[NU Sports] heading in to conference play

[Tom Maycock]

> Am I being pessimistic in  thinking that 4-4 sounds right for the 
>conference schedule? 

I think NU is capable of winning every game left on the schedule. I would not be 
at all surprised to see us go 5-3. Or better. 

Don't get me wrong--I don't see a single gimme on the schedule either. 4-4 in 
the conference plus our 4-0 start would qualify as a good season in my book. 

But I like what I've seen so far--a lot. And I like the fact that Fitz and 
company have put together a record of teams improving from week to week. 

The last 4 games look particularly scary to me, but I'm actually glad the 
schedule lays out that way. For example, I don't know that the team is good 
enough to beat PSU on the road right now. But with a month+ and a bye week 
between now and then, they just might be good enough when it matters. 

It some ways, it's actually unfortunate that Minny and Purdue have had such ugly 
starts, because the NU game becomes even more important for those teams, making 
them tougher than they might have been otherwise. On the other hand, it appears 
they just aren't very good right now. 

And if you want to get excited about next year, take a look at how few seniors 
we're playing this year. 

Tom