[NU Sports] Re: The Battle for Lincoln's Lid (plus ...)

[Christopher Bailey]

> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:10:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [NU Sports] The Battle for Lincoln's Lid
> To: "nwu-sports at tssi.com"
> 
> Fellow Wildcat Faithful,
> 
> I threw this idea out there somewhat jokingly, but I'm
> starting to think it has potential. I think NU and Illinois
> could come up with some sort of large stovepipe hat that
> could become the trophy that replaces the Sweet Sioux. Abe
> Lincoln is certainly the most recognized symbol of Illinois.
> 
> I think it adds to the fun of the college rivalries to have
> silly trophies like the little brown jug and the old oaken
> bucket. 
> 
> Victory & Honor,
> Jim

Fellow lister Brad Wilson chimed in over the weekend with that exact idea (after a few others).  Indeed, I rather like it.



> From: johnadeg at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Fitz! Part Deux
> 
> Alan is right, even the Harrisburg, PA rag picked it up.
> 
> John DeGroat

<RANT>

As a former Harrisburg resident (who still follows the Sens fairly religiously from Brooklyn, NY) I take a little offense to the comment.  Frankly, being back in Chicago and seeing what the Tribune has devolved in, I wonder if it isn't that papers such as the Patriot-News aren't sub-standard but that there are very few newspapers (St. Paul Pioneer Press, for example) that are exemplary.

</RANT>

GO 'CATS

Christopher Bailey
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