[NU Sports] entertaining

[Roy S. Lamberton]

During my time as an intel writer, I learned that you never say something is 100% and I
didn't have time to do the Ara math so I figured somewhere along the line there had to be
another HC with a 500 record.

In any case, under that goofy looking picture of Fitz was the awful truth for the Big 10 -
NU has a coach with a winning record, and is very likely to continue at his Alma Mater.

rsl 

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==========  Go Cats -  Beat 'em All  ===========

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WE DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!" -- Pete Townsend

Don't re-elect nobody, not even yo mama! - Franc White

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-----Original Message-----
From: Labbe John [mailto:johnl at mac.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 11:55 PM
To: Roy S. Lamberton
Cc: 'Alan Abrahamson'; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] entertaining

You say there have been "few" winning NU coaches over the past 30  
years??  Try none, other than Fitz, who now holds a record of 27-23  
(or .540 average).

The last NU coach to have a winning record at NU was Ara Parseghian,  
who, nearly 47 years ago, walked out of Evanston with an overall  
record of 36-35-1 after beating Ohio State in his last game as coach  
of the Cats (technically, Ara's winning percentage was .500 (36 of  
72), but I'll count it as a "winning" record since he won more than he  
lost).  Bob Voigts holds the last "true" winning record of 31-29-1 (. 
508 average) just after his loss to Ohio State on October 31, 1953.   
After that, he held a losing record for the balance of his tenure.

(Technically, Francis Peay, Randy Walker, and Fitz himself were all  
2-1 after their first 3 games (67%), John Pont won his first game  
(100%), and Alex Agase won his first two games (100%).  But after  
that, all of those coaches held losing records for their entire time  
at NU, so I don't really count those brief winning records.)






On Jun 10, 2010, at 7:01 AM, Roy S. Lamberton wrote:

> One think about the slide with Fitz on it...
>
> Fitz has a winning record - something few NU coaches have had over  
> the past 30 years....
>
> And spread should only get better, and bigger
>
> Go Cats
>
> rsl
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.
> Computer Applications & Support Associates
> -------------------- Also ----------------------
> "Commissioner" Delaware American Legion Baseball
> Retired Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician [R]
> Northwestern University - Speech 1974 -
> Chi Phi: Pi 1974, KD 1968
> Publisher Emeritus: Purple Reign (Fox Sports)
> ==========  Go Cats -  Beat 'em All  ===========
>
> "...Then I get on my knees and pray,
> WE DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!" -- Pete Townsend
>
> Don't re-elect nobody, not even yo mama! - Franc White
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports- 
> bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Alan
> Abrahamson
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:24 AM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] entertaining
>
> The Omaha World-Herald has produced a photo essay introducing the  
> Big Ten
> schools to its faithful readers. Link:
> http://odc.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=5002&p=1940
>
> Each existing Big Ten school gets two photos -- one of its head  
> football
> coach, the other of its football stadium. (Priorities in Nebraska,  
> people.)
> The cutlines tend to say when the coach was hired; what his record  
> is; and
> when the university joined the Big Ten.
>
> Paterno and Penn State are first in the sequence.
>
> Say, which coach and team are featured last? Behind even the likes of
> Zook/Illinois and Brewster/Minnesota and The New Guy Who Took Over for
> Walrus-Mustache Guy/Purdue. (Danny Hope/Joe Tiller, I know, I know.)
>
> Hint: This last-in-the-league team wears purple.
>
> Shocking! Like gambling in Casablanca!
>
> I'm sure that putting Northwestern last wasn't, like, done on  
> purpose or
> anything.
>
> Small point in the purple team's favor: the Northwestern "stadium"  
> shot
> shows mostly the scoreboard after the glorious 33-27 victory over the
> Buckeyes in 2004. Not that many in Omaha will know or appreciate. (Mr.
> Nolan, you are obviously excused.)
>
> Another entertaining note: the Illinois stadium shot features that  
> Freak
> Illiniwek. I thought he had been banned by the NCAA?
>
> Alan
>
> PS: I am actually a big fan of Nebraska -- the entire state, the  
> university
> and the people. Have been there any number of times. Spent more than  
> a week
> in Omaha for the U.S. Olympic swim Trials in 2008; Omaha is more  
> than OK.
> Really.
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