[NU Sports] I waited a day to be a downer...

[Beamsley, Jeff]

With the wonderful win at home over MSU, we are currently 12-5 and back on schedule for a 20 win season.  As others have pointed out this includes more road wins that we've had in recent memory.  I do have us losing at home against UM.  At this point that looks more like a win, so perhaps we can sustain one more road loss (you pick) and still get 20 wins by beating UM in Evanston.  That should be enough to get our invite to the dance.
 
01/18/12 at Wisconsin    L
01/22/12 at Minnesota    W
01/28/12 vs. Purdue     W
02/02/12 vs. Nebraska    W
02/05/12 at Illinois     L
02/09/12 vs. Iowa     W
02/12/12 at Purdue    L
02/15/12 at Indiana     W
02/18/12 vs. Minnesota    W
02/21/12 vs. Michigan    L
02/25/12 at Penn State    W
02/29/12 vs. Ohio State    L
03/03/12 at Iowa     W

As far as yesterday's game is concerned, IMHO it was all about the effective play of Curletti.  As bad as Luka played against Michigan, that's how good Curletti was against MSU.  Barring injury I don't think that we're going to see much of Luka for a while.  It was also great to the whole team finish.  Look forward to seeing this dangerous team take this new found aggressiveness on the road.

Jeff


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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Chuck Herron
Sent: Sun 1/15/2012 4:44 PM
To: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] I waited a day to be a downer...



All,


We are currently 12-5 (2-3).  Is there any drop-dead number of losses that we must avoid to have any hope ?  Football is so much easier - just get to 6 wins any way that you can...


Thanks,


Chuck Herron   Tech '85



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From: bwdolphin146 <bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com>
To: Alan Abrahamson <alan.abrahamson at gmail.com>
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It's precisely the reverse -- 27 -- in Philadelphia. Maybe that explains the
difference in our outlook... (smile)

Bw
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Abrahamson <alan.abrahamson at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:35:20
To: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com<bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] I waited a day to be a downer...

Such poetry to enliven our basketball musings or, perhaps, travails.

I shall now return to Kafka. (Not Mike.)

Oh, wait. It's SoCal and 72 degrees in January. Hope springs eternal
here in mid-winter and Davide Curletti is the answer. Maybe.

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On Jan 15, 2012, at 12:55 PM, "bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com"
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> ... But beating MSU only means something if it is followed up with a road win
or 2 to make up for the Illini debacle.
>
> Without follow-up this win is simply one of those occasional but false beacons
of hope that flare up from McGaw Hall every now and then that tease us with
their sparks but die out meaninglessly in cold, gloomy ashes.
>
> Brad Wilson
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