[NU Sports] Which position would Fitz take?

[Jason Singer]

It was quite clear on the broadcast that as Kafka walked off the field following the fifth INT, Fitz was joking with Kafka about something. You could see Kafka cracking up as Fitz shoved him in fun. I was very proud of our coach at that moment. My friends who were watching at my place and who are not regular Cat viewers, were amazed.

Jason Singer
jason at jasonsinger.com



On Jan 6, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Beamsley, Jeff wrote:

> For those of you who missed the TV broadcast, there was a report from
> the sidelines of Fitz's speech to the team going into the fourth
> quarter.  He is reported to have said that for the first three quarters
> Northwestern was playing with only 10 guys on the field.  Our QB, he
> said, was playing for the other guys.  The good news, though, is that we
> just got him back and we have a whole quarter left, so let's go out and
> win this thing.
> 
> Jeff 
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> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodges
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:28 PM
> To: Jim Bendat
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> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Which position would Fitz take?
> 
> I know Fitz usually tries to keep guys loose.  I read somewhere that
> after Kafka threw his 5th interception Fitz went over and was joking
> with him on the sidelines.  What is also interesting is that Demos is
> usually a pretty laid back guy, but obviously was shaky during the game.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Just read a story in the LA Times talking about Alabama coach Nick 
>> Saban and how he deals with his field goal kicker in a pressure 
>> situation. "I don't want to mess that up with a guy right before he's 
>> trying to pull the trigger," Saban said. "So I don't usually say
> anything."
>> 
>> Contrast that with Texas coach Mack Brown. In the 2005 Rose Bowl 
>> between Texas and Michigan, the Longhorns were losing by two, 37-35, 
>> with just a couple of seconds to go. There was a timeout just before 
>> Texas went out to kick what turned out to be the game-winning field 
>> goal. During that timeout, Brown turned to his kicker, smiled and 
>> said, "Son, you've got to be luckiest guy in America. You get to go 
>> out there and make the kick that wins the Rose Bowl!"
>> 
>> I wonder how Fitz dealt with Demos last week.
>> 
>> Jim B.
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