The academic department and NU athletics team together to make sure athletes are going to class!! No big news but the academic department is also making sure that athletes are paying attention in class and participating!! The NU football players have found out recently what happens when they don't pay attention in a recent team meeting.
I said recently that NU's biggest win in basketball this year was not Texas but Missouri. NU beat Missouri 56-51 on January 10th. Now Missouri is in the final eight teams left in the tournament. They will face a rough Connecticut team on Saturday and I don't expect them to win but the way they are playing.......
One thing is for sure: you can't rely on what you read in the newspapers and the Internet as to who is going to start this fall. Last year, Ricky Henry, John Leverson, Alonso Dennard, and Major Culbert were all said to be starting on last year's team but it never happened. It seems the press starts talking how great a player is and they really have no idea as to what the coaches are really looking at. Take what you read with a grain of salt. Just today I was asked, "Do you think Latravis Washington will be starting?" Well let's let him learn some of the plays first!
Nobody is talking about Derrick Meyer, the former Silver Creek product who played for K-State early in his career. Look to Derrick Meyer to play a lot of ball this fall. The kid can play and he only has one season left to play.
Now for a little fun!! It's fourth and 22 with three seconds left in the game vs. Virginia Tech. NU is on their own 35 yard line. NU is down 27-21. The coaches send in Latravis Washington for a Hail Mary pass. He throws the ball 78 yards and hits 6'5" Will Henry for a touchdown. NU 28-27!!!
Jimmie Johnson will win the race at Martinsville this week! Bank on it.
If only I could redo my brackets, I think I'd have an all Big East final with Villanova and Connecticut.
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