[NU Sports] Blue in Indy ...

Tue Apr 6 07:28:45 CDT 2010

The announcers on the game said that the Butler players who had 9 and 10 AM classes
yesterday were bused to the campus so they could attend - don't think even NU would do
that if a tourney final was in Chi...

And even more, it makes our 13 point loss a little more believable. Didn't someone here
said that we shouldn't hang our heads because Butler was a top 8 team? - hey they were a
top 2!

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Leonard
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:23 AM
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Blue in Indy ...

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

----- Original Message ----
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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-----Original Message-----
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

-----Original Message-----

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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