[NU Sports] heading in to conference play

[Jim Leonard]

I understand what you mean about the potential for the team to rally around 
Brewster but I think if they had any fight left in them after USC we would have 
seen it last week against NIU. I watched the last quarter of that game and they 
just looked flat and lifeless. I think that if we get any productivity on the 
ground with Trumpy then Persa will pick them apart. 


Go Cats!
Jim



----- Original Message ----
From: "cherron604 at aol.com" <cherron604 at aol.com>
To: tkmaycock at yahoo.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 9:36:50 AM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] heading in to conference play


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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