[NU Sports] The sky is falling...

[Eric West]

*Sigh* Who said it was the end of the world? That's reacting to a straw man.

Believe it or not, it is possible to be both happy with a 5-1 record and 
extremely frustrated with a loss to a bad team, especially since it 
continues a trend of losing when we are getting attention. I think Teddy 
Greenstein wrote that we're now 1-8 in our last nine games as a ranked 
team. Doesn't that seem like a problem that could be fixed?

Earth to those saying "chicken littles" -- no one is asking for anyone 
to be fired. I wouldn't scoff at a 6-6 season, as long as we win that 
bowl game. That's the team's goal, as it has been for years now. It's my 
standard for their success as well.

To wildelk2: you're right, Indiana was 2008. Last year was Syracuse. 
This year, Purdue. The pattern has held so far. Wouldn't it be nice to 
break it?

I'm looking forward to this week's Pat Fitzgerald Show, the first one 
after a loss. I bet *he's* frustrated about it, and why shouldn't he be? 
Why shouldn't anyone?


Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu


mlinhardt at netzero.com wrote:
> If someone told me we would be 5-1 headed into the bye week I would have been happy.
>  
> Furthermore if you told me our QB who is a 1st starter would be extremely accurate, have a decent long ball, be mobile, and rarely make dumb plays I would be estatic.  He is much more developed than Kafka at this point in the season and he has another year of eligibilty.
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> Earth to all the chicken littles, it was apparent we weren't challenging tOSU for king of the big ten this year after seeing non-conference season.  We still have the opportunity to have a 8+ win regular season which is nothing to scoff at.
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> It hurt a lot to give the game away at home, but it is not the end of the world.
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