[NU Sports] Mood indigo

[Jonathan Hodges]

If you're looking for a big special teams factor, the stats this year are
promising:

NU kickoff returns rank 8th nationally (out of 120 FBS teams)
Illinois kick return defense ranks 92nd nationally

NU punt returns rank 25th nationally
Illinois punt return defense ranks 57th nationally

Venric Mark will likely be a factor in this one.


Jonathan

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Brad Wilson <bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I want to be beat Illinois more than any team on the schedule every season
> and I know the 'Cats can do so, but I am gloomy about the prospects of doing
> so on the road, with a rusty QB and the return of the Colby Cheese defense,
> esp. stopping the run.
>
> I think NU will need a big play or two from special teams or the defense to
> pull off the upset.
>
> bw
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> "Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating than intelligence. Intelligence
> has its limits while stupidity has none. To observe a profoundly stupid
> individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel
> contempt for them." -- Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
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> "But to provoke -- in the good sense -- is the performer's role. It's not
> just to give one more concert. That's not culture. That"s marketing." --
> Pierre Boulez
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> "Quis ipsos custodes custodiet?" -- Juvenal
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