[NU Sports] Iowa?

[neonrye at aol.com]

Well said, Tom.? I have been saying same thing about McManis.? We don't have that aspect of key moment turnovers that he brought to the turf.? I keep waiting for a big pick and it never seems to come.

Paul
 

 



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Thu, Nov 11, 2010 5:56 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Iowa?

 
 
 
> they haven't always gotten the big play  
> they needed to  win the close ones, either, like against MSU.   
 
Yep.  
 
 
There's an alternate universe somewhere where Peters makes that interception in  
the endzone against MSU (and we win), and either an O-lineman doesn't hold on  
the big run against Purdue (and we punch in a TD and win) or Demos makes the  
kick to tie (and we win in overtime).  Maybe even one where Trumpy makes a  
spectacular TD grab on 4th down to pull within 7 against PSU, making the last  
drives for both teams much more interesting.  
 
Of course, there's another alternate universe where we lost to Indiana, Minny,  
and Vandy in addition to the 3 other Big Ten teams.  
 
So, it's basically just like the last two years--we're good enough to be in  
every game we play, but not good enough to win them all.  
 
Don't forget that last year we were getting absolutely blown out by both Indiana  
 
and Purdue, playing some of the worst football I've seen from NU in years. We  
were very fortunate to come back and win both of those games. And those teams  
were a lot worse than this year's MSU and PSU squads in my opinion.  
 
I think the one real "playmaker" we haven't replaced is Sherrick McManis. Plug  
him into this year's team and I'd bet we're +1 or 2 wins easily. But then I  
think McManis belongs on a very short list of all-time great NU players, at  
least in the 25 years or so I've been watching the Wildcats. We don't see his  
like very often in Evanston.  
 
Tom 
 
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