[NU Sports] Quadruple homecoming so far 1-0

[Joe Thiegs]

Homecoming at NU always seems to fall within a week of my birthday (and
occasionally on my birthday), so I think it's generally the fourth Saturday
of October but sometimes the third.

Scheduling a beatable opponent may be part of the scheduling rationale, but
really I would guess it has more to do with money--scheduling an opponent
that wouldn't typically draw as large a crowd but for homecoming.  For many
Big Ten teams, that often means NU.  For Minnesota to schedule homecoming
against Iowa or Wisconsin, for example, would be foolish because those games
always are sellouts anyway, whereas NU (the Gophers' homecoming opponent
this year on 11/1) doesn't seem to bring fans out of the woodwork as much,
so homecoming becomes the big draw for that game.  Just my little theory.

-Joe


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Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:41 AM
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Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Quadruple homecoming so far 1-0

Actually I kind of like going to away games where our opponents are having
homecoming.

The band show tends to be better and there is a lot of enthusiasm.  It
brings out the best in the fans, until the clock reads zero and they realize
they lost to Northwestern?!?!

As for homecoming scheduling it goes from September 27th(@ Iowa) to November
1st(@ Minnesota) so extending into late November is not too much of a
stretch.

Personally this year homecoming should be the 11th, 18th, or 25th of
October.  Anything else is too early or too late.  I would guess every Big
Ten team has at least one home game during that period so they have no
excuses to go outside those dates.

-- "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com> wrote:
I've said it a bunch of times....

NU plays more Homecoming games than any other team, save Rice, SMU, Vandy or
Duke.

You just don't want to be the team invited as the visitor for homecoming
unless you can whup up on the home team.

Personally, I'd start scheduling Indiana or Minny for homecoming - kind of a
break from losing to the Wildcats...?


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