It’s officially men’s Tugs season! Tugs started Monday, with seven different fraternities competing. The championship match is set to occur at 4 p.m. Saturday.
NIU students provided their thoughts on the Tugs season and gave advice for the tuggers.
Nathan Kordas, a junior operations management and information systems major, finds Tugs interesting.
Q: “What are your guys’ opinions about tugs season?”
A: “Tugs season is a very interesting event. There are many great competitors and we’ll find out which fraternity is the greatest.”
Jaiden Nelson, a junior finance major, emphasizes that strength is important.
Q: “What are your guys’ opinions about Tugs season?”
A: “And going off what he (Kordas) was saying, you need strength in order to have tug of war if you want to win. Usually the strength person is in the back, and then having teammates that are in front of him are usually extra strength, to get him to pull more strength in the back in order to win.”
Christian Terrazas, a junior business management major, recommends pilates for the tuggers.
Q: “Do you guys have any advice for the people tugging this semester?”
A: “Pilates. I would do pilates. Pilates all the way.”
Christopher Terrazas, a junior business management major, emphasizes the importance of teamwork.
Q: “Do you guys have any advice for the people tugging this semester?”
A: “Hit the gym, you know, teamwork is the dreamwork.”
Osvaldo Herrera, a junior marketing major, recommends putting in the work.
Q: “Do you guys have any advice for the people tugging this semester?”
A: “And put in that work. That’s about it.”
Jonathan Chaparro Quintana, a junior finance major, recommends hitting the gym.
Q: “Do you guys have any advice for the people tugging this semester?”
A: “Hit the gym!”
Donovan Chase, a senior OMIS major, said it’s important to have a centralized core.
Q: “Do you guys have any advice for the people tugging this semester?”
A: “I believe from, you know, playing tug of war as a kid, that it is a lot of core. So, as much as you think it’s all arm and legs and everything, having a centralized core and staying close to the ground and everything. I think that will help out a lot more, but obviously it comes with a bunch of other technique and strategy that the individual teams have.”
Deleana Esquibias, a senior OMIS major, said it’s important to have a strong frontline person in order to succeed.
Q: “Do you guys have any advice for the people tugging this semester?”
A: “If you’ve ever seen ‘Squid Games,’ I know that having a strong frontline person, like the front of your team, their confidence and motivation is like a trickle-down effect to the rest of your team. So, if they were to falter in their motivation and confidence, you can start to feel that energy. And so, making sure that you have, like, really strong, like, strong headed person at the front of line, that’s going to be, I think, a big key factor to winning the game.”
