[NU Sports] Rice this weekend- advice needed

[mlinhardt at netzero.com]

My understanding is the official NU tailgate has sold out, which is a good sign.

Other than that tidbit I can't help you.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Neil Kaplan

My 17 year old son and I have decided to do a college visit to Rice this 
weekend.  We will be taking a campus tour on Saturday morning and going to the 
game Saturday night and see the Astros on Sunday.

His college visiting methodology includes only going to football games at well 
regarded academic schools in big cities.  We went to Cal last week and will have 
Evanston and Palo Alto later this year - hence, the Houston trip.

I figured someone here will know of any Cats related activities going on and/or 
have any advice for us.  We are arriving Friday at 6pm.  We have yet to get 
tickets but I cannot imagine that is going to be an issue.

Neil

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----- Original Message ----
From: Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
To: Scott Zeller <scottzel at gmail.com>
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 8:33:19 AM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Sporting News

Joe Thomas is a rather good offensive tackle, currently starting for the
Cleveland Browns.  He was the third pick of the 2007 draft.  He played for
Wisconsin during the 2003-2006 seasons (he won the Outland Trophy for top
lineman in 2006).  The Wildcats went 2-2 against the Badgers during that
span, with wins in 2003 and 2005 (both in Evanston).  He obviously has a
short memory.

In any case, what should be the story here is that a good majority of the 33
former stars (who for the most part likely have little to no influence over
their alma mater's athletic department decisions at this point) said
nobody.  I believe this shows the true group mentality that is present in
the Big Ten: which is made clear with the "unanimous" decisions made by the
athletic directors and presidents/chancellors of the conference (e.g. when
Nebraska was admitted and the divisional alignment was approved) as well as
the equal revenue sharing amongst the conference which is truly unique in
college football.  Yes, Michigan/OSU/PSU/Nebraska could really let others
feel the power of their influence, but instead the wealth really is spread
around and we're all better for it.

NU has been and will always be an anomaly in the Big Ten (private school
that is much smaller than the conference foes) but it's clear that they are
part of the conference and will remain that way.

Jonathan

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Scott Zeller <scottzel at gmail.com> wrote:

> The new issue of *The Sporting News* does a survey of 33 former Big Ten
> football stars and asks, "If you had to kick one team out to accommodate
> Notre Dame or Texas, which would it be?"
>
> Guess which college in Evanston came in first place with 6.5 votes? 19 of
> the stars were solid enough to insist no one be kicked out, but the results
> were:
>
> None 19
> NU 6.5
> Minn 2.5
> Illinois, Indiana, MSU and Purdue also received votes for the boot.
>
> In the comments section of this question, Joe Thomas said "Northwestern is
> the obvious choice to kick out because they are the only private school in
> the Big Ten and have shown they can't compete with the other schools
> athletically."
>
> Apparently Thomas is a former star OT for Wisconsin, but I've never heard
> of
> him and not sure when he played. Perhaps he is really old and unaware NU
> has
> a winning record against Wisconsin over the past 15 years, including last
> year?
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