[NU Sports] I think the thing everyone on the sportslistkeepsforgetting:

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Jeff and list friends,
 
  Not sure where you're going with asking "what if" questions  concerning 
academics/# of scholarships.  Dennis does present a black/white  case: We are 
trying to beat teams composed with 3-5 star recruits with our 1-3  stars.  If we 
do this on a long term basis, we will lose more than we will  win.  It's 
really that simple.
 
  You saw the Nevada game.  This was an aha! type of game that  proved that 
our OL and DL's were not that good.  As I'm pleased that the  overall 
performance increased considerably vs. Mich., attrition is starting to  take it's toll. 
Now Brendan smith has gone down.
 
  We should all remember that Coach K. at Duke gets a marginal student  every 
once in a while, and I don't see Duke going "down the drain."  These  are 
students who don't have "off the chart" SAT's, but get decent grades and  work 
hard.  What would be wrong with admitting this type of student?
 
  As far as our "worthiness" in the Big 10, we've finished 29th and  31st in 
the Director's Cup the past two seasons,  so we're doing something  right, 
somewhere. But back to the football question.  I believe that  starting this week 
we'll get start getting some well needed wins.  My thing  is this: we need to 
go 2-1 the next 3 games, period.  3-0 would be nice,  but out of Iowa, 
Indiana and Ill-noise, there's 2 wins in there some place. BTW,  anyone hear if 
Sutton will play?
 
  As always, thanks for letting me share.    GO  CATS!!!               Eric



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