[NU Sports] At the end

[cherron604 at aol.com]

I don't want NU to develop a culture where personal accomplishment ever overshadows group accomplishment, however.? The concept of football as a team game must never be compromised.



I think of ESPN showing a big home run - hit by a guy whose team lost 6-1 or something.? ESPN hails it as a great shot, but it isn't.



It would be far better to recognize the second baseman, who moved a runner up with a deep fly ball after battling back from an 0-2 count.? Or a offensive lineman, whose key block early in the game helped produce a 6 yd run, and kept a drive alive.



Would?Vince Lombardi?let a player keep an honor if his team had lost ?



Chuck Herron?? Tech '85


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
To: cherron604 at aol.com; Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 1:34 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] At the end




> 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.

Exactly. That performance was easily deserving of the POW recognition in my 
opinion. 

It was a Hesiman-trophy caliber performance, albeit overshadowed a bit by the 
turnovers. Even with the turnovers, he played well enought to win. It wasn't 
Kafka's fault half the defense was out with injuries and the other half didn't 
play well. 

Tom