[NU Sports] FW: [Northwestern Sports] RE: Thoughts on the 2002Season

[neonrye at aol.com]

To change the subject a little and lighten the mood......

Great little note in Phil Mushnick's "Equal Time" column in today's NY POST:

"Where does ESPN find these guys?  With :44 left against Indiana on ESPN Classic, Northwestern took the lead, 31-28.  Analyst Jay Taylor then provided this overview of Northwestern kickoff team strategy:  "We cannot allow a touchdown, at this point in time, or al long run.". Who knew?"

I remember thinking at the time he said it what an inane comment.

Paul Levinson

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Jonathan Hodges" <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:41:12 
To:cp2m at enterprisesw.com
Cc:nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] FW: [Northwestern Sports] RE: Thoughts on the 2002
	Season


Good stat, but unfortunately the coaches don't have much to do with the
attendance numbers outside of the final record.  And this year's 'Cats have
a better record than 8 of the years listed there, so one may say that the
coaches have been pulling their weight (at least relative to previous years'
results).

This has been a problem that's been discussed for years - but now it must
finally be coming to a head.  NU has won at least 50% of its games this year
yet has the lowest attendance in a long, long time.  Something has to be
done, and it has to start at the top of the athletics department (Murphy) or
the university (Bienen).

We know the athletic dept. isn't running much of a deficit, but that's
mostly thanks to the Big Ten TV/bowl revenue, of which there is a lot.  In
any case a program can't flourish if the supporters aren't in the seats.

Jonathan

On Nov 12, 2007 6:50 PM, Chris and Lori Patterson <cp2m at enterprisesw.com>
wrote:

> Here's one email from 2002. Don't ask me why I saved it. I suppose because
> I
> found it interesting.
>
> Maybe it's time to add to the stats. And after the season, we need to get
> on
> and help the marketing department. Big Ten football regardless of the team
> should fill stadiums.
>
> Chris
> Go CATS!
>
> It's been a good year. Go for TWO more wins. Keep the Sweet Sioux!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charles.herron at exeloncorp.com [mailto:charles.herron at exeloncorp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:11 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [Northwestern Sports] RE: Thoughts on the 2002 Season
>
> It seems Mr. Rick Taylor left out one statistic from his 'vote of
> confidence' e-mail on RW.
>
> Year     Coach     Avg attendance
> 92        Barnett          32,989
> 93                            30,965
> 94                            34,382
> 95                            38,230
> 96                            42,310
> 97                            41,868
> 98                            40,907
> 99        Walker          30,845
> 00                            33,498
> 01                            33,763
> 02                            28,611   through 5 games
>
> It's anybody's guess how many fans will show up for the Illinois game -
> two
> 3-win teams, lousy weather, a few days before thanksgiving.
>
> Barnett      37,379 average
> Walker      31,679 average  (DOWN 15%)
>
> I will bet that Mr. Rick Taylor is very acquainted with this statistic,
> though.  We will probably finish with our worst attendance since the
> Francis
> Peay era.  And at $35 a ticket, we're down about $200,000 per game...down
> $1.2 million per season...a deficit of $4.8 million rung up during the RW
> era.  That can't be making Mr. Taylor very happy.  It can't be making
> big-money guys like Pat Ryan very happy either.  And on the heels of a
> 3-win
> season, will we see more erosion in the season-ticket base ?
>
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85
>
>
>
>
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