Yeah, even if that happens it doesn't really matter. They got there - and nobody expected them to.

Yeah, even if that happens it doesn't really matter. They got there - and nobody expected them to.

Someone has to play the Big East winner.

You have never struck me as someone who is satisfied just to get there...really?

They are going to get SMOKED by the Seminoles....

What a dumb fucking rule. Suck it BCS! and fuck Kirk Herbstreit too for his whiny bitch ass.

Free tickets to any NIU student who wants to go!

That is pretty cool.

An anonymous donor gave enough $$ to ND that all of their students can get 1/2 price tickets.

A smart NIU or ND student would get tickets, then sell them on StubHub for 5x face value.

Not sure about ND, but NIU students have to pick up there tix at the stadium with an ID. One per student.

Scalp.

It's going to cost at least $2,500.

Where are you staying?

A smart NIU .

This team has been one of the most dominant in the MAC over the past several years

They have that line just struck me as really funny.

Like Herbstreit is going to say, "welll since you put it that way, I was wrong..."

It's Northern Ellinois, per Herbstreit.

Former NIU/NFL player's response to Herbstreit losing his shit on national TV last night:


Dear Mr. Kirk Herbstreit: I want to thank you for giving my former team extra fuel to propel them through the next month into the New Year. I’m glad you gave your opinion on the situation on live television. Most people won’t get a chance to make a rebuttal on that size stage, but I thought that maybe I could reach you this way. I can understand that some teams feel like they got squeezed out of a BCS game, but the facts are that those are the rules. Northern Illinois didn’t do anything wrong, in fact, they did everything right – on and off the field. I find it extremely unfair and unprofessional that you have a knee jerk reaction and trash a team that has been waiting for their moment for over a decade. Your opinion that “no one even knew they were playing” is a “sad state” of reporting. This team has been one of the most dominant in the MAC over the past several years – I can assure you that everyone in the area has been paying attention. Sure, we don’t get the national spotlight often, but for you to call the situation a “joke” when we finally do is disgusting, in my opinion. The NIU students, athletes, coaches, administrators and fans are extremely proud of the team and the program they have built over the past decade. Win or lose, the Huskies are going to bring their best and show the nation what we are about. If it were up to me, I would show the clip of your rant about 5 minutes before kick off. Finally, just to bring you up to speed, in 2014, NIU would've gotten a BCS 2.0 invitation as well, because it's the highest-ranked of the Group of Five conference champ.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

Ryan Diem
NIU ’97-‘00
Indianapolis Colts ’01-‘11