[NU Sports] Loss #1 - redux

[Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal)]

I think Lake The Posts distilled the game to its essence: live by 3, lose by 6.

If we don't go stone cold from behind the line in the second half, we win going away. 

For those of you not yet in Tampa -- it's cool, in the 60s, and looks like rain may be in our near future. 

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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 9:25 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Loss #1 - redux

It's a shame we don't have something like the "OTL" in hockey to show how close this game was -- seemed like we were in control most of it, then fell behind when Illinois made a run and had a nice gutsy comeback to force OT.

Agreed on all the reasons -- Tisdale played his best game ever, needed Coble's playmaking at the end, etc. But I came away encouraged that this team has the toughness to make it through what will be a rugged Big Ten this year. We just have to find someone to step up in close games.

The two big things are #1 how's Thompson's ankle and #2 how we respond after a tough loss to a rival. No time to mope with our upcoming schedule - hope Carmody can get 'em focused on the next game instead of thinking what coulda been in the last one.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

PS - Sure would have been nice though ... darn Illini! ... we just need to get our invite. Once there, I think we'll do well because of our unique style (kind of like playing an option team in football), but the Big Ten knows Carmody inside and out by now, so we gotta get these close Big Ten games!

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!


--- On Thu, 12/31/09, Roy S. Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com> wrote:

> From: Roy S. Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Loss #1 - redux
> To: "'Dennis W. Brandt'" <tbng at comcast.net>, nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 10:13 AM
> Not to be flip, but I thought I saw a
> few sparks of potential in our 7 foot
> guy. Playing against Tisdale made him look sloppy, but when
> Rowley was in
> and figuring out position, they slowed the inside attack of
> the Ill-nois.
> 
>  
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> Unfortunately, Rowley is probably 3 years away from being
> being a "Tisdale,"
> and he doesn't have 3 more years.
> 
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:35 PM
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> Subject: [NU Sports] Loss #1
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>  
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> We played pretty well tonight.  Shurna was very good,
> and Thompson was his
> usual solid self.  Crawford is the real deal and may
> be outstanding once he
> shakes off froshitis.  Add the traditional 1 under the
> "L" column for an NU
> Big Ten opener.  We lost because Illinois has a
> center, and we don't.  We
> could have a lot of these come-up-short type games this
> season and will win
> a few of them.
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