[NU Sports] Back from San Antonio

[Jim Bendat]

This was my third NU bowl game -- 1996 Rose, 2005 Sun and now 2008 Alamo. We led in all three game, in in two of them, we had the lead in the 4th quarter. I am drained. I was a basket case. It was agony.

That being said, San Antonio was a blast. The weather was excellent, the Riverwalk was a lot of fun, and it was also great meeting some new people from the list -- Lou, Harry and Scott.

Just like the Cubs will make it to the World Series one day, we will win a bowl game, too. I think we'll accomplish our task before the Cubbies win the NL pennant.

One more note:  on my plane flight back to L.A. today, who's sitting in the row in front of my daughter and me?  None other than Morty Schapiro. We talked for a few minutes. I told him he needed to give Fitz a lifetime contract. His reaction:  "He's a special guy." Schapiro also talked about going to the 1996 Rose Bowl (when he was working at SC). He mentioned many specific plays of that game, and he said the Trojans were lucky to win it. He added that NU would probably have won the game if Fitz had been able to play. 

Jim B.