[NU Sports] Beat Penn State? Really?

[Brad Wilson]

Really? Which of those games did NU have no business being in? Which?  None of those 4 losses were to overwhelmingly powerful squads. You could make a case for MSU last season  but the other three nowhere near. NU was as good as MSU '06, Illinois '11 and PSU '10 and should have won all three going away. 


The two bowl games -- Auburn and Mizzou -- maybe those games. Even then though ... 


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From: Jonathan Hodges <j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu>
To: "Weinbaum, Willie" <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>
Cc: "bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com" <bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com>; "nwu-sports at tssi.com" <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Beat Penn State? Really?


Actually, that should be 1-4 (1 win: 2008 v Purdue, 4 loses: 06 v MSU - up 38-3, 10 v MSU - up 17-0, 10 @ PSU - up 21-0, 11 @ Ill - up 28-10).

While those collapses are disappointing, Fitz has certainly got NU into plenty of close games in which it had no business being, too.

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On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Weinbaum, Willie <Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com> wrote:

One of more bizarre stats I read @ Lake the Posts, which did a thorough recap of y-day's Orange-crushing defeat of the Cats:  Fitz is 1-3 in Big Ten games in which Cats have led by 17.
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>Optimistic Cats will improve in this vital area.
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>Touche!! We should be down by two TDs mid 4Q in best case, right, for a rally?
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>As long as Cats don't spot 'em a big lead, should be OK. :)
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>Nits have owned NU except when they are horrible and this year they are only half-horrible (offense). I would not think PSU can be thought of as a win.
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