[NU Sports] Season (was: Hoeppner)

[s.fridley at comcast.net]

I'd give up the amateur psychologist gig, because you're none too good at it.  I couldn't be more proud of NU.  I didn't bring up ND in this thread, or any other that I can remember.  I did respond to a comment I found ridiculous, that any dislike for Notre Dame on the part of NU fans is somehow unsupportable.  You're going to have to learn someday that different people are entitled to hold their own opinions, and that your own suppositions about why they  "really" hold those opinions are quite fallible.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: John Labbe <johnl at mac.com>
> I think what you really hate is not Notre Dame but the fact that Northwestern 
> has historically sucked in football.  It's unfortunate if your hatred for 
> another school is so strong that you can't be proud of your own school despite 
> the relative success of another.
> 
> If someone has a "superior attitude" it usually doesn't help if you have an 
> inferior attitude.  That's why I say to expect victory and support our own team, 
> win or lose.  What does it matter what happens to Notre Dame (unless we're 
> playing them, of course)?
> 
> The notion of a media bias toward Notre Dame is silly.  For every person in the 
> media who has a bias in favor of Notre Dame, you can find at least as many as 
> have a bias against Notre Dame.  Just watch the coverage on any Saturday.  The 
> reason that Notre Dame gets more coverage (good and bad) than we do is 
> obvious---they're more successful and have a larger fan base.
> 
> John Labbe
>