[NU Sports] Alamo not interested in Wisconsin

[Jonathan Michael Hawkins]

Tom, you're right.  NU's spread offense entered at the beginning of the 2000
season, leading to the incredible victories over Wisconsin (47-44) and
Michigan (54-51).  As I recall, Walker and his OC (Wilson) studied with the
Rams after the 1999 season to figure out how the spread would work in the
college game.  They were not the only team from the NCAA to do so - I
believe Clemson was another.

Jonathan

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com> wrote:

> > Only good thing that came out of that was NU changing to
> > the spread.
>
> I'm confused. NU had already switched to the spread before playing
> Nebraska. That's the offense that got us there. Or am I confusing years?
>
> Although it doesn't sound like it will happen, Nebraska would be a very
> tough, but interesting, matchup for Northwestern.
>
> Nebraska's offense is probably as good as any we've played against. Ohio
> State probably has quite a bit more big-play talent, but are not as
> consistent. However, no team has really dominated our defense, so that would
> be fun to watch.
>
> And Nebraska has issues on D, although I'd hate to give Pelini 2-3 weeks to
> work on stopping us.
>
> Whoever we play, I sure hope Sutton is back. No disrespect to Simmons, but
> Sutton is a special player that can make things happen whether he's running,
> catching, or just blocking.
>
> Tom
>
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