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1. Huskie Stadium (Northern Illinois University) -- Now, for all that I just said about the Glass Bowl, Huskie Stadium has just been a little bit better. NIU is number one in the MAC for attendance, with nearly one million fans over the last eight years. That includes 146,139 in 2012 and 150,819 in 2007, which are the two best yearly figures in the MAC since 2005 -- by over 13,000 fans. Of course, NIU has managed this fan bonanza with good reason. They win. Since 2000, the Huskies have won at least six games in every season except 2007. In the last three seasons, they are 34-8 overall and 23-1 in MAC games. Did I happen to mention that they went to the Orange Bowl in 2012 and that they're the favorites to win the MAC in 2013? Right now, Huskie Stadium is the best home-field advantage in the MAC. Teams don't want to go to DeKalb, and when I think of "best stadium", that's what it is all about.

The best stadiums have a packed house that cheers their team to victory every week. In that regard, NIU is the clear king of the MAC.

http://www.hustlebelt.com/2013/8/12/4612...s-stadiums

The cool thing about that is how much room for improvement there is. Nobody on this forum is satisfied with our attendance levels and yet we're #1.

Our attendance numbers in 2007 and 2012 were inflated by the Soldier Field games. So much for the full stands at Huskie Stadium.

Other schools have some NFL stadium games in their numbers, as well as their big ten visitor-games, of which we've had none.

(08-12-2013 09:18 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote: [ -> ]Other schools have some NFL stadium games in their numbers, as well as their big ten visitor-games, of which we've had none.

we cannot fault other MAC teams for having big ten home games. that is an indictment on the former administration for not being able to get it done.

(08-12-2013 09:32 PM)huskiealum03 Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-12-2013 09:18 PM)NIUfilmmaker Wrote: [ -> ]Other schools have some NFL stadium games in their numbers, as well as their big ten visitor-games, of which we've had none.

we cannot fault other MAC teams for having big ten home games. that is an indictment on the former administration for not being able to get it done.

The former AD chose to play the B1G home games at SF, as did the AD prior to him, and apparently the current one is going to continue. You may not agree with the strategy, but you may want to hold off on "indictments".