Despite that, they sit there with 10K fans in the stadium last night.

Take out Spanky's head, and they're down to 5k

I do not abide this head shaming

they really deserve their own thread for football. 22 wins in a row in November. Possibly 6 straight MAC West championships. They are competitive with big conference schools and send players to the pros each year.

Despite that, they sit there with 10K fans in the stadium last night.

There's maybe 3,000 students in the dorms. Then another 4,000-5,000 students off campus. Even if 75% of the students show up, that's only 6,000 students. So you still have 21,000 seats left over for everyone else.

The problem is the local community and alumni, not the students. Were you at the game?

The problem is the local community and alumni, not the students. Were you at the game?

There are a shit ton of people east of Dekalb/Sycamore that should their target fanbase. I think they just like their HS football better. If you take all the fans that are at the Geneva, St. Charles East, Kaneland, Batavia, St. Charles North games each week you have filled half your stadium. I lived 15 miles from DeKalb and loved football and went to zero games. I have been to the stadium for HS football though.

I would have thought they were building a pipeline to these HS fans with the success of the immortal PJ, the santacatarina boys from Geneva....Aurora Christian....but it does not seem to have taken.

The MACtion is kind of a damned if you don't situation. You are on national TV, it helps recruiting immensely and you are getting a ton of ESPN money.....however.....no one is going to attend your game because its during the week and ITS ON TV. I talked to a guy who worked at Ohio University about this and he said the money is just so good that you can't not do it.

NIU's current QB - the one in the game now - was 6th on the depth chart when the season started.

Well that sucked, but I learned that it is legal to pick the f'n ball up off the tee on an onside kick attempt and then drop kick it.......

WTF was that???

Wish I could have been.
Work and family responsibilities make the tues/wed games damn near impossible.

I will be in Detroit. Let me know if you are there. I'll buy the beer.

Why is Spanky arguing with himself?

think the huskies get destroyed in this game

think the huskies get destroyed in this game but at least they were on national tv again

I would agree, however, everyone thought Ohio State, Toledo and WMU were going to beat us easily too. That was back when we still had Hare.

Very few teams destroy NIU. When we lose its usually a close loss.

However, if this 5th stringer starts tossing up a bunch of INTs then it could happen. NIU will look to establish the run though because that's what we will need to do to keep BG offense off the field and give ourselves the best shot to win.