[NU Sports] God wears purple

[hakirsch at aol.com]

I ,like Dennis,thought we woould lose amd lose badly.  Obviously   we lost but it was close.  I was at the game and deeply disappointed. But I can tell you the whole experience was so enjoyable and re inforced my pride for my ala mater. College sports ,unlike the pros,isnt just about winning. And being at a bowl game you realize that even more.This is my 5th. I walked into the tailgate with the cheerleaders,band and pep squad and  I told them  how lucky they were to soon to be able to have a lifetime of memories for their experience Do you think I would have said the same to the Cheerleaders of a Super Bowl team ?
 Yes it hurts coming up short again(and again)and we should continue to try to win and not settle for moral victories, but fitz has done a terrific job (not withstanding comments I posted in mid season)under the "rules" of NU football and I would much rather have our football program than Auburn's. (And as said before the Auburn fans were great)
Harry------Original Message------From: Dennis W. BrandtSender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.comTo: nwu-sports at tssi.comSubject: Re: [NU Sports] God wears purpleSent: Jan 2, 2010 5:49 AM
<Dennis,
<Before this game you wrote that NU would get blown out by Auburn and that NU fans were delusional to thinnk otherwise. Please take <your crap elsewhere. You sir have indeed grown accustomed to losing. The rest of us prefer to Expect Vistory and not presuppose NU <will lose.
I will keep my "crap" right here, thank you very much.  If you want to think with your heart, fine.  I'll continue to use my head.  NU is not a talent-laden football teams and, according to some here, never should be. The football team is going to have to prove on the field - and do so consistently - that victory is something fans can expect when we play the traditional powerhouse teams - or Syracuse, for that matter.  Yes, the game was closer than I anticipated, but the loss column still got one larger yesterday.
Nonetheless, you should retrieve the August predictions tossed about on this board.  I was the one who felt the Cats would win 10 games while others equivocated between 7 or 8 max all the way down to 3 or 4.  Everyone knew Ohio State would win at least 10 games, but no one knew how many games NU might win.  That is NOT Expect Victory.  That is hoping for it.  The bowl game yesterday was much closer than I expected - indeed, we should have won it.  You weren't cheering any louder than I was or swearing any more profusely when we blew a game in which all the breaks went our way at the end, and we still couldn't win.  I'll guarantee you Pat Fitzgerald is not satisfied with this "moral victory."
Nice to get my daily "crap" out of the way early. 
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