[NU Sports] Wrigley Field IS Big Enuff for NU Football (?)

[Weinbaum, Willie]

I'd argue with the use of the word "highlighted." :)

Does anybody on the list know where Peay is and what he's doing these days?  He always seemed like a classy gentleman when we had him as a speaker to NY-area alumni.  Had read that he was in the trucking business, but that was a long time ago.

By the way, the first and only win I attended and NU had in my four years as an undergrad was 9/15/79, 27-22 over Wyoming @ Dyche.  Next win NU had/I attended was when I was in NU grad school - the record streak-breaker over NIU in '82.  And there were two more that year, vs Minn and at MSU.  

Best,
Willie
>From Blackberry - please excuse typos

W. Weinbaum
Producer
212-916-9864 (24-hour voicemail)
willie.weinbaum at espn.com

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The first college game September 16, 1989 a 48 to 31 loss to air farce as game #2 of an 0-11 campaign during the middle of Francis Peay's tenure.

That season was highligted by the 76-14 debacle vs. MSU, although losing at home to the Ill-whine-i 63-14 was probably worse.

The first win I saw was the following year vs. NIU where we crushed them 24-7 to break a 14 game losing streak.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Jim Bendat <thehaze at earthlink.net>

Eric, you just provided an idea for a new thread: the first football game we ever attended:

For me, my first game was in 1955: SC vs. Notre Dame (yes, evil vs. evil)(and Jon Arnett vs. Paul Hornung).

And, while we're at it, my first NFL game was in 1956: Chicago Cardinals vs. L.A. Rams.

Jim B.


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>    I enjoy "The Voice of Experience".  I was born in 1963....I'll let that sit for a second....My Dad speaks of the Eagles win over Green Bay in 1960 like it was yesterday.
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>         Go Cats!!! Eric
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>The measured it up and they can fit a football field in there
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>t would be great to have the annual NU - Ilnoise game there every year,
>lthough the dimensions have changed a bit, it was fine for football, even
>ith  a stone wall with dead Ivy only a couple feet past the end zone. I will
>ever  forget how cold it was for the 1963 NFL championship game between the
>ears and  Giants.
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