[NU Sports] Remember, Remember...

[Beamsley, Jeff]

Actually you're right.

I don't think that they will be able to clean up Memorial Stadium that
quickly and might, as a result of the loss of human life associated with
the riot, just close the whole thing down.  They would leave the
structure, however, as a stark reminder of what can happen when a whole
state becomes obsessed with just one football team.

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Nolan [mailto:nolan at tssi.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 12:53 PM
To: Beamsley, Jeff
Cc: Alan Abrahamson; hakirsch at aol.com; Northwestern Wildcats
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Remember, Remember...

Jeff, the first requirement in storytelling is 'suspension of
disbelief'.

I'm not sure your scenario passes that test.

But then, my mother used to send me letters about life back home
(a small town in NW Illinois) and I used to think most of them would
not have passed the 'suspension of disbelief' test, either.

But as one writer noted:  The difference between reality and fiction
is that reality doesn't have to make sense.
--
Mike Nolan

> 
> My scenario is that Martinez throws a couple of picks which NU turns
> into early scores and then gets injured and can't return.  His backup
> Brion Carnes has virtually no game experience, which means that the
team
> becomes one dimensional - hand the ball to Burkhead.  We put eleven
guys
> in the box, coach fitz suits up, and we throw in some lawn furniture
to
> slow Rex down.  Game turns into a shootout.  Burkhead finally
collapses
> on the field on his 51st carry like Little Blackie in True Grit and
> fumbles on the final play.  The UNL band takes the field thinking
> they've won.  Brian Peters picks up the loose ball and runs through
the
> band for the winning score as the clock expires. The hometown crowd
> riots and burns Lil Red at midfield.  Scores of fans fall ill from the
> toxic fumes generated by burning latex and years of perspiration.
> Memorial Stadium is closed for several weeks to clean up the mess. The
> football program never recovers and Nebraska eventually becomes the
> third BT school to withdraw from the conference.  And that, my son, is
> how Notre Dame came to be a member of the Big Ten.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com]
> On Behalf Of Alan Abrahamson
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 12:04 PM
> To: hakirsch at aol.com
> Cc: Northwestern Wildcats
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Remember, Remember...
> 
> I'm with Mr. Leonard. Bring on the Purple Kool-Aid.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:02 AM, <hakirsch at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > Nice to see optimism out there.
> >
> > I find it hard to believe we will be able to pull a major upset on
the
> > road, but will be thrilled to have some salt and pepper with the
crow
> > should it be required
> >
> > Harry
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
> > Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> > Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:56:46
> > To: Northwestern Wildcats<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> > Reply-To: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [NU Sports] Remember, Remember...
> >
> > ...the 5th of November
> >
> > Clearly the odds are against us in Lincoln tomorrow. However,
November
> 5th
> > is day when established powers are to be overthrown. I'm just trying
> to
> > stay purple so I'm picking the upset. Every year we win one that we
> > shouldn't, it might as well be tomorrow.
> >
> > Northwestern: 38
> > Nebraska: 35
> >
> > Victory & Honor,
> > Jim
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