Moderately NIU related but damn, this board is weird this time of year so I'll post.

To clear the air, I'm taking the full responsibility for the end of the season. Booked my trip to the Fiesta Bowl the week before Detroit, jinxed us. Got cocky after breaking my personal 12 game "road" losing streak vs UMass. My bad.

Instead, tagged along with the gf to visit family in San Antonio this week. San Antonio is fantastic city, would LOVE to play in the Alamo Bowl some year. The Army All American Bowl is this weekend and there were some High School BEASTS in the riverwalk area. Tons of Oregon fans as well for the Alamo Bowl too. Rude awakening coming back to the Chi with single digit temperatures and sitting on the MDW tarmac for 2+ hrs for Southwest to corral us to the gate.

In closing, drove through Austin, TX on NYE. Went past Longhorn's stadium, "holy $hit" was what I thought. "Holy $hit" for two reasons. The first, is obvious if you see that complex in person. The second was to think how awesome last several years for NIU have been, Heisman Contender, BCS Game, ect. Couple that with the huge economic gap between us and "big boys" makes things even more special. Unreal actually. In the meantime I'll be watching for recruiting stuff. Crazy to think we are even in the mix for guys considering schools like Florida, Okie, Clemson, ect.

Damn proud of NIU! Can't wait to see what's next