[NU Sports] Despite the loss, why I'm happy tonight (fwd)

[Jonathan Hodges]

I would argue that Walker had quite a few signature wins: Wisconsin and
Michigan in 2000 (Wisconsin was in the top 5 at the time), and even Ohio
State in 2004 (they, too, were in the top 5, although they would go on to
have a "down" year).  Meanwhile, Fitz's best win is likely the Minnesota
game last year.  He'll need to beat an "elite" team at some point, but I'm
confident it will come eventually.  Like Fitz said in some postgame comments
reported in the Trib - health was obviously an issue and he noted that the
team fought back and put themselves in a position to win despite falling in
a 17-0 hole early.

Jonathan

On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

> > Yeah, both my teams lost yesterday in games they were in position to win
> late in the fourth quarter, losing because of pivotal, frustrating plays.
>  Still, I'm not devastated and even optimistic looking forward.
>
> Same here, both NU and Nebraska lost in the last minute with several failed
> opportunities to put the game away, and I'm still frustrated over the
> Bears-Packers game from last Sunday.  (That snap to the up-back in punt
> formation doomed them.)
>
> But I have to admit that when the Cats were down 17-0, I was worried they'd
> never close the gap, much less be leading and in a position to win late in
> the game.  The Cardiac Cats have won more than their share of close games,
> I suppose the laws of probability say we have to lose some of them too.
>
> The Minnesota will be an interesting test and one that will show which
> team wants be a factor in the Big 10 this year and which will just be
> hoping to limp to a pre-Christmas bowl game.
>
> I'm still waiting for Fitz to have what I would call a 'signature' win,
> but I'm not sure Randy Walker ever had one either.  (Fitz's teams remind
> me a lot of RW's teams, a smattering of really talented players with
> a few strong areas and a few weak ones, but never reaching the level of
> greatness or overachievement that we saw under GB.)
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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