I know it sounds crazy with having to rebuild the offensive line (although talent is there, just needs experience), but there is honestly not one non-conference game NIU does not have a shot in. Iowa has to rebuild their defensive line which was not particularly good last year, and then losing that RB is huge also. I think it will be very close and very competitive. The KU development is just amazing, I have KU going 0-12 next season. We should beat UT-Martin. Army is the one Im not sure we can hang in.

Yes! :koolaid:

I'll take a drink!

[slurp]

Yummmm it tastes sooo good!

Yes we have a chance to win every game...we also have a chance of losing 10 games.

Certainly a chance, there's no monster scary team like Wisconsin on the schedule this year. That being said, we have a ton of questions on our side as well.

Since this is a fluffy thread anyways...

What if...
2014 vs Boise St
2015 @ BSU

If you want to be them you have to beat them.

(01-25-2012 02:50 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  I know it sounds crazy with having to rebuild the offensive line (although talent is there, just needs experience), but there is honestly not one non-conference game NIU does not have a shot in. Iowa has to rebuild their defensive line which was not particularly good last year, and then losing that RB is huge also. I think it will be very close and very competitive. The KU development is just amazing, I have KU going 0-12 next season. We should beat UT-Martin. Army is the one Im not sure we can hang in.

Why not? We destroyed them last year.

(01-25-2012 04:59 PM)NIUslumo Wrote:  

(01-25-2012 02:50 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  I know it sounds crazy with having to rebuild the offensive line (although talent is there, just needs experience), but there is honestly not one non-conference game NIU does not have a shot in. Iowa has to rebuild their defensive line which was not particularly good last year, and then losing that RB is huge also. I think it will be very close and very competitive. The KU development is just amazing, I have KU going 0-12 next season. We should beat UT-Martin. Army is the one Im not sure we can hang in.

Why not? We destroyed them last year.

I'm highly confident that we can beat Army, even on the road. Our Defense as bad as it was early on in the season, did pretty good staying on their assignments and defending the Army option. It's just assignment ball, NIU should get W's against Army and T-Mart. KU game is a toss up and at Huskie Stadium. Iowa should be a closely matched game as well.

Keep the Kool-Aid flowing!

Army is going to be tough because they return a ton of guys (unheard of for a military school), we have to face them on the road and we have to adjust to playing an option team in one week. Gonna be rough. Also we might be looking ahead to the Kansas game.

9/1 Iowa @ Soldier Field
9/8 Tenn-Martin
9/15 @ Army
9/22 Kansas

Iowa doesn't return much and they lost their DC.

http://philsteele.com/Blogs/2012/Jan12/DBJan20.html

4-0! 4-0! 4-0!

(01-25-2012 05:10 PM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  Army is going to be tough because they return a ton of guys (unheard of for a military school), we have to face them on the road and we have to adjust to playing an option team in one week. Gonna be rough. Also we might be looking ahead to the Kansas game.

9/1 Iowa @ Soldier Field
9/8 Tenn-Martin
9/15 @ Army
9/22 Kansas

Iowa doesn't return much and they lost their DC.

http://philsteele.com/Blogs/2012/Jan12/DBJan20.html

So Army seems to be our "trap" game.

(01-25-2012 05:14 PM)Howl-n-Prowl Wrote:  4-0! 4-0! 4-0!

Lets start out 1-0 first!

(01-25-2012 05:15 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(01-25-2012 05:14 PM)Howl-n-Prowl Wrote:  4-0! 4-0! 4-0!

Lets start out 1-0 first!

Isn't that implied?

4-0! 4-0! 4-0!

(01-25-2012 05:27 PM)Howl-n-Prowl Wrote:  

(01-25-2012 05:15 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(01-25-2012 05:14 PM)Howl-n-Prowl Wrote:  4-0! 4-0! 4-0!

Lets start out 1-0 first!

Isn't that implied?

4-0! 4-0! 4-0!

I mean before we go all nuts.

Its going to be another heart-attack year...as always.

Sure would be fun to beat Iowa at SF!

lol someone already saying we need to focus on the 1st game...its 6 months AWAY.

I know that due to good coaches, we have a chance. The days of 2-10 are over.

(01-25-2012 08:28 PM)WIS11 Wrote:  I know that due to good coaches, we have a chance. The days of 2-10 are over.

Agreed, since the late 1990s early 2000s turnaround, we wont have those type of seasons excluding just an insane amount of injuries.

(01-25-2012 08:33 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(01-25-2012 08:28 PM)WIS11 Wrote:  I know that due to good coaches, we have a chance. The days of 2-10 are over.

Agreed, since the late 1990s early 2000s turnaround, we wont have those type of seasons excluding just an insane amount of injuries.

We removed the coach led us to the 2-10 season... we hired good coaches... no more 2-10. The GB Packers won the Superbowl last year with 15 players on the IR. Losers make excuses... Remember as Vince Lombardi said, "Winning is the only thing."

Probably not.

(01-25-2012 05:10 PM)rabidawg900 Wrote:  Army is going to be tough because they return a ton of guys (unheard of for a military school), we have to face them on the road and we have to adjust to playing an option team in one week. Gonna be rough. Also we might be looking ahead to the Kansas game.

9/1 Iowa @ Soldier Field
9/8 Tenn-Martin
9/15 @ Army
9/22 Kansas

Iowa doesn't return much and they lost their DC.

http://philsteele.com/Blogs/2012/Jan12/DBJan20.html

The good news is we had to play in twice this year, so it won't be a completely foreign concept to defend.