[NU Sports] What a great win

Sat Nov 7 16:16:32 CST 2009

Wow - Iowa fans use computers?:)

I absolutely LOVE that they have a "jNWU" nickname for us - shows that this is our true rival!

Also fun - during the OSU/PSU game, the announcers were trying to come up with PSU's biggest win of the year and they decided it was last week at Northwestern.:)

I'm sure Iowa will be full of excuses - boo frickin' hoo.:) As for what's better, beating the OSUs and Michigans is always huge and magical ... but rivalries just have more power to me. Some of the sweetest victories in recent history have been Iowa victories ...

* 1995: ESPN GameDay and a snowstorm come to Evanston to see if the Cats are just "feeling their oats," but Hudaifa's late turnover TD seals the deal in a 31-21 win.

* 1996: After getting our Big Ten win streak broken at PSU, the Cats travel across the league and absolutely thump a good Iowa team on ABC in front of a stunned Kinnick crowd.

* 2005: In what would turn out to be Randy Walker's final victory at NU, the Hawks dominate a drizzly day in Evanston until the last couple minutes, when Baz strikes, we get a perfect onside kick and Ross Lane catches the winning TD.

* 2008: #4 Iowa falls to Northwestern. Sweet corn!

The only other series with so many memorable moments in my mind from recent years is our other real rival, Wisconsin. The late stand for the '95 shutout, the Dayne fummmmmmble and Bates in '96, the wild OT shootout in '00, Terrell Sutton's big day a couple years later. Illinois has some sweet wins, too.

Regardless, JUST Northwestern JUST ended Iowa's perfect season. JUST sweet!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

PS - Crunching the numbers, it seems unlikely the Big Ten will get more than seven bowl teams now (the MSU/Purdue game next week is probably an elimination game and Michigan/Illinois/Indiana have to win out), so we're going bowling for sure. But a win next week would make it certain - and probably guarantee a repeat trip to San Antonio unless Minny or MSU can pull an upset to escape the 6-6 quagmire.

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

--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal) <Alan.Abrahamson at nbcsports.com> wrote:

> From: Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal) <Alan.Abrahamson at nbcsports.com>
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] What a great win
> To: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>, "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>, nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 2:41 PM
> Iowa wit on BHGP this instant:
> 
> "Gotta go for a run. Clear my head. Will be wearing an Iowa
> shirt as an "f- u" to the jNWU crotchbeetles scuttling about
> Lakeview."
> 
> "jNWU" is Iowa talk for "Just Northwestern," as if we are
> "just Northwestern" and nothing more.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Lamberton [mailto:rstetson at capps-assoc.com]
> 
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 1:37 PM
> To: Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal); 'Dennis W. Brandt';
> nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] What a great win
> 
> I was in my typical Saturday Morning White T and Black
> Shorts when I fired up the computer for our normal game day
> chat.
> 
> Drinking Coffee thru that game, I grabbed a Dogfish Head 90
> bottle once the game was sealed.
> 
> Gooooo CATS, a bowl is now on line - regardless of what
> happens next - #2 in a row for Fitz
> 
> rsl 
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Abrahamson, Alan (NBC Universal)
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 4:09 PM
> To: Dennis W. Brandt; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] What a great win
> 
> This is actually a fascinating discussion point for geeks
> like us.
> 
> I am a Dayton native, born and raised in the Church of
> Buckeye Football. Even so, I was from birth an apostate --
> my parents both Northwestern grads. 
> 
> I was at both the 1971 and 2004 Northwestern victories over
> Ohio State, as I think I have said before on this list. Both
> were incredible.
> 
> Even so -- I would argue that for Northwestern, Gary
> Barnett had it right when upon arrival in Evanston he
> declared that Iowa was our rival. To own these guys eight
> out of the last 13 times is just so great. 
> 
> If you want to read some clever and actually really funny
> stuff, check out the "Black Heart, Gold Pants" Iowa blog, at
> which the Iowa disdain for Northwestern is a recurring
> theme. 
> 
> Does that make beating Ohio State sweeter than beating
> Iowa? Dunno!
> 
> BTW, I may be personally responsible for today's winning
> karma. I had on my purple Wildcat jersey through the first
> quarter, then changed to the white road jersey because of
> course we were on the road -- my bad at the start, for sure.
> Just a moment after I switched to the white road gear,
> Stanzi went down.
> 
> So I'm it -- unless, of course, any of you ladies or
> gentlemen changed your shirts or even the way you yourselves
> were sitting on the couch. You never know what might turn
> the karma!
> 
> I was so nervous during this game, I was pacing through the
> house. Some plays I watched in front of the living-room TV,
> some in front of the TV in my home office. My kids thought
> it hilarious.
> 
> Go Wildcats! Fear the purple!
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Dennis W. Brandt
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 12:42 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] What a great win
> 
> > There is nothing -- nothing! -- in conference play so
> sweet as beating the 
> > Corn People!
> 
> Yes, there is.  Beating Ohio State.  We do that
> once every three decades. 
> But I'll take beating Iowa anytime. 
> 
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