[NU Sports] Blue in Indy ...

Tue Apr 6 03:22:59 CDT 2010

Harry,

I agree, all neutral fans should have been pulling for Butler.

My dislike of Duke has little to do with their basketball success and A LOT to do with their arrogant alumni. They are the Notre Dame of the south. 

To your point though, they have proven that the can maintain academics and compete in basketball, which seems to be a beyond Northwestern's reach.

Go Cats!
Jim

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From: "hakirsch at aol.com" <hakirsch at aol.com>
To: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>; nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com; neonrye at aol.com
Sent: Mon, April 5, 2010 11:48:16 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Blue in Indy ...

Sure I wanted the Bulldogs to win. What neutral fan wouldn't ?  But let's not compare the Dookies to the Cranks or Lakers who only get where they have been (or are) because they play in large markets and know how to spend their wealth well.   Sure Duke spends their wealth well but they also do what few others can do ;namely be one of the best in academics and hoops as well.  Unless someone out there can tell me what Duke is doing improperly I will guess its just jealousy on those that harbor the same ill will on duke that they reserve for the yankees and lakers

Harry
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From: "SjT \(Stephen J. Truog\)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:11:45 
To: <nwu-sports at tssi.com>; <neonrye at aol.com>
Subject: [NU Sports] Blue in Indy ...

Well, it appears I used up all my sports prayers/karma on the Super Bowl this year.:)

And I guess I should be thankful for that ... because it sure has been a bummer with the "Evil Empire Strikes Back" theme this year in sports ... A-Roid and the Yankees, "8-Karat" Kobe and the Lakers, Nick the Slick and Bama, Coach Zebras-Best-Friend and the Dookies ... Smug Geno and UConn tomorrow night ... ugh. (If golf were a sport, you could throw in Mr. Chatty and his made-up addiction who seems to have Brett Favre disease right now and WON'T GET OFF MY DANG TELEVISION WHILE I'M TRYING TO WATCH SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS ... )

Guess outside of Hollywood, Goliath really does win.
Still feels icky.

But I can't complain too much ... I don't care if the Dookies get another cushy draw and win the next 20 tourneys or the B(C)S divides up their next decade between SEC ego-dictators in Slick Nick and St. Urban ... I'm still on Cloud #9 from Miami. Good to see a guy like Drew Brees and the underdogs win once this year ... may be the only time the lil' guys win one in awhile.:(

And that one game allows me to cling to the belief that one of these days, we will see Coach Fitzgerald hoisting the Rose Bowl trophy as well and finish that 1995 fairy tale finish.

Great game, great tourney ... just heartbroken at the ending.

Oh well, the long dry season begins ... how many days until kickoff?:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG

sjtruog at yahoo.com

GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!

Super Bowl XLIV Champions!

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--- On Mon, 4/5/10, neonrye at aol.com <neonrye at aol.com> wrote:

From: neonrye at aol.com <neonrye at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Halftime in Indy ...
To: sjtruog at yahoo.com, nwu-sports at tssi.com
Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 8:56 PM

Agonizing loss--I feel almost as numb as I did after Fumblerooski at the Outback.  Two great looks for Heyward, but nothing falls for the "LIttle Engine That Could" at the end.  No knock on Bill Carmody, but I would give Coach Stevens the President's House at NU and half of Pat Ryan's fortune to come coach the 'Cats--but it ain't gonna happen.  He is the hoops version of Fitz--a baby-faced assasin of a coach.  They played a great game, but never could get over the hump to actually hold the lead once they had it.  It's tough to play from behind virtually all night--no margin for error.

Kudos to the Bulldogs--they are a great team--and they have 2 Academic All-Americans as starters.  Looking at Duke's fans, all I could think about is how nice it usually is to kick their a-- in football.:-)

Oh well, as I said a week ago, our slogan for next year has to be "Why not us?"

Paul Levinson

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From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>

To: nwu-sports at tssi.com

Sent: Mon, Apr 5, 2010 10:21 pm

Subject: [NU Sports] Halftime in Indy ...

I've got ten bucks for anyone in the crowd who has an "Our Hickory Won't Crack" 
sign.

Go Bulldogs!!! PLEASE!!! SO sick of the ACC and Dookies - especially after their 
cushy road to Indy. Go Butler!!!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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