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

[Jeff Beamsley]

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

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Brad Wilson
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 8:38 PM
To: nwu-sports at 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.

"Quis ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal


 
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