[NU Sports] NU/ND renew football rivalry - just announced

[Herman Wang]

No kidding, and weren't we all crowing about how irrelevant on the national stage Notre Dame is these days?  So how does that make us look, hyping up this series as if all the world should care?  We're just enabling the Notre Dame hype machine and validating them as a Chicago team.
Herman



> From: nolan at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU/ND renew football rivalry - just announced
> To: Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com
> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:50:49 -0500
> CC: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> 
> Gee, wasn't it all that long ago that everyone on the list
> was saying that Big Ten schools shouldn't schedule Notre Dame?
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
> > 
> > I LOVE IT!
> > 
> > If you want to be the best, you have to play the best.
> > 
> > What better way to throw down the gauntlet for all those folks from the
> > Chicago area who currently make the weekly pilgrimage to South Bend.
> > Now they will have a choice.  Drive to SB to see ND play BYU or stay
> > home and see NU play Nebraska.  
> > 
> > If NU wants to be Chicago's BT team, we have to start acting like it.  
> > 
> > That means nc games that people in Chicago are going to want to see (ND,
> > Cal, BC, etc.).
> > 
> > It also means that the BEST of the BT will be playing in Evanston too.  
> > 
> > I'm sure the Fitz is all in and ready for the challenge.  
> > 
> > This is our opportunity to demonstrate that we CAN play with the big
> > boys.
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
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> > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> > On Behalf Of SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:06 AM
> > To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> > Subject: RE: [NU Sports] NU/ND renew football rivalry - just announced
> > onMike&Mike ESPN show
> > 
> > Another big score for AD Phillips - Notre Dame, in OUR house!
> > 
> > I just wish we had a bye before the game in South Bend so we could enjoy
> > two weeks of reliving the 17-15 game. :)
> > 
> > Our NC schedule has certainly been beefed up and I LOVE this game -
> > especially that it's a home and home ... not home and Soldier Field or
> > home and two away. Nice job all around by Phillips!
> > 
> > However ...
> > 
> > You can't ignore that when looking at our schedules for the next few
> > years now that it's gonna get awfully tough, awfully fast. Our Big Ten
> > schedule now includes five of the following six (OSU, UM, Wisky, Iowa,
> > PSU and Nebraska), plus our annual Illini rivalry, plus always tricky
> > Sparty, plus Cal/BC/ND (Cal and ND both in 2014). That's not just adding
> > a few tougher games - that's playing 4 or 5 of the legendary names in
> > the sport every year, along with 4 or 5 other pretty darn good teams.
> > 
> > Can Persa stay another 4-5 years? :)
> > 
> > But overall, kudos to Phillips and everyone at NU - this is a huge coup
> > and I can't wait to see the F'ing Irish walk into Ryan Field and see the
> > place packed in PURPLE!
> > 
> > GO CATS!!!
> > -SjT
> > 
> > * * * * * * * * *
> > STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> > sjtruog at yahoo.com
> > GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
> > Super Bowl XLIV Champions!
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