[NU Sports] interesting about streak 2.0

[Jonathan Hodges]

Regarding the 2003 Motor City Bowl vs Bowling Green: NU (6-6) was a 7 point
underdog to 10-3 Bowling Green, who lost the MAC Championship game but was
a respectable team under former NU assistant Gregg Brandon.

I think Keshawn may have been ruled ineligible for part of USC's season,
but I'm not sure they formally vacated the game (not that such
after-the-fact retractions actually mean anything).

Anyways I still believe NU should strive to play in the best bowl possible
and should give it all to win that bowl game.  I agree with all of those
who have stated that a 1-9 all-time bowl record is much better than a 1-0
record.

Jonathan

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On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:

> I thought we were favored against Bowling Green in the 2003 Motor City
> Bowl.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
>
> > In all 9 bowl losses we were underdogs, by an average of 8.5 points. We
> > were supposed to lose all those games.
> >
> > Had we been in Detroit or SF this year we would have been favored. So I
> > will still disagree with those on the panel who feel we should be in the
> > "best bowl possible."
> >
> > No one will ever remember that the Meinicke Bowl was "higher" than the
> > "Fight Hunger" Bowl, only that we lost.
> >
> > Still hurting about the Outback and Auburn, we should have won that
> game, I
> > still go over those last few minutes in my head thinking maybe I will
> wake
> > up in a different parallel universe where the outcome was different. Then
> > we wouldn't be having this conversation!
>
> We SHOULD have won the Rose Bowl.
>
> Wasn't Keyshawn Johnson later ruled to have been ineligible?
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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