[NU Sports] NU v. OSU

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> It's (very) odd to be encouraged after a 40-point
> loss, but that's how

True - I think those early turnovers certainly decided
the game quickly, but we kept playing and showed that
we're a few mistakes away from hanging in there.

> Re. McManis--I happened to watch him line up against
> Ginn on the play
> where he made the interception, and his coverage was

That was amazing. Like I said, he's not really the
blitzer Hudaifa was, more of a shutdown corner and
that's something that'd be HUGE for our defense to get
because we could then focus on the shutting down the
run more and more.

> I think *everyone* in the stadium was watching those
> two on the later
> TD pass to Ginn. McManis was only a step behind, and
> only a spectacular

It seemed to me at first like Ginn spit at McManis
after that TD (but I didn't see any reaction from
McManis), so I guess it was just jawing. Still, you
could almost see the shock in Ginn's eyes that someone
-- especially someone from NU -- could stay with him
in single coverage on the previous plays so he was
celebrating the TD more than he would a usual six.

The Sweet Sioux game should be real interesting.
Purdue really exposed the Illini running defense with
their two-back sets out of the shotgun. Juice and
Pierre are going to give us fits, but our running game
will give them fits. Could be a high scoring run-fest
as in recent years with turnovers being the biggest
deciding factor. Here's hoping McManis can snag a few
of the Illini freshman's passes.

GO CATS!!! BEAT ILLINOIS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!


 
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