[NU Sports] We own the ACC! :)

[neonrye at aol.com]

A couple of observa(ions from tonight's game;

1) 'Cats seem comfortable on the road, which ia a very encouraging sign.  My fear was that they woukd fall apart in hostile environments without Juice,  Not happenin'--so far.

2) Luka is playing much more aggressively at both ends.  Can he keep it up when we get to B1G time?

3) If Mirko seems more intense, Carmody is jist the opposite.  He appears to be more relaxed, less stressed, more confident in the team he has built.  I noticed it watching Charleston Final,where he wore the NU athletic jacket, doffing the usual sport jacket.  I know ot sounds trivial--and probably is--but BC's affect transmits to his 12 guys, and their is a palpable enthusiasm on the bench whenever we make a good play--and there have been many to cheer about so far.

4) You win with D-Fense, and we are playing hard, and efficiently, blocking shots, playing the angles correctly in the passing lanes--and hitting the boards.  Can we sustain this as the season progresses, and we play stronger more skilled opponents in conference?  
Can't say yet, but at least we are on the right path.  For now, 6-0 feels real good.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "SjT \(Stephen J. Truog\)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:32:42 
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Subject: [NU Sports] We own the ACC! :)

I think I ask this every year, but do we have the best record of Big Ten teams in the Challenge?

Either way, nice win on the road for the Cats ... dunno how the league will do (Michigan choked, but the Illini picked up a road win with us), but it's good for Carmody's team to get the W.

Sure wish we could do this with the Pac 12 (or even SEC) in football. It would own the talk in September if you spread it out over four weekends!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

 
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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
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