Well boys and girls, this one is for all the marbles. Do our Huskies get the three-peat or do the Falcons have one of the biggest upsets in MAC history? It's quite the face off, the MAC's best offense versus the MAC's best defense.

BGSU - 27
NIU - 38

Miami and Akron beating us in the MACC were bigger upsets than if BG beats us this year from a spread perspective.

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Well boys and girls, this one is for all the marbles. Do our Huskies get the three-peat or do the Falcons have one of the biggest upsets in MAC history? It's quite the face off, the MAC's best offense versus the MAC's best defense.

BGSU - 27
NIU - 38
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I believe in the MAC a great offense wins you championships.

Our D has been playing much better of late. But all the championship games are close.

NIU 45
BGSU 38

JL says the best is yet to come. We come close to our best: JL's boys 54, BGSU 14!

Bowling Green's D is for real. Buffalo averages 33 per game, held to 7. Only Indiana scored more than 25 against them, and their offense manages to get 35 per game. They can run the ball (205 ypg) and pass it (257 ypg), so their offense is balanced. Their QB doesn't turn it over. Their FG kicker is good. This is a good MAC team, with no glaring weaknesses. They've earned this trip, no question, and are a dangerous foe.

You've got to figure BG will try to control the clock, run the ball, shorten the game, keep the ball away from Lynch. It won't be the first time a team has tried to do that to NIU. NIU is just too explosive for that strategy to work, in my opinion. If BG comes up with a few stops and puts up some good drives against a decent bend-but-don't-break NIU defense, this game will be close and hard to watch. Especially if NIU turns the ball over at all, which would be a surprise because NIU has won the turnover battle convincingly this year and even when Lynch is off throwing, he still doesn't risk turnovers often. Lynch's meltdown factor is...well, the anti-Cutler, basically.

NIU's offense is just too good to be stopped from moving the ball for an entire game. BG might slow NIU down and force some punts and FG's, but unless the penalty or turnover monsters gobble up NIU, Lynch will find a way to get NIU into the high 30's. Who knows what's going on with Sims....but he does have a decent record in the MACC, right? Hopefully it won't come down to FG's, regardless.

With all due respect, the only good wins for BG are Buffalo and I guess Ohio. That doesn't mean they aren't good, it just indicates they aren't elite, to me. NIU is elite (ask the captain of the S.S. Bronco), but anybody can be beaten on any day, just look around college football.

My gut (which produces inaccurate predictions as well as it produces something I deposit in the toilet) feels like this one starts a bit slow, is a one possession type game at the half, then NIU pulls away in the 2nd half and people complain the win wasn't impressive enough and now NIU will never get to face Alabama.

NIU 41, BG 24.

NIU 24
BG 17
It always comes down to the last play.
Nothing is easy.

I HATE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES!

NIU 31
BG 30

(11-29-2013 11:26 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  I HATE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES!

NIU 31
BG 30

I liked the end of the last two.

Interesting match up, BG has the top D, and NIU has the top O. Each has a sneaky good opposing side of the ball. BG is filled with upperclassmen. They should bring a good crowd b/c they are close to Detroit.

I see a few things that really stand out to me in deciding the game. 1. Is NIU healthy? If so, they have the horses to put up points. BG is good defensively, but they aren't better than Iowa on D. 2. Can BG get explosive plays. They do score quite a few points, but they lack explosiveness, IMO. 3. Can they limit Lynch? If I had to guess, I'd say no. He's too good. 4. Can BG/NIU handle the big lights. Yes, NIU has been to the big games, but this is huge. bG has had nothing on this scale ever for any of their players.

BG is good on D, but they did give up 42 to Indiana and 28 to Toledo, so teams can score. They gave up quite a few yards vs. Toledo as well. Of the top of my head, I think they are 2-2 against teams .500 or better. Playing their best football now. But they don't have a dude named Lynch.

NIU 37
BG 27

(11-29-2013 11:26 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(11-29-2013 11:26 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  I HATE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES!

NIU 31
BG 30

I liked the end of the last two.

My health hated them. That includes my heart during and my liver after!

(11-29-2013 11:38 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  

(11-29-2013 11:26 PM)The Frisky Biscuit Wrote:  

(11-29-2013 11:26 PM)Turner4Heisman Wrote:  I HATE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES!

NIU 31
BG 30

I liked the end of the last two.

My health hated them. That includes my heart during and my liver after!

I certainly had the rumble guts.

NIU 30
BGSU 21

NIU 42
BG 24

In the dome we shally play, all weapons back playing for the Huskies.... Off we go to 13-0

I just can't envision a scenario where Lynch doesn't will us to win.

NIU 34
BG 24

NIU 31
BGSU 28

Sims wins it on a 47 yard FG as the clock expires

I've predicted 12 in a row.

NIU - W
BG - L

(11-29-2013 11:55 PM)bikechuck Wrote:  NIU 31
BGSU 28

Sims wins it on a 47 yard FG as the clock expires

That will not be good for my stress level. It's going to look a lot like our game against Balls State and Turdledo... Probably worse.

I thought for sure we were going to lose to OU and I thought for sure we would beat Akron and Miami. It is always a good game and a close game.

Cr*pped my knickers when Fresno lost to sub-500 team today.

NIU 38
BGSU 27

GO HUSKIES!