Northern Illinois to Orange Bowl !!!
- Thread starter RetroVK
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TheGarfather
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I hope it happens.
TheGarfather
Pretty much a regular
Agreed, always good to get some fresh blood in there.
E.T.G.
One of trus baby mommas
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OL coach/Run Game Coordinator Rod Carey will be NIU's interim head coach for the Orange Bowl, per a source.
OL coach/Run Game Coordinator Rod Carey will be NIU's interim head coach for the Orange Bowl, per a source.
TheGarfather
Pretty much a regular
Stanford -4.5
Wisconsin 46
FSU -18.5
NIU 61.5
Oregon -7
KSU 63.5
Florida -12.5
Louisville 44
Notre Dame 41.5
Alabama -7.5
What would you bet if those were the numbers?
Wisconsin 46
FSU -18.5
NIU 61.5
Oregon -7
KSU 63.5
Florida -12.5
Louisville 44
Notre Dame 41.5
Alabama -7.5
What would you bet if those were the numbers?
TheGarfather
Pretty much a regular
I assume you are talking about NIU and not my numbers. LOL
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Lareux
Guest
The BCS? I agree, and most others would too. Thank God it's only one more year.
twinkie13
In transit, arriving late.
trainwreck42
Pretty much a regular
Big Ten just invited Northern Illinois to the conference to claim they have 2 teams in BCS bowl games.
RetroVK
This claim is disputed
Ironically it was probably a rule put in place for the Boise problem.....
JumpOnBoard
CTG Partner
its hilarious how everyone is up in arms about this...all these teams suck this year...so why not
Carolina Guy
Pretty much a regular
... Says the guy who probably graduated from a MAC school. (Jump).
It is absolute BS and NO ONE wants to see it outside of a very small foot print. I bet Free Shoes is absolutely thrilled to be playing these clowns. NIU plus whatever.
It is absolute BS and NO ONE wants to see it outside of a very small foot print. I bet Free Shoes is absolutely thrilled to be playing these clowns. NIU plus whatever.
Carolina Guy
Pretty much a regular
VK - you've already weighed in as to who you are rooting for. So let's not play a game neither one of us will feel vindicated from by laying out a hypothetical ncsu vs NIU ball game. People would care less about that than the FSU game.
But what we can do is lay out the NIU schedule and figure out were they really worthy of this game and more importantly the payout?
But what we can do is lay out the NIU schedule and figure out were they really worthy of this game and more importantly the payout?
RetroVK
This claim is disputed
We don't know that the mac is that much worse than the sec/acc/big12/bigeast/pac12/big10 ... we are just guessing ... maybe bgsu beats florida if it was in bgsu building. but fair enough .... I don't think niu is a top 16 team so not going to argue the point anyway ... I just enjoy seeing a bcs team get screwed by a non-aq for once.
Carolina Guy
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I do to so we agree a lot more than probably we both initially thought. People wanted to see the Boise's and Utah's of the World play against bigger competition not necessarily bc they were better teams than NiU's, but bc they were introduced to us at an early stage of the season and they were in our living rooms. NIU, while playing a nearly perfect season, came on this past week. It's almost as if this is a fraud more than anything else. They beat nobody and lost to a basement super team.
Marsski
MAC Marvel
Im a big fan of the MAc and I gotta say no way does NIU deserve this. They played a weak MAC schedule (no BG, no Ohio, Toledo at home) and squeaked by Army and only beat Kansas by 6. (Favored by 8, I think in that game.)
I really would love to seem them play with the big boys but unless Free Shoes gets a bunch of guys suspended (always a chance) or just rolls their helmets out on the field I can't see NIU competing...there have been MAC teams that could play with the BCS elite teams but these guys aren't one of them in my opinion...
I really would love to seem them play with the big boys but unless Free Shoes gets a bunch of guys suspended (always a chance) or just rolls their helmets out on the field I can't see NIU competing...there have been MAC teams that could play with the BCS elite teams but these guys aren't one of them in my opinion...
