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(12-03-2018 04:04 PM)josephblazer2770 Wrote:  

(12-03-2018 02:20 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  Greeting Blazer fans, NIU huskie fan here. I come in peace.

Looking forward to playing you guys in Boca. An hour drive for me, and I'll be there. Hopefully a lot of NIU fans will want a couple of days out of the Siberian DeKalb winters and show up for the game.

Should be a good game. Our QB, Childers, has been erratic all year. Some flashes of being good, but mostly mediocre. After we won the MAC our offense played 10 quarters of the worst football you can imagine, losing the final two regular season games. Something happened in the 2nd half of the MAC championship, and Childers suddenly played like a Heisman finalist. I hope that continues.

The NIU defense has been consistently good, if not great. Iowa and FSU put a hurting on them, But the D has kept in competitive in most of our games, in spite of our offense's inability to move the ball.

I had followed UAB after what happened to your team. Glad you came back. Sounds like the Big Boys didn't like any competition from the upstart.

Thanks Buddy you guys roster looks a little Big 10 have not looked at your coaches yeat. What ever you have can not be better the Coach Solich.

Carey has not been popular among the rank and file Huskie fans. His numbers, however, make him look like a superstar. 52-29 overall in 5 years, 38-10 in conference, and 5-2 against the big10. One of those b10 loses was a one touchdown loss to #1 OSU. He is 0-5 in bowls, which is odd.

The offensive play calling is what causes the most heartache for Huskie fans, Last year against Duke NIU call for a trick play, on a punt from our own end zone. The punter passed to a WR....and this was a planned call, not a try to salvage a botched punt. It failed, of course. A JV high school coach wouldn't have called that play.

The O play calling has been too conservative in many fan's minds, but his overall record does speak for itself.

To his credit, this NIU defense is one of the best ever. They've carried the team this season, with little help from the offense, with the exception of the MACC game last week.

I see UAB lost big time to Middle Tennessee in the regular season, then beat them for the league title. Must have felt good to get that payback.