[NU Sports] Re: signing day

[Dennis W. Brandt]

So let's get this straight:  All you doctors, lawyers, business people, etc. 
who have done so well from your days at Northwestern are content to be 
middling?  I assume you are not content with the average or even the merely 
good.  Why expect it from your football team?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Bailey" <christopher_bailey at yahoo.com>
To: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:11 AM
Subject: [NU Sports] Re: signing day


>I yearn for something a little simpler: to see NU as a serious contender 
>for a CONFERENCE championship every year.
>
> I know there are differing camps on this list about BCS/MNC/playoffs and 
> so on, but me, I am simply happy to see the conference championship trophy 
> in the Nortwestern Athletic Department as often as possible.  If it has 
> repercussions beyond that, fine, but don't think for a minute that I would 
> rather travel to Miami for some BCS/MNC/playoff 'national championship' 
> instead of Pasadena..
>
> And if that makes me a loser, well, pour honey on me and bury me in an ant 
> hill 'cause I'm guilty and I don't wanna be innocent.
>
> GO 'CATS!
>
> Christopher Bailey
> christopher_bailey at yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:50:47 -0500
> From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] signing day
> To: <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
>
>>  I believe that the rankings are not that key for a school like NU
>
> They are if we're ever to be a serious contender for a national
> championship.  Any goal lower than that is that of a loser.  There are 
> very
> good students who happen to be also very good football players.  I yearn 
> to
> see a recruiting class with some five-stars on it.
>
>
>
>
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