Beat the Noles!

I don't see them getting enough probably somewhere like 17/18

edit: nevermind, lol

If I was Dave Doeren I'd want to be coaching in that game

Pete Thamel ‏@SIPeteThamel

BREAKING: Northern Illinois vs Florida State is official in the Orange Bowl, according to a source.

LOL, they heard about it on the MAC board and the Marshall bashing began immediately.

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=604319

Wow, congrats to NIU.

Happy for them and will definitely be cheering for them. Forgive me if I am overlooking something obvious but what is the difference between them and Houston last year? Is it just the conference champions thing? Houston was ranked around 17th at this point last year correct?

Ha, that's awesome

(12-02-2012 04:58 PM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  Happy for them and will definitely be cheering for them. Forgive me if I am overlooking something obvious but what is the difference between them and Houston last year? Is it just the conference champions thing? Houston was ranked around 17th at this point last year correct?

NIU finished 16 or higher in final BCS - and ahead of at least one of the AQ BCS rankings conference leaders (NIU at #16 ahead of highest rated Big East and probably Big Ten teams).

Why would there be Marshall bashing? The access just wasn't there for the MAC in the Leftwich days

Probably bashing them because Marshall left for more money... there were a lot of good rivalries between Marshall and almost the entire MAC.

LOL

So who's left out? OU? Awesome. The big boys are sh!tting their pants right now.

@TheEastisPurple

Yes, Houston was not a conference champion and it did not matter if they were top 16 or not. I'm so upset at USM for losing to UAB late in the year because I was hoping at least if we lost in the title game, the winner would go to the BCS.

Wow, i can't believe their coach left before finding out if they got the game. What an idiot.

While I'm not sure they have chance I'm pretty sure FSU thinks that too which could make it game.

Congrats to them for getting in!

(12-02-2012 04:58 PM)TheEastisPurple Wrote:  Happy for them and will definitely be cheering for them. Forgive me if I am overlooking something obvious but what is the difference between them and Houston last year? Is it just the conference champions thing? Houston was ranked around 17th at this point last year correct?

Houston didn't win their conference so they didn't deserve it. Of course the BCS Championship has allowed teams who didn't win their division play for the so called "national championship"

(12-02-2012 05:05 PM)st932253 Wrote:  Why would there be Marshall bashing? The access just wasn't there for the MAC in the Leftwich days

Because MAC fans are pitiful. You would think after almost a decade they would be past it.

(12-02-2012 05:42 PM)MU ATO Wrote:  

(12-02-2012 05:05 PM)st932253 Wrote:  Why would there be Marshall bashing? The access just wasn't there for the MAC in the Leftwich days

Because MAC fans are pitiful. You would think after almost a decade they would be past it.

MAC fans might be pitiful but NIU is making a BCS game. How many BCS games have CUSA teams been to?

(12-02-2012 05:22 PM)Old Dominion Navy Wrote:  Wow, i can't believe their coach left before finding out if they got the game. What an idiot.

I hate it when that happens. NIU hits the bowl equivalent of the jackpot, and they will have to play it without their coach. And if he takes his coaches with him, they will have God only knows who calling the plays.

(12-02-2012 05:44 PM)AJKetchup Wrote:  

(12-02-2012 05:42 PM)MU ATO Wrote:  

(12-02-2012 05:05 PM)st932253 Wrote:  Why would there be Marshall bashing? The access just wasn't there for the MAC in the Leftwich days

Because MAC fans are pitiful. You would think after almost a decade they would be past it.

MAC fans might be pitiful but NIU is making a BCS game. How many BCS games have CUSA teams been to?

I don't know. You tell me.

I can play the question game too! What does NIU going to a BCS game in 2012 under current BCS rules have anything to do with Marshall being in the MAC from 1997-2004?

Everybody knows the answer is 0. Has everything to do with CUSA being a sorry ass football conference, now lower than the MAC!