[NU Sports] Jim Phillips Greatest Hits

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Whether you think Houston / playing in ATM's backyard is a "victory" for NU football, there is no doubt that Mr. Phillips has done an exceptional job of selling NU on the national scene and in the Chicago area.

NU got hosed by the bowls in our last title year of 2000, but we've "overplayed" our bowls in recent years and a lot of that is Phillips' push to get the purple out there -- not to mention getting GameDay to come to Wrigley and the move to get NUMB under the athletic department (which, I agree, was long overdue). I could not be more pleased with NU's AD and head coach right now and the job they are doing to brand Northwestern football.

Interestingly, I was flipping through channels the other night and came across the Syracuse basketball game and the one sign read "Syracuse: New York's University" or something like that ... reminded me of the "Chicago's Big Ten Team" line.

I just wish he could have gotten NU out here in Phoenix (though that would have meant an even worse matchup with Oklahoma -- not sure why the folks here opted for a repeat visit from the Hogeyes and bypassed on a PSU/OU top 25 mega-name matchup, but whatever ...) for the bowl season. One of these years!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT
 
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 From: Michael Vance <michael.vance at att.net>
To: Northwestern Wildcats <nwu-sports at tssi.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Jim Phillips Greatest Hits
 
I loved this quote from the Indianapolis Star article on Purdue going to Detroit:

"With Michigan securing a BCS at-large bid to the Sugar Bowl, it appeared the Boilermakers were headed to the TicketCity Bowl in Dallas.

However, Northwestern worked its way into the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Houston, giving the TicketCity Bowl an opportunity to select Penn State, which had fallen throughout the selection process. The Insight, Taxslayer.com Gator and Meineke Car Care Bowls all passed on Penn State."

http://www.indystar.com/article/20111205/SPORTS0602/112050335/Boilermakers-head-back-Detroit

I'm sure the reporter would have loved to have said "weaseled" or "finagled" but had to settle for the more friendly "worked." It still comes off as a little snarky and sour grapes-ish.

-Michael
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On Dec 6, 2011, at 12:51 PM, "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com> wrote:

> IMHO Phillips has done a great job.
> 
> His job is to get NU positive visibility.
> 
> It's Fitz's job to win the games.
> 
> I think it much better to have a tough game against a ranked opponent
> than a layup against the little sisters of the poor.  Nobody is going to
> remember us blowing out an inferior bowl opponent.  It might help our
> ego to get a bowl win, but I think it is MUCH better for recruiting to
> see our "no-name" guys going toe to toe with the best in the country.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Alan Abrahamson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:35 PM
> To: Charles Herron; Northwestern Wildcats
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Jim Phillips Greatest Hits
> 
> BTW Mark Murphy was also an excellent AD ... let us not forget ... see
> what
> he is doing now as president of the Packers.
> 
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Charles Herron <cherron604 at aol.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> All,
>> 
>> Have any of us compiled a list of Jim Phillips' Greatest Hits ?  Where
>> does this Texas Bowl fit on that list ?  Is it his best work to date ?
> Or
>> was that the 2009-2010 Outback Bowl ?   Does any Big Ten AD come close
> in
>> their ability to lobby/win better bowl bids ?  Is any FBS AD close or
> in
>> the same league on this ?  Does it pose a problem for us, by
> consistently
>> setting up tougher bowl game match-ups ?  How did Slick Rick, Bruce
> Corrie
>> and/or Doug Single compare ?
>> 
>> Chuck Herron  Tech '85
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