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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 02:37 PM)bigredmachine Wrote: These boards seem biased to the east coast schools. Both the Big XII and the AAC are possibilities for NIU The President and AD at Northern are doing a terrific job despite Illinois' budget woes. No program has a better record in football the past 6 years. NIU's academics are outstanding with GPA and graduation rate for athletes among the best. Then there's access to the Chicago market. Either conference would benefit from adding NIU.
Hate to burst your bubble, but there is no chance NIU gets invited to the XII. The AAC is a possibility, but your attendance is atrocious in both major revenue sports. As far as how NIU lines up academically with the AAC, I have no clue.
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 03:03 PM)rtaylor Wrote: (08-20-2016 02:37 PM)bigredmachine Wrote: These boards seem biased to the east coast schools. Both the Big XII and the AAC are possibilities for NIU The President and AD at Northern are doing a terrific job despite Illinois' budget woes. No program has a better record in football the past 6 years. NIU's academics are outstanding with GPA and graduation rate for athletes among the best. Then there's access to the Chicago market. Either conference would benefit from adding NIU.
Hate to burst your bubble, but there is no chance NIU gets invited to the XII. The AAC is a possibility, but your attendance is atrocious in both major revenue sports. As far as how NIU lines up academically with the AAC, I have no clue.
Ididn't say I'm banking on it or anything, just that if the B1G invited Rutgers then anything is possible with realignment
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
Quote:I :nutkick:have no idea on the rumblings of what goes on at Toledo, but i would love to bring y'all as a travel buddy and "non rivals"
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Non rivals is right, I still don't know you beat us last year. From the Fg call to your Wr throwing our Cb to the ground on your winning TD drive it just seems to go your way. We need to find to finish you guys off one of these years.
Hopefully Toledo is trying, the resources and revenue are in place, not sure of the will.
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rtaylor
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 03:04 PM)Stay Cool Wrote: (08-20-2016 03:03 PM)rtaylor Wrote: (08-20-2016 02:37 PM)bigredmachine Wrote: These boards seem biased to the east coast schools. Both the Big XII and the AAC are possibilities for NIU The President and AD at Northern are doing a terrific job despite Illinois' budget woes. No program has a better record in football the past 6 years. NIU's academics are outstanding with GPA and graduation rate for athletes among the best. Then there's access to the Chicago market. Either conference would benefit from adding NIU.
Hate to burst your bubble, but there is no chance NIU gets invited to the XII. The AAC is a possibility, but your attendance is atrocious in both major revenue sports. As far as how NIU lines up academically with the AAC, I have no clue.
Ididn't say I'm banking on it or anything, just that if the B1G invited Rutgers then anything is possible with realignment
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Except that Rutgers for all of its warts is the state flagship school of New jersey whose market bleeds into New york, and if I had to guess it's athletic budget, attendance, and academics far outshine NIU. Not trying to be a hater, as I like NIU, but this is no comparison.
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 03:16 PM)rtaylor Wrote: (08-20-2016 03:04 PM)Stay Cool Wrote: (08-20-2016 03:03 PM)rtaylor Wrote: (08-20-2016 02:37 PM)bigredmachine Wrote: These boards seem biased to the east coast schools. Both the Big XII and the AAC are possibilities for NIU The President and AD at Northern are doing a terrific job despite Illinois' budget woes. No program has a better record in football the past 6 years. NIU's academics are outstanding with GPA and graduation rate for athletes among the best. Then there's access to the Chicago market. Either conference would benefit from adding NIU.
Hate to burst your bubble, but there is no chance NIU gets invited to the XII. The AAC is a possibility, but your attendance is atrocious in both major revenue sports. As far as how NIU lines up academically with the AAC, I have no clue.
Ididn't say I'm banking on it or anything, just that if the B1G invited Rutgers then anything is possible with realignment
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Except that Rutgers for all of its warts is the state flagship school of New jersey whose market bleeds into New york, and if I had to guess it's athletic budget, attendance, and academics far outshine NIU. Not trying to be a hater, as I like NIU, but this is no comparison.
Anything is possible
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
If NIU keeps winning, they'll have a solid chance. Even if they don't have good attendance, they have more wins in the last 5 years than most schools, and are near a major media market.
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
I say welcome aboard,,,,only if everyone gets Pequod's Pizza
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The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 03:28 PM)Chappy Wrote: If NIU keeps winning, they'll have a solid chance. Even if they don't have good attendance, they have more wins in the last 5 years than most schools, and are near a major media market.
If we add NIU we better have the basketball tournament in Chicago.
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 03:32 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote: (08-20-2016 03:28 PM)Chappy Wrote: If NIU keeps winning, they'll have a solid chance. Even if they don't have good attendance, they have more wins in the last 5 years than most schools, and are near a major media market.
If we add NIU we better have the basketball tournament in Chicago.
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I'm sure that could be arranged, as well as playing a good amount of our games in downtown Chicago at US Cellular field (we have a very prestigious alumni on the board) until our stadium renovations are done. Definitely some huge benefits for the AAC as a whole. A nationally televised game in downtown Chicago? Not a bad draw! Especially with real teams like Temple, ECU, USF, UCF, UCONN, etc. instead of EMU, Kent St, Akron, etc.
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 03:32 PM)Wavetime Wrote: I say welcome aboard,,,,only if everyone gets Pequod's Pizza
Welp, i know where I'm taking the family to dinner. Got me craving it now. And only a 45 min drive downtown from Dekalb =)
Well, an hour and 15 with traffic... but you get the idea
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 03:28 PM)Chappy Wrote: If NIU keeps winning, they'll have a solid chance. Even if they don't have good attendance, they have more wins in the last 5 years than most schools, and are near a major media market.
There is only one G5 school to win 10 games each of the last 3 seasons. That would be the same school that beat the living day lights out of NIU in a bowl game during that stretch.
Also the same Marshall program that averages more than double the fans that NIU averages per game.
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
I can only see when he posts, not what... because i have the Thundering Turd fan blocked... but i assume he's trash talking NIU
Poor Marshall, forever doomed to CUSA...
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The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 04:29 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote: (08-20-2016 03:28 PM)Chappy Wrote: If NIU keeps winning, they'll have a solid chance. Even if they don't have good attendance, they have more wins in the last 5 years than most schools, and are near a major media market.
There is only one G5 school to win 10 games each of the last 3 seasons. That would be the same school that beat the living day lights out of NIU in a bowl game during that stretch.
Also the same Marshall program that averages more than double the fans that NIU averages per game.
You won 10+ games in the weak ass CUSA that no TV partners really want. Good for you buddy...
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 04:58 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote: (08-20-2016 04:29 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote: (08-20-2016 03:28 PM)Chappy Wrote: If NIU keeps winning, they'll have a solid chance. Even if they don't have good attendance, they have more wins in the last 5 years than most schools, and are near a major media market.
There is only one G5 school to win 10 games each of the last 3 seasons. That would be the same school that beat the living day lights out of NIU in a bowl game during that stretch.
Also the same Marshall program that averages more than double the fans that NIU averages per game.
You won 10+ games in the weak ass CUSA that no TV partners really want. Good for you buddy...
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I'm gonna like you, i can just tell!
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
Well...welcome.
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-20-2016 04:58 PM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote: (08-20-2016 04:29 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote: (08-20-2016 03:28 PM)Chappy Wrote: If NIU keeps winning, they'll have a solid chance. Even if they don't have good attendance, they have more wins in the last 5 years than most schools, and are near a major media market.
There is only one G5 school to win 10 games each of the last 3 seasons. That would be the same school that beat the living day lights out of NIU in a bowl game during that stretch.
Also the same Marshall program that averages more than double the fans that NIU averages per game.
You won 10+ games in the weak ass CUSA that no TV partners really want. Good for you buddy...
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We won 10 games the same year ECU was in the conference. The same year we beat you for the East division title.
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
Marsha fans... coming around to trash talk other moving on to better conferences all while they sit in a worthless conference time after time
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
Amped for the NIU@USF game, first of "soon to be" conference play!
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
Didn't know USF was going to the MAC
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RE: The official welcome to the AAC thread for Northern Illinois
(08-22-2016 12:26 PM)Pony94 Wrote: Didn't know USF was going to the MAC
We're gonna be such good pals
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