Ohio has no chance...unless they open with a field goal making it 3-0 and an electrical storm ensues causing the game to be called at that point.

disagree. this NIU team has not dominated anyone other than EMU level teams. every half decent team they've played has given them a game. they are playing on 6 days rest/prep (OU has 7) in a midweek game that after the WMU game will be a bit of a letdown. it will be Wed night before Thanksgiving, they had about 5000 fans for WMU and will have less on hand next Wednesday. Ohio is better coached than WMU and healthier than they were last month when they had the back to back blowout losses. This is a team that beat the Conf USA 1st place team, had Minnesota beat on the road (before coughing up the win and also getting hosed by the refs), and won their last 2 by an avg of 38-15. They are not a great team but I'd be surprised if it isn't a close game. Go Bobcats!

(11-19-2015 11:34 PM)Toledo Football 1st Wrote:  Ohio has no chance...unless they open with a field goal making it 3-0 and an electrical storm ensues causing the game to be called at that point.

OU is getting some players back that have been out with injuries. Hopefully they're healthy enough to just stay in the game with a chance to win it at the end. Who knows, it's only one game.

Ohio is not beating Northern at their place.

Yeah, I'm not sure in what universe OU is capable of beating NIU, but I do know it's not this one.

(11-20-2015 02:20 AM)pono Wrote:  disagree. this NIU team has not dominated anyone other than EMU level teams. every half decent team they've played has given them a game. they are playing on 6 days rest/prep (OU has 7) in a midweek game that after the WMU game will be a bit of a letdown. it will be Wed night before Thanksgiving, they had about 5000 fans for WMU and will have less on hand next Wednesday. Ohio is better coached than WMU and healthier than they were last month when they had the back to back blowout losses. This is a team that beat the Conf USA 1st place team, had Minnesota beat on the road (before coughing up the win and also getting hosed by the refs), and won their last 2 by an avg of 38-15. They are not a great team but I'd be surprised if it isn't a close game. Go Bobcats!

Except for an occasional lapse now and then in the MACC game, unlike the Rockets, for the better part of a decade now NIU has shown a remarkable ability to "win the games that count", i.e., the ones they need to win in order to get to the championship game, and I see no reason to believe that trend will not continue against Ohio next week.