alas, I did indeed sell my tickets, but I stuck to my word and did not
sell them to the highest Buckeye bidder (and from what I've heard, my
midfield seats could have easily gone for $200 each or more in Columbus;
the people who can't get tickets to home games will do nearly anything
to see them live on the road).  A neighbor who is an '89 NU alum will be
there in my place, with his brother, who is a Michigan alum.  It will be
interesting to see if his brother allows his natural hatred of the
Buckeyes to show through or if he roots for dOSU on the grounds of
preserving the #1 vs. #2 matchup on the 18th.

-Michael

cherron604@aol.com wrote:
> We all want Dyche/Ryan to be rocking on Saturday - but hopefully it won't be the Scarlet and Gray doing the rocking.
>  
> Since this game is a sell-out, and our other games have been cozy little affairs with 20,000 or so in attendance, I would be concerned that 20,000 or more of those in attendance will be OSU fans
>  
> It will probably be like the bad old days, when Hawkeye and Badger fans packed our place
>  
> Also, when we were 2-6, 2-7, how many of our ticket holders put their seats out on Stub Hub (or gave them to OSU buddies) ?
>  
> I fear a very Red Dyche/Ryan on Saturday 
>  
> Chuck Herron  Tech '85
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thehaze@earthlink.net
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Sent: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 1:33 PM
> Subject: [NU Sports] "the clock tower is purple!"
>
>
> That was the text message that my (NU student) daughter sent me last night. I just love the fact that she's very into NU football, and even went with friends to Ann Arbor last week. She also told me that the fraternity-sorority tailgates before 11 am games are known as "kegs and eggs!" 
>  
> No such early rising next Saturday, as it's a 2:30 pm game. But I'm sure the stadium will be rocking. I don't know if we can pull of the college football upset of the year, but I'm sure we'll show up ready to play. I'm looking forward to the next two games, but I'm in unbelievable anticipation of the next few years under Fitz. With our present group of outstanding young player, along with an outstanding upcoming recruiting class, who can't help be anything but excited?! 
>  
> Jim B. 
>  
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From michael.vance at att.net  Mon Nov  6 20:55:14 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Mon Nov  6 20:55:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU Game
In-Reply-To: <408.69c579ac.32813b9b@aol.com>
References: <408.69c579ac.32813b9b@aol.com>
Message-ID: <454FF592.4070400@att.net>

Given that the line on the Michigan game opened at 35 and ended up
around 30; and the line on the Iowa game was 20; I consider it a
compliment from Vegas that this one is where it is.  If I had been in a
location where betting on college sports was legal and I was a betting
man, I'd have easily taken the 'Cats and the points for the last two
(actually, the last three, including the MSU game) weeks.  This week
would be a much tougher decision.

-Michael

DPENDERG@aol.com wrote:
>  
> The Vegas line should not surprise. The Bucks are legitimate #1 in the  
> country and have the talent and speed unlike anything we have seen and which  will 
> be difficult to contain  Their psychological hiccup against the Illini  should 
> not be overstated.  Illinois is coming on strong and will be a tough  game 
> for us on November 18.  But that is for next week.  In any case,  the euphoria 
> of the past weekend should not eclipse the fact that OSU is simply  much better 
> than Iowa (and probably Michigan).  I just hope we keep it  close going into 
> the last quarter and then anything can happen.  We have  to shut down the 
> Bucks early and not get down three or four scores,  which would be difficult to 
> overcome. 
>  
> In a message dated 11/6/2006 5:40:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> cherron604@aol.com writes:
>
> The  Bucks opened at -22 1/2, and still appear to be holding there for 
> Saturday's  game
>
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85  
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Mon Nov  6 21:01:15 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Mon Nov  6 21:01:25 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] I hate Hawaii
In-Reply-To: <BAY106-DAV17D143C8D83EAAB5EE17A68AF30@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY106-DAV17D143C8D83EAAB5EE17A68AF30@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <454FF6FB.9080607@bellatlantic.net>

I still wonder if Barnett might have stayed had he not had to deal with 
Rick Taylor who was a control freak and rather obnoxious on top of 
that.  Everyone has had lousy bosses and the question then becomes 
whether to wait for he or she to leave or leave for what appears on the 
surface to be a better opportunity,  I knew a guy who had a jerk of a 
boss and kept giving his name to headhunters hoping to be rid of him 
that way.  Maybe Gary should have tried that ploy.

John DeGroat

Arthur Miller wrote:

>>Regardless of how you feel now about GB, every coach and fan at NU now owes
>>him a little bit of gratitude for opening our eyes to what was possible.
>>
>>Jeff
>>    
>>
> 
>Hear, hear!  I would say something closer to "a lot" of gratitude is due GB.
>What he accomplished, and the dramatic way in which the results suddenly
>appeared, should serve as an inspiration for underdogs for all time.  Always
>believe, always persevere.
>
>It's too bad Barnett isn't a more sympathetic character in the public
>opinion of today; I always thought the story of the rebuilding of
>Northwestern Football would make a pretty good movie.
>
>-Art
>
>
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Mon Nov  6 23:50:33 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Mon Nov  6 23:50:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] PICKS - Week 11
Message-ID: <20061107055033.32316.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com>

Standings soon, but we have yet another battle of
unbeatens in the Big Least ... probably because these
schools have only played THREE conference games so far
and in the meantime have been thoroughly tested by the
likes of Eastern Washington, Temple and Howard. Wow, I
can't imagine how these teams are still undefeated.
The Big Least must really be a good conference ...
consider that Pitt is still in the running for their
B(C)S berth and they lost to Michigan State ... at
home.

But anyway, I digress and the next Big Least Game of
the Century is Thursday night in New Jersey, so picks
are due by THURSDAY'S kickoff in the beautiful Garden
State.

PIGSKIN PICKS - WEEK 10
#######################
Name: 

BIG TEN
=======
Game  1: Purdue @ Illinois
Winner: 

Game  2: Michigan @ Indiana
Winner: 

Game  3: Wisconsin @ Iowa
Winner: 

Game  4: Minnesota @ Michigan State
Winner: 

Game  5: Temple @ Penn State
Winner: 

NATIONAL
========
Game  6: Louisville @ Rutgers
Winner: 

Game  7: South Carolina @ Florida
Winner: 

Game  8: Tennessee @ Arkansas
Winner: 

Game  9: Oregon @ Southern Cal
Winner: 

Game 10: Nebraska @ Texas A&M
Winner: 

MY PICKS
========
* PURDUE 21, Illinois 16
C: Tough call here as Purdue was lucky last week to
escape in East Lansing while the Illini hung tough vs.
#1 ... all signs point to an Illini upset, but the
Boiler luck and Illini curse continue.

* MICHIGAN 35, Indiana 3
C: Much like NU, the Hoosiers will find a much more
focused Big Two team than last week and that's bad
news for bowl hopes in Bloomington.

* IOWA 17, Wisconsin 14
C: Much like last week in the Metrodome, I smell upset
here as the Badgers got banged up a bit last week vs.
the Lions and the Hawks were humbled by the Cats. Iowa
rebounds at home to salvage some pride.

* MINNESOTA 37, Michigan State 31
C: Winner of this game may get to a bowl game yet and
the Gophers appear to be cashing in their karma chips
from the earlier games this season.

* PENN STATE 41, Temple 6
C: JoePa can rest up this week while his sound D
handles temple and the sluggish O gets a chance to
brush up a bit for tougher challenges down the road.

* RUTGERS 26, Louisville 22
C: BCS CHAOS!!! BCS CHAOS!!! It's the biggest game in
Jersey since the G-men hosted a couple of NFC title
games in Jimmy Hoffa's stadium ... and I don't
remember the Jersey team losing any of those games.
Not many things have more pull than the B(C)S forces,
but bada bing, bada boom, the Knights prevail at
home.:)

* FLORIDA 31, South Carolina 13
C: Spurrier gets a rude welcome back to the Swamp as
the Gators still smell a title shot and jump out
early.

* ARKANSAS 20, Tennessee 17
C: A week ago I thought the Vols were gonna win this
one and send Auburn to the SEC title game when LSU
beat Arkansas later ... but Tennessee collapsed last
week and the Razorbacks just keep rolling without much
respect. Pig sooey earns its props this week.

* SOUTHERN CAL 49, Oregon 34
C: A wild Pac 10 shootout and the Trojans open it up a
bit just in time for that rugged schedule stretch.

* NEBRASKA 24, Texas A&M 20
C: Of couse, now that I pick AGAINST ATM, the friggin'
Aggies will probably win. But I think last week's loss
took the air out of 'em and they may get up again for
Texas, but not the Huskers.

And off the board ...

* OHIO STATE 35, Northwestern 10
C: Coach Fitzgerald may have some things to learn on
the X's and O's, but he really seems to have the
emotional/inspirational side of coaching down. After
that devastating loss to MSU and trips to Ann Arbor
and Iowa City ahead, few people expected a competitive
game in the Big House and a solid thumping of Iowa. So
after some growing pains, it appears the Cats have not
only found their quarterback, but also their coach.
Unfortunately, they'll also find an OSU team this week
a bit embarassed from a sluggish win at Illinois.

Remember, picks due by THURSDAY'S kickoff.

GO CATS!!!
GEAUX SAINTS!!!
-SjT

* * * * * * * * *
STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog@yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!



 
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Tue Nov  7 06:23:51 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Tue Nov  7 06:23:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] OSU Game
In-Reply-To: <c84.6a55fa2.32811689@aol.com>
References: <c84.6a55fa2.32811689@aol.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270611070423g1e8d05dbh691ab10731f1c52f@mail.gmail.com>

They usually release the ABC coverage map the Wednesday before the game.  I
believe it gets posted on the ABC/ESPN TV listings page, which can be found
here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide

If it's not available in your area, it IS available on ESPN GamePlan
(cable/sattelite or online, for a price, of course):

http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncf/gameplan/index?campaign=gp06&source=in_text_horiznav

Also note that the NU vs. Illinois game will kick off at 12PM CT and will be
on our favorite ESPN360 and therefore not accessible to most people on the
planet.

Jonathan

On 11/6/06, NEONRye@aol.com <NEONRye@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know when ABC will post the Coverage Areas for Saturday's
> broadcasts at 3:30 p.m. E.S.T.?  NU-OSU is one of four
> "national"  broadcasts.  The
> only other one of relevance to East Coast residents like  Yours Truly is
> Miami
> @ Maryland.  Given that Miami is horrible this year,  and Maryland is not
> having a great year either, I am hoping that the wise men of  ABC go for
> the No.
> 1 Bucks against the gritty and rising 'Cats for airplay in  NYC area.
> Unfortunately, however, I will be at a soccer tournament  involving my
> son's premier
> travel team, so it may not matter too much in my  home, except for
> videotaping purposes.
>
> Paul Levinson
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From cp2m at enterprisesw.com  Tue Nov  7 13:04:50 2006
From: cp2m at enterprisesw.com (Chris and Lori Patterson)
Date: Tue Nov  7 13:04:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Worst Loss Ever
Message-ID: <007601c7029f$9ad75f50$7000a8c0@hawk>

Reviewing recent history, since 1995. 

 

My first vote is for the 2001 Penn State game. The team responded poorly and
went downhill the rest of the season and I think not so great the following
year either. The fact it was a season changing event is why I rank it as so
terrible.

 

Second place is the Hawaii game that cost us a bowl.

 

Go CATS! Keep learning.

Chris

Knoxville, TN

 

 

 

From christopher_bailey at yahoo.com  Sat Nov  4 14:16:12 2006
From: christopher_bailey at yahoo.com (Christopher Bailey)
Date: Tue Nov  7 14:18:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
Message-ID: <20061104201612.1091.qmail@web60316.mail.yahoo.com>

I wish I had the transcript, but winging it, what I heard was Lane
saying that Bacher had come back from controversy in the beginning
of the season.

Controversy?

Did I miss something?  Anyone?

Great victory to build on ... VERY difficult place to go into and
win (just ask Bucky Badger).

Christopher Bailey
christopher_bailey@yahoo.com


From christopher_bailey at yahoo.com  Sat Nov  4 14:19:03 2006
From: christopher_bailey at yahoo.com (Christopher Bailey)
Date: Tue Nov  7 14:18:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NEEDED: Parking pass for Illinois game
Message-ID: <20061104201903.77193.qmail@web60320.mail.yahoo.com>

If anyone has, or has access to, a parking pass for Illinois,
please contact me off list.  Will gladly reimburse cost of days
use of pass (and something for your troubles).

As usual, I'm flying in for the Illinois game from NYC (joined by
a fellow list member from Philadelphia) and we would really
appreciate being able to tailgate near the stadium.

Thanks!

Christopher Bailey
christopher_bailey@yahoo.com


From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Tue Nov  7 14:31:37 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Tue Nov  7 14:31:40 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
In-Reply-To: <20061104201612.1091.qmail@web60316.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20061104201612.1091.qmail@web60316.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270611071231x3f9b5732h17145f947628b7f9@mail.gmail.com>

Apparently there was some "controversy" as Brewer remained the starter
against Wisconsin and Purdue despite the fact that Bacher was cleared to
practice by that point and was taking snaps in practice.  There was a lot of
talk on the internet boards concerning this situation and many were
questioning why the coaches were sticking with Brewer despite his lack of
success in the passing game.  In any case this may have been the coaches
protecting him because of the injury from which it took a while to recover.

What Lane was probably trying to convey was the fact that Bacher came back
from a lot of adversity in the off season as CJ had a medical condition over
the summer that kept him out of the weight room for the most part followed
up by his leg stress fracture during the preseason which kept him off of the
practice field until the end of September.

Fortunately it looks like Northwestern has found its quarterback as he's
made some great decisions running the offense over the past 3 games and
we've seen the spread attack we're used to come back.  While there's room
for improvement, he still looks pretty solid considering he'll be starting
his 4th game ever this week, and there's a lot of positive potential for the
future.

Jonathan

On 11/4/06, Christopher Bailey <christopher_bailey@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I wish I had the transcript, but winging it, what I heard was Lane
> saying that Bacher had come back from controversy in the beginning
> of the season.
>
> Controversy?
>
> Did I miss something?  Anyone?
>
> Great victory to build on ... VERY difficult place to go into and
> win (just ask Bucky Badger).
>
> Christopher Bailey
> christopher_bailey@yahoo.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com  Tue Nov  7 14:42:12 2006
From: Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com (Weinbaum, Willie)
Date: Tue Nov  7 14:42:15 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 25 years ago today
In-Reply-To: <20061104201903.77193.qmail@web60320.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <EBEB58980DB31543B690E276B97F695602A97E0A@XCHGNYM2.corp.espn.pvt>

11/7/81 - the loss that set the record for the longest losing streak in
Div. 1-A history, 61-14 vs. Michigan State at Dyche Stadium.  The
29-game streak, breaking the record held by kansas State and Virginia,
reached 34, before a 9/25/82 victory at Dyche over Northern Illinois,
31-6, behind a school record-tying four TDs from runningback Ricky
Edwards.

After both the record-setting win and the streak-ending defeat, down
went the goalposts.

BOTH head coaches of N'western during the streak, Rick Venturi and
Dennis Green, went on to become NFL head coaches.


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Nov  7 14:42:12 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Nov  7 14:42:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
In-Reply-To: <20061104201612.1091.qmail@web60316.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000901c702ad$33bf95e0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

You mean the Iowa game? I just happen to have the recording and would be happy
to check it...


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and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
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======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
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============================================

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Bailey
> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 3:16 PM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
> 
> 
> I wish I had the transcript, but winging it, what I heard was 
> Lane saying that Bacher had come back from controversy in the 
> beginning of the season.
> 
> Controversy?
> 
> Did I miss something?  Anyone?
> 
> Great victory to build on ... VERY difficult place to go into 
> and win (just ask Bucky Badger).
> 
> Christopher Bailey
> christopher_bailey@yahoo.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nwu-sports site list
> nwu-sports@tssi.com 
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports
> 

From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Tue Nov  7 14:51:22 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov  7 14:51:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 25 years ago today
Message-ID: <3ca.10fd968c.32824bca@aol.com>

Yes and ESPN voted us #3, #1 worst div 1-A, at least the fans voted us  #10.
_http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/colfootball/teams/worst.html_ 
(http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/colfootball/teams/worst.html) 
From s.fridley at comcast.net  Tue Nov  7 14:56:09 2006
From: s.fridley at comcast.net (s.fridley@comcast.net)
Date: Tue Nov  7 14:56:13 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
Message-ID: <110720062056.28756.4550F2E900086887000070542200734364970A040B079D00D29C@comcast.net>

I thought he said "adversity" not controversy.  Adversity would fit considering his stress fracture and the resulting lack of practice time.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Christopher Bailey <christopher_bailey@yahoo.com>
> I wish I had the transcript, but winging it, what I heard was Lane
> saying that Bacher had come back from controversy in the beginning
> of the season.
> 
> Controversy?
> 
> Did I miss something?  Anyone?
> 
> Great victory to build on ... VERY difficult place to go into and
> win (just ask Bucky Badger).
> 
> Christopher Bailey
> christopher_bailey@yahoo.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nwu-sports site list
> nwu-sports@tssi.com
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Nov  7 14:59:37 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Nov  7 14:59:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
In-Reply-To: <20061104201612.1091.qmail@web60316.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000b01c702af$a2920780$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Ross Said after Ted asked him about C.J. Bacher's season that started just a
couple of weeks ago:

"I guess its his third start? He's doing great, he's handling it well -
controversy in the beginning of the season kind of kept him out and he showed
up, he's making plays, he's running our offense very well."

FWIW - Ross and C.J. were good buddies during their redshirt years and I suspect
that C.J.'s frustration was known by guys in his class, particularly on the
offense. To everyone's credit, CJ stayed focused on the job of continuing to
learn the offense until he got his chance. 

Its great to see him playing so well and to see him continue to improve.

If there was controversy, it could have been McGee's desire not to play injured
players if possible. CJ's injury was bad for the season, but did diffuse a lot
of the discussion over the QB controversy until CJ was ready to take over. It
just kinda screwed up Fitz' first season.

rsl

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and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
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======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
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============================================

> I wish I had the transcript, but winging it, what I heard was 
> Lane saying that Bacher had come back from controversy in the 
> beginning of the season.


From s.fridley at comcast.net  Tue Nov  7 15:01:54 2006
From: s.fridley at comcast.net (s.fridley@comcast.net)
Date: Tue Nov  7 15:01:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 25 years ago today
Message-ID: <110720062101.7245.4550F4420006AF7C00001C4D2200734364970A040B079D00D29C@comcast.net>

I remember being interviewed on the field after that game (I had no business being on the field, mind you ) by NBC radio.  I have no idea if they were live or taping the interview - probably taping.  If they were taping it they wouldn't have been able to use it, and if they were live I caused some consternation - because when they asked me what I thought of the loss and the record, I made a series of word choices mama wouldn't have liked to hear.

Wow - 25 years.  I'm older, grayer and fatter; the Cats are better yet my vocabulary has stayed the same.


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum@espn.com>
> 11/7/81 - the loss that set the record for the longest losing streak in
> Div. 1-A history, 61-14 vs. Michigan State at Dyche Stadium.  The
> 29-game streak, breaking the record held by kansas State and Virginia,
> reached 34, before a 9/25/82 victory at Dyche over Northern Illinois,
> 31-6, behind a school record-tying four TDs from runningback Ricky
> Edwards.
> 
> After both the record-setting win and the streak-ending defeat, down
> went the goalposts.
> 
> BOTH head coaches of N'western during the streak, Rick Venturi and
> Dennis Green, went on to become NFL head coaches.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> nwu-sports@tssi.com
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From Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com  Tue Nov  7 15:15:22 2006
From: Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com (Weinbaum, Willie)
Date: Tue Nov  7 15:15:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] 25 years ago today
In-Reply-To: <EBEB58980DB31543B690E276B97F695602A97E0A@XCHGNYM2.corp.espn.pvt>
Message-ID: <EBEB58980DB31543B690E276B97F695602A97E13@XCHGNYM2.corp.espn.pvt>

OOPS - that should be "record-setting defeat" and "streak-ending win."  

By the way, I did the play-by-play broadcast of the record-setting loss
in '81 on WNUR.  Despite my error in the original email, I'll never
forget it or my "Stop State at 28" button.

Venturi had a 1-31-1 record (the win was 9/15/79 vs. Wyoming and the tie
was in his 1978 head coaching debut, 0-0 vs. Illinois, so he never won a
Big Ten game but he did tie one) in three seasons as NU head coach.  He
had a 2-17 record in two stints as an interim NFL head coach, in 1991
with the Colts and in 1996 with the Saints.

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com]
On Behalf Of Weinbaum, Willie
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:42 PM
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] 25 years ago today

11/7/81 - the loss that set the record for the longest losing streak in
Div. 1-A history, 61-14 vs. Michigan State at Dyche Stadium.  The
29-game streak, breaking the record held by kansas State and Virginia,
reached 34, before a 9/25/82 victory at Dyche over Northern Illinois,
31-6, behind a school record-tying four TDs from runningback Ricky
Edwards.

After both the record-setting win and the streak-ending defeat, down
went the goalposts.

BOTH head coaches of N'western during the streak, Rick Venturi and
Dennis Green, went on to become NFL head coaches.


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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Nov  7 15:40:06 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Nov  7 15:40:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
In-Reply-To: <110720062056.28756.4550F2E900086887000070542200734364970A040B079D00D29C@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <001001c702b5$4aa59450$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Could go either way, there's a lot of static on the recording.

Just listened to it again and it sounds like "controversy." The context is right
also, Ross didn't put a "the" in front of the word.

Not that it matters much, the QB Controversy is pretty much over now, isn't it.

rsl



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The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
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============================================

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of 
> s.fridley@comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:56 PM
> To: Christopher Bailey; nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
> 
> 
> I thought he said "adversity" not controversy.  Adversity 
> would fit considering his stress fracture and the resulting 
> lack of practice time.
> 
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Christopher Bailey <christopher_bailey@yahoo.com>
> > I wish I had the transcript, but winging it, what I heard was Lane 
> > saying that Bacher had come back from controversy in the 
> beginning of 
> > the season.
> > 
> > Controversy?
> > 
> > Did I miss something?  Anyone?
> > 
> > Great victory to build on ... VERY difficult place to go 
> into and win 
> > (just ask Bucky Badger).
> > 
> > Christopher Bailey
> > christopher_bailey@yahoo.com
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > nwu-sports site list
> > nwu-sports@tssi.com 
> > http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Nov  7 16:21:11 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Nov  7 16:21:17 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/7
Message-ID: <001301c702bb$0843a7e0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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

All the News that Fits We Link
Your Index to on-line News about
Northwestern University Athletics

FOOTBALL

     Monday 2-Deep, Injuries, and more - 11/6
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/587790.html 
     + No. 1-Ranked Ohio State Visits Ryan Field This Saturday
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110606aab.html 
     + Fitzgerald: Win shows NU's improving
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/11/07/sports/college_sports/2995274edb0f1e1186
25721f0012b667.txt 
     + Fitzgerald says Big 10 win evidence of Northwestern's improvement
      http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/politics/15945069.htm 
     + With one win, Cats on the prowl
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/126255,CST-SPT-nu07.article 

     The Hawks are really upset....
      Which loss to a Northwestern team is Iowa's worst?
 
http://www.dailyiowan.com/media/storage/paper599/news/2006/11/07/Sports/Which.Lo
ss.To.A.Northwestern.Team.Is.Iowas.Worst-2443026.shtml 

     + Bigger than just a victory
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=247245 

     Better Play All Around Has Defense Stifling Foes
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/07/Sports/Better.Play.All.Aro
und.Has.Defense.Stifling.Foes.football-2443859.shtml 

     Tyrell Sutton: First Player of the Week for 2006
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=8&c=1&nid=2480173 
     +  Northwestern Names Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week
      http://nusports.cstv.com/genrel/110606aab.html 
     + Sutton grabs Big Ten honors
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061106colfootnu,1,6288
242.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

     C.J. Bacher Growth spurt? Bacher having one at QB for NU
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/126561,1SPT8-07.article 

     Andrew Brewer: Iowa meets NU's new Brewer
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=AkMU2EWvaFexPs9HDglaI8e81LYF?slug=uwire-
iowameetsnusnewbrewer&prov=uwire&type=lgns 

     We get to try to watch the game on ESPN360 - something Comcast won't
carry....
     TV passes on 100th NU-Illini meeting
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061106nutv,1,3250396.s
tory?coll=cs-college-headlines 

Next up for the Cats:

     11/11 Ohio State   Buckeyes [Lasalle Bank Day] ABC Regional
     Unbeaten Ohio State at Northwestern in Road Finale
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=AkMU2EWvaFexPs9HDglaI8e81LYF?slug=uwire-
iowameetsnusnewbrewer&prov=uwire&type=lgns
     but all the news today is about next week's game...
     + City, OSU prep for The Game (Nov. 7)
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/07/20061107
-B1-01.html 
     + This version of The Game could be a first (Nov. 7)
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/07/20061107
-E3-02.html 
     + Pundits question merit of Louisville (Nov. 7)
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/07/20061107
-E1-02.html 
     + Who will be the BCS' No. 2? (Nov. 7)
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/07/20061107
-E2-05.html 
     + To go or not to go: that is the question
 
http://www.thelantern.com/news/2006/11/07/Sports/To.Go.Or.Not.To.Go.That.Is.The.
Question-2444152.shtml 

Big 10 etc.

     Paterno plans to coach after surgery
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2652304 
     Wisconsin finds loophole in speed-up rule
 
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories/%7E3/460
54943/2006-11-06-clock-loophole_x.htm 

BASKETBALL

     Men
     Wildcats out to surprise people
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=247257 
     + NU struggles in basketball
 
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2006/11/06/sports/college/northwestern/doc454f1
b7863854942691464.txt 

FIELD HOCKEY

     Nittany Lions Hand NU Early Exit in Tourney
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/07/Sports/Nittany.Lions.Hand.
Nu.Early.Exit.In.Tourney.field.Hockey-2443874.shtml 

GOLF

     'Cats Sit in Fifth as Darkness Sets in at CordeValle Collegiate
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/recaps/110606aaa.html 

SOCCER

     They're In! Wildcats Earn NCAA Tournament Bid
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/110606aab.html 
     + NU Plays Cincinnati Friday in Evanston
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/07/Sports/Nu.Plays.Cincinnati
.Friday.In.Evanston.mens.Soccer-2443845.shtml 

     From the Bearcats
     Men's Soccer is NCAA Tournament Bound - UC will play at Northwestern on
Friday in First Round
      http://gobearcats.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/110606aaa.html 
     + Sign Up for CATSVision All-Access!
 
javascript:window.open('http://all-access.cstv.com/cstv/player/player.html?code=
cinn','VideoBroadcastMediaPlayer','toolbar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=no,width=1
000,height=710' 
     ); void(''); 
     + Head Coach Hylton Dayes Interview
 
javascript:window.open('http://www.ocsn.com/media_server/play.smil?school=cs&med
ia_type=audio&content=http://mfile.akamai.com/8108/wma/cstv.download.akamai.com/
8108/open/cinn/06-07/audio/m-soccer/11nov/110606_HDayes_msoccer_int.wma','VideoB
roadcastMediaPlayer','toolbar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=no,width=468,height=220
' 
     ); void(''); 
     + Tournament Bracket
      http://ncaasports.com/soccer/mens/brackets/viewable/straight64_dyn/2006/DI


SWIMMING

     Grevers And Men Win, Women Fall vs Purdue
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/07/Sports/Grevers.And.Men.Win
.Women.Fall.Vs.Purdue.swimming-2443865.shtml 

VOLLEYBALL

     Northwestern Heads North for Monster Big Ten Weekend
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/110606aaa.html 

MISCELLANY

     Thinking Outside the (Press) Box
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/587357.html 
     Navy accepts Meineke Car Care Bowl berth
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/45959373/index.html 
     ND to end streak of appearing on major TV
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/45923262/index.html 

Alumni

     Barry Cofield 11.5 Giants 14, Texans 10: Inside the Numbers!
      http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=22165 

     PGA
     Luke Donald - Luke Donald will attempt to defend his title at the Target
World ...
      http://luke-donald-news.newslib.com/story/1834-3090446/ 
     + Champions Gather to Start The 2007 European Tour International Schedule
 
http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pageid=100&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0%2DEFF5%2D
4C05%2DAB0F%2DFD08D947D944%7D&eventid=2006089&infosid=3&pageno=1&reportid=54488 

     Nationwide Tour Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian -
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/h045 
     Interesting scenarios aplenty at Nationwide Tour Championship
      http://www.pgatour.com/story/9782904 
     Jess Daley - is scheduled

   2006 Football Opponents

     11/18 Illinois Fighting Illini [Senior Day] ESPN360

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From cp2m at enterprisesw.com  Tue Nov  7 21:08:19 2006
From: cp2m at enterprisesw.com (Chris and Lori Patterson)
Date: Tue Nov  7 21:08:41 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
Message-ID: <00a501c702e3$293d8d80$7000a8c0@hawk>


Except when Vanderlinden was DC, when have the CATS had a good defense? What
other DC has done really well at NU?

Also, wasn't the D so-so under Barnett after Vanderlinden left for Maryland?

I contend that outside of the Vanderlinden years we've never had a great
defense. Is that the athletes? Is it that Barnett and Walker were previous
OCs? Combination. Somehow our D just doesn't look like the Tennessee D
(another team I follow to a lesser degree) and I can't wait for a stiffer D
to develop and be consistently good at NU. Vanderbilt University supposedly
has a consistently sound defense, so I would think we should be able also.

But given all that, I must say I've been in total agreement with what Jeff
has said this year.

Go CATS!
Chris 
Knoxville, TN



-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 4:11 PM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Defense

When you failures over long periods of time, particularly where multiple
assistants are involved, you have to lay it at the feet of the HC.  RW never
had a strong defense.

It may be just as simple as RW was a offensive player and Fitz played
defense.  Fitz believes that you win with defense, RW believed that you win
with offense.  That philosophy determines how you recruit and where you put
your best athletes.

Given how the year started, I think that it is remarkable that the team is
playing as well as they are.  For that, you have to give credit to whole
coaching staff.  So I'm willing to let Fitz do whatever he thinks he needs
to do with the coaching staff after we finish our season in two weeks.  If
he feels that they should all be retained, that's fine with me.  If he feels
that changes are needed, that's fine with me too.

As far as Gill, McManis, Simpson, etc. - those young guys who are turning
this defense around, these guys didn't just fall out of the sky.  The
defensive coaches including Brown and Colby recruited them, so they deserve
credit for that too.

Jeff







-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of cherron604@aol.com
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To: rstetson@capps-assoc.com; DPENDERG@aol.com; jonathanwhodges@gmail.com;
nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Defense

My only question would be - if Jerry Brown or Greg Colby are suddenly good
and retained - why did it take Colby almost 5 years (and Brown a heck of a
lot longer) to figure out what they were doing ? 
 
Maybe it's a threshold thing with Colby - after 9 or 10 500 yard choke-jobs
(and 28-30 400 yard 'performances'), a lightbulb goes on and you say 'Maybe
if I stopped the run and pressured the quarterback, they'd score fewer
points'.
 
If our students learned that rapidly, many of them would be grasping
sentence structure and algebra by about their sixth or seventh year at the
University
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
PS - we had better get Colby and Brown locked-up long term before Tressel or
somebody tries to 'steal' them away.
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: rstetson@capps-assoc.com
To: DPENDERG@aol.com; jonathanwhodges@gmail.com; nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Sent: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 4:11 PM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Defense


A better answer would be that Fitz used to be one of the guys who signaled
the defenses in when RW was the head coach.

As I recall the talk about how the phones work at NU, the guys upstairs
would call the play, and RW would have the option of overriding the call.
With McGee down talking with Johns up stairs, I'm sure Johns is relating
what he sees and McGee and Fitz are talking back and forth on the field,
even though they're in different parts of the sidelines.

If you noticed the Hawks, with their coordinators both down  on the field,
had a lot of space between Ferentz, the OC and the DC, at least that's how
it looked on TV.

Anyway, I wouldn't put too much stock in one or two shots of Fitz holding up
fingers towards the defense and reading grand changes.

While most of the fans in a few folk's circles hope for coaching changes at
the end of the season, I personally will be surprised at ANY, unless someone
is hired away.

rsl

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> 
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> I wonder then why the head coach (and not another defensive
> coach)  would be
> assigned the sideline duty of simply transmitting the coordinator's 
> calls from the press box.


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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov  8 11:33:22 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov  8 11:33:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
In-Reply-To: <00a501c702e3$293d8d80$7000a8c0@hawk>
Message-ID: <002801c7035b$fd96bc50$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Ara P had a reasonably good defense, they beat dOSU 3 times out of 6.

The D suffered a lot when Vanderlinden moved on, they never seemed to be as
effective first under Okruh and Brown, then Brown alone.

Walker seemed to concentrate on getting Athletes who could play either way. I
think I counted 12 or 13 former QBs playing for the Cats in different positions
- some of them on Defense.

What I've noticed during the time I've been following recruiting is that NU
never seems to be able to finish the circle up front. We can get 3 decent
D-Linemen, but that final wide body with speed never seems to pick NU. 

Castillo and Cofield are good examples of guys who developed into NFL caliber
players, but they both needed one more guy to keep the opponent's offensive line
honest and we just couldn't find him.

I know Greg Colby has been trying to put in a 3-4 defense for at least 4 years,
but Walker was a 4-3 guy and didn't want to change. Last year its apparent that
they finally had convinced RW to let them move to a 3-4 and you saw them working
towards that in both recruiting and play during the 4 non-conference games.

IMHO, what is holding back the switch right now is the injury to David Ngene
which limits the speed from the DE positions. Corey Wootton is the kind of guy
you need in a 3-4, and Ngene and Mims [and Koehn too] are the anvil that you use
with Wootton's hammer.

Roach's injury also hurt the move towards the 3-4 since Dinard was supposed to
get a lot of reps as the other MLB, and Simpson was backing up Roach. Now
Simpson is starting on the weak side, and Dinard is backing him up. The 3-4 is a
linebacker defense, something that will get Fitz' and Randy Bates' fired up.

Anyway, Vandy is ranked 62nd in overall defense, 9th in the SEC, 73rd in
passing, 10th in the SEC. Like NU, they do a better job against the rush but
still yeild 320 yards of total defense. Opponents convert 41.5% of their 3rd
downs, that's 10 in the SEC also - their 89th overall.

Just from a quick glance at their numbers, I'd guess they also could use a
couple of big fast D-Linemen too.

What is so encouraging is the number of commits we have with sub 4.9 40 times
and the number of prospective d-backs with sub 4.5 times. I don't know how we're
finding kids who value an education AND are fast, but we're doing it and you
just might see a couple of frosh out there on defense next year if they pick up
the nuances of the Div I game fast enough.

But I'd really watch the spring and see how many defenders step up this year.
You know Howard and Wootton would have been a pretty good combo but Howard is
3rd on the ASU depth chart behind a RS Frosh and a Soph even though he was
arguably our best defensive linemen before he was injured.

Does that put our ability to recruit D-Linemen in the past into perspective?

rsl

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> 
> Except when Vanderlinden was DC, when have the CATS had a 
> good defense? What other DC has done really well at NU?
> 
> Also, wasn't the D so-so under Barnett after Vanderlinden 
> left for Maryland?
> 
> I contend that outside of the Vanderlinden years we've never 
> had a great defense. Is that the athletes? Is it that Barnett 
> and Walker were previous OCs? Combination. Somehow our D just 
> doesn't look like the Tennessee D (another team I follow to a 
> lesser degree) and I can't wait for a stiffer D to develop 
> and be consistently good at NU. Vanderbilt University 
> supposedly has a consistently sound defense, so I would think 
> we should be able also.


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov  8 11:37:52 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov  8 11:37:54 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/8
Message-ID: <002901c7035c$9e7bda60$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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All the News that Fits We Link
Your Index to on-line News about
Northwestern University Athletics

FOOTBALL

     Fan Reminders For Saturday's Game vs. Ohio State
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110706aaa.html
     + November 14 Big 10 Teleconference
 
javascript:window.open('http://www.ocsn.com/media_server/play.smil?school=big10&
media_type=audio&content=http://mfile.akamai.com/8108/live/reflector:57747.asx',
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ght=220'); 
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     + Parseghian helped bring respectability to Northwestern football
      http://www.columbusdispatch.com/bball/bball.php?story=225143
     + Northwestern trying to finish strong
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/08/20061108
-C4-00.html
     + Fishbain: Now bring on Ohio State
      http://www.wnur.org/sports/analysts/fishbain20061107.htm

     TV?
     ABC has not released a coverage map for the dOSU -
 
http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnTopics?topic=Football&watch=CollegeFootball
     but the game will be on ESPN Gameplan
      http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/gameplan/index
      other games on the schedule are: Cal at Arizona, Miami at Maryland, and
Nebraska at Texas A&M,
     + Badgers pull rank on NU-Illinois game
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061108009
9nov08,1,1530411.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print
     + TV passes on 100th NU-Illini meeting
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061107015
7nov07,1,6712349.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print

Next up for the Cats:

     11/11 Ohio State Buckeyes [Lasalle Bank Day] ABC Regional
     COUNTDOWN TO COLUMBUS
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061108/SPORTS06/611080369/1054
/SPORTS
     + Ohio State Player Quotes, Nov. 7
      http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110806aaa.html
     + Transcript From The November 7th Football Press Luncheon
      http://ohiostatebuckeyes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110706aaf.html
     + OSU seeks answers for slump on offense
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/08/20061108
-C1-01.html
     + Pitcock,Smith awards finalists
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/08/20061108
-C4-02.html
     + Buckeyes Hope They Have Learned From Close Call
 
http://www.10tv.com/?sec=sports&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200611/1075122811.
html
     + Fumbling nothing new for freshman Wells
 
http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/osu/2006/11/07/
ddn110806wells.html
     + Breakdowns offensive to OSU
 
http://www.cleveland.com/osufootball/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/11629798
0718990.xml&coll=2
     + Wells to play
 
http://www.cleveland.com/osufootball/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/11629795
3018990.xml&coll=2
     + Tressel admits poor choices
 
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/colleges/ohio_state_university/15958747.htm

Big 10 etc.

     Badgers' Bielema Causes Controversy
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/08/Sports/Badgers.Bielema.Cau
ses.Controversy-2446214.shtml

RECRUITING

     Walker Had ETHS Star Sold On Home Team
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/08/Sports/Walker.Had.Eths.Sta
r.Sold.On.Home.Team.football-2446200.shtml

     Head Coach Craig Robinson And Brown University Land 7-0 Valparaiso High
School Basketball Standout Evan Schmidt
      http://www.indianapolishoops.com/articles/schmidtbrown.html

     Early Signing Period Set To Begin Today For Class of 2007 Basketball
Prospects, 14 Of Top 20 In Illinois Are Off The 
     Board
      http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/signing.html
     + NU Basketball Commits
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&cfg=bb&c=8&yr=2007

BASKETBALL

     Men
     2006-07 Men's Basketball Season Outlook
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101806aaf.html
     Benson: Quotables from Big Ten Media Day
      http://www.wnur.org/sports/analysts/benson20061107.htm
     Big 10 Wonk: stop DAD: defensive attention deficit
 
http://bigtenwonk.blogspot.com/2006/11/only-you-can-cure-dad-defensive.html
     + they shoot free throws, don't they?
 
http://bigtenwonk.blogspot.com/2006/11/free-throw-proficiency-is-pluto-of.html 

GOLF

     'Cats Maintain Standing, Finish Tied for Fifth at CordeValle Collegiate
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-golf/recaps/110706aaa.html 
     + NU Ends Fall Season With Fourth Place at CordeValley Collegiate
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/08/Sports/Nu.Ends.Fall.Season
.With.Fourth.Place.At.Cordevalley.Collegiate.golf-2446204.shtml 

SOCCER

     'Cats Open NCAA Tournament Against Cincinnati Friday
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/110806aae.html 

VOLLEYBALL

     Freshman Steps In, Cats Pull Out Win
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/08/Sports/Freshman.Steps.In.C
ats.Pull.Out.Win.volleyball-2446385.shtml 

WRESTLING

     Freshman A Surprise In Breakout Showing
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/08/Sports/Freshman.A.Surprise
.In.Breakout.Showing.wrestling-2446183.shtml 

MISCELLANY

     Murphy's Mark: Exciting Weekend On Tap For Northwestern Athletics
      http://nusports.cstv.com/genrel/110706aab.html 
     Warning: Football sideline can be dangerous
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/127770,1SPT7-08.article 
     Can't argue with ref? Why, that's almost un-American!
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/127766,1SPT8-08.article 
     The MSU coaching search. ...
 
http://thefinalscoredotnet.blogspot.com/2006/11/msu-coaching-search-last-week-i.
html 

Alumni

     Thinking Outside the (Press) Box
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=587357 

     PGA
     Luke Donald - Donald falls short
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=PUFGZBLCPOREHQFIQMFSFFOAV
CBQ0IV0?xml=/sport/2006/11/06/sgdona06.xml 
     Nationwide Tour Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian -
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/h045 
     Jess Daley -

   2006 Football Opponents

     11/18 Illinois Fighting Illini [Senior Day] ESPN360
     Opportunity spurred 'Juice's' choice of Illini over Buckeyes
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From tbng at comcast.net  Wed Nov  8 13:42:31 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Wed Nov  8 13:42:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
References: <002801c7035b$fd96bc50$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <000d01c7036e$07eda850$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

<Howard is 3rd on the ASU depth chart behind a RS Frosh and a Soph even 
though he was
arguably our best defensive linemen before he was injured.

I wonder if Mr. Howard isn't ruing the day he left Northwestern.  He should 
be based on that information because he would be staring in Evanston.

From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Wed Nov  8 13:57:18 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Wed Nov  8 13:58:21 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Defense
In-Reply-To: <000d01c7036e$07eda850$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>
Message-ID: <072901c70370$189fe120$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

He may be 3rd on the depth chart because he stopped working out, got fat and
slow, and has a bad attitude.  You just don't know, unless you are a lot
closer to the situation than most of us are.

So I'm not sure that this proves anything at all about the quality of our
kids compared to anybody else's.  That's why we have games on Saturday
rather than just throwing statistics at each other and letting a computer
decide who wins.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:43 PM
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Defense

<Howard is 3rd on the ASU depth chart behind a RS Frosh and a Soph even
though he was arguably our best defensive linemen before he was injured.

I wonder if Mr. Howard isn't ruing the day he left Northwestern.  He should
be based on that information because he would be staring in Evanston.

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From johnl at mac.com  Wed Nov  8 23:24:44 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Wed Nov  8 23:24:51 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Wildcats defeat Iowa--10 years ago today
Message-ID: <44832b457bf8e4eb849e26efe67ab19d@mac.com>

"It was a cold November afternoon in Iowa City when the Northwestern 
Wildcats faced off against the twenty-third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes.  The 
Wildcats were the defending Big Ten champions, but they were coming off 
a decisive defeat the week before on the road at Penn State.  After 
their weak showing in Happy Valley and with their final road game 
looming at Kinnick Stadium, the Wildcats' chances of a repeat Big Ten 
championship looked slim.

In the first half, the Wildcats jumped out to a 10-0 lead after a 
twenty-three-yard Dwayne Bates touchdown pass.  But the Hawkeyes fought 
back to narrow the halftime score to 13-7.  In the second half, as the 
snow began to fall and the gray skies turned to night, Wildcat running 
back Darnell Autry stole the show, scoring four touchdowns, three 
rushing and one receiving.  Autry finished the day with a career-high 
240 yards rushing, as the Wildcats dismissed the Hawkeyes 40-13, 
keeping Northwestern in the hunt for the Big Ten title."


---That's my own eye-witness recollection of the last time the Cats won 
in Iowa City before this past Saturday.  It was exactly 10 years ago 
today (November 9, 1996).  It ranks as one of the best Northwestern 
games I've attended.  Of course, Pat Fitzgerald played in that game.  
(I would have worked his stats into the above narrative, but I couldn't 
find a box score with those details.)

How much do you want to bet that Fitzgerald recounted that very game 
last week to his players as they prepared for Iowa?  It's a triumphant 
story of responding to adversity on the road at a tough place to play.

The difference between Fitzgerald and Barnett?  Fitzgerald didn't have 
to paint his team's locker room pink to get his players up for the 
game.

Let's beat those Buckeyes.

John Labbe


From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Thu Nov  9 10:06:59 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Thu Nov  9 10:08:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Wildcats defeat Iowa--10 years ago today
In-Reply-To: <44832b457bf8e4eb849e26efe67ab19d@mac.com>
Message-ID: <0adb01c70419$15e19fb0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

 
As I recall, the pink locker room was something that Hayden Fry did to
intimidate and aggravate opposing teams.  What GB did was, IMHO, clever and
profound.  By painting NU's locker room pink, he turned the whole Fry thing
on its head.  It not only said that we're not afraid of you.  It also said
that we are smarter than you.  We have turned your sorry misogynistic ploy
into a joke and the joke's on you.

I think you underestimate Fitz.  I would hope that he learned this and more
from the time that he spent playing for GB.  What I read in the tribune
regarding his strategy this year is pure Barnett.  After the MSU loss, hopes
for a bowl game were gone, but the opportunity for glory was not.  Fitz told
the team to view every remaining game as a bowl game and promised the same
sort of national recognition that they would receive by winning over the
holidays.  The team went out and played like champions, beat Iowa, and got
exactly the recognition Fitz promised.  

Just like me, I'll bet they are all eager for Saturday to get here, because
it is another opportunity for glory.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of John Labbe
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:25 AM
To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' List Sports
Subject: [NU Sports] Wildcats defeat Iowa--10 years ago today

"It was a cold November afternoon in Iowa City when the Northwestern
Wildcats faced off against the twenty-third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes.  The
Wildcats were the defending Big Ten champions, but they were coming off a
decisive defeat the week before on the road at Penn State.  After their weak
showing in Happy Valley and with their final road game looming at Kinnick
Stadium, the Wildcats' chances of a repeat Big Ten championship looked slim.

In the first half, the Wildcats jumped out to a 10-0 lead after a
twenty-three-yard Dwayne Bates touchdown pass.  But the Hawkeyes fought back
to narrow the halftime score to 13-7.  In the second half, as the snow began
to fall and the gray skies turned to night, Wildcat running back Darnell
Autry stole the show, scoring four touchdowns, three rushing and one
receiving.  Autry finished the day with a career-high 240 yards rushing, as
the Wildcats dismissed the Hawkeyes 40-13, keeping Northwestern in the hunt
for the Big Ten title."


---That's my own eye-witness recollection of the last time the Cats won in
Iowa City before this past Saturday.  It was exactly 10 years ago today
(November 9, 1996).  It ranks as one of the best Northwestern games I've
attended.  Of course, Pat Fitzgerald played in that game.  
(I would have worked his stats into the above narrative, but I couldn't find
a box score with those details.)

How much do you want to bet that Fitzgerald recounted that very game last
week to his players as they prepared for Iowa?  It's a triumphant story of
responding to adversity on the road at a tough place to play.

The difference between Fitzgerald and Barnett?  Fitzgerald didn't have to
paint his team's locker room pink to get his players up for the game.

Let's beat those Buckeyes.

John Labbe


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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Thu Nov  9 10:42:48 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Thu Nov  9 10:43:46 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Wildcats defeat Iowa--10 years ago today
In-Reply-To: <0adb01c70419$15e19fb0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
References: <0adb01c70419$15e19fb0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <45535A88.3010104@bellatlantic.net>

Taylor showed how cluelesss he was by raising hell with Barnett for 
having painted the locker room at Dyche  pink before the Iowa game as a 
motivation gimmick.  No wonder Barnett left.

John DeGroat

Jeff Beamsley wrote:

> 
>As I recall, the pink locker room was something that Hayden Fry did to
>intimidate and aggravate opposing teams.  What GB did was, IMHO, clever and
>profound.  By painting NU's locker room pink, he turned the whole Fry thing
>on its head.  It not only said that we're not afraid of you.  It also said
>that we are smarter than you.  We have turned your sorry misogynistic ploy
>into a joke and the joke's on you.
>
>I think you underestimate Fitz.  I would hope that he learned this and more
>from the time that he spent playing for GB.  What I read in the tribune
>regarding his strategy this year is pure Barnett.  After the MSU loss, hopes
>for a bowl game were gone, but the opportunity for glory was not.  Fitz told
>the team to view every remaining game as a bowl game and promised the same
>sort of national recognition that they would receive by winning over the
>holidays.  The team went out and played like champions, beat Iowa, and got
>exactly the recognition Fitz promised.  
>
>Just like me, I'll bet they are all eager for Saturday to get here, because
>it is another opportunity for glory.
>
>Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
>Behalf Of John Labbe
>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:25 AM
>To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' List Sports
>Subject: [NU Sports] Wildcats defeat Iowa--10 years ago today
>
>"It was a cold November afternoon in Iowa City when the Northwestern
>Wildcats faced off against the twenty-third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes.  The
>Wildcats were the defending Big Ten champions, but they were coming off a
>decisive defeat the week before on the road at Penn State.  After their weak
>showing in Happy Valley and with their final road game looming at Kinnick
>Stadium, the Wildcats' chances of a repeat Big Ten championship looked slim.
>
>In the first half, the Wildcats jumped out to a 10-0 lead after a
>twenty-three-yard Dwayne Bates touchdown pass.  But the Hawkeyes fought back
>to narrow the halftime score to 13-7.  In the second half, as the snow began
>to fall and the gray skies turned to night, Wildcat running back Darnell
>Autry stole the show, scoring four touchdowns, three rushing and one
>receiving.  Autry finished the day with a career-high 240 yards rushing, as
>the Wildcats dismissed the Hawkeyes 40-13, keeping Northwestern in the hunt
>for the Big Ten title."
>
>
>---That's my own eye-witness recollection of the last time the Cats won in
>Iowa City before this past Saturday.  It was exactly 10 years ago today
>(November 9, 1996).  It ranks as one of the best Northwestern games I've
>attended.  Of course, Pat Fitzgerald played in that game.  
>(I would have worked his stats into the above narrative, but I couldn't find
>a box score with those details.)
>
>How much do you want to bet that Fitzgerald recounted that very game last
>week to his players as they prepared for Iowa?  It's a triumphant story of
>responding to adversity on the road at a tough place to play.
>
>The difference between Fitzgerald and Barnett?  Fitzgerald didn't have to
>paint his team's locker room pink to get his players up for the game.
>
>Let's beat those Buckeyes.
>
>John Labbe
>
>
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From johnl at mac.com  Thu Nov  9 11:37:28 2006
From: johnl at mac.com (John Labbe)
Date: Thu Nov  9 11:37:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Wildcats defeat Iowa--10 years ago today
In-Reply-To: <0adb01c70419$15e19fb0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
References: <0adb01c70419$15e19fb0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <F348E5CA-010E-1000-EAA8-2FF609ED4828-Webmail-10022@mac.com>

I'm befuddled about why you think I "underestimate Fitz," and in case anyone else got that impression from my post, I'll quickly clarify.  The primary purpose of my post was to commemorate a big Wildcat win 10 years ago that I happened to personally attend and that happens to coincide nicely with our victory at Iowa last Saturday.  But equally as important, I was hoping to point out just how significant Saturday's victory was.  I don't have time to look this up right now, but I'd venture to say that our win on Saturday was only our second win at Iowa in something like 40 years.  One of those wins came under Barnett 10 years ago today, and one was Fitzgerald's first Big Ten win as a head coach.  In my book, that's a pretty spectacular accomplishment for Fitzgerald.

Implicit in this accomplishment is the fact that Fitzgerald was able to get the team motivated to play at Iowa despite already having a losing season.  Although Barnett's tactic to paint his team's locker room in Evanston pink may have been "genius," it could also be described as a "psychological trick."  Fitzgerald, however, was able to accomplish the same result without relying on any such "tricks."

I agree with everything you say in the paragraph below, excluding the first sentence.  And like you, in conclusion I say, "Let's beat those Buckeyes."




On Thursday, November 09, 2006, at 10:16AM, "Jeff Beamsley" <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
> 
****
>
>I think you underestimate Fitz.  I would hope that he learned this and more
>from the time that he spent playing for GB.  What I read in the tribune
>regarding his strategy this year is pure Barnett.  After the MSU loss, hopes
>for a bowl game were gone, but the opportunity for glory was not.  Fitz told
>the team to view every remaining game as a bowl game and promised the same
>sort of national recognition that they would receive by winning over the
>holidays.  The team went out and played like champions, beat Iowa, and got
>exactly the recognition Fitz promised.  
>
>Just like me, I'll bet they are all eager for Saturday to get here, because
>it is another opportunity for glory.
>
>Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
>Behalf Of John Labbe
>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:25 AM
>To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' List Sports
>Subject: [NU Sports] Wildcats defeat Iowa--10 years ago today
>
>"It was a cold November afternoon in Iowa City when the Northwestern
>Wildcats faced off against the twenty-third-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes.  The
>Wildcats were the defending Big Ten champions, but they were coming off a
>decisive defeat the week before on the road at Penn State.  After their weak
>showing in Happy Valley and with their final road game looming at Kinnick
>Stadium, the Wildcats' chances of a repeat Big Ten championship looked slim.
>
>In the first half, the Wildcats jumped out to a 10-0 lead after a
>twenty-three-yard Dwayne Bates touchdown pass.  But the Hawkeyes fought back
>to narrow the halftime score to 13-7.  In the second half, as the snow began
>to fall and the gray skies turned to night, Wildcat running back Darnell
>Autry stole the show, scoring four touchdowns, three rushing and one
>receiving.  Autry finished the day with a career-high 240 yards rushing, as
>the Wildcats dismissed the Hawkeyes 40-13, keeping Northwestern in the hunt
>for the Big Ten title."
>
>
>---That's my own eye-witness recollection of the last time the Cats won in
>Iowa City before this past Saturday.  It was exactly 10 years ago today
>(November 9, 1996).  It ranks as one of the best Northwestern games I've
>attended.  Of course, Pat Fitzgerald played in that game.  
>(I would have worked his stats into the above narrative, but I couldn't find
>a box score with those details.)
>
>How much do you want to bet that Fitzgerald recounted that very game last
>week to his players as they prepared for Iowa?  It's a triumphant story of
>responding to adversity on the road at a tough place to play.
>
>The difference between Fitzgerald and Barnett?  Fitzgerald didn't have to
>paint his team's locker room pink to get his players up for the game.
>
>Let's beat those Buckeyes.
>
>John Labbe
>
>
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Nov  9 14:04:27 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Nov  9 14:04:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/9
Message-ID: <003101c7043a$43524d70$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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

Thursday Edition

All the News that Fits We Link  -- Your Index to online News about Northwestern
University Athletics

FOOTBALL

     NU has its own goals
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061108nu,1,3268681.sto
ry?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + It has been 70 years since Cats beat AP's No. 1
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061108colfootnu,1,7598
964.htmlstory?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Receivers Rotating Rapidly
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/09/Sports/Receivers.Rotating.
Rapidly.football-2449836.shtml 
     + No Fear: These two [Smith & McManis] will take on anybody
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=248075 
     + Sweet music
      http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/sports/129214,ev-nufbl-110906.article

     + Northwestern settles on Bacher at quarterback
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/09/20061109
-E11-01.html 
     + If U. Go: Northwestern
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/09/20061109
-E11-00.html 
     + ONE THAT GOT AWAY
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/SPORTS06/611090417/1122

     + Joel Howells Named a Wuerffel Trophy Finalist
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110806aad.html 

     come out and ask Fitz, BC and Beth C questions
     Pregames With Pat Resume This Thursday at Bluestone
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110806aac.html 

Next up for the Cats:

     11/11 Ohio State Buckeyes [Lasalle Bank Day] ABC Regional
     Week 11 Notebook: Peterson, Haynes Talk Shop
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=588531 
     + He indicates play calls relied too much on run
      http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/15958747.htm 
     $ Patterson Keeps Plugging Away
      http://ohiostate.scout.com/2/588303.html 
     + Ohio State-Northwestern Preview
      http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15606149/ 
     + Unbeaten Ohio State @ Northwestern In Road Finale
      http://www.whiotv.com/sports/10274657/detail.html 
     + Beanie's bane
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/09/20061109
-E1-01.html 
     + Oller: Does Woody rest in peace as Michigan week nears?
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/09/20061109
-E1-02.html 
     + Players ponder future in coaching
 
http://www.cleveland.com/osufootball/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/11630654
42195850.xml&coll=2 

     Is Smith really hurt that bad?
     + $ Smith Discusses Thumb Injury, More
      http://ohiostate.scout.com/2/588349.html 
     + OSU notebook: QB Smith playing through minor thumb injury
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/09/20061109
-E10-02.html 
     + OSU QB playing in pain
 
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/colleges/ohio_state_university/15968004.htm 
     + Game Data: Ohio State at Northwestern
      http://ohiostate.scout.com/2/587867.html 

Big 10 etc.

     Bielema's tactic on kickoffs wins praise
      http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=528032 
     Thanks Willie

     Doctor orders Paterno off the field
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/130240,1SPT9-09.article 
     Big Ten needs late push to fill seven bowl slots
 
http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/osu/2006/11/08/
ddn110906bigten.html 

RECRUITING

     Courting change in the Big Ten
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/130345,cst-spt-big09.article 
     + Gordon could be swing man
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/130379,cst-spt-cruit09.article 
     + National signing day
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/130347,cst-spt-sign09.article 

BASKETBALL

     Men
     Wildcats Embark on 2006-07 Campaign
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/130347,cst-spt-sign09.article 

     Women
     Veteran lineup gives Cats optimistic outlook
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/sports/129286,ev-nuwomenshoops-110906-s1.ar
ticle

CROSS COUNTRY

     All 11 Conference Teams to Compete in NCAA Regional Competition 
     http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/w-xc/spec-rel/110806aaa.html 

FENCING

     Wildcats Fail To Live Up To High Seedings
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/09/Sports/Wildcats.Fail.To.Li
ve.Up.To.High.Seedings.fencing-2449822.shtml 

SOCCER

     'Cats Open NCAA Tournament Against Cincinnati Friday
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/110806aae.html 
     + Wildcats earn second chance after early exit
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/sports/129590,ev-nusoccer-110906-s1.article


SWIMMING

     Grevers Inspires Team With Trash Talk
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/09/Sports/Grevers.Inspires.Te
am.With.Trash.Talk.swimming-2449827.shtml 
     Eric Nilsson Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/110706aaa.html 
     + Wildcats and Boilermakers Receive Weekly Awards
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/110706aaa.html 

VOLLEYBALL

     Anderson joins Cats' 1,000-kill club
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/sports/129368,ev-nuvbl-110906-s1.article 

WRESTLING

     Northwestern's Lang Earns First 2006-07 Wrestler of the Week Honor
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/110806aaa.html 

MISCELLANY

     McCarney resigns from Iowa State, will complete season
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2654561 
     North Texas fires football coach Dickey
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2654582 
     Kentucky fined 5,000 for goal post incident
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/46852005/index.html 

Alumni

     Barry Cofield: Eye on the Prize - Midseason Update: Defense
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=587915 
     Mark Loretta For Padres, this deal has some pop
 
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/sullivan/20061109-9999-1s9sullivan.html 
     Luis Castillo Ailing defensive starters' status tenuous
 
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/20061109-9999-1s9chnotes.html 
     PGA

     On the European Tour: Randhawa Sets Pace in HSBC Champions
 
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Fri Nov 10 07:02:37 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Fri Nov 10 07:02:44 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
Message-ID: <d05.1832abc.3285d26d@aol.com>

We can help good ol' Rutgers into a BCS slot with a win over tOSU.   Nice to 
see a team that played the first college football game, against  Princeton in 
1869, and plays in a big market, regain a little glory. After  getting the 
ball rolling (literally, since only kicking was allowed in the first  game), 
Rutgers pretty much tanked the rest of the 19th century. It had brief  bursts of 
competence in the 20th, like going 14-2-2 between 1923 and 1924, and  14-2-1 
between 1938 and 1939. The 1946-48 squads were a combined 22-5, and the  1960 
and 1961 teams were a combined 17-1, with '61 being the school's first  
undefeated season since it won its sole game in 1876. The mid-to-late '70s were  boom 
years as well, as the Scarlet Knights were 45-11 from 1975 through 1979.  This 
included their only other undefeated season in 1976 -- en route to an 11-0  
record.
From Winkler_Brian_H at cat.com  Fri Nov 10 07:48:50 2006
From: Winkler_Brian_H at cat.com (Brian H. Winkler)
Date: Fri Nov 10 07:48:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Kim Thompson
In-Reply-To: <d05.1832abc.3285d26d@aol.com>
Message-ID: <OF5F3DD7A3.4B2E04E9-ON86257222.004B84AE-86257222.004BE088@notes.cat.com>

Any ideas on what happened to Kim Thompson?  He came back from his broken 
leg against Wisconsin but have not seen him the last two games.  He is not 
noted on the injury list.

We could use his speed this Saturday.
From tkmaycock at yahoo.com  Fri Nov 10 08:21:01 2006
From: tkmaycock at yahoo.com (Tom Maycock)
Date: Fri Nov 10 08:21:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Kim Thompson
In-Reply-To: <OF5F3DD7A3.4B2E04E9-ON86257222.004B84AE-86257222.004BE088@notes.cat.com>
Message-ID: <20061110142101.3320.qmail@web33109.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

--- "Brian H. Winkler" <Winkler_Brian_H@cat.com> wrote:
> Any ideas on what happened to Kim Thompson?  He came back from his
> broken leg against Wisconsin but have not seen him the last two
games. 

He's been described as being out for "personal reasons" for the last
few games. 

It's too bad from a football perspective, because the Cats could surely
have used him. Mostly though, I hope all is well with Kim, and maybe
we'll see him before the year is out.

Tom

From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Fri Nov 10 08:24:04 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Fri Nov 10 08:24:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Kim Thompson
In-Reply-To: <OF5F3DD7A3.4B2E04E9-ON86257222.004B84AE-86257222.004BE088@notes.cat.com>
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Message-ID: <fcb3ee270611100624i101befbek88a0808aacf40e8f@mail.gmail.com>

According to NCAAFootball.net's injury list, Kim Thompson has left the team
for personal reasons.  NU has not released any information concerning why he
left the team.

http://statistics.ncaafootball.com/default.asp?c=ncaa-football&page=cfoot/injury/cf-hurts1.htm

Jonathan

On 11/10/06, Brian H. Winkler <Winkler_Brian_H@cat.com> wrote:
>
> Any ideas on what happened to Kim Thompson?  He came back from his broken
> leg against Wisconsin but have not seen him the last two games.  He is not
> noted on the injury list.
>
> We could use his speed this Saturday.
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From cyrilku at yahoo.com  Fri Nov 10 08:37:16 2006
From: cyrilku at yahoo.com (Cyril S. Ku)
Date: Fri Nov 10 08:37:22 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <d05.1832abc.3285d26d@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20061110143717.58468.qmail@web53309.mail.yahoo.com>

My house is only about 20 minutes drive from the
Rutgers stadium. Earlier in the season, my neighbor
had extra ticket (free) to a Rutgers game and asked me
to see the Scarlet Knights. I did not go due to other
obligation. Obviously I cannot get a free ticket from
my neighbor nowadays.

The last time I was at the Rutgers stadium (the old
one) was in 1991 when NU came to New Jersey. We lost
the game 22-18. We had a chance to win the game on 4th
down and goal but we could not get in. That was
Francis Peay's last year at NU.

Cyril Ku

--- MHRJGScott@aol.com wrote:

> We can help good ol' Rutgers into a BCS slot with a
> win over tOSU.   Nice to 
> see a team that played the first college football
> game, against  Princeton in 
> 1869, and plays in a big market, regain a little
> glory. After  getting the 
> ball rolling (literally, since only kicking was
> allowed in the first  game), 
> Rutgers pretty much tanked the rest of the 19th
> century. It had brief  bursts of 
> competence in the 20th, like going 14-2-2 between
> 1923 and 1924, and  14-2-1 
> between 1938 and 1939. The 1946-48 squads were a
> combined 22-5, and the  1960 
> and 1961 teams were a combined 17-1, with '61 being
> the school's first  
> undefeated season since it won its sole game in
> 1876. The mid-to-late '70s were  boom 
> years as well, as the Scarlet Knights were 45-11
> from 1975 through 1979.  This 
> included their only other undefeated season in 1976
> -- en route to an 11-0  
> record.
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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Fri Nov 10 08:55:56 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Fri Nov 10 08:56:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
Message-ID: <d03.1855445.3285ecfc@aol.com>

I think Rutgers was ranked either #1 or #2 after the 1869 game vs Princeton

In all seriousness, congrats to them, what  a great game last night-It has 
been a wonderful football season with the debate about whether  an undefeated 
team from the Big East , (should that happen), have an opportunity to go the BCS 
Championship game over the loser of OSU/Michican (assuming no NU upset) or a 
1 loss Cal,USC, Texas  or Florida team

Harry

From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Fri Nov 10 09:15:12 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Fri Nov 10 09:16:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <d03.1855445.3285ecfc@aol.com>
Message-ID: <01ef01c704db$04bd4410$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

 
I'm actually pulling for the OSU/UoM rematch in the title game.

The first step of that scenario happened last night with Rutgers knocking
off Louisville in one of the better college games this year.  

I predict that Rutgers won't run the table.  They have a tough game against
Cincinnati next week (suffering the same potential letdown that faced
L'ville after their win against UWV), and even if they get by that, I don't
think that they will get past UWV.  That only leaves Boise State undefeated
and they are used to being shut out of big games because of their strength
of schedule.  

So who is going to have a stronger claim among the one loss teams to play in
the national title game than the loser of the OSU/UoM game, particularly if
it is a close game decided by a controversial play (which happens quite
frequently in this series)?

NU could make this even more interesting by beating OSU this weekend.
Because if NU beats OSU, and OSU beats Michigan and Rutgers wins out, don't
they deserve an invitation to the national championship dance?

Jeff
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers

I think Rutgers was ranked either #1 or #2 after the 1869 game vs Princeton

In all seriousness, congrats to them, what  a great game last night-It has
been a wonderful football season with the debate about whether  an
undefeated team from the Big East , (should that happen), have an
opportunity to go the BCS Championship game over the loser of OSU/Michican
(assuming no NU upset) or a
1 loss Cal,USC, Texas  or Florida team

Harry

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Nov 10 09:18:14 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Nov 10 09:18:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Kim Thompson
In-Reply-To: <fcb3ee270611100624i101befbek88a0808aacf40e8f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <001b01c704db$7117c2c0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Kim Thompson is still on the "official" NU roster, both on NU Sports and in the
official pregame release.

I suspect that he's still not 100% after his leg injury, and is probably upset
about not getting to play much because of the injury.

A good question for Fitz or McGee is how many players have not played because of
nagging injuries. During Bacher's recovery, I read an article that noted that
McGee doesn't like to play injured guys until they're 100%.

As a RS Junior, Kim could be chomping at the bit to play, and they're afraid
he'll hurt himself more if he does.

This is a lot of speculation based on what I know about McGee from the past....

rsl

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> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 9:24 AM
> To: Brian H. Winkler
> Cc: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Kim Thompson
> 
> 
> According to NCAAFootball.net's injury list, Kim Thompson has 
> left the team for personal reasons.  NU has not released any 
> information concerning why he left the team.
> 
> http://statistics.ncaafootball.com/default.asp?c=ncaa-football
&page=cfoot/injury/cf-hurts1.htm

Jonathan

On 11/10/06, Brian H. Winkler <Winkler_Brian_H@cat.com> wrote:
>
> Any ideas on what happened to Kim Thompson?  He came back from his 
> broken leg against Wisconsin but have not seen him the last two games.  
> He is not noted on the injury list.
>
> We could use his speed this Saturday. 
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Fri Nov 10 10:16:12 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Fri Nov 10 10:16:36 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <d05.1832abc.3285d26d@aol.com>
References: <d05.1832abc.3285d26d@aol.com>
Message-ID: <8C8D2FAAC5BEDAA-5B4-8A31@WEBMAIL-MA15.sysops.aol.com>

Rutgers did their job last night, so congratulations to them - they got the annoying Louisville Cardinals out of the Naional Championship picture (where they didn't belong).  Now Rutgers (and the rest of the Big Least) can follow-up by staying quiet for the rest of 2005, and letting the Big Ten, Pac 10, SEC and Big 12 decide things.
 
It is hoped that this solidifies OSU-Michigan in the National Championship game, because this guarantees us the most money.
 
Of course, USC also has one more task to do - beat the highly over-rated Evil Empire, so we don't have to listen to them this post-season either. 
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
 
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To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 7:02 AM
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers


We can help good ol' Rutgers into a BCS slot with a win over tOSU.   Nice to 
see a team that played the first college football game, against  Princeton in 
1869, and plays in a big market, regain a little glory. After  getting the 
ball rolling (literally, since only kicking was allowed in the first  game), 
Rutgers pretty much tanked the rest of the 19th century. It had brief  bursts of 

competence in the 20th, like going 14-2-2 between 1923 and 1924, and  14-2-1 
between 1938 and 1939. The 1946-48 squads were a combined 22-5, and the  1960 
and 1961 teams were a combined 17-1, with '61 being the school's first  
undefeated season since it won its sole game in 1876. The mid-to-late '70s were  
boom 
years as well, as the Scarlet Knights were 45-11 from 1975 through 1979.  This 
included their only other undefeated season in 1976 -- en route to an 11-0  
record.
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Fri Nov 10 11:52:58 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Fri Nov 10 11:53:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <8C8D2FAAC5BEDAA-5B4-8A31@WEBMAIL-MA15.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <20061110175259.76684.qmail@web52905.mail.yahoo.com>

> Rutgers did their job last night, so congratulations
> to them - they got the annoying Louisville Cardinals
> out of the Naional Championship picture (where they
> didn't belong).  Now Rutgers (and the rest of the

Exactly - ESPN may keep trying to build the hype that
their local conference is "for real," but all it
really showed was that Louisville was highly overrated
and would have been torched in a title game against
OSU, Texas, USC or Florida. As I ranted in the picks
e-mail, of COURSE all these guys are unbeaten, they've
played 3 conference games in a weak conference and
feasted up on cupcakes before the league slate.

As for Rutgers, it's a great story and you can't help
but cheer for the Scarlet Knights ... but they've
exposed a lot about the polls and we'll see if
everyone follows the logic last week where if you're
"unbeaten and beat #3, you deserve to be #3."

If Rutgers runs the table (I doubt they win in
Morgantown, but hey, go RU!), then they deserve the
shot at the title ... but I doubt they'd get it even
if they do win out. They're #15 now and it's be just
too far to climb in a couple weeks.

So that leaves a BC-Mess and I love it! I'd say that
it leaves us with two "semifinals" of Michigan/OSU and
the SEC title game, but there's still a lot that can
go wrong in the SEC and there's still that little
matter of a defending champ from Austin who has an
easier road to 12-1. But if OSU loses to Michigan, do
they drop below a Texas team they beat at Austin to
try and get a rematch? Could the Cal/SC winner vault
over SEC teams? Does Notre Dame even legitimately have
a shot? (NO!!!!)

> It is hoped that this solidifies OSU-Michigan in the
> National Championship game, because this guarantees
> us the most money.

True - I think it'd also mess up the BCS further
because fans and the other 1-loss teams wouldn't want
a rematch - not to mention the team that WINS
OSU/Michigan who will find it tough to beat a team
twice in a row.

> Of course, USC also has one more task to do - beat
> the highly over-rated Evil Empire, so we don't have
> to listen to them this post-season either. 

Sadly, even what I expect to be a sound thumping by
the Trojans after ND pads its record against the
Service Academy Schedule probably won't be enough to
keep ND out of the BCS with the way the system is
structured to give the Irish all the breaks possible
to get 'em in. And when they get in, we have John L.
to blame.

Lots of football to play of course, but it's a mad
scramble and it's fun to see the B(C)S crumble -- will
Boise State get in with the new extra "inclusive" bowl
or will it just be more for the big leagues? Last
week, we were looking at two possible blowouts for the
two BCS games in Arizona (Texas over Boise State big
in the Fiesta and OSU thumping Louisville in the title
game), but now if I had to guess ...

BCS TITLE: Ohio State vs. Texas
- Rematch from the early season 1 vs. 2 game with a
much improved Texas O facing an improved OSU D -
probably would be the best game.

ROSE: Michigan vs. California
- The Rose folks may even be in Columbus to instantly
offer the loser a ticket to Pasadena (not a bad
consolation prize!) and have their traditional match
as Cal sneaks by SC to win the Pac 10.

SUGAR: Florida vs. Maryland
ORANGE: West Virginia vs. Auburn
- With these two bowls, you can basically mix and
match two SEC teams (to fill seats) against the
survivors of the Big Least and ACC "races" that no one
wants. I'm not sure Auburn even gets to the SEC title
game anymore with Arkansas' surprising season, so that
could be good for the 11-1 Tigers to get an at-large
bid. Meanwhile, Florida wins the SEC title game and
heads to New Orleans, where they get a rematch of an
Orange Bowl a few years back with ACC survivor
Maryland while the Mountaineers end Rugters' hopes and
head to Miami.

FIESTA: Notre Dame vs. Boise State
- This one could be a mess on and off the field ... if
SC beats ND soundly, wouldn't the Trojans deserve the
at-large bid more? Yes, but if the Fiesta loses its
auto-bid in Texas and will be forced to take the
Broncs in the last pick, they'll want the big-money,
big-draw Irish to try and fill seats for this stinker.

But we have a few games left ... and we have a chance
to throw a wrench into the BCS system even more this
week - GO CATS!!!:)
-SjT

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Nov 10 12:09:24 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Nov 10 12:09:19 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <8C8D2FAAC5BEDAA-5B4-8A31@WEBMAIL-MA15.sysops.aol.com>
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A concise, accurate depiction of the BCS right now.

<g>

rsl

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> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of cherron604@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:16 AM
> To: MHRJGScott@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
> 
> 
> Rutgers did their job last night, so congratulations to them 
> - they got the annoying Louisville Cardinals out of the 
> Naional Championship picture (where they didn't belong).  Now 
> Rutgers (and the rest of the Big Least) can follow-up by 
> staying quiet for the rest of 2005, and letting the Big Ten, 
> Pac 10, SEC and Big 12 decide things.
>  
> It is hoped that this solidifies OSU-Michigan in the National 
> Championship game, because this guarantees us the most money.
>  
> Of course, USC also has one more task to do - beat the highly 
> over-rated Evil Empire, so we don't have to listen to them 
> this post-season either. 
>  
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MHRJGScott@aol.com
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Sent: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 7:02 AM
> Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
> 
> 
> We can help good ol' Rutgers into a BCS slot with a win over 
> tOSU.   Nice to 
> see a team that played the first college football game, 
> against  Princeton in 
> 1869, and plays in a big market, regain a little glory. After 
>  getting the 
> ball rolling (literally, since only kicking was allowed in 
> the first  game), 
> Rutgers pretty much tanked the rest of the 19th century. It 
> had brief  bursts of 
> 
> competence in the 20th, like going 14-2-2 between 1923 and 
> 1924, and  14-2-1 
> between 1938 and 1939. The 1946-48 squads were a combined 
> 22-5, and the  1960 
> and 1961 teams were a combined 17-1, with '61 being the 
> school's first  
> undefeated season since it won its sole game in 1876. The 
> mid-to-late '70s were  
> boom 
> years as well, as the Scarlet Knights were 45-11 from 1975 
> through 1979.  This 
> included their only other undefeated season in 1976 -- en 
> route to an 11-0  
> record.
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From NEONRye at aol.com  Fri Nov 10 12:42:25 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Fri Nov 10 12:43:04 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
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Anybody (especially we Northeasterners, who don't get a lot of good College  
FB games or the intensity and fervor found in other parts of the country) who  
couldn't feel happy for Rutgers and its long-suffering fans last night is  
heartless (or a front-running fan of traditional powerhouses such as tOSU, USC,  
ND, Texas, etc.).   We NU alums could certainly emphasize with the  euphoria 
of the Scarlet clad fanatics at last night's game.  I just loved  it--even 
though I have never been a big fan of New Jersey, my neighboring state,  save for 
its No. 1 citizen, The Boss (Mr. Springsteen).
 
Paul Levinson
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Nov 10 13:14:55 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Nov 10 13:15:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/10
Message-ID: <002201c704fc$825bea40$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Friday Edition

All the News that Fits We Link  -- Your Index to online News about Northwestern
University Athletics

FOOTBALL

     Matchup: Wildcats vs. Buckeyes
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061108numatchup,1,4448
631.storylink?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + NU wants more than moral victory Saturday
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/131753,2SPT2-10.article 
     + Cronin: Illini, Wildcats build momentum for 2007
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/cronin/131757,1CRO1-10.article 
     + 3:30 PM ABC Coverage Map for Saturday & Gameplan schedule
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnTopics?topic=Football 
     Pregame Intel
     http://northwestern.scout.com/2/589074.html


     Lots of player stories
     Adam Kadela Coffman grad sees work paying off for Wildcats
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/10/20061110
-F4-01.html 

     Demetrius Eaton 'Meech' Making Most Of Senior Season
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Gameday/meech.Making.Most.
Of.Senior.Season-2452929.shtml 

     Eric Peterman & Phil Brunner Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-District Team
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110906aab.html 

     Andrew Brewer won't cut back on 'slash' role
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/131600,CST-SPT-local10.article 

     Joel Howells Q & A:Joel Howells
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Gameday/Q.Ajoel.Howells-24
52936.shtml 

     Injury List:
     Heinz To Miss 3-4 Weeks After Surgery On Ankle; Wootton Misses Practice
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Sports/Heinz.To.Miss.34.We
eks.After.Surgery.On.Ankle.Wootton.Misses.Practice.football-2452798.shtml 

     Walker's widow stays course
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/131302,CST-SPT-nu10.article 

     Commentary
     Fishbain: Now bring on Ohio State
      http://www.wnur.org/sports/analysts/fishbain20061107.htm 
     Morrison Time To Make A Statement
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Gameday/Time-To.Make.A.Sta
tement-2452911.shtml 

Next up for the Cats:

     11/11 Ohio State Buckeyes [Lasalle Bank Day] ABC Regional 

     + Buckeyes defense proficient at pickoffs
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/10/20061110
-F1-04.html 
     + Laurinaitis finalist for Butkus Award
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/10/20061110
-F4-02.html 
     + Helwagen Chat: Nov. 9 Archive
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=588914 
     + Buckeyes Bucking Popular Opinion
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Gameday/Buckeyes.Bucking.P
opular.Opinion-2452927.shtml 
     + Wretched Wildcats next in line for Bucks
 
http://www.thelantern.com/news/2006/11/09/Sports/Wretched.Wildcats.Next.In.Line.
For.Bucks-2450120.shtml 
     + Previously Overlooked and Unknown, Smith Has Become an OSU Star
 
http://www.10tv.com/?sec=sports&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200611/1933696530.
html 

     + Bob Hunter: It's difficult not to look ahead to The Game
 
http://www.dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/10/20061110
-F1-03.html 

     OSU Athletics: stop selling tickets
 
http://www.thelantern.com/news/2006/11/09/Campus/Osu-Athletics.Stop.Selling.Tick
ets-2449941.shtml 

Big 10 etc.

     Rutgers finally on college football map
      http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Foxsports/rss/CFB/%7E3/47453322/6156086 
     + B.J. Schechter: New Jersey finally seeing Schiano's vision
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/47456453/index.html 

     Paterno to miss first Penn State game since '77 
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6154754?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=24 

RECRUITING

     Women's Basketball
     Wildcats Ink Three
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/110906aab.html 
     + NU Women's Basketball - Comb's Best Class?
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/589051.html 

     Still waiting for the men's official announcement

     Zook corrals heralded D.C. wideout 
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/131270,CST-SPT-ill10.article 

BASKETBALL

     Men
     'Cats Tip Off 2006-07 Campaign Friday Against Cornell
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110906aad.html 
     + 6-9 freshman looms large in NU's plans
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061109nu,
1,1497222.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Wildcats need heavy contribution by Scott
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/131599,CST-SPT-nubk10.article 
     + Gametracker
 
javascript:window.open('http://livestats.nusports.collegesports.com/livestats/da
ta/m-baskbl/468297/','GameTrackermbaskbl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=n
o,width=780,height=540'); 
     void(''); 

Next up for the Cats: 11/10 Cornell Big Red

     Men's Hoops Opens 2006-07 Season At Northwestern
      http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110806aaa.html 
     Women
     Takes on Valpo at 6 PM WT
     Gametracker 
 
javascript:window.open('http://livestats.nusports.collegesports.com/livestats/da
ta/w-baskbl/505171/','GameTrackerwbaskbl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=n
o,width=780,height=540'); 
     void(''); 

SOCCER

     Men
     NU Fights For Local Pride
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Sports/Nu.Fights.For.Local
.Pride.mens.Soccer-2452754.shtml 
     + Cincinnati's Game Notes
 
http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/cinn/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/06Northwest
ernNotes.pdf 

     Women
     Freshman Defender Making Early Waves
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Sports/Freshman.Defender.M
aking.Early.Waves.womens.Soccer-2452764.shtml 

SWIMMING

     Men
     No. 7 Northwestern Hosts Wisconsin Friday at the Norris Aquatics Center
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/110906aab.html 
     Women
     Jimmy Tierney Featured on Swimming World Magazine Web site
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/110906aaa.html 

VOLLEYBALL

     Wildcats Looking To Repeat Last Year's Miraculous Finish
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Sports/Wildcats.Looking.To
.Repeat.Last.Years.Miraculous.Finish.volleyball-2452879.shtml 

WRESTLING

     Wrestling readies for mighty Northwestern
     + 'Cats Set to Host Northwestern Duals

MISCELLANY

     The Boo$ter Club
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Gameday/The-Booter.Club-24
52952.shtml 
     Baton Twirler Spins Into The Spotlight
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/10/Sports/Baton.Twirler.Spins
.Into.The.Spotlight-2452788.shtml 

Alumni

     Napoleon Harris - questionable for this weekend
      http://www.vikings.com/injuryreport.html 

     PGA
     On the European Tour: Randhawa Sets Pace in HSBC Champions
 
http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BECF87964%2DDF48%2D4851%2DBB50
%2D27C15CC10DEE%7D&redirectorid=tournament_page&infosid=3&eventid=2006089&report
id=54535 
     Luke Donald - [Live Scorecard] -5 right now
 
http://scores.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B8455C601-B598-43F0-AE27-85
59DC7985DD%7D&eventid=2006089&iPlayerNo=30357&id=30357&TourID=1&infosid=2 


     Nationwide Tour Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian - 
      http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/h045 
     Jess Daley - Full Scorecard
      http://www.pgatour.com/players/scorecard/285331/h045/2006 

   2006 Football Opponents

     11/18 Illinois Fighting Illini [Senior Day] ESPN360
     Bleeding Orange & Blue
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=588977 

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From thiegs at umn.edu  Fri Nov 10 13:17:21 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Fri Nov 10 13:17:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <c80.5fd7c8d.32862211@aol.com>
Message-ID: <003701c704fc$d9183320$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>


Last night after we got the kids to bed I turned on the Louisville-Rutgers
game and it was 25-14 Louisville (I think) early in the third quarter.  I
thought, "Huh, Rutgers is still in it; this could be a good game," whereupon
my wife came in and asked if I was really into the game or whether we could
continue watching a movie we had rented a couple nights before but didn't
finish before getting too tired.  So, I aquiesced to finishing the movie,
and when it was over, the first image I saw on the TV was Ray Rice being
interviewed as the player of the game and fans going crazy in the
background.  I immediately said, "Shoot! I really wish we had watched the
rest of this game!"  Oh, well.  Fortunately, I see that ESPN Classic is
re-airing the game at 6 p.m. (central) tonight.

You've got to love Greg Schiano, who (like Steve Kragthorpe at Tulsa) is a
young coach who has done a great job working with lower-tier talent and has
taken a lesser-known program to national prominence.

-Joe  

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Behalf Of NEONRye@aol.com
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers

Anybody (especially we Northeasterners, who don't get a lot of good College

FB games or the intensity and fervor found in other parts of the country)
who  
couldn't feel happy for Rutgers and its long-suffering fans last night is  
heartless (or a front-running fan of traditional powerhouses such as tOSU,
USC,  
ND, Texas, etc.).   We NU alums could certainly emphasize with the  euphoria

of the Scarlet clad fanatics at last night's game.  I just loved  it--even 
though I have never been a big fan of New Jersey, my neighboring state,
save for 
its No. 1 citizen, The Boss (Mr. Springsteen).
 
Paul Levinson
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Nov 10 14:12:48 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Nov 10 14:12:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <c80.5fd7c8d.32862211@aol.com>
Message-ID: <000901c70504$97a094c0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I have a cousin who spent a lot of time and money trying to fire up the Rutgers
program back in the 70's and 80's. I know he's happy to see them doing so well

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: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:42 PM
> To: Hakirsch@aol.com; cyril@alumni.northwestern.edu; 
> MHRJGScott@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
> 
> 
> Anybody (especially we Northeasterners, who don't get a lot 
> of good College  
> FB games or the intensity and fervor found in other parts of 
> the country) who  
> couldn't feel happy for Rutgers and its long-suffering fans 
> last night is  
> heartless (or a front-running fan of traditional powerhouses 
> such as tOSU, USC,  
> ND, Texas, etc.).   We NU alums could certainly emphasize 
> with the  euphoria 
> of the Scarlet clad fanatics at last night's game.  I just 
> loved  it--even 
> though I have never been a big fan of New Jersey, my 
> neighboring state,  save for 
> its No. 1 citizen, The Boss (Mr. Springsteen).
>  
> Paul Levinson
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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Fri Nov 10 14:12:43 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Fri Nov 10 14:12:47 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611102012.kAAKChi6022408@romaine.tssi.com>

> You've got to love Greg Schiano, who (like Steve Kragthorpe at Tulsa) is a
> young coach who has done a great job working with lower-tier talent and has
> taken a lesser-known program to national prominence.

Louisville's rise to a Top 10 team has been interesting to watch, as well.

Let's hope the fans at Rutgers don't get unreasonable expectations about
staying in the top 10 (or 25) year after year, like the fans at some other
Johnny-come-lately schools have done.

Personally, I'm not a snob, and I would have enjoyed seeing a school
like Louisville make it to the national championship game, regardless of the
outcome.  I doubt Rutgers will pull that trick off, even if they win their 
last two games (which I think they well might!)  

Maybe we should hope for losses by both Ohio State and Michigan so there 
are just two undefeated schools left--Rutgers and Boise State.  The football 
world as we know it might end!

Oddly enough, fans seem to relish it when a Cinderella school makes it to 
the Final Four, but I don't see that attitude in 1-A football.  Too much
money on the table, I suppose.
--
Mike Nolan

From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Fri Nov 10 14:52:08 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Fri Nov 10 14:52:12 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611102052.kAAKq8vO026062@romaine.tssi.com>

> Exactly - ESPN may keep trying to build the hype that
> their local conference is "for real," but all it
> really showed was that Louisville was highly overrated
> and would have been torched in a title game against
> OSU, Texas, USC or Florida. As I ranted in the picks
> e-mail, of COURSE all these guys are unbeaten, they've
> played 3 conference games in a weak conference and
> feasted up on cupcakes before the league slate.

Yeah, but what about schools that feasted on powermouses 
like Vanderbilt (4-6), Central Michigan (6-3), Ball State (3-7),
Northern Illinois (5-5) and Bowling Green (4-6)?  

> So that leaves a BC-Mess and I love it! I'd say that
> it leaves us with two "semifinals" of Michigan/OSU and
> the SEC title game, but there's still a lot that can
> go wrong in the SEC and there's still that little
> matter of a defending champ from Austin who has an
> easier road to 12-1. 

I'm not convinced the Huskers are back on the national scene yet, but if 
the Huskers can pull it together and defeat TAMU on the road, I wouldn't
put it past their knocking off Texas in Kansas City, which will be
close to a home game.  (And the Huskers owe Texas some payback from a
loss in the Big 12 Championship game a few years ago.)

> True - I think it'd also mess up the BCS further
> because fans and the other 1-loss teams wouldn't want
> a rematch - not to mention the team that WINS
> OSU/Michigan who will find it tough to beat a team
> twice in a row.

Aww, heck, wasn't FSU involved in a rematch title game a few years back?
I don't buy the "fans wouldn't want it" argument, unless you're referring
to fans at the other 1-loss schools.  But they'll howl no matter who gets 
in, if it isn't THEM.

BTW, the history of rematch bowl games suggests that the team that won the 
first game has about a 50-50 chance in the rematch.
--
Mike Nolan 

From cherron604 at aol.com  Fri Nov 10 15:14:33 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Fri Nov 10 15:14:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200611102012.kAAKChi6022408@romaine.tssi.com>
References: <200611102012.kAAKChi6022408@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <8C8D3245AA2330A-5B4-A231@WEBMAIL-MA15.sysops.aol.com>

I agree the storylines are great - but I want the johnny-come-lately's to eat at the feast one table below us.
 
There's alot of money on the table, and I want us to get as much of that money as possible.
 
Last year the Bowls handed out about $190 million, the Big Ten split about $44 million, so we ended up (on paper) with about $4 million (actually less, since the splits are after expenses, etc.)
 
That works out to be just over 2% of the total, pretty close to what the split would be if they just divided $190 million between the 45 teams in the Big Ten, Pac 10, SEC and Big 12.
 
So I want to cling to that 2%, and prevent anything that might diminish it.
 
Which is how the old, entrenched conferences are supposed to think about it...lol
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
 
 
 
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Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)


> You've got to love Greg Schiano, who (like Steve Kragthorpe at Tulsa) is a
> young coach who has done a great job working with lower-tier talent and has
> taken a lesser-known program to national prominence.

Louisville's rise to a Top 10 team has been interesting to watch, as well.

Let's hope the fans at Rutgers don't get unreasonable expectations about
staying in the top 10 (or 25) year after year, like the fans at some other
Johnny-come-lately schools have done.

Personally, I'm not a snob, and I would have enjoyed seeing a school
like Louisville make it to the national championship game, regardless of the
outcome.  I doubt Rutgers will pull that trick off, even if they win their 
last two games (which I think they well might!)  

Maybe we should hope for losses by both Ohio State and Michigan so there 
are just two undefeated schools left--Rutgers and Boise State.  The football 
world as we know it might end!

Oddly enough, fans seem to relish it when a Cinderella school makes it to 
the Final Four, but I don't see that attitude in 1-A football.  Too much
money on the table, I suppose.
--
Mike Nolan

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From thiegs at umn.edu  Fri Nov 10 15:39:44 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Fri Nov 10 15:39:54 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200611102012.kAAKChi6022408@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <005a01c70510$bcdfaee0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>

 

 

Mike wrote:

 

> Louisville's rise to a Top 10 team has been interesting to watch, as well.

 

I agree.  I almost mentioned Louisville, but remembered that it was John L.
Smith at the helm when they broke through.  Comparing the results at MSU and
Louisville the last few years, I kind of wonder whether Bobby Petrino might
have more to do with the Cardinals' surge than John L.  In any event, throw
Bobby Petrino into that group of good, young coaches as well.  (I hope we
can say the same about Pat Fitzgerald in retrospect after a few years; I'm
confident we will be able to.)  It also appears that Bret Bielema could be a
thorn in the sides of Big Ten opponents for years to come.

 

<snip>

 

> Personally, I'm not a snob, and I would have enjoyed seeing a school

> like Louisville make it to the national championship game, regardless of
the

> outcome.  I doubt Rutgers will pull that trick off, even if they win their


> last two games (which I think they well might!)

 

Agreed again.

 

> Maybe we should hope for losses by both Ohio State and Michigan so there 

> are just two undefeated schools left--Rutgers and Boise State.  The
football 

> world as we know it might end!

 

If it were two SEC, Big 12, or PAC 10 schools, then definitely, but with two
Big Ten schools, definitely not!  I'm all for just about anything that
improves the perception and prestige of the conference (not to mention the
extra shared revenue).  A Rutgers-Boise State matchup would not serve that
end very well--although I admit I wouldn't mind seeing that play out some
year.  :)

 

> Oddly enough, fans seem to relish it when a Cinderella school makes it to 

> the Final Four, but I don't see that attitude in 1-A football.  Too much

> money on the table, I suppose.

 

I think the difference is that the Cinderella hoops teams have to make it
through a gauntlet of four usually higher-rated Tourney teams--including at
least one or two giants--in a playoff to make it to the Final Four.  All
Boise State has to do is make it through the non-conference schedule and
then hold serve in the WAC.  It's no small accomplishment to go undefeated
at any level, mind you, but I think it's fair to say that a one- or two-loss
team from, say, the Big Ten probably might still be a better team than an
undefeated team from a mid-major conference, or even the Big East (or, this
year, the ACC).  That's not to say that Boise State or Rutgers can't be the
best team in the nation in a given year, just that many fans--including me,
I admit--will be skeptical without big wins against teams that are
recognized as powers.  Rutgers' win over Louisville certainly helped on that
front, but I've heard others who say that just goes to prove how overrated
the Cardinals were.  Very few people were on the West Virginia bandwagon
until they dominated (but still almost lost to) Georgia in the bowl game
last year.  Northwestern didn't really get much respect in 1995, despite the
win at top-10 Notre Dame, until we went into the Big House and won there
too.  That we also won against a very stingy Illinois defense, blew out
Wisconsin, and beat a very good Penn State squad just one year removed from
one of the most dominant offenses of all-time removed any doubt that the
Wildcats were just lucky a couple of times or the beneficiary of a weak
schedule (Ohio State absence notwithstanding--we would have beaten the
Buckeyes too!).

 

If we had a 16-team seeded playoff and Rutgers made it to the title game, I
don't think anyone could rationally argue that they didn't belong there.

 

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From thiegs at umn.edu  Fri Nov 10 15:59:32 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Fri Nov 10 15:59:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <005a01c70510$bcdfaee0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>
Message-ID: <005f01c70513$810340a0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>

Mike wrote:

> Louisville's rise to a Top 10 team has been interesting to watch, as well.

I agree.  I almost mentioned Louisville, but remembered that it was John L.
Smith at the helm when they broke through.  Comparing the results at MSU and
Louisville the last few years, I kind of wonder whether Bobby Petrino might
have more to do with the Cardinals' surge than John L.  In any event, throw
Bobby Petrino into that group of good, young coaches as well.  (I hope we
can say the same about Pat Fitzgerald in retrospect after a few years; I'm
confident we will be able to.)  It also appears that Bret Bielema could be a
thorn in the sides of Big Ten opponents for years to come.

<snip>

 > Personally, I'm not a snob, and I would have enjoyed seeing a school
> like Louisville make it to the national championship game, regardless of
the
> outcome.  I doubt Rutgers will pull that trick off, even if they win their
> last two games (which I think they well might!)

Agreed again.

> Maybe we should hope for losses by both Ohio State and Michigan so there 
> are just two undefeated schools left--Rutgers and Boise State.  The
football 
> world as we know it might end!

If it were two SEC, Big 12, or PAC 10 schools, then definitely, but with two
Big Ten schools, definitely not!  I'm all for just about anything that
improves the perception and prestige of the conference (not to mention the
extra shared revenue).  A Rutgers-Boise State matchup would not serve that
end very well--although I admit I wouldn't mind seeing that play out some
year.  :)

> Oddly enough, fans seem to relish it when a Cinderella school makes it to 
> the Final Four, but I don't see that attitude in 1-A football.  Too much
> money on the table, I suppose.

I think the difference is that the Cinderella hoops teams have to make it
through a gauntlet of four usually higher-rated Tourney teams--including at
least one or two giants--in a playoff to make it to the Final Four.  All
Boise State has to do is make it through the non-conference schedule and
then hold serve in the WAC.  It's no small accomplishment to go undefeated
at any level, mind you, but I think it's fair to say that a one- or two-loss
team from, say, the Big Ten probably might still be a better team than an
undefeated team from a mid-major conference, or even the Big East (or, this
year, the ACC).  That's not to say that Boise State or Rutgers can't be the
best team in the nation in a given year, just that many fans--including me,
I admit--will be skeptical without big wins against teams that are
recognized as powers.  Rutgers' win over Louisville certainly helped on that
front, but I've heard others who say that just goes to prove how overrated
the Cardinals were.  Very few people were on the West Virginia bandwagon
until they dominated (but still almost lost to) Georgia in the bowl game
last year.  Northwestern didn't really get much respect in 1995, despite the
win at top-10 Notre Dame, until we went into the Big House and won there
too.  That we also won against a very stingy Illinois defense, blew out
Wisconsin, and beat a very good Penn State squad just one year removed from
one of the most dominant offenses of all-time removed any doubt that the
Wildcats were just lucky a couple of times or the beneficiary of a weak
schedule (Ohio State absence notwithstanding--we would have beaten the
Buckeyes too!). [Edit: Of course, this should have read, "removed any doubt
that the Wildcats were NOT just lucky a couple of times or the beneficiary
of a weak schedule...."  Also, I should not have used "removed" twice in the
same sentence.]

If we had a 16-team seeded playoff and Rutgers made it to the title game, I
don't think anyone could rationally argue that they didn't belong there.

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From tbng at comcast.net  Fri Nov 10 16:29:46 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Fri Nov 10 16:29:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] To Joe Theigs
References: <005f01c70513$810340a0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>
Message-ID: <002101c70517$bbbf6da0$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

To avoid such wifely interferences while maintaining peace at home, think 
DVR.  I don't know how I ever watched TV without one, so I got two. 

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Fri Nov 10 16:53:01 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Fri Nov 10 16:53:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <005a01c70510$bcdfaee0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>
Message-ID: <20061110225301.97366.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>


> > Oddly enough, fans seem to relish it when a
> Cinderella school makes it to 
> > the Final Four, but I don't see that attitude in
> 1-A football.  Too much
> 
> I think the difference is that the Cinderella hoops
> teams have to make it
> through a gauntlet of four usually higher-rated
> Tourney teams--including at

Bingo - you hit the nail on the head there. The
Cinderellas have to "earn" it in the tourney (and with
the RPI and tourney committee actually giving big
teams INCENTIVE to play small teams), they do it in
the regular season many times as well.

And when you have cinderella teams in college
football, I think you see teams rally behind them as
well. Most notably, NU in 1995. We beat Notre Dame,
Michigan, PSU and the country was loving it.

The difference is that right now, Rutgers has not
earned that shot at the title. The only team they beat
that has sniffed the top 20 is a Louisville team whose
own ranking was inflated on a weak schedule, a win
over underachieving Miami and a home win over West
Virginia.

So when you put a team that's coasted like that up for
a title shot instead of a team like Florida or Auburn
who ran the gauntlet in the nation's toughest
conference and came up short once, then you get the
"not deserving" label. Because while Rutgers may be a
great story and Louisville has a talented offense, I
think we all know they'd lose at least once in an SEC
schedule with the Cards' porous D and Rutgers'
one-dimensional O.

Now, if Rutgers wins out -- including a season-ending
win at Morgantown, which would be more than anything
Louisville had done to earn #3 -- then I think they
deserve a shot, but it won't matter because they can't
jump that much ground from #15 to #2 in a month
anyway.

As for the title game rematch, as Mike points out, we
had an FSU-Florida rematch a few years back ... but
that was the weird 1996 year where, with no BCS, #1
FSU played #3 Florida and #2 ASU played #4 OSU in
Pasadena. It wasn't like people were clamoring for
that rematch - it was more of a case of everything
else -- Nebraska losing in the Big XII title game for
instandce -- apart. I'm not crying that FSU lost the
rematch because Bobby Bowden is perhaps my least
favorite coach ever, but it wasn't the best way to end
a season to decide a title.

The one thing that could help the OSU/Mich loser is
that they'll be done on Nov. 18 at 11-1 while the
other contenders all play two more games.

In any case, it should be a fun end to the season.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From thiegs at umn.edu  Fri Nov 10 17:12:57 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Fri Nov 10 17:12:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] To Joe Theigs
In-Reply-To: <002101c70517$bbbf6da0$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>
Message-ID: <006901c7051d$c2699bc0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>



That is a very good suggestion, Dennis, and I don't know why I didn't think
of it.  Actually, given that family time is going to preclude viewing the
replay early this evening, I am going to follow your advice and record the
game when I get home from work.  We have a dual DVR which we got when we
switched from cable to Dish about 9 months ago, and my spouse and I both
agree that the $10/month or so that we pay for the DVR function is among the
best-spent money with which we part.  I'm normally a pretty frugal guy, but
DVR has, to use a clich?, changed the way we watch TV, and is well worth it
the cost.  For those college football games that I want to see but don't
care about the commentary, I think it's great that you can jump essentially
from play-to-play and get through a whole game in just a little over an hour
while having caught all of the action.  And, unlike with a VCR, we can watch
either of two recordings on either of two different TVs simultaneously (if,
for example, my wife wants to watch something other than the game) or watch
a previous recording while recording two other shows at the same time.
Finally, of course, the ability to pause or "rewind" live TV is simply
revolutionary.  Maybe it's sad, but I now find myself getting frustrated
when I miss something on a non-DVR TV or the radio and don't have a pause or
"skip back" button!

BTW, I love the phrase "wifely interferences."  I might steal it and use it
sometime.  :)

-Joe

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Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 4:30 PM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] To Joe Theigs

To avoid such wifely interferences while maintaining peace at home, think 
DVR.  I don't know how I ever watched TV without one, so I got two. 

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From thiegs at umn.edu  Fri Nov 10 17:17:55 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Fri Nov 10 17:17:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <20061110225301.97366.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <006a01c7051e$73ff7df0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>



Stephen wrote:

> The one thing that could help the OSU/Mich loser is
> that they'll be done on Nov. 18 at 11-1 while the
> other contenders all play two more games.

You must realize that you are assuming that the Buckeyes will beat the
Wildcats tomorrow.  Come on, where's the school spirit?!?!  For shame....
;)

-Joe


From thehaze at earthlink.net  Fri Nov 10 17:29:08 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Fri Nov 10 17:29:13 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <20061110225301.97366.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20061110225301.97366.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <45550B44.60002@earthlink.net>

SjT wrote:
>The difference is that right now, Rutgers has not earned that shot at the title. The only team they beat that has sniffed >the top 20 is a Louisville team whose own ranking was inflated on a weak schedule, a win over underachieving Miami and a >home win over West Virginia.


Exactly.  Here's another reason why I'm not impressed.  Two years ago, Louisville went undefeated and played Boise State in the Liberty Bowl.  Then, they moved to a different conference.  Should we more impressed with them now because they switched leagues and are now playing crappy Big East teams instead of crappy Conference-USA teams?  I don't think so.

Jim B.


From bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 11 00:12:20 2006
From: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com (Brad Wilson)
Date: Sat Nov 11 00:12:26 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] looks like another great hoops season ... 
Message-ID: <495465.68208.qm@web51308.mail.yahoo.com>

>From the AP:

"Sophomore Adam Gore led Cornell in a 64-61 win over
Northwestern on Friday night for the Big Red?s first
victory against a Big Ten team in nearly 40 years."

Oh goodie. 

This latest disaster is to a non-scholarship team, at
home, and a traditionally weak Ivy program. 

Yes, I know the team is young, new players, etc. etc.,
etc.  But this suggests massive improvement will be
necessary to win just a few games against anybody,
much less in the Big Ten.

This would be a timely moment to note that NU's
wrestling team is nationally-ranked and a Big Ten
title contender -- much more worthy of your time and
effort than the continuing basketball follies. Catch
them at home this weekend!!!

Brad Wilson


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From tbng at comcast.net  Sat Nov 11 05:28:24 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sat Nov 11 05:28:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] looks like another great hoops season ... 
References: <495465.68208.qm@web51308.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000701c70584$8053dc70$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

<Yes, I know the team is young, new players, etc. etc. etc.

"Seems to me I've heard that song before"

You supply the melody.  The words are REAL old, perennial, in fact.  When 
the #*(^&*(! are we going to get a basketball team?  We're always reloading 
or building for the future.  When does the future arrive? 

From cyrilku at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 11 08:25:02 2006
From: cyrilku at yahoo.com (Cyril S. Ku)
Date: Sat Nov 11 08:25:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <c80.5fd7c8d.32862211@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20061111142502.41031.qmail@web53313.mail.yahoo.com>

--- NEONRye@aol.com wrote:

> ... 
> I just loved  it--even 
> though I have never been a big fan of New Jersey, my
> neighboring state,  save for 
> its No. 1 citizen, The Boss (Mr. Springsteen).
>  
> Paul Levinson
> 

Paul, your entire neighboring state is a huge suburb
of your city. I know many people live in New Jersey
and take a train ride to work on Wall Street. After
all, it is the "Garden State".

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From michael.vance at att.net  Sat Nov 11 09:31:46 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Sat Nov 11 09:31:54 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <20061111142502.41031.qmail@web53313.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20061111142502.41031.qmail@web53313.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4555ECE2.1000802@att.net>

Cyril S. Ku wrote:
> Paul, your entire neighboring state is a huge suburb
> of your city.
Now, Cyril, that's not true.  Parts of New Jersey are suburbs of 
Philadelphia. :-)

-Michael

From cyrilku at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 11 10:33:20 2006
From: cyrilku at yahoo.com (Cyril S. Ku)
Date: Sat Nov 11 10:33:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
In-Reply-To: <4555ECE2.1000802@att.net>
Message-ID: <20061111163320.31868.qmail@web53302.mail.yahoo.com>

Yes, New Jersey does not have much of an identity.
Many of the TV stations are from New York and
Philadelphia. The Giants and the Jets are playing in
New Jersey yet they are the New York Giants and the
New York Jets.

Well, back to the Cats. No one talk about our big game
today. I am anxiously waiting for the game this
afternoon. Let me be the first one on this list to say
it:

WE WILL BEAT THE #1 FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE NATION TODAY!

We have nothing to lose but many to gain. Go Bacher!
Go Sutton!! GO CATS!!!

Cyril Ku

--- Michael Vance <michael.vance@att.net> wrote:

> Cyril S. Ku wrote:
> > Paul, your entire neighboring state is a huge
> suburb
> > of your city.
> Now, Cyril, that's not true.  Parts of New Jersey
> are suburbs of 
> Philadelphia. :-)
> 
> -Michael
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Sat Nov 11 11:09:34 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov 11 11:09:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
Message-ID: <c78.4e62b6c.32875dce@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 11/11/2006 11:34:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cyrilku@yahoo.com writes:

WE WILL  BEAT THE #1 FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE NATION TODAY!



Man, I hope so. One thing for sure. all those buckys and their fans  will 
freeze with light rain turning to snow  showers.
From thehaze at earthlink.net  Sat Nov 11 11:23:07 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Sat Nov 11 11:23:12 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] looks like another great hoops season ...
In-Reply-To: <495465.68208.qm@web51308.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <495465.68208.qm@web51308.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <455606FB.6060906@earthlink.net>

Will somebody tell me why Carmody is the right coach for Northwestern? I 
don't see it. He might be a great guy. He might be an excellent 
fundamentals guy. But he absolutely cannot recruit. Why? Because decent 
player wants to play his style of basketball. I see where Mike 
Montgomery is available . . .


Brad Wilson wrote:
> >From the AP:
>
> "Sophomore Adam Gore led Cornell in a 64-61 win over
> Northwestern on Friday night for the Big Red?s first
> victory against a Big Ten team in nearly 40 years."
>
> Oh goodie. 
>
> This latest disaster is to a non-scholarship team, at
> home, and a traditionally weak Ivy program. 
>
> Yes, I know the team is young, new players, etc. etc.,
> etc.  But this suggests massive improvement will be
> necessary to win just a few games against anybody,
> much less in the Big Ten.
>
> This would be a timely moment to note that NU's
> wrestling team is nationally-ranked and a Big Ten
> title contender -- much more worthy of your time and
> effort than the continuing basketball follies. Catch
> them at home this weekend!!!
>
> Brad Wilson
>
>
> "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.
>
> "We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular." -- Edward R. Murrow, 1954.
>
> "Quis ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal
>
>
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From artmiller1 at hotmail.com  Sat Nov 11 11:40:31 2006
From: artmiller1 at hotmail.com (Arthur Miller)
Date: Sat Nov 11 11:40:30 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] looks like another great hoops season ...
In-Reply-To: <495465.68208.qm@web51308.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-DAV24E5D075863D0B7F070A1F8AF60@phx.gbl>

I share your concern, but wanted to point out that Carmody's teams always
seem to start slow and give away 1-2 wins in Nov/Dec that usually come back
to haunt them when it comes to post-season play.  Examples would be the
UNC-Wilmington and DePaul losses from last year, or the Utah State loss in
2004.  Perhaps it has something to do with the complexity of the offense.

-Art Miller

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Behalf Of Brad Wilson
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 12:12 AM
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] looks like another great hoops season ... 

>From the AP:

"Sophomore Adam Gore led Cornell in a 64-61 win over
Northwestern on Friday night for the Big Red's first
victory against a Big Ten team in nearly 40 years."

Oh goodie. 

This latest disaster is to a non-scholarship team, at
home, and a traditionally weak Ivy program. 

Yes, I know the team is young, new players, etc. etc.,
etc.  But this suggests massive improvement will be
necessary to win just a few games against anybody,
much less in the Big Ten.


From christopher_bailey at yahoo.com  Tue Nov  7 14:37:32 2006
From: christopher_bailey at yahoo.com (Christopher Bailey)
Date: Sat Nov 11 13:20:19 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Ross Lane on WGN post game
In-Reply-To: <fcb3ee270611071231x3f9b5732h17145f947628b7f9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20061107203732.69839.qmail@web60315.mail.yahoo.com>

--- Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges@gmail.com> wrote:

> In any case this may have been the coaches protecting him
> because of the injury from which it took a while to recover.

That was what I was thinking, which was why I wa surprised at what
I heard.

> What Lane was probably trying to convey was the fact that Bacher
> came back from a lot of adversity in the off season

THAT makes much more sense.

Christopher
christophe_bailey@yahoo.com


From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Sat Nov 11 13:50:34 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov 11 13:51:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers
Message-ID: <c12.8871cf5.3287838a@aol.com>

Pretty good game with Whisky still ahead, normally I pull for Whisky as I  
spent many weekends in Madison during college '67-'71 (Evanston being the  
lamest college town, Provo without scenery)  But I will pull for Iowa as it  will 
make us look better.  Repeat 2004, go CATS! beat  dOSU
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Nov 11 14:22:19 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Nov 11 14:22:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat during the game
Message-ID: <001101c705cf$171c0570$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Same place as always

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 11 14:52:25 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Nov 11 14:52:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Replay, where art thou?
Message-ID: <20061111205226.13453.qmail@web52910.mail.yahoo.com>

Dangit ... we have a nice drive and confidence going,
make a key 3rd down conversion and then have it ripped
away ...

AFTER HERBERT WAS DOWN.

But no replay. Why? It was certainly close and
probably our ball with a knee down before the ball was
out.

Too bad, because it looks like it got OSU rolling and
shook our confidence a bit.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

PS - Like the black pants ... hate all the red in the stands.

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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Sat Nov 11 15:12:03 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov 11 15:12:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Replay, where art thou?
Message-ID: <533.bb46c9e.328796a3@aol.com>

A coach only gets one replay challenge per game and if it fails costs a  
timeout, not something you do on the first series, but given the 21-0 score in  
the first quarter, what's the difference
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 11 15:21:27 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Nov 11 15:21:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Standings and polls
Message-ID: <20061111212127.23415.qmail@web52906.mail.yahoo.com>

Oops - had this ready to go but forgot to get it out
(as you can see by my rankings below, giving Auburn
and Louisville way too much credit :) ). So anyway, to
the honor roll ...

UNANIMOUS PICKS

* OHIO STATE over Illinois
* MICHIGAN over Ball State

Both survived scares, but they won

UPSET SPECIALS

* MINNESOTA over Indiana: Picked by Jim Bendat, Matt
Barnard, Brad Wilson, Alan Wolfson, Marilyn Zilka,
Chuck Herron and yours truly.
* LSU over Tennessee: John Labbe, Phredd Groves, Matt
Barnard, Carl Rossi
* WAKE FOREST over Boston College: Kelly Sevilla, Mark
Ament

Now to the big board ...

                     PICKS RECORD        UPSETS
LW TW  Name	     Wk 10 Overall Pct.  W10 Ovrl Wks
=====================================================
 1  1) Trey McAdams   6-4   91-24  .791   0   2   10
 2  2) Marilyn Zilka  8-2   90-25  .783   1   5   10
 2  3) Chris Bailey   7-3   89-26  .774   0   2   10
 2  3) Chuck Herron   7-3   89-26  .774   1   5   10
 6  5) Ivars Embrekts 7-3   69-21  .767   0   2    8
 8  6) Brad Wilson    7-3   80-25  .762   1   3    9
 5  7) Mark Ament     6-4   72-23  .758   1   1    8
 7  8) Stephen Truog  6-4   87-28  .757   1   4   10
12  9) Matt Barnard   7-3   79-26  .752   2   2    9
13 10) Alan Wolfson   7-3   86-29  .748   1   1   10
17 11) Clark Zahn     ---   63-22  .741   -   2    7
21 12) Kelly Sevilla  8-2   85-30  .739   1   3   10
10 12) Brian Winkler  5-5   85-30  .739   0   3   10
 9 14) Michael Vance  5-5   70-25  .737   0   1    8
18 15) Carl Rossi     7-3   55-20  .733   1   7    7
10 16) Ryan Farney    4-6   84-31  .730   0   0   10
21 16) Phredd Groves  7-3   84-31  .730   1   4   10
14 16) John Hodges    6-4   84-31  .730   0   1   10
14 16) John Labbe     6-4   84-31  .730   1   2   10
14 16) Eric Steffe    6-4   84-31  .730   0   1   10
19 21) Jim Bendat     5-5   75-30  .714   1   2    9
25 22) Sam Wolfson    7-3   82-33  .713   0   2   10
19 23) John Lieske    4-6   74-31  .705   0   3    9
23 24) Ray Stahl      4-6   80-35  .696   0   4   10
26 25) Peg Wolfe      6-4   66-29  .695   0   3    8
27 26) Jim Leonard    ---   65-30  .684   -   4    8
24 27) Bruce Taylor   4-6   61-29  .678   0   0    8
28 28) Bob Waldele    3-7   56-34  .622   0   3    8
29 29) Ace McInturff  4-6   69-46  .600   0   7   10

Not eligible at this time (must be in 2/3 of weeks)
----------------------------------------------------
xx xx) Michael Whelan 4-6   57-18  .760   0   1    6
xx xx) Joe Thiegs     ---   44-11  .800	  -   0    4
xx xx) David Warner   ---   39-16  .709	  -   0    4
xx xx) Arthur Miller  ---   31- 9  .775   -   1    3
xx xx) Neil Kaplan    ---   26- 4  .867   -   1    2
xx xx) T. Haleas      ---   14- 1  .933	  -   0    1
xx xx) Jason Singer   ---   14- 1  .933   -   1    1
xx xx) Roger Bradshaw ---   13- 2  .867   -   0    1
xx xx) Harlan Hieber  ---   11- 4  .733   -   0	   1

And now to the rankings for this week ...

LW TW  SjTOP 25 COLLEGE RANKINGS
================================
 1  1) OHIO STATE - Illini always pesky for future
MNCs
 2  2) MICHIGAN - Virtual loss ... but WVU really lost
 4  3) TEXAS - Getting better every week on road to AZ
 5  4) AUBURN - Bit of a breather, still alive for BCS
 9  5) LOUISVILLE - Not convinced they deserve a shot
 6  6) FLORIDA - Atlanta and FSU game away from BCS
 8  7) CALIFORNIA - Trojans, and Roses?, await Bears
10  8) SOUTHERN CAL - Brutal stretch begins now
11  9) ARKANSAS - Survived a Spurrier scare
13 10) LSU - Finally got that big road win for coach
 7 11) TENNESSEE - Home heartbreak kills BCS hopes
12 12) NOTRE DAME - Another mediocre win vs. so-so foe
 3 13) WEST VIRGINIA - Messed up big in bid for
respect
14 14) OKLAHOMA - Another big win in Aggieland
16 15) WISCONSIN - Tough D keeps Badgers on track
20 16) RUTGERS - Biggest game in Jersey evah, baby!
21 17) WAKE FOREST - Are they in the ACC lead? Wow!
18 18) BOISE STATE - Broncs not up to BCS caliber
19 19) GEORGIA TECH - Headed to Jacksonville
NR 20) MARYLAND - Gritty win keeps Turtles in ACC hunt
NR 21) NEBRASKA - Win sets up rematch with the Horns
22 22) VIRGINIA TECH - Is the ACC getting deeper ...
15 23) BOSTON COLLEGE - ... or merely a mediocre mess?
NR 24) OREGON - Sneaking back in with Wazzu's loss
17 25) CLEMSON - Tough loss kills big bowl plans

DROPPED OUT: (23) Texas A&M, (24) Penn State, (25)
Washington State
OTHERS TO WATCH: Not many others left! BYU?

GO CATS!!!
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From christopher_bailey at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 11 17:07:09 2006
From: christopher_bailey at yahoo.com (Christopher Bailey)
Date: Sat Nov 11 17:07:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] When it was 47-10 ...
Message-ID: <20061111230709.73533.qmail@web60318.mail.yahoo.com>

ABC switched, here in NYC, to the California-Arizona game.

Sigh.  #$%ing turnovers.

Christopher Bailey
christopher_bailey@yhoo.com


From tbng at comcast.net  Sat Nov 11 17:09:59 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sat Nov 11 17:10:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Replay, where art thou?
References: <533.bb46c9e.328796a3@aol.com>
Message-ID: <001b01c705e6$8303a6a0$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

POP! goes the expectations.
From cyrilku at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 11 17:16:44 2006
From: cyrilku at yahoo.com (Cyril S. Ku)
Date: Sat Nov 11 17:16:47 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] When it was 47-10 ...
In-Reply-To: <20061111230709.73533.qmail@web60318.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061111231644.76818.qmail@web53309.mail.yahoo.com>

Ohio State is good but we made it easy for them. Here
in New Jersey, they switched to Cal-Ariz game with a
few seconds left in the 3rd quarter.

@#$%^&*()!!!!!

Cyrio Ku

--- Christopher Bailey <christopher_bailey@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> ABC switched, here in NYC, to the California-Arizona
> game.
> 
> Sigh.  #$%ing turnovers.
> 
> Christopher Bailey
> christopher_bailey@yhoo.com
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From tbng at comcast.net  Sat Nov 11 17:45:10 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sat Nov 11 17:45:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] When it was 47-10 ...
References: <20061111231644.76818.qmail@web53309.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000701c705eb$6d878580$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

Harrisburg, PA switched, too.  Why not?

From clzahn at mindspring.com  Sat Nov 11 19:08:25 2006
From: clzahn at mindspring.com (Clark Zahn)
Date: Sat Nov 11 19:08:36 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Replay, where art thou?
In-Reply-To: <533.bb46c9e.328796a3@aol.com>
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MHRJGScott@aol.com wrote:
> A coach only gets one replay challenge per game and if it fails costs a  
> timeout, not something you do on the first series, but given the 21-0 score in  
> the first quarter, what's the difference
>   
He could have called a timeout, though.  That would have given the 
replay officials time to catch the bad call.

From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Sat Nov 11 20:19:15 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Sat Nov 11 20:19:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] looks like another great hoops season ...
In-Reply-To: <495465.68208.qm@web51308.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <495465.68208.qm@web51308.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <455684A3.4080109@bellatlantic.net>

My guess is that another lousy basketball season and not even Carmody's 
friendship with Bienen will save him. By contrast, despite the blowout 
by Ohio State, the football program shows a lot of promise for next 
year, We have a QB, some better than decent supporting players and the 
probability that Fitzgerald will be able to make some changes on the 
defensive coaching staff. Had NU not self destructed in the first few 
minutes of the first quarter. it would have been much more of a game 
against the number on team in the country.

John DeGroat

John DeGroat

Brad Wilson wrote:

>>From the AP:
>
>"Sophomore Adam Gore led Cornell in a 64-61 win over
>Northwestern on Friday night for the Big Red?s first
>victory against a Big Ten team in nearly 40 years."
>
>Oh goodie. 
>
>This latest disaster is to a non-scholarship team, at
>home, and a traditionally weak Ivy program. 
>
>Yes, I know the team is young, new players, etc. etc.,
>etc.  But this suggests massive improvement will be
>necessary to win just a few games against anybody,
>much less in the Big Ten.
>
>This would be a timely moment to note that NU's
>wrestling team is nationally-ranked and a Big Ten
>title contender -- much more worthy of your time and
>effort than the continuing basketball follies. Catch
>them at home this weekend!!!
>
>Brad Wilson
>
>
>"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.
>
>"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular." -- Edward R. Murrow, 1954.
>
>"Quis ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal
>
>
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 11 22:42:44 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Nov 11 22:42:50 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What a wild day!
Message-ID: <20061112044244.59174.qmail@web52909.mail.yahoo.com>

THIS is why no other sport comes close to matching
college football in excitement and unpredictability
year-in and year-out. What a day! Too bad we couldn't
add to the excitement.

First the bad - yes, we got our butts kicked by the #1
team. No surprise there. But there were a lot of
positives for NU to take out of the game -- we moved
the ball well on the Bucks and outgained them in the
first half. 

Yes, we made it too easy with turnovers, but that
first turnover (which SHOULD have been overturned had
the replay operater not been asleep at the wheel)
really killed our opening momentum and set the tone
for the day. And yeah, we gave up a few big plays, but
it was nice to see the D aggressive at the end of the
half and get burned instead of waiting for Smith to
pick us apart. 

And I'll echo those comments on McManis. This kid's
gonna be a star. I'm not sure he reminds me of Ismaeli
because I don't see him as a blitzer as much ... he's
something I can't recall NU ever having, a true cover
corner who can shut down a top receiver. With McManis,
Bacher, Sutton and company back next year, the future
looks bright.

Now for the day of college football ...

Auburn? Gone. Cal? Oops. Now Texas?!?! Sure McCoy was
injured, but he didn't play defense. What a phenomenal
game in Manhattan and a gutsy call on 3rd down there
at the end by KSU!

And Florida, Boise State and others just escaped the
upset bug, as did #1 and #2 last week.

You gotta love college football!

Who benefits? I'm not sure - it's gonna be real
interesting to see where everyone is in the BCS
rankings tomorrow. Initial instincts say that, sadly,
this helps West Virginia and Notre Dame leap right
back up there. But they still need help.

I think the SEC teams control their destiny - if
Arkansas or Florida run the table, it's going to be
real hard to deny them a shot (the Razorbacks looked
awfully impressive tonight) ... the only one who
really could overtake a 1-loss SEC team is USC because
of their win at Arkansas and their final stretch of
Cal and Notre Dame (though those two aren't looking as
impressive these days).

And the possibility of a rematch in Arizona looks more
and more likely as well. A close game in Columbus will
make it tough to drop Michigan or OSU far -- Oklahoma
and Nebraska lost by huge margins in their final games
in recent years of the BCS and still only dropped to
#2, so that's a big possibility now. And hey, why not
Rutgers?:)

But if I had to make a guess after today ...

BCS CHAMPIONSHIP: Ohio State vs. Florida
- The Gators top FSU and Arkansas to go 12-1 and they
pass up USC in a controversial BCS rankings finale to
meet the Big Ten champs in a battle for #1. And if
this works out, to be honest, the system probably
would have gotten it right as the OSU/UM winner will
clearly be #1 and the winner of the nation's best
conference is probably a worthy #2 out of the 1-loss
team mess.

ROSE: Michigan vs. Southern Cal
- Pasadena is one heck of a consolation prize, and it
could be a whopper of a game with a possible 2-3 poll
matchup here if SC wins out. Rose gets first pick if
they lose OSU to the title game, so they'll take the
Wolverines for a true Rose Bowl game.

SUGAR: Notre Dame vs. West Virginia
- The Sugar gets the #2 pick if they lose the SEC
champ to the title game and there might be a lot of
pressure to pick Arkansas, but they go with the Irish
to fill seats against the Big East champ.

ORANGE: Wake Forest vs. Arkansas
- Wild matchup here as Wake is going strong, but it
could be GaTech or Maryland as well. But none of 'em
will bring as many fans as an SEC school (or Wisconsin
- but could they take THREE Big Ten teams?:) ) - with
Auburn, Tennessee and LSU dropping the ball, the Hogs
wind up in Miami.

FIESTA: Texas vs. Boise State
- Stuck with the last pick, the Fiesta may have to
take the Broncos by default if they're in the top 12,
otherwise we could get the Big XII champ Horns against
a Pac 10 school perhaps? Or maybe work out a deal with
the Orange for a Big XII school (Oklahoma) to go to
Miami and send the Razorbacks here for a rekindling of
the UT-Arkansas rivalry? Now that'd sell tickets!

Aside for a few hours in Evanston, what a great day
for the pigskin!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From tbng at comcast.net  Sun Nov 12 06:14:55 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sun Nov 12 06:15:04 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis
References: <20061112044244.59174.qmail@web52909.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000901c70654$2a95fa40$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

There have been some comparisons of McManis to Ismaeli.  Ismaeli's only 
really great year was '95 when Barnett put him in an experienced secondary 
and assigned him the duty of creating havoc all over the field.  He was a 
wild card that had to have concerned opponents.  Once ensconced at 
cornerback, though, his effectiveness diminished because he wasn't a great 
cover man, exhibited by the fact that he never had an NFL career.  McManis 
is already the best NU cornerback I can recall.  He made some NFL-caliber 
cover plays yesterday against a quality receiving corps.  We need more 
players like Sherrick McManis.

Does he play basketball?

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Nov 12 07:03:17 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Nov 12 07:03:08 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis
In-Reply-To: <000901c70654$2a95fa40$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>
Message-ID: <001201c7065a$ebc4b930$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I would suggest that at least one of our commits, Mabin, has similar
characteristics to McManis...

And so does the kid from Evanston.

Fast and Aggressive makes a good CB 

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:15 AM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis
> 
> 
> There have been some comparisons of McManis to Ismaeli.  
> Ismaeli's only 
> really great year was '95 when Barnett put him in an 
> experienced secondary 
> and assigned him the duty of creating havoc all over the 
> field.  He was a 
> wild card that had to have concerned opponents.  Once ensconced at 
> cornerback, though, his effectiveness diminished because he 
> wasn't a great 
> cover man, exhibited by the fact that he never had an NFL 
> career.  McManis 
> is already the best NU cornerback I can recall.  He made some 
> NFL-caliber 
> cover plays yesterday against a quality receiving corps.  We 
> need more 
> players like Sherrick McManis.
> 
> Does he play basketball?
> 
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Sun Nov 12 07:38:34 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 12 07:38:40 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What a wild day!
Message-ID: <c4a.6b0ea57.32887dda@aol.com>

Good analysis, but I don't think the SEC is the best conference this  year. 
Arkansas is the only really good team. As much as I would like to see the  
gators win because it makes so many of my friends happy, I think a dOSU v  
Michigan replay might be the best match up if their game next weekend is  close.
From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Sun Nov 12 08:02:06 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Sun Nov 12 08:03:19 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis
In-Reply-To: <001201c7065a$ebc4b930$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <068c01c70663$23786450$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

Who recruited this kid?  It couldn't have been that lame ineffective DB
coach could it? <g>

How was he able to recruit someone like this to a school that supposedly
wasn't attractive to the sort of athletes that are needed for that position
(or however the argument that appeared on this list a while ago was supposed
to go)?

Now we have another of perhaps equal skills waiting in the wings?

I'm telling you folks, Fitz understands that defenses win titles and we are
going to see the end of the era of weak "bend don't break" defensive
philosophy at NU.  

If we are going to have an attacking defense that can put pressure on the QB
(what a concept), we have to have strong DB's that can cover 1 on 1.

OSU won't have Troy next year.  Henne is gone from UoM the year after that.
The two major road blocks for NU to win the BT are going to be breaking in
young QB's over the next two years and we're building an aggressive defense
that can stuff the run and put pressure on the QB.  

I like it!

Jeff  

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From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Roy Lamberton
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:03 AM
To: 'Dennis W. Brandt'; nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis

I would suggest that at least one of our commits, Mabin, has similar
characteristics to McManis...

And so does the kid from Evanston.

Fast and Aggressive makes a good CB 

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:15 AM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis
> 
> 
> There have been some comparisons of McManis to Ismaeli.  
> Ismaeli's only
> really great year was '95 when Barnett put him in an experienced 
> secondary and assigned him the duty of creating havoc all over the 
> field.  He was a wild card that had to have concerned opponents.  Once 
> ensconced at cornerback, though, his effectiveness diminished because 
> he wasn't a great cover man, exhibited by the fact that he never had 
> an NFL career.  McManis is already the best NU cornerback I can 
> recall.  He made some NFL-caliber cover plays yesterday against a 
> quality receiving corps.  We need more players like Sherrick McManis.
> 
> Does he play basketball?
> 
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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Sun Nov 12 09:27:35 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Sun Nov 12 09:27:39 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What a wild day! 
Message-ID: <200611121527.kACFRZ3d027704@romaine.tssi.com>

You forgot to mention that Wake Forest handed Bobby Bowden his first
shutout at home--ever!  And the game wasn't as close as the 30-0 score
indicated.  By the 4th quarter the stands in Tallahassee were nearly empty, 
except for those who decided to stick around to boo, and, of course, the 
joyful fans from Wake Forest.

Penn State didn't drop a stitch with JoePa watching from home.  I suspect
they'll find some way to get him into the pressbox for the finale against
Sparty, which fell apart against Minnesota and will not be bowl eliible.

Indiana and Minnesota both need to win their finales (against Purdue and 
Iowa, respectively) in order to be bowl eligible.  Right now the Big 10
has only 6 bowl eligible teams.
--
Mike Nolan

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 12 09:54:19 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 12 09:54:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What a wild day! 
In-Reply-To: <200611121527.kACFRZ3d027704@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <20061112155419.29436.qmail@web52912.mail.yahoo.com>

> You forgot to mention that Wake Forest handed Bobby
> Bowden his first
> shutout at home--ever!  And the game wasn't as close

Good point - I was amazed by that score as well. In a
normal year, Wake Forest, Maryland and GaTech would be
the talk of the country. But with Rutgers and Arkansas
starting to get some notice, forget about it!

And watching Miami and Florida State just
self-destruct this year after years of bending every
rule, cutting every corner and hitting to the echo of
every whistle with rules for "international players,"
it's nice to see some of these ACC teams stand up to
their perennial bullies and give them some payback!

> Penn State didn't drop a stitch with JoePa watching
> from home.  I suspect
> they'll find some way to get him into the pressbox

Heck, I expect him to be running out of the tunnel for
the home finale!:) But yeah, it'll take a miracle to
keep him away from Beaver Stadium for the finale and a
probable berth in the Outback Bowl.

BTW, Penn State's offense has been frustrating this
year with a new QB and mistakes, but they really
haven't fallen far. Their four losses? A combined 41-2
this year and those two losses were both to Michigan.

> Indiana and Minnesota both need to win their finales
> (against Purdue and 

I think Minny gets the win the way Iowa's flopping to
the finish and the Gophers waking up after a
disastrous start to the season. Indiana is a bigger
question. They're capable of beating Purdue and if the
game comes down to a kick, I like the Hoosiers ... but
they might pack it in as well.

> Right now the Big 10
> has only 6 bowl eligible teams.

And two almost certainly will make the BCS, so the
folks in Phoenix and Detroit may be looking for other
leagues to fill the games.

But what speaks for the depth of the league -- even in
a year like this -- is that we have 8 teams going into
the final game bowl eligible or playing to be bowl
eligible ... and the other three teams weren't that
far away. MSU - as we all know - self-imploded and
with a new coach next year, may actually figure out
how to finish a season. And Illinois and NU are both
improving teams who -- had they gotten a few breaks
earlier in the year with the Illini's close losses and
NU having a healthy Bacher -- might be playing for a
bowl berth in Evanston this weekend as well.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 12 10:06:31 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 12 10:06:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What a wild day!
In-Reply-To: <c4a.6b0ea57.32887dda@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20061112160631.30996.qmail@web52902.mail.yahoo.com>

> Good analysis, but I don't think the SEC is the best
> conference this  year. 
> Arkansas is the only really good team. As much as I

The problem is - if the SEC isn't, who is?

The Big XII? Some of the lower pack are improving,
like Okie State, KSU and Mizzou, but still not there.

The ACC? They're a mess of mediocrity with no one
scared of the two old bullies from FSU/Miami anymore,
but no real stellar team.

The Pac 10? Fun football and some good teams at the
top, but the depth isn't there.

The Big Least? Uh ... next! Seriously, their big three
can't beat any other league's top three and after that
it's really bad.

The Big Ten is the only league that's close as they
usually match the SEC year-for-year in depth and teams
at the top. But while we definitely have the edge in
teams at the top this year, the depth is a bit shaky.
Yes, 8 of the 11 teams are still in the bowl hunt, but
instead of the usual 3-5 very good teams on top, we
have two super teams and the middle has dropped a bit.

It's close as usual with the Big Ten and SEC, but with
their bottom tier like Vandy and Kentucky improved, I
give the SEC the egde. They may lack the stud at the
top (though Florida or Arkansas would give
OSU/Michigan a heck of a game), but after the top two,
they still have Rocky Top, Auburn, Georgia, Alabama,
LSU and Spurrier State and that's tough to find in any
other league. Especially those speedy defenses.

But it still has to play out, of course - I could see
Arkansas losing to LSU but beating Florida ... USC
losing to Cal but beating ND and WVU beating Rutgers
and more chaos ensuing. Then we'd easily have a
rematch of Saturday's game in Columbus.

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From tkmaycock at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 12 10:37:18 2006
From: tkmaycock at yahoo.com (Tom Maycock)
Date: Sun Nov 12 10:37:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU v. OSU
In-Reply-To: <20061112155419.29436.qmail@web52912.mail.yahoo.com>
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The good news was that the talent gap between NU and OSU seems smaller
than it's ever been (excepting, of course, 95 and 96 when we didn't get
to see them go head-to-head). That's particularly impressive given
OSU's #1 ranking. 

And the coaching staff seems more than capable of getting the team
ready for a big challenge. 

The bad news was obviously the turnovers. We looked amazingly crisp on
just about every offensive play, except on the few painful
blunders--many of them self-inflicted. 

It's (very) odd to be encouraged after a 40-point loss, but that's how
it feels. Disappointed too, of course, but I kind of figured this game
was all about next year, and the year after that. And from that
standpoint, it was mostly good news.

Re. McManis--I happened to watch him line up against Ginn on the play
where he made the interception, and his coverage was perfect the whole
way. I was actually happy to see the ball thrown that way, wondering
what would happen. And he made the play, which he always seems to do. 

I think *everyone* in the stadium was watching those two on the later
TD pass to Ginn. McManis was only a step behind, and only a spectacular
pass (under heavy pressure) got the ball in there. I'm sure it will go
down as a lesson learned. 

Mcmanis did get dinged up making yet another solo tackle on punt
coverage. Looked like they were stretching out a cramp or something, so
hopefully he'll be OK for Illinois.

Tom

From prplehaze at insightbb.com  Sun Nov 12 11:05:11 2006
From: prplehaze at insightbb.com (Mark Ament)
Date: Sun Nov 12 11:05:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What a wild day!
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I have stayed out of this blasting of the Big East for about a week now, 
and promised myself I wouldn't get involved at all, but after yesterday 
for it to continue was just too much.  Why anyone continues to believe 
the SEC is the best conference is beyond me.  How have they shown it on 
the field?  With the exception of Tennessee's win over Cal in the 
opener, which was Longshore's first game in two years, SEC teams have no 
noteworthy out of conference wins.  The fact is, for the most part, they 
refuse to play anyone out of the conference.  Florida's out of 
conference schedule consists So. Miss, UCF, Western Carolina and FSU, 
all noted heavyweights.  I'll give you Florida State in most years, but 
otherwise where's the decent team?

There has been a lot of talk about the Big East's weak non-conference 
schedule.  Louisville played at Kansas State (who beat Texas), game was 
scheduled when it was a consistent top 10 school.  The Cards played 
Miami, ranked 17 at the time and usually in top 5 at the time game was 
scheduled. Louisville has asked every school in the SEC, ACC, Big XII 
and Big Ten for games and has been turned down and/or has had contracts 
canceled by every school except Kentucky(required by state politics 
although UK wishes it weren't so), NC State in future years, and Georgia 
in 2010,2011.  Louisville has even offered to play several SEC schools 
at neutral sites and been turned down. You can't toughen up your 
schedule if no one will agree to play you.  It is the ultimate in 
hypocrisy for these SEC coaches to stand up and bitch about Louisville 
or Rutgers having a high BCS ranking because they are undefeated but 
don't play the "tough" SEC schedule and then refuse to schedule these 
same schools when given the opportunity. 

Anyway, back to the original point, I don't think the SEC is the best 
conference this year because all they have proved so far is that they 
can beat each other up.  They haven't gone out and proved that they can 
beat anyone else.  In fact, there are so few games between top teams 
from different conferences because of the BCS rankings, that we can't 
really tell anything until bowl games anymore.  That said, I would put 
the SEC about third or fourth behind the Big Ten, Pac 10 and the Big East.
Mark

SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:
>> Good analysis, but I don't think the SEC is the best
>> conference this  year. 
>> Arkansas is the only really good team. As much as I
>>     
>
> The problem is - if the SEC isn't, who is?
>
> The Big XII? Some of the lower pack are improving,
> like Okie State, KSU and Mizzou, but still not there.
>
> The ACC? They're a mess of mediocrity with no one
> scared of the two old bullies from FSU/Miami anymore,
> but no real stellar team.
>
> The Pac 10? Fun football and some good teams at the
> top, but the depth isn't there.
>
> The Big Least? Uh ... next! Seriously, their big three
> can't beat any other league's top three and after that
> it's really bad.
>
> The Big Ten is the only league that's close as they
> usually match the SEC year-for-year in depth and teams
> at the top. But while we definitely have the edge in
> teams at the top this year, the depth is a bit shaky.
> Yes, 8 of the 11 teams are still in the bowl hunt, but
> instead of the usual 3-5 very good teams on top, we
> have two super teams and the middle has dropped a bit.
>
> It's close as usual with the Big Ten and SEC, but with
> their bottom tier like Vandy and Kentucky improved, I
> give the SEC the egde. They may lack the stud at the
> top (though Florida or Arkansas would give
> OSU/Michigan a heck of a game), but after the top two,
> they still have Rocky Top, Auburn, Georgia, Alabama,
> LSU and Spurrier State and that's tough to find in any
> other league. Especially those speedy defenses.
>
> But it still has to play out, of course - I could see
> Arkansas losing to LSU but beating Florida ... USC
> losing to Cal but beating ND and WVU beating Rutgers
> and more chaos ensuing. Then we'd easily have a
> rematch of Saturday's game in Columbus.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
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From thehaze at earthlink.net  Sun Nov 12 11:16:32 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Sun Nov 12 11:16:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What a wild day!
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Fine -- please, anything other than OSU vs. $C in the title game.  The 
two most despicable teams in America.  Please, Michigan, Florida, 
somebody -- spare us from that horrific possiblity.

MHRJGScott@aol.com wrote:
> Good analysis, but I don't think the SEC is the best conference this  year. 
> Arkansas is the only really good team. As much as I would like to see the  
> gators win because it makes so many of my friends happy, I think a dOSU v  
> Michigan replay might be the best match up if their game next weekend is  close.
>   


From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 12 14:37:21 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 12 14:37:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU v. OSU
In-Reply-To: <20061112163718.66635.qmail@web33109.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061112203721.7900.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com>

> It's (very) odd to be encouraged after a 40-point
> loss, but that's how

True - I think those early turnovers certainly decided
the game quickly, but we kept playing and showed that
we're a few mistakes away from hanging in there.

> Re. McManis--I happened to watch him line up against
> Ginn on the play
> where he made the interception, and his coverage was

That was amazing. Like I said, he's not really the
blitzer Hudaifa was, more of a shutdown corner and
that's something that'd be HUGE for our defense to get
because we could then focus on the shutting down the
run more and more.

> I think *everyone* in the stadium was watching those
> two on the later
> TD pass to Ginn. McManis was only a step behind, and
> only a spectacular

It seemed to me at first like Ginn spit at McManis
after that TD (but I didn't see any reaction from
McManis), so I guess it was just jawing. Still, you
could almost see the shock in Ginn's eyes that someone
-- especially someone from NU -- could stay with him
in single coverage on the previous plays so he was
celebrating the TD more than he would a usual six.

The Sweet Sioux game should be real interesting.
Purdue really exposed the Illini running defense with
their two-back sets out of the shotgun. Juice and
Pierre are going to give us fits, but our running game
will give them fits. Could be a high scoring run-fest
as in recent years with turnovers being the biggest
deciding factor. Here's hoping McManis can snag a few
of the Illini freshman's passes.

GO CATS!!! BEAT ILLINOIS!!!
-SjT

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From michael.vance at att.net  Sun Nov 12 17:04:45 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Sun Nov 12 17:04:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU v. OSU
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> It seemed to me at first like Ginn spit at McManis
> after that TD (but I didn't see any reaction from
> McManis), so I guess it was just jawing.
I was actually expecting the Unsportsmanlike flag against Ginn.  Usually 
in the college game, standing over the guy you just beat for a TD and 
mouthing off will get you hit for 15 yards.

-Michael

From Winkler_Brian_H at cat.com  Sun Nov 12 22:06:33 2006
From: Winkler_Brian_H at cat.com (Brian H. Winkler)
Date: Sun Nov 12 22:06:40 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis
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Living in Peoria, I had heard about McManis as a local talent so it was 
great to see him sign with the Cats. 

I suspect his injuries early in his high school career kept him off the 
radar screen.  He went to the same school as the Sutter LBs and Rick 
Telander

Here's a nice article on him prior to his college decision:

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/allstars/football/2005/ALL_B8BVV4JH.077.shtml





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Who recruited this kid?  It couldn't have been that lame ineffective DB
coach could it? <g>

How was he able to recruit someone like this to a school that supposedly
wasn't attractive to the sort of athletes that are needed for that 
position
(or however the argument that appeared on this list a while ago was 
supposed
to go)?

Now we have another of perhaps equal skills waiting in the wings?

I'm telling you folks, Fitz understands that defenses win titles and we 
are
going to see the end of the era of weak "bend don't break" defensive
philosophy at NU. 

If we are going to have an attacking defense that can put pressure on the 
QB
(what a concept), we have to have strong DB's that can cover 1 on 1.

OSU won't have Troy next year.  Henne is gone from UoM the year after 
that.
The two major road blocks for NU to win the BT are going to be breaking in
young QB's over the next two years and we're building an aggressive 
defense
that can stuff the run and put pressure on the QB. 

I like it!

Jeff 

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I would suggest that at least one of our commits, Mabin, has similar
characteristics to McManis...

And so does the kid from Evanston.

Fast and Aggressive makes a good CB 

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> 
> 
> There have been some comparisons of McManis to Ismaeli. 
> Ismaeli's only
> really great year was '95 when Barnett put him in an experienced 
> secondary and assigned him the duty of creating havoc all over the 
> field.  He was a wild card that had to have concerned opponents.  Once 
> ensconced at cornerback, though, his effectiveness diminished because 
> he wasn't a great cover man, exhibited by the fact that he never had 
> an NFL career.  McManis is already the best NU cornerback I can 
> recall.  He made some NFL-caliber cover plays yesterday against a 
> quality receiving corps.  We need more players like Sherrick McManis.
> 
> Does he play basketball?
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From yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu  Mon Nov 13 08:43:26 2006
From: yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu (Evan Bradley)
Date: Mon Nov 13 08:43:31 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
Message-ID: <914d6aa90611130643t2c3f5142tc5c38a03af22be69@mail.gmail.com>

I saw Cofield make a nice TFL against the Bears last night, but then
the commentator incorrectly said he was drafted out of Texas (it
wasn't Madden who said it, and I can't remember who was doing the
play-by-play).

I think I'm becoming some kind of sportscaster watchdog...

Evan

From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Nov 13 09:01:02 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Nov 13 09:02:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
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Nice to hear Barry mention Northwestern during his self-introduction.

Don't know that I've ever heard him speak before, but in that short 10
second introduction he sounded very dangerous and angry.  <G>

The commentators seem impressed with his maturity mentioning several times
that he was playing like a veteran rather than a rookie.

Also nice that the Bears continue to figure out how to win even when they
take the first half of the game off.

Jeff

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I saw Cofield make a nice TFL against the Bears last night, but then the
commentator incorrectly said he was drafted out of Texas (it wasn't Madden
who said it, and I can't remember who was doing the play-by-play).

I think I'm becoming some kind of sportscaster watchdog...

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From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Mon Nov 13 11:13:01 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Mon Nov 13 11:15:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
Message-ID: <20061113.091402.4551.1246995@webmail25.nyc.untd.com>

Maureen did the women's football clinic last year(2005) where he was 
one of the "coaches".  Under normal circumstances she said Cofield 
sounds more like Barry White.

How can one cheer for the bears?  The bears get 50%+ of all local 
newspaper sports coverage and 90%+ of all sports radio coverage.  I 
drove down to Florida and it was refreshing to hear college talk from 
the stations in Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Destin.  In 
Chicago I can't listen to sports radio, because they refuse to even 
talk about the rest of the NFL, much less college football.

Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national perspective from 
Chicago's sports coverage.
-- "Jeff Beamsley" <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
Nice to hear Barry mention Northwestern during his self-introduction.

Don't know that I've ever heard him speak before, but in that short 10
second introduction he sounded very dangerous and angry.  <G>

The commentators seem impressed with his maturity mentioning several 
times that he was playing like a veteran rather than a rookie.

Also nice that the Bears continue to figure out how to win even when 
they take the first half of the game off.

Jeff

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I saw Cofield make a nice TFL against the Bears last night, but then 
the
commentator incorrectly said he was drafted out of Texas (it wasn't 
Madden
who said it, and I can't remember who was doing the play-by-play).

I think I'm becoming some kind of sportscaster watchdog...

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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Nov 13 11:51:33 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Nov 13 11:52:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
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Blame Halas, Ditka, Butkus, Sayers, Payton, Perry, and the rest of the '85
team.  

The Bears, good or bad, own Chicago.  

Chicagoans (both resident and expat) may not be able to agree on baseball,
but we can all agree on football.  

It is certainly possible if Fitz gets NU to the point where we're contending
for BT championship on a regular basis, that Chicago will embrace college
football too.  It certainly has had flings with College hoops with Illinois
and before the DePaul.  

But I doubt that anything will displace the way this city associates its
identity with the bears.

Jeff 

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Maureen did the women's football clinic last year(2005) where he was one of
the "coaches".  Under normal circumstances she said Cofield sounds more like
Barry White.

How can one cheer for the bears?  The bears get 50%+ of all local newspaper
sports coverage and 90%+ of all sports radio coverage.  I drove down to
Florida and it was refreshing to hear college talk from the stations in
Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Destin.  In Chicago I can't listen to
sports radio, because they refuse to even talk about the rest of the NFL,
much less college football.

Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national perspective from
Chicago's sports coverage.
-- "Jeff Beamsley" <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
Nice to hear Barry mention Northwestern during his self-introduction.

Don't know that I've ever heard him speak before, but in that short 10
second introduction he sounded very dangerous and angry.  <G>

The commentators seem impressed with his maturity mentioning several times
that he was playing like a veteran rather than a rookie.

Also nice that the Bears continue to figure out how to win even when they
take the first half of the game off.

Jeff

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I saw Cofield make a nice TFL against the Bears last night, but then the
commentator incorrectly said he was drafted out of Texas (it wasn't Madden
who said it, and I can't remember who was doing the play-by-play).

I think I'm becoming some kind of sportscaster watchdog...

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From NEONRye at aol.com  Mon Nov 13 12:12:13 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 12:12:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
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Having only lived in Evanston for 4 years--three and a half decades ago--I  
can NEVER envision Chicago truly adopting NU as its "Home Town" team, although 
I  don't really claim to be fully qualified to assess the situation.  However, 
 it has always been my belief that NU hasn't totally found its niche, 
because,  inter alia, the main campus is in Evanston, the school is viewed as  
somewhat "elitist" and not a true Chicago institution (in the way that "Da  Bears", 
or even DePaul, are, and we haven't had enough success in FB  (save for the 
"Cinderalla" years of 1995-96) and ANY success in Hoops to  spark widespread 
public interest in Chicago.
 
But I hope that history proves me wrong--and that Fitz--the "Sout'  
Sider"--can change the perception of the University, so that North Siders, West  
Siders, and South Siders--Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, Polish-Americans,  
African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Greek-Americans, and every other ethnic  
and/or religious group that comprises the wonderful "Melting Pot" of Chicago,  
embrace NU as their own, and so that youngsters in the fascinating Chicago  
neighborhoods that I studied as an earnest Sociology Major decide to wear Purple 
 and White, rather than Green and Gold, or Maize and Blue, etc.
 
Fitz represents our best hope for such a breakthrough, just as he embodies  
the school's best qualities for purposes of public relations and  recruiting.  
Let's hope he can pull it off.
 
Paul Levinson
From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Mon Nov 13 12:37:08 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Mon Nov 13 12:37:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611131837.kADIb82G025660@romaine.tssi.com>

> Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national perspective from 
> Chicago's sports coverage.

If you want national coverage, read USA Today.  Local coverage sells
'local' newspapers.

During the right time of the year (about 6 weeks as far as the Cubs
are concerned most years), other sports dominate the media in Chicago.

However, I've had to listen to Saint Louis and Nashville sports talk radio 
a few times during trips to/from Tennessee (it's 850 miles of boring radio
on that drive) it's pretty one-dimensional there, too.  

Here in Nebraska the Huskers dominate the local scene, of course, though 
for now it appears Bill Callahan's head is off the chopping block, thanks 
to the last minute victory against TAMU.

I haven't been to NYC for a few years, but the same thing used to be true
there, though during football season the Jets and the Giants do share 
air time somewhat, depending on the standings and who the head coaches are.
--
Mike Nolan

From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Nov 13 13:27:41 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 13:27:50 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
Message-ID: <c60.5957921.328a212d@aol.com>

He also played a good game, was he that big at NU ?  
also liked _David Diehl_ 
(http://sports-att.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6496)  introducing himself as being from  chief illiniwak, or something 
like that.
From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Nov 13 13:38:05 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 13:38:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] the chief, pretty interesting
Message-ID: <c60.595b503.328a239d@aol.com>

_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Illiniwek_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Illiniwek) 
From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Mon Nov 13 13:39:11 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Mon Nov 13 13:41:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield (fwd)
Message-ID: <20061113.113912.10554.1246669@webmail18.nyc.untd.com>

The Tribune is a regional newspaper, similar to the NYTimes albeit on 
a smaller scale.  Throughout the upper midwest you can often find the 
Trib for sale next to the local paper.  Given that standard I don't 
expect to the see the Bears as the lead story on the FRONT PAGE.

We have been Trib subscribers since we graduated in 1993 and the Bears 
as the lead story forced us to cancel the subscription.

When I was in Nashville the Titans were discussed, along with the Vols 
which is expected, but they also talked about Vandy, Kentucky, and the 
rest of the SEC.  There was also more than passing mentions about the 
Big Ten.

In sports radio in Chicago college football is just not discussed, 
except for the few syndicated shows.  Chicago sports coverage is on 
the level of what I expect to see in Tuscaloosa where one team is 
discussed ad nauseam.

There is interest as Chicago has a ton of Big Ten alumni, especially 
in the core demographics.

-- Mike Nolan <nolan@romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
> Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national perspective 
from 
> Chicago's sports coverage.

If you want national coverage, read USA Today.  Local coverage sells
'local' newspapers.




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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Nov 13 13:46:31 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Nov 13 13:47:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
In-Reply-To: <c60.5957921.328a212d@aol.com>
Message-ID: <0b9c01c7075c$6ae5cfe0$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

 
I liked that too.

A clever bit of recognition for the controversy surrounding the University
of Illinois mascot.

I like the fighting Zookers better anyway.  Though I'm not sure how they
would portray a fighting Zook in fuzzy fabric and oversized headgear.

Jeff

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He also played a good game, was he that big at NU ?  
also liked _David Diehl_
(http://sports-att.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6496)
introducing himself as being from  chief illiniwak, or something like that.
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov 13 16:00:12 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov 13 16:01:50 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
In-Reply-To: <0a5e01c70734$89a7d540$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <001901c7076f$183550a0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Having interviewed Mr. Cofield, I can tell you that he is a very articulate man
with a fabulous voice. I think he has a future doing voiceovers when he gets
tired of football...

FWIW - Washington always said he was the most physical player he's ever coached.


He seems to bear that out with the Giants.

rsl

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> 
> Nice to hear Barry mention Northwestern during his self-introduction.
> 
> Don't know that I've ever heard him speak before, but in that 
> short 10 second introduction he sounded very dangerous and angry.  <G>
> 
>


From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov 13 16:06:39 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 16:06:50 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
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Chicago (and all the surrounding countryside) is always going to be Bears country.  Every football fan I know has been raised on the Bears since we were able to comprehend football.  I got to know college football in my high school years, and made several trips to Dyche Stadium, but everyone I grew up with was a Bears fan first, and everything else (even Sox/Cubs) second.
 
If either Chicago sports talk station, or any of the three major papers DIDN'T devote 80-90% of their coverage to the Bears, they'd lose listeners, readers and ad revenue.
 
They just mentioned on ESPN AM-1000 that last night's Bears-Giants game did a 52 share in Chicago - 52% of all sets were tuned to it.  It would be hard to justify much NU football talk, based on Saturday's crowd.  I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but from Box 230 on the West side, it looked like maybe 5000 purple fans and 40,000 scarlet-clad fans.  I don't recall being outnumbered that badly since the bad old days - when Mike White and Illinois got their Rose Bowl bid in 1983 by beating us 56-24, and, as I recall, the Illini fans tore down the goalposts.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: mlinhardt@netzero.net
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Cc: Maureen.Linhardt@plexus.com
Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:13 AM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Cofield


Maureen did the women's football clinic last year(2005) where he was 
one of the "coaches".  Under normal circumstances she said Cofield 
sounds more like Barry White.

How can one cheer for the bears?  The bears get 50%+ of all local 
newspaper sports coverage and 90%+ of all sports radio coverage.  I 
drove down to Florida and it was refreshing to hear college talk from 
the stations in Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Destin.  In 
Chicago I can't listen to sports radio, because they refuse to even 
talk about the rest of the NFL, much less college football.

Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national perspective from 
Chicago's sports coverage.
-- "Jeff Beamsley" <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
Nice to hear Barry mention Northwestern during his self-introduction.

Don't know that I've ever heard him speak before, but in that short 10
second introduction he sounded very dangerous and angry.  <G>

The commentators seem impressed with his maturity mentioning several 
times that he was playing like a veteran rather than a rookie.

Also nice that the Bears continue to figure out how to win even when 
they take the first half of the game off.

Jeff

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On
Behalf Of Evan Bradley
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:43 AM
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Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield

I saw Cofield make a nice TFL against the Bears last night, but then 
the
commentator incorrectly said he was drafted out of Texas (it wasn't 
Madden
who said it, and I can't remember who was doing the play-by-play).

I think I'm becoming some kind of sportscaster watchdog...

Evan

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov 13 16:09:19 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov 13 16:10:22 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200611131837.kADIb82G025660@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <001a01c70770$5e19cff0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

It's a well known issue with any college team in a town with a Pro Football
team.

Dallas [SMU/TCU] Chicago [NU] New York [anyone?] St. Louis [Rams/Cardinals] even
Phoenix, altho some question if the present Cardinals are a pro team....but I
digress.

Even Maryland plays second fiddle to the Ravens in Baltimore, even though the
Terps have a longer tradition, they played 3rd fiddle behind the Colts and the
Redskins before the Ravens.

Don't know if it's the food in the press box, the availability of coaches and
players, the longer season, or just the level of play, but few towns with NFL
teams have standout college teams now.

TV is enamored of the pro game, and the papers are stuck with limited resources
and too much to cover. The colleges lose out.

If the Evil Empire [N**** D***] was actually playing on the south side, they'd
be ignored too, but there are too many ND alums in Chicago to ignore [5.5
million at last count]

Another problem that we [NU] has is that our largest NU Alumni Club used to be
[and probably still is] Washington, DC, followed by LA and New York. I'm sure
someone knows that answer and Its after hours here.

FWIW - Wisconsin's largest alumni group is out of .... Chicago!

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: Monday, November 13, 2006 1:37 PM
> To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Cofield (fwd)
> 
> 
> > Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national 
> perspective from
> > Chicago's sports coverage.
> 
> If you want national coverage, read USA Today.  Local 
> coverage sells 'local' newspapers.
> 
> During the right time of the year (about 6 weeks as far as 
> the Cubs are concerned most years), other sports dominate the 
> media in Chicago.
> 
> However, I've had to listen to Saint Louis and Nashville 
> sports talk radio 
> a few times during trips to/from Tennessee (it's 850 miles of 
> boring radio on that drive) it's pretty one-dimensional there, too.  
> 
> Here in Nebraska the Huskers dominate the local scene, of 
> course, though 
> for now it appears Bill Callahan's head is off the chopping 
> block, thanks 
> to the last minute victory against TAMU.
> 
> I haven't been to NYC for a few years, but the same thing 
> used to be true there, though during football season the Jets 
> and the Giants do share 
> air time somewhat, depending on the standings and who the 
> head coaches are.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Mon Nov 13 16:11:41 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 16:12:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
Message-ID: <c81.63d2f2e.328a479d@aol.com>

In a message dated 11/13/2006 2:03:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
rstetson@capps-assoc.com writes:

> Having interviewed Mr. Cofield, I can tell you that he is a very articulate 
> man
> with a fabulous voice. I think he has a future doing voiceovers when he gets
> tired of football...
> 
> FWIW - Washington always said he was the most physical player he's ever 
> coached.
> 

As mentioned he did sound a bit angry mentioning NU as his ala mater--. But 
he did play well, and the announcers did talk about his maturity--(though not 
happy with the jump shot that he displayed as apparantly the NYG players do on 
a sack)--it would be nice to think NU players act more like they have been 
there before, but i guess that is old fashion of me !-Though we did see a lot of 
just handing the ball to the official after a TD--maybe because they called a 
penalty early on for the pregancy imitation) --Also good to see Noah get a TD  



Harry
From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov 13 16:18:52 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 16:19:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] the chief, pretty interesting
In-Reply-To: <c60.595b503.328a239d@aol.com>
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I do wish our University would show some integrity in this area, and distance itself from the equally negative trophy the two teams play for.  
 
We have enough wealthy alums out there that a new trophy - a jug, a bucket, a sculpted animal, or some other kind of trophy, could be commisioned and used without offending people.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85   
 
 
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_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Illiniwek_ 
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Nov 13 16:22:17 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 16:22:26 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
Message-ID: <c08.95db15f.328a4a19@aol.com>

On the other hand when you live in SEC land, especially Florida, there is a  
staggering amount of coverage for college football. Sure we get Bucs, Jax, and 
 Fish coverage but not like UF, FSU, Miami, UCF, USF, etc.
Also add the Saints/Tulane to the list.
From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov 13 20:24:21 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:24:28 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] DC Rumors
Message-ID: <8C8D5AB20C59C21-268-868A@WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com>

Saw this in the Chicago Sun-Times this morning:
 
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/133890,CST-SPT-local13.article
 
So VO was our co-DC in 1997 and 1998 (with Jerry Brown), after Vanderlinden left.  Okruh then followed GB to Colorado, leaving JB as the sole DC.
 
This season he came to Champaign to take over DC chores for Zook.
 
Anybody hear anything about this rumor ?  While VO did coach the D-line during Pat Fitzgerald's years, he didn't take over the linebackers until after Fitz had left.  Also, Fitz' entry in the Media Guide quotes Barnett, Vanderlinden and Brandon praising Fitz, but does NOT quote Okruh.
 
So is there still a connection ?  Has the Okruh D at Illinois been better than under his predecessor ?  What about VO's 2 years in the wilderness ?  One year as DC at Western Illinois, and a year as linebackers coach at Louisiana-Monroe (spelled 'Munroe' in the Illinois Media Guide) ?
 
Or is Ron Zook trying to send some kind of message to Evanston ?
 
Do we see a shuffling involving Colby, Brown and Okruh this off-season ?
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
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From thehaze at earthlink.net  Mon Nov 13 21:06:08 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:06:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
In-Reply-To: <8C8D5872120B0F3-268-744D@WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com>
References: <20061113.091402.4551.1246995@webmail25.nyc.untd.com>
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In Los Angeles, there's good news and bad news.  The good news is that, 
because we have no NFL team, college football is king.  The bad news is 
that $C happens to be the king.

cherron604@aol.com wrote:
> Chicago (and all the surrounding countryside) is always going to be Bears country.  Every football fan I know has been raised on the Bears since we were able to comprehend football.  I got to know college football in my high school years, and made several trips to Dyche Stadium, but everyone I grew up with was a Bears fan first, and everything else (even Sox/Cubs) second.
>  
> If either Chicago sports talk station, or any of the three major papers DIDN'T devote 80-90% of their coverage to the Bears, they'd lose listeners, readers and ad revenue.
>  
> They just mentioned on ESPN AM-1000 that last night's Bears-Giants game did a 52 share in Chicago - 52% of all sets were tuned to it.  It would be hard to justify much NU football talk, based on Saturday's crowd.  I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but from Box 230 on the West side, it looked like maybe 5000 purple fans and 40,000 scarlet-clad fans.  I don't recall being outnumbered that badly since the bad old days - when Mike White and Illinois got their Rose Bowl bid in 1983 by beating us 56-24, and, as I recall, the Illini fans tore down the goalposts.
>  
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mlinhardt@netzero.net
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Cc: Maureen.Linhardt@plexus.com
> Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:13 AM
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Cofield
>
>
> Maureen did the women's football clinic last year(2005) where he was 
> one of the "coaches".  Under normal circumstances she said Cofield 
> sounds more like Barry White.
>
> How can one cheer for the bears?  The bears get 50%+ of all local 
> newspaper sports coverage and 90%+ of all sports radio coverage.  I 
> drove down to Florida and it was refreshing to hear college talk from 
> the stations in Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Destin.  In 
> Chicago I can't listen to sports radio, because they refuse to even 
> talk about the rest of the NFL, much less college football.
>
> Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national perspective from 
> Chicago's sports coverage.
> -- "Jeff Beamsley" <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
> Nice to hear Barry mention Northwestern during his self-introduction.
>
> Don't know that I've ever heard him speak before, but in that short 10
> second introduction he sounded very dangerous and angry.  <G>
>
> The commentators seem impressed with his maturity mentioning several 
> times that he was playing like a veteran rather than a rookie.
>
> Also nice that the Bears continue to figure out how to win even when 
> they take the first half of the game off.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Evan Bradley
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:43 AM
> To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' Sports List
> Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield
>
> I saw Cofield make a nice TFL against the Bears last night, but then 
> the
> commentator incorrectly said he was drafted out of Texas (it wasn't 
> Madden
> who said it, and I can't remember who was doing the play-by-play).
>
> I think I'm becoming some kind of sportscaster watchdog...
>
> Evan
>
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From thehaze at earthlink.net  Mon Nov 13 21:07:45 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:07:50 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] addendum
Message-ID: <45593301.2030505@earthlink.net>

well, my astute16-year old son just pointed out to me another factor:  
$C is a professional team.

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Mon Nov 13 21:16:52 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:17:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Week 12
Message-ID: <20061114031652.52070.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com>

Standings will be out soon, but first let's get to the
big weekend of picks ahead. It's rivalry weekend with
the Tomahawk, Bucket, Pig and Land-Grant Trophy (let's
see, one of these things does not belong here, c'mon
can you tell me which one?:) ) in the Big Ten ... and
the Iron Bowl ... and the NoCal/SoCal Rose Bowl
showdown ... and a couple interesting ACC games. And
not much more.

Oh yeah, and the game of the friggin' century! The
Biggest Big Game of 'em all. Maize and Blue vs.
Scarlet and Gray. Script Ohio vs. The Victors. Bo vs.
Woody. 1 vs. 2. Should be one heck of a battle down in
Columbus.

Picks due by kickoff Saturday.

PIGSKIN PICKS - WEEK 12
#######################
Name: 

BIG TEN
=======
Game  1: Indiana @ Purdue
Winner: 

Game  2: Iowa @ Minnesota
Winner: 

Game  3: Michigan @ Ohio State
Winner: 

Game  4: Michigan State @ Penn State
Winner: 

Game  5: Buffalo @ Wisconsin
Winner: 

NATIONAL
========
Game  6: Auburn @ Alabama
Winner: 

Game  7: California @ Southern Cal
Winner: 

Game  8: Virginia Tech @ Wake Forest
Winner: 

Game  9: Maryland @ Boston College
Winner: 

Game 10: UCLA @ Arizona State
Winner: 

MY PICKS
========
* INDIANA 24, Purdue 20
C: The Hoosiers are due to win the bucket, and they
need this one for a bowl to cap a pretty nice season.
Purdue's bowl eligible, but playing awfully sloppy.
Tiller owns IU, but Hoeppner has Big Red playing tough
and they win this one thanks to better special teams.

* MINNESOTA 33, Iowa 20
C: The Gophers had some bad bounces earlier in the
year, but if they win the pig, they're bowl bound
again. Iowa's in a tailspin and in the Dome, Minny
handily wins here.

* MICHIGAN 16, Ohio State 14
C: I continue to go against the trends this week and
pick the mild upset here. Carr's been focused all year
on breaking the bad trends last year and really wants
this one. Michigan has the better D and better special
teams. Troy Smith is a heck of a QB, but Michigan
faced a solid QB on the road to start the year and won
handily and they'll finish the year doing the same
with a big, HUGE win in Columbus. Lloyd really wants
this one, and the new, focused Lloyd gets it. But be
careful what you wish for - the win will be close and
OSU will get a rematch in Arizona (one they probably
win) - meaning that it'll be six weeks of the old
Lloyd whining about how they already beat OSU once.

* PENN STATE 48, Michigan State 14
C: John L. heads off with a whimper and JoePa's boys
win the home finale for coach to get in a January 1
bowl. They may have problems on O, but that D is
solid! And remember, PSU's four losses are to teams
that are a combined 41-2 this year.

* WISCONSIN 49, Buffalo 0
C: Best argument against a 12th game? This clunker.
After ending a successful year with big wins over PSU
and rival Iowa, the Badgers end on a ho-hum drubbing
of Buffalo that makes it seem more like September
again instead of a season finale.

* AUBURN 20, Alabama 10
C: Tough call here - will the Tigers tank it after
last week's debacle? There's a chance, especially at
Bama ... but more likely they'll come back and fight
against their rival and earn their way back into a
Jan. 1 bowl.

* CALIFORNIA 35, Southern Cal 31
C: Opposite week continues - yeah the Trojans are up
to #3 and have a ton to play for, but last week's loss
by Cal may have 'em overlooking the Bears to focus on
the Irish game. I think they'll beat Notre Dame. I
haven't thought they'd beat Cal all year. The Bears
aren't intimidated by the SC mystique and they get
that long awaited Rose Bowl berth with a huge win.

* WAKE FOREST 28, Virginia Tech 24
C: I've given up trying to figure out the ACC. Tech's
tough, but if Wake can win -- by a resounding shutout
no less! -- in Tallahassee, they can survive here.

* BOSTON COLLEGE 23, Maryland 21
C: Another close call, but the Terps have been living
a charmed life lately and may be looking ahead to
Wake, while BC's still tough at home and get the
upset.

* ARIZONA STATE 45, UCLA 27
C: The Devil better win this one to impress bowl
scouts because I don't think they get by their rivals
in Tuscon the following weekend.

And off the board ...
* NORTHWESTERN 41, Illinois 34
C: It'll be cold, but there'll be plenty of offensive
explosions to warm fans up at Ryan Field with Bacher
and Sutton against Juice and Pierre and little defense
in between. It'll come down to turnovers and I think
NU got all theirs out of their system last week (I
hope!) and this time the Cats get the pick by McManis
to hold off a late Illini rally and keep Sweet Sioux.

Picks in by Saturday.
GO CATS!!!
-SjT

* * * * * * * * *
STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog@yahoo.com
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From cp2m at enterprisesw.com  Tue Nov 14 00:00:25 2006
From: cp2m at enterprisesw.com (Chris and Lori Patterson)
Date: Tue Nov 14 00:00:43 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis - recruited by
In-Reply-To: <068c01c70663$23786450$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <006201c707b2$3221af70$7000a8c0@hawk>

According to Rivals, McManis was recruited by Greg Colby.

http://northwestern.rivals.com/commitlist.asp


Go CATS!
Chris
Knoxville, TN


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:02 AM
To: rstetson@capps-assoc.com; 'Dennis W. Brandt'; nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis

Who recruited this kid?  It couldn't have been that lame ineffective DB
coach could it? <g>

How was he able to recruit someone like this to a school that supposedly
wasn't attractive to the sort of athletes that are needed for that position
(or however the argument that appeared on this list a while ago was supposed
to go)?

Now we have another of perhaps equal skills waiting in the wings?

I'm telling you folks, Fitz understands that defenses win titles and we are
going to see the end of the era of weak "bend don't break" defensive
philosophy at NU.  

If we are going to have an attacking defense that can put pressure on the QB
(what a concept), we have to have strong DB's that can cover 1 on 1.

OSU won't have Troy next year.  Henne is gone from UoM the year after that.
The two major road blocks for NU to win the BT are going to be breaking in
young QB's over the next two years and we're building an aggressive defense
that can stuff the run and put pressure on the QB.  

I like it!

Jeff  

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Roy Lamberton
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:03 AM
To: 'Dennis W. Brandt'; nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis

I would suggest that at least one of our commits, Mabin, has similar
characteristics to McManis...

And so does the kid from Evanston.

Fast and Aggressive makes a good CB 

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:15 AM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] The Deadly McManis
> 
> 
> There have been some comparisons of McManis to Ismaeli.  
> Ismaeli's only
> really great year was '95 when Barnett put him in an experienced 
> secondary and assigned him the duty of creating havoc all over the 
> field.  He was a wild card that had to have concerned opponents.  Once 
> ensconced at cornerback, though, his effectiveness diminished because 
> he wasn't a great cover man, exhibited by the fact that he never had 
> an NFL career.  McManis is already the best NU cornerback I can 
> recall.  He made some NFL-caliber cover plays yesterday against a 
> quality receiving corps.  We need more players like Sherrick McManis.
> 
> Does he play basketball?
> 
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Nov 14 06:25:11 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Nov 14 06:27:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] DC Rumors
In-Reply-To: <8C8D5AB20C59C21-268-868A@WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <002a01c707e7$ee285950$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Okruch denied that he's looking to change and refuted all of the talk about him
not actually living in Champaign, etc.

Yes he is still friends with Fitz but he talked about finishing the job at
Illinois.

The Illinois D is playing better this year - they hold opponents to under 130.5
ypg rushing, the best in a long time. They held dOSU to 17 points, a lot better
than we did.

This is from the Illinois site

      Defensive Cat     2005 Avg 2006 Avg Diff 	B10 Rank 2006  	Difference
      Scoring Defense 	39.5	   26.7 	12.8 	11th 	   8th 	+3
      Rushing Defense 	234.0	  130.8 	103.2 11th 	   5th 	+6
      Passing Defense 	235.3	  174.4 	60.9 	5th 	   3rd 	+2
      Total Defense 	469.3	  305.2 	164.1 10th 	   5th 	+5

I'd say there a difference over last year.

NU is right behind IL in scoring defence [9th], we're 7th in passing defense,
8th against the rush. We're 8th in total defense. All of these numbers are also
better than last year.

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> Do we see a shuffling involving Colby, Brown and Okruh this 
> off-season ?
>

From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Tue Nov 14 13:10:10 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Tue Nov 14 13:10:40 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200611131837.kADIb82G025660@romaine.tssi.com>
References: <200611131837.kADIb82G025660@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <455A1492.4050208@bellatlantic.net>

Mike:

you are right about NY.  The mindset that is that anything west of the 
Hudson is Indian country.  Not a PC way to express it, but you get the 
idea.  Ray Knight was of the view that except for the Yankees and the 
Mets, NY sport fans were clueless.  Until the internet and satellite tV 
came along it wasa virtually impossible to find out anything about 
non-NY teams without supcribing to a out of town newspaer.  Living in 
Connecticut, I used to get the Sunday Detroit Free Press to keep up on 
the Big Ten and the Tigers.

John DeGroat

Mike Nolan wrote:

>>Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national perspective from 
>>Chicago's sports coverage.
>>    
>>
>
>If you want national coverage, read USA Today.  Local coverage sells
>'local' newspapers.
>
>During the right time of the year (about 6 weeks as far as the Cubs
>are concerned most years), other sports dominate the media in Chicago.
>
>However, I've had to listen to Saint Louis and Nashville sports talk radio 
>a few times during trips to/from Tennessee (it's 850 miles of boring radio
>on that drive) it's pretty one-dimensional there, too.  
>
>Here in Nebraska the Huskers dominate the local scene, of course, though 
>for now it appears Bill Callahan's head is off the chopping block, thanks 
>to the last minute victory against TAMU.
>
>I haven't been to NYC for a few years, but the same thing used to be true
>there, though during football season the Jets and the Giants do share 
>air time somewhat, depending on the standings and who the head coaches are.
>--
>Mike Nolan
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Tue Nov 14 13:16:37 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Tue Nov 14 13:16:53 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <20061113.113912.10554.1246669@webmail18.nyc.untd.com>
References: <20061113.113912.10554.1246669@webmail18.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <455A1615.60704@bellatlantic.net>

In my opinion, the New York Times  has the most parochial sports page of 
any major newspaper.  It reminds me of the joke about two new Yorkers 
talking.  One said that he went to California.  The other guy  asks how 
he went and the first guy says "over the GW".

John DeGroat

mlinhardt@netzero.net wrote:

>The Tribune is a regional newspaper, similar to the NYTimes albeit on 
>a smaller scale.  Throughout the upper midwest you can often find the 
>Trib for sale next to the local paper.  Given that standard I don't 
>expect to the see the Bears as the lead story on the FRONT PAGE.
>
>We have been Trib subscribers since we graduated in 1993 and the Bears 
>as the lead story forced us to cancel the subscription.
>
>When I was in Nashville the Titans were discussed, along with the Vols 
>which is expected, but they also talked about Vandy, Kentucky, and the 
>rest of the SEC.  There was also more than passing mentions about the 
>Big Ten.
>
>In sports radio in Chicago college football is just not discussed, 
>except for the few syndicated shows.  Chicago sports coverage is on 
>the level of what I expect to see in Tuscaloosa where one team is 
>discussed ad nauseam.
>
>There is interest as Chicago has a ton of Big Ten alumni, especially 
>in the core demographics.
>
>-- Mike Nolan <nolan@romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Sorry about the rant, but I yearn for a more national perspective 
>>    
>>
>from 
>  
>
>>Chicago's sports coverage.
>>    
>>
>
>If you want national coverage, read USA Today.  Local coverage sells
>'local' newspapers.
>
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From NEONRye at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 13:58:00 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 13:58:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield (fwd)
Message-ID: <bdf.8866c36.328b79c8@aol.com>

John:
 
Your stereotypical depiction of NY sports fans is really infuriating.   I 
didn't take Mike's passing comment as offensive, but yours certainly  was.
 
Yes, we do care passionately about our sports teams--most of which are  
professional.  But, just by way of example, the NY Post has a College  
Football/Basketball Columnist, Lenn Robbins, who presents a very good take every  week on 
the College Sports scene.  The NY Daily News also has a similar  column, 
although the name of the writer (Dick somebody) escapes me at the  moment.  So, 
too, does the Times also cover college sports in some  depth.
 
And when the St. John's basketball team or Rutgers football team is doing  
well, the coverage mushrooms.  The entire Metropolitan area has been  buzzing 
about Rutgers for the past week.
 
As for Ray Knight's supposed comment, NY fans have probably forgotten more  
about basketball than fans in almost any part of the country (save, perhaps,  
Indiana) ever knew about the sport.
 
NY fans also are extremely knowledgeable and supportive of such non-team  
sports as tennis, which is why the US Open is so staggeringly  successful.  
 
I could go on (Rangers sellouts; Giants and Jets passion; etc.), but have  
better things to do than counter such vacuous thoughts.  I'm not sure why  you 
decided to pick on NY, but your critique really is without merit and  strongly 
resented at this end.  Somehow whenever you posted controversial  opinions in 
the past with which I strongly disagreed (or otherwise thought were  
off-the-mark), I let them pass.  But this one is just too ridiculous to  ignore.
 
 
Paul Levinson
 
 
From tbng at comcast.net  Tue Nov 14 14:12:24 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Tue Nov 14 14:12:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again
References: <bdf.8866c36.328b79c8@aol.com>
Message-ID: <000e01c70829$33956aa0$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

Hi yo Silver!  The politically correct ride again.

If you were offended by John's comment, I suggest buying a case of Tuff Skin 
and applying it liberally and often.  My goodness, be an adult.

<NY fans have probably forgotten more about basketball than fans in almost 
any part of the country
 (save, perhaps, Indiana) ever knew about the sport.

Now there's an unbiased comment if I ever read one.  Did God inject 
super-smarts into the heads of New Yorkers the rest of us don't know about?

You like your city?  Good for you.  On 9-11 New York belonged to us all. 
But in all other categories, admit to its faults.  If you think that many 
New Yorkers do not think themselves superior to the rest of the country, you 
have lived there so long you can't see the forest for the trees.  Any 
outlander moving into the region (as I did) quickly finds the New York air 
of superiorty unbearable.  It kind of goes along with being the biggest and 
most expensive, I reckon.  Badda bing badda boom!


From jason at jasonsinger.com  Tue Nov 14 15:03:04 2006
From: jason at jasonsinger.com (Jason Singer)
Date: Tue Nov 14 15:03:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again
In-Reply-To: <000e01c70829$33956aa0$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>
Message-ID: <200611142103.kAEL35XK020335@host14.webserver1010.com>

Or maybe, just maybe, NYC'ers don't feel superior at all, and Chicagoans
feel massively inferior. Cuts both ways, methinks.

Listening to Bears fans whine about lack of respect probably sounds
identical to Yankees fans ignoring White Sox and Cub fans (although being a
New Yorker who is a Red Sox fan - I'm with ya there).

Point being, we all love our teams and our regions and anybody making a
blanket comment either way, is talking out of emotion rather than objective
observation.

As for the basketball line, I'm sure he was referring to the fact that
before the 60's, maybe even the 70's, New York was the center of the
basketball universe, both pro and college. That has obviously changed and so
could be construed as an offensive comment to those that think otherwise,
but there is no ignoring that NYU, the NIT, the Garden, inner-city kids both
Jewish (from the 1910's through the 1950's) and African American (1930's and
beyond), all made basketball famous, and that is a fairly objective
observation. Again, no longer true in any form (especially the Garden -
Knicks are soooo stinky).

Anyway, we have enough to deal with here, what with disagreeing about
coordinators and occasionally, politics. Let's agree that Chicago has always
had a bit of a problem with NYC and that NYC has always sort of ignored
Chicago.

Don't we have a game against Illinois this weekend?

Jason Singer SP'86

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:12 PM
To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again

Hi yo Silver!  The politically correct ride again.

If you were offended by John's comment, I suggest buying a case of Tuff Skin

and applying it liberally and often.  My goodness, be an adult.

<NY fans have probably forgotten more about basketball than fans in almost 
any part of the country
 (save, perhaps, Indiana) ever knew about the sport.

Now there's an unbiased comment if I ever read one.  Did God inject 
super-smarts into the heads of New Yorkers the rest of us don't know about?

You like your city?  Good for you.  On 9-11 New York belonged to us all. 
But in all other categories, admit to its faults.  If you think that many 
New Yorkers do not think themselves superior to the rest of the country, you

have lived there so long you can't see the forest for the trees.  Any 
outlander moving into the region (as I did) quickly finds the New York air 
of superiorty unbearable.  It kind of goes along with being the biggest and 
most expensive, I reckon.  Badda bing badda boom!


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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Tue Nov 14 15:09:09 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Tue Nov 14 15:09:17 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cofield (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611142109.kAEL9ALa021994@romaine.tssi.com>

> As for Ray Knight's supposed comment, NY fans have probably forgotten more  
> about basketball than fans in almost any part of the country (save, perhaps,  
> Indiana) ever knew about the sport.

That's because it's been decades since they've had a basketball team
worth remembering.  :-)

Seriously, though, the New Yorkers I know who are sports fans (including
several on this list) are as passionate and knowledgeable as any in the 
country, and NY has historically had the best sports columnists in the 
business, ones syndicated nationally and for good reason!  

I also suspect the NY papers do a somewhat better job covering the 
entire sports scene than the Chicago papers do, though the NY Times can
make anything boring!  I'd also venture that there has been more space 
devoted to Rutgers news this year in the NY papers than there was space 
devoted to the Cats in the Chicago papers in 1995, yet I suspect most
New Yorkers couldn't find the Rutgers campus given a GPS!

Sports talk radio is a different issue, nobody living more than
about 50 miles away from a city should ever have to listen to that city's
sports talk radio shows!  I've listened to sports talk on WGN a few times 
when that's all I could pick up while driving through southern Illinois or 
KY, usually to my sincere regret.  And believe me you do NOT want to
listen to sports talk radio in Nebraska!  (And I was even a semi-permanent
guest on one of those shows for a while.)

Certainly we should all remember Saul Steinberg's famous New Yorker cover, 
"View of the World from 9th Avenue", still as topical as it was in 1976.
(I've always found it funny that Nebraska was one of the few parts
of the USA that got mentioned on that map, along with a drawing that
I believe represents Chimney Rock, Nebraska's most famous geographical
feature.)
--
Mike Nolan

From Hakirsch at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 16:01:59 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 16:02:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again
Message-ID: <ce3.2fe5dbf.328b96d7@aol.com>

To our list server mate TBNG, why don't you be "an adult " as you say and  
stop dumping on places in the country where you don't happen to reside and which 
 you don't happen to like--You made some ridiculously stupid comments about 
my  residence of San Francisco not being patriotic and are also making stupid  
comments about NY-residence    Hey , growing up in Boston, I  hate the Yankees 
and all they stand for, but I have the respect not to dump on  those residing 
there --particularly in a sports talk-(and NU at that)- Perhaps  if you 
harbor such feelings , find a list server that caters to those  opinions
 
Harry
From bondscoop at megapathdsl.net  Tue Nov 14 16:22:50 2006
From: bondscoop at megapathdsl.net (Michael Jackson)
Date: Tue Nov 14 16:23:06 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again
Message-ID: <001801c7083b$6eef55e0$0a01a8c0@Mike>

Why is it that I feel like deleting everything that comes from this list
server before I even read it lately?  Could it be that our threads all
seem to be converging along a line usually associated with that dreaded
animal- the talk radio show?  Why do we seem to discuss inane topics
rather than credible ones?  We spent a week discussing our favorite
losses.  What ever happened to our favorite wins?  Or our most exciting
experiences at an NU football game?  Now we will be spending an
inordinate amount of time examining our feelings for NY sports fans.  I
for one could care less.  It is so much easier just deleting it rather
than reading it.  
 
We do have a game coming up this weekend.  How about a discussion about
that!  Wouldn't that be novel!
 
 
From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Tue Nov 14 16:28:38 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Tue Nov 14 16:28:41 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611142228.kAEMSc79026642@romaine.tssi.com>

> We do have a game coming up this weekend.  How about a discussion about
> that!  Wouldn't that be novel!

So, how about starting such a discussion?  It takes two to tango, and it
takes someone starting a new topic for anyone to respond to it.
--
Mike Nolan

From HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 16:31:25 2006
From: HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com (HUDHAIFA3@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 16:31:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
Message-ID: <d07.1e4dd3f.328b9dbd@aol.com>

Yeah I will start the discussion by saying this game is a stepping stone  for 
both teams going into next season.  I was watching a game last weekend  and 
Illinois just landed a top 15 wide receiver for next year. I expect both  
Illinois and NU to make bowl games next season. Both offense I believe will be  
scoring at will on teams.
 
 
From NEONRye at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 16:41:52 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 16:42:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again
Message-ID: <237.151aaf2b.328ba030@aol.com>

OK, everyone.  Sorry I threw out my thoughts.  I just hate  sweeping 
generalities--especially about my home town.  I should note that I  grew to love 
Chicago in my time at NU and miss it very much.  It's a great  place and a 
fantastic sports town.  
 
I agree we should get back to NU-related subject matter.
 
Paul Levinson
From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Tue Nov 14 17:28:54 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Tue Nov 14 17:28:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611142328.kAENSsM0030369@romaine.tssi.com>

> Yeah I will start the discussion by saying this game is a stepping stone  for 
> both teams going into next season.  I was watching a game last weekend  and 
> Illinois just landed a top 15 wide receiver for next year. I expect both  
> Illinois and NU to make bowl games next season. Both offense I believe will be  
> scoring at will on teams.

Unfortunately, I have a board meeting to attend in CT this weekend and 
will miss seeing the Illinois game until I get back and can watch it on
TIVO.  I probably won't see much of the Michigan-OSU game, either.  (I 
should have access to the Internet, so with luck I'll be able to sneak in 
some updates on the games during the meeting but I doubt I'll be able 
to listen to the WGN play-by-play.  Keep updating the list throughout 
the game, my friends!

Are there any teams in the conference that couldn't be bowl contenders in 
2007 at this point?

Indiana is just one win away from it this year, as is Minnesota, and no
reason to expect them to be worse next year. 

I'm not sold on the Zookster yet, but I agree their recruiting list looks 
fairly respectable, as does Northwestern's.

Michigan State is likely to be better (or at least more consistent) than 
this year, even if they will be shopping for a new head coach and are 
losing their best QB in at least a decade.  

If it takes 6-6 to be bowl eligible, it's more than just theoretically 
possible for EVERY school in the conference to be bowl eligible next year, 
as long as they all win all 4 of their non-conference games and then have
at least two conference wins.   

NU drops Penn State and Wisconsin from the schedule in 2007 and 2008, so
that could mean 1-2 more 'likely' conference wins for us, even if Indiana
and Minnesota are on the rise.  Give us a mulligan against Michigan State
and give us Indiana and Minnesota instead of the Nittany Lions and Badgers 
and we might still be talking about becoming bowl eligible this year, 
especially if we hadn't fumbled the non-conference schedule.

But a 12 game schedule with no open week is going to be brutal again
next year.  Thankfully we have an open week in 2008, but we get Ohio State 
and Michigan back-to-back in both 2007 and 2008, as the conference openers
next year!  Do the schedule planners just hate us?
--
Mike Nolan

From HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 17:37:37 2006
From: HUDHAIFA3 at aol.com (HUDHAIFA3@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 17:37:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
Message-ID: <c3c.87a2452.328bad41@aol.com>

Yeah there is one or two teams that will be horrible next year.
I think Iowa and Purdue are in downward spirals........
 
And who was the guy who compared Hudhaifa to Mcmanis.
Ismaeli was a stud.
From cherron604 at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 17:44:56 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 17:45:03 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Bill Carmody Experience ?
Message-ID: <8C8D65E066E21F1-8A8-16A6@WEBMAIL-MA18.sysops.aol.com>

Here's a topic -
 
We are hosting DePaul tonight - probably the nearest team we have to a 'cross-town rival' in basketball.  DePaul is about a 5-point favorite.  Are we witnessing the end of the Bill Carmody era ?  I believe it was Brad making a great point last week - the kind of players we need to win in the Big Ten, don't want to play this kind of offense.  We hear that the endless slow starts are a result of the complexity of that offense, but the goal is making the NCAA, and slow starts for Big Ten teams mean no NCAA bid.  
 
I will grant that Bill Carmody is very brilliant at tactics, a very engaging man when he talks, and ethically pure.  I am worried, though, that he can't assemble a squad that can regularly make make the NCAA tournament.  At this point, it might almost be argued that he is less likely to make the post season (NIT) than were his less well-regarded predecessors, Kevin O'Neill, the late Ricky Birdsong, and even Rich Falk.  Right now, isn't the Carmody era neck-and-neck with the somnolent Bill Foster era (I am still bitter about the money Bill Foster stole from NU) ?
 
So who would we turn to next, in our never-ending search for basketball respectability ?  It would seem that we have to recruit the urban kids who make-up the rest of the Big Ten line-ups, young guys raised on the tough basketball courts of Chicago, NYC, Philly, LA, etc.  Do we need a young coach at one of the mid-major urban universities, or a top-conference assistant who has proved that he can recruit the city athletes very well ?  And do we need to adopt the NBA-style offense that these young athletes want to play ?
 
In the end, was the Carmody era a well-meaning experiment, to see if the Ivy League success formula would translate to the Big Ten ?  If so, there's really no shame in admitting that we gave it a good try with a very good coach, but it didn't work.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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From bondscoop at megapathdsl.net  Tue Nov 14 17:52:37 2006
From: bondscoop at megapathdsl.net (Michael Jackson)
Date: Tue Nov 14 17:52:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
Message-ID: <002701c70847$f9d64d60$0a01a8c0@Mike>

I know this is primarily a football crowd, but NU does have its second
game of the season in basketball tonight.  DePaul will be a tough
challenge for the Wildcats.  They are a run and gun type team.  NU may
have a chance if they can keep control of the tempo all game.  NU has
won 7 of the 12 games the teams have played at Welsh-Ryan.
 
An interesting sideline in tonight's game will be the match-up between
NU's Tim Doyle and DePaul's Sammy Mejia.  They played against each other
back east and would both love to have bragging rights.  
 
It amazes me how you football guys get so excited about being "bowl"
eligible with a 6-6 record but seem to ignore the fact that Carmody has
brought consistency to basketball program that needed it.  He does need
to take that next step and get to the NCAA's.  It appears that this
year's freshmen and next year's recruits have a chance to get us there.
We just need to keep them in school-a task that has eluded not only
Carmody but many of his predecessors as well.   
 
GO CATS!
From clzahn at mindspring.com  Tue Nov 14 17:53:16 2006
From: clzahn at mindspring.com (Clark Zahn)
Date: Tue Nov 14 17:53:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
Message-ID: <7362872.1163548397266.JavaMail.root@mswamui-billy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>



-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Nolan <nolan@romaine.tssi.com>
>Sent: Nov 14, 2006 3:28 PM
>To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
>
>
>Unfortunately, I have a board meeting to attend in CT this weekend and 
>will miss seeing the Illinois game until I get back and can watch it on
>TIVO.  

It's not on regular TV.  It's on ESPN360.

Clark



From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Tue Nov 14 19:35:46 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Tue Nov 14 19:35:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <7362872.1163548397266.JavaMail.root@mswamui-billy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
	from "Clark Zahn" at Nov 14, 2006 03:53:16 PM
Message-ID: <200611150135.kAF1ZkCO005890@romaine.tssi.com>

> >Unfortunately, I have a board meeting to attend in CT this weekend and 
> >will miss seeing the Illinois game until I get back and can watch it on
> >TIVO.  
> 
> It's not on regular TV.  It's on ESPN360.

Ugh!

I think I'm writing the cable company and ESPN and telling them that if
they think I'm buying GamePlan again next season, they're most likely
mistaken.  What a sorry return I've gotten on that investment this season!

I can only hope that the Big 10's own network has better coverage next year
than GamePlan did of the Cats this season, and that might be the final straw 
in getting me to switch to satellite.
--
Mike Nolan

From thehaze at earthlink.net  Tue Nov 14 20:07:06 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Tue Nov 14 20:07:21 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
Message-ID: <455A764A.9080907@earthlink.net>

Okay, I'll start a new thread:  favorite NU-Illinois games from the past.

I'll pick two:  1970 -- we had started the season 0-3, but really seemed 
to be better than that.  Our first conference game was against the 
Illini.  We were hoping to get that elusive win.  We got it, all right 
-- by an amazing score of 48-0.  We then started to roll.  We finished 
6-1 in the conference, tied with Michigan for second place, one game 
behind Ohio State.

My other selection is 1996.  Adrian Autry took over for an injured 
Darnell Autry and scored the winning TD with about a minute to play.  
Final score:  NU, 27-24.

Okay, gang, your turn!

Jim B.

From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 20:35:15 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 20:35:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
Message-ID: <c60.5b86e15.328bd6e3@aol.com>

Just to change the subject to hoops, anybody remember the NU De Paul game,  
must have been around 1983, some kind of NIT playoff when Depaul or NU took a  
shot at the buzzer and NU lost. I swear that was a bad call. Refresh my  
memory.
From Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com  Tue Nov 14 20:39:47 2006
From: Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com (Weinbaum, Willie)
Date: Tue Nov 14 20:39:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
Message-ID: <EBEB58980DB31543B690E276B97F695602A97FD4@XCHGNYM2.corp.espn.pvt>

Kenny Patterson hit the very long range shot for DePaul @ Rosemont Horizon to sink Cats, who faded down stretch & couldn't hit free throws.  The Cats had beaten Digger Phelps & Notre Dame on St. Pat's day @ Horizon in Rnd One.  Attending those games was a thrill.

 -----Original Message-----
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Just to change the subject to hoops, anybody remember the NU De Paul game,  
must have been around 1983, some kind of NIT playoff when Depaul or NU took a  
shot at the buzzer and NU lost. I swear that was a bad call. Refresh my  
memory.
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 20:42:23 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 20:42:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
Message-ID: <c92.1489ec1.328bd88f@aol.com>

Thanks Willie, I was sitting under our basket and I will go to my  grave 
swearing that shot was after the buzzer
From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Tue Nov 14 20:56:35 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Tue Nov 14 20:57:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200611142328.kAENSsM0030369@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <113e01c70861$a9a65a50$97492745@hilgraeve.com>


Mike wrote <snip>
But a 12 game schedule with no open week is going to be brutal again next
year.  Thankfully we have an open week in 2008, but we get Ohio State and
Michigan back-to-back in both 2007 and 2008, as the conference openers next
year!  Do the schedule planners just hate us?

------------------------

No the schedule planners want us to win the BT.  

In 2007 OSU is going to have a new QB.  In 2008 Michigan will have a new QB.
What better time to get them than early in the season?

Jeff



From bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com  Tue Nov 14 21:20:32 2006
From: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com (Brad Wilson)
Date: Tue Nov 14 21:20:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] bill carmody
Message-ID: <997673.37973.qm@web51302.mail.yahoo.com>

(this was, it should be noted, 99 percent written
before NU's delightful defeat of evil DePaul Tuesday.
YAYYAYYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DePaul can't lose
enough for me.)

I like Carmody as a person -- I worked with him many
moons ago -- and there's no question he's a good coach
who knows his basketball. He's a 100 percent quality
man who will always do the right thing. In other
words, there's every reason for NU fans to feel good
about him ... 

... except the win/loss record. 

(BTW, Chuck, it wasn't me who suggested top players
won't play his offense, though that may well be so. It
was not so in the Ivy League, but, of course,
different kind of "top" players.)

I was appalled to read Bill's recent comments in the
Trib (or maybe S-T, I forget) to the effect that "we
never get any rebounds" so he wasn't worried about
rebounding.

It is true that the Princeton system, with its stress
on high-percentage shots, does not stress offensive
rebounding. California once outrebounded a Pete
Carril-led Princeton team by 30 and still lost by 25,
which led Carril (Carmody's mentor) to say, "There
aren't any rebounds if you make your shots." Watch a
Princeton-style team play and often they won't even
try for offensive rebounds.

But one of the Achilles heels of the Princeton system
has always been defensive rebounding (really quick
guards cause it problems as well). Carmody's system
preaches good, tight, physical defense -- but the kind
of players he recruits and the system demands can be
outphysicaled and outmuscled on the boards. Often the
defensive system takes them away from the boards, and
they tend to be willowy 6-8, 6-9 shooting types who
get trampled by Big Ten forwards and centers even if
they are in the right place.

Given the way things work in the Big Ten, a team that
gets crushed on the defensive boards had better: a)
get some rebounders or b) score tons of points (in the
Ivy League Carmody's teams didn't get mauled on the
boards). Carmody's NU teams don't do the latter, so
they have to do the former. I would suggest there's
nothing wrong with NU that a banger or three to
rebound and pound with the tall trees wouldn't fix ...


... except that they are highly unlikely to fit in the
NU offense. 

Sigh. 

So as long as Carmody stays, expect teams that will
pull the occasional upset on nights when they shoot
well, esp. from 3-point range. Expect pretty good
defense, at least on the first shot. Don't expect any
offensive rebounds. Expect to be physically mauled
inside. Expect to be battered on the boards. 

This adds up to about what we've been seeing: seasons
like 12-14, 13-15, 14-13, etc., etc. 

I suppose this may be considered adequate, given the
past disasters that have afflicted NU hoops. Carmody
is so much better in so many ways than the
foul-mouthed creep Kevin O'Neill it's not even close.
He's a much better game coach than Ricky Byrdsong, God
rest his soul.

But what I have not been able to understand about
Carmody's NU teams is their lack of smart basketball
and their lack of focus. The slow-start excuse is
simply a fantasy; Princeton usually plays well in
December and so do other teams using the system. I
cannot understand how Carmody's teams can lose so many
games like the Cornell game due to lack of intensity
and focus. One mark of Carril's Princeton teams was
that they always, always, always beat the bow-wows.

And the stupid basketball -- most notably awful shot
selection and unforced turnovers, which defeat the
whole point of the Princeton system -- NU displays
occasionally is even less comprehensible. It goes
against everything I saw from Carmody for years. (This
is as frustrating to me as the football team's
continuing inability to execute the simplest of
special teams plays.)

I guess what we see at NU is what we're going to get
from Carmody. Is that good enough? Chuck would seem to
say no. I still think, with the right kind of
recruits, he could win 20 games on a regular basis
(cutting out losses to Cornell and the like). I grant
you we have not seen that kind of consistency or
recruiting yet and those who might say we never will
may, sadly, be right.

If NU dumps Carmody and starts hiring the kind of
hotshot young assistants Chuck talks about - and I am
unsure any of them would want to come to a team with
such academic restrictions (and one THAT HAS NEVER
BEEN TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT [just imagine the negative
recruiting THAT fact allows]) - then you have to be
prepared for the revolving door, the 21-9 season
followed by the coach going to Stanford, Cal, etc.,
and NU starting over.

Or hiring a D-II or low D-I head coach who may be a
hoops genius but overmatched in the Big Ten (some
might say, though I would not, that that's what we
have now). 

I don't see many good options. I thought Carmody was
the perfect fit for NU. I may have been wrong. But can
NU do better? That, I submit, is the question. If the
answer is no (which I don't know), well ... Bill
Carmody's a class guy.

Meanwhile, I'll be watching wrestling and our top-10
ranked team, and keeping an eye on the hoopsters and
hoping for the best. 

Brad Wilson   

     



 
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From bondscoop at megapathdsl.net  Tue Nov 14 21:24:34 2006
From: bondscoop at megapathdsl.net (Michael Jackson)
Date: Tue Nov 14 21:24:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats win over Depaul
Message-ID: <003601c70865$96055740$0a01a8c0@Mike>

The Cats beat a very poor team tonight.  DePaul has some amazing
leapers, who can't hit from the outside and who play a matador defense.
They are one of the most undisciplined teams I have seen in a long time.

 
Still, NU plays 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores in their first seven with
three of them starting.  I was impressed with the offense.  They were
crisp and efficient, except for when they let the clock run down to
under 7 seconds.  They couldn't buy a shot early in the game, going over
6 minutes before they even scored.  They were lucky to be only down 20
to 16 at the half.  But in the second half they started running their
offense better, getting a few back door chippies.  Coble looks like the
real deal.  He just needs to add a few pounds in order to survive in the
Big 10.  Ryan also looked good.  Along with Moore and Williams, the Cats
have a good young nucleus of players that are only going to get better.
They still lack interior bulk for rebounding and defense.  The Big 10
season will be tough, but this team is much farther along than recent
year's teams.  It will be interesting to see what they can do against a
better team.  But overall, I went away from tonight's game very
impressed.  This team, even as young as it is, will only get better.  
From WildElk2 at aol.com  Tue Nov 14 21:26:35 2006
From: WildElk2 at aol.com (WildElk2@aol.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 21:33:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats Win!!!/ Cat thoughts...
Message-ID: <3aa.9f1c30d.328be2eb@aol.com>

Ahhhh, the 2 words that cure all evils! CATS WIN!!! An  excellent 2nd half in 
which we outscored DU 33-19.  Craig Moore scored all  his 10 points in the 
2nd half, and Coble and Doyle tallied 9 each. Were 6-5 in  the last 11 games vs. 
our north side opponents. 
   I wish we played Loyola and Bradley in the pre-season as  well....
Football-  Illnoise is 2-8, but they have chopped 150 yards and 15  points of 
their yields from last season. A victory would increase their win  total from 
last year (from 2 to 3) , so they would have evidence that their  program is 
getting better; more than statistics.  They now have a  decent QB for the 
first time in ages. We have a chance to win 2 out of 3 to  close out our season, 
as well as continuing to groom our new-found QB.
  
Hudhaifa, Huddy may have been a hard hitting dude, but my vote for the  
hardest hitting Cat of recent memory is Louis Ayeni. It's too bad he suffered  too 
many injuries, but his injuries didn't stop him from knocking people into  1st 
rows, press boxes, tomorrow, etc.
 
Discussin topic:  Who is the hardest hitting Cat?  I say  Ayeni.  Any others?
 
    Trust the Plan,        Eric
 
From jleonard518 at yahoo.com  Tue Nov 14 22:27:25 2006
From: jleonard518 at yahoo.com (Jim Leonard)
Date: Tue Nov 14 22:27:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
Message-ID: <20061115042725.89189.qmail@web36804.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I'd have to go with 1995. Granted, Matt Hartl got away with a hold on the "39 toss" play that kept the Big Ten unbeated streak alive, but I was in the endzone seats with many screaming NU fans and I enjoyed every second of it. And the 62-21 pasting in 2001? was special too.

Victory & Honor,
Jim



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Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:07:06 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games


Okay, I'll start a new thread:  favorite NU-Illinois games from the past.

I'll pick two:  1970 -- we had started the season 0-3, but really seemed 
to be better than that.  Our first conference game was against the 
Illini.  We were hoping to get that elusive win.  We got it, all right 
-- by an amazing score of 48-0.  We then started to roll.  We finished 
6-1 in the conference, tied with Michigan for second place, one game 
behind Ohio State.

My other selection is 1996.  Adrian Autry took over for an injured 
Darnell Autry and scored the winning TD with about a minute to play.  
Final score:  NU, 27-24.

Okay, gang, your turn!

Jim B.

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From prplehaze at insightbb.com  Tue Nov 14 22:35:16 2006
From: prplehaze at insightbb.com (Mark Ament)
Date: Tue Nov 14 22:35:44 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats win over Depaul
In-Reply-To: <003601c70865$96055740$0a01a8c0@Mike>
References: <003601c70865$96055740$0a01a8c0@Mike>
Message-ID: <455A9904.8030300@insightbb.com>

I wasn't there and didn't see or hear the game, but this DePaul team was 
picked by many as a sleeper team in the Big East, so they can't be that 
bad, can they??  Every team can have a bad shooting night and the 
question for those who were there is, how much of DePaul's bad shooting 
was caused by NU's defense and how much by the Demons' lousy shooting? 

A major positive is that the Cats only had 5 turnovers.  The Cats didn't 
shoot very well either but at least they didn't turn the ball over 
unlike many similar games last year.  Games like this are what you can 
build a positive season around - it's good to get a win like this to get 
the Cornell game behind them.
Mark

Michael Jackson wrote:
> The Cats beat a very poor team tonight.  DePaul has some amazing
> leapers, who can't hit from the outside and who play a matador defense.
> They are one of the most undisciplined teams I have seen in a long time.
>
>  
> Still, NU plays 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores in their first seven with
> three of them starting.  I was impressed with the offense.  They were
> crisp and efficient, except for when they let the clock run down to
> under 7 seconds.  They couldn't buy a shot early in the game, going over
> 6 minutes before they even scored.  They were lucky to be only down 20
> to 16 at the half.  But in the second half they started running their
> offense better, getting a few back door chippies.  Coble looks like the
> real deal.  He just needs to add a few pounds in order to survive in the
> Big 10.  Ryan also looked good.  Along with Moore and Williams, the Cats
> have a good young nucleus of players that are only going to get better.
> They still lack interior bulk for rebounding and defense.  The Big 10
> season will be tough, but this team is much farther along than recent
> year's teams.  It will be interesting to see what they can do against a
> better team.  But overall, I went away from tonight's game very
> impressed.  This team, even as young as it is, will only get better.  
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From michael.vance at att.net  Tue Nov 14 22:56:37 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Tue Nov 14 22:56:39 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] bill carmody
In-Reply-To: <997673.37973.qm@web51302.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <997673.37973.qm@web51302.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <455A9E05.4070404@att.net>

Brad Wilson wrote:
> But one of the Achilles heels of the Princeton system
> has always been defensive rebounding (really quick
> guards cause it problems as well). Carmody's system
> preaches good, tight, physical defense -- but the kind
> of players he recruits and the system demands can be
> outphysicaled and outmuscled on the boards. Often the
> defensive system takes them away from the boards, and
> they tend to be willowy 6-8, 6-9 shooting types who
> get trampled by Big Ten forwards and centers even if
> they are in the right place.
>   
There was a study a few years back that showed that the non-scoring 
statistic that had the greatest correlation with winning basketball 
games was defensive rebounding margin.  More than assists, more than 
offensive rebounds, more than shooting percentage.  I don't remember the 
exact numbers, but something like 80+% of the time, the team that gets 
the most defensive rebounds wins the game.

-Michael

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Tue Nov 14 22:57:39 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Tue Nov 14 22:57:41 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU-Illinois
In-Reply-To: <200611142328.kAENSsM0030369@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <20061115045739.33673.qmail@web52904.mail.yahoo.com>

Unfortunately, I wasn't at the 1992 Gissendander catch
game, but I imagine that it was one heck of a game and
a preview of all those amazing comebacks we'd see the
next decade or so of NU football.

I can tell you that my LEAST favorite Illinois game
was the 1998 Big Ten home opener that we lost 13-10.
It was a tough loss, made all the worse by the sight
of Illini players dancing around Hannibal and draping
their ill-colored flags all over our beautiful new
wildcat statue in the south end zone after the game.

After that disgusting display, the next home date with
Illinois -- 2000's 61-23 pasting -- ranks as my
favorite. We didn't even try and run it up, we just
blasted those punks out of the stadium from the
opening play and I'm sure more than a few of us frozen
fans in the stands remembered their little victory
dance in 1998 each time "Go U!" played on that day.

I think it is a big game for positioning next year.
Illinois is a team on the rise. I'm not completely
sold on Zook's coaching yet, but he's a heck of a
recruiter and endlessly enthusiastic. They're getting
more confident each week and ready to make a run next
year for a bowl game.

And the Cats have been a different team ever since CJ
stepped in against MSU. The offense has clicked and is
starting to look like what we all expect from the
Cats. An even more pleasant surprise is the way the D
has come out firing after that MSU debacle. Now if we
can cut down on those darn turnovers it should be one
heck of a game Saturday.

GO CATS!!!
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From michael.vance at att.net  Tue Nov 14 22:58:46 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Tue Nov 14 22:58:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats win over Depaul
In-Reply-To: <455A9904.8030300@insightbb.com>
References: <003601c70865$96055740$0a01a8c0@Mike>
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The AP writeup seems to indicate that it was a painful game to watch if 
you like to actually see the ball go through the basket, with both teams 
shooting in the vicinity of 30%.  Unless, as Mark hopes, that was 
because of good defense, it sounds excruciating.

Mark Ament wrote:
> I wasn't there and didn't see or hear the game, but this DePaul team 
> was picked by many as a sleeper team in the Big East, so they can't be 
> that bad, can they??  Every team can have a bad shooting night and the 
> question for those who were there is, how much of DePaul's bad 
> shooting was caused by NU's defense and how much by the Demons' lousy 
> shooting?
> A major positive is that the Cats only had 5 turnovers.  The Cats 
> didn't shoot very well either but at least they didn't turn the ball 
> over unlike many similar games last year.  Games like this are what 
> you can build a positive season around - it's good to get a win like 
> this to get the Cornell game behind them.
> Mark
>
> Michael Jackson wrote:
>> The Cats beat a very poor team tonight.  DePaul has some amazing
>> leapers, who can't hit from the outside and who play a matador defense.
>> They are one of the most undisciplined teams I have seen in a long time.
>>
>>  
>> Still, NU plays 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores in their first seven with
>> three of them starting.  I was impressed with the offense.  They were
>> crisp and efficient, except for when they let the clock run down to
>> under 7 seconds.  They couldn't buy a shot early in the game, going over
>> 6 minutes before they even scored.  They were lucky to be only down 20
>> to 16 at the half.  But in the second half they started running their
>> offense better, getting a few back door chippies.  Coble looks like the
>> real deal.  He just needs to add a few pounds in order to survive in the
>> Big 10.  Ryan also looked good.  Along with Moore and Williams, the Cats
>> have a good young nucleus of players that are only going to get better.
>> They still lack interior bulk for rebounding and defense.  The Big 10
>> season will be tough, but this team is much farther along than recent
>> year's teams.  It will be interesting to see what they can do against a
>> better team.  But overall, I went away from tonight's game very
>> impressed.  This team, even as young as it is, will only get better.  
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From bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com  Wed Nov 15 02:14:40 2006
From: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com (Brad Wilson)
Date: Wed Nov 15 02:14:51 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] best Illinois games ....
Message-ID: <697677.73800.qm@web51312.mail.yahoo.com>

Having seen most of these since 1984, this is a topic
I can sink my teeth into:

Top 5:

1) 1995. Thrilling, tight 17-14 win in the cold and
snow in Champaign during the best season ever.
Memorable especially for us because we partied with
Willie part of the game. A classic.

2) 1986. Bad season, but John Duvic's kicks beat the
Illini late, 23-18, in Champaign to win a frosty
nailbiter. Especially memorable for an incident late
in the game -- we are dancing around celebrating and a
bunch of clueless ILlini people throw a huge mass of
ice at us, as we sit down, it flies over our heads and
lands on the Illini fans in front of us. If you saw a
bunch of drunken, rather unatheltic 21-year-olds doing
Redskins-style "Fun Bunch" high-fives outside Memorial
Stadium afterwards, that was us.

3) 2000. 61-23 over these creeps? WOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO! A
glorious weekend in Evanston. Shoulda been 61-7, or
more, but Walker took the starters out. I know,
sportsmanship.... but damn, after Jeff George, their
Hat on our Cat ('98) and assorted routs at their
hands, this one felt GOOD!!!!! (Also only time I have
ever seen NU score 60-plus points.) Cigars and
Champagne afterwards to celebrate clinching Big Ten
title against the damned Illini -- hard to top. 

4) 1996. Thriller again (27-24) under a gorgeous fall
sky in Evanston with the winning drive kept alive with
a fourth-down pass to the greatest clutch receiver
ever, Brian Musso. I was at this one with some
Wisconsin people, and just before that first down one
of them was yelling, "Everyone in the stadium knows
where the ball is going! And they won't stop it!" And
they didn't.

5) 2003. One (incomplete) pass in the second half as
NU wraps up a bowl bid by running Jason Wright and
Noah Herron down the Illini's throats with a 37-20
thumping on a sunny day (in more ways than one) in
Champaign. Celebrating the bowl bid in the end zone
with the players afterwards ... priceless.

Close: 2004 (Jeff Backes' miraculous 80-yard punt
return sets up 28-21 OT all-timer in Evanston); 1991
(17-11 Grapes in the Rain in Evanston); and 1992 ("The
catch" by Lee Gissendaner with four seconds left stuns
Illini 27-26 in Champaign). The latter two would have
made the list had I been there, I suspect.

Worst: 1989 (63-14 in Evanston, 49 straight points by
Jeff George-led Illini); 1998 (13-10 loss in Evanston
when punt bounces off NU leg, recovered by Illini to
set up winning TD; Illini plant disgusting orange flag
in our turf and put their Hat on our Cat (statue); I
had to restrain a friend from murder that day); 1993
(20-13 loss in Champaign, totally winnable game,
barf).

Best memory, non-game action: 1985, when we carried a
banner, done in "generic label" style, around Dyche
that said "U of I: Home of Generic Education"; at one
point one Illini coed asked, "What does that mean?"
Point proven ... (game sucked, 45-20 loss)

Second-best memory, non-game action: 1999, before an
otherwise dismal 29-7 loss in Champaign (though Kustok
showed flashes of the moxie he'd dazzle us with in
2000). Tailgating with a Wisconsin pal, eating steaks
with peppers and mushrooms, creamed potatoes, washing
all down with Special Ex longnecks (THE beer for
tailgates) while relaxing in comfy chairs ... an
Illini couple pulls up and makes their, er,  feast:
PB&Js out of the trunk. The looks of jealousy we got
... 

I know most on the list find NU's rivals to be
Wisconsin and Iowa, but for me it will always be
Illinois -- by a mile. 

I am once again making the trip from Philadelphia this
week, this time to watch NU win the 100th game!! GO
CATS!!!

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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Wed Nov 15 05:59:42 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Wed Nov 15 06:00:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Bill Carmody Experience ?
In-Reply-To: <8C8D65E066E21F1-8A8-16A6@WEBMAIL-MA18.sysops.aol.com>
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If Carmody gets bounced, NU will have to pay big bucks to gt someone who 
isn't using NU as a stepping stone.  What about the guy who jumped ship 
and went to Kansas and is now coaching in Divison I-AA (I think)?

John DeGroat

cherron604@aol.com wrote:

>Here's a topic -
> 
>We are hosting DePaul tonight - probably the nearest team we have to a 'cross-town rival' in basketball.  DePaul is about a 5-point favorite.  Are we witnessing the end of the Bill Carmody era ?  I believe it was Brad making a great point last week - the kind of players we need to win in the Big Ten, don't want to play this kind of offense.  We hear that the endless slow starts are a result of the complexity of that offense, but the goal is making the NCAA, and slow starts for Big Ten teams mean no NCAA bid.  
> 
>I will grant that Bill Carmody is very brilliant at tactics, a very engaging man when he talks, and ethically pure.  I am worried, though, that he can't assemble a squad that can regularly make make the NCAA tournament.  At this point, it might almost be argued that he is less likely to make the post season (NIT) than were his less well-regarded predecessors, Kevin O'Neill, the late Ricky Birdsong, and even Rich Falk.  Right now, isn't the Carmody era neck-and-neck with the somnolent Bill Foster era (I am still bitter about the money Bill Foster stole from NU) ?
> 
>So who would we turn to next, in our never-ending search for basketball respectability ?  It would seem that we have to recruit the urban kids who make-up the rest of the Big Ten line-ups, young guys raised on the tough basketball courts of Chicago, NYC, Philly, LA, etc.  Do we need a young coach at one of the mid-major urban universities, or a top-conference assistant who has proved that he can recruit the city athletes very well ?  And do we need to adopt the NBA-style offense that these young athletes want to play ?
> 
>In the end, was the Carmody era a well-meaning experiment, to see if the Ivy League success formula would translate to the Big Ten ?  If so, there's really no shame in admitting that we gave it a good try with a very good coach, but it didn't work.
> 
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Wed Nov 15 06:14:54 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Wed Nov 15 06:15:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Our feelings are hurt again (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200611150135.kAF1ZkCO005890@romaine.tssi.com>
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Mike:

We're going to be moving to Carlisle, PA in December and it looks like 
we'll be stuck  with Comcast.  I share your views about that company.  
Once we're settled in, I'll see about going back to Dish. Tthe local 
phone company doesn't offer DSL where we're going because we're too far 
from the central office switch so Comcast becomes the only game in town 
and I'm sure not going back to dial up service.

John DeGroat

Mike Nolan wrote:

>>>Unfortunately, I have a board meeting to attend in CT this weekend and 
>>>will miss seeing the Illinois game until I get back and can watch it on
>>>TIVO.  
>>>      
>>>
>>It's not on regular TV.  It's on ESPN360.
>>    
>>
>
>Ugh!
>
>I think I'm writing the cable company and ESPN and telling them that if
>they think I'm buying GamePlan again next season, they're most likely
>mistaken.  What a sorry return I've gotten on that investment this season!
>
>I can only hope that the Big 10's own network has better coverage next year
>than GamePlan did of the Cats this season, and that might be the final straw 
>in getting me to switch to satellite.
>--
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov 15 07:03:59 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov 15 07:06:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Cats win over Depaul
In-Reply-To: <455A9904.8030300@insightbb.com>
Message-ID: <000001c708b6$8468a8b0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

>From what I can gather from the Box Score: [and Terry Bannon's coverage in the
Trib]

Coble and Moore came out shooting in the 2nd half - Coble had 7 points in the
first 3:24, Moore had all of his 10 points in the 2nd half also. Coble looks
like the shooter that Carmody is always seeking.

After a horrible first half shooting, [26.9% from the floor, 10% from the arc]
the Cats got the numbers up to 57.9% and 42.9%. Had they shot that way in the
first half, the game would not have been close.

Sterling Williams scored 8 - but his 3 for 8 from the floor needs work.

Jason O had 5 points off the bench, Jeff Ryan also picked up 4.

Carmody has hinted that Moore had a little trouble adjusting to the added
pressure of his second year in the Big 10. In some ways he's a marked man and
until Coble really fires up and gets going, he [along with Doyle] are expected
to lead the team out of the woods this year, or so I gather from various things
I've heard.

The next two games, Stanford and Craig Robinson's Brown, should be verrrry
interesting.

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> 
> A major positive is that the Cats only had 5 turnovers.  The
> Cats didn't 
> shoot very well either but at least they didn't turn the ball over 
> unlike many similar games last year.  Games like this are 
> what you can 
> build a positive season around - it's good to get a win like 
> this to get 
> the Cornell game behind them.
> Mark
>

From thiegs at umn.edu  Wed Nov 15 09:04:23 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Wed Nov 15 09:04:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
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Message-ID: <000301c708c7$55f12690$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>

I can't believe no one has mentioned the 1992 game in Champaign, with the
miraculous fourth-quarter comeback to win 27-26 on a diving touchdown
reception by Pat Wright (? -- it wasn't Gissendaner, was it?) on a throw
from Lenny Williams.  I think it was Gary Barnett's first significant win.
My memories are a little fuzzy, as it was my freshman year, I (regrettably)
didn't travel to the game and so I only listened to it on the radio.
Someone refresh my recollection.  How much did we trail?  How did we come
back?

-Joe


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Behalf Of Jim Leonard
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games

I'd have to go with 1995. Granted, Matt Hartl got away with a hold on the
"39 toss" play that kept the Big Ten unbeated streak alive, but I was in the
endzone seats with many screaming NU fans and I enjoyed every second of it.
And the 62-21 pasting in 2001? was special too.

Victory & Honor,
Jim



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Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:07:06 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games


Okay, I'll start a new thread:  favorite NU-Illinois games from the past.

I'll pick two:  1970 -- we had started the season 0-3, but really seemed 
to be better than that.  Our first conference game was against the 
Illini.  We were hoping to get that elusive win.  We got it, all right 
-- by an amazing score of 48-0.  We then started to roll.  We finished 
6-1 in the conference, tied with Michigan for second place, one game 
behind Ohio State.

My other selection is 1996.  Adrian Autry took over for an injured 
Darnell Autry and scored the winning TD with about a minute to play.  
Final score:  NU, 27-24.

Okay, gang, your turn!

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From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Wed Nov 15 09:29:23 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Wed Nov 15 09:32:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
Message-ID: <20061115.073023.14831.1266129@webmail38.nyc.untd.com>

'92 was mentioned briefly in Brad Wilson's post

Every home game they replay the catch on the catvision in the north 
endzone as part of the NU montage.

I wasn't there either(class of '93), but my favorite had to be 2003 
where we went down to the game without tickets.  We(Maureen and I) 
were talking about where we would find the scalpers when a woman 
dressed in Ill-whine-i apparel handed us 2 tickets gratis.

Watching Jason and Noah run(437 yards rushing) was a pleasure.  We 
kept yelling "Note to coaches run the ball".  Illinois knew we 
couldn't pass worth a crap, but could not stop us from running.

-- "Joe Thiegs" <thiegs@umn.edu> wrote:
I can't believe no one has mentioned the 1992 game in Champaign, with 
the
miraculous fourth-quarter comeback to win 27-26 on a diving touchdown
reception by Pat Wright (? -- it wasn't Gissendaner, was it?) on a 
throw
from Lenny Williams.  I think it was Gary Barnett's first significant 
win.
My memories are a little fuzzy, as it was my freshman year, I 
(regrettably)
didn't travel to the game and so I only listened to it on the radio.
Someone refresh my recollection.  How much did we trail?  How did we 
come
back?

-Joe


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] 
On
Behalf Of Jim Leonard
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:27 PM
To: NU Sports List
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games

I'd have to go with 1995. Granted, Matt Hartl got away with a hold on 
the
"39 toss" play that kept the Big Ten unbeated streak alive, but I was 
in the
endzone seats with many screaming NU fans and I enjoyed every second 
of it.
And the 62-21 pasting in 2001? was special too.

Victory & Honor,
Jim



----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Bendat <thehaze@earthlink.net>
To: NU Sports List <nwu-sports@tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:07:06 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games


Okay, I'll start a new thread:  favorite NU-Illinois games from the 
past.

I'll pick two:  1970 -- we had started the season 0-3, but really 
seemed 
to be better than that.  Our first conference game was against the 
Illini.  We were hoping to get that elusive win.  We got it, all right 
-- by an amazing score of 48-0.  We then started to roll.  We finished 
6-1 in the conference, tied with Michigan for second place, one game 
behind Ohio State.

My other selection is 1996.  Adrian Autry took over for an injured 
Darnell Autry and scored the winning TD with about a minute to play.  
Final score:  NU, 27-24.

Okay, gang, your turn!

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov 15 09:43:01 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov 15 09:45:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/15
Message-ID: <000501c708cc$bc35c6e0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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

Basketball First Win Edition
All the News that Fits We Link  -- Your Index to online News about Northwestern
University Athletics

BASKETBALL

     Men
     "We don't have any intimidating presences or guys with big muscles or
tattoos," - Tim Doyle....
     Wildcats Notch First Win, Defeat DePaul 49-39
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111406aaa.html 
     + Wildcats do just enough to win
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061114nug
amer,1,4904040.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Wildcats' rally leaves Demons at a loss 
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/136593,CST-SPT-demon15.article 
     + Second Half Turns Demons Blue 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/15/Sports/Second.Half.Turns.D
emons.Blue.basketball-2460774.shtml 
     + Doyle Holds The Brush On Wildcats' 'Picasso'
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/15/Sports/Doyle.Holds.The.Bru
sh.On.Wildcats.picasso-2460780.shtml 
     + Freshman Coble Sparks Cats' Offense In Second College Game
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/15/Sports/Freshman.Coble.Spar
ks.Cats.Offense.In.Second.College.Game.basketball-2460778.shtml 
     + Wildcats grow up fast in win over Demons
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=250042 
     + Northwestern 49, DePaul 39
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/136749,1SPT3-15.article 

     Box Score
 
http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2006-2007/mb111406.html#GAME.BOX 

     from the Depaul Blue Demons
     Wildcats Tame DePaul 49-39
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=590892 
     + NCAA Game Summary - DePaul At Northwestern
      http://www.nbc5.com/sports/10322278/detail.html 
     + Northwestern wins ugly affair
 
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/sports/136788,3_2_EL15_B3LOCALHOO
P_S1.article 
     + Clarke, Blue Demons Fall to Wildcats
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=40128 

Next up for the Cats:

     Friday 11/17 @ Stanford 9 PM 
     $ Bootleg Audio: Burlison at CBE Classic
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=590906 
     + Stanford Tops San Jose State, 73-52, to Advance in CBE Classic
      http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111506aaa.html 
     + San Jose State Post-Game Quotes
      http://stanford.scout.com/2/590903.html 

     Other Big 10
      Dark cloud follows Illini
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/illinois/cs-061114collbbk
illini,1,322285.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Agony for Illini on opening night
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-061113illini,1,6237511
.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Injuries put Illini in a bind
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/136509,CST-SPT-ill15.article 
     + Guard to miss 4-6 weeks
      http://illinois.scout.com/2/590673.html 

FOOTBALL

     Home finale figures to be emotional
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/136376,CST-SPT-local15.article 

Next up for the Cats:

     Saturday 11/18 Illinois Fighting Illini [Senior Day] ESPN360
     Illinois down to its last chance
      http://www.sj-r.com/sections/sports/stories/100692.asp 
     + No more moral victories, 'It's time to get it done'
      http://www.pjstar.com/stories/111506/ILL_BBHHJFL7.080.shtml 
     + Illini Report Card: Special teams earn highest mark
 
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/illini/story/F176E2456B3A863
D86257224002461B9?OpenDocument 
     + Eye on the Illini blog
      http://www.stltoday.com/blogs/category/sports-eye-on-the-illini 

Big 10 etc.

     It's their conference call
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/136392,CST-SPT-big15.article 
     + Quick Read: Michigan or Ohio State?
      http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Foxsports/rss/CFB/%7E3/49277886/6169002 
     + Games worth remembering in Wolverines-Buckeyes rivalry 
 
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories/%7E3/492
28754/2006-11-14-lopresti_x.htm 

     Gophers getting better at the right time
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2662179 

     Woodley produces end results for Michigan
 
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories/%7E3/494
16984/2006-11-14-woodley_x.htm 

     Paterno briefly attends Penn State practice; assistant says he could be at
Saturday's game
 
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories/%7E3/492
28753/2006-11-14-paterno_x.htm 

RECRUITING

     Greestein: For 2, the road not taken
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-061114teddy,1,15167
21.column?coll=cs-college-utility 
     Recruiting In Your Own Backyard
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/590572.html 

SOCCER

     Men - NCAA Tourney

     'Cats Face 11th-Seed Saint Louis in NCAA Second Round
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111306aab.html 
     + NU Looks To Build On First Round Win Over Cincinnati 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/15/Sports/Nu.Looks.To.Build.O
n.First.Round.Win.Over.Cincinnati.mens.Soccer-2460783.shtml 

SWIMMING

     Men
     Mike Alexandrov Earns Northwestern's Third-Straight Big Ten Swimmer of the
Week Nod 
     http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/spec-rel/111406aaa.html 

VOLLEYBALL

     Northwestern Hosts No. 23 Purdue, Indiana During Senior Weekend
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/111406aab.html 

MISCELLANY

     Alumni Donation To Assist Athletes, Low-Income Students
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/15/Campus/Alumni.Donation.To.
Assist.Athletes.LowIncome.Students-2460743.shtml 

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From thiegs at umn.edu  Wed Nov 15 09:45:17 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Wed Nov 15 09:45:58 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
In-Reply-To: <20061115.073023.14831.1266129@webmail38.nyc.untd.com>
Message-ID: <000d01c708cd$0ce1c8f0$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>


You're right, Maureen--it also was mentioned in passing in Stephen's post.
That'll teach me to post before making it through all messages in the
thread.  Sorry!  (Still, I do think it deserved more attention than it
previously received.)

Thanks too to Louie for the memory jog.

-Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of mlinhardt@netzero.net
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:29 AM
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Cc: Maureen.Linhardt@plexus.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games

'92 was mentioned briefly in Brad Wilson's post

Every home game they replay the catch on the catvision in the north 
endzone as part of the NU montage.

<snip>

From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Wed Nov 15 14:21:28 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 14:21:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Girardi
Message-ID: <c97.274e286.328cd0c8@aol.com>

Six weeks after he was fired by Florida, Joe Girardi won the NL Manager of  
the Year award.  Compounding the dumbness displayed by the  Cubs.
From Hakirsch at aol.com  Wed Nov 15 14:30:31 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Wed Nov 15 14:30:39 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Girardi
Message-ID: <37c.1d74003e.328cd2e7@aol.com>

I think the dumbness has to be on the Fish

Harry
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov 15 14:36:29 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov 15 14:38:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Girardi
In-Reply-To: <37c.1d74003e.328cd2e7@aol.com>
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My vote would be for both teams....

The Fish for not working with a very talented manager

And the Cubbies for not realizing that what most ball players want today is some
leadership.

The sad thing is that he'll probably wind up managing the Yankees, and we'll all
[except for Paul] be unhappy 'bout that.

rsl

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> I think the dumbness has to be on the Fish
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From cdueltgen at alumni.northwestern.edu  Wed Nov 15 15:17:12 2006
From: cdueltgen at alumni.northwestern.edu (Cynthia Dueltgen)
Date: Wed Nov 15 15:17:17 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
In-Reply-To: <000301c708c7$55f12690$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>
References: <20061115042725.89189.qmail@web36804.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<000301c708c7$55f12690$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>
Message-ID: <2268a9e80611151317n44feca58r97b234e6b17d6b71@mail.gmail.com>

I post really infrequently, but I had to pipe up on this one.  I'm
going to go with the 1992 game at Illinios.  Pardon my reminisce.

That game was so much fun.  It was my senior year, and after four
years in NUMB I realized I'd never gotten to tailgate.  Ever.  So some
of my friends and I made it a mission to go to as many away games that
year as we could.  We hit Purdue and Illinois as fans and Iowa with
the band, so we only missed one Big Ten away game.

We were just a little corner of Purple in the end zone, but it was the
end zone they scored in twice in the last two minutes to win the game.
 I'm pretty sure I lost my voice.  On the way in to the game we passed
the Sutter family tailgate.  They gave us food, which meant the world
as poor students.

My boyfriend at the time was the Photo Editor of the Daily.  He'd
rented a special lens for the game and shot some of it in color, which
was rare.  I'm pretty sure I still have one or two of those prints
somewhere.  They're beautiful.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.  Go Cats!

-Cynthia

On 11/15/06, Joe Thiegs <thiegs@umn.edu> wrote:
> I can't believe no one has mentioned the 1992 game in Champaign, with the
> miraculous fourth-quarter comeback to win 27-26 on a diving touchdown
> reception by Pat Wright (? -- it wasn't Gissendaner, was it?) on a throw
> from Lenny Williams.  I think it was Gary Barnett's first significant win.
> My memories are a little fuzzy, as it was my freshman year, I (regrettably)
> didn't travel to the game and so I only listened to it on the radio.
> Someone refresh my recollection.  How much did we trail?  How did we come
> back?
>
> -Joe
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim Leonard
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:27 PM
> To: NU Sports List
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
>
> I'd have to go with 1995. Granted, Matt Hartl got away with a hold on the
> "39 toss" play that kept the Big Ten unbeated streak alive, but I was in the
> endzone seats with many screaming NU fans and I enjoyed every second of it.
> And the 62-21 pasting in 2001? was special too.
>
> Victory & Honor,
> Jim
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jim Bendat <thehaze@earthlink.net>
> To: NU Sports List <nwu-sports@tssi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:07:06 PM
> Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
>
>
> Okay, I'll start a new thread:  favorite NU-Illinois games from the past.
>
> I'll pick two:  1970 -- we had started the season 0-3, but really seemed
> to be better than that.  Our first conference game was against the
> Illini.  We were hoping to get that elusive win.  We got it, all right
> -- by an amazing score of 48-0.  We then started to roll.  We finished
> 6-1 in the conference, tied with Michigan for second place, one game
> behind Ohio State.
>
> My other selection is 1996.  Adrian Autry took over for an injured
> Darnell Autry and scored the winning TD with about a minute to play.
> Final score:  NU, 27-24.
>
> Okay, gang, your turn!
>
> Jim B.
>
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From jason at jasonsinger.com  Wed Nov 15 15:25:28 2006
From: jason at jasonsinger.com (Jason Singer)
Date: Wed Nov 15 15:25:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
In-Reply-To: <2268a9e80611151317n44feca58r97b234e6b17d6b71@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <200611152125.kAFLPUgD029059@host14.webserver1010.com>


Well, I'll be the first to ask...if you can find the prints...can you post
them? I'm sure we'd love to have them on our Desktop screens!

- jason

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Cynthia Dueltgen
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:17 PM
To: Joe Thiegs
Cc: NU Sports List
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games

I post really infrequently, but I had to pipe up on this one.  I'm
going to go with the 1992 game at Illinios.  Pardon my reminisce.

That game was so much fun.  It was my senior year, and after four
years in NUMB I realized I'd never gotten to tailgate.  Ever.  So some
of my friends and I made it a mission to go to as many away games that
year as we could.  We hit Purdue and Illinois as fans and Iowa with
the band, so we only missed one Big Ten away game.

We were just a little corner of Purple in the end zone, but it was the
end zone they scored in twice in the last two minutes to win the game.
 I'm pretty sure I lost my voice.  On the way in to the game we passed
the Sutter family tailgate.  They gave us food, which meant the world
as poor students.

My boyfriend at the time was the Photo Editor of the Daily.  He'd
rented a special lens for the game and shot some of it in color, which
was rare.  I'm pretty sure I still have one or two of those prints
somewhere.  They're beautiful.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.  Go Cats!

-Cynthia

On 11/15/06, Joe Thiegs <thiegs@umn.edu> wrote:
> I can't believe no one has mentioned the 1992 game in Champaign, with the
> miraculous fourth-quarter comeback to win 27-26 on a diving touchdown
> reception by Pat Wright (? -- it wasn't Gissendaner, was it?) on a throw
> from Lenny Williams.  I think it was Gary Barnett's first significant win.
> My memories are a little fuzzy, as it was my freshman year, I
(regrettably)
> didn't travel to the game and so I only listened to it on the radio.
> Someone refresh my recollection.  How much did we trail?  How did we come
> back?
>
> -Joe
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim Leonard
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:27 PM
> To: NU Sports List
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
>
> I'd have to go with 1995. Granted, Matt Hartl got away with a hold on the
> "39 toss" play that kept the Big Ten unbeated streak alive, but I was in
the
> endzone seats with many screaming NU fans and I enjoyed every second of
it.
> And the 62-21 pasting in 2001? was special too.
>
> Victory & Honor,
> Jim
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jim Bendat <thehaze@earthlink.net>
> To: NU Sports List <nwu-sports@tssi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:07:06 PM
> Subject: [NU Sports] Favorite NU vs. Illinois games
>
>
> Okay, I'll start a new thread:  favorite NU-Illinois games from the past.
>
> I'll pick two:  1970 -- we had started the season 0-3, but really seemed
> to be better than that.  Our first conference game was against the
> Illini.  We were hoping to get that elusive win.  We got it, all right
> -- by an amazing score of 48-0.  We then started to roll.  We finished
> 6-1 in the conference, tied with Michigan for second place, one game
> behind Ohio State.
>
> My other selection is 1996.  Adrian Autry took over for an injured
> Darnell Autry and scored the winning TD with about a minute to play.
> Final score:  NU, 27-24.
>
> Okay, gang, your turn!
>
> Jim B.
>
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Wed Nov 15 21:10:12 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Wed Nov 15 21:10:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Standings and poll
Message-ID: <20061116031013.26783.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com>

Rivalry week is upon us - should be a great set of
games and don't forget to get your picks in by kickoff
Saturday. For now, the standings ...

UNANIMOUS PICKS

* MICHIGAN over Indiana
* PENN STATE over Temple

UPSET SPECIALS

* RUTGERS over Louisville: Picked by John Hodges, Ace
McInturff, Jim Bendat, Brian Winkler, Ryan Farney,
Kelly Sevilla and yours truly.

Now to the big board ...

                     PICKS RECORD        UPSETS
LW TW  Name	     Wk 11 Overall Pct.  W11 Ovrl Wks
=====================================================
 1  1) Trey McAdams   8-2   99-26  .792   0   2   11
 2  1) Marilyn Zilka  9-1   99-26  .792   0   5   11
 3  3) Chuck Herron   8-2   97-28  .776   0   5   11
 8  4) Stephen Truog  9-1   96-29  .768   1   5   11
 3  5) Chris Bailey   6-4   95-30  .760   0   2   11
 6  6) Brad Wilson    7-3   87-28  .757   -   3   10
 9  7) Matt Barnard   7-3   86-29  .748   0   2   10
11  8) Clark Zahn     8-2   71-24  .747   0   2    8
12  9) Kelly Sevilla  8-2   93-32  .744   1   4   11
10  9) Alan Wolfson   7-3   93-32  .744   0   1   11
 7 11) Mark Ament     6-4   78-27  .743   0   1    9
 5 12) Ivars Embrekts 5-5   74-26  .740   0   2    9
16 13) Ryan Farney    8-2   92-33  .736   1   1   11
12 13) Brian Winkler  7-3   92-33  .736   1   4   11
16 15) John Labbe     7-3   91-34  .728   0   2   11
16 15) Eric Steffe    7-3   91-34  .728   0   1   11
16 17) Phredd Groves  6-4   90-35  .720   0   4   11
16 17) John Hodges    6-4   90-35  .720   1   2   11
14 19) Michael Vance  5-5   75-30  .714   0   1    9
15 20) Carl Rossi     5-5   60-25  .706   0   7    8
22 21) Sam Wolfson    6-4   88-37  .704   0   2   11
21 22) Jim Bendat     6-4   81-34  .704   1   3   10
23 22) John Lieske    7-3   81-34  .704   0   3   10
24 24) Ray Stahl      6-4   86-39  .688   0   4   11
25 25) Peg Wolfe      ---   66-29  .695   -   3    8
26 26) Jim Leonard    ---   65-30  .684   -   4    8
27 27) Bruce Taylor   7-3   68-32  .680   0   0    9
28 28) Bob Waldele    5-5   61-39  .610   0   3    9
29 29) Ace McInturff  6-4   75-50  .600   1   8   11

Not eligible at this time (must be in 2/3 of weeks)
----------------------------------------------------
xx xx) Michael Whelan ---   57-18  .760   -   1    6
xx xx) Joe Thiegs     ---   44-11  .800	  -   0    4
xx xx) David Warner   ---   39-16  .709	  -   0    4
xx xx) Arthur Miller  ---   31- 9  .775   -   1    3
xx xx) Neil Kaplan    ---   26- 4  .867   -   1    2
xx xx) T. Haleas      ---   14- 1  .933	  -   0    1
xx xx) Jason Singer   ---   14- 1  .933   -   1    1
xx xx) Roger Bradshaw ---   13- 2  .867   -   0    1
xx xx) Harlan Hieber  ---   11- 4  .733   -   0	   1

And now to the rankings for this week ...

LW TW  SjTOP 25 COLLEGE RANKINGS
================================
 1  1) OHIO STATE - One game from a return to Arizona
 2  2) MICHIGAN - Can Carr crack the Tressel curse?
 6  3) FLORIDA - Not pretty, but won on day of upsets
 8  4) SOUTHERN CAL - Run table & may get a shot
 9  5) ARKANSAS - Time for some overdue respect
16  6) RUTGERS - Moving up, but tough game left @ WV
13  7) WEST VIRGINIA - Still alive for BCS ... title?
12  8) NOTRE DAME - Weak schedule will hurt case for
#2
15  9) WISCONSIN - Like Irish, Badgers lack big win
17 10) WAKE FOREST - Amazing run overshadowed this
year
 5 11) LOUISVILLE - Fun on O, but that D is awful
 3 12) TEXAS - McCoy didn't play defense too, did he?
10 13) LSU - Tigers still have shot at the BCS
 4 14) AUBURN - No excuse for that lack of focus
 7 15) CALIFORNIA - Still control Rose Bowl fate
14 16) OKLAHOMA - Another big win for resurgent
Sooners
19 17) GEORGIA TECH - Suddenly UGa game not so easy
20 18) MARYLAND - Terps vs. Wake for ACC title game?!?
21 19) NEBRASKA - Nice win, will get rematch with UT
18 20) BOISE STATE - Not deserving of a BCS berth
22 21) VIRGINIA TECH - Shot to spoil Wake's run
23 22) BOSTON COLLEGE - Shot to spoil Terps' run
11 23) TENNESSEE - Soundly thumped in Fayetteville
NR 24) PENN STATE - Four losses, but to GOOD teams
25 25) CLEMSON - How quickly Tigers fell out of ACC

DROPPED OUT: (24) Oregon
OTHERS TO WATCH: BYU

GO CATS!!! BEAT THE ILLINI!!!
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov 15 22:39:23 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov 15 22:41:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Girardi
In-Reply-To: <001201c708f5$baa1e3d0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <001b01c70939$30c54910$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

BTW - Joe G was on WGN tonight.

He sounds like a typical NU grad - how could both the Marlins AND Cubbies screw
up?

He did say that he hopes to manage the Cubs some day.

rsl

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> To: Hakirsch@aol.com; MHRJGScott@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Girardi
> 
> 
> My vote would be for both teams....
> 
> The Fish for not working with a very talented manager
> 
> And the Cubbies for not realizing that what most ball players 
> want today is some leadership.
> 
> The sad thing is that he'll probably wind up managing the 
> Yankees, and we'll all [except for Paul] be unhappy 'bout that.
> 
> rsl
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> > 
> > 
> > I think the dumbness has to be on the Fish
> > 
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Thu Nov 16 01:39:41 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Thu Nov 16 01:39:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Bill Carmody Experience ?
In-Reply-To: <C1812E67.1415F%barnard.matt@gmail.com>
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95% agreement here.
 
I like almost everything about Bill Carmody, just some of those previously mentioned lapses (slow starts, shot selection issues) and his relative failure to make the Cats a post-season team (at least, not yet).
 
My only question would be - are we witnessing the classic Jerry Reinsdorf 'point A-B-C' progression ?  (Reinsdorf dumped Doug Collins from the Bulls, arguing that he was the man to get them from point A to point B, and that Phil Jackson was the man 'needed' to get them to point C).
 
If he is our point C guy, great.  If not, where is that magic cut-off, to determine when we are either still making, or no longer making, progress to the NCAA's ?
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
PS - as a Tech ween, stat fanatic and lover of Excel, I loved your post  ;-) 
 
 
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From: barnard.matt@gmail.com
To: cherron604@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The Bill Carmody Experience ?


First of all - I agree that it is unacceptable that NU has never made the NCAA tournament.  Unacceptable.

But, I do see a positive foundation being laid and positive progress being made.  He has done an above average job working with the talent he has, but now needs to improve that talent level.

Consider:

>From 1969 (begin Brad Snyder) to 2000 (end Kevin O?Neill) the program was remarkably and depressingly consistent while posting a .319 overall winning % and a .194 Big Ten winning %.  By contrast, Carmody?s numbers are .467 and .338 respectively.  That represents a 46% improvement overall and a 75% improvement in the Big 10.  Huge. 
He is one of only 3 coaches in the past century who not only did not post a negative win/loss trend (best fit line from yr 1 to the end of their tenure) but posted a significant positive trend (I am suggesting that this is a measure of consistent improvement, learning how to succeed at the school and in the conference, etc.).  If he can keep up that consistent trend, he could be on his way to building a consistent winning program. 
However, on a purely anecdotal level (only looking at the records of a few great college coaches such as Coach K., Calhoun, Boeheim, Roy Williams, Mike Montgomery) it does appear that the great coaches have typically produced excellent win/loss results in at least one season by their 4th year at a school.  By this measure, Carmody could be destined for .450 - .550 winning percentages year after year. 
2 of Carmody?s regular seasons have had win % over .500, and 5 of them over .400 with 4 at, near or over .500.  This is after only 5 seasons over .400 in the 31 seasons before Carmody (B.C.).  That is dramatic improvement in a short time. 
He has more Big Ten wins than in the 12 seasons prior to his arrival


Carmody?s second season stood out and created excitement partly due to relative measure.  A .552 win % was quite thrilling after only 5 seasons above .400 in the previous 32 seasons (pathetic).  But Carmody is 5 for 6 producing seasons over .400 with 4 of them being at/near or over .500.  That has changed expectations (thankfully), but also made another .500 team seem quite unremarkable, unsatisfying and disappointing.

Bottom Line: I think that Carmody is right for the school and the program and has the program headed methodically and dependably in the right direction.  If the team hasn?t broken the .600 barrier (18-20 wins) in another 4 years I would thank Carmody profusely for elevating the program to the next level (from a .300 program to a .450 - .550 program) and building a solid foundation and then I would find someone to take it to the .600+ level.  For now, I think Carmody deserves the chance to take NU to .600, .700 and beyond.  He has accomplished a lot so far.

Matt Barnard



On 11/14/06 3:44 PM, "cherron604@aol.com" <cherron604@aol.com> wrote:

> Here's a topic -
>  
> We are hosting DePaul tonight - probably the nearest team we have to a 
> 'cross-town rival' in basketball.  DePaul is about a 5-point favorite.  Are we 
> witnessing the end of the Bill Carmody era ?  I believe it was Brad making a 
> great point last week - the kind of players we need to win in the Big Ten, 
> don't want to play this kind of offense.  We hear that the endless slow starts 
> are a result of the complexity of that offense, but the goal is making the 
> NCAA, and slow starts for Big Ten teams mean no NCAA bid.  
>  
> I will grant that Bill Carmody is very brilliant at tactics, a very engaging 
> man when he talks, and ethically pure.  I am worried, though, that he can't 
> assemble a squad that can regularly make make the NCAA tournament.  At this 
> point, it might almost be argued that he is less likely to make the post 
> season (NIT) than were his less well-regarded predecessors, Kevin O'Neill, the 
> late Ricky Birdsong, and even Rich Falk.  Right now, isn't the Carmody era 
> neck-and-neck with the somnolent Bill Foster era (I am still bitter about the 
> money Bill Foster stole from NU) ?
>  
> So who would we turn to next, in our never-ending search for basketball 
> respectability ?  It would seem that we have to recruit the urban kids who 
> make-up the rest of the Big Ten line-ups, young guys raised on the tough 
> basketball courts of Chicago, NYC, Philly, LA, etc.  Do we need a young coach 
> at one of the mid-major urban universities, or a top-conference assistant who 
> has proved that he can recruit the city athletes very well ?  And do we need 
> to adopt the NBA-style offense that these young athletes want to play ?
>  
> In the end, was the Carmody era a well-meaning experiment, to see if the Ivy 
> League success formula would translate to the Big Ten ?  If so, there's really 
> no shame in admitting that we gave it a good try with a very good coach, but 
> it didn't work.
>  
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Thu Nov 16 08:40:30 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Thu Nov 16 08:42:36 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] The Bill Carmody Experience ?
In-Reply-To: <8C8D7698316ED7F-BC8-5257@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>
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I think this team has the first vocal on floor leader since Jitim graduated in
Tim Doyle.

I think Craig Moore, if he's following the way he played at the end of last
season, is another outspoken kid on the floor, and isn't afraid to direct
traffic with anyone, even seniors.

While its bad form to quote yourself when discussing something, I did write a
column yesterday about vocal leaders - it was primarily about Doyle and what was
reported about the DePaul game.

Carmody's system requires aggressive control in its players. They've got to take
the shot when its open and drop it in. Coble is that kind of kid, and with time,
Williams and some of the Sophs will also get that kind of confidence.

Vedran had that confidence his first year, but as he matured, he almost mellowed
out. Davor had a similar personality. Not that they weren't driven to succeed -
and I certainly wouldn't try to stoop Vedran when he was driving to the basket,
but sometimes I wonder if BC's attraction as a coach, with his intricate system
of play, doesn't attract the more cerebral player who plays under control all
the time.

Doyle plays well in the system, but he also talks all game. The schedule magnet
from Fast Break this year has a great picture of Doyle pointing and yelling.

I haven't seen an NU Basketball picture of that since Jitim graduated.

rsl

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> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] The Bill Carmody Experience ?
> 
> 
> 95% agreement here.
>  
> I like almost everything about Bill Carmody, just some of 
> those previously mentioned lapses (slow starts, shot 
> selection issues) and his relative failure to make the Cats a 
> post-season team (at least, not yet).
>  
> My only question would be - are we witnessing the classic 
> Jerry Reinsdorf 'point A-B-C' progression ?  (Reinsdorf 
> dumped Doug Collins from the Bulls, arguing that he was the 
> man to get them from point A to point B, and that Phil 
> Jackson was the man 'needed' to get them to point C).
>  
> If he is our point C guy, great.  If not, where is that magic 
> cut-off, to determine when we are either still making, or no 
> longer making, progress to the NCAA's ?
>  
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85
> 


From NEONRye at aol.com  Fri Nov 17 12:17:29 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Fri Nov 17 12:17:38 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sad News on the Eve of the Big Game
Message-ID: <cff.22f7da7.328f56b9@aol.com>

According to wire service reports, Bo Schembechler has died after  collapsing 
while taping a television show.  Bo, of course, came out of the  same 
coaching pantheon at Miami of Ohio as our own beloved Coach  Walker.  And, of course, 
he apprenticed under Woody Hayes, for whom he  later became his most fierce 
rival and nemesis.
 
I always kind of liked Coach Schembechler--mainly because he wasn't  Woody, 
whom I loathed--even though I knew that in some ways they were cut from  the 
same cloth.  But I never regarded him as the virtual epitome of evil  and 
bullying as I viewed Hayes (who trailed only Nixon in my personal Hall of  Fame of 
Infamy and Villany, which was created while I was at NU, and while my  friend 
Mark Ament and I were protesting the Viet Nam War, in which Woody stood  
foursquare behind Richard Milhouse.  I say this by the way simply for  perspective, 
and not in any way to disregard, denigrate or diminish the  sacrifices of our 
contemporaries, including some valuable members  of this list, who served our 
country proudly and well in the  armed forces during that conflict.   
 
It's ironic, of course, that he passed the day before what may come to be  
seen as the "biggest" of the many "Big Games" between tOSU and UM.
 
Anyway, hope he finds peace on the "Big Gridiron in the Sky".
 
Paul Levinson
From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Fri Nov 17 12:52:00 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Fri Nov 17 12:52:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sad News on the Eve of the Big Game
Message-ID: <bed.28e762f.328f5ed0@aol.com>

I surely agree with Paul, Woody couldn't carry Bo's you know what.   Big blue 
is very blue today, I bet they get an upset out of  this.
From Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com  Fri Nov 17 13:41:11 2006
From: Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com (Weinbaum, Willie)
Date: Fri Nov 17 13:41:18 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sad News on the Eve of the Big Game
Message-ID: <EBEB58980DB31543B690E276B97F695602A980AE@XCHGNYM2.corp.espn.pvt>

Schembechler was an NU assistant coach along with George Steinbrenner under Lou Saban.  Their 1955 Cats went 0-8-1.  Ara Parseghian came in the following year.  

 -----Original Message-----
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Sent:	Friday, November 17, 2006 01:21 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Subject:	[NU Sports] Sad News on the Eve of the Big Game

According to wire service reports, Bo Schembechler has died after  collapsing 
while taping a television show.  Bo, of course, came out of the  same 
coaching pantheon at Miami of Ohio as our own beloved Coach  Walker.  And, of course, 
he apprenticed under Woody Hayes, for whom he  later became his most fierce 
rival and nemesis.
 
I always kind of liked Coach Schembechler--mainly because he wasn't  Woody, 
whom I loathed--even though I knew that in some ways they were cut from  the 
same cloth.  But I never regarded him as the virtual epitome of evil  and 
bullying as I viewed Hayes (who trailed only Nixon in my personal Hall of  Fame of 
Infamy and Villany, which was created while I was at NU, and while my  friend 
Mark Ament and I were protesting the Viet Nam War, in which Woody stood  
foursquare behind Richard Milhouse.  I say this by the way simply for  perspective, 
and not in any way to disregard, denigrate or diminish the  sacrifices of our 
contemporaries, including some valuable members  of this list, who served our 
country proudly and well in the  armed forces during that conflict.   
 
It's ironic, of course, that he passed the day before what may come to be  
seen as the "biggest" of the many "Big Games" between tOSU and UM.
 
Anyway, hope he finds peace on the "Big Gridiron in the Sky".
 
Paul Levinson
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From NEONRye at aol.com  Fri Nov 17 14:14:50 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Fri Nov 17 14:15:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sad News on the Eve of the Big Game
Message-ID: <c86.34c1b38.328f723a@aol.com>

Having received a thought-provoking, albeit brief, reply from Harry Kirsch  
offline, I'm replying to my own message to clarify my statements about  Woody.  
 He was and always will be anathema to me, not just because of  his political 
beliefs, but also because of the way he ran his football program  at tOSU and 
his physical abuse of one of his players, which led to his downfall,  of 
course.  And I didn't feel the same way about other supporters of Nixon  that I 
did about Woody.    He was in a class(less) by himself, to  make a bad pun.
 
And I loved that Bo would beat him fairly regularly and upset him every  
time. R.I.P., Coach Schembechler.
 
Paul Levinson
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Fri Nov 17 19:36:40 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Fri Nov 17 19:36:47 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Sad News on the Eve of the Big Game
In-Reply-To: <cff.22f7da7.328f56b9@aol.com>
Message-ID: <877788.43239.qm@web52908.mail.yahoo.com>

Sad news - I grew up a Michigan fan and still cheer
for the Maize and Blue in key games such as this
weekend or against the Golden Domers. I later
appreciated that he had ties to Evanston as well.:)

Michigan may have that aura of arrogance at times, but
they never seemed as outright hostile as dOSU and a
lot of that was Bo. He seemed to do things the right
way most of the time (yes, I know UM has that infamous
Kinesiology major, but at least they put on a facade
of academics:) ). And in 1995, I always got the
feeling that Big Blue was genuinely happy for us while
Buckeye fans were crying foul over the teams not
playing. I think Michign fans were stunned that 1995
afternoon in Ann Arbor when they wished us well after
the defeat and I'm sure most of them were sure
lightning wouldn't strike twice the following year in
Evanston, but I think they were happy for our Rose
Bowl run.

And Bo was one of those who didn't buy into the BCS BS
- the Rose Bowl is the Rose Bowl and in the absence of
a playoff, it doesn't get any bigger than the
Granddaddy of 'em all in Pasadena. Fitting, I guess,
that he passed on the eve of the biggest Big Game in
years.

I've had a feeling all week Michigan would win -- Carr
and company are focused (much like the post-Alamo
embarassment drive of 1997), have the better D and,
for once, better special teams too. OSU has home field
and the best player on the field in Smith, but UM's
offense isn't too shabby either. In a heck of a game,
I think Big Blue wins one for Bo tomorrow.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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GO CATS!!!


 
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From tbng at comcast.net  Sat Nov 18 15:33:35 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sat Nov 18 15:35:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Annual Cat Report Card
Message-ID: <000e01c70b59$7aebd820$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

OFFENSE

QB Bacher: C; Kafka: D-; Brewer F-; overall D-  Bacher is the man.  If only he had started the season healthy, we might be looking forward to a bowl.  As? es la vida.  C. J. made a bunch of rookie mistakes, but he was a rookie.  I believe he learned from them - I hope.  I'm looking forward to seeing a more mature version of him next season.

RB B  Knocked down due to the quarterback and OL issues.  I'm looking forward to returning Tyrell to an A+ next season.

WR C   The QB situation hurt this group.  We have steadiness at wideout but no real star or deep threat.  When will Kim Thompson actually play football for Northwestern?

OL D-   Biggest flop of the season.  For the first half of the season they had to climb 10 stories to reach an low grade F.  They improved, but they were touted as being better than they played.  Most return next season, though, so things should improve.  A bit more size, speed, strength, and talent would be nice.  I have never enjoyed seeing a dominant OL at Northwestern.

TE  I   Only on the cheerleaders. 


DEFENSE

DL  Running C; Pass rush D-  Overall D+  They improved over last season's straight F crew, but that isn't saying a lot.  Next year's version has to get a LOT better at pass rushing, which I've been saying for 10 years.  This remains the weakest and thinnest component of the defense.  Even when we had the talent, they couldn't stay healthy.

LB   C  Losing Nick Roach hurt, but there appears to be some talent returning.  It needs more outside speed and beef in the middle.

DB   C+  Our perennial weak spot became the surprise unit of the season in spite of their dreadful start.  They will offer experience next season.  The Deadly McManis was the big improvement and is a sure bet to make the All Big 10 team before his playing days are done, maybe next season. 


SPECIAL TEAMS  F  I don't want to talk about this crew anymore.  Get some damn kickers!  We also need to improve our own kick returning.


COACHING  C+  This is a tough one.  The year started on a hellish note that would try the patience of Job.  We had no quarterback until C. J. healed and several new coaches who didn't seem to click.  Still, the boys held together and were showing improvement at the end, the OSU game notwithstanding.  I believe Fitz got his size 12s wet and will be the man for the next 50 years.  Eat your heart out, JoePa!  We may see changes in assistant coaches, who serve at the big man's pleasure.


Prognosis 2007 - Definitely a bowl team next season.  If a few of those incoming and redshirt freshmen can add some needed talent in key areas and the rest of the guys develop, we might even pull off a big upset or two.  Is it August 31, 2007, yet?
From tbng at comcast.net  Sat Nov 18 15:35:34 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Sat Nov 18 15:35:50 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Annual Cat Report Card
References: <877788.43239.qm@web52908.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000f01c70b59$7b30f770$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

OFFENSE

QB Bacher: C; Kafka: D-; Brewer F-; overall D-  Bacher is the man.  If only 
he had started the season healthy, we might be looking forward to a bowl. 
As? es la vida.  C. J. made a bunch of rookie mistakes, but he was a rookie. 
I believe he learned from them - I hope.  I'm looking forward to seeing a 
more mature version of him next season.

RB B  Knocked down due to the quarterback and OL issues.  I'm looking 
forward to returning Tyrell to an A+ next season.

WR C   The QB situation hurt this group.  We have steadiness at wideout but 
no real star or deep threat.  When will Kim Thompson actually play football 
for Northwestern?

OL D-   Biggest flop of the season.  For the first half of the season they 
had to climb 10 stories to reach an low grade F.  They improved, but they 
were touted as being better than they played.  Most return next season, 
though, so things should improve.  A bit more size, speed, strength, and 
talent would be nice.  I have never enjoyed seeing a dominant OL at 
Northwestern.

TE  I   Only on the cheerleaders.


DEFENSE

DL  Running C; Pass rush D-  Overall D+  They improved over last season's 
straight F crew, but that isn't saying a lot.  Next year's version has to 
get a LOT better at pass rushing, which I've been saying for 10 years.  This 
remains the weakest and thinnest component of the defense.  Even when we had 
the talent, they couldn't stay healthy.

LB   C  Losing Nick Roach hurt, but there appears to be some talent 
returning.  It needs more outside speed and beef in the middle.

DB   C+  Our perennial weak spot became the surprise unit of the season in 
spite of their dreadful start.  They will offer experience next season.  The 
Deadly McManis was the big improvement and is a sure bet to make the All Big 
10 team before his playing days are done, maybe next season.


SPECIAL TEAMS  F  I don't want to talk about this crew anymore.  Get some 
damn kickers!  We also need to improve our own kick returning.


COACHING  C+  This is a tough one.  The year started on a hellish note that 
would try the patience of Job.  We had no quarterback until C. J. healed and 
several new coaches who didn't seem to click.  Still, the boys held together 
and were showing improvement at the end, the OSU game notwithstanding.  I 
believe Fitz got his size 12s wet and will be the man for the next 50 years. 
Eat your heart out, JoePa!  We may see changes in assistant coaches, who 
serve at the big man's pleasure.


Prognosis 2007 - Definitely a bowl team next season.  If a few of those 
incoming and redshirt freshmen can add some needed talent in key areas and 
the rest of the guys develop, we might even pull off a big upset or two.  Is 
it August 31, 2007, yet? 

From WildElk2 at aol.com  Sat Nov 18 21:28:38 2006
From: WildElk2 at aol.com (WildElk2@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov 18 21:28:44 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Annual Cat Report Card
Message-ID: <51b.a8df27c.32912966@aol.com>

Dennis's assessment(s) was right on, but the white elephant in the  living 
room is this: What effect of RW's passing effected our W-L record?  
  First of all, most of us agree that our defense was improved from  the 2005 
edition. That kept us in every game except OSU, and the melt-down vs.  Sparty.
  Second of all this is NOT a knock against Fitz.  This team  found it's way 
out of the wilderness after Bacher was inserted, and it was  patently obvious 
that we got better as the season went along, starting with  MSU.
  But as trite as this sounds, I really missed Coach on the sidelines,  
although Fitz's trial by fire will benefit us down the road.  I believe  McGee 
would have had more of a mentor, and Coach McGee has learned much, the  hard way, 
this season.  The Nevada game was Grade A Randy Walker.  He  would have pulled 
that one out, Kafka and all.  I bet he would have started  Bacher against 
Purdue, as every report we read suggested that while not 100%,  Bacher could have 
played.
   And the Michigan State game? He would have NEVER let...the Cat  out if the 
bag . (boooooooo!)  
  I would have liked his odds vs. UNH, as we struggled to adjust to  what UNH 
was throwing at us.  That wouldn't have happened with RW.   All this is going 
somewhere...
 
   With Bacher, I think our team is now as good as we were last  year, when 
we finished 7-4.  Our coaches have endured much; both personally  and 
professionally.   With all that happened, we were STILL getting  better at the end of 
the season.   This points to stability; stability  is what RW brought to our 
program, and after 4 months out of control, we have  gained our equilibrium.
  Next year looks promising.  We'll be discussing which bowl  we'll attend 
this time next year...  Trust the Plan,   GO  CATS!!!             Eric
 
 
From WildElk2 at aol.com  Sat Nov 18 21:31:36 2006
From: WildElk2 at aol.com (WildElk2@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov 18 21:31:48 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Fwd: Cats Win!!!/ Cat thoughts...
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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 19 01:14:37 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 19 01:15:44 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Big Ten and the BCS ...
Message-ID: <85492.24481.qm@web52907.mail.yahoo.com>

Well, I think #1 vs. #2 lived up to the hype and was
one heck of a game. Coupled with the Rutgers loss, it
creates one heck of a debate for the final few weeks.
I really think after today that round two is 50 days
away in Arizona.

And does anybody (Mike?) have the BCS rulebook handy
to say if it's limited to two per conference with that
extra BCS game in there this year? Wisconsin will
probably be #7 or #8 after this weekend and with four
of the top six still playing each other, the Badgers
could move into the top five or six by the end of the
season. 

I know the top four are guaranteed berths (OSU getting
in over Oregon last year), but if the Rose Bowl loses
two Big Ten teams to the national title game, it'd be
awfully hard to pass up the 11-1 and #6 or so Badgers,
who'd bring about 75,000 Cheeseheads to Pasadena.
Especially since the Rose Bowl (who will have the top
at-large BCS pick now that OSU is title game bound) is
the one BCS bowl who would not want to pick Notre Dame
at-large and have a rematch with SC.

But after the Cats victory (Wildcat Wrap to come
later), it was fun to watch the Big Game before flying
back to Phoenix and having it live up to expectations.
I think Notre Dame is eliminated because an 11-1 Irish
team couldn't head to the title game over an 11-1
Michigan team that kicked Notre Dame's butt in South
Bend. And Arkansas and West Virginia are probably too
far back to leap over the Wolverines. 

So it really comes down to SC, Florida and Michigan
for the right to play the Buckeyes in Arizona. At the
end of the year, Michigan will likely have beaten two
of the BCS top 10 (Wisky and ND) and lost by 3 at #1.
Tough to see the Gators or Trojans matching up with
that. Yeah, it'd be a rematch - but we've had that
before (FSU/Florida ... a couple BCS bowls in recent
years) and we've seen Oklahoma and Nebraska get beaten
by much, much more in their season finale as a BCS top
two and still play for the title. We'll have to see.
The good news for Michigan is that they're done at
11-1 while SC and Florida have big games yet to play.

And one more side note ... the Valley of the Sun
already has a town named Buckeye (where I teach -
named for Ohio roots with tires and cotton) ... but
they may want to move some OSU home games here. The
Bucks will be here in 2006, won the title here in 2002
and were on track to come here in the BCS debut in
1998 save for a late letdown vs. MSU (and many felt
they were still the best 1-loss team that year and
deserved to be #2 and have a crack at Tennessee). Plus
OSU won Fiesta Bowls here after the 2003 and 2005
seasons.

It may not be fair to OSU, but I think OSU-Michigan
round 2 is around the corner. Hopefully it lives up to
the game today.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 19 01:30:04 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 19 01:30:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Annual Cat Report Card
In-Reply-To: <000f01c70b59$7b30f770$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>
Message-ID: <864784.13025.qm@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>

Hard to argue with any of these - excellent analysis.

> QB Bacher: C; Kafka: D-; Brewer F-; overall D- 
> Bacher is the man.  If only 
> he had started the season healthy, we might be
> looking forward to a bowl. 

Definitely. As you mention, those rookie mistakes
would have been taken care of in September instead of
November and we'd have gotten at least two more wins.
But that's life, I guess. I felt the same way of the
1997 season has D'Wayne Bates not been injured in the
opener.

> RB B  Knocked down due to the quarterback and OL
> issues.  I'm looking 
> forward to returning Tyrell to an A+ next season.

It was interesting that Tyrell went over 1,000 yards
today - at midseason that looked almost impossible.
Amazing what a passing game can do for our running
attack.

> WR C   The QB situation hurt this group.  We have
> steadiness at wideout but 
> no real star or deep threat.  When will Kim Thompson

Yeah - we need that deep threat. Peterman developed
nicely this season to almost surpass Herbert and Lane,
though. And with a year of WR practice, Brewer could
be a nice addition.

> OL D-   Biggest flop of the season.  For the first

Yup - we needed them early.

> TE  I   Only on the cheerleaders.

:)

> DEFENSE
> 
> DL  Running C; Pass rush D-  Overall D+  They
> improved over last season's 
> straight F crew, but that isn't saying a lot.  Next
> year's version has to 

Yup, but it was nice to see us focus on taking away
the run late in the year and get some pressure to
boot.

> LB   C  Losing Nick Roach hurt, but there appears to
> be some talent 

This might be the surprise of the year - you never
like to see a leader and great kid like Roach go out,
but it was encouraging to see we had some young depth
at that spot.

> DB   C+  Our perennial weak spot became the surprise
> unit of the season in 
> spite of their dreadful start.  They will offer
> experience next season.  The 
> Deadly McManis was the big improvement and is a sure

Man is he fun to watch!

> SPECIAL TEAMS  F  I don't want to talk about this
> crew anymore.  Get some 

Ugh - agreed. This needs to be focus #1 in spring ball
and Kenosha. Howells had a nice day today - but our
punting seemed to get worse as the year went on and
coverage and returns were poor.

> COACHING  C+  This is a tough one.  The year started
> on a hellish note that 

This is the one grade I might quibble with. Fitzgerald
came into a situation that went from bad to worse
early on with the QB woes and 0-5 conference start.

Worse then hit rock bottom with that MSU collapse. But
not only did Fitz keep his optimism and focus, he kept
his team united and focused and tinkered with some
gameplan strategies to end on a much better note --
beating two rivals and playing respectable (save for
the darn turnovers) against the #1 and #2 teams in the
country.

This guy showed some amazing grace, poise, leadership
and class this year and I think even those who thought
he may be too young were turned around by the end of
the season. This IS our coach and this IS the man we
want to see on the sidelines of Evanston for a long
time to come.

> believe Fitz got his size 12s wet and will be the
> man for the next 50 years. 
> Eat your heart out, JoePa!  We may see changes in

:) - yeah, I think we agree here too, I just had to
say again how proud and amazed I was of Fitz to hold
this team together after that MSU heartbreak.

> Prognosis 2007 - Definitely a bowl team next season.
> a big upset or two.  Is 
> it August 31, 2007, yet? 
> 
I agree completely -- Fitz and his staff guided the
team through what would have been a rough year even
before Walker's death and have left fans with reason
to be optimistic and passionate about the purple next
year.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Sun Nov 19 08:27:08 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Sun Nov 19 08:27:13 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Big Ten and the BCS ...
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Although it would be nice, only 2 teams per conference are permitted into
BCS games, even with the additonal game.  See the rules here:

http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/eligibility

"No more than two teams from any single Conference may play in BCS games in
a single year, regardless of whether they are automatic qualifiers or
at-large picks."

Outside of the top 3 in the Big Ten, nobody else is that impressive and we
may witness a down year in terms of bowl wins since the next 4 are all
rather mediocre.  PSU and Purdue may both have 8 wins, but their non
conference schedules were notoriously weak.  Looks like those two will be
headed to the Outback and Alamo, respectively, and they'll be facing some
tough teams from the SEC and Big XII.

The Illinois win was great for Northwestern and our program and it's great
that the clock tower will be purple all year!

Jonathan

On 11/19/06, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Well, I think #1 vs. #2 lived up to the hype and was
> one heck of a game. Coupled with the Rutgers loss, it
> creates one heck of a debate for the final few weeks.
> I really think after today that round two is 50 days
> away in Arizona.
>
> And does anybody (Mike?) have the BCS rulebook handy
> to say if it's limited to two per conference with that
> extra BCS game in there this year? Wisconsin will
> probably be #7 or #8 after this weekend and with four
> of the top six still playing each other, the Badgers
> could move into the top five or six by the end of the
> season.
>
> I know the top four are guaranteed berths (OSU getting
> in over Oregon last year), but if the Rose Bowl loses
> two Big Ten teams to the national title game, it'd be
> awfully hard to pass up the 11-1 and #6 or so Badgers,
> who'd bring about 75,000 Cheeseheads to Pasadena.
> Especially since the Rose Bowl (who will have the top
> at-large BCS pick now that OSU is title game bound) is
> the one BCS bowl who would not want to pick Notre Dame
> at-large and have a rematch with SC.
>
> But after the Cats victory (Wildcat Wrap to come
> later), it was fun to watch the Big Game before flying
> back to Phoenix and having it live up to expectations.
> I think Notre Dame is eliminated because an 11-1 Irish
> team couldn't head to the title game over an 11-1
> Michigan team that kicked Notre Dame's butt in South
> Bend. And Arkansas and West Virginia are probably too
> far back to leap over the Wolverines.
>
> So it really comes down to SC, Florida and Michigan
> for the right to play the Buckeyes in Arizona. At the
> end of the year, Michigan will likely have beaten two
> of the BCS top 10 (Wisky and ND) and lost by 3 at #1.
> Tough to see the Gators or Trojans matching up with
> that. Yeah, it'd be a rematch - but we've had that
> before (FSU/Florida ... a couple BCS bowls in recent
> years) and we've seen Oklahoma and Nebraska get beaten
> by much, much more in their season finale as a BCS top
> two and still play for the title. We'll have to see.
> The good news for Michigan is that they're done at
> 11-1 while SC and Florida have big games yet to play.
>
> And one more side note ... the Valley of the Sun
> already has a town named Buckeye (where I teach -
> named for Ohio roots with tires and cotton) ... but
> they may want to move some OSU home games here. The
> Bucks will be here in 2006, won the title here in 2002
> and were on track to come here in the BCS debut in
> 1998 save for a late letdown vs. MSU (and many felt
> they were still the best 1-loss team that year and
> deserved to be #2 and have a crack at Tennessee). Plus
> OSU won Fiesta Bowls here after the 2003 and 2005
> seasons.
>
> It may not be fair to OSU, but I think OSU-Michigan
> round 2 is around the corner. Hopefully it lives up to
> the game today.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
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> sjtruog@yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
>
>
>
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From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Sun Nov 19 09:15:17 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 19 09:15:30 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Big Ten and the BCS ...
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Well nobody down here in Florida wants to hear about a rematch.   Devalues 
the regular season, they already played a game and dOSU won, blah,  blah, blah.  
The fact that the Gators played a 1-AA team is not  helping.  I think the 
computer says rematch and the voters say SC. Voters  win.  Cheeseheads visit 
Mickey Mouse.
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 19 13:58:25 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 19 13:58:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Big Ten and the BCS ...
In-Reply-To: <fcb3ee270611190627u2d78a424q15d55f8d9d4c0fea@mail.gmail.com>
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> Although it would be nice, only 2 teams per
> conference are permitted into

I figured so, but didn't know for sure with the extra
game this year.

That's real bad news for the Rose Bowl, who seems to
be in a bad situation either way.

OSU is a lock for the title game, so the Rose Bowl
gets first pick of the at-large teams because their
team was taken out for the title game.

SC and Michigan appear to be the most likely opponents
for the Buckeyes, meaning that Pasadena's top two
options are taken away.

Normally, Notre Dame with the fan-base and hype would
be the first pick for replacement ... but the Irish
were blown out by Michigan earlier this year and an
SC/Irish game would be a rematch of a regular season
game (not that's that stopped the B(C)S from giving us
Florida State vs. Miami again and again).

So who's left at-large for the Tournament of Roses?

Wisconsin at 11-1 and #6 or so in the BCS would be a
great pick with 75,000+ Cheeseheads making the trip.
But they can't pick them because of the rules.

Cal, Oregon and the other Pac 10 teams have played
their way out of contention.

The ACC and Big East are in complete upheaval and
really offer no attractive candidate.

The SEC features some big names, but they're knocking
each other out lately too. Arkansas-SC rematch?

Which leaves the Big XII ... Oklahoma might be the
most likely pick for name recognition.

Or Boise State.:)

> Outside of the top 3 in the Big Ten, nobody else is
> that impressive and we
> may witness a down year in terms of bowl wins since
> the next 4 are all

Eh, all depends on the matchups. I think PSU and
Purdue are both better than most people think. The
Lions' four defeats have come to teams that are 44-3
this year. If their offense just hangs on to the darn
ball, they can play with anybody. And Purdue's getting
better, as long as they don't have to rely on special
teams.

Wisconsin probably gets Tennessee in Orlando because
we don't want a rematch of last year, when the Badgers
used the same plan Arkansas used this year to smash
the ball down the throats of the somewhat soft Auburn
D.

Penn State could get LSU or Tennessee or Georgia. All
formidable, but beatable.

Purdue ... tough to tell who gets them. It'd be fun to
see Texas Tech and a high scoring game, but it may be
the Aggies.

> The Illinois win was great for Northwestern and our
> program and it's great
> that the clock tower will be purple all year!

:) indeed. Beating the hated Hawkeyes and rival Illini
really finished a rough year on a bright note.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 19 16:45:47 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 19 16:45:54 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
Message-ID: <198793.90864.qm@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>

Young teams have a habit of being streaky,
inconsistent and mistake prone. All of those
tendencies were on display Saturday in Evanston as two
young and improving Big Ten teams met in a game that
was not pretty, but ultimately was satisfying for the
home fans.

Northwestern and Illinois met for the 100th time in
Ryan Field for the Sweet Sioux trophy between the
in-state rivals. Illinois has a slight lead in the
overall series, but the Cats have gotten the better of
their downstate foes lately, winning 7 of the last 11
and three in a row. Both teams entered Saturday out of
the bowl hunt, but with young stars on offense and
improvement on the season that had both fans
anticipating the 2007 season and looking to the 2006
rivalry game to serve as a springboard for the future.

Momentum plays a big role for young teams, and a play
or two can change the face of a game. Illinois seemed
to have the early edge with a Wildcat fumble, but when
the Wildcat D held and an Illini field goal attempt
doinked off the left upright in the south end zone,
ole? lady Mo was wearing a purple dress.

The Cats dominated the rest of the first quarter,
running and passing all over the field for short
chunks of yardage and marching to a 14-0 lead. The
Illini couldn?t get anything going against the NU
defense, and despite a 73-yard kickoff return after
the Cats first TD, a fumble by quarterback Juice
Williams kept the shutout alive and Northwestern
answered with their second touchdown drive.

But just like the big return after the first TD,
Illinois had an answer and following the second TD,
Illinois? Rashard Mendenhall raced 86 yards up the gut
on the first play of their series to cut the deficit
in half. Suddenly the fickle Madame Mo had swapped
colors.

A poor kickoff return by NU started the Cats deep and
apparently the O-line didn?t get the memo that we were
back on offense, because the next two plays were a ?5
yard rush and a QB sack that both saw orange defenders
in the backfield almost before the snap. The third
play was a safety and suddenly, despite a solid
showing save for one play by the D, it was 14-9 NU.

The Wildcats looked to have stopped the change in
momentum by holding after the free kick, but a fumble
by Terrell Jordan after we crossed midfield and BAM!
The Illini hit a 47-yard pass on beautiful play-action
and score the next play to go up 16-14.

With two minutes left in a half they had dominated
statistically, the Cats suddenly found themselves down
16-14 and the fans in orange were doing that annoying
I-L-L chant. Turnovers and big plays were killing the
Cats 
 but one big area of improvement this year for
Northwestern was the lack of stupid penalties, and
that turned out to be something the young and talented
Illini have not mastered yet. A couple stupid late
hits and interference calls kept NU drives alive and
one of those happened toward the end of the half,
allowing C.J. Bacher and the Cats to drive down the
field and get a Joel Howells kick before half to head
to the locker room with a 17-16 lead.

A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of
the Northwestern University Marching Band (NUMB), the
final home halftime show is always special for me, as
I watch the departing seniors honored and appreciate
and participate in the thankful acknowledgement of the
crowd for the NUMBers? years of pride and guts in
supporting our team win or lose. Well, not only was
NUMB fantastic in bringing back their top-notch George
Gershwin halftime show, but it was also slyly funny to
see ?Rhapsody in Blue? played at halftime on American
Airlines Day at Ryan Field. I?m sure the United
Airlines execs were smiling. Take that corporate
sponsors! But anyway, Senior Day isn?t just a day to
thank our senior gridiron players for all that they?ve
done for NU, but the cheerleaders, mascots, band
members and everyone else who helps make college
football a unique and special experience for fans.

After the break, Coach Fitzgerald came out of the
locker room with a call that would have made his
mentor Randy Walker proud. The second halves of the
past three UI-NU games have been purple-powered
domination as the Cats? running game took over to
clinch the victories. Sensing the momentum still on
the side of the orange and blue, Fitz began the second
half with an onside kick that caught Illinois napping.

But stubborn Ms. Mo didn?t want to change sides fully
yet, and the recovered onside kick appeared to be for
naught when it was 4th and 4 at the Illinois 36. But
Fitz went for it, and two plays later, Tyrell Sutton
was in the end zone for a 24-16 Wildcat lead and we
had brought momentum back to our side for good.

The rest of the second half saw some outstanding play
from the Wildcat defense, limiting the Illini to 84
yards in the second half. Illinois had five series in
the second half, and only one saw the orange and blue
get a first down. Some of the help came from Illinois?
receivers, who dropped a few passes right in the
hands, but the pressure, coverage and intensity of the
NU D was huge, holding firm on 4th and 2 and 4th and 7
on the final two series for Illinois.

The same cannot be said of the NU offense. After going
up 24-16 and with the defensive stops, virtually all
of the second half was played in Illinois? territory.
But the drives stalled at midfield, the Illinois 34
and the Illinois 34 again. It wasn?t until the Illini
botched a punt near midfield and then committed a big
penalty on the ensuing drive that the Cats finally
iced the game with a 22-yard field goal from Howells.

Illinois has a lot of young talent and will be a team
to reckon with the next couple years as Coach Zook?s
recruiting efforts pay off. But ill-timed penalties
and missed opportunities overcame a bunch of gifts
from Northwestern and the clock tower will remain
purple for another year. They?re a load to tackle
though, and Juice Williams is a playmaker at
quarterback, so despite the ugliness of the game at
times, this was a hard-earned win.

As for the Cats, this was a game they dominated
statistically, doubling Illinois in time of
possession, more than tripling their first down and
winning the field position war all day. Yet they
almost gave it away with turnovers, allowing big plays
and a lack of aggressiveness late to put a nail in the
coffin. Still, it?s a win over the in-state rival and
coupled with the win over Iowa and the much improved
offensive and defensive play in the last month,
there?s plenty of reason to be optimistic for the
future in Evanston.

GAME BALLS
* Tyrell Sutton and C.J. Bacher. You have to put the
two together because they complement each other so
much. Sutton topped 1,000 yards for the second
straight year, and that didn?t look like it would
happen at midseason. Enter Bacher and a solid passing
game and it?s amazing how much the running lanes open
up. It?ll be good to have these two in the backfield
from the start next year.
* The Defense. Aside from a couple of big plays, these
guys were getting pressure, forcing 3-and-outs and
hustling their butts off all day. Good to see the
improved effort.
* Joel Howells. Special teams have been a sore spot
for NU lately, and punts and return coverage were bad
today. But Howells made two big field goals today ?
one to stop UI momentum and head into halftime with a
lead and another to ice the game ? on a day with
swirling wins and a cold, rock-like ball. Not always
pretty, but effective. He?s taken heat for losses, so
time for some props in a win.

THINGS TO WORK ON
* Hang on to the gosh-darn ball! It wasn?t as bad as
the 28 points we gift-wrapped for Ohio State last
week, but we still gave the Illini a couple chances to
take the game from us and really need to work on
turnovers for next year.
* The Big Play. The defense did a fine job of forcing
3-and-outs and bottling up 95% of the plays, but when
the Illini struck big ? on a run up the gut or a
play-action pass ? we didn?t seem to have much left in
the second wave to stop a first down play from
becoming a big play. Still, better to get pressure and
get burned than to sit back and wait to be picked
apart I guess.
* Finish ?em off. Despite NU dominance and playing
virtually the entire second half in Illinois
territory, this was a one-possession game until the
final minutes. We went for the jugular after the half
on the onside kick and 4th down call,  but we grew
timid later.

AROUND THE LEAGUE
* Heck of a game in Columbus. OHIO STATE is #1, Jim
Tressel is one helluva coach and Troy Smith is one
outstanding player. But those MICHIGAN players may get
another shot in seven weeks in Arizona.
* WISCONSIN may not get a BCS bid, but could finish in
the top five with a win in Orlando to cap a 12-1
season. Not bad for a new coach. Of course, Barry
didn?t exactly leave this program in disarray either.
* MINNESOTA made a nice rally to end the season
bowl-eligible after a tough start. IOWA on the other
hand is really backing into a bowl. If there?s
justice, the Gophers get the higher bowl in Orlando
while the Hawkeyes head to Phoenix.
* PURDUE solidified their hold on the Alamo Bowl spot
and in the process ended INDIANA?s run to a bowl game.
Too bad for IU, as it?d have been a nice step for the
program. But like NU and UI, the Hoosiers are on the
rise and proving to be a tough out this year. As for
Purdue, they still have that island-trap game at
Hawaii before the bowl game.
* PENN STATE?s offense really struggled, as they have
all season, but the D was strong enough to send John
L. packing with a loss 
 looks like the Nittany Lions
will be back in Florida for a January bowl ? this time
in Tampa.

BOWL PICTURE
Checking the crystal ball for the latest postseason
picks 

* BCS TITLE GAME: Ohio State vs. USC
The voters (and that endless push from Fox you already
saw on the NFL games today) will probably doom a
rematch, even if it?s clear Michigan is #2. An SC win
over the Irish and they get a shot at the Bucks in a
Rose Bowl away from the Rose Bowl.

* ROSE: Michigan vs. Arkansas
Speaking of the Granddaddy, they?ll gladly take
Michigan 
 but by losing both their conference champs
to the title game, they could get shafted for the
second slot. Normally, the first pick bowl would
gobble Notre Dame up faster than turkey on Thursday,
but they won?t want a rematch of Big Blue?s
butt-kicking in South Bend. So they?re left with Boise
State, the ACC/Big Least champ or an SEC team. Pig
Sooey baby! And if the Razorbacks win the SEC title,
Michigan-Florida would be a heck of a game as well.

* SUGAR: Florida vs. Notre Dame
With the Irish out of the Roses, the Sugar will snatch
?em up against the winner of the Arkansas-Florida
game.

* ORANGE: Georgia Tech vs. Louisville
No one really knows who will win muddled Big Least and
ACC races, but the chances are looking good that they
will be pitted against each other in Miami.

* FIESTA: Texas vs. Boise State
Unless the voters put as much pull into avoiding an
undeserving Boise State entry into the BCS as they?re
putting into avoiding a title game rematch, we?re
gonna have an ugly one here in the Nacho Bowl.

* CITRUS: Wisconsin vs. Tennessee
Folks in Florida won?t want a rematch of last year?s
upset where the Badgers popped Auburn in the mouth a
few times and the Tigers turned to Kittens. So bring
on the Vols and expose the Cheeseheads to the
experience of hearing Rocky Top 20,000 times in a
game! Besides, you can?t spell Citrus without UT,
right Phil?

* OUTBACK: Penn State vs. Auburn
Interesting to see who the folks in Tampa place
against the Nits here. The Cotton would probably
rather have LSU over than the Tigers, and the Peach
might prefer UGa or Spurrier State, so Auburn could
slip here. Which might be good news for PSU, who has a
fine defense but not much of an offense.

* ALAMO: Purdue vs. Texas A&M
It?d be fun to see Texas Tech vs. Tiller here in a
shootout, but the Aggies have some local pull and will
help sell tickets better.

* CHAMPS: Minnesota vs. Florida State
Interesting to see what happens here. Minny should be
the Big Ten rep because they beat Iowa and the Hawks
have tanked it to end the year. But the ACC has so
many teams at the top who have better records but
don?t have the name or pull of Florida State in
Orlando.

* INSIGHT: Iowa vs. Missouri
Phoenix gets a decent rivalry matchup here as two
teams who had bigger hopes in midseason settle for a
week in the Valley of the Sun and a minor bowl.

Last year at this time, the word was consistency.
Coming off the jubilant comeback against Iowa on
Senior Day and marking yet another 6-win season and
bowl trip under Randy Walker, the Cats were becoming a
consistent winner. But that was torn apart in the off
season ? part of it was graduation and losing leaders
like Brett Basanez and Tim McGarrigle, while part of
it was cruel fate with Coach Walker?s death and, to a
much lesser extent, C.J. Bacher?s injury.

But Coach Fitz stepped in and after a rough start and
utterly devastating loss to MSU, pulled his team
together and proved that he is our man on the
sidelines for the future by beating rivals Illinois
and Iowa and, save for those darn turnovers, competing
with #1 OSU and #2 Michigan in the final month of the
season. The word this season finale is hope. With much
of the offense and defense returning next year, Cat
fans expect nothing less than a return to the bowl
scene and Coach Fitz wouldn?t have it any other way.

Thank you seniors for all you have done for
Northwestern - helping lay the foundation for the
program and refusing to let a heartbreaking loss and
season turmoil rip that apart. THANK YOU SENIORS!!!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

* * * * * * * * *
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From yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu  Sun Nov 19 17:10:45 2006
From: yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu (Evan Bradley)
Date: Sun Nov 19 17:11:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
In-Reply-To: <198793.90864.qm@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <198793.90864.qm@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <914d6aa90611191510j5eb7b09co41df97f50bf3174d@mail.gmail.com>

Another side note from another NUMBalum:  What's up with the band
playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) on defense? I'm pretty
sure I head it on the radio, and that it was NUMB and not the Illini
band, but correct me if I'm wrong. That's so unoriginal.  Holst was
way cooler (IMO).

On 11/19/06, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of
> the Northwestern University Marching Band (NUMB), the
> final home halftime show is always special for me, as
> I watch the departing seniors honored and appreciate
> and participate in the thankful acknowledgement of the
> crowd for the NUMBers' years of pride and guts in
> supporting our team win or lose. Well, not only was
> NUMB fantastic in bringing back their top-notch George
> Gershwin halftime show, but it was also slyly funny to
> see "Rhapsody in Blue" played at halftime on American
> Airlines Day at Ryan Field. I'm sure the United
> Airlines execs were smiling. Take that corporate
> sponsors! But anyway, Senior Day isn't just a day to
> thank our senior gridiron players for all that they've
> done for NU, but the cheerleaders, mascots, band
> members and everyone else who helps make college
> football a unique and special experience for fans.
>

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 19 17:19:10 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 19 17:19:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Week 13
Message-ID: <639012.8552.qm@web52906.mail.yahoo.com>

With travel plans and early games, needed to get this
out today ...

One more Big Ten game, one more week to go before it's
conference championship time. The big game, of course,
is that "Nobody Wins" game between the Evil Empire and
Evil SC. But there's plenty of other pigskin to feast
on this holiday weekend from the unofficial SEC-ACC
Challenge to a couple ACC games to determine the one
division winner and some Big XII rivalries. Oh yeah,
that LSU-Arkansas game is pretty big, too. 

And that's not even counting the big games out west
here that will likely not make it to many TVs, such as
the Civil War in Oregon, ASU-Arizona in Tuscon and
Boise State's toughest test at Nevada. Mmmm, pigskin!

PICKS DUE BY KICKOFF THURSDAY!!! Gobble gobble!

PIGSKIN PICKS - WEEK 13
#######################
Name: 

BIG TEN
=======
Game  1: Purdue @ Hawaii
Winner: 

NATIONAL
========
Game  2: Boston College @ Miami
Winner: 

Game  3: Texas A&M @ Texas
Winner: 

Game  4: Colorado @ Nebraska
Winner: 

Game  5: LSU vs. Arkansas (@ Little Rock, AK)
Winner: 

Game  6: Florida @ Florida State
Winner: 

Game  7: Georgia Tech @ Georgia
Winner: 

Game  8: South Carolina @ Clemson
Winner: 

Game  9: Wake Forest @ Maryland
Winner: 

Game 10: Notre Dame @ Southern Cal
Winner: 

MY PICKS
========
* PURDUE 49, Hawaii 41
C: The Islands have been rough on many a team, and
Purdue can't let this game come down to a field goal,
but that may be a blessing in disguise as Tiller has
to go for the 6 and wins a shootout.

* BOSTON COLLEGE 27, Miami 24
C: Tough call here ... BC needs a win and help to play
for the ACC title and rivalry games are always tough.
Miami's down and needs a win to be bowl eligible. In
the end, Miami just wants this mess of a season to
end.

* TEXAS 52, Texas A&M 10
C: It might be close in Aggieland, but it's ugly in
Austin. The Horns are stewing from the KSU loss and
want to end on a high note. Bye Bye, Coach Fran.

* NEBRASKA 23, Colorado 22
C: Tempted to go upset here as the Huskers may be
looking ahead to the Big XII title game and the Buffs
need this to redeem a disappointing season. But the
Huskers survive at home.

* ARKANSAS 21, LSU 7
C: Rough rivalry game here with lots of defense and
hard hitting, but McFadden continues his campaign for
Heisman Runner Up and breaks it open late.

* FLORIDA 31, Florida State 13
C: Bobby's boys barely beat Western Michigan last week
- though they could try and salvage the season here.
Still, Urban knows you gotta beat the rivals and does
again here handily. Expect lots of BCS campaigning.

* GEORGIA 24, Georgia Tech 21
C: Tough call here as Tech's having a heck of a year -
but the Dawgs have been playing better lately, are at
home and the SEC still trumps the ACC.

* CLEMSON 34, South Carolina 20
C: Sooner or later, Spurrier's gonna figure out how to
beat Bobby's boy, but for this year the Tigers win
again thanks to home field.

* MARYLAND 13, Wake Forest 10
C: Tough call here - Terps at home!

* SOUTHERN CAL 41, Notre Dame 14
C: The Irish haven't played a decent team for months
and won't be ready for SC's speed at wideout. The
Trojans smell a title shot and roll. Winning big, like
Michigan did in South Bend, would seal the deal.

Remember, picks due by kickoff Thursday.
Have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

* * * * * * * * *
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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Sun Nov 19 18:52:58 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Sun Nov 19 18:53:05 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
In-Reply-To: <914d6aa90611191510j5eb7b09co41df97f50bf3174d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <198793.90864.qm@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>
	<914d6aa90611191510j5eb7b09co41df97f50bf3174d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270611191652h6f53b8bbu2c79d3090b22c9d3@mail.gmail.com>

NUMB is playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) since Fitz gave over the
NU linebackers Darth Vader helmet to the NUMB SpiriTeam on a permanent basis
for this season.  They still play Mars (Holst) on occasion as well.  I think
it's always good to increase the repertoire - they've also added some more
stands tunes this year as well (Green Day, White Stripes, etc.) as well as
more drumline-led cheers.

No visiting schools brought their marching bands to Evanston this year
(besides the high schools during band day), it's usually interesting to
watch two bands during halftime to get some different marching styles.

Jonathan

On 11/19/06, Evan Bradley <yevb0@alumni.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>
> Another side note from another NUMBalum:  What's up with the band
> playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) on defense? I'm pretty
> sure I head it on the radio, and that it was NUMB and not the Illini
> band, but correct me if I'm wrong. That's so unoriginal.  Holst was
> way cooler (IMO).
>
> On 11/19/06, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of
> > the Northwestern University Marching Band (NUMB), the
> > final home halftime show is always special for me, as
> > I watch the departing seniors honored and appreciate
> > and participate in the thankful acknowledgement of the
> > crowd for the NUMBers' years of pride and guts in
> > supporting our team win or lose. Well, not only was
> > NUMB fantastic in bringing back their top-notch George
> > Gershwin halftime show, but it was also slyly funny to
> > see "Rhapsody in Blue" played at halftime on American
> > Airlines Day at Ryan Field. I'm sure the United
> > Airlines execs were smiling. Take that corporate
> > sponsors! But anyway, Senior Day isn't just a day to
> > thank our senior gridiron players for all that they've
> > done for NU, but the cheerleaders, mascots, band
> > members and everyone else who helps make college
> > football a unique and special experience for fans.
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> nwu-sports site list
> nwu-sports@tssi.com
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports
>



-- 
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Evanston, IL  60201-3259
(847) 736-2449
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Sun Nov 19 20:21:22 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Sun Nov 19 20:22:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
In-Reply-To: <914d6aa90611191510j5eb7b09co41df97f50bf3174d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <002a01c70c4a$92798860$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

NUMB has always struck me as a band with attitude and an interest in being a
leader rather than a follower.

I loved the spirit folks when I first saw them in '95.  I loved Holtz too
when I first heard it played, but everybody plays it now.

Happy to hear that the band is trying to find new tunes to convey the same
message.

Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Evan Bradley
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 6:11 PM
To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' Sports List
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16

Another side note from another NUMBalum:  What's up with the band playing
the Imperial March (from Star Wars) on defense? I'm pretty sure I head it on
the radio, and that it was NUMB and not the Illini band, but correct me if
I'm wrong. That's so unoriginal.  Holst was way cooler (IMO).

On 11/19/06, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of the Northwestern 
> University Marching Band (NUMB), the final home halftime show is 
> always special for me, as I watch the departing seniors honored and 
> appreciate and participate in the thankful acknowledgement of the 
> crowd for the NUMBers' years of pride and guts in supporting our team 
> win or lose. Well, not only was NUMB fantastic in bringing back their 
> top-notch George Gershwin halftime show, but it was also slyly funny 
> to see "Rhapsody in Blue" played at halftime on American Airlines Day 
> at Ryan Field. I'm sure the United Airlines execs were smiling. Take 
> that corporate sponsors! But anyway, Senior Day isn't just a day to 
> thank our senior gridiron players for all that they've done for NU, 
> but the cheerleaders, mascots, band members and everyone else who 
> helps make college football a unique and special experience for fans.
>

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From yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu  Mon Nov 20 09:22:58 2006
From: yevb0 at alumni.northwestern.edu (Evan Bradley)
Date: Mon Nov 20 09:23:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
In-Reply-To: <002a01c70c4a$92798860$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
References: <914d6aa90611191510j5eb7b09co41df97f50bf3174d@mail.gmail.com>
	<002a01c70c4a$92798860$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <914d6aa90611200722v5dc93960k322f09a30dadbf62@mail.gmail.com>

I have to agree; a larger repertoire is definitely better.  I was just
afraid they had abandoned Mars.

On 11/19/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
> NUMB has always struck me as a band with attitude and an interest in being a
> leader rather than a follower.
>
> I loved the spirit folks when I first saw them in '95.  I loved Holtz too
> when I first heard it played, but everybody plays it now.
>
> Happy to hear that the band is trying to find new tunes to convey the same
> message.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Evan Bradley
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 6:11 PM
> To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' Sports List
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
>
> Another side note from another NUMBalum:  What's up with the band playing
> the Imperial March (from Star Wars) on defense? I'm pretty sure I head it on
> the radio, and that it was NUMB and not the Illini band, but correct me if
> I'm wrong. That's so unoriginal.  Holst was way cooler (IMO).
>
> On 11/19/06, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of the Northwestern
> > University Marching Band (NUMB), the final home halftime show is
> > always special for me, as I watch the departing seniors honored and
> > appreciate and participate in the thankful acknowledgement of the
> > crowd for the NUMBers' years of pride and guts in supporting our team
> > win or lose. Well, not only was NUMB fantastic in bringing back their
> > top-notch George Gershwin halftime show, but it was also slyly funny
> > to see "Rhapsody in Blue" played at halftime on American Airlines Day
> > at Ryan Field. I'm sure the United Airlines execs were smiling. Take
> > that corporate sponsors! But anyway, Senior Day isn't just a day to
> > thank our senior gridiron players for all that they've done for NU,
> > but the cheerleaders, mascots, band members and everyone else who
> > helps make college football a unique and special experience for fans.
> >
>

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov 20 10:25:31 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov 20 10:27:21 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
In-Reply-To: <914d6aa90611200722v5dc93960k322f09a30dadbf62@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <000301c70cc0$7f9dca50$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Next they need to add Night on Bald Mountain - another song that just reeks of
DEEEE FENSE!

rsl

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Computer Applications & Support Associates
and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
"You have a Republic Madam --
     If you can keep it" - Benjamin Franklin
============================================

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Evan Bradley
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 10:23 AM
> To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' Sports List
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
> 
> 
> I have to agree; a larger repertoire is definitely better.  I 
> was just afraid they had abandoned Mars.
> 
> On 11/19/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
> > NUMB has always struck me as a band with attitude and an 
> interest in 
> > being a leader rather than a follower.
> >
> > I loved the spirit folks when I first saw them in '95.  I 
> loved Holtz 
> > too when I first heard it played, but everybody plays it now.
> >
> > Happy to hear that the band is trying to find new tunes to 
> convey the 
> > same message.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] 
> > On Behalf Of Evan Bradley
> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 6:11 PM
> > To: 'nwu-sports@tssi.com' Sports List
> > Subject: Re: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
> >
> > Another side note from another NUMBalum:  What's up with the band 
> > playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) on defense? I'm pretty 
> > sure I head it on the radio, and that it was NUMB and not 
> the Illini 
> > band, but correct me if I'm wrong. That's so unoriginal.  Holst was 
> > way cooler (IMO).
> >
> > On 11/19/06, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of the 
> > > Northwestern University Marching Band (NUMB), the final home 
> > > halftime show is always special for me, as I watch the departing 
> > > seniors honored and appreciate and participate in the thankful 
> > > acknowledgement of the crowd for the NUMBers' years of pride and 
> > > guts in supporting our team win or lose. Well, not only was NUMB 
> > > fantastic in bringing back their top-notch George 
> Gershwin halftime 
> > > show, but it was also slyly funny to see "Rhapsody in 
> Blue" played 
> > > at halftime on American Airlines Day at Ryan Field. I'm sure the 
> > > United Airlines execs were smiling. Take that corporate sponsors! 
> > > But anyway, Senior Day isn't just a day to thank our 
> senior gridiron 
> > > players for all that they've done for NU, but the cheerleaders, 
> > > mascots, band members and everyone else who helps make college 
> > > football a unique and special experience for fans.
> > >
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nwu-sports site list
> nwu-sports@tssi.com 
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports
> 

From AJWDBW at aol.com  Mon Nov 20 12:07:39 2006
From: AJWDBW at aol.com (AJWDBW@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 20 12:08:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
Message-ID: <bcc.757da7a.329348eb@aol.com>

The way the early part of the season went it might have been appropriate to  
play the Largo from "Death and Transfiguration".
Don Williams
C55
From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov 20 13:29:11 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 20 13:29:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
In-Reply-To: <198793.90864.qm@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <198793.90864.qm@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <8C8DAF14A190AE7-CF4-4629@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>

The earlier report card summed things up nicely - not too much to add there
 
Like Stephen, I was bothered by the 2nd half, post-touchdown drive.  Sitting there it felt like we went in to a prevent offense, I also seem to recall alot of 2nd and 5 or 2nd and 6 situations, and our 2nd and 3rd down calls seemed a little out-of-synch, and I especially disliked the little 2-yard dink plays on 3rd and long.
 
Also, CJ needs to develop a better sense of when to get rid of the ball, and not take so many of those 9-yard sacks when he sits in the pocket too long.
 
That said, it is amazing how the offense improved when a functional quarterback appeared - and showed that we need a little better back-up at that position heading into 2007.
 
Virtual agreement on what needs to be addressed - 
 
- Special teams.  We look like a bad Division II school on special teams (and that may be a disservice to Division II).  I do not see specific Special Teams coaches on most of our conference rivals, but somebody has to step up and solidify this area.
 
- Ball security.  The turnovers have to stop.
 
- Pass Rush.
 
I can't be as optimistic as Stephen about Illinois' future - Juice Williams finished the year with a 55 QB rating (CJ finished around 75, I think).  And Ron Zook seems to be confirming the Florida charges of 'great recruiter-lousy game coach'.  As long as we called aggressive plays, Vince Okruh's defense seemed unable to put up much of a fight.  There's alot of physical talent on offense, but the play calling seemed very uneven.  Zook and Co. also looked surprised at the 2nd -half onsides kick, and the 4th-down conversion.  Too bad Illinois can't combine Zook (great recruiter/can't coach) with Bruce Webber (can't recruit/good coach).
 
It is important we work on these things - the 2007 schedule plays out nicely (other than having both OSU and Michigan on it).  Northeastern, Nevada, Horrific Duke (all at home) and Horrific Eastern Michigan (at Ford Field) should mean 3-1 or 4-0.  The Big Ten home slate (Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa(their own fans are calling it a declining program...), Indiana) should mean 3-1, and the Big Ten road games (Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, Illinois) can probably get us 2-2.
 
We're at the point where having 2 of the top 4 (Michigan, OSU, Penn State, Wisconsin) off the schedule - like we'll have for the next 2 years, is a great advantage.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: sjtruog@yahoo.com
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16


Young teams have a habit of being streaky,
inconsistent and mistake prone. All of those
tendencies were on display Saturday in Evanston as two
young and improving Big Ten teams met in a game that
was not pretty, but ultimately was satisfying for the
home fans.

Northwestern and Illinois met for the 100th time in
Ryan Field for the Sweet Sioux trophy between the
in-state rivals. Illinois has a slight lead in the
overall series, but the Cats have gotten the better of
their downstate foes lately, winning 7 of the last 11
and three in a row. Both teams entered Saturday out of
the bowl hunt, but with young stars on offense and
improvement on the season that had both fans
anticipating the 2007 season and looking to the 2006
rivalry game to serve as a springboard for the future.

Momentum plays a big role for young teams, and a play
or two can change the face of a game. Illinois seemed
to have the early edge with a Wildcat fumble, but when
the Wildcat D held and an Illini field goal attempt
doinked off the left upright in the south end zone,
ole? lady Mo was wearing a purple dress.

The Cats dominated the rest of the first quarter,
running and passing all over the field for short
chunks of yardage and marching to a 14-0 lead. The
Illini couldn?t get anything going against the NU
defense, and despite a 73-yard kickoff return after
the Cats first TD, a fumble by quarterback Juice
Williams kept the shutout alive and Northwestern
answered with their second touchdown drive.

But just like the big return after the first TD,
Illinois had an answer and following the second TD,
Illinois? Rashard Mendenhall raced 86 yards up the gut
on the first play of their series to cut the deficit
in half. Suddenly the fickle Madame Mo had swapped
colors.

A poor kickoff return by NU started the Cats deep and
apparently the O-line didn?t get the memo that we were
back on offense, because the next two plays were a ?5
yard rush and a QB sack that both saw orange defenders
in the backfield almost before the snap. The third
play was a safety and suddenly, despite a solid
showing save for one play by the D, it was 14-9 NU.

The Wildcats looked to have stopped the change in
momentum by holding after the free kick, but a fumble
by Terrell Jordan after we crossed midfield and BAM!
The Illini hit a 47-yard pass on beautiful play-action
and score the next play to go up 16-14.

With two minutes left in a half they had dominated
statistically, the Cats suddenly found themselves down
16-14 and the fans in orange were doing that annoying
I-L-L chant. Turnovers and big plays were killing the
Cats ? but one big area of improvement this year for
Northwestern was the lack of stupid penalties, and
that turned out to be something the young and talented
Illini have not mastered yet. A couple stupid late
hits and interference calls kept NU drives alive and
one of those happened toward the end of the half,
allowing C.J. Bacher and the Cats to drive down the
field and get a Joel Howells kick before half to head
to the locker room with a 17-16 lead.

A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of
the Northwestern University Marching Band (NUMB), the
final home halftime show is always special for me, as
I watch the departing seniors honored and appreciate
and participate in the thankful acknowledgement of the
crowd for the NUMBers? years of pride and guts in
supporting our team win or lose. Well, not only was
NUMB fantastic in bringing back their top-notch George
Gershwin halftime show, but it was also slyly funny to
see ?Rhapsody in Blue? played at halftime on American
Airlines Day at Ryan Field. I?m sure the United
Airlines execs were smiling. Take that corporate
sponsors! But anyway, Senior Day isn?t just a day to
thank our senior gridiron players for all that they?ve
done for NU, but the cheerleaders, mascots, band
members and everyone else who helps make college
football a unique and special experience for fans.

After the break, Coach Fitzgerald came out of the
locker room with a call that would have made his
mentor Randy Walker proud. The second halves of the
past three UI-NU games have been purple-powered
domination as the Cats? running game took over to
clinch the victories. Sensing the momentum still on
the side of the orange and blue, Fitz began the second
half with an onside kick that caught Illinois napping.

But stubborn Ms. Mo didn?t want to change sides fully
yet, and the recovered onside kick appeared to be for
naught when it was 4th and 4 at the Illinois 36. But
Fitz went for it, and two plays later, Tyrell Sutton
was in the end zone for a 24-16 Wildcat lead and we
had brought momentum back to our side for good.

The rest of the second half saw some outstanding play
from the Wildcat defense, limiting the Illini to 84
yards in the second half. Illinois had five series in
the second half, and only one saw the orange and blue
get a first down. Some of the help came from Illinois?
receivers, who dropped a few passes right in the
hands, but the pressure, coverage and intensity of the
NU D was huge, holding firm on 4th and 2 and 4th and 7
on the final two series for Illinois.

The same cannot be said of the NU offense. After going
up 24-16 and with the defensive stops, virtually all
of the second half was played in Illinois? territory.
But the drives stalled at midfield, the Illinois 34
and the Illinois 34 again. It wasn?t until the Illini
botched a punt near midfield and then committed a big
penalty on the ensuing drive that the Cats finally
iced the game with a 22-yard field goal from Howells.

Illinois has a lot of young talent and will be a team
to reckon with the next couple years as Coach Zook?s
recruiting efforts pay off. But ill-timed penalties
and missed opportunities overcame a bunch of gifts
from Northwestern and the clock tower will remain
purple for another year. They?re a load to tackle
though, and Juice Williams is a playmaker at
quarterback, so despite the ugliness of the game at
times, this was a hard-earned win.

As for the Cats, this was a game they dominated
statistically, doubling Illinois in time of
possession, more than tripling their first down and
winning the field position war all day. Yet they
almost gave it away with turnovers, allowing big plays
and a lack of aggressiveness late to put a nail in the
coffin. Still, it?s a win over the in-state rival and
coupled with the win over Iowa and the much improved
offensive and defensive play in the last month,
there?s plenty of reason to be optimistic for the
future in Evanston.

GAME BALLS
* Tyrell Sutton and C.J. Bacher. You have to put the
two together because they complement each other so
much. Sutton topped 1,000 yards for the second
straight year, and that didn?t look like it would
happen at midseason. Enter Bacher and a solid passing
game and it?s amazing how much the running lanes open
up. It?ll be good to have these two in the backfield
from the start next year.
* The Defense. Aside from a couple of big plays, these
guys were getting pressure, forcing 3-and-outs and
hustling their butts off all day. Good to see the
improved effort.
* Joel Howells. Special teams have been a sore spot
for NU lately, and punts and return coverage were bad
today. But Howells made two big field goals today ?
one to stop UI momentum and head into halftime with a
lead and another to ice the game ? on a day with
swirling wins and a cold, rock-like ball. Not always
pretty, but effective. He?s taken heat for losses, so
time for some props in a win.

THINGS TO WORK ON
* Hang on to the gosh-darn ball! It wasn?t as bad as
the 28 points we gift-wrapped for Ohio State last
week, but we still gave the Illini a couple chances to
take the game from us and really need to work on
turnovers for next year.
* The Big Play. The defense did a fine job of forcing
3-and-outs and bottling up 95% of the plays, but when
the Illini struck big ? on a run up the gut or a
play-action pass ? we didn?t seem to have much left in
the second wave to stop a first down play from
becoming a big play. Still, better to get pressure and
get burned than to sit back and wait to be picked
apart I guess.
* Finish ?em off. Despite NU dominance and playing
virtually the entire second half in Illinois
territory, this was a one-possession game until the
final minutes. We went for the jugular after the half
on the onside kick and 4th down call,  but we grew
timid later.

AROUND THE LEAGUE
* Heck of a game in Columbus. OHIO STATE is #1, Jim
Tressel is one helluva coach and Troy Smith is one
outstanding player. But those MICHIGAN players may get
another shot in seven weeks in Arizona.
* WISCONSIN may not get a BCS bid, but could finish in
the top five with a win in Orlando to cap a 12-1
season. Not bad for a new coach. Of course, Barry
didn?t exactly leave this program in disarray either.
* MINNESOTA made a nice rally to end the season
bowl-eligible after a tough start. IOWA on the other
hand is really backing into a bowl. If there?s
justice, the Gophers get the higher bowl in Orlando
while the Hawkeyes head to Phoenix.
* PURDUE solidified their hold on the Alamo Bowl spot
and in the process ended INDIANA?s run to a bowl game.
Too bad for IU, as it?d have been a nice step for the
program. But like NU and UI, the Hoosiers are on the
rise and proving to be a tough out this year. As for
Purdue, they still have that island-trap game at
Hawaii before the bowl game.
* PENN STATE?s offense really struggled, as they have
all season, but the D was strong enough to send John
L. packing with a loss ? looks like the Nittany Lions
will be back in Florida for a January bowl ? this time
in Tampa.

BOWL PICTURE
Checking the crystal ball for the latest postseason
picks ?
* BCS TITLE GAME: Ohio State vs. USC
The voters (and that endless push from Fox you already
saw on the NFL games today) will probably doom a
rematch, even if it?s clear Michigan is #2. An SC win
over the Irish and they get a shot at the Bucks in a
Rose Bowl away from the Rose Bowl.

* ROSE: Michigan vs. Arkansas
Speaking of the Granddaddy, they?ll gladly take
Michigan ? but by losing both their conference champs
to the title game, they could get shafted for the
second slot. Normally, the first pick bowl would
gobble Notre Dame up faster than turkey on Thursday,
but they won?t want a rematch of Big Blue?s
butt-kicking in South Bend. So they?re left with Boise
State, the ACC/Big Least champ or an SEC team. Pig
Sooey baby! And if the Razorbacks win the SEC title,
Michigan-Florida would be a heck of a game as well.

* SUGAR: Florida vs. Notre Dame
With the Irish out of the Roses, the Sugar will snatch
?em up against the winner of the Arkansas-Florida
game.

* ORANGE: Georgia Tech vs. Louisville
No one really knows who will win muddled Big Least and
ACC races, but the chances are looking good that they
will be pitted against each other in Miami.

* FIESTA: Texas vs. Boise State
Unless the voters put as much pull into avoiding an
undeserving Boise State entry into the BCS as they?re
putting into avoiding a title game rematch, we?re
gonna have an ugly one here in the Nacho Bowl.

* CITRUS: Wisconsin vs. Tennessee
Folks in Florida won?t want a rematch of last year?s
upset where the Badgers popped Auburn in the mouth a
few times and the Tigers turned to Kittens. So bring
on the Vols and expose the Cheeseheads to the
experience of hearing Rocky Top 20,000 times in a
game! Besides, you can?t spell Citrus without UT,
right Phil?

* OUTBACK: Penn State vs. Auburn
Interesting to see who the folks in Tampa place
against the Nits here. The Cotton would probably
rather have LSU over than the Tigers, and the Peach
might prefer UGa or Spurrier State, so Auburn could
slip here. Which might be good news for PSU, who has a
fine defense but not much of an offense.

* ALAMO: Purdue vs. Texas A&M
It?d be fun to see Texas Tech vs. Tiller here in a
shootout, but the Aggies have some local pull and will
help sell tickets better.

* CHAMPS: Minnesota vs. Florida State
Interesting to see what happens here. Minny should be
the Big Ten rep because they beat Iowa and the Hawks
have tanked it to end the year. But the ACC has so
many teams at the top who have better records but
don?t have the name or pull of Florida State in
Orlando.

* INSIGHT: Iowa vs. Missouri
Phoenix gets a decent rivalry matchup here as two
teams who had bigger hopes in midseason settle for a
week in the Valley of the Sun and a minor bowl.

Last year at this time, the word was consistency.
Coming off the jubilant comeback against Iowa on
Senior Day and marking yet another 6-win season and
bowl trip under Randy Walker, the Cats were becoming a
consistent winner. But that was torn apart in the off
season ? part of it was graduation and losing leaders
like Brett Basanez and Tim McGarrigle, while part of
it was cruel fate with Coach Walker?s death and, to a
much lesser extent, C.J. Bacher?s injury.

But Coach Fitz stepped in and after a rough start and
utterly devastating loss to MSU, pulled his team
together and proved that he is our man on the
sidelines for the future by beating rivals Illinois
and Iowa and, save for those darn turnovers, competing
with #1 OSU and #2 Michigan in the final month of the
season. The word this season finale is hope. With much
of the offense and defense returning next year, Cat
fans expect nothing less than a return to the bowl
scene and Coach Fitz wouldn?t have it any other way.

Thank you seniors for all you have done for
Northwestern - helping lay the foundation for the
program and refusing to let a heartbreaking loss and
season turmoil rip that apart. THANK YOU SENIORS!!!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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sjtruog@yahoo.com
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From tbng at comcast.net  Mon Nov 20 13:31:47 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Mon Nov 20 13:32:02 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Class act
References: <bcc.757da7a.329348eb@aol.com>
Message-ID: <001901c70cda$856c2750$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

>The way the early part of the season went it might have been appropriate to
> play the Largo from "Death and Transfiguration".


You're a high class guy, Don!  How about the Dies Irae/Tuba Mirum from the 
Verdi Requiem?  That ought to wake them up before they die.

Next season the Cats will be singing "Happy Days are Here Again."  (Just 
ignore the tune's relationship to the Democratic Party.  I do.) 

From tbng at comcast.net  Mon Nov 20 13:45:05 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Mon Nov 20 13:45:21 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
References: <198793.90864.qm@web52914.mail.yahoo.com>
	<8C8DAF14A190AE7-CF4-4629@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <001f01c70cdc$60b91830$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

<Northeastern, Nevada, Horrific Duke (all at home) and Horrific Eastern 
Michigan (at Ford Field) should mean 3-<1 or 4-0.

If we can't go 4 - 0 with that preseason schedule, we ought to pack it in. 
We should kill at least three of the four if not all four.  ("Should" as in 
we are a Big 10 team and they are not, you know, like Rice, Wake Forest, Air 
Force, Miami of Ohio, etc.)  There was no excuse for losing to Nevada and 
New Hampshire this year, and I doubt we would have with Bacher in the 
lineup.  NH later struggled with the likes of Hofstra, U Mass, and Rhode 
Island, football powers none, for cryin' out loud.  Having said that, we 
have been predicting a clean preseason since we last beat Notre Dame, and it 
hasn't happened yet.  Next year is NOT a rebuilding season, though.  We 
bring back a pretty experienced team, possibly some freshman talent, and 
with - hopefully - a stable coaching staff.  (Any changes in that arena 
would occur before spring anyway.)

Since I turned 60 today, I'd best not be too eager for next August.  It's 
time to stop wishing my life away.  But I'll be rarin'! 

From MHRJGScott at aol.com  Mon Nov 20 14:40:43 2006
From: MHRJGScott at aol.com (MHRJGScott@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 20 14:40:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16
Message-ID: <d27.431816.32936ccb@aol.com>

I agree and certainly hope we go 4-0, but until we do I would not call  
anyone horrific, we were in that category for a long winter, E Michigan had  almost 
as long a dry spell those same years and Duke is very nice place, I wish  we 
had their hoops team. Indeed Rutgers was voted THE WORST COLLEGE FOOTBALL  
TEAM OF ALL TIME.
 
_http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/readers/worstCollegefb.html_ 
(http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/readers/worstCollegefb.html) 
 
The old worm can turn.
From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Nov 21 10:17:27 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Nov 21 10:19:45 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/21
Message-ID: <001d01c70d88$89df3ad0$6701a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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

Tuesday Edition

All the News that Fits We Link -- Your Index to online News about Northwestern
University Athletics

Yesterday's Sports News
http://northwestern.scout.com/2/592811.html

SOCCER

     Leading with the winners as they advance in the NCAA Tourney - Cats in the
Elite 8 - Next up UC
     Men - NCAA Tourney
     The Red Card: Luis Arroyave's soccer blog
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-soccerblo
glink,1,3960376.storylink?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + Northwestern Moves into Quarterfinals of NCAA Tournament
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111906aab.html 
     Championship Bracket
 
http://www.ncaasports.com/soccer/mens/brackets/viewable/straight64_dyn/2006/DI 

BASKETBALL

     Men
     Wildcats Welcome Brown to Welsh-Ryan Tuesday Night
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112106aad.html 
     + Complete Release in PDF Format
 
http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/MBKGameNotes1
12106.pdf 
     + Food Drive at Tuesday's Game vs. Brown
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112006aaa.html 
     + Teacher To Meet His Pupil
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/21/Sports/Teacher.To.Meet.His
.Pupil.mens.Basketball-2505627.shtml 

Next up for the court Cats:

     Tuesday @ 7 PM Brown University Bears
     Pregame Intel: The Brown University Bears
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/592780.html 
     + Bears pull off upset of PC
      http://www.projo.com/pc/content/projo_20061119_19pcbrown.30c219d.html 

Big 10, etc....

     Big Ten Basketball Previews. It's that time of ye...
 
http://thefinalscoredotnet.blogspot.com/2006/11/big-ten-basketball-previews-its-
that.html 
     Oden waiting to get cleared to practice 
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/6182736?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=99 

Women

     Undefeated Women's team down in the Bahamas for games Friday and Saturday.
     NU Off To Best Start Since '96
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/21/Sports/Nu.Off.To.Best.Star
t.Since.96.womens.Basketball-2505640.shtml 

RECRUITING

     Arnold updates recruitment, IU still involved
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=593044 

FOOTBALL

     Rittenberg: Now is time for Fitzgerald to put his stamp on NU
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=252177 
     Joel Howells Named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112006aaa.html 
     The Daily Recaps 1st Season Post-Walker
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/21/Sports/The-Daily.Recaps.1s
t.Season.PostWalker.football-2505711.shtml 

     SportsXChange: Inside Slant
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamReport?categoryId=86065&type=InsideSlant 
     + Notes & 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 

     Only 284 Days and counting 'til Game 1 Fall 2007
     Here's the FEW Countdown to Kickoff Clock
      http://hailtopurple.com/index.html 

Big 10 etc.

     fun and games with Ron Zook
     Going for 2
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/143632,CST-SPT-ill21.article 
     + Illinois' results fall far short of Zook's platitudes
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=252189 
     + Zook conducts post mortem on Illinois football season
      http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2006/11/21/sports/sports010.txt 
     + Illini hang their hopes on Leman
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/football/cs-0611210443nov
21,1,235693.story?coll=cs-college-print 

     Stewart Mandel's Bowl Projections
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/51679101/index.html 

     BCS possibilities: Big East could land two teams in top bowls 
 
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories/%7E3/519
98788/2006-11-21-bowl-analysis_x.htm 

     Izzo up for Michigan State job? Not so fast 
      http://rss.cnn.com/%7Er/rss/si_ncaaf/%7E3/51905034/index.html 

SWIMMING

     Women
     Cats Dominate Invitational Swim Meet
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/21/Sports/Cats-Dominate.Invit
ational.Swim.Meet.womens.Swimming-2505695.shtml 
     Men
     Cats Knock Off 1 Big Ten, 8 Pool Records In Win
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/recaps/111906aac.html 

WRESTLING

     Herbert and Lang Victorious at NWCA All-Star Classic
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/112006aac.html 
     Coach Breaks NU Record In Weekend Sweep
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/21/Sports/Coach.Breaks.Nu.Rec
ord.In.Weekend.Sweep.wrestling-2505698.shtml 

MISCELLANY

     Open Chest Surgery Alternative Found
 
http://www.playfuls.com/news_002981_Open_Chest_Surgery_Alternative_Found.html 

     Bienen: NU Could Expand With New Campus Abroad
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/news/2006/11/21/Campus/Bienen.Nu.Could.Expand.W
ith.New.Campus.Abroad-2505680.shtml 

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From bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com  Wed Nov 22 23:05:09 2006
From: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com (Brad Wilson)
Date: Wed Nov 22 23:05:14 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] missing 2 of Big 4 and illini
In-Reply-To: <200611211001.kALA1O8X006435@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <20061123050509.1276.qmail@web51308.mail.yahoo.com>

Chuck's note is correct as far as it goes ... but we
then miss Michigan and OSU in 2009/2010. 

Gee, that's too bad, isn't it?

I was at NU-Illinois and I have to agree with Chuck:
Illinois is a mess. Their defense is sluggish and
doesn't tackle or cover especially well. Their punter
and kicker might be worse than ours (though their
return teams were worlds better). 

And Juice -- I was waiting all year to yell "Squeeze
the Juice" on a sack and I got one (the fumble at our
15) right in front of me!!) --  looks like he might be
a decent QB but with Zook's genius on offense and his
odd play calls, we'll never know.

One example of Zook dunceness: That Mendenhall looked
good on that 86-yard TD run -- and he had 4 -- four!
-- carries the rest of the game. Hmm, maybe he should
have had the ball more? And Zook's play calls on 3rd
and 4th and 1 1/2 from the NU 14 or so in the fourth
quarter ... hey, Ron, no, don't run that 6-5 QB,
noooo, don't!!! Dunce. 

I have high hopes for 2007 and I am proud and
delighted with the way the 'Cats finished the season.

Now, let's have soccer win a national crown, wrestling
win the Big 10 and basketball make the NCAAs!!! (I can
dream...)

Brad Wilson


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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Fri Nov 24 16:08:09 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Fri Nov 24 16:08:08 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/24
Message-ID: <000301c71015$072ebe50$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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Post Thanksgiving [did you get enough to eat?] Edition

All the News that Fits We Link -- Your Index to online News about Northwestern
University Athletics

SOCCER

     Men - NCAA Tourney
     Leading with the winners - Cats in the NCAA Elite 8 - 
     'Cats Face UC Santa Barbara in NCAA Elite 8
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/112206aac.html 
     + `Blowing up' like Microsoft
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061124014
2nov24,1,3828757.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + NU, ND one win away from soccer's final 4 
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/147175,CST-SPT-socc23.article 
     + Northwestern Moves into Quarterfinals of NCAA Tournament
      http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111906aab.html 

     Next up at UC Santa Barbara - Saturday 11/25 at 7 PM
     NCAA Quarterfinal Tickets Available Friday at Thunderdome, Saturday at
Harder Stadium
      http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/112206aaa.html 
     + Kickoff Set For No. 17 UCSB's Elite Eight Match
      http://ucsbgauchos.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111906aaa.html 

     Championship Bracket
 
http://www.ncaasports.com/soccer/mens/brackets/viewable/straight64_dyn/2006/DI 

BASKETBALL

     Men
     Big 10 Wonk - In today's less Wonk-ish venues.... 
      http://bigtenwonk.blogspot.com/ 

Next up for the court Cats:

     Saturday 11/25 1 PM -  North Florida Ospreys [1-2]
     UNF to test Big Ten foe Northwestern on Saturday
      http://unfospreys.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112406aaa.html 
     + BKB Pregame Intel: UNF Ospreys
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/594056.html 

Big 10, etc....

     Sears Centre set to make basketball splash Friday
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/illinois.asp?id=253185 

Women

     'Cats Give Thanks In The Bahamas 
     http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/112106aab.html 

RECRUITING

     How about a really early commit....
     Class Of 2010 North Shore Country Day Star Jereme Richmond Verbals To Bruce
Weber And The University Of Illinois
      http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/richmondverbals.html 
     LB Ben Graeff
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=8&c=1&nid=2419147 
     DT Jordain Brown
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=8&c=1&nid=2515659 

FOOTBALL

     POD: If Walker Was Coach - 7 Wins
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/593596.html 
     + POD: Interesting Changes next year
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/594019.html 

SOFTBALL

     Don't kid yourswelf, they start in February
     World Series Finalist Wildcats Announce 2007 Schedule
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/112206aab.html 

VOLLEYBALL

     Northwestern Closes Regular Season at No. 19 Ohio State, No. 5 Penn State
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/112106aab.html 

MISCELLANY

     NCAA president Myles Brand defended college sports' tax-exempt status
 
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/SPORTS/611160448/100
4/SPORTS 

Alumni

     NFLCats on the Injury List:

     Barry Cofield - Still Questionable
      http://www.giants.com/gameday/Injuries.html 
     Luis Castillo - Questionable
      http://www.chargers.com/news/injury-reports/ 
     + Chargers winning as defense declines
 
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/20061124-9999-1s24chargers.html 
     Napoleon Harris - Probable

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From jason at jasonsinger.com  Sat Nov 25 10:20:56 2006
From: jason at jasonsinger.com (Jason Singer)
Date: Sat Nov 25 10:21:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Anyone from L.A. area going to UCSB tonite?
In-Reply-To: <000301c71015$072ebe50$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>
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I was thinking the 90 minute trip might be worth it....anybody else?

Jason Singer SP 86


From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sat Nov 25 13:54:02 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sat Nov 25 13:53:59 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Chat
Message-ID: <000a01c710cb$75089250$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

In the same place right now during roundball

rsl

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From neonrye at aol.com  Sat Nov 25 22:02:00 2006
From: neonrye at aol.com (neonrye@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov 25 22:02:17 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Soccer 'Cats
Message-ID: <8C8DF26C2149696-5DC-821D@mblk-d41.sysops.aol.com>

Our boys in soccer cleats lead 2-1 at the half in Santa Barbara vs. the home team "Gauchos".  I found a webcast on the local "Left Coast" station, as I sit at home with my wife's notebook computer on my lap, listening to the 'Cats, while watching ND-USC and Wake-Maryland.  I only picked up the webcast a few minutes ago.  Here's the link, if anyone wants to join me:  http://www.kcsb.org/?page_id=9
 
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend all.  Go 'Cats!
 
By the way,if we survive this game and go to the "Final Four", it's in St. Louis, so it would be nice if a decent-sized contingent of NU fans and alums made this our "bowl game" this year, or our Men's "Final Four" of any year, considering how utterly hopeless we have been in terms of making the "Final Four" in mens' hoops.   The fantastic showing of the men in cleats is just another feather in the cap of Mark Murphy, under whose leadership we continue to enjoy unparalleled success in so many sports in recent years.
 
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From CHerron604 at aol.com  Sat Nov 25 23:03:55 2006
From: CHerron604 at aol.com (CHerron604@aol.com)
Date: Sat Nov 25 23:04:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
Message-ID: <cbc.4925950.329a7a3b@aol.com>

Was it just me, or was Brent Musburger a pathetic shill tonight for the  Evil 
Empire ?  After too much of Brent's cheerleading, I had to turn  down the 
sound and just watch the pictures (the radio coverage was if course  Criqui and 
company, and unlistenable).  Can we get Musburger's name  expunged from page 24 
of the Media Guide ?  His cheerleading is an  embarrassment.
 
Why was the general public subjected to 3 hours of shameless cheerleading,  
and touting of Brady Quinn's NFL draft prospects ?  The only people  interested 
in Brady Quinn's draft prospects should be the Quinn family, and NFL  General 
Managers.
 
We were also subjected to too much campaigning for the bad guys to get a  
Rose Bowl bid.  The Rose Bowl should remember the way the Evil Empire  dissed the 
Big Ten a few years back, and (not so) politely tell them to go to  hell... 
 
Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if only  
it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sat Nov 25 23:51:09 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sat Nov 25 23:51:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Big Ten and the BCS
Message-ID: <526374.31934.qm@web52902.mail.yahoo.com>

Well, looks like an endless media campaign
(interrupted only by Brady Quinn's press agent, Mr.
Musburger) will get its wish and have SC join OSU out
here in the Valley of the Sun to determine the title.
Should be a good game and I guess it's hard to argue
too much, but it's just a shame the way Michigan's
been cast aside the last couple weeks. Consider ...

* Both have routs of ND on the resume, Michigan's in
South Bend and a better performance overall
* Michigan will have the higher quality win (Wisconsin
vs. Arkansas or Nebraska)
* Michigan has the "better" loss (@ OSU ... and not
the OSU where USC lost).

But I guess the powers that be aren't as worried about
repeating a blowout from September in ND-Mich as they
are about a close game from November in the B(C)S.

And while we're on the subject, should Notre Dame be
going to a BCS bowl at all yet alone defiling the
Granddaddy of 'em All? They were blown out in their
only two games against top 20 teams ... beat a couple
teams in the 20-30 range (GaTech, PSU) early in the
year and didn't do much else besides win the CiC
trophy.

It's just sickening to see the special exemptions the
Evil Empire gets when an 11-1 Wisconsin team that will
likely be in the top 5 (and maybe top 4 is there's an
upset or two next week) will be on the outside of the
BCS. And I'm not a Wisconsin fan either, by any
stretch.:)

Oh well - maybe we can have OSU crush SC, Michigan
rout ND again and Wisky win big in Orlando and finish
1-2-3 in the final polls.:)

An updated guess at BCS and Big Ten bowls ...

BCS TITLE GAME: Ohio State vs. Southern Cal
- Two great coaches, two stacked rosters ...
difference has gotta be Troy Smith at QB for the
Bucks.

ROSE: Michigan vs. Notre Dame
- Ick. Double ick. Well, when the Maize and Blue
trounce the Irish yet again (the 2nd meeting of 3 in
just over a year for these two) and the TV sets click
off, the Rose committee will get what it deserves.

FIESTA: Oklahoma vs. Boise State
- It's a nice story, but even with a so-so Big XII
champ across the field, the Broncs will get blown out
of the building.

SUGAR: Florida vs. Louisville
- Offense, meet defense. I smell Gator bait. Zzzzzz.

ORANGE: LSU vs. Wake Forest
- Another terrific bowl game, brought to you by the
B(C)S. If the ACC-SEC challenge today was an SEC rout
despite more games at ACC stadiums, this one could be
ugly despite Wake's good story run. Yawn.

CITRUS: Wisconsin vs. Tennessee
- Could be the best matchup on New Year's Day.

OUTBACK: Penn State vs. Georgia
- Could be Auburn if the Peach takes UGa, but either
way the PSU D will hang tough provided the O hangs on
to the ball.

ALAMO: Iowa vs. Texas A&M
- How did the Hawkeyes get here again? Could be ugly.

CHAMPS: Purdue vs. Clemson
- Will either team even bother to bring the kicker?

INSIGHT: Minnesota vs. Kansas State
- K-State will travel well to make up for Minny's low
turnout (and yes UM fans, you got jobbed by Iowa in
the Alamo) ... but hey Gopher fans, Phoenix is MUCH
better than Nashville again!

Can't wait until next year when we'll be in the mix
again.

GO CATS!!!
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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Sun Nov 26 06:26:33 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Sun Nov 26 06:26:54 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <cbc.4925950.329a7a3b@aol.com>
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I never turned on the sound  until the game was over.  I find it 
incredible that Musburger still has a job.  He makes the White Sox 
annnouncers sound fair and balanced.

John DeGroat

CHerron604@aol.com wrote:

>Was it just me, or was Brent Musburger a pathetic shill tonight for the  Evil 
>Empire ?  After too much of Brent's cheerleading, I had to turn  down the 
>sound and just watch the pictures (the radio coverage was if course  Criqui and 
>company, and unlistenable).  Can we get Musburger's name  expunged from page 24 
>of the Media Guide ?  His cheerleading is an  embarrassment.
> 
>Why was the general public subjected to 3 hours of shameless cheerleading,  
>and touting of Brady Quinn's NFL draft prospects ?  The only people  interested 
>in Brady Quinn's draft prospects should be the Quinn family, and NFL  General 
>Managers.
> 
>We were also subjected to too much campaigning for the bad guys to get a  
>Rose Bowl bid.  The Rose Bowl should remember the way the Evil Empire  dissed the 
>Big Ten a few years back, and (not so) politely tell them to go to  hell... 
> 
>Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if only  
>it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
> 
>Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Sun Nov 26 13:15:33 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Sun Nov 26 13:15:26 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <456987F9.7000501@bellatlantic.net>
Message-ID: <000d01c7118f$3f25b5e0$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Given that Mr. Mussed-burger worked in Chicago all those years, its pretty
obvious that he was infected with Irishitis - something that 3/4 of Chicago has
and probably will never be rid of until the Roman Catholic Church pulls up
stakes and moves out of the city.

After all, there are more N**** D*** alums living in Chicago today than ever
attended 'neith the Golden Dome. And that doesn't include all those living in
New York and Baltimore....

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of John A. DeGroat
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:27 AM
> To: CHerron604@aol.com
> Cc: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game
> 
> 
> I never turned on the sound  until the game was over.  I find it 
> incredible that Musburger still has a job.  He makes the White Sox 
> annnouncers sound fair and balanced.
> 
> John DeGroat
> 
> CHerron604@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >Was it just me, or was Brent Musburger a pathetic shill 
> tonight for the  
> >Evil
> >Empire ?  After too much of Brent's cheerleading, I had to 
> turn  down the 
> >sound and just watch the pictures (the radio coverage was if 
> course  Criqui and 
> >company, and unlistenable).  Can we get Musburger's name  
> expunged from page 24 
> >of the Media Guide ?  His cheerleading is an  embarrassment.
> > 
> >Why was the general public subjected to 3 hours of shameless 
> >cheerleading,
> >and touting of Brady Quinn's NFL draft prospects ?  The only 
> people  interested 
> >in Brady Quinn's draft prospects should be the Quinn family, 
> and NFL  General 
> >Managers.
> > 
> >We were also subjected to too much campaigning for the bad 
> guys to get 
> >a
> >Rose Bowl bid.  The Rose Bowl should remember the way the 
> Evil Empire  dissed the 
> >Big Ten a few years back, and (not so) politely tell them to 
> go to  hell... 
> > 
> >Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them 
> by 20...if 
> >only
> >it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
> > 
> >Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Sun Nov 26 15:09:16 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 26 15:09:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <000d01c7118f$3f25b5e0$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <8C8DFB643E30C3F-FC4-31A6@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>

I would like to see some comparative stats on this for 2006 (Chicago TV ratings, radio ratings, column inches of coverage), and I have always trusted the old rubric of 'the subway alumni', but this year, at least, it seemed that the team from South Bend was much less a presence on the Saturday evening newscasts, certainly on Chicago sports talk radio, and in Tribune coverage (the Sun-Times, though its circulation is collapsing, still gives them an inordinate amount of coverage).  They were definitely less-discussed during the long interlude between their last meaningful game (MSU) and this game.  Part of that has to be the poor caliber of their opponents (part may also be the sports talkers not wanting to hype a product that is on a competing network).
 
That's why it was somewhat painful to hear them being talked about this week (of course, their was no Big Ten product to discuss this week).  I would also expect Disney/ABC/ESPN to be less than pro-Irish, since that team is owned by NBC.
 
Hopefully, a newer generation of Big Ten alums and fans are starting to demographically outnumber the older 'subway alumni' types.  It was always my understanding that the 'subway alumni' phenomenon was, in part, a pride thing on the part of Irish-Catholic folk, and partly a reaction to some strong anti-Catholic (and anti-Irish and anti-Italian) sentiment in the earlier part of the century (discussed nicely by Murray Sperber in his book 'Shake Down the Thunder'.)  
 
We can hope that as suburbanization/assimilation continues, and the various 'anti-' factions keep diminishing, more and more Chicagoans (and people nation-wide) will become fans of their Big-Ten Alma Maters, and/or their local Big-Ten schools - then the Evil Empire will be consigned to its rightful place - a scattering of alumni, a scattering of local fans - kind of like a Tulane of the Midwest.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
  
 
 
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Cc: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 1:15 PM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] SC Game


Given that Mr. Mussed-burger worked in Chicago all those years, its pretty
obvious that he was infected with Irishitis - something that 3/4 of Chicago has
and probably will never be rid of until the Roman Catholic Church pulls up
stakes and moves out of the city.

After all, there are more N**** D*** alums living in Chicago today than ever
attended 'neith the Golden Dome. And that doesn't include all those living in
New York and Baltimore....

rsl

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and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of John A. DeGroat
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:27 AM
> To: CHerron604@aol.com
> Cc: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game
> 
> 
> I never turned on the sound  until the game was over.  I find it 
> incredible that Musburger still has a job.  He makes the White Sox 
> annnouncers sound fair and balanced.
> 
> John DeGroat
> 
> CHerron604@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >Was it just me, or was Brent Musburger a pathetic shill 
> tonight for the  
> >Evil
> >Empire ?  After too much of Brent's cheerleading, I had to 
> turn  down the 
> >sound and just watch the pictures (the radio coverage was if 
> course  Criqui and 
> >company, and unlistenable).  Can we get Musburger's name  
> expunged from page 24 
> >of the Media Guide ?  His cheerleading is an  embarrassment.
> > 
> >Why was the general public subjected to 3 hours of shameless 
> >cheerleading,
> >and touting of Brady Quinn's NFL draft prospects ?  The only 
> people  interested 
> >in Brady Quinn's draft prospects should be the Quinn family, 
> and NFL  General 
> >Managers.
> > 
> >We were also subjected to too much campaigning for the bad 
> guys to get 
> >a
> >Rose Bowl bid.  The Rose Bowl should remember the way the 
> Evil Empire  dissed the 
> >Big Ten a few years back, and (not so) politely tell them to 
> go to  hell... 
> > 
> >Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them 
> by 20...if 
> >only
> >it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
> > 
> >Chuck Herron   Tech '85
> >_______________________________________________
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> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/nwu-sports
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> >  
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From thehaze at earthlink.net  Sun Nov 26 16:23:35 2006
From: thehaze at earthlink.net (Jim Bendat)
Date: Sun Nov 26 16:23:39 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <8C8DFB643E30C3F-FC4-31A6@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>
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I went to the ND-SC game.  While I can appreciate the disdain that so 
many members of this list have for Notre Dame,  I can tell you without 
hesitation that SC is just as much, if not more, of an evil empire as 
Notre Dame.  Their fans are obnoxious, and most of them are 
front-running rednecks who have no affiliation whatsoever with the 
institution.  Living in Chicago and dealing with the Notre Dame 
publicity cannot be worse than living in L.A. and having to put up with 
the boorish behavior of the SC clowns.  You know how lots of fans like 
to wear jerseys to the games, right?  Well, you can go to any SC game 
here and see a number of "fans" who actually wear SC number 32 jerseys 
that have the name "Simpson" on the back.  And, I'm not just talking 
about African-Americans who may have supported Simpson.  I'm talking 
about all sorts of fools of every ethnic persuasion.  I'm telling you, 
SC is one bad place.  And, I'm certain we could add Ohio State to the 
list, too.  I'm already calling a potential Ohio State-SC title game the 
Bowl from Hell.

Jim B.

From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 26 16:35:52 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 26 16:35:54 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <8C8DFB643E30C3F-FC4-31A6@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <20061126223552.89355.qmail@web52910.mail.yahoo.com>

--- cherron604@aol.com wrote:

> the Evil Empire will be consigned to its rightful
> place - a scattering of alumni, a scattering of
> local fans - kind of like a Tulane of the Midwest.
>  
Chuck! You nearly made me snort water all over my
keyboard after reading that last line!:) Hilarious.

It's a nice dream, but as long as they have their own
network hype machine and special exceptions for B(C)S
games, they'll be different. Too bad, because if you
take away the "Notre Dame" name, they'd be sniffing
the BCS as much this year as BYU or Hawaii are right
now.

What the Big Ten needs to lobby more for is some
equity in the league. The BCS has had rematches before
and more than one Big XII team has made the title game
despite not winning its league (or in one case,
division) AND getting blown out more than 42-39 in
their final game. But there just seems to be a much
more concentrated effort this year to keep Michigan
out of that title game. Yeah, you can make a case for
SC or Florida, but neither is clearly more deserving
than the Wolverines and yet for two-plus weeks we've
been hearing that the loser of OSU-Michigan should be
out of the running, no doubt.

And then there's the matter of Wisconsin, which is
being overlooked in all the BC-Mess. With an upset or
two next week, they could very well move into the top
four in the standings. An 11-1, top five team from the
Big Ten with name recognition and a horde of fans who
will fill seats that's NOT in the B(C)S? Now that's
ridiculous!

I also wonder if the Big Ten isn't being hurt by
ending the season so early. Each team had 12 straight
weeks of games with no byes this year in order to get
done by Thanksgiving weekend. We're not going to have
a title game, but maybe we could at least do what the
Pac 10 and Big East have done and space a few games
out so that games like Stanford-Cal, Rutgers-WVU and
SC-UCLA are played next weekend?

It kind of worked out well for the league this year
because we know we'll have two BCS teams so we can
fill in the other bowl slots, but most years we're in
the race for a second BCS slot and we have to wait the
extra three weeks to make travel plans anyway, so why
not space out some games and not allow our teams to
grow cold for two months and disappear from the
spotlight? Imagine the hype if there were two weeks
before OSU-Michigan? Or if Wisconsin had another game
left for people to watch and see if they deserved a
top 5 ranking? I'm not wild that the season has grown
so long, but as long as it's stretched into early
December, why rush 12 games in 12 weeks with no byes
to heal/rest up and exit the stage so early, just as
the national focus is shifting even more to the
college game?

Who knows - it might give us more flexibility to
schedule some good nonconference games outside of
September as well?

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Sun Nov 26 18:21:50 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 26 18:22:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
Message-ID: <534.aa93316.329b899e@aol.com>

Yes I can assure you as well that the locals in LA hate USC (except for the 
alums)

When I was wearing my NU  hat in LA  afew days prior to the Rose Bowl in 
1996, everyone told me how much they were rooting for us to beat SC


Harry
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Sun Nov 26 19:36:09 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Sun Nov 26 19:36:24 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Week 14
Message-ID: <282392.767.qm@web52915.mail.yahoo.com>

Standings will be out by tomorrow, but first we get to
the final week of the regular season. We could add a
few of the lesser games for a full ten, but instead
we're just focusing on the big five -- three BCS
berths at stake for the conference title games and two
other games that will influence the BCS for the Pac 10
and Big East.

All picks due by kickoff Saturday.

PIGSKIN PICKS - WEEK 14
#######################
Name: 

NATIONAL
========
Game 1: Rutgers @ West Virginia
Winner: 

Game 2: Southern Cal @ UCLA
Winner: 

ACC CHAMPIONSHIP @ Jacksonville, FL
===================================
Game 3: Georgia Tech vs. Wake Forest
Winner: 

SEC CHAMPIONSHIP @ Atlanta, GA
==============================
Game 4: Arkansas vs. Florida
Winner: 

BIG XII CHAMPIONSHIP @ Kansas City, MO
======================================
Game 5: Nebraska vs. Oklahoma
Winner: 

MY PICKS
========
* WEST VIRGINIA 38, Rutgers 21
C: It'd be a nice story to see the Knights in the BCS,
but the Mountaineers won't lose two in a row at home
and Rutgers won't be able to keep up with the
firepower.

* USC 31, UCLA 21
C: Closer than last year's debacle, but SC still hangs
on comfortably to head to the title game.

* WAKE FOREST 35, Georgia Tech 20
C: The ACC has screwed up my picks way too many times
this year for me to do anything but flip a coin
here!:)  Go Deacons!

* FLORIDA 17, Arkansas 7
C: The Gators are BCS bound either way, but LSU
probably needs to cheer on the Gators to get the
at-large berth. The Hogs are tough, but the Gators are
tougher.

* OKLAHOMA 28, Nebraska 21
C: Just like it used to be ... the Big XII folk get
their dream matchup when the conference was first
formed. Stoops has done a great job this year and
won't let the Red Sea at Arrowhead derail their Fiesta
bid.

Remember, picks due by kickoff Saturday.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Sun Nov 26 20:23:26 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Sun Nov 26 20:23:42 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <456A13E7.4020900@earthlink.net>
References: <8C8DFB643E30C3F-FC4-31A6@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>
	<456A13E7.4020900@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <456A4C1E.8060806@bellatlantic.net>

A great friend of mine with whom I went to graduate school was a 
Stamford Alum and his disdain for SC knew no limits.  I had always 
discounted his views as a PacTen sortof thing; Maybe not.  I saw him 
just before the Rose Bowl when he was on his death bed  and probably 
wanted NU to beat SC even more than we did, if that was possible.

John DeGroat

Jim Bendat wrote:

> I went to the ND-SC game.  While I can appreciate the disdain that so 
> many members of this list have for Notre Dame,  I can tell you without 
> hesitation that SC is just as much, if not more, of an evil empire as 
> Notre Dame.  Their fans are obnoxious, and most of them are 
> front-running rednecks who have no affiliation whatsoever with the 
> institution.  Living in Chicago and dealing with the Notre Dame 
> publicity cannot be worse than living in L.A. and having to put up 
> with the boorish behavior of the SC clowns.  You know how lots of fans 
> like to wear jerseys to the games, right?  Well, you can go to any SC 
> game here and see a number of "fans" who actually wear SC number 32 
> jerseys that have the name "Simpson" on the back.  And, I'm not just 
> talking about African-Americans who may have supported Simpson.  I'm 
> talking about all sorts of fools of every ethnic persuasion.  I'm 
> telling you, SC is one bad place.  And, I'm certain we could add Ohio 
> State to the list, too.  I'm already calling a potential Ohio State-SC 
> title game the Bowl from Hell.
>
> Jim B.
>
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From cherron604 at aol.com  Sun Nov 26 21:03:10 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 26 21:03:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Barnett Sighting
Message-ID: <8C8DFE7B4C56E3F-FC4-421E@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>

Sight seen - Gary Barnett (identified on the show as 'The Coach, Gary Barnett') was on Fox Sports Net tonight on something called 'The Official BCS Ratings Show'.  I didn't recognize anybody else on the show, but they showed alot of highlights.  GB looked tanned and well-rested - a big turnaround from some of those views I saw of him coaching at Colorado.
 
Did he broadcast and/or analyze any games for FSN this year ?  He seemed very comfortable on camera and had a nice on-screen presence - the well-paid analyst's job would seem to suit him well.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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From michael.vance at att.net  Sun Nov 26 21:16:17 2006
From: michael.vance at att.net (Michael Vance)
Date: Sun Nov 26 21:16:25 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Barnett Sighting
In-Reply-To: <8C8DFE7B4C56E3F-FC4-421E@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8C8DFE7B4C56E3F-FC4-421E@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <456A5881.4080606@att.net>

Fox has been giving some people some strange titles in their BCS 
analysis.  On their NFL postgame show, "The OT," they've had Barry 
Alvarez on all season with the title "BCS Expert."  No mention of 
"Former Wisconsin Head Coach" or "Wisconsin Athletic Director."  Nothing 
against Barry, but couldn't they come up with something other than "BCS 
Expert?"

-Michael

cherron604@aol.com wrote:
> Sight seen - Gary Barnett (identified on the show as 'The Coach, Gary Barnett') was on Fox Sports Net tonight on something called 'The Official BCS Ratings Show'.  I didn't recognize anybody else on the show, but they showed alot of highlights.  GB looked tanned and well-rested - a big turnaround from some of those views I saw of him coaching at Colorado.
>  
> Did he broadcast and/or analyze any games for FSN this year ?  He seemed very comfortable on camera and had a nice on-screen presence - the well-paid analyst's job would seem to suit him well.
>  
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Sun Nov 26 21:22:19 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 26 21:22:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Barnett Sighting
Message-ID: <cbb.4a2b4ce.329bb3eb@aol.com>

Could he go to Miami ?

Harry
From cherron604 at aol.com  Sun Nov 26 21:34:22 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Sun Nov 26 21:34:28 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Barnett Sighting
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I can't imagine wanting that job - a crazed fan base, and massive pressure to win.  The last few games Larry Cocher looked AWFUL.  GB should just ease into commenting, and cashing nice mid-sized checks from some network.
 
There seem to be alot of rumors about Barry Alvarez...on tonights BCS roundup after the Bears game, Alvarez was commenting from Naples (a quick ride down Alligator Alley from an interview with Donna Shalala ?)
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
 
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Could he go to Miami ?

Harry 
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Nov 27 08:21:32 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Nov 27 08:23:23 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <cbc.4925950.329a7a3b@aol.com>
Message-ID: <100c01c7122f$570e8240$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

Chuck wrote <snip>
 
Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if only
it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
 
================

I have no love for ND either, but SC just took a lot of money out of NU's
pocket.

For purely monetary reasons I was rooting for ND to win and Michigan to end
up in the title game.  Perhaps those more familiar with the details can
provide us with what the dollar difference to NU is between Michigan in
national championship game and the Rose Bowl, but I suspect it is
significant.   As it is, our last hope for that sort of financial windfall
is UCLA.

Jeff

From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Mon Nov 27 08:59:08 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Mon Nov 27 08:59:15 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <100c01c7122f$570e8240$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
References: <cbc.4925950.329a7a3b@aol.com>
	<100c01c7122f$570e8240$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270611270659g2b6a6562rc340747b98a4c59e@mail.gmail.com>

In terms of the money - the payout for a second team from any conference in
a BCS game is pre-defined to be about 1/3 of the usual $15M payout (about
$4.5M).  Therefore, as long as two teams from a conference are in, it
doesn't really matter which game they go to.  The national championship game
pays a little more, and the bowl games vary a little bit in their payouts,
but the difference are not all that great.  And of course no conference is
allowed to have 3 representatives in BCS games (Wisconsin would make a great
case for that this year), although the Bowl formerly known as Citrus has a
nice sized payout (over $4M, one of the largest non-BCS payouts, I believe).

Jonathan

On 11/27/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
>
> Chuck wrote <snip>
>
> Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if
> only
> it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
>
> ================
>
> I have no love for ND either, but SC just took a lot of money out of NU's
> pocket.
>
> For purely monetary reasons I was rooting for ND to win and Michigan to
> end
> up in the title game.  Perhaps those more familiar with the details can
> provide us with what the dollar difference to NU is between Michigan in
> national championship game and the Rose Bowl, but I suspect it is
> significant.   As it is, our last hope for that sort of financial windfall
> is UCLA.
>
> Jeff
>
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Nov 27 09:17:06 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Nov 27 09:18:44 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <fcb3ee270611270659g2b6a6562rc340747b98a4c59e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <10a301c71237$1a722d20$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

Jonathan,
 
Thanks for the information.
 
Now I don't feel so bad.
 
If you also happen to know what the BT revenue sharing formula is it would
be interesting to estimate what NU's share of this year's bowl revenues
might be, since according to Stephen, we've got seven team participating and
appear to have come close to maximizing our income potential without
actually participating.
 
Jeff
 

  _____  

From: Jonathan Hodges [mailto:jonathanwhodges@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:59 AM
To: jeffb@hilgraeve.com
Cc: CHerron604@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game


In terms of the money - the payout for a second team from any conference in
a BCS game is pre-defined to be about 1/3 of the usual $15M payout (about
$4.5M).  Therefore, as long as two teams from a conference are in, it
doesn't really matter which game they go to.  The national championship game
pays a little more, and the bowl games vary a little bit in their payouts,
but the difference are not all that great.  And of course no conference is
allowed to have 3 representatives in BCS games (Wisconsin would make a great
case for that this year), although the Bowl formerly known as Citrus has a
nice sized payout (over $4M, one of the largest non-BCS payouts, I believe).


Jonathan


On 11/27/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote: 

Chuck wrote <snip>

Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if only
it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.

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

I have no love for ND either, but SC just took a lot of money out of NU's 
pocket.

For purely monetary reasons I was rooting for ND to win and Michigan to end
up in the title game.  Perhaps those more familiar with the details can
provide us with what the dollar difference to NU is between Michigan in 
national championship game and the Rose Bowl, but I suspect it is
significant.   As it is, our last hope for that sort of financial windfall
is UCLA.

Jeff

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From jonathanwhodges at gmail.com  Mon Nov 27 09:41:03 2006
From: jonathanwhodges at gmail.com (Jonathan Hodges)
Date: Mon Nov 27 09:41:08 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <10a301c71237$1a722d20$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
References: <fcb3ee270611270659g2b6a6562rc340747b98a4c59e@mail.gmail.com>
	<10a301c71237$1a722d20$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <fcb3ee270611270741x4b3e8afdub3c91fba95bee23@mail.gmail.com>

I'm not sure if the Big Ten revenue sharing agreements are public knowledge,
but the TV contract (with ESPN/ABC) is equally split among all schools, and
I believe that after an allowance for bowl expenses, the remainder of the
bowl revenue is split evenly among schools.

Speaking of bowls, some of the bowl game shakeouts may be interesting since
there are so many bowl games this year (32 = 64 slots) and 6-6 teams are
eligible (if their conference has an available spot).  Note that for
at-large bids, I believe that a team with a winning record must be picked
over a team with a .500 record (i.e. the open Motor City Bowl slot that the
Big Ten couldn't fill) - which means some lower tier conference teams with a
7-5 record may make it to bowl games over 6-6 big conference teams.

Also, since Texas lost it may be facing Iowa in the Alamo Bowl - since the
Oklahoma/Nebraska winner is off to a BCS game, the loser is probably headed
to the Holiday, and A&M is headed to the Cotton (most likely).  A 6-6 Iowa
team in a relative tailspin versus a 9-3 Texas team that hasn't fallen that
far from the top may not be pretty.

Jonathan


On 11/27/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
>
> Jonathan,
>
> Thanks for the information.
>
> Now I don't feel so bad.
>
> If you also happen to know what the BT revenue sharing formula is it would
> be interesting to estimate what NU's share of this year's bowl revenues
> might be, since according to Stephen, we've got seven team participating
> and
> appear to have come close to maximizing our income potential without
> actually participating.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: Jonathan Hodges [mailto:jonathanwhodges@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:59 AM
> To: jeffb@hilgraeve.com
> Cc: CHerron604@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game
>
>
> In terms of the money - the payout for a second team from any conference
> in
> a BCS game is pre-defined to be about 1/3 of the usual $15M payout (about
> $4.5M).  Therefore, as long as two teams from a conference are in, it
> doesn't really matter which game they go to.  The national championship
> game
> pays a little more, and the bowl games vary a little bit in their payouts,
> but the difference are not all that great.  And of course no conference is
> allowed to have 3 representatives in BCS games (Wisconsin would make a
> great
> case for that this year), although the Bowl formerly known as Citrus has a
> nice sized payout (over $4M, one of the largest non-BCS payouts, I
> believe).
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 11/27/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote:
>
> Chuck wrote <snip>
>
> Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if
> only
> it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
>
> ================
>
> I have no love for ND either, but SC just took a lot of money out of NU's
> pocket.
>
> For purely monetary reasons I was rooting for ND to win and Michigan to
> end
> up in the title game.  Perhaps those more familiar with the details can
> provide us with what the dollar difference to NU is between Michigan in
> national championship game and the Rose Bowl, but I suspect it is
> significant.   As it is, our last hope for that sort of financial windfall
> is UCLA.
>
> Jeff
>
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>
>
>
>
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From wseliger at aol.com  Mon Nov 27 10:52:42 2006
From: wseliger at aol.com (wseliger@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 27 10:53:01 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <10a301c71237$1a722d20$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
Message-ID: <8C8E05B9709C247-BC8-51D3@MBLK-M16.sysops.aol.com>

It's my understanding that revenues of this nature are split 12-ways, one allotment for each school and one for the conference.  That's after bowl expenses, but I'm not sure what allowable bowl expenses are.  
 
- Bill 
-----Original Message-----
From: jeffb@hilgraeve.com
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] SC Game


Jonathan,
 
Thanks for the information.
 
Now I don't feel so bad.
 
If you also happen to know what the BT revenue sharing formula is it would
be interesting to estimate what NU's share of this year's bowl revenues
might be, since according to Stephen, we've got seven team participating and
appear to have come close to maximizing our income potential without
actually participating.
 
Jeff
 

  _____  

From: Jonathan Hodges [mailto:jonathanwhodges@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:59 AM
To: jeffb@hilgraeve.com
Cc: CHerron604@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game


In terms of the money - the payout for a second team from any conference in
a BCS game is pre-defined to be about 1/3 of the usual $15M payout (about
$4.5M).  Therefore, as long as two teams from a conference are in, it
doesn't really matter which game they go to.  The national championship game
pays a little more, and the bowl games vary a little bit in their payouts,
but the difference are not all that great.  And of course no conference is
allowed to have 3 representatives in BCS games (Wisconsin would make a great
case for that this year), although the Bowl formerly known as Citrus has a
nice sized payout (over $4M, one of the largest non-BCS payouts, I believe).


Jonathan


On 11/27/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote: 

Chuck wrote <snip>

Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if only
it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.

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

I have no love for ND either, but SC just took a lot of money out of NU's 
pocket.

For purely monetary reasons I was rooting for ND to win and Michigan to end
up in the title game.  Perhaps those more familiar with the details can
provide us with what the dollar difference to NU is between Michigan in 
national championship game and the Rose Bowl, but I suspect it is
significant.   As it is, our last hope for that sort of financial windfall
is UCLA.

Jeff

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov 27 10:50:10 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov 27 10:53:07 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News 11/27
Message-ID: <001a01c71244$1a98dc10$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Sorry folks, but my #@!%$!@$@ computer won't let me build the sports news today.

Here's the Link the NU Sports News on the Scout.com site.
http://northwestern.scout.com/2/594876.html

Maybe tomorrow?

rsl

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov 27 11:18:27 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov 27 11:23:47 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <fcb3ee270611270741x4b3e8afdub3c91fba95bee23@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <002101c71248$0d8c1ce0$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

I believe that's because for years the Big 10 only went to the Rose, and
everyone else stayed home. I wonder if the conference would ever consider
changing that since so many schools go to bowls now. ?

rsl

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
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     If you can keep it" - Benjamin Franklin
============================================

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:41 AM
> To: jeffb@hilgraeve.com
> Cc: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game
> 
> 
> I'm not sure if the Big Ten revenue sharing agreements are 
> public knowledge, but the TV contract (with ESPN/ABC) is 
> equally split among all schools, and I believe that after an 
> allowance for bowl expenses, the remainder of the bowl 
> revenue is split evenly among schools.

From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov 27 14:28:35 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 27 14:28:49 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
In-Reply-To: <002101c71248$0d8c1ce0$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <8C8E079BF9FBC17-FC4-811D@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>

I could see leagues with a little less integrity thinking about this (the old CFA guys - SEC, Big 12), but the Big Ten (and Pac-10 as well) have higher principles - I couldn't ever see them moving away from pure revenue sharing.
 
Chuck Herron   Tech '85 
 
 
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From: rstetson@capps-assoc.com
To: jonathanwhodges@gmail.com; jeffb@hilgraeve.com
Cc: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Sent: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] SC Game


I believe that's because for years the Big 10 only went to the Rose, and
everyone else stayed home. I wonder if the conference would ever consider
changing that since so many schools go to bowls now. ?

rsl

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Computer Applications & Support Associates
and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
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======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All ===========
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============================================

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:41 AM
> To: jeffb@hilgraeve.com
> Cc: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game
> 
> 
> I'm not sure if the Big Ten revenue sharing agreements are 
> public knowledge, but the TV contract (with ESPN/ABC) is 
> equally split among all schools, and I believe that after an 
> allowance for bowl expenses, the remainder of the bowl 
> revenue is split evenly among schools.

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From cherron604 at aol.com  Mon Nov 27 15:01:40 2006
From: cherron604 at aol.com (cherron604@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 27 15:02:10 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Coaching Merry-go-round
Message-ID: <8C8E07E5E7B4BC7-FC4-84A1@WEBMAIL-MA17.sysops.aol.com>

Three firings today may show why Gary Barnett (or any other sane person) might want to avoid the coaching 'profession':
 
- Mike Shula, Alabama (4 years, 26-23).  They were 10-2 last year, Cotton Bowl winners over Texas Tech.  But, no SEC success, 4 straight losses to Auburn (first Alabama coach to lose 4 straight to them ?) and 4 straight losses to LSU.  Also, just last year they extended his contract through 2012 ($1.55 million annually, $200,000 signing bonus).
 
- Dirk Koetter, Arizona State (6 years, 40-33).  3 bowls in the first 5 years, Holiday, Sun and Insight, plus a 3rd consecutive bowl this year.  4-2 against Arizona, but 2-19 against ranked teams.  Last year, his contract was extended through 2009, at just under $1,000,000 a year.  He seemed very popular when we were out there last fall, but apparently they wanted him to beat the big boys (Cal, USC) from time-to-time.  Can ASU ever go back to the glory days of Dan Devine or Frank Kush ?
 
- Chuck Amato, North Carolina State (7 years, 49-37).  5 bowl games.  11-3 in 2002, with a Gator Bowl win over Notre Dame.  Unfortunately, 25-31 in the ACC.  Also, 3-9 this year and seven straight losses.  Interestingly, both Shula and Amato were fired by the schools they attended and played for.
 
The firings might dissuade anybody from coaching.  But the buy-outs are probably a nice consolation.
 
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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Mon Nov 27 15:10:03 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 27 15:10:19 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Coaching Merry-go-round
Message-ID: <d1c.df32d6.329cae2b@aol.com>

 
In a message dated 11/27/2006 1:02:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
cherron604@aol.com writes:

The  firings might dissuade anybody from coaching.  But the buy-outs are  
probably a nice consolation.



Hardly call it a "consolation"--think of how much their buyouts amount to  
while playing golf or tanning at the beach.  Not sure  what percentage  of their 
remaining liability is normally paid--but even where the coach  effectively 
quits on their own accord, they seem to get at least 50% (Nolan  Richardson 
comes to mind)--I suspect in the absence of a buyout clause, they get  most of 
their money--While it may hurt a bit psychologically, getting several  million 
to do nothing or possibly coach elsewhere isn't a bad deal and  shouldn't 
dissuade someone from coaching
 
Harry
From johnadeg at bellatlantic.net  Mon Nov 27 16:17:02 2006
From: johnadeg at bellatlantic.net (John A. DeGroat)
Date: Mon Nov 27 16:17:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Coaching Merry-go-round
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I can't imagine Barnett going for any of the southern coaching jobs 
since he isn't a redneck and as sporswriter once wrote when the Texas 
job was open and he was being considered for it, he couldn't imagine 
Barnett sitting at a bar with a long neck beer listening to some alums 
bloviating.  The Arizona State job might be a different matter.

John DeGroat

cherron604@aol.com wrote:

>Three firings today may show why Gary Barnett (or any other sane person) might want to avoid the coaching 'profession':
> 
>- Mike Shula, Alabama (4 years, 26-23).  They were 10-2 last year, Cotton Bowl winners over Texas Tech.  But, no SEC success, 4 straight losses to Auburn (first Alabama coach to lose 4 straight to them ?) and 4 straight losses to LSU.  Also, just last year they extended his contract through 2012 ($1.55 million annually, $200,000 signing bonus).
> 
>- Dirk Koetter, Arizona State (6 years, 40-33).  3 bowls in the first 5 years, Holiday, Sun and Insight, plus a 3rd consecutive bowl this year.  4-2 against Arizona, but 2-19 against ranked teams.  Last year, his contract was extended through 2009, at just under $1,000,000 a year.  He seemed very popular when we were out there last fall, but apparently they wanted him to beat the big boys (Cal, USC) from time-to-time.  Can ASU ever go back to the glory days of Dan Devine or Frank Kush ?
> 
>- Chuck Amato, North Carolina State (7 years, 49-37).  5 bowl games.  11-3 in 2002, with a Gator Bowl win over Notre Dame.  Unfortunately, 25-31 in the ACC.  Also, 3-9 this year and seven straight losses.  Interestingly, both Shula and Amato were fired by the schools they attended and played for.
> 
>The firings might dissuade anybody from coaching.  But the buy-outs are probably a nice consolation.
> 
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From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Mon Nov 27 16:29:55 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Mon Nov 27 16:30:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Coaching Merry-go-round (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611272229.kARMTuXr018402@romaine.tssi.com>

> Hardly call it a "consolation"--think of how much their buyouts amount to  
> while playing golf or tanning at the beach.  Not sure  what percentage  of their 
> remaining liability is normally paid--but even where the coach  effectively 
> quits on their own accord, they seem to get at least 50% (Nolan  Richardson 
> comes to mind)--I suspect in the absence of a buyout clause, they get  most of 
> their money--While it may hurt a bit psychologically, getting several  million 
> to do nothing or possibly coach elsewhere isn't a bad deal and  shouldn't 
> dissuade someone from coaching

If you're used to making (and possibly spending) $1 million or more a 
year, with lots of perks, a $3 million buyout really doesn't last all 
that long.  

Start by chopping about half of that off due to taxes.  

Many coaches have set up foundations or support programs for kids, and
those foundations and programs may not get funded if the ex-coach is just
out 'getting a tan'.  

They still have mortgages and real estate taxes to pay (assuming they
don't move out of town, which might actually increase costs in the short
run), most of the time they have to go buy a car because the one they 
were getting as the coach goes back to the dealership.  

Oh, and the big fees for speaking engagements tend to dry up after you're 
fired, too.   Barnett was getting $25K to talk to a bunch of managers for 
an hour or two about motivation, I doubt he commands half that fee these 
days, if any groups even want him.

No, I'm not crying over Shula or any of his ilk being fired, and they
aren't headed to the poorhouse overnight or living on Macaroni & Cheese, 
but they don't take those jobs as sports commentators simply for their 
health.

BTW, did anybody notice the article in USA Today on coaches salaries?
Fitz wasn't on the list because Northwestern is a private school,
but on a dollars-per-win basis, I think Iowa's coach rivaled Bobby
Bowden this year. 
--
Mike Nolan

From prplehaze at insightbb.com  Mon Nov 27 17:52:27 2006
From: prplehaze at insightbb.com (Mark Ament)
Date: Mon Nov 27 17:52:33 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] SC Game
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References: <10a301c71237$1a722d20$97492745@hilgraeve.com>
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It's my understanding that all bowl revenue is pooled and divided into 
12 equal shares, with the conference office taking one share for 
administration and then distributing the rest to each school equally.  
Since the bowl tie-ins and approximate payouts are known ahead of time, 
with the possible exception of the second BCS bowl and the Motor City 
Bowl on the bottom end, the payout is known at the beginning of the year 
and budgeted.  If a second team makes the BCS, as this year, then there 
will be a supplemental payout of about $100,000+ per school that wasn't 
in the budget.  Not a lot in the grand scheme of things.
Mark


Jeff Beamsley wrote:
> Jonathan,
>  
> Thanks for the information.
>  
> Now I don't feel so bad.
>  
> If you also happen to know what the BT revenue sharing formula is it would
> be interesting to estimate what NU's share of this year's bowl revenues
> might be, since according to Stephen, we've got seven team participating and
> appear to have come close to maximizing our income potential without
> actually participating.
>  
> Jeff
>  
>
>   _____  
>
> From: Jonathan Hodges [mailto:jonathanwhodges@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:59 AM
> To: jeffb@hilgraeve.com
> Cc: CHerron604@aol.com; nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SC Game
>
>
> In terms of the money - the payout for a second team from any conference in
> a BCS game is pre-defined to be about 1/3 of the usual $15M payout (about
> $4.5M).  Therefore, as long as two teams from a conference are in, it
> doesn't really matter which game they go to.  The national championship game
> pays a little more, and the bowl games vary a little bit in their payouts,
> but the difference are not all that great.  And of course no conference is
> allowed to have 3 representatives in BCS games (Wisconsin would make a great
> case for that this year), although the Bowl formerly known as Citrus has a
> nice sized payout (over $4M, one of the largest non-BCS payouts, I believe).
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 11/27/06, Jeff Beamsley <jeffb@hilgraeve.com> wrote: 
>
> Chuck wrote <snip>
>
> Having said all of that, I am still glad SC pounded on them by 20...if only
> it could have been by 40.  Thanks to the men of Troy.
>
> ================
>
> I have no love for ND either, but SC just took a lot of money out of NU's 
> pocket.
>
> For purely monetary reasons I was rooting for ND to win and Michigan to end
> up in the title game.  Perhaps those more familiar with the details can
> provide us with what the dollar difference to NU is between Michigan in 
> national championship game and the Rose Bowl, but I suspect it is
> significant.   As it is, our last hope for that sort of financial windfall
> is UCLA.
>
> Jeff
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From tbng at comcast.net  Mon Nov 27 18:17:30 2006
From: tbng at comcast.net (Dennis W. Brandt)
Date: Mon Nov 27 18:18:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's in a million?
References: <200611272229.kARMTuXr018402@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <000701c71282$9eae4ce0$c402a8c0@DennisMachine>

<If you're used to making (and possibly spending) $1 million or more a
year, with lots of perks, a $3 million buyout really doesn't last all that 
long.

Try me.  I'll make it last.  My name isn't Mike Tyson.

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Mon Nov 27 18:28:53 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Mon Nov 27 18:28:55 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's in a million?
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You'd have to check the financial setup but...

I would guess that most head coaches are organized as Sub S corporations with
their entire salary and perks going into the front end of the corp.

They then take a salary out of the S-corp and pay full employment taxes on just
that salary with the rest of the "income" after expenses going as ordinary
income.

Its amazing what expenses you can write off as a Sub S - including that extra
wide screen TV for watching films, various kinds of personal liability
insurance, your agent's fees, and parties for alums, etc. and its all above the
bottom line.

If that is the case, a coach can live very comfortably on $250,000-300,000 of
that gross with well over half a million sheltered in various other projects.
FWIW - Barry Switzer didn't need to do anything, ever again after he left
Oklahoma, but the call of the NFL and the chance to win a Super Bowl was just
too strong.

rsl



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> Subject: [NU Sports] What's in a million?
> 
> 
> <If you're used to making (and possibly spending) $1 million 
> or more a year, with lots of perks, a $3 million buyout 
> really doesn't last all that 
> long.
> 
> Try me.  I'll make it last.  My name isn't Mike Tyson.
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From Hakirsch at aol.com  Mon Nov 27 18:34:09 2006
From: Hakirsch at aol.com (Hakirsch@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 27 18:34:19 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Coaching Merry-go-round (fwd)
Message-ID: <c97.38c1333.329cde01@aol.com>

In a message dated 11/27/2006 4:26:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
nolan@romaine.tssi.com writes:

> If you're used to making (and possibly spending) $1 million or more a 
> year, with lots of perks, a $3 million buyout really doesn't last all 
> that long.  
> 
> Start by chopping about half of that off due to taxes.  
> 
> Many coaches have set up foundations or support programs for kids, and
> those foundations and programs may not get funded if the ex-coach is just
> out 'getting a tan'.  
> 
> They still have mortgages and real estate taxes to pay (assuming they
> don't move out of town, which might actually increase costs in the short
> run), most of the time they have to go buy a car because the one they 
> were getting as the coach goes back to the dealership.  
> 
> Oh, and the big fees for speaking engagements tend to dry up after you're 
> fired, too.   Barnett was getting $25K to talk to a bunch of managers for 
> an hour or two about motivation, I doubt he commands half that fee these 
> days, if any groups even want him.
> 
> No, I'm not crying over Shula or any of his ilk being fired, and they
> aren't headed to the poorhouse overnight or living on Macaroni &Cheese, 
> but they don't take those jobs as sports commentators simply for their 
> health.
> 
> BTW, did anybody notice the article in USA Today on coaches salaries?
> Fitz wasn't on the list because Northwestern is a private school,
> but on a dollars-per-win basis, I think Iowa's coach rivaled Bobby
> Bowden this year. 
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
> _______________________________________________
> nwu-sports site list
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True--but most of these guys resurface a year or 2 later at most , (Rick 
Venturi got an NFL head coaching job after being 1-31-1 at NU !) thus making more 
money than if they stayed(i.e double pay)? but they do have to re-locate their 
families.? 

Harry
From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Mon Nov 27 18:39:56 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Mon Nov 27 18:40:09 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Coaching Merry-go-round
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Mike Shula surprises me a bit - I know it's Bama and
SEC, but they seemed to be willing to give him at
least a little more time to clean up the Franchione
mess. Auburn, Arkansas and LSU gotta be happy though.

Amato had lost favor this year and I guess the ACC
schools feel that now's as good of a time as any to
get a new coach with FSU and Miami in down cycles and
the title open to anyone (Wake?!?!?). Having a big
name sign down the road at UNC couldn't have helped
either.

As for Koetter, I was actually surprised he lasted the
season -- it was a race here in Phoenix to see if he'd
get fired before Dennis Green or vice versa. The whole
QB mess at the start of the year and another maddening
year of disappointing finishes after strong starts did
him in -- think of ASU as the MSU of the west and
you'll understand why.

Of the three jobs, I'd think ASU would be the most
enticing. Alabama has too much pressure to win NOW, NC
State is still a second-class football school, but ASU
-- like Coach Stoops is finding at U of A -- is a
sleeping giant. You have a growing and rapidly
improving pool of in-state talent, you're close enough
to Southern California to recruit well there and you
have a great campus/stadium/weather package that's a
good sell to most high school kids. Plus the Pac 10's
prestige is growing and if you can just get ONE win in
the state of California (Koetter never seemed to be
able to), that'd be nice too.

But I guess it all continues what SI dubbed "what Gary
Barnett hath wrought" in that schools see places like
Rutgers, Wake Forest and Arkansas this year and wonder
why they're not winning NOW.

As for the Big Ten, I think we'll continue to see
stability rule for awhile once the MSU job (another
sleeping giant if they can get past their Go Blue
inferiority complex) is settled. Tressel's the king of
Ohio until he decides to step down or gets caught by
the NCAA. JoePa and Carr may retire soon in Ann Arbor
and State College ... or they may each coach 20 more
years. It's up to them. Hoeppner's earned more time at
IU, Zook's recruiting probably will buy him a few more
years at U of I (now if he can only learn to coach).
Tiller's window to exit West Lafayette for greener
pastures has passed and Wisky and NU are happy with
their first-year wunderkinds. 

The only warm seats may be on the western edge of the
league, where Phoenix (not Nashville!) may not be
enough for Gopher fans (though Mason probably gets
until the new stadium opens) and Iowa fans seem to be
growing impatient with Vanilla Kirk. But neither of
those look too hot for now.

Be interesting to see if Barnett's name surfaces for
any of the open jobs.:)

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From sjtruog at yahoo.com  Mon Nov 27 19:52:20 2006
From: sjtruog at yahoo.com (SjT (Stephen J. Truog))
Date: Mon Nov 27 19:52:39 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Standings'n'Polls
Message-ID: <723830.72990.qm@web52905.mail.yahoo.com>

Turkey Day leftovers here with two weeks of standings
in one. Only one more week left of the regular season,
and our races were shaken up by some upsets and some
people taking a week or two off for the holidays. 

First up, the honor roll for the past two weeks ...

UNANIMOUS PICKS

* WISCONSIN over Buffalo (Week 12)

None in week 13!

UPSET SPECIALS

* UCLA over Arizona State (Week 12)
* MIAMI over Boston College (Week 13)
* TEXAS A&M over Texas (Week 13)
* LSU over Arkansas (Week 13)
* SOUTH CAROLINA over Clemson (Week 13)

Now to the big board ...

                PICKS RECORD           UPSETS
TW  Name        W12  W13  Ovrl   Pct.  W12 W13 Ovrl
Wks
=======================================================
 1) M.Zilka     ---  5-5 104- 31 .770   -   0    5  
12
 2) C.Bailey    ---  ---  95- 30 .760   -   -    2  
11
 2) M.Barnard   9-1  ---  95- 30 .760   0   -    2  
11
 4) B.Wilson    9-1  5-5 101- 34 .754   1   1    5  
12
 5) C.Herron    8-2  4-6 109- 36 .751   0   0    5  
13
 5) T.McAdams   7-3  3-7 109- 36 .751   1   0    3  
13
 7) S.Truog     5-5  4-6 105- 40 .724   0   0    5  
13
 8) R.Farney    7-3  5-5 104- 41 .717   0   0    1  
13
 8) K.Sevilla   5-5  6-4 104- 41 .717   0   1    5  
13
 8) E.Steffe    8-2  5-5 104- 41 .717   1   1    3  
13
 8) B.Winkler   5-5  7-3 104- 41 .717   0   3    7  
13
 8) A.Wolfson   5-5  6-4 104- 41 .717   0   2    3  
13
 8) I.Embrekts  6-4  6-4  86- 34 .717   0   1    2  
11
14) P.Wolfe     9-1  7-3  82- 33 .713   0   1    4  
10
15) M.Ament     6-4  5-5  89- 36 .712   0   0    1  
11
16) J.Hodges    7-3  6-4 103- 42 .710   0   1    3  
13
16) J.Labbe     6-4  6-4 103- 42 .710   0   2    4  
13
18) J.Bendat    8-2  6-4  95- 40 .704   0   4    7  
12
19) P.Groves    6-4  6-4 102- 43 .703   0   1    5  
13
20) M.Vance     5-5  6-4  86- 39 .688   1   1    3  
11
21) S.Wolfson   7-3  2-8  97- 48 .669   1   0    3  
13
22) C.Rossi     5-5  5-5  70- 35 .667   0   1    8  
10
23) J.Lieske    8-2  4-6  93- 42 .689   1   0    4  
12
24) R.Stahl     7-3  5-5  98- 47 .676   0   1    5  
13
25) B.Taylor    6-4  5-5  79- 41 .658   0   0    0  
11
26) B.Waldele   8-2  ---  69- 41 .627   1   -    4  
10
27) A.McInturff 3-7  5-5  83- 62 .572   0   2   10  
13

Not eligible at this time (must be in 2/3 of weeks)
-------------------------------------------------------
 x) C.Zahn      ---  ---  71- 24 .747   -   -    2   
8
 x) J.Leonard   ---  ---  65- 30 .684   -   -    4   
8
 x) M.Whelan    8-2  5-5  70- 25 .737   0   1    2   
8
 x) J.Thiegs    ---  ---  44- 11 .800   -   -    0   
4
 x) D.Warner    ---  ---  39- 16 .709   -   -    0   
4
 x) A.Miller    ---  ---  31-  9 .775   -   -    1   
3
 x) N.Kaplan    ---  ---  26-  4 .867   -   -    1   
2
 x) T.Haleas    ---  ---  14-  1 .933   -   -    0   
1
 x) J.Singer    ---  ---  14-  1 .933   -   -    1   
1
 x) R.Bradshaw  ---  ---  13-  2 .867   -   -    0   
1
 x) H.Hieber    ---  ---  11-  4 .733   -   -    0   
1

And now to the rankings for this week ...

LW TW  SjTOP 25 COLLEGE RANKINGS
================================
 1  1) OHIO STATE - Best team. Best player. Best
coach.
 2  2) MICHIGAN - Rose rematch of a rout? Yawn, BCS.
 4  3) USC - Big win, but not the second-best team
 3  4) FLORIDA - Close shaves hurting in style points
 8  5) WISCONSIN - Unfairly left out of the B(C)S
11  6) LSU - Huge win vs. Hogs bolsters BCS hopes
10  7) LOUISVILLE - One WVU win from the BCS
13  8) OKLAHOMA - May be Stoops' best coaching job
 5  9) ARKANSAS - Poor play calling cost 'em at end
12 10) AUBURN - Could fall far in SEC bowl picture
16 11) RUTGERS - One game for BCS, Cinderalla
 9 12) TEXAS - Two losses in a row?! What up, Mack?
 7 13) NOTRE DAME - Blown out in only two tough games
15 14) NEBRASKA - Suddenly have lots of BCS hopes
17 15) VIRGINIA TECH - Playing best of anyone in ACC
 6 16) WEST VIRGINIA - Looking ahead to Knights?
19 17) WAKE FOREST - Can cap dream season with win
18 18) BOISE STATE - Nice year, but not a BCS team
NR 19) TEXAS A&M - Three close shaves from 12-0
22 20) TENNESSEE - Finished year with a whimper
14 21) GEORGIA TECH - ACC's best can't beat mid-SEC
23 22) CALIFORNIA - They must really love San Diego
NR 23) OREGON STATE - Strong finish for the season
24 24) PENN STATE - Losses to teams that are 44-4!
25 25) BYU - Cougars rally to finish the year strong

DROPPED OUT: (20) Boston College, (21) Maryland
OTHERS: Georgia, Hawaii

Remember, picks in by kickoff Saturday!
GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Mon Nov 27 21:20:13 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Mon Nov 27 21:22:01 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's in a million?
In-Reply-To: <003601c71284$2f063ef0$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>
Message-ID: <03b001c7129c$1e33d520$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

 
Roy wrote <snip>

FWIW - Barry Switzer didn't need to do anything, ever again after he left
Oklahoma, but the call of the NFL and the chance to win a Super Bowl was
just too strong.

------------

That pretty much sums it up for me.  These guys got to the top of the heap
in their profession because they had fire in the belly to be the best.  When
you've got all of the money you need, and the trophy wife, and all of the
perks that come with high profile success, and you are still come back every
year for another run - its basic competitive spirit that is driving these
guys.

They are playing a nice bio of Jim Leyland during the off season here in
Michigan.  For those of you who follow baseball, Jim walked away from one of
the richest manager contracts (at the time) in Colorado.  He left an
estimated $3M on the table because he lost his interest in the game.  He
stayed home and helped raise his young kids and slowly regained his need to
compete.  The success of the Tigers this year is evidence of the value of
both experience and integrity in a manager.

Jeff

From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Tue Nov 28 00:20:43 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Tue Nov 28 00:20:53 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's in a million? (fwd)
Message-ID: <200611280620.kAS6KhaZ017997@romaine.tssi.com>

> If that is the case, a coach can live very comfortably on $250,000-300,000 of
> that gross with well over half a million sheltered in various other projects.
> FWIW - Barry Switzer didn't need to do anything, ever again after he left
> Oklahoma, but the call of the NFL and the chance to win a Super Bowl was just
> too strong.

As I recall, Barry Switzer was made a partner in a number of oil ventures
with OU alum, I think the tax problems those created helped lead to his 
departure at OU, but as a very rich oil person, far more than what he got 
from OU or the shoe contracts.  (I think one of those partners was his 
employer-to-be at Dallas, Jerry Jones.  In fact, weren't they roommates 
or frat brothers in college?)

Yeah, Barry's driven by that call.

He is also one of the funniest public speakers I've ever seen, he's WORTH 
his fee!  Here's a joke he told in Nebraska once, about a year before he 
resigned at OU:

OU had an off week, and the team was kind of beat up, so I gave them a
weekend off.  Two linemen decided to go hunting for bear, having been told 
that bear hunting was one of the most exciting and challenging of sports.

So they flew up to Montana, bought some rifles, rented a car, and drove off 
into the woods.  They saw a sign that read "Bear Left".   So they went home.
--
Mike Nolan

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Nov 28 07:02:44 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Nov 28 07:02:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] What's in a million? (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <200611280620.kAS6KhaZ017997@romaine.tssi.com>
Message-ID: <000f01c712ed$7f0658e0$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

Barry's downfall was a long list of marginal recruiting violations and the loss
of that recruiting system that found great running backs in small towns in East
Texas.

The scandal with Larry Lacewell's wife led to the loss of his recruiting
coordinator, right about the time I was working at KGOU in Norman. This was back
when most folks didn't have a full time RC - Barry, at OU did.

Anyway, Barry committed the cardinal sin at OU - he lost too many games, and was
stuck in a formation that folks finally figured out how to defend and that
tailbacks didn't want to run in. 

You see Barry's wishbone required tailbacks to really block when they were the
other deep back in the 'bone, and it actually required more than one top
tailback or the whole thing broke down. 

Anyway, another OU joke, 3 OU linemen were out in the woods when a naked women
jumped out of the bushes and yell, "I'm game."

So they shot her.

Go Cats

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: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:21 AM
> To: nwu-sports@romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] What's in a million? (fwd)
> 
> 
> > If that is the case, a coach can live very comfortably on 
> > $250,000-300,000 of that gross with well over half a 
> million sheltered 
> > in various other projects. FWIW - Barry Switzer didn't need to do 
> > anything, ever again after he left Oklahoma, but the call 
> of the NFL 
> > and the chance to win a Super Bowl was just too strong.
> 
> As I recall, Barry Switzer was made a partner in a number of 
> oil ventures with OU alum, I think the tax problems those 
> created helped lead to his 
> departure at OU, but as a very rich oil person, far more than 
> what he got 
> from OU or the shoe contracts.  (I think one of those 
> partners was his 
> employer-to-be at Dallas, Jerry Jones.  In fact, weren't they 
> roommates 
> or frat brothers in college?)
> 
> Yeah, Barry's driven by that call.
> 
> He is also one of the funniest public speakers I've ever 
> seen, he's WORTH 
> his fee!  Here's a joke he told in Nebraska once, about a 
> year before he 
> resigned at OU:
> 
> OU had an off week, and the team was kind of beat up, so I 
> gave them a weekend off.  Two linemen decided to go hunting 
> for bear, having been told 
> that bear hunting was one of the most exciting and 
> challenging of sports.
> 
> So they flew up to Montana, bought some rifles, rented a car, 
> and drove off 
> into the woods.  They saw a sign that read "Bear Left".   So 
> they went home.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Tue Nov 28 10:03:06 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Tue Nov 28 10:03:13 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/28
Message-ID: <001001c71306$b17eb0b0$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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

Big 10-ACC Challenge Edition

All the News that Fits We Link -- Your Index to online News about Northwestern
University Athletics

BASKETBALL

     Men
     Wildcats Take On Miami (Fla.) in Big Ten/ACC Challenge Tuesday on ESPN2
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/112706aab.html 
     $ BKB Pregame Intel: The Miami Hurricanes
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/595246.html 
     Gametracker
 
javascript:window.open('http://livestats.nusports.collegesports.com/livestats/da
ta/m-baskbl/474983/','GameTrackermbaskbl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=n
o,width=780,height=540'); void(''); 
     Free Cat Chat during Basketball Game Here!
      http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.pl?id=122893 

Next up for the Court Cats:

     Tuesday 11/28 8:30 PM ESPN2 -  Miami Hurricanes
     Haith grieves for nephew shot dead by police in N.Y.
 
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/hurricanes/sfl-umhoops28nov28,0,98233
6.story?coll=sfla-hurricanes 
     + Canes Explode with Big First Half, Win 98-66
      http://miami.scout.com/2/594351.html 

Big 10, etc....

     N.C. St. tops Michigan
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/151715,CST-SPT-accbig28.article 
     Illini out to prove point vs. Terrapins
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/151539,CST-SPT-ill28.article 

Women

     Women play Illinois Chicago at home tonight
     Watch
 
javascript:window.open('http://all-access.cstv.com/cstv/player/player.html?code=
nw&sport=w-baskbl&category=live&media=8413','VideoBroadcast','toolbar=no,resizea
ble=no,scrollbars=yes,width=1000,height=700'); 
     void(''); 
     Gametracker
 
javascript:window.open('http://livestats.nusports.collegesports.com/livestats/da
ta/w-baskbl/450524/','GameTrackerwbaskbl','toolbar=no,resizeable=no,scrollbars=n
o,width=780,height=540'); void(''); 

RECRUITING

     2008 Focus: Luke Fabrizius
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=595256 
     another Horizon HS kid from Arizona
     WLB Logan Sullivan: Sleeper Prospect
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=8&c=1&nid=2879730 

FOOTBALL

     Sports XChange: Inside Slant
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamReport?categoryId=86065&type=InsideSlant 
     + 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 

     Hail to Purple: excerpts from the HailToPurple.com coverage of the 2006
season...
      http://hailtopurple.com/features/2006.html 

     Recruiting will be key for Dantonio at MSU
      http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Foxsports/rss/CFB/%7E3/54985793/6215414 

     SjT: Coaching Merry-Go-Round 2006 So Far
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/595087.html 

SOCCER

     Cats Bow Out In Elite Eight 
 
http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/home/news/2006/11/21/Sports/Cats-Bow.Out.In.Eli
te.Eight.mens.Soccer-2508527.shtml 
     + Click Here to listen to Coach Lenahan
 
javascript:window.open('http://www.ocsn.com/media_server/play.smil?school=nw&med
ia_type=audio&content=http://mfile.akamai.com/8108/wma/cstv.download.akamai.com/
8108/open/nw/06-07/audio/m-soccer/11nov/112706_nw_msoccer_int.asx','VideoBroadca
stMediaPlayer','toolbar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=no,width=468,height=220' 
     ); void(''); 

MISCELLANY

     Cronin: The Grill Room - The shrinking Western Open
      http://www.dailysouthtown.com/sports/cronin/149961,261cro1.article 
     Davis in a hurry to rebuild North Carolina program
 
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/11/28/sports/college_sports/0732ee862fec029586
2572330082ba2f.txt 
     Canning football coach can cost college millions
 
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories/%7E3/548
39373/2006-11-27-coaches-buyout_x.htm 
     + Arizona co-offensive coordinator steps down
      http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2678006 

Alumni

     PGA
     Luke Donald Will be at the World Golf Championships - Barbados World Cup
startng 12/7 
      http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/tournaments/r169 

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From cp2m at enterprisesw.com  Wed Nov 29 00:08:01 2006
From: cp2m at enterprisesw.com (Chris and Lori Patterson)
Date: Wed Nov 29 00:08:16 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS 61-59
Message-ID: <007b01c7137c$be54f620$7000a8c0@hawk>

A nice win! Great to have it on national TV. I thought Carmody out-coached
Haith. Haith had a relative die on Saturday, so his head might not have been
totally in the game these last few days.

 

Miami sure had some athletic players. 

 

http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112906aaa.html

 

Chris

Knoxville

Tech '81

From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov 29 08:13:04 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov 29 08:13:17 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS 61-59
In-Reply-To: <007b01c7137c$be54f620$7000a8c0@hawk>
Message-ID: <000501c713c0$7caa4290$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

>From what I saw....

Moore is breaking out of his early season funk - BC alluded to his ankle injury
and that he had recovered [tore off the tape and the brace].

Sterling Williams is turning into a defensive machine - they don't keep a "shots
made over" state, but he has to be close to the bottom in terms of other team's
points scored. He ever gets his shooting stroke going...

Kevin Coble is turning into a real presence inside and out. His play means that
opponents have to guard both him and Doyle up front.

Jeremy Nash and Jeff Ryan are starting to show they belong on the floor for the
Wildcats.

Vince Scott is turning into a 6-10 point guard with a few nifty passes last
night that should have led to scores and assists for him. Ivan Tolic is finally
able to play and contributed more than just his 4 points in 12 minutes. How
often do you see 4 assists from centers?

Weak spot? - same old story, offensive rebounds. We had 5 to Miami's 19 leading
to Miami scoring 14 2nd chance points. Miami was way behind in Points in the
Paint until the end of the game when they finally were able to work inside. But
then many of those points inside were put backs. NU did get 17 points off
Miami's 13 turnovers.

You gotta love Tim Doyle's play and passing on the court, you don't have to love
his freethrow shooting last night [7 of 11], but then the Cats shot only 55%
from the charity stripe

Anyway, this team showed they can force a high scoring running team into their
game. Coach Henderson "fixed" Moore's 3 point shot, maybe now they can work on
free throws?

But this was a really nice win as the Cats head into finals...

rsl

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On Behalf Of Chris and 
> Lori Patterson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:08 AM
> To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] CATS 61-59
> 
> 
> A nice win! Great to have it on national TV. I thought 
> Carmody out-coached Haith. Haith had a relative die on 
> Saturday, so his head might not have been totally in the game 
> these last few days.
> 
>  
> 
> Miami sure had some athletic players. 
> 
>  
> 
> http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112906aaa.html
> 
>  
> 
> Chris
> 
> Knoxville
> 
> Tech '81
> 
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From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Wed Nov 29 08:21:46 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Wed Nov 29 08:23:57 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS 61-59
In-Reply-To: <007b01c7137c$be54f620$7000a8c0@hawk>
Message-ID: <011d01c713c1$c4f70f50$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

 
It WAS a nice win, but it also demonstrated how vulnerable the program is
with the current set of kids.  If NU can't make three's this game is over
because Miami would have played zone the rest of the evening.  Also Miami
was able to overcome a ten point lead with a couple of minutes to go just by
fouling and trading one point for two or three on their end.  

It is always fun to see this offense getting those cheap back cuts to the
basket.  It is also encouraging to see the team play good defense.  But if
you don't have the ability to protect a lead because of poor free throw
shooting, you have put yourself in the position where the other guys are
always going to be able to make a run at the end of the game.  Also if your
style of offense is geared to take time off the clock, you can't afford to
get behind by much because you aren't really setup to make a run on anybody.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces@tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Chris and Lori Patterson
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:08 AM
To: nwu-sports@tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS 61-59

A nice win! Great to have it on national TV. I thought Carmody out-coached
Haith. Haith had a relative die on Saturday, so his head might not have been
totally in the game these last few days.

 

Miami sure had some athletic players. 

 

http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112906aaa.html

 

Chris

Knoxville

Tech '81

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From rstetson at capps-assoc.com  Wed Nov 29 09:19:19 2006
From: rstetson at capps-assoc.com (Roy Lamberton)
Date: Wed Nov 29 09:19:27 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest for 11/29
Message-ID: <000601c713c9$be0fa8c0$6401a8c0@DAVIDXP>

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

Big 10-ACC Challenge Edition 
All the News that Fits We Link -- Your Index to online News about Northwestern
University Athletics

BASKETBALL

     Men
     Moore's Career Night Leads Northwestern to a 61-59 Victory Over Miami
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112906aaa.html 
     $ Cardiac Court Cats: NU 61 UM 59
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/595573.html 
     + Long Ranger fuels Cats' win
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061129019
4nov29,1,2513453.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + The Long Ranger carries Wildcats
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/cs-061129019
5nov29,1,2906670.story?coll=cs-college-nwestern-print 
     + Moore of this in NU's plan 
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/152895,CST-SPT-nu29.article 
     + Moore on target as Northwestern gets Challenge 'W'
      http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/northwestern.asp?id=254587 
     + Northwestern squeaks by Miami, 61-59
 
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2006/11/29/sports/college/northwestern/doc456d7
2ebaaeb0380786038.txt 
     + Northwestern grabs win for Big Ten in challenge
      http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=263320077 
     + Moore helps Wildcats hold off 'Canes in ACC-Big Ten Challenge 
 
http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/gamecenter/recap/NCAAB_20061128_MIA@
NW 

     Random Thoughts: Put aside the "cardiac cats"
      http://northwestern.scout.com/2/595667.html 

     SportsXChange: Getting inside
 
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/northwestern.htm 

     From the Miami Hurricanes
     Miami Edged on the Road at Northwestern in ACC-Big Ten Challenge
      http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112906aaa.html 
     + 'Canes rally falls just short
 
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/hurricanes/sfl-spumhoops29nov29,0,867
18.story?coll=sfla-hurricanes 
     + Grieving Haith coaches, but UM loses
 
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/colleges/university_of_miami/1612026
0.htm 

Next up for the Court Cats:

     Western Michigan Broncos
     Broncos Out-Foxed in Third Place Game at Old Spice Classic, 89-78
 
http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24351&SPID=1924&DB_OEM_ID=4600&
ATCLID=696279 

Big 10, etc....

     Victory notion is tabled
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-0611280135nov28,1,1
625797.column?coll=cs-college-utility 

     Illini streaks get shot down
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/illinois/cs-061128illinig
amer,1,1784751.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 
     + Terps too tough for erratic Illini 
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/152875,CST-SPT-ill29.article 

     Duke holds off Indiana 
      http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/152913,CST-SPT-accbig29.article 

Women

     Women play University of Illinois - Chicago tonight
     Wildcats Dig In For Four-Game Homestand
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/112806aaa.html 

FOOTBALL

     Coaching Changes & Recruiting Implications
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=595259 
     + SjT: Coaching Merry-Go-Round 2006 So Far
      http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=2&c=595087 

RECRUITING

     And some folks are worried about the Linebackers next year?
     Bryce McNaul: McNaul Honored For Title Game Play
      http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=595439&nid=2243499&fhn=1 
     + Eden Prairie shows its determination
      http://www.startribune.com/526/story/834805.html 
     + Prep sports: Athletes of the week
      http://www.startribune.com/526/story/838469.html 

SOCCER

     Murphy's Mark: Great Postseason Run By Men's Soccer Team
      http://nusports.cstv.com/genrel/112806aaa.html 

VOLLEYBALL

     Kate Nobilio Named to Big Ten All-Freshman Team
      http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/112806aab.html 

MISCELLANY

     College football coaching changes
      http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/Foxsports/rss/CFB/%7E3/55378780/6217332 
     + NCAA says it can't require colleges to recruit black football coaches
 
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/%7Er/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories/%7E3/553
00329/2006-11-28-minority-hiring_x.htm 

Alumni

     Luis Castillo Ankle improved but maybe not on Buffalo's artificial turf
 
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/20061128-9999-1s28chargers.html 

     Michael Wilbon: If You Don't Play the Kid, How Do You Know He Can Play?
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/03/AR2006110301608.
html 
     + The Vick Dilemma
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/27/AR2006112701334.
html 

     PGA
     Luke Donald Will be at the World Golf Championships - Barbados World Cup
startng 12/7 
      http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/tournaments/r169 

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From mlinhardt at netzero.net  Wed Nov 29 09:31:08 2006
From: mlinhardt at netzero.net (mlinhardt@netzero.net)
Date: Wed Nov 29 09:33:32 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS 61-59
Message-ID: <20061129.073202.21820.1353243@webmail10.nyc.untd.com>

Originally we had not planned on going to this game, but we were given 
a pair of tickets.

I came into the game with 2 stats in mind via the pre-game PDF.
During the Carmody era:
Leading or tied at half 65-15 -- 81%
Opponent shoots worse than 45% 73-29 -- 72% 

As I saw them miss shots, even though they get o-boards I knew it 
looked good and when combined with the 3 point halftime lead I knew it 
was in the bag.

Unfortunately we almost self-destructed with sloppy press breaking, 
poor defense and horrid free throw shooting.

It seems that the only person that can manufacture his own shot is 
Doyle.  I can't believe I am saying this as I have zero confidence in 
him as a player.  Everybody else is a open-look catch and shoot player.

This post is such a downer, but I just don't see any Tyrell, Bacher, 
Brendan, or Sharrick type players.


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From WildElk2 at aol.com  Wed Nov 29 20:06:39 2006
From: WildElk2 at aol.com (WildElk2@aol.com)
Date: Wed Nov 29 20:07:00 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS 61-59
Message-ID: <c67.66f06a6.329f96af@aol.com>

I agree with Mark's assessment that a lot of work needs to be done,  but if 
Moore is truly healthy and can provide 16-20 ppg. rather than the 6 ppg.  he 
was averaging going in, this would solve a lot of problems. His outside  
shooting will open up the middle; for the the most part our outside shooting was  
better than it has been.
  It seemed no one wanted to win this game, as Miami's best player had  a 
critical turnov4er and took a horrible last shot that bailed us out.   Steady 
Doyle missed too mant FT and threw an ill-fated baseball pass that lead  to an 
easy Miami basket.  It looks like we'll be in a lot of close games,  especially 
at home, so we might as well get used to winning them!
  I'm happy were 4-2, and I'm glad we have more games before Big 10  play 
strts.  Maybre were on to something...
 
           GO  CATS!!!             Eric
 
From jeffb at hilgraeve.com  Thu Nov 30 09:57:22 2006
From: jeffb at hilgraeve.com (Jeff Beamsley)
Date: Thu Nov 30 09:59:29 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] CATS 61-59
In-Reply-To: <c67.66f06a6.329f96af@aol.com>
Message-ID: <082901c71498$38c9c400$97492745@hilgraeve.com>

We may be onto something, but if you had a chance to watch the UNC OSU game
last night, those guys are on a completely different planet.  It was WAY
entertaining.

It will be interesting to see how a very young, very talented, very athletic
OSU team that loves to run will respond to NU's "watching paint dry" pace.  

Jeff


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I agree with Mark's assessment that a lot of work needs to be done,  but if
Moore is truly healthy and can provide 16-20 ppg. rather than the 6 ppg.  he
was averaging going in, this would solve a lot of problems. His outside
shooting will open up the middle; for the the most part our outside shooting
was better than it has been.
  It seemed no one wanted to win this game, as Miami's best player had  a 
critical turnov4er and took a horrible last shot that bailed us out.
Steady 
Doyle missed too mant FT and threw an ill-fated baseball pass that lead  to
an easy Miami basket.  It looks like we'll be in a lot of close games,
especially at home, so we might as well get used to winning them!
  I'm happy were 4-2, and I'm glad we have more games before Big 10  play
strts.  Maybre were on to something...
 
           GO  CATS!!!             Eric
 
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From thiegs at umn.edu  Thu Nov 30 14:49:01 2006
From: thiegs at umn.edu (Joe Thiegs)
Date: Thu Nov 30 14:50:35 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Monson resigning at Minnesota
Message-ID: <004d01c714c0$f77ab940$fb326580@mnfound.umn.edu>

FYI--Dan Monson told his coaches today that he is resigning as head coach of
the Gopher men's basketball team.  There will be a press conference at 3
p.m. (central)-in about 10 minutes.  It will be webcast for free on
http://www.gophersports.com <http://www.gophersports.com/>  for those who
are interested to watch.  Assistant Coach Jim Molinari is apparently being
made interim head coach.  -Joe

 

 

From NEONRye at aol.com  Thu Nov 30 15:31:16 2006
From: NEONRye at aol.com (NEONRye@aol.com)
Date: Thu Nov 30 15:33:11 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] Minnesota Hoops Coach Resigns
Message-ID: <c0e.4e9d61a.32a0a7a4@aol.com>

>From AP Reports:   - Dan Monson resigned as the basketball coach  at 
Minnesota on Thursday, one day after his team's fifth straight loss:  
 
_http://sports.aol.com/ncaabb/story/_a/monson-out-at-minnesota-after-slow-star
t/20061130162409990001?cid=1690_ 
(http://sports.aol.com/ncaabb/story/_a/monson-out-at-minnesota-after-slow-start/20061130162409990001?cid=1690) 
 
Paul Levinson

From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Thu Nov 30 22:52:50 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Thu Nov 30 22:52:52 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] (no subject)
Message-ID: <200612010452.kB14qoK8008969@romaine.tssi.com>

From nolan at romaine.tssi.com  Thu Nov 30 22:55:31 2006
From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com (Mike Nolan)
Date: Thu Nov 30 22:55:34 2006
Subject: [NU Sports] List outage coming
Message-ID: <200612010455.kB14tVtG009289@romaine.tssi.com>

I've experienced two lockups on the list management software that appear
to be spam overload related problems with the mail transport on my
server.  

I'm going to have to do a mail transport software upgrade on it, most 
likely towards the end of next week.  Hopefully this won't take more 
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