You're a prime example of why so many people hate ND. Get lost. You have no idea what you're talking about.
Talent Gap
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How bout When Tillery rolled into the NW sidelines and Fitz grabbed him by the pads. You can hear Tillery say get the F off me. and fitz said something to him. No flag for that. Fitz should have been penalized. so a number of missed calls
Well DB’s have something to do with the QB play. The ND coverage was excellent and they only had to bring 4 to get a LOT of pressure.
You must mean "the only" bad call and non calls. Surely there were none where the Irish were beneficiaries
Yeah, every ref that we’ve seen this year is in the tank for us. It’s great!
In fact the lousy seats way behind the end line were packed on both sides while the student section, even filling somewhat trough the 1st quarter, was glaringly devoid of people throughout. And it's a major competition with a nationally ranked opponent. even the weather held off until the 4th quarter. I guess academics at an academic institution still holds sway.
The stars system is just that, a system. Once the competition gets larger, speeds up, and talent is more equal than in high school, the talent always wins out. we have had our own share of no-stars that have made a great impact on our teams success (Can anyone say Austin, or Barry, or Zeke?). And regarding CT, his speed is not there, nor his accuracy and speed in choosing his target and releasing on target. No complaining just seeing what I see.
Number of people in the stands does not change the outcome. NU needs to recruit more highly rated kids.
True and another complaint should be aimed on the "so called" NU fans who sold their tickets to the enemy.
Good analysis. Someone opined that student attendance was better at basketball games because basketball is played in virtually every country and football is basically a US game.
Then NU will not only have the smallest BB arena but the smallest FB stadium as well. Maybe they will have at least the largest stadium in the MAC. Really sad for a university who shares a border with a world class city and it's millions of residents.
Thanks for quasi-confirming that third section was not necessarily a "student" section (although that raises other questions about why it was unsold, right?)
From one fan to another, I'm really, really sorry to hear you were boxed out of the lot. I'm pretty sure I was literally the last car they squeezed into the South Golf lot a little before 4 p.m., I don't remember this being a problem in previous years, but I also realize maybe I wasn't paying attention.
And we’re the smallest school in the Big Ten by what, 15,000 undergrad students? Then next smallest is about 300% our size? And what schools next to major metropolitan areas pull significant number of casual fans from that city’s population? Being in a major metropolitan market with five major pro sports teams is a hinderance to college attendance, not a benefit.
And if the size of the school and its stadiums is important to you, you could have choosen better than a small, private school.
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Guess you'll need to give a few thousand more in order to "not" get a reserved parking spot nest season.
The first week of November was just the worst. You'd barely settled in and here came the midterms. My stomach hurts a little recalling it.
I agree not much of a talent gap but my interpretation is WR was the bigger physical talent gap. We have smaller quick guys but that means a smaller catch radius in general, Thorson can’t throw a jump ball to a 5’11” guy really.
It was more a depth and consistency issue. When our DBs went down that was bad.
When our O is more limited by a true frosh RB and a Thorson who is only about 80% of what he was last year, as well as not having any healthy kicker, it’s amazing we were within 3 points of #4 in the country with 3 minutes left.
If we had played this game 1 year ago with Igwebuike, Kyle Queiro, JJTBC and a 100% Thorson who could actually be a small threat to run, we win this game no doubt in my mind. To have zero running dimension at QB is a huge liability.
I'd be surprised if we reduce stadium capacity much below 44-45k. Feels like we'd still want to have that kind of capacity for big games or big opponents.
Basketball is a different calculation: we were keeping the basic frame of the arena and expanding all of the amenities while making it much more of an intimate atmosphere. You're going to lose 10-15% of your seats if you do that.
The stadium needs a more complete knockdown and rebuild on all 3 sides in my opinion. Given that we won't have a limiting frame, there's no real reason to reduce capacity below 44-45k.
Basketball is a different calculation: we were keeping the basic frame of the arena and expanding all of the amenities while making it much more of an intimate atmosphere. You're going to lose 10-15% of your seats if you do that.
The stadium needs a more complete knockdown and rebuild on all 3 sides in my opinion. Given that we won't have a limiting frame, there's no real reason to reduce capacity below 44-45k.
we are hitting the big times then, ha!! Any stadium I have been to (Iowa, Minnesota, Packers etc) - the lines are always tough. we had to leave super early to get into the iowa parking lots at all, its a crazy mess there! Last time I went to an NU game we parked a ways away in a residential neighborhood and just walked in towards the stadium - it was actually very pleasant.
Sure, Northwestern gets all the calls against the Ohio States, Michigans and Notre Dames of the world. That's why we're constantly dominating college football. It's one thing to bitch and moan about calls when you lose a game (although still a no-class move), but you WON and are still bitching about calls. All the recruiting advantages inherent at Notre Dame with its long tradition and basically being the national Catholic university, and this is the first nationally relevant team you've had in several seasons. Geez, just relax, be glad you played Michigan in the opener before Harbag got Patterson integrated into Michigan's offense, and enjoy your season.
Out of curiosity, what of the student body can fit into the student section? I ask because I suspect that even if NU was hands down the best team in the B1G, a very significant percentage of the student body would still have no interest in attending games.
This is the first time you would have had a shot at winning the Big Ten in several years. Get over yourself.
So are you saying you now don't want the four-stars and are coming around to the Glades point of view?
We need to reassess our admissions criteria. If as large a % of our students receive aid as reported, then they should support NU and their classmates
He’s talking about the majority of students being women. Surely he’s not talking about race. Surely!
Are you joking? You have lost all perspective on why we have a sports team. The tail does not wag the dog and it never should.
Let's not go crazy.
I think it's reasonable to consider reducing the size of the student section. But forcing students to support athletic teams is dumb.
A lot of our students don't give a hoot about sports. It is what it is. Even large state schools have this problem these days (we're just a lot smaller student body so it's more noticeable).
The small size of the NU student body is a valid point . And yes since Northwestern students tend to be serious about their education many of them do not care about the athletic teams although there are certainly exceptions (although I was a pre-med I attended all home FB games and most home BB games during my 1967-1971 tenure)
I am talking about self centered students that feed off the reputation of NU and contribute nothing more to the university than a grade point and SAT score
Rolled into NU sideline? What a joke. You mean the play where he came in late and straddled over Thorson taunting him while he was laying on the ground out of bounds? Not sure what you saw on TV but that play Happened right in front of me. That should have been a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty on your player. Our coach won’t tolerate that crap and will stick up for his players no matter what.
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Or, you know, going to class, learning, excelling academically, contributing to discussions, challenging their classmates, becoming respected professionals, etc., etc.
You mean the ones that are likely spending thousands of dollars to attend school at NU?
Your player should have been assessed a 15 yard unsportsmanlike flag for him taunting over Thorson. You got very lucky on that one, I don’t know why it wasn’t called. I was personally proud of Fitz for setting your boy straight and not escalating it further.
Just curious, how did you learn how to type? Did you just start mashing the keyboard until your strings of text somehow became coherent, or did you take advanced courses at Notre Shame on the matter? Good riddance either way.
Just making a point observation here. No, Glades is high if he doesn't want better rated and more coveted recruits. I don't think he believes that though.
