Heck, they might not even belong in the FBS at all. Even the worst, most putrid teams in the conference like Hawaii turn into the 1995 Cornhuskers against us.

Yeah. UTEP won't be our only shot at a win. It'll just be another loss.

STF has completely destroyed this team, and Lisa Freeman just stood by and let him.

Probably not, but we are getting to be, with guidelines to act like a MW team. Hopefully this pushes us in the right direction.

Was gonna wait, but ... UTEP OL info ... 18 guys. average 295 lb. and 6-4. 7 of 18 are 300+ but 3 frosh included. 10 of the 18 are frosh. 3 5th years. 6 of 18 are jr and sr. the "midget" is 6-0 and 244 and a frosh. the big is 6-9 324 and a sr.

but with NIU's defense?

Rather be the worst team in this conference than the conference we were in that won’t be here in a few more seasons.

(10-24-2026 08:09 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Rather be the worst team in this conference than the conference we were in that won’t be here in a few more seasons.

Yeah, ok, buddy. Keep trying to justify the dumb, haphazard move while our former MAC rivals are all laughing at us.

(10-24-2026 11:44 PM)Galaxybrain09 Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 08:09 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Rather be the worst team in this conference than the conference we were in that won’t be here in a few more seasons.

Yeah, ok, buddy. Keep trying to justify the dumb, haphazard move while our former MAC rivals are all laughing at us.

I think there are about 4,000,000 or more reasons why it was a great move at the time and now in today's market there are about 44,000,000 reasons it was an even better move.

(10-24-2026 07:51 PM)Galaxybrain09 Wrote:  Heck, they might not even belong in the FBS at all. Even the worst, most putrid teams in the conference like Hawaii turn into the 1995 Cornhuskers against us.

Yeah. UTEP won't be our only shot at a win. It'll just be another loss.

STF has completely destroyed this team, and Lisa Freeman just stood by and let him.

STF isn’t how you spell hammock.

(10-24-2026 11:44 PM)Galaxybrain09 Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 08:09 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Rather be the worst team in this conference than the conference we were in that won’t be here in a few more seasons.

Yeah, ok, buddy. Keep trying to justify the dumb, haphazard move while our former MAC rivals are all laughing at us.

What about the MAC is dying don’t you understand???

The Huskies struggles have nothing to do with the Mountain West. NIU is in a fight for survival as an FBS program because as constituted right now, it is an FCS program with FCS talent all around. No offense to MWC, but quality of play this year is no better than the MAC. NIU would got rolled just as bad in the MAC with this team out there.

(10-25-2026 05:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 11:44 PM)Galaxybrain09 Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 08:09 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Rather be the worst team in this conference than the conference we were in that won’t be here in a few more seasons.

Yeah, ok, buddy. Keep trying to justify the dumb, haphazard move while our former MAC rivals are all laughing at us.

What about the MAC is dying don’t you understand???

Explain why you think this is true.

This version of the Mountain West is a lateral move. The Horizon for all other sports is a backwards move.

This years team is a realization of the inability to adapt to todays recruiting environment of transfer portal, NIL, etc. If we stayed in the MAC in 2026 vs MWC, this 2026 team was still going to be bad.

We dont know if we will be able to convert the dollars gained from MWC into better recruiting until we start figuring how to adapt to the general state of college football.

(10-25-2026 08:06 AM)mattresspolice Wrote:  

(10-25-2026 05:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 11:44 PM)Galaxybrain09 Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 08:09 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Rather be the worst team in this conference than the conference we were in that won’t be here in a few more seasons.

Yeah, ok, buddy. Keep trying to justify the dumb, haphazard move while our former MAC rivals are all laughing at us.

What about the MAC is dying don’t you understand???

Explain why you think this is true.

This version of the Mountain West is a lateral move. The Horizon for all other sports is a backwards move.

Miami Ohio left, Toledo and Ohio are following quickly.

Several things can be true at the same time. The MAC as we knew it is dead in the water. It will fall apart in the next two years (maybe by the end of this season). So getting out of it before the music stopped probably saved our program. It was 100% the right move, and you will soon see why when half the teams leave (while paying exit fees to the MAC and entry fees to other conferences), and it is backfilled with FCS teams. It will be a very bad place to end up, if it exists at all. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that, financially, we can’t compete in our new conference. Take a look at the numbers for yourself: https://nil-ncaa.com/mw/

We are second to last in conference for operating revenue, with all but one legacy MWC team bringing in a least double the revenue, if not triple in the case of UNLV. Our booster contributions are dead least by a long shot (Wyoming raises four times as much). Our school fees contributions lag behind only NDSU. We are now *way* poorer than the rest of the schools in our league. That won’t change by getting a better tv deal because all the other schools will be making at least at much (except for NDSU, which doesn’t get media money). So we are likely going to be in a Rutgers-like situation where we are the poorest team in a richer league.

All this means that, unless we can get our hands on A LOT more money, we are going to be structurally limited in who we can hire as coaches and buy as players. The bottom line is we survived, which is great, but we are probably looking at a walking dead, Rutgers-type situation for the foreseeable future.

(10-25-2026 08:50 AM)Rawdog10 Wrote:  Several things can be true at the same time. The MAC as we knew it is dead in the water. It will fall apart in the next two years (maybe by the end of this season). So getting out of it before the music stopped probably saved our program. It was 100% the right move, and you will soon see why when half the teams leave (while paying exit fees to the MAC and entry fees to other conferences), and it is backfilled with FCS teams. It will be a very bad place to end up, if it exists at all. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that, financially, we can’t compete in our new conference. Take a look at the numbers for yourself: https://nil-ncaa.com/mw/

We are second to last in conference for operating revenue, with all but one legacy MWC team bringing in a least double the revenue, if not triple in the case of UNLV. Our booster contributions are dead least by a long shot (Wyoming raises four times as much). Our school fees contributions lag behind only NDSU. We are now *way* poorer than the rest of the schools in our league. That won’t change by getting a better tv deal because all the other schools will be making at least at much (except for NDSU, which doesn’t get media money). So we are likely going to be in a Rutgers-like situation where we are the poorest team in a richer league.

All this means that, unless we can get our hands on A LOT more money, we are going to be structurally limited in who we can hire as coaches and buy as players. The bottom line is we survived, which is great, but we are probably looking at a walking dead, Rutgers-type situation for the foreseeable future.

Lol lowest ticket sales and lowest booster donations immediately jumps out. Damn it Carey!

(10-25-2026 08:34 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-25-2026 08:06 AM)mattresspolice Wrote:  

(10-25-2026 05:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 11:44 PM)Galaxybrain09 Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 08:09 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Rather be the worst team in this conference than the conference we were in that won’t be here in a few more seasons.

Yeah, ok, buddy. Keep trying to justify the dumb, haphazard move while our former MAC rivals are all laughing at us.

What about the MAC is dying don’t you understand???

Explain why you think this is true.

This version of the Mountain West is a lateral move. The Horizon for all other sports is a backwards move.

Miami Ohio left, Toledo and Ohio are following quickly.

Pay closer attention to actual reports. Miami-O reportedly offered $30-40 million to the American, which chose James Madison. Ohio moving is rumored. I'm not sure about reports on Toledo.

But yes, the MAC is shaking up. IMO, Steinbrecher held on to that legendary MAC stability claim for too long in a faster-changing landscape.

NIU as a matter of fact may be the last G5/6 FBS to have moved and get paid rather than paying.

(10-25-2026 08:50 AM)Rawdog10 Wrote:  Several things can be true at the same time. The MAC as we knew it is dead in the water. It will fall apart in the next two years (maybe by the end of this season). So getting out of it before the music stopped probably saved our program. It was 100% the right move, and you will soon see why when half the teams leave (while paying exit fees to the MAC and entry fees to other conferences), and it is backfilled with FCS teams. It will be a very bad place to end up, if it exists at all. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that, financially, we can’t compete in our new conference. Take a look at the numbers for yourself: https://nil-ncaa.com/mw/

We are second to last in conference for operating revenue, with all but one legacy MWC team bringing in a least double the revenue, if not triple in the case of UNLV. Our booster contributions are dead least by a long shot (Wyoming raises four times as much). Our school fees contributions lag behind only NDSU. We are now *way* poorer than the rest of the schools in our league. That won’t change by getting a better tv deal because all the other schools will be making at least at much (except for NDSU, which doesn’t get media money). So we are likely going to be in a Rutgers-like situation where we are the poorest team in a richer league.

All this means that, unless we can get our hands on A LOT more money, we are going to be structurally limited in who we can hire as coaches and buy as players. The bottom line is we survived, which is great, but we are probably looking at a walking dead, Rutgers-type situation for the foreseeable future.

Damn fine, balanced and direct. Unfortunate, but true. Don't know about the MAC collapse timeline, but soon probably. At NIU, a tread-water administration in a financially unstable state contributed. Ironically for the similar reasons ... NIU admin functions like it's 20-30 years ago. Fiefdoms and campus politics. Consider this: who wants to hire NIU football staff=who wants to hire NIU faculty? Everyone protecting what turf they have. Old saying: s%&t rolls downhill.

(10-24-2026 07:51 PM)Galaxybrain09 Wrote:  Heck, they might not even belong in the FBS at all. Even the worst, most putrid teams in the conference like Hawaii turn into the 1995 Cornhuskers against us.

Yeah. UTEP won't be our only shot at a win. It'll just be another loss.

STF has completely destroyed this team, and Lisa Freeman just stood by and let him.

Best decision and only decision that could have been made.

Ridiculous statement. Here come the sky-is-falling crew.

The MWC was an upgrade, and you always take an upgrade. We're receiving 3x+ $ from this conference.

We would have had the same brutal season in the MAC with the 3rd youngest team in FBS. Suffer through this season, support the Huskies. Wins, a new AD, a new coach on the horizon.

(10-25-2026 05:37 AM)BDB5yp Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 11:44 PM)Galaxybrain09 Wrote:  

(10-24-2026 08:09 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Rather be the worst team in this conference than the conference we were in that won’t be here in a few more seasons.

Yeah, ok, buddy. Keep trying to justify the dumb, haphazard move while our former MAC rivals are all laughing at us.

What about the MAC is dying don’t you understand???

The MAC is fine. The MAC will still be around long after NIU is gone from the MW.

What part of gettin our azz handed to us, AT HOME, by a bottom dwelling MWC team don't you understand?
NIU was NOT competitive to a 1-6 team!!! Are you capable of embarrassment? Was that fun? I left in the 3rd qtr so as to enjoy the drive home on a beautiful fall afternoon before it got dark. Enjoy the rest of the season.