[NU Sports] Thompson and Mathews returns

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Yes, I saw the UNH game at Ryan.  The UNH quarterback and their top  receiver 
are quality players, but a team filled with veterans from a winning NU  team 
should not lose to a D-IAA team.  The Cats had the size and  talent on both 
sides of the ball, which should have won the game, but we  prepared and executed 
poorly. It was embarrassing and my  confidence did not increase by what I 
witnessed in the EMU and  UNR games.  
 
An argument could be made about UNH against Indiana and Illinois, but even  
those teams, I think, should beat a D-IAA team.  I really think that  Illinois 
will develop over the season and we'll have a very tough game when they  visit 
Evanston in November. 
 
In a message dated 9/28/2006 9:42:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tkmaycock at yahoo.com writes:

>  State or any other Big Ten team is on a completely  different  level
> than Nevada or UNH.  

I really don't think that is  true at all. UNH is probably significantly
better than Illinois and  Indiana. I suspect they'd have a good chance
at beating at least 2 or 3  other Big Ten teams as well. Did you see UNH
in person? If not, trust  me--they know what they are doing. 

That game was basically a toss-up.  NU made more mistakes, and so they
lost.

I think NU displayed  significantly more talent than Nevada, but made
WAY more mistakes, and so  they lost. 

Sense a theme here?

NU will get pounded some this  year, no doubt. I think there will also
be a bunch of winnable games, but  only if we cut down on mistakes.
That's a big "if" with all the changes  this year, so it might not
happen until next year. But then again, it might  happen a few times
this year.

I say we get at least 3 conference  wins, and threaten in one or  two
others.

Tom

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