[NU Sports] Rivals take

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Pretty fair breakdown of our schedule - Fitz and the coaches will have to do another great job of keeping the team focused only on the week ahead so we don't blow one of those NC games or others we should win -- we're still a team that can lose to anyone if we play sloppy and can beat anybody on our schedule if we play great (PSU might be a stretch, but still not a mental block game like OSU).

They may have the Illini a tad high, like everyone else, but there is the talent there. We just gotta win those NC and IU/PU games to get six and then those three games with Minny, Wisky and the Illini become huge for the season. Iowa/MSU/PSU are the top-tier, breakthrough season wins.

It's getting closer!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

BTW - For a good laugh, check out http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4297677&sportCat=ncf -- ESPN must really be scrounging for writers these days if they print this guy's list of top 10 "rivalries." The Apple Cup at #8??? Any ACC game in the top 10??? Michigan-OSU may not be "hot NOW" as he says, but it still means more than any game up there with the OU-UT exception. A nice chuckle.

Heck, if the Apple Cup is up there now (over the Civil War?), where's Sweet Sioux?!?!?!

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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GO CATS!!!