Fwd: [NU Sports] Life after Duke

[CHerron604 at aol.com]

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 From: CHerron604
To: jleonard518 at yahoo.com
Sent: 9/8/2008 10:42:43 A.M.  Central Daylight Time
Subj: Re: [NU Sports] Life after Duke


Saw something encouraging this morning.  SIU played  Hampton this week and 
won 37-31 in Carbondale.  But while they shut down  Hampton's running game (47 
yards), Hampton turned to the passing game, and  sophomore QB Herbert Bynes, in 
just his third start, set a school record with  407 yards passing and 3 TD's 
(also 3 interceptions).  Hampton also lost  at least one fumble.

That would seem to imply that SIU might have  trouble against a strong 
passer.  The O-line has to open holes for  Sutton, CJ has to avoid mistakes, and the 
receivers need to catch everything  thrown their way.

The D needs to bring down SIU's backs at the point of  contact (too many Duke 
backs broke too many tackles), play closer coverage on  the receivers (huge 
cushions down at Durham) and harass SIU's QB (Duke guy had  way too much time 
most of the night).

Somewhat arrogantly, I thought,  the SIU beat writer made the claim

"If SIU can shore up its secondary,  it may have a shot at beating its third 
straight Football Bowl Subdivision  team in a row."

After giving up 407 yards to an unsung FCS QB, only  sacking him once, 
getting at least four turnovers and hanging on to win  by 6 at home ? 

We need a strong performance to put this  upstart program in its place.

Chuck Herron   Tech  '85

_http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/09/08/sports/25789395.txt_ 
(http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/09/08/sports/25789395.txt) 





-----Original  Message-----
From: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
To:  nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 9:13 am
Subject: [NU Sports]  Life after Duke


Fellow Wildcat Faithful, 
 I had a great time in North Carolina, but that game was ugly to watch. There 
are 
 plenty of areas for criticism and improvement. The defense kept us in the 
game, 
 but they had a lot of help from dropped Duke passes. The offense was just 
out of 
 synch from the start. 
 
 However, we won and we're 2-0. I didn't like how the game went, but I had a 
 though yesterday while I was waiting for my flight - every good team has a 
bad 
 game. You can look back at nearly every team in the 9+ win column and say, 
"they 
 should have one less win because ???? should have beaten them." The only 
 difference for our Cats' this year is that we survived the ugly game as 
opposed 
 to losing it. 
 
 Don't worry, the sky is not falling. The team will learn from this early 
lesson 
 and improve greatly the next two week. We always match up better in Big Ten 
play 
 anyway. We're still going to start 4-0 and the offense will be clicking by 
the 
 time we head to Iowa. 
 
 Victory & Honor,
 Jim
 
 
       
 
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