[NU Sports] Season (was: Hoeppner)

[Arthur Miller]

>From: John Labbe <johnl at mac.com>
>
>In any event, what I've always found puzzling is that as Northwestern fans 
>I don't really see why we should be critical of Notre Dame.  Notre Dame is 
>able to have one of the most successful football programs in the nation 
>while at the same time maintaining relatively very high academic standards 
>and graduating nearly all of its players.  Isn't that something that we 
>applaud as Northwestern fans?

Bravo, John!  I wholeheartedly agree.  We NU fans justly feel that NU is 
what's right about college football.  So why don't we see ND as a model of 
what we'd like to become?

My conclusion is that it's little more than jealousy.  Hey, we all know 
members of the large and obnoxious ND bandwagon, but jealousy is an 
unbecoming trait regardless of the excuses we may make for it.  I wish NU 
were a historical football power, with X national championships and Y 
Heisman Trophy winners, and could remain an independent with the power to 
negotiate our own TV contract.  While that may never happen, I don't 
begrudge Notre Dame for playing the hand they've been dealt.

(In the interests of disclosure, I happen to have a master's degree from 
ND--which does not in any way negate the fact that 90% of my football 
passion belongs to NU.)

Art Miller

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