You’re the best football coach NU has ever had, Pat Fitzgerald. And we’re very worried that you might fly away to go help those other children at USC.
Like a magical goddamned wizard, you dropped in from out of the sky to help the young people who needed you.
Other coaches may have written your job off as impossible. Coaching Northwestern nerds? As if those dweebs can ALSO be good football players?
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But you didn't care how ridiculous it looked. You see the special and hidden potential in everybody.
Look at what you did for Mike Kafka!
With the powers of patience, fairness, and hard work, you became feared and respected by all living creatures, from QBs to kickers.
You can make anything into a game! Even football!