[NU Sports] My time in Hell

[Jim Bendat]

Well, it could have been worse, and I mean much worse:  a Buckeye 
cruise, an Irish cruise, or a Trojan cruise. -- Jim B.

WildElk2 at aol.com wrote:
> All hands on deck for a good story. I was on a cruise in the  Caribbean last 
> week, and what do my purple shaded eyes detect?  That this  was the 22nd 
> annual "Hawkeye Cruise".  Before I could say Hayden burns in  Hell, there was 
> bumblebees all over the place.  I thought Lucifer Himself  had assumed control!
>   I lay by the pool, I see Hawkeye bathing suits.  I'm in  Grenada, Aruba , 
> etc. I'm on excursions with 1/2 of Des Moines. So eyes go to  the bar to drink 
> away my frustration;  there's dudes wearing Iowa cowboy  hats (let that sink 
> in:  at a bar on a cruise ship wearing a cowboy  hat.).
>    The purple went on quickly.  Good natured ribbing was the  order of the 
> day; begrudgingly most bumblebees confessed that since '95 this has  been a good 
> series.
>   The complaints I heard were familiar:  the parking at Dyche  sucks, and why 
> is there as many Iowa fans as there are NU fans?  My advice  was 2 fold:  
> leave the RV at home and use CTA/ party at bars near the "el"  near Dyche stadium 
> instead of tail-gate.  More than one Iowa fan knew that  the NU/ City of 
> Evanston was "chilly."
>    My second "Nugget of Truth"  was that I am a typical NU  fan; I live in 
> Pennsylvania, and  NU alumni  and fans are dispersed  far and wide, from coast 
> to coast, as well as the fact that NU is small in  numbers compared to the rest 
> of the conference. I quickly pointed out that  our bowl games have been well 
> attended.
>    I also had a wonderful conversation with Iowa LB coach Darrell  Jackson, 
> who was on the cruise with his wife ( 6 coaches went, including  Ferentz.).  
> What a nice couple they are!  Darrell's wife was "riding"  me about my NU shirt 
> by the pool (I had one hell of a burn-I know everyone feels  sorry for me), so 
> I told her my line that I used more than once:  " Well,  someone needs to 
> root for a decent school, what with all this yellow around  here."  
>   That drew the laughter of Darrell.  After striking up a  conversation about 
> this/that (very interesting conversation) the subject turned  to the hiring 
> of our new DC.   Most of us knew there was some sort of  friction between 
> Bielema and Harkwitz;  according to Coach Jackson, there  was a MAJOR melt-down in 
> the locker room after Wisky's loss to Auburn in  the...oops, I forgot which 
> bowl it was.
>    My last yarn to spin...I saw Kurt Ferentz.....in a bathing  suit!!!  OK, 
> he looks a hell of a lot better than I do in a bathing suit,  but still I had 
> to laugh!
>   Anyway, i survived this torment.  Now let's beat those _!@#@$$_ 
> (mailto:!@#@$$)  Hawks this year!
>  
>                 GO  CATS!!!                  Eric
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