(10-27-2026 11:39 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:24 AM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:25 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  I think Nendick makes a lot of good points. It's sad the school hasn't capitalized at all on the previous success and can't raise any money. We can't even feed the kids a decent meal before the game

Who pays for the visiting team's meal? I saw the Hawaii kids were getting small ass burritos in a brown bag for their bus ride to the airport.

Was that you gunning for an autograph? I would have said hi. I was lucky to meet Timmy and Chris Brown...Timmy was my hero growing up.

I was talking to a Hawaii dad at the game, he told me they were going back to Naperville and could hang out for a few hours before they headed home the next day.

I have seen videos of other teams on game day, most teams have a team breakfast and food to go after the games. I would think NIU does the same now. Don't we have a dedicated nutrition center now?

Holy smokes...did you have the UH No. 17 jersey and were talking to Chris Brown? If so, thanks for calling Chris over. It was cool to get his autograph. When did Timmy eventually come out? After about a hour of waiting, I'd had to hit the road.

(10-28-2026 12:40 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:39 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:24 AM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:25 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  I think Nendick makes a lot of good points. It's sad the school hasn't capitalized at all on the previous success and can't raise any money. We can't even feed the kids a decent meal before the game

Who pays for the visiting team's meal? I saw the Hawaii kids were getting small ass burritos in a brown bag for their bus ride to the airport.

Was that you gunning for an autograph? I would have said hi. I was lucky to meet Timmy and Chris Brown...Timmy was my hero growing up.

I was talking to a Hawaii dad at the game, he told me they were going back to Naperville and could hang out for a few hours before they headed home the next day.

I have seen videos of other teams on game day, most teams have a team breakfast and food to go after the games. I would think NIU does the same now. Don't we have a dedicated nutrition center now?

Holy smokes...did you have the UH No. 17 jersey and were talking to Chris Brown? If so, thanks for calling Chris over. It was cool to get his autograph. When did Timmy eventually come out? After about a hour of waiting, I'd had to hit the road.

That was me sir. Chris Brown was an absolute legend at the place I went to high school. The high school we went to was the cupcake of the entire island, but he was one of a few players at the time to actually go on and play meaningful ball at the next level. He actually played for two seasons for my favorite pro team, the Baltimore Ravens.

Timmy was my hero growing up, because as a pre teen Asian kid, there weren't any other Asian QBs at any level of football. I grew up watching him, with my mom who was also at the game with me. When he came out at 8, we got to chat with him for a bit, and he even took a pic with me and my mom. Which is also crazy, because I'm a full two inches and twenty pounds heavier than that guy now lol.

The no.17 was Bryant Moniz, mighty Mo. My aunt bought me that jersey way back when. I wish I had a Timmy Chang or Colt Brennan jersey, but none of them are in good condition and are so expensive nowadays. (+$350).

Hawaii is feeling the same way we felt about Hammock, maybe even worse. Because he has only given them one winning season over the last four, and the AD just renewed his contract last season for the next five seasons. To make matters worse, they were supposed to compete for the MWC championship this year...Micah was running for best QB in the league.

Talking to Hawaii fans, at least NIU was projected to be terrible in the MWC. I remember pre season analyst kept projecting us towards the bottom of the league. I recall them being skeptical with our talent and coaching, which has since shown through. Hawaii on the other hand just flat out stinks.

(10-28-2026 01:26 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 12:40 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:39 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:24 AM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 09:25 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  I think Nendick makes a lot of good points. It's sad the school hasn't capitalized at all on the previous success and can't raise any money. We can't even feed the kids a decent meal before the game

Who pays for the visiting team's meal? I saw the Hawaii kids were getting small ass burritos in a brown bag for their bus ride to the airport.

Was that you gunning for an autograph? I would have said hi. I was lucky to meet Timmy and Chris Brown...Timmy was my hero growing up.

I was talking to a Hawaii dad at the game, he told me they were going back to Naperville and could hang out for a few hours before they headed home the next day.

I have seen videos of other teams on game day, most teams have a team breakfast and food to go after the games. I would think NIU does the same now. Don't we have a dedicated nutrition center now?

Holy smokes...did you have the UH No. 17 jersey and were talking to Chris Brown? If so, thanks for calling Chris over. It was cool to get his autograph. When did Timmy eventually come out? After about a hour of waiting, I'd had to hit the road.

That was me sir. Chris Brown was an absolute legend at the place I went to high school. The high school we went to was the cupcake of the entire island, but he was one of a few players at the time to actually go on and play meaningful ball at the next level. He actually played for two seasons for my favorite pro team, the Baltimore Ravens.

Timmy was my hero growing up, because as a pre teen Asian kid, there weren't any other Asian QBs at any level of football. I grew up watching him, with my mom who was also at the game with me. When he came out at 8, we got to chat with him for a bit, and he even took a pic with me and my mom. Which is also crazy, because I'm a full two inches and twenty pounds heavier than that guy now lol.

The no.17 was Bryant Moniz, mighty Mo. My aunt bought me that jersey way back when. I wish I had a Timmy Chang or Colt Brennan jersey, but none of them are in good condition and are so expensive nowadays. (+$350).

Hawaii is feeling the same way we felt about Hammock, maybe even worse. Because he has only given them one winning season over the last four, and the AD just renewed his contract last season for the next five seasons. To make matters worse, they were supposed to compete for the MWC championship this year...Micah was running for best QB in the league.

Talking to Hawaii fans, at least NIU was projected to be terrible in the MWC. I remember pre season analyst kept projecting us towards the bottom of the league. I recall them being skeptical with our talent and coaching, which has since shown through. Hawaii on the other hand just flat out stinks.

Yes, I hope they stick with Timmy. I hear he is a really good guy.

How was you interaction with him and how much longer did you have to wait for him to come out of the locker room. I wound up leaving about 10 minutes after you called Chris Brown over. Sorry if I interrupted your conversation with him to sign the media guide.

Micah seemed like a really nice guy too. I saw he took a bunch of pictures with fans.

I'm hoping Stutzman is on the San Jose staff next season when they hopefully visit DeKalb. Need to ask him about punting that football into the stands and getting ejected vs BYU in 01.

This season was such a top to bottom disappointment for us, I don’t want to hear anyone else complain.

This team sucks. The staff sucks. The kids are too young and need some real coaches (so hammock sucks too for that).

This team literally exposed everyone as suckass who is associated with the program

(10-28-2026 02:46 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  This season was such a top to bottom disappointment for us, I don’t want to hear anyone else complain.

This team sucks. The staff sucks. The kids are too young and need some real coaches (so hammock sucks too for that).

This team literally exposed everyone as suckass who is associated with the program

Thank you for not complaining.

(10-28-2026 02:11 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 01:26 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 12:40 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:39 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:24 AM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  Who pays for the visiting team's meal? I saw the Hawaii kids were getting small ass burritos in a brown bag for their bus ride to the airport.

Was that you gunning for an autograph? I would have said hi. I was lucky to meet Timmy and Chris Brown...Timmy was my hero growing up.

I was talking to a Hawaii dad at the game, he told me they were going back to Naperville and could hang out for a few hours before they headed home the next day.

I have seen videos of other teams on game day, most teams have a team breakfast and food to go after the games. I would think NIU does the same now. Don't we have a dedicated nutrition center now?

Holy smokes...did you have the UH No. 17 jersey and were talking to Chris Brown? If so, thanks for calling Chris over. It was cool to get his autograph. When did Timmy eventually come out? After about a hour of waiting, I'd had to hit the road.

That was me sir. Chris Brown was an absolute legend at the place I went to high school. The high school we went to was the cupcake of the entire island, but he was one of a few players at the time to actually go on and play meaningful ball at the next level. He actually played for two seasons for my favorite pro team, the Baltimore Ravens.

Timmy was my hero growing up, because as a pre teen Asian kid, there weren't any other Asian QBs at any level of football. I grew up watching him, with my mom who was also at the game with me. When he came out at 8, we got to chat with him for a bit, and he even took a pic with me and my mom. Which is also crazy, because I'm a full two inches and twenty pounds heavier than that guy now lol.

The no.17 was Bryant Moniz, mighty Mo. My aunt bought me that jersey way back when. I wish I had a Timmy Chang or Colt Brennan jersey, but none of them are in good condition and are so expensive nowadays. (+$350).

Hawaii is feeling the same way we felt about Hammock, maybe even worse. Because he has only given them one winning season over the last four, and the AD just renewed his contract last season for the next five seasons. To make matters worse, they were supposed to compete for the MWC championship this year...Micah was running for best QB in the league.

Talking to Hawaii fans, at least NIU was projected to be terrible in the MWC. I remember pre season analyst kept projecting us towards the bottom of the league. I recall them being skeptical with our talent and coaching, which has since shown through. Hawaii on the other hand just flat out stinks.

Yes, I hope they stick with Timmy. I hear he is a really good guy.

How was you interaction with him and how much longer did you have to wait for him to come out of the locker room. I wound up leaving about 10 minutes after you called Chris Brown over. Sorry if I interrupted your conversation with him to sign the media guide.

Micah seemed like a really nice guy too. I saw he took a bunch of pictures with fans.

I'm hoping Stutzman is on the San Jose staff next season when they hopefully visit DeKalb. Need to ask him about punting that football into the stands and getting ejected vs BYU in 01.

Timmy was a really nice guy. I said hey man, the media guide said you were from Waipahu, but articles say your from Mililani. And he said, no way man 96797 represent. Which is the town I grew up in. There was a lot I wanted to talk to him about, because his number one receiver and also for Colt, was my best friend's older brother. But I could see he wanted to get on the bus. So I just told him how amazing it was to finally meet him, and that my mom always took me to all his games. We snapped a photo and he was on his way. Oh and he said I wore the right jersey today lol.

I'm amazed you know of Chris Brown. It was funny, we were sharing stories on this crazy dean we had in high school. Now that I'm older, I realized the guy was always whiskey drunk and would call you a name that definitely wasn't your name, and then tackled you if you didn't respond. That dean wasn't funny at all, mostly terrifying, but all of our stories were the same on the guy.

The Stutz bros are legendary, Billy Ray and Craig. I know one of them followed Rolo to Wash and got caught up in that mess. BYU/Hawaii was a funny rivalry. My other friend's dad is a legend at BYU, also a terrible high school coach in Illinois lol. Next time you see me, give me a holler, I need to pick your brains on how you know all of these guys.

(10-28-2026 02:46 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  This season was such a top to bottom disappointment for us, I don’t want to hear anyone else complain.

This team sucks. The staff sucks. The kids are too young and need some real coaches (so hammock sucks too for that).

This team literally exposed everyone as suckass who is associated with the program

How do you really feel,don't hold back.

(10-28-2026 03:27 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 02:11 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 01:26 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 12:40 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-27-2026 11:39 AM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  Was that you gunning for an autograph? I would have said hi. I was lucky to meet Timmy and Chris Brown...Timmy was my hero growing up.

I was talking to a Hawaii dad at the game, he told me they were going back to Naperville and could hang out for a few hours before they headed home the next day.

I have seen videos of other teams on game day, most teams have a team breakfast and food to go after the games. I would think NIU does the same now. Don't we have a dedicated nutrition center now?

Holy smokes...did you have the UH No. 17 jersey and were talking to Chris Brown? If so, thanks for calling Chris over. It was cool to get his autograph. When did Timmy eventually come out? After about a hour of waiting, I'd had to hit the road.

That was me sir. Chris Brown was an absolute legend at the place I went to high school. The high school we went to was the cupcake of the entire island, but he was one of a few players at the time to actually go on and play meaningful ball at the next level. He actually played for two seasons for my favorite pro team, the Baltimore Ravens.

Timmy was my hero growing up, because as a pre teen Asian kid, there weren't any other Asian QBs at any level of football. I grew up watching him, with my mom who was also at the game with me. When he came out at 8, we got to chat with him for a bit, and he even took a pic with me and my mom. Which is also crazy, because I'm a full two inches and twenty pounds heavier than that guy now lol.

The no.17 was Bryant Moniz, mighty Mo. My aunt bought me that jersey way back when. I wish I had a Timmy Chang or Colt Brennan jersey, but none of them are in good condition and are so expensive nowadays. (+$350).

Hawaii is feeling the same way we felt about Hammock, maybe even worse. Because he has only given them one winning season over the last four, and the AD just renewed his contract last season for the next five seasons. To make matters worse, they were supposed to compete for the MWC championship this year...Micah was running for best QB in the league.

Talking to Hawaii fans, at least NIU was projected to be terrible in the MWC. I remember pre season analyst kept projecting us towards the bottom of the league. I recall them being skeptical with our talent and coaching, which has since shown through. Hawaii on the other hand just flat out stinks.

Yes, I hope they stick with Timmy. I hear he is a really good guy.

How was you interaction with him and how much longer did you have to wait for him to come out of the locker room. I wound up leaving about 10 minutes after you called Chris Brown over. Sorry if I interrupted your conversation with him to sign the media guide.

Micah seemed like a really nice guy too. I saw he took a bunch of pictures with fans.

I'm hoping Stutzman is on the San Jose staff next season when they hopefully visit DeKalb. Need to ask him about punting that football into the stands and getting ejected vs BYU in 01.

Timmy was a really nice guy. I said hey man, the media guide said you were from Waipahu, but articles say your from Mililani. And he said, no way man 96797 represent. Which is the town I grew up in. There was a lot I wanted to talk to him about, because his number one receiver and also for Colt, was my best friend's older brother. But I could see he wanted to get on the bus. So I just told him how amazing it was to finally meet him, and that my mom always took me to all his games. We snapped a photo and he was on his way. Oh and he said I wore the right jersey today lol.

I'm amazed you know of Chris Brown. It was funny, we were sharing stories on this crazy dean we had in high school. Now that I'm older, I realized the guy was always whiskey drunk and would call you a name that definitely wasn't your name, and then tackled you if you didn't respond. That dean wasn't funny at all, mostly terrifying, but all of our stories were the same on the guy.

The Stutz bros are legendary, Billy Ray and Craig. I know one of them followed Rolo to Wash and got caught up in that mess. BYU/Hawaii was a funny rivalry. My other friend's dad is a legend at BYU, also a terrible high school coach in Illinois lol. Next time you see me, give me a holler, I need to pick your brains on how you know all of these guys.

That's great to hear that you had a nice conversation with Timmy. There were some guys that were seemingly on the bus for 30-plus minutes so I understand Timmy wanting to get going. Hopefully they are back in two years and he's still the head coach. Having Hawaii come to DeKalb seemed like something out of EA Sports College Football. Was a very cool experience despite NIU getting waxed once again. I will certainly say hi next time I see you and we can commiserate over the 2002 Hawaii Bowl loss to Tulane.

(10-29-2026 08:30 AM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 03:27 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 02:11 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 01:26 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 12:40 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  Holy smokes...did you have the UH No. 17 jersey and were talking to Chris Brown? If so, thanks for calling Chris over. It was cool to get his autograph. When did Timmy eventually come out? After about a hour of waiting, I'd had to hit the road.

That was me sir. Chris Brown was an absolute legend at the place I went to high school. The high school we went to was the cupcake of the entire island, but he was one of a few players at the time to actually go on and play meaningful ball at the next level. He actually played for two seasons for my favorite pro team, the Baltimore Ravens.

Timmy was my hero growing up, because as a pre teen Asian kid, there weren't any other Asian QBs at any level of football. I grew up watching him, with my mom who was also at the game with me. When he came out at 8, we got to chat with him for a bit, and he even took a pic with me and my mom. Which is also crazy, because I'm a full two inches and twenty pounds heavier than that guy now lol.

The no.17 was Bryant Moniz, mighty Mo. My aunt bought me that jersey way back when. I wish I had a Timmy Chang or Colt Brennan jersey, but none of them are in good condition and are so expensive nowadays. (+$350).

Hawaii is feeling the same way we felt about Hammock, maybe even worse. Because he has only given them one winning season over the last four, and the AD just renewed his contract last season for the next five seasons. To make matters worse, they were supposed to compete for the MWC championship this year...Micah was running for best QB in the league.

Talking to Hawaii fans, at least NIU was projected to be terrible in the MWC. I remember pre season analyst kept projecting us towards the bottom of the league. I recall them being skeptical with our talent and coaching, which has since shown through. Hawaii on the other hand just flat out stinks.

Yes, I hope they stick with Timmy. I hear he is a really good guy.

How was you interaction with him and how much longer did you have to wait for him to come out of the locker room. I wound up leaving about 10 minutes after you called Chris Brown over. Sorry if I interrupted your conversation with him to sign the media guide.

Micah seemed like a really nice guy too. I saw he took a bunch of pictures with fans.

I'm hoping Stutzman is on the San Jose staff next season when they hopefully visit DeKalb. Need to ask him about punting that football into the stands and getting ejected vs BYU in 01.

Timmy was a really nice guy. I said hey man, the media guide said you were from Waipahu, but articles say your from Mililani. And he said, no way man 96797 represent. Which is the town I grew up in. There was a lot I wanted to talk to him about, because his number one receiver and also for Colt, was my best friend's older brother. But I could see he wanted to get on the bus. So I just told him how amazing it was to finally meet him, and that my mom always took me to all his games. We snapped a photo and he was on his way. Oh and he said I wore the right jersey today lol.

I'm amazed you know of Chris Brown. It was funny, we were sharing stories on this crazy dean we had in high school. Now that I'm older, I realized the guy was always whiskey drunk and would call you a name that definitely wasn't your name, and then tackled you if you didn't respond. That dean wasn't funny at all, mostly terrifying, but all of our stories were the same on the guy.

The Stutz bros are legendary, Billy Ray and Craig. I know one of them followed Rolo to Wash and got caught up in that mess. BYU/Hawaii was a funny rivalry. My other friend's dad is a legend at BYU, also a terrible high school coach in Illinois lol. Next time you see me, give me a holler, I need to pick your brains on how you know all of these guys.

That's great to hear that you had a nice conversation with Timmy. There were some guys that were seemingly on the bus for 30-plus minutes so I understand Timmy wanting to get going. Hopefully they are back in two years and he's still the head coach. Having Hawaii come to DeKalb seemed like something out of EA Sports College Football. Was a very cool experience despite NIU getting waxed once again. I will certainly say hi next time I see you and we can commiserate over the 2002 Hawaii Bowl loss to Tulane.

HA. I was just as kid, and I remember playing Tulane!

Timmy is still under contract then.

Also Micah and Tyger are the same person. Only Micah plays for a less awful team.

(10-29-2026 08:30 AM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 03:27 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 02:11 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 01:26 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-28-2026 12:40 PM)pjfleck82 Wrote:  Holy smokes...did you have the UH No. 17 jersey and were talking to Chris Brown? If so, thanks for calling Chris over. It was cool to get his autograph. When did Timmy eventually come out? After about a hour of waiting, I'd had to hit the road.

That was me sir. Chris Brown was an absolute legend at the place I went to high school. The high school we went to was the cupcake of the entire island, but he was one of a few players at the time to actually go on and play meaningful ball at the next level. He actually played for two seasons for my favorite pro team, the Baltimore Ravens.

Timmy was my hero growing up, because as a pre teen Asian kid, there weren't any other Asian QBs at any level of football. I grew up watching him, with my mom who was also at the game with me. When he came out at 8, we got to chat with him for a bit, and he even took a pic with me and my mom. Which is also crazy, because I'm a full two inches and twenty pounds heavier than that guy now lol.

The no.17 was Bryant Moniz, mighty Mo. My aunt bought me that jersey way back when. I wish I had a Timmy Chang or Colt Brennan jersey, but none of them are in good condition and are so expensive nowadays. (+$350).

Hawaii is feeling the same way we felt about Hammock, maybe even worse. Because he has only given them one winning season over the last four, and the AD just renewed his contract last season for the next five seasons. To make matters worse, they were supposed to compete for the MWC championship this year...Micah was running for best QB in the league.

Talking to Hawaii fans, at least NIU was projected to be terrible in the MWC. I remember pre season analyst kept projecting us towards the bottom of the league. I recall them being skeptical with our talent and coaching, which has since shown through. Hawaii on the other hand just flat out stinks.

Yes, I hope they stick with Timmy. I hear he is a really good guy.

How was you interaction with him and how much longer did you have to wait for him to come out of the locker room. I wound up leaving about 10 minutes after you called Chris Brown over. Sorry if I interrupted your conversation with him to sign the media guide.

Micah seemed like a really nice guy too. I saw he took a bunch of pictures with fans.

I'm hoping Stutzman is on the San Jose staff next season when they hopefully visit DeKalb. Need to ask him about punting that football into the stands and getting ejected vs BYU in 01.

Timmy was a really nice guy. I said hey man, the media guide said you were from Waipahu, but articles say your from Mililani. And he said, no way man 96797 represent. Which is the town I grew up in. There was a lot I wanted to talk to him about, because his number one receiver and also for Colt, was my best friend's older brother. But I could see he wanted to get on the bus. So I just told him how amazing it was to finally meet him, and that my mom always took me to all his games. We snapped a photo and he was on his way. Oh and he said I wore the right jersey today lol.

I'm amazed you know of Chris Brown. It was funny, we were sharing stories on this crazy dean we had in high school. Now that I'm older, I realized the guy was always whiskey drunk and would call you a name that definitely wasn't your name, and then tackled you if you didn't respond. That dean wasn't funny at all, mostly terrifying, but all of our stories were the same on the guy.

The Stutz bros are legendary, Billy Ray and Craig. I know one of them followed Rolo to Wash and got caught up in that mess. BYU/Hawaii was a funny rivalry. My other friend's dad is a legend at BYU, also a terrible high school coach in Illinois lol. Next time you see me, give me a holler, I need to pick your brains on how you know all of these guys.

That's great to hear that you had a nice conversation with Timmy. There were some guys that were seemingly on the bus for 30-plus minutes so I understand Timmy wanting to get going. Hopefully they are back in two years and he's still the head coach. Having Hawaii come to DeKalb seemed like something out of EA Sports College Football. Was a very cool experience despite NIU getting waxed once again. I will certainly say hi next time I see you and we can commiserate over the 2002 Hawaii Bowl loss to Tulane.

Speaking of. Rip to June Jones.