This should be an interesting game. Our QB needs to play better so we don't have to rely 98% on our running game. The running game I think has still not hit its peak though. Antario Brown, filling in for injured Waylee, looks like a good one at RB. Our D has improved a bit during the season, but sec...

People don't care because the league has actively set out to turn us into ESPN's bitch since...2008? Scheduling is done with absolutely zero thought given to boosting attendance. Noon kickoffs so ESPN3 has something to stream...midweek games for one of the ESPN cable nets...or more likely ESPN3. No...

It's kind of unbelievable, considering that the OOC record with only 2 losses is about what they should have done, with Missouri and OSU being the only good, or moderately good teams, they played. Going 5-1 in the MAC to start off with is very surprising with the parity in the MAC this year. Though ...

QB Santacaterina apparently had elbow surgery early in the year. I believe that's why Fiedler is playing ahead of him.

Very nice write-up. I don't have much to add except that the line of 9 points or so seems fair to me. NIU has never fared well against efficient passing attacks, we saw that in 2013 against BG, and last year against Marshall. Even against UNLV this year. Last year when we played you didn't have Matt...

CFN is the biggest joke. Sadly it doesn't surprise me they'd put BG behind Maryland. They're P5 homers, plain and simple.

Mike, I agree...they WAY overplayed our alleged size advantage. I think most college teams have smaller D lines than O lines. And we sure as heck had a hard time running the ball. Props to USA for that. But the coverage wasn't that out of balance overall. I also remember an NIU game where the ESPN ...

Congrats on the bowl win! I kept thinking you guys were going to pull away but USA kept battling back, to their credit. Made it interesting, that's for sure. Did they ever find the guy that threw something on the field and hit the ref?

With all due respect this argument makes no sense. ND, and Kansas State got destroyed last year and no one is saying the onus is on them to show they belong? Clemson and LSU the year before that. Va tech and Uconn the year before that. They got destroyed by other BCS teams. When a MAC team does the...

One point of further clarification. You can't predict how good teams will be 2, 5 or 10 years in advance. However, it is reasonable to predict that USC will be better than Washington State or Alabama will be better than Kentucky if a guess had to be made. Iowa had just been to the Orange Bowl when ...

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 ya...

Total Defense: NIU - Passing - 264.2 (110th) Is this more a product of teams throwing alot once they've fallen behind or a genuine weakness? Our offense usually operates best with the ball in the hands of Greene and the backs more. It's a combination of the pass defense being a weakness and the rus...

2001 BG team was 8-3 and absolutely on fire and watched a Toledo team they just beat 56-21 go bowling. That was an outrage to see!! After we beat two BCS conference teams in Missouri and Northwestern and lost our 3 games by a total of 18 points. Who cares about Syracuse anyways!! NIU also won the W...

If the argument is NIU has dominated the MAC and played a good OOC schedule (or relatively challenging at the time it was scheduled) then you're correct. If the argument is that NIU is more deserving then Fresno then you're correct. Unfortunately, the question before the house is whether NIU is an ...