[NU Sports] Pipe down, Musburger!

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

Without a substantial improvement   in NU's defense and special teams play the future will look pretty bleak.  If Fitzgerald and Murphy don't make some coaching changes at the end of the season, not much will improve.

John DeGroat
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From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> Good game in Champaign tonight.
> 
> It's a shame good ole' Brent was waxing nostalgic
> throughout the fourth quarter - seemed like he, Herbie
> and the rest of ABC missed a pretty big play.
> 
> I could have sworn that I heard a whistle on Illinois'
> muffed punt that came with a tie score and gave
> Michigan the ball at the 10, and the lead two plays
> later. After the play, the Illini player went right to
> the ref and even a poor lip reader like me could make
> out whistle in his plea/yell for an explanation.
> 
> Any replays from ABC? Nope.
> 
> Good game though and for as many headaches as it's
> going to cause us in the coming years, Zook is proving
> to be a great thing for the Big Ten overall.
> 
> Like MSU, Illinois is a sleeping giant for football -
> with his recruiting and the enthusiasm in Champaign,
> that's going to be a great football environment for
> games in the coming years. And since UI and IU seem to
> do everything the same in stadium names, looks like
> both are getting much needed renovations that should
> boost the program.
> 
> Happy Valley in a full White Out next week should be
> another great league showcase in prime time for the
> Big Ten football experience with the great environment
> of Happy Valley
> 
> As for the Illini team - much like watching Indiana
> earlier today, there's a lot of young talent there in
> the skill positions ... but they also make a lot of
> mistakes with their inexperience like IU. We have to
> keep our poise and use our experience to our advantage
> over youthful talent and overaggressiveness vs. the
> Hoosiers and Illini. Hopefully they'll be generous
> with the turnovers and penalties as well.
> 
> GO CATS!!! BEAT THE BOILERS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
> 
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