[NU Sports] Turkey and Big Ten football ...

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> PS: that 2001 NU vs. Illinois game was ON
> Thanksgiving - and I was surprised

Doh! Guess I am trying to supress as much about that
painful season as possible. But yes, I do remember it
being actually on Turkey Day now.

> how many people were in attendance given that the
> game was on turkey day (I
> was there with a group from NUMB) for Illinois' Big
> Ten title clincher

NUMB's solid support wasn't a surprise, no, but the
big yawn from the Orange and Blue fans with a chance
for a Big Ten title on the line was a shame.

Roy brought up a good point about the bye weeks as
well - they are nice for injuries to heal, but we
gotta make sure the schedulemaker doesn't screw us
like a couple years back when everyone seemed to have
a bye before playing NU!:)

That last weekend often is an unofficial "ACC-SEC"
challenge with some rivalry games like Clemson-SC,
UGa-GaTech, FSU-Florida, etc. If the league wants to
keep conference games where they are and the SEC
apparently won't play us except on their turf in the
bowls, maybe we should do a little Big Ten-Pac 10
challenge that week with games -- they've shown a
willingness to move around games to get better TV
time. Pie in the sky, but a fun thought.:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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


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