[NU Sports] 25 years ago today

[s.fridley at 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 at 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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