[NU Sports] media "bias", then back to FB

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

I was a history minor at NU and that department had giants teaching there.  I kept in touch with Dr. Leopold up until his death.  He too lamented what was happening with respect to teaching history.  Ray Billington wasanother terrific professor who had started off as a reporter for the Detroit Free Press.  The PC police would have run bothof these people off the campus given the opportunty  It is a cinch that neither Leopold or Billington would have been given tenure let alone hired in  today's environment. Dr. Leopold was the person who saved NROTC at NU when the PC police wanted to kick if off the campus. 

John DeGroat  
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From: Brad Wilson <bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com>
> FWIW the newsroom at the paper I work at (suburban Philadelphia) was 70 percent 
> for McCain, easily. 
> 
> Also, Dennis, ANYONE's grasp of history these days (and I speak as one with 
> graduate work in U.S. history), not just journalists', is pathetic. History as 
> you and I know it is often not taught any longer; "social studies" has taken its 
> place or it’s been severely cut back due to “No Child Left Behind” 
> math/reading focus.
> 
> At my high school (private, college prep) several veteran history teachers 
> resigned or retired when “social studies” was brought in to replace history 
> (that happened several years after I graduated, thank goodness!).
> 
> But back to FB and the offensive line. Since the version of the spread NU uses 
> emphasizes quick-hit passes and short passes (too much so, I know, for many of 
> us; look what happened when CJ went downfield in the Alamo Bowl) I think any 
> effective NU QB will have a “quick release”.
> 
> What I worry about is the QB developing confidence in a relatively untested 
> bunch of receivers. You don’t “release” the ball unless you think they 
> will catch it. 
> 
> Also, the key to avoiding sacks, other than the OL doing its job well, is a QB 
> developing that “instinct” of when the heat is coming and thus getting rid 
> of the ball. Some QBs have this (Dan Marino, Brett Basanez); others much less so 
> (Neil O’Donnell, Vinny Testaverde). I am not sure it can be taught. 
> 
> bw
> 
> Happy are those who see beauty in the modest spots where others see nothing." -- 
> Camille Pissaro
> 
> "Quis ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal
> 
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