[NU Sports] heading in to conference play

[cherron604 at aol.com]

I liked the 4-4 prediction, definitely dropping the PSU an Wisconsin road games, and probably losing to Iowa and MSU at our place, though I figured both games to be close, as we seem to play well against the Hawks, and MSU seems to self destruct when not faced by ND or Michigan
 
4-4, 8-4 would net a nice Bowl, I would think.   Speaking of which, what is the official bowl pecking order ?
I am pretty sure about:
 
1  BCS Title  OSU
2  Rose        Iowa
3  Cap-One   Wisconsin
4  Outback   Penn State
 
All guesses...what are the remaining bowls ?   I think Gator, old Cotton Bowl, Tempe are involved ?
 
I also ran the Sagarin numbers from USA Today, just to see
 
The current numbers gave these surprising results:
 
@Minn  NU -12
Purdue  NU -16
MSU     NU -4
@IU      NU -8
@PSU  PSU -7
Iowa     NU pick
vs Ill     NU -6
@Wisc Wis -5
 
Meaning Sagarin right now likes us to go 6-2, 10-2   which I would love to see, but having watched these guys in games 1-4, I think that that is too rosy a picture
 
PS  Been reading the Star Tribune stories and message boards all week.  Brewster sounds like 'dead man walking', which adds to my fear of Saturday's opponent


Chuck Herron   Tech '85
 
 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
To: Northwestern Wildcats <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Mon, Sep 27, 2010 3:17 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] heading in to conference play


> Again, hard to disagree, but 3-5 is also a possibility, as  there are
> no gimmees on the schedule and NU has has a devilish propensity to  turn
> gimmees into close games anyway.  

Absolutely. Oddly, games like Minny and Purdue scare me just as much as anyone 
else. Actually, at the moment, only Minny scares me. I think I've actually 
bought into the "just go 1-0 this week" fitzspeak. 

Here's something to think about: 

I believe 6 more wins will make Pat Fitzgerald the winningest coach in NU 
history. If we can somehow pull out the next 5 in a row, the Cats would go into 
the home game against Iowa with a chance to put Fitz in the #1 spot. 

A long shot just to be in that position, I know, and then you have the major 
challenge of beating Iowa yet again. But just contemplating the possible 
post-game feeling makes me a little light-headed. 

Tom

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