On Oct 13, 19:12, Pat Host wrote:
>I saw the ND game vs. Lake State last Friday, and they looked pretty solid,
>but LSSU played better than I expected.  Why did LSSU start Platt instead of
>Gataliuk (sp?) ?  I thought he was their #1 man.  Also, I was very surprised
>to see the 7-1 pasting they put on Western Mich.  Is ND really that good?
>Or is WMU really that bad?
 
And will the game actually count as a tie for WMU? :-)
 
All seriousness aside, I believe the Western Michigan squad has started serving
its staggered one-game suspensions in the wake of the team party, arrests, etc.
from a couple weeks ago.  The Broncos would thus have been six players short
for the Notre Dame game.  WMU also wasn't very good last year, finishing 9th in
the CCHA by a good margin and losing something like 17 straight at one point.
 I don't think they were expected to improve dramatically.
 
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