My initial point wasn't so much about expecting BG to be ranked in Top 25, but a 20 point margin (could have been more if not for that gimme TD at the end) against a team ranked that much higher is in my opinion astounding. You have to look at both sides of the spectrum. Yes, BG looked like a top 2...

Just wanted to say congrats and good luck in the bowl. NIU was outcoached, outplayed, etc. It was a poor showing by the Huskies and an excellent one by BG. I didn't run into a single bad BG fan, and that has to be noted. Classy bunch. I said I thought the only way BG would win was if they blew NIU o...

You flip flopped Lynch and Greene's stats, FYI. Otherwise good breakdown. I wouldn't call the match-up Gates vs. Lynch though, Lynch will win the one-one game there, even though Gates is really good. Also, I wouldn't say BG's D is FAR superior, better yes, but not far superior. NIU gives up more yar...

Tommylee Lewis will be back for NIU so their passing game just got a whole lot better. He actually is the co-pilot of this offense. It's his wide skill set that makes the offense much better. Yes, he is valuable in the pass game, but he's even more valuable in the jet sweep, motion, and distraction...

MacGuy wrote:BG

NIU 27, Akron 20

That's an awful argument. That's like me saying

Toledo 28 BG 25, and my argument would be better.

I'm not saying NIU is guaranteed to win, but they certainly have a better argument to bring forth.

I'd bet BG brings more than 5-6k. I don't know if NIU announced if they sold out their ticket allotment the past 3 years, but they've brought anywhere between 5-8k the past few years. I expect around the 8k mark this year. I'd also bet that even if they sold their allotment, that after the MAC pays ...

Give respect where it is due, NIU played the schedule they were given and did things many/no MAC teams can't do/have ever done. Two BigTen road wins, they won 7 road games, and went undefeated in conference play. Your team accomplished none of these feats. Not this season. In 2003, we beat two Big ...

They were awarded the bowl game based on the rules that we currently have. They got in fair and square by the rules. Nobody is arguing that. Their performance in the game and the complete ineffectiveness of Lynch proved their team wasn't able to compete at that level and why the so-called rules suc...

As I mentioned, NIU usually offers students a great bus/ticket combo. Here is what they are doing this year.

http://www.niutoday.info/2013/11/22/stu ... mpionship/

Clawson's buyout is only 200k?? That's really low. Doeren's was 750k. Also, I don't know if the publicity is worth 400k. That seems pretty steep. No offense, the onus is going to be more than NIU lost than BG won is how the media would spin it. But if NIU wins, getting around $1M over the course of ...

Might I add some input, here. First off, good luck this weekend, it should be a good game. I expect a good crowd from BG as it is so close to Detroit. Both my in-laws are BG undergrad alum and my old lady went there for a year. The ticket deal, I believe was actually to entice bowl game participatio...