[NU Sports] Angry Fitz...

[Jonathan Hodges]

I think that the comments were more targeted at the media, who has either
ignored NU (see the Trib today, which has focused on an ND team that is 6-5
and fading fast) or outwardly dissed NU (see O'Donnell's article in the
Sun-Times last week).  He later went on to discuss how NU makes a good bowl
team and directs the media to AD Phillips for the details (NU does show up
much better for bowl games than home games in terms of attendance).

Hopefully NU's consistent winning ways will help turn around both the lack
of media attention and the attendance issue (by the way, the average
attendance this season was the lowest in modern history, coming in at
24,190, just under the 2007 number).

Jonathan

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:20 PM, mlinhardt at netzero.com <
mlinhardt at netzero.com> wrote:

> Anybody read the post-game quotes
> http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/112109aai.html
> and get the impression that Fitz was a bit angry.
>
> "...something we need to get over to eliminate all the naysayers and the
> negativity toward our program, and obviously to represent the great Big Ten
> Conference the way we want it to be talked about and represented throughout
> the nation."
>
> This is just one example.
>
> Question:  Who is the big naysayer?
> Answer:  Harbaugh
>
> I believe there is major bad blood between them.  I truly think that the
> game vs. them in '11 will be ugly assuming Harbaugh is still there.  I think
> Fitz experiences Harbaugh's whispering campaign in every home he visits and
> is just plain sick of it.  Recruiting against the rest of the big ten it is
> easier to contrast between us and them.  If the recruit(and parents) are not
> interested in academics they are not right for us anyway, but with Stanford
> it gets muddy.  When it goes beyond weather(SF vs. Chicago) and involves
> half-truths and disparaging comments it really drags both programs through
> the mud.
>
> My new goal for Northwestern.  Back to the Rose Bowl before Stanford makes
> it!
>
>
>
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