[NU Sports] Fitz!

[Roy Lamberton]

Walker got tired of .500 seasons. 

The last time I talked with him was right before his last season. We were
leaving Nicolette and just talking about the next year. He said he was tired
of finishing .500 and thought the team could finally start breaking the
barrier. He died the next Summer.

I think he was ready to turn the corner, and Fitz has benefitted from the
kids he (and Fitz) brought in.

Fitz has made the most of what he's helped recruit as compared to some other
Div I coaches in the Midwest who regularly squander their name, and their
top recruiting classes.

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of John Labbe
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:34 PM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com NU
Subject: [NU Sports] Fitz!

With our wins over Michigan and Illinois, Fitz now has a winning record of
19-17 as head coach.  Whether we win or lose our bowl game, he'll finish the
season with a winning record as head coach.

The last time an NU head coach finished a season with a cumulative winning
record as head coach of the Cats was 45 years ago, when Ara Parseghian
walked out of Evanston with an overall record of 36-35-1 after beating Ohio
State in his last game as coach of the Cats.

To look at the statistics another way, Fitz currently holds the best winning
percentage (52.8%) of any head NU football coach following at least 5 games
as coach since Bob Voigts held a 52.9% winning percentage just after his win
over Indiana on October 25, 1952, over 55 years ago.

For you record-book junkies, the "finished the season" and "5 games"
conditions are only minor technicalities.  Francis Peay, Randy Walker, and
Fitz himself were all 2-1 after their first 3 games (67%), John Pont and Ara
Parseghian won their first games (100%), and Alex Agase won his first two
games (100%).  After that, all of those coaches held losing records for
their entire time at NU (except Ara in his final season at NU).

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