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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:41 pm 
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Northern Illinois (10-3, 7-1) will face Arkansas State (10-2, 8-0) in the GoDaddy.com Bowl game on Sun., Jan. 8, 2012, at 8:00 pm. at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The game will be televised by ESPN.

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NIU_Huskies wrote:
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Northern Illinois (10-3, 7-1) will face Arkansas State (10-2, 8-0) in the GoDaddy.com Bowl game on Sun., Jan. 8, 2012, at 8:00 pm. at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The game will be televised by ESPN.

I thought they were going to be in the GoPapi.com Bowl at Mario Van Peebles Stadium.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:51 pm 
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January 8th? Goddamn! NiU is really #27? Very cool...

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That is over a month away? I would decline the invite if I were NIU and go to a bowl that doesn't suck. They do get 5 weeks of practice though which is more than training camp.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:22 pm 
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Here are the rest of the MAC bowl matchups. So we probably got the best, except for maybe Toledo.

Military Bowl: Toledo vs. Air Force
New Mexico Bowl: Temple vs. Wyoming
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Ohio vs Utah St
Little Caesar's Bowl: WMU vs. Purdue

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That is over a month away? I would decline the invite if I were NIU and go to a bowl that doesn't suck. They do get 5 weeks of practice though which is more than training camp.


I'd say it could be worse. You could be Southern Miss who wins CUSA and beats Houston and gets the Hawaii Bowl against the Nevada (WAC #3).

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Is it unpatriotic to hope Toledo crushes the Air Force Academy? I work with an AFA graduate and he is really annoying in regards to how the service academies are the best places to go to school and everything else is crap (for example, his son will *only* be allowed to go to the AFA and no other university)-even though he is an avowed pacifist (what?).

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:39 pm 
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Psycory wrote:
Is it unpatriotic to hope Toledo crushes the Air Force Academy? I work with an AFA graduate and he is really annoying in regards to how the service academies are the best places to go to school and everything else is crap (for example, his son will *only* be allowed to go to the AFA and no other university)-even though he is an avowed pacifist (what?).


Toledo's offense is just as good as NIU's so it is possible. Toledo has been rolling lately too.

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NIU_Huskies wrote:
Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
That is over a month away? I would decline the invite if I were NIU and go to a bowl that doesn't suck. They do get 5 weeks of practice though which is more than training camp.


I'd say it could be worse. You could be Southern Miss who wins CUSA and beats Houston and gets the Hawaii Bowl against the Nevada (WAC #3).


The trip to Hawaii for most of those kids will be awesome though. A trip they may otherwise never go on for the rest of their life. I haven't looked where the Danica Patrick bowl is at but I am sure it is somewhere in the mid south.

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Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
NIU_Huskies wrote:
Urlacher's missing neck wrote:
That is over a month away? I would decline the invite if I were NIU and go to a bowl that doesn't suck. They do get 5 weeks of practice though which is more than training camp.


I'd say it could be worse. You could be Southern Miss who wins CUSA and beats Houston and gets the Hawaii Bowl against the Nevada (WAC #3).


The trip to Hawaii for most of those kids will be awesome though. A trip they may otherwise never go on for the rest of their life. I haven't looked where the Danica Patrick bowl is at but I am sure it is somewhere in the mid south.


It's great for the kids, but not for the school (lose a ton of money) or the fans (cost too much for airfare). Usually the CUSA Champ plays the last-pick SEC team.

GoDaddy Bowl is in Mobile, Alabama.

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My_name_1s_MUD wrote:
My team is playing Texas A&M in Houston.

You going?

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:28 pm 
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Since I follow multiple teams as they will probably never play each other I've got....

SDSU vs the Rajin Cajuns

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The U will be taking the bowl season off in honor of Devin, Nevin and friends.

I love Bowl season. The weirder the match up the better. I don't really care about the BCS games unless there is a good story line or fun matchup.

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My_name_1s_MUD wrote:
My team is playing Texas A&M in Houston.

You should be thankful for that much. :wink:

Really, you and Houston Homer should make a roadtrip out of it. Just don't tell Ralph.


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