[NU Sports] could the BCS form its own division?

[Arthur Miller]

Those are good points, Tom.  You're right--if the Almighty Buck reigns supreme in college football, we may well be left on the outside looking in.

To clarify, this isn't about "looking down our noses" at anyone--just preserving the interests of our university.  Besides, at some point there will be too many teams competing in I-A...at least that's my opinion.


--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] could the BCS form its own division?
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:29 AM
> It's an interesting thought, but I'm
> not sure that we as NU fans are in a particularly strong
> position to be advocating anything like that. 
> 
> On the heels of one of the best seasons in school history,
> we can't get 20,000 NU fans in the seats for an average Big
> Ten game. We probably didn't draw 25,000 NU fans to a night
> game, on Halloween, in a winnable match-up against one of
> the most pedigreed opponents in college football. 
> 
> Until that changes, I don't know that we should be looking
> down our noses at any other programs, even the newest of
> newcomers.
> 
> Tom
> 
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