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from Nick Gerts....


http://daily-chronicle.com/articles/2006...EM_ID=9400


"DC: What does the fifth BCS game mean to the MAC?

RC: It means that the access is real. Boise would not have gotten into the game if it was under the old format, despite being ranked ahead of the Big XII and ACC champion. It validates the new format. Hopefully what it means for the MAC is that can be us. This is my eighth year here as MAC commissioner, and under these new rules we would have had two teams go to a BCS game. I said that a MAC team will kick off on New Year's Day, and I believe that now more than ever."

[quote]DC: So I'm guessing going to these bowl games never gets old then?

RC: Never. We are never spoiled. The neat thing is sharing a moment like this with a Dr. John Peters, Jim Phillips, Garrett Wolfe, the Hansbro twins, who went to my high school.

DC: You told me during Northern Illinois' 17-13 loss to Toledo that seven wins could get the program a bowl bid.

RC: I really felt that seven wins could get NIU here. It is one thing to say it, but it's another to do it and NIU did it against some good competition.

It's a real credit to Joe Novak and his coaching staff. You could really lose your team after a tough loss like Toledo. Obviously they didn't. It represents how far Northern Illinois football has come, not being viewed as