I'm sorry 7, first you point out Cal hadn't won an FBS game since October of 2012, then you say 3-1 is more likely because Colorado and Sac St are no good and Wazzu will beat the Bears and yet your conclusion is "The NU game is probably a toss-up game and the line will show that?"

You and "we'll kill them by 2 or 3 TDs" 4PhaseDelta and everyone else need to take off the Huskie-colored glasses. Beating the stuffing out of Presbyterian doesn't guarantee a thing. Northwestern is still a B1G team on its home field.

Do I want us to win? Yes. Do I believe we're better? Yes. But I'm with yesman815 we better damn well win or it could be a long season. Everyone rants and raves about how we get no respect no matter who we play and beat, but we never give any of our opponents any credit. Bowling Green beat us, plain and simple. Utah State, beat us plain and simple.

The Iowa team we beat last year was a much better Iowa team than the one we lost to the year before. The Cal team Northwestern smoked the year before was nothing like the Cal team that got out of Evanston with a win.

We beat a glorified high school team this week. NW will
pose a challenge for a team breaking in a new QB, DL and young secondary.


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(08-30-2014 06:06 PM)4PhaseDelta Wrote:  That were probably gona kill Northwestern. They're usually my underdog team, but losing to a team that won 1 game all last season is just.......... I think the odds at this point should be HIGHLY in our favor. I just wish we could have gotten a rematch again the Illness as well instead of UNLV or Presbyterian.

I wouldn't be suprised if we win, but killing is a stretch. After keeping it close for a while vs. Auburn, I'm more concerned w/ Arkansas. They could be ALOT tougher than anybody expected.

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(08-30-2014 07:21 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  I'm sorry 7, first you point out Cal hadn't won an FBS game since October of 2012, then you say 3-1 is more likely because Colorado and Sac St are no good and Wazzu will beat the Bears and yet your conclusion is "The NU game is probably a toss-up game and the line will show that?"

Yes, thank you for repeating what I said...lol.

Lol

(08-30-2014 07:21 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  You and "we'll kill them by 2 or 3 TDs" 4PhaseDelta and everyone else need to take off the Huskie-colored glasses.

Oh good grief , coming from a Big 10 fan, nah I think we are good supporting the Huskies. Look at the Big 10's performance today and tell me how much respect the Big 10 deserves. Don't worry, you can get off the ledge, NIU is not going to beat NU next week, your world will be ok lol.

(08-30-2014 06:17 PM)4PhaseDelta Wrote:  I'm just sayin... i have us Killing NU (basically winning by a possible 3 TDs).

You're high.

But it would be nice if that happened.

While I don't believe NIU will smoke Northwestern in the same fashion it destroyed Purdue last year..........I believe Northern wins this game by 2 or more scores.

I think it is fair to say that Northern Illinois would finish 3rd in the Big 10 West this year.

I need whatever kind of wacky confidence weed you all are smoking...

(08-30-2014 08:44 PM)17Huskies Wrote:  I need whatever kind of wacky confidence weed you all are smoking...

Has to be something heavier than weed. I really don't think today's gam against Cal changed my opinion of NU. They are going to come out hard and try (in my opinion) harder to beat us than any other team they have this season.

NU feels restricted by being only Chicago's B1G team, while we're the entire state of Illinois' favorite team.

(08-30-2014 06:14 PM)yesman815 Wrote:  Like I said Cal starts 4-1

How does this affect our game against Northwestern?

(08-30-2014 09:39 PM)Premier Club Wrote:  

(08-30-2014 06:14 PM)yesman815 Wrote:  Like I said Cal starts 4-1

How does this affect our game against Northwestern?

I can talk about anything I want in this thread

Talked about people saying cal sucks and I said starts 4-1

Never mentioned it affecting us so..... What's your point?

This will be a close game. Could go either way.

(08-30-2014 08:44 PM)17Huskies Wrote:  I need whatever kind of wacky confidence weed you all are smoking...

No kidding!

Do you think this will be a close game. Most people are thinking we get beat by 3 touchdowns.

(08-30-2014 06:27 PM)7 Wrote:  

(08-30-2014 06:26 PM)4PhaseDelta Wrote:  I'm just hype i guess... been waiting for football to come back haha... but i got us beating them by 2-3 TDs.

I wouldn't be shocked if that happened.

I wouldn't be shocked if we lost by 2-3 TD's either. After the Blue Hose "game", we can compare who might be better by position for NIU, but there is no way to know how good we'll be against our opponents.

Northwestern is a mid-tier Big Ten/P5 team playing at home against the MAC/G5. Northwestern will likely be favored.

I certainly think the HUSKIES can win this game but, there's no reason to be overly confident against any P5 school on the road.

(08-31-2014 12:09 PM)NIUHuskie Wrote:  Northwestern is a mid-tier Big Ten/P5 team playing at home against the MAC/G5. Northwestern will likely be favored.

I certainly think the HUSKIES can win this game but, there's no reason to be overly confident against any P5 school on the road.

Or any school on the road for that matter, not just p5

(08-31-2014 12:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(08-31-2014 12:09 PM)NIUHuskie Wrote:  Northwestern is a mid-tier Big Ten/P5 team playing at home against the MAC/G5. Northwestern will likely be favored.

I certainly think the HUSKIES can win this game but, there's no reason to be overly confident against any P5 school on the road.

Or any school on the road for that matter, not just p5

Yeah, why be confident in our team that has not lost an OOC road game since 2011*?






*should have been a win if not for those meddling refs