[NU Sports] NU football, bowl games, etc.

[cherron604 at aol.com]

Have to part with Stephen on one point.? While Wrigley may look good on television, the stadium itself is a dump - seats pointing in bad directions, horrible restrooms, crumbling concrete, lousy concessions, miserable parking.? The amenities at New Comiskey on the south side are far superior.



Though I haven't been there yet, I would have to imagine that the amenities at New Yankee Stadium are as good as any in baseball.? And I especially like the 'George Steinbrenner wants it to happen' angle.? Good to see our one-time assistant still has a soft spot for us.



Chuck Herron?? Tech '85


-----Original Message-----
From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Wed, Sep 2, 2009 11:26 pm
Subject: [NU Sports] NU football, bowl games, etc.




LOVE to come home and see hordes of FOOTBALL posts on this list! I'm getting 
PSYCHED!!!

As for the topic of the day, lots of things to say ...

* Bowl game in NYC in December: Love it. LOVE IT! Why the whining about a 
cold-weather bowl. We need MORE of those. This is REAL football weather and may 
be our best chance to get an SEC team out of its humid, cozy, sweaty home and in 
our weather for a game! Let's see if Gator gums can still flap in 10 below.

But seriously - NYC is a destination any time of year (certainly more than 
Boise, Nashville, Jacksonville or El Paso) and no matter what the weather, it's 
a fantastic idea -- big market, big bowl and weather. TV audiences LOVE the 
weather (see the NHL winter classic!).

* NU playing in Yankee Stadium: Not so wild about this idea, especially if it 
would cost us a home game. Like the idea of east coast exposure and developing 
rivalries out east for recruiting, but not at the expense of a home game. And 
besides, playing at the "House that 'Roids Built" isn't as big of a deal as 
Wrigley or Fenway ... and with the wind tunnel there our passes would soar into 
the stands. The Yankees and their new $tadium and team of bought mercs with 
needles still sticking out of their arms represent everything that sucks about 
baseball in the modern era. Why the push to move football games to baseball 
stadiums (see the NHL winter classic? Guess I had that coming :) ).

* Our new AD's marketing campaign: Can't fault a guy for trying and I love the 
energy ... but sometimes you can't just throw everything at a wall. LOVE the 
idea of giving tickets away to scholar students. We have a good team. We have 
exciting games (more than any stadium in the country over the past decade or 
so). We HAVE a good product. Do whatever it takes to get people into the stands 
and we'll start to build a base in the Chicagoland area. But don't move home 
games to NYC.

* Finally, on the realignment of bowls ... looks like the Alamo ditched us for 
the Pac 10. Good luck with that, San Antonio
. We brought hordes of fans and big 
games/ratings. I doubt the Pac 10 will bring that. Still, while San Antonio was 
a wonderful destination, the stadium sort of sucked.

On the plus side, it appears Phoenix is poised to move up in the Big Ten pecking 
order for the insight bowl. They run a good bowl over in Tempe. We have perfect 
weather in December here (same golf and old people as Florida, minus the 
humidity), the Insight is a bowl on the rise and it should be a good matchup 
with the Big XII outside of their home turf.

Hopefully the league uses this annual shakeup to keep doing what we did right 
with bowls (big $$$ and destinations) while eliminating some of the bad (too 
many road matchups and uneven "Big Ten #6 vs. Pac 10 #3 or so" matchups).

Well, that's a lot to digest. So great to have college football BACK!
GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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


      

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