[NU Sports] still basking in the glow ...

[Brad Wilson]

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.

"Quis ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal


 
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