(11-09-2017 01:40 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Poor Toledo. Their best QB since Gradkowski and NIU still might back door into the MACC. Haha

For that to happen, Toledo still has to get upset again, and NIU has to beat two teams they could not beat last year. At this time I just worry about the Huskie games. There is nothing the Huskies can do about Toledo now, but winning their last three should easily put the Huskies in a bowl game.

(11-09-2017 01:35 PM)sterling1man Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 11:39 AM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 04:53 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 04:36 AM)epasnoopy Wrote:  That's why we should have kept the football on the ground against Toledo vs letting a freshman QB who can't complete passes beyond 10 yards throw the ball 45 times.

This evaluation of Childers is much more an indictment of coaching. Childers has the best arm of any QB on the roster, it just is hard when you run one deep route which has no chance of ever being completed because defenders are step for step with all NIU receivers. John Elway could not be successful in NIU's offense right now.

Santa was completing passes downfield with the same receivers (minus Chad Beebe).

Perhaps they might use Santa against CMU?

I hope. I personally think that Santa is the best of the bunch. His judgement will get better and his mistakes fewer. He moved the ball well against SDSU. The picks....well, that was an issue.

(11-09-2017 02:13 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 01:40 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Poor Toledo. Their best QB since Gradkowski and NIU still might back door into the MACC. Haha

For that to happen, Toledo still has to get upset again, and NIU has to beat two teams they could not beat last year. At this time I just worry about the Huskie games. There is nothing the Huskies can do about Toledo now, but winning their last three should easily put the Huskies in a bowl game.

Our offense is anemic, but WMU is nothing like they were last year. (Can we still call them the boat rowers?)
CMU....well, they always seem to have our number, but this is the MAC. I didn't expect the Golden Turds to lose by 28 points either.

(11-09-2017 02:13 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 01:40 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Poor Toledo. Their best QB since Gradkowski and NIU still might back door into the MACC. Haha

For that to happen, Toledo still has to get upset again, and NIU has to beat two teams they could not beat last year. At this time I just worry about the Huskie games. There is nothing the Huskies can do about Toledo now, but winning their last three should easily put the Huskies in a bowl game.

Going 9-3 should put the Huskies in a pretty decent bowl game (decent for a MAC team, that is).

(11-09-2017 02:29 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 02:13 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 01:40 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Poor Toledo. Their best QB since Gradkowski and NIU still might back door into the MACC. Haha

For that to happen, Toledo still has to get upset again, and NIU has to beat two teams they could not beat last year. At this time I just worry about the Huskie games. There is nothing the Huskies can do about Toledo now, but winning their last three should easily put the Huskies in a bowl game.

Going 9-3 should put the Huskies in a pretty decent bowl game (decent for a MAC team, that is).

Yep. I'm guessing the Humanitarian or International.

(11-09-2017 02:13 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 01:40 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Poor Toledo. Their best QB since Gradkowski and NIU still might back door into the MACC. Haha

For that to happen, Toledo still has to get upset again, and NIU has to beat two teams they could not beat last year. At this time I just worry about the Huskie games. There is nothing the Huskies can do about Toledo now, but winning their last three should easily put the Huskies in a bowl game.

Agree completely Huskie_John.
Priority #1 a victory against BSU w/o any significant injuries.
Priority #1b maybe play a few QB's to mess with CMU's preparations against us.

Priority #2 Beat CMU. Then no MAC West team will have a winning record against Rod Carey's NIU FB program.

With six wins + I think a Bowl game will most likely happen.
All NIU can do now is win one game at a time w/o injuries.

(11-09-2017 04:27 PM)HuskieBowWow Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 02:29 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 02:13 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 01:40 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Poor Toledo. Their best QB since Gradkowski and NIU still might back door into the MACC. Haha

For that to happen, Toledo still has to get upset again, and NIU has to beat two teams they could not beat last year. At this time I just worry about the Huskie games. There is nothing the Huskies can do about Toledo now, but winning their last three should easily put the Huskies in a bowl game.

Going 9-3 should put the Huskies in a pretty decent bowl game (decent for a MAC team, that is).

Yep. I'm guessing the Humanitarian or International.

I disagree. I think they will more likely end up in the Silicion Valley Football Classic, or the GMAC Bowl.

(11-09-2017 02:13 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 01:40 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Poor Toledo. Their best QB since Gradkowski and NIU still might back door into the MACC. Haha

For that to happen, Toledo still has to get upset again, and NIU has to beat two teams they could not beat last year. At this time I just worry about the Huskie games. There is nothing the Huskies can do about Toledo now, but winning their last three should easily put the Huskies in a bowl game.

One more thing. Be careful what you wish for. If Toledo chokes and the Huskies back into Detroit, then the Huskies would most likely have to face an Ohio team that soundly beat Toledo, whom the Huskies could not beat.

(11-10-2017 09:59 AM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 02:13 PM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  

(11-09-2017 01:40 PM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  Poor Toledo. Their best QB since Gradkowski and NIU still might back door into the MACC. Haha

For that to happen, Toledo still has to get upset again, and NIU has to beat two teams they could not beat last year. At this time I just worry about the Huskie games. There is nothing the Huskies can do about Toledo now, but winning their last three should easily put the Huskies in a bowl game.

One more thing. Be careful what you wish for. If Toledo chokes and the Huskies back into Detroit, then the Huskies would most likely have to face an Ohio team that soundly beat Toledo, whom the Huskies could not beat.

Different matchups though. Ohio can’t really throw, Toledo could. I don’t see teams who can’t throw (WMU, Ohio) giving NIU’s defense a lot of trouble.

(11-10-2017 10:12 AM)7 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 09:59 AM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  One more thing. Be careful what you wish for. If Toledo chokes and the Huskies back into Detroit, then the Huskies would most likely have to face an Ohio team that soundly beat Toledo, whom the Huskies could not beat.

Different matchups though. Ohio can’t really throw, Toledo could. I don’t see teams who can’t throw (WMU, Ohio) giving NIU’s defense a lot of trouble.

Yeah, we have the 10th ranked rushing defense in terms of yards per game. Strangely enough, Ohio is 11th. Toledo is 92nd after getting torched by Ohio. Regardless, any NIU/Ohio game would likely be a LOS ground game battle and then whichever QB can hit on a few big plays.

(11-10-2017 10:23 AM)armour248 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 10:12 AM)7 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 09:59 AM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  One more thing. Be careful what you wish for. If Toledo chokes and the Huskies back into Detroit, then the Huskies would most likely have to face an Ohio team that soundly beat Toledo, whom the Huskies could not beat.

Different matchups though. Ohio can’t really throw, Toledo could. I don’t see teams who can’t throw (WMU, Ohio) giving NIU’s defense a lot of trouble.

Yeah, we have the 10th ranked rushing defense in terms of yards per game. Strangely enough, Ohio is 11th. Toledo is 92nd after getting torched by Ohio. Regardless, any NIU/Ohio game would likely be a LOS ground game battle and then whichever QB can hit on a few big plays.

That wouldn't bode well for us either.

(11-10-2017 10:33 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 10:23 AM)armour248 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 10:12 AM)7 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 09:59 AM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  One more thing. Be careful what you wish for. If Toledo chokes and the Huskies back into Detroit, then the Huskies would most likely have to face an Ohio team that soundly beat Toledo, whom the Huskies could not beat.

Different matchups though. Ohio can’t really throw, Toledo could. I don’t see teams who can’t throw (WMU, Ohio) giving NIU’s defense a lot of trouble.

Yeah, we have the 10th ranked rushing defense in terms of yards per game. Strangely enough, Ohio is 11th. Toledo is 92nd after getting torched by Ohio. Regardless, any NIU/Ohio game would likely be a LOS ground game battle and then whichever QB can hit on a few big plays.

That wouldn't bode well for us either.

Probably not...but looking at the Ohio-Toledo game transitively for an NIU-Ohio game probably doesn't work very well.

(11-10-2017 11:19 AM)armour248 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 10:33 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 10:23 AM)armour248 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 10:12 AM)7 Wrote:  

(11-10-2017 09:59 AM)Huskie_Jon Wrote:  One more thing. Be careful what you wish for. If Toledo chokes and the Huskies back into Detroit, then the Huskies would most likely have to face an Ohio team that soundly beat Toledo, whom the Huskies could not beat.

Different matchups though. Ohio can’t really throw, Toledo could. I don’t see teams who can’t throw (WMU, Ohio) giving NIU’s defense a lot of trouble.

Yeah, we have the 10th ranked rushing defense in terms of yards per game. Strangely enough, Ohio is 11th. Toledo is 92nd after getting torched by Ohio. Regardless, any NIU/Ohio game would likely be a LOS ground game battle and then whichever QB can hit on a few big plays.

That wouldn't bode well for us either.

Probably not...but looking at the Ohio-Toledo game transitively for an NIU-Ohio game probably doesn't work very well.

True. Once again it will depend on whether we can get a lot of pressure on Rourke. We didn't against Woodside and got shredded. Not saying Rourke is as good of a passer, but he might not have to be.