[NU Sports] NU bowl stuff plus signing day

[Peter C. Warner]

I remember a comment from Steve Schnur after the game.  He said he couldn't
believe it when he walked out onto the field, more than 3/4 of the crowd was
in purple and cheering for the Cats.  Based on the aerial poster I have of
the game, it was more like 7/8 purple.

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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU bowl stuff plus signing day

Just one comment:

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?