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Hey! You take that back!Crax wrote:I care a bit. They're going to lose to Utah State here I think if the matchup happens
BGM wrote:Wow! Kent State had been playing really well lately and I really thought they would steamroll through NIU. Congrats to NIU!
With all due respect to NIU, I can't believe a team like NIU and Louisville are going to play the likes of Florida dna Florida State. Those have the potential to be UGLY games and I can't imagine the ratings will be as good as, say, if Oklahoma would play in those games.Mothman wrote:NIU is going to the Orange Bowl! They'll play Florida State, which could get ugly, but it's a huge honor for the Huskies football program.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... -bowl-game80 PurplePride 84 wrote:NIU going to the Orange Bowl cause 9-3 and LA Tech from missing out on a bowl altogether somehow apparently.
I'm sure Florida State vs. Oklahoma would yield better ratings but in this case, NIU benefits from the BCS system:PurpleMustReign wrote:With all due respect to NIU, I can't believe a team like NIU and Louisville are going to play the likes of Florida dna Florida State. Those have the potential to be UGLY games and I can't imagine the ratings will be as good as, say, if Oklahoma would play in those games.
It could definitely be an ugly game but hopefully, NIU will play well and make it interesting. For the big-time college football fan, I'm sure it's not an appealing matchup but for us lowly MAC fans, It's pretty exciting.A lot of Big 12 fans are asking themselves how No. 15 Northern Illinois got in a BCS Bowl and No. 11 Oklahoma didn't. Your frustration is understandable, but don't blame Northern Illinois—blame the damn system.
The Mid-American Conference champion Northern Illinois Huskies (12-1) ended up No. 15 in the final BCS standings and went to a BCS Bowl because of the BCS' own selection rules.
The champion of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the Western Athletic Conference will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either:
A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or,
B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.
NIU has been steadily building it's program for years and an opportunity like this should only help them with that process.Cool! I hope they do well. I think they're joining a good program.GoldenBear91 wrote:I have 3 players headed to NIU so I am officially on board with the HUSKIES! Beat FSU!
