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It will probably take seven wins to get a bowl bid this year and the fact that no one shows up for NU home games makes it a long shot that NU gets a bowl bid.

John DeGroat
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From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> > The outcome wasn't a surprise, but after we took a
> > 17-14 lead, I was  
> > hopeful.  Credit Purdue for, let's call it like it
> > was, simply kicking our  ass in 
> 
> Well put. They just simply got physical and we got
> pushed around in the fourth.
> 
> >    OK, so that's the bad news.  The good news is
> > that we  turned the ball 
> > over 4 times, yet still managed to get the lead, if
> 
> Yup. The turnovers really could have damaged us early
> but we came back. It was that physical play that did
> us in.
> 
> > ever so  brief.  I think it's 
> > telling that in what most of us considered
> > prohibitive  losses (Michigan and 
> > Purdue), we've lead after 3 quarters in both games. 
> 
> Good point.
> 
> >  The fact is, we've been 
> > in the position to win.  We've been won or been in 
> > all games except OSU.  We 
> 
> And as tonight's game showed, I think we may have all
> underestimated the Buckeyes this year. That was the
> best game I've seen a team play this year - they went
> into a hostile environment and methodically won every
> phase of the game.
> 
> > it's time to turn the page and focus on the worst
> > thing since  the root 
> > canal-Iowa.  This is a huge game for both teams. 
> > The winner  has a great chance to 
> > go bowling; the loser starts to think about 2008, 
> > especially Iowa.  Iowa has 
> 
> Not so sure there. Iowa has four wins now and Minny
> and Western Michigan at home, so they'll get to six
> and have a shot. But it is a huge game for both teams
> in the bowl hunt. They'll be coming in on a high -
> hopefully our offense starts clicking again.
> 
> I think the Hawkeyes are probably the most physical
> game we have left. They'll try and smash it down our
> throats and their D is tough. Our lines on both sides
> need to come to play next Saturday, and if we can get
> up a couple scores early, that would be great to take
> Iowa out of their game plan.
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
> 
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