[NU Sports] Divisions

[Jonathan Hodges]

I won't rehash all of my thoughts here, but in case you are interested
they're up at HailToPurple now:
http://hailtopurple.com/jhodges/comment10i02.html

Overall, I think the divisions turned out pretty well and are definitely in
NU's favor when it comes to the competitive side.

Anyways, now I'm looking forward to actual games starting this evening and,
of course, NU's game on Saturday.

Go 'Cats!!!
Jonathan

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Beamsley, Jeff
<Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>wrote:

> I agree.  I think this our football program an opportunity to take the
> next step in national visibility.
>
> First, we get to play UoM every year.  I think that this is huge for our
> program as UoM reclaims relevance in the BT.
>
> I think that we will develop a good rivalry with UoN too.  We owe them
> for the Alamo Bowl drubbing.  But when you look over the last decade,
> UoN has a 4-1 record with the BT, losing only to PSU in 2002.  So UoM
> and MSU also have scores to settle.
>
> Bottom line is that Pelini appears to be running a clean program.  Their
> red hordes were passionate when we last met them in San Antonio, but
> they were also polite and courteous is ways that stand in stark contrast
> to OSU or Wisky.  UoN clearly has aspirations to return to their glory
> days, so what better opportunity to springboard the real NU into the
> national spotlight than beating UoN?
>
> As others have already said, I would much rather play OSU in a
> championship game at a neutral location than travel to Columbus.
>
> Jeff
>
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> To: SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
> Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Divisions
>
> I'm not all that crazy about the line-up as I would rather have some
> combination of Illinois, Indiana and Purdue in our division instead but
> it
> does do two things that are important: no tOSU and Iowa in our division.
> Sure, east/west might be nice, but at the end of the day, you still have
> to
> go through tOSU to get to Pasadena only this way you don't have to do it
> in
> Columbus.
>
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> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:25 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
> <sjtruog at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > > I may be in the minority on this, but all that I care about is how
> this
> > impacts us, and as best I can see, this plan keeps us as far away from
> Ohio
> > State as we could hope.
> > :) - fair point (and don't worry about being in the minority ... after
> > watching the Big Ten Network's rosier than rosy assessment, in which
> they
> > used "fair and balanced" more times than their Fox parent company's
> other
> > network, I think everyone loves it but me :) ... oh well).
> > And when you see Nebraska's schedule (OUCH! Wisky, OSU, PSU, Michigan,
> > Iowa) compared to ours (no Bucks or Badgers), I like our chances even
> more.
> > And consecutive weeks with the Huskers and Hawkeyes visiting Evanston
> in
> > 2012 should certainly be fun ... better get a second verse of the
> Battle
> > Hymn Hawkeye ready, Jim - extra corn for that week!:)
> > So yeah, from a purple perspective, this is good news. I'll agree to
> that.
> > GO CATS!!!-SjT
> >
> > * * * * * * * * *
> >
> > STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> >
> > sjtruog at yahoo.com
> >
> > GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
> >
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