[NU Sports] 17+ point leads

[Mike Nolan]

> Now you say you'd feel bad about limping in to a bowl at 6-6? :)

Regardless of what one thinks about the bowl system, I think it would be difficult 
to feel really GOOD about the Cats heading into a bowl game at 6-6, even 7-5 means 
losing 2 of the next 3, but we all knew it was a back-loaded schedule in August.  

Those 15 extra practices are CRUCIAL to building for 2011, though, so we can
at least be happy about that.  

As to the question of whether yesterday's game hurts recruiting, it really
depends on how the coaches sell it to the young men they're recruiting.  
ESPN played up Persa not getting even a nibble from Penn State pretty big in 
the first half yesterday, that kind of publicity is good for us. 
--
Mike Nolan