[NU Sports] Win one for Rutgers (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> 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.
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Mike Nolan