[NU Sports] No predictions?

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-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Rossi <carljrossi at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:47:14 
To: mlinhardt at netzero.com<mlinhardt at netzero.com>
Cc: <maureen at foresitewireless.com>; <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] No predictions?

Sorry-truncated some of the last message-here's the remainder....


 (Example-current Marathon WR Holder Haile Gebrselassie is also a
world-class 1500 meter runner, having run the 1500 in 332, which equates to
a 349 mile and BTW he describes himself as a "distance runner).

Enough of that, lets go back to the NU stuff....:)

Carl

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Carl Rossi <carljrossi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Although Jim Ryun was the World Record Holder in the Mile (at age 19!), the
> 1500 meters, and the 800 meters, those are all considered "middle distance"
> events. Anything beyond 1500 meters is a "distance" event. Prefontane was a
> relatively decent miler (he ran around 354) but his forte was the 5,000
> meters (American Record Holder, 4th in Munich Oly 5K final). Ryun had decent
> 400 speed (45 seconds) but neither one would be considered a sprinter by any
> stretch of the imagination. Nowadays, most world-class "distance" runners
> (as in the Marathon) are also world-class in the 5K-10K and in some cases
> the 1500 meters (Example-current Marathon WR H
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 2:12 PM, mlinhardt at netzero.com <
> mlinhardt at netzero.com> wrote:
>
>> As a marathoner(and longer) 5K(or miler) guys are not distance runners.
>>
>> I just wanted a list of fast americans so I could look at birthplace and
>> ESPN was the 1st site I found.
>>
>> Has there been a 40 comparison between recruits of the SEC and recruits of
>> the Big Ten?  I would stack tOSU 85 scholarship football players up against
>> any other school and I bet their 40 times would be the same or within
>> spitting distance.
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: hakirsch at aol.com
>>
>> Hard to believe the distance runners were considered amongst the
>> speediest.  But even if being from the south doesn't make you fast ,the SEC
>> has been one of the faster conferences while the BT has been one of the
>> slower ones. Hard to dispute. Yes I know woody has been out of coaching for
>> 30 years and BO 20 but somehow their legacies live on
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "mlinhardt at netzero.com" <mlinhardt at netzero.com>
>>
>> I despise the SEC speed comment.  Being from the south does not make you
>> fast and being from the north does not make you slow.
>>
>> Best American Runners Ever
>> http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/bestusrunners
>>
>> 10. Lee Evans -- California
>> 9. Renaldo Nehemiah -- New Jersey
>> 8. Steve Prefontaine -- Oregon
>> 7. Maurice Greene -- Kansas
>> 6. Michael Johnson -- Texas
>> 5. Bob Hayes -- Florida
>> 4. Jim Ryun -- Kansas
>> 3. Jesse Owens -- Alabama
>> 2. Carl Lewis -- Alabama
>> 1. Edwin Moses -- Ohio
>>
>> Pac 10 - 2
>> Big 12 - 3
>> SEC - 3
>> Big East - 1
>> Big Ten - 1
>>
>> The irony is that #1 is from the north and went to a southern college
>> while #3 is from the south but is inseparably linked to tOSU.
>>
>> The Cats are not in the same class of speed as any school who is a 4 and
>> 5-star destination.  One of the things that make someone highly ranked is
>> that they are blazing fast.
>>
>> A side note:  In Ironman, Canadians disproportionally qualify for
>> Kona(world championships) even though their bike training season is among
>> the shortest.  You would think the southerners(florida/california) would
>> dominate, but this is not the case.  Beyond good genetics, desire and
>> dedication make you successful.
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
>> To: <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
>> Cc:
>> Subject: [NU Sports] No predictions?
>> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:02:35 -0500
>>
>> There has been a notable lack of predictions for the game.  I suspect your
>> hearts won't let your heads admit that we will probably go down and go
>> down
>> hard.  I suspect we won't get within twenty points of Auburn.  Yes, they
>> lost five games, but three of them were to highly ranked LSU and Alabama
>> by
>> seven points or less.  They suffered defeats at the hands of a not-shabby
>> Arkansas, an always formidable Georgia, and bowl-bound Kentucky.
>>  Meanwhile,
>> we lost to Syracuse and Minnesota and struggled with the likes of Eastern
>> Michigan and Miami of Ohio.  The Cats are not in the SEC class of speed
>> and
>> athleticism.  Maybe Auburn will take us too lightly, and we'll get some
>> breaks, or maybe the Cats will play the greatest game of their lives and
>> gain the team's biggest victory since Notre Dame in '95.  I just don't
>> think
>> it will happen.  Lord!  I hope I am wrong.  If so, I will gorge myself on
>> crow, deep-fried, feathers and all, top it off with a dessert of humble
>> pie,
>> and enjoy the whole culinary experience.  However, I suspect I will be
>> dining on pork and sauerkraut again this New Year's Day.
>>
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