NU is now a single victory away from a guarenteed winning conference record

[ColumbusCatFan1_rivals]

Last time that happened? 1968.

Additionally, the 'Cats have hit the 9 win mark in conference play for the first time since 1933 (when the league was still known as the "Western Conference").

 

[FloridAlum]

Last time that happened? 1968.

Additionally, the 'Cats have hit the 9 win mark in conference play for the first time since 1933 (when the league was still known as the "Western Conference").

My junior year of college. I was at virtually every home game. So were some other folks around here, like willycat.

 

[TheC]

My junior year of college. I was at virtually every home game. So were some other folks around here, like willycat.

1933? Man, I thought you were old, but..... damn!

 

[EvanstonCat]

1933? Man, I thought you were old, but..... damn!

He said that in the context of 1968.

Anyone who was a junior in 1933 is almost assuredly dead.

 

[mikewebb68]

He said that in the context of 1968.

Anyone who was a junior in 1933 is almost assuredly dead.

[ ] gets humor

 

[EvanstonCat]

{ } gets humor

I thought it might be a joke, but then, thought, naw.... no one's sense of humor is worse than mine.

 

[mikewebb68]

I thought it might be a joke, but then, thought, naw.... no one's sense of humor is worse than mine.

Have you already forgotten the comedic gem that was the tennis ball machine?

 

[EvanstonCat]

Have you already forgotten the comedic gem that was the tennis ball machine?

[ ] gets the key to solving our dropped passes

 

[mikewebb68]

[ ] gets the key to solving our dropped passes

Ah so they DID use a tennis ball machine this season!

 

[GlideCat]

Ah so they DID use a tennis ball machine this season!

Yes. His name was Austin Carr and he was a machine.

 

[SciCat_rivals]

My junior year of college. I was at virtually every home game. So were some other folks around here, like willycat.

How could you have "virtually" been at every home game. Computers hadn't been invented way back then.

 

[Alaskawildkat]

How could you have "virtually" been at every home game. Computers hadn't been invented way back then.

Of course Evanston was dry back in those days, so I think you also have to rule out all the free drinks that FloridAlum was likely owed as an alternative explanation for a "virtual experience."

You do know though that we did have Vogelback back then which housed a computer the size of a school bus with probably the same power as on your laptop. I came across this tidbit about the place as sourced from The Evanston Forum:

"I loved that story about how it was going to have grass on the roof so the USSRcouldn't bomb it. The cyber was cooled by lakewater and the place smelled like the antique vacuum tube radios I took apart as a kid. There were chess program trophies in glass cases in the entrance.*Journals of the ACM* on the bookshelf, which I read..!"

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/evanston-il/T1AO6J8PJ7MKPKF56

 

[SciCat_rivals]

Of course Evanston was dry back in those days, so I think you also have to rule out all the free drinks that FloridAlum was likely owed as an alternative explanation for a "virtual experience."

You do know though that we did have Vogelback back then which housed a computer the size of a school bus with probably the same power as on your laptop. I came across this tidbit about the place as sourced from The Evanston Forum:

"I loved that story about how it was going to have grass on the roof so the USSRcouldn't bomb it. The cyber was cooled by lakewater and the place smelled like the antique vacuum tube radios I took apart as a kid. There were chess program trophies in glass cases in the entrance.*Journals of the ACM* on the bookshelf, which I read..!"

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/evanston-il/T1AO6J8PJ7MKPKF56

I'm from the same era as you and FloridAlum. I remember when Burger King wasn't a fast food restaurant, and Foremost Liquors delivered to campus so the students could drink.

 

[mikewebb68]

I'm from the same era as you and FloridAlum. I remember when Burger King wasn't a fast food restaurant, and Foremost Liquors delivered to campus so the students could drink.

Wait, wut? Burger King wasn't a fast food resturant? They had table service? #mindblown.

 

[DaCat]

Of course Evanston was dry back in those days, so I think you also have to rule out all the free drinks that FloridAlum was likely owed as an alternative explanation for a "virtual experience."

You do know though that we did have Vogelback back then which housed a computer the size of a school bus with probably the same power as on your laptop. I came across this tidbit about the place as sourced from The Evanston Forum:

"I loved that story about how it was going to have grass on the roof so the USSRcouldn't bomb it. The cyber was cooled by lakewater and the place smelled like the antique vacuum tube radios I took apart as a kid. There were chess program trophies in glass cases in the entrance.*Journals of the ACM* on the bookshelf, which I read..!"

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/evanston-il/T1AO6J8PJ7MKPKF56

I spent more time than I care to remember at Vogelback with the computer punch cards, each one holding a line of code. I think the iPhone has more computing power than the Vax or TSO that we used then.

 

[GlideCat]

Wait, wut? Burger King wasn't a fast food resturant? They had table service? #mindblown.

They were not allowed to put food in bags. So, they had all of the bags on a table and you had to stick your food in the bags yourself. Otherwise, it was pretty much a Burger King.

 

[Alaskawildkat]

I'm from the same era as you and FloridAlum. I remember when Burger King wasn't a fast food restaurant, and Foremost Liquors delivered to campus so the students could drink.

They were not allowed to put food in bags. So, they had all of the bags on a table and you had to stick your food in the bags yourself. Otherwise, it was pretty much a Burger King.

Did that have something to do with Evanston's zoning laws? (Too upscale to allow for riff raff fast fooders?) Or was it some way the Evanston City Fathers envisioned they could advance their political agenda in the ongoing town vs. gown battles? Curious when and how a change was effected?

 

[mikewebb68]

They were not allowed to put food in bags. So, they had all of the bags on a table and you had to stick your food in the bags yourself. Otherwise, it was pretty much a Burger King.

OK, makes sense. I think it was actually that way even when I was a freshman (85-86), though I was typically quite inebriated when I made my late-night BK runs from North Mid Quads, so I am far from certain. Alaska, it was indeed due to some wacky Evanston statute.

 

[Wrestlerneverdiesasacatfan]

My junior year of college. I was at virtually every home game. So were some other folks around here, like willycat.

No way!

 

[pawildcat_rivals209725]

I spent more time than I care to remember at Vogelback with the computer punch cards, each one holding a line of code. I think the iPhone has more computing power than the Vax or TSO that we used then.

The iPhone definitely has more computing power. Some of the game systems kids can buy now for a few hundred bucks now have the power of some supercomputers from the '90s. I remember going on field trips to the Museum of Science and Industry in the '50s as a kid and marveling at a big computer that played tic-tac-toe.

 

[hdhntr1]

He said that in the context of 1968.

Anyone who was a junior in 1933 is almost assuredly dead.

Most for sure but all? More are living to 100

 

[EvanstonCat]

I'm from the same era as you and FloridAlum. I remember when Burger King wasn't a fast food restaurant, and Foremost Liquors delivered to campus so the students could drink.

Burger King wasn't a fast food restaurant? What? What era are you from?

Not the Jarvis Liquors era, obviously.