[NU Sports] NU bowl stuff plus signing day

[Hakirsch at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/5/2007 8:32:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, johnl at mac.com  
writes:

Was the  Rose Bowl in 96 an "away" game for us?  I was just reminiscing about 
this  the other day.  By my reckoning, the 1996 Rose Bowl was the largest  
gathering of NU football fans in history.  I recall that the stadium was  more 
than half purple.  The entire city of Los Angeles was apparently  giddy about 
Northwestern in the Rose Bowl, from purple de-icing fluid at LAX  to Charlton 
Heston parting the purple sea.

Is this an inaccurate  recollection?





Yes, i would say it is accurate--however, having to travel to LA vs being  
there (i.e.USC) --must have contributed to a feeling of an away game--not to  
mention that USC plays there every other year, and none of our players had ever  
played there before ( I don't think we had any PAC-10 transfers )--so there 
were  certain aspects of an away game ans well as home game  -We also looked  
so nervouse in the 1st quarter when USC marched right down the field -but just  
think if the game had been played at Soldiers Field--I have to believe , it  
would have felt a lot different for both teams--and could have made a  
difference--
 
Harry
 
Harry