[NU Sports] OT: Chicago bid

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

You have to be kidding!  NU baseball wouldn't stand aa chance againt Florida.

John DeGroat
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From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> > IF only they could see 
> > what  the Gators have gotten from athletic success.
> > Made the school a
> > winner,  
> > not  a loser like NU.
> 
> > In about every category other than football and
> > men's basketball,
> > Northwestern kicks the ass of the University of
> > Florida.
> 
> Exactly - I really don't see how NU is a "loser" in
> any respect. We have a respectable recent history in
> football - basketball may be another story (though UF
> hardly stacks up to Indiana, UNC, Kentucky, etc.
> there) ... and our other athletic programs more than
> hold their own.
> 
> And then you get to the school itself, where an NU
> degree is so far out of Florida's league that they'd
> need a telescope in Gainesville to glimpse it.
> 
> I really don't think we need to compare ourselves to
> mass jock factory schools like Florida, Ohio State,
> Texas or USC. NU is in another category and to be
> honest, that's fine by me. I sure as heck know where
> I'd want my kid to go.
> 
> As for the Olympics, that's fine if we can't get in on
> the games ... Evanston isn't exactly the most
> accessible place for a big event ... it just might
> have been cool and it's tough to see a more
> picturesque venue for some events. Soccer prelims
> would be fun -- weird that Minnesota would be a venue
> other than a place in Wisconsin or Indiana (West
> Lafayette is a grass field and closer).
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
> 
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