[NU Sports] I hate Hawaii

[Weinbaum, Willie]

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 at yahoo.com]
Sent:	Monday, November 06, 2006 05:39 AM Eastern Standard Time
To:	nwu-sports at 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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