[NU Sports] At the end

Mon Sep 28 13:40:19 CDT 2009

Sorry guys, but I disagree.  

You could use the same argument to claim that, because it is a team
game, it is inappropriate to recognize any individual achievements.

The reality is that it IS a stats-driven world and many of these kids
have aspirations to play on Sunday.

The stats at least provide those who are INDIVIDUALLY playing  above the
level of their competitors the opportunity to shine even though they may
be on a losing team.  That is good news for teams like NU that want to
recruit top level players but can't promise the same winning percentage
as the "powerhouse" schools.

I do agree with you that the world would be simpler and more pleasant
place if we just kept track of wins and losses.  W win by 1 point would
count no more or less than a win by 50.  I think that it could make the
game a little more civilized.  As a result, I doubt it would ever
happen.

Jeff

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From: Jonathan Hodges [mailto:jonathanwhodges at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:21 PM
To: cherron604 at aol.com
Cc: Beamsley, Jeff; tkmaycock at yahoo.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] At the end

He was a "co-offensive POW" shared with Michigan's RB Carlos Brown last
week, for the record.  But, it's hard to argue against a guy that
completed 16 consecutive passes to start the game and set a school
record for completion percentage while throwing for almost 400 yards and
became the first Big Ten player in 5 years to record a TD passing,
rushing, and receiving.

I concur that guys really only deserve awards if in winning efforts,
although I acknowledge that in today's "fantasy football" world, huge
stats carry a ton of weight.  He did have a big error on the night (the
INT that turned into Syracuse's game winning FG drive) and NU lost, but
in today's stat-driven world it's hard to dismiss those numbers,
especially when there wasn't a ton of other performances as well rounded
as his that week.

Jonathan

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:12 PM, <cherron604 at aol.com> wrote:

	Does anybody else have a problem with Kafka getting Big Ten
honors last week against Syracuse despite losing the game ?? Doesn't
this reinforce many of the bad things about football (i.e. stats are
everything).? The Big Ten needs to amend its rules so that only players
on teams that win that week are considered for Big Ten player of the
week honors

	Chuck Herron?? Tech '85

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	From: Beamsley, Jeff <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
	To: Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
	Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
	Sent: Sun, Sep 27, 2009 11:33 am
	Subject: Re: [NU Sports] At the end

	Amen!?
	?
	Other teams have seen our challenges with run exploited by
eastern and are going to make us stop the run.?
	?
	On offense, we're living through the first year of a new qb. He
happens to be a senior, but this is new territory for him and it shows.
I have hopes that we will see his decision making improve, but I'm not
sure that life is going to get a lot better on D. We may have to live
with high scoring as our gameplan for the rest of the season.?
	?
	Jeff?
	?
	Sent from my iPhone?
	?
	On Sep 27, 2009, at 10:14 AM, "Tom Maycock"
<tkmaycock at yahoo.com> wrote:?
	?
	> My 2 cents:?
	>?
	> For the second week in a row, if a couple of plays had turned
out > differently, we'd be talking about one of the great QB
performances > in NU history. Unfortunately, the plays Kafka didn't make
> overshadowed those he did again this week. Same for the receivers-->
huge games from Fields, Markshausen, Dunsmore, etc. But a couple of >
drops really hurt.?
	>?
	> But those few misconnections shouldn't have been the
difference. > Kafka and the gang didn't play championship football, but
what they > did should have been enough.?
	>?
	> The big problem was our inability to stop the run up the
middle, > poor tackling, and a lack of...something (energy? focus? >
enthusiasm?) on a couple of key drives.?
	>?
	> Ultimately, I suspect we miss Mims and Gill way more than I
thought > we would. I really think that if you plugged those two back
into > this defense, we'd be in a very different situation.?
	>?
	> The reality is that we are now talented enough to hang with
most > teams, but we have a very small margin for error. Last year was
no > different in that respect, but the 2008 Cats made just enough plays
> to put Ws on the board.?
	>?
	> I'm certainly not jumping off the bowl bandwagon yet, but a
bunch of > things need to improve. The Cats really need to shore up that
> interior defense, work on both ends of the kickoff game, and start >
making those one or two extra plays on offense.?
	>?
	> Oh, and play Arby Fields more. Wow, he's got a huge upside.?
	>?
	> Tom?
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