(12-23-2017 10:07 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 09:52 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  App State is the kind of offensive line I expected from NIU.
We never dominate anymore up front.

We have the best offensive lineman in the MAC (scharping) he only allowed 5 QB pressures all season. Which is a stunning statistic. Our O line is actually really good lol.

That's one player. What about the other 4?

(12-23-2017 10:15 PM)DiehardHuskie Wrote:  The "we own the MAC" sign was better.

(12-23-2017 10:20 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 10:07 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 09:52 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  App State is the kind of offensive line I expected from NIU.
We never dominate anymore up front.

We have the best offensive lineman in the MAC (scharping) he only allowed 5 QB pressures all season. Which is a stunning statistic. Our O line is actually really good lol.

That's one player. What about the other 4?

The team allowed 25 sacks this year and finished 39th in total rushing offense without Huff a lot of the year....pretty damn good. And a lot of those sacks were from the freshmen QB holding onto the ball forever.

(12-23-2017 10:17 PM)NIUfrank Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 10:13 PM)Djud Wrote:  The bowl games are giving clear evidence just how weak the MAC was this year. Our regular season opponents ranked in order of strength (the gap between the top 3 and the rest is significant):

SDSU
BC
Nebraska
Toledo
CMU
WMU
Buff
EMU
EIU
KSU
BGSU
Ball St

I think someone said we didn't best anyone with a winning record. Is that right? Hey duke is .500....so you're saying there's a chance

That is correct; and it will still be a true statement even if we beat Duke (Duke would end up 6-7 if we win).

I saw this comment in the App St v. Turds game summary:

Not saying App.State is not a decent team,but Toledo Got screwed. They won the
Mac,Was by far the best team,with 11-2 record 7-1 conf., Scored Most pts against Miami
With Miami best runner,250 yards. That's all they had. He hasn't played since. If we played them now with much improved Def, Wed beat them. West Mich won the Mac last year,played in a big 6 bowl, Made Millions, which lost To a Very good fla st team and lost by a TD. No respect for Rockets and their Quarterback is the best thrower in college. Should be in Bowl, with Middle Big 10,or Middle Sec. doesn't seem fair,when their Offence is like one of best in country and Def,very tough. I am sure They'll prove it. No disrespect for Appl,State,but no respect for a very good Toledo Team.

Talk about a poster eating his/her words! LOL

I'll take your word for it. No clue wtf that retard was trying to say..

Today I have a new profound distaste for anything Toledo.

(12-23-2017 10:24 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 10:20 PM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 10:07 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 09:52 PM)huskie1stdown Wrote:  App State is the kind of offensive line I expected from NIU.
We never dominate anymore up front.

We have the best offensive lineman in the MAC (scharping) he only allowed 5 QB pressures all season. Which is a stunning statistic. Our O line is actually really good lol.

That's one player. What about the other 4?

The team allowed 25 sacks this year and finished 39th in total rushing offense without Huff a lot of the year....pretty damn good. And a lot of those sacks were from the freshmen QB holding onto the ball forever.

Ohio was significantly better in terms of sacks allowed (Ohio- 16/NIU 25) and rushing offense (Ohio #17/NIU #29).

Toledo is also better than NIU in both categories. Best offensive line in the MAC is a stretch.

(12-23-2017 10:13 PM)Djud Wrote:  The bowl games are giving clear evidence just how weak the MAC was this year. Our regular season opponents ranked in order of strength (the gap between the top 3 and the rest is significant):

SDSU
BC
Nebraska
Toledo
CMU
WMU
Buff
EMU
EIU
KSU
BGSU
Ball St

I disagree with that, Toledo and CMU were better teams than Nebraska. Nebraska was a bad team.

(12-24-2017 10:16 AM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 10:13 PM)Djud Wrote:  The bowl games are giving clear evidence just how weak the MAC was this year. Our regular season opponents ranked in order of strength (the gap between the top 3 and the rest is significant):

SDSU
BC
Nebraska
Toledo
CMU
WMU
Buff
EMU
EIU
KSU
BGSU
Ball St

I disagree with that, Toledo and CMU were better teams than Nebraska. Nebraska was a bad team.

Nebraska was trash.

But that’s the kind of win where the line will be blurred to the point where it’s considered a great win in the future.

“Durr....remember when Carey beat Nebraska?!?”

(12-24-2017 11:40 AM)PrideinthePack2 Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 10:16 AM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 10:13 PM)Djud Wrote:  The bowl games are giving clear evidence just how weak the MAC was this year. Our regular season opponents ranked in order of strength (the gap between the top 3 and the rest is significant):

SDSU
BC
Nebraska
Toledo
CMU
WMU
Buff
EMU
EIU
KSU
BGSU
Ball St

I disagree with that, Toledo and CMU were better teams than Nebraska. Nebraska was a bad team.

Nebraska was trash.

But that’s the kind of win where the line will be blurred to the point where it’s considered a great win in the future.

“Durr....remember when Carey beat Nebraska?!?”

Based on thier record maybe. The reality is they beat a good Arkansas State ream, lost late to Oregon. They were 2-0 to start the Big 10 when they lost to #6 Wisconsin after leading in the 3rd quarter. They got beat badly by #5 OSU, then beat a hot Purdue team. They had a very good Northwestern team beat, the lost in OT. After that game to DC went off on his players. At that point the team checked out, and they lost the remainder of thier games bad. This team was definitely one of the top 3 teams we played, especially when we played them.

Arkansas St is ok (7-4). I wouldn’t call them a good team. They’re a good team in the Sun Belt (3rd Place), that’s about it.

I wouldn’t say they lost late to Oregon. Oregon had a 3 TD lead coming out of halftime. Nebraska cut it to 7 with 2:47 to go. Oregon’s win probability was never below 91.4% in the second half.

Purdue was 3-4 on a 2 game losing streak when Nebraska beat them. That’s not “hot”.

Nebraska never had the lead against Wisconsin, so I don’t know why you said they were leading in the 3rd Quarter.

Nebraska was crap. It’s ok to say it. You don’t have to make stuff up about their season to try to prove a point.

(12-24-2017 12:54 PM)PrideinthePack2 Wrote:  Arkansas St is ok (7-4). I wouldn’t call them a good team. They’re a good team in the Sun Belt (3rd Place), that’s about it.

I wouldn’t say they lost late to Oregon. Oregon had a 3 TD lead coming out of halftime. Nebraska cut it to 7 with 2:47 to go. Oregon’s win probability was never below 91.4% in the second half.

Purdue was 3-4 on a 2 game losing streak when Nebraska beat them. That’s not “hot”.

Nebraska never had the lead against Wisconsin, so I don’t know why you said they were leading in the 3rd Quarter.

Nebraska was crap. It’s ok to say it. You don’t have to make stuff up about their season to try to prove a point.

So a few points:
You’re right a “good team” is a subjective/relative term, however specific to your reference to Arkansas State’s conference, not the best time for us MAC fans to be condescending towards the SunBelt after what they did to our MAC Champion last night. Nevraska lost by a touchdown to Oregon in Oregon. The point is this was a close game till the end. As far as my “hot” Purdue team comment; They had already beaten the only MAC team to win a bowl game (Ohio) by 3 plus TDs. They lost to a ranked Louisville team by a TD; and #6 Wisconsin at Wisconsin by a TD.
You’re right as far as the Nebraska Wisconsin game, Nebraska wasn’t leading Wisconsin in the 3rd quarter, they were tied...my bad! The point is relative to our schedule, they were one of the top three teams we faced this year, and the next best team (Toledo) wasn’t close.

(12-24-2017 01:55 PM)Djud Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 12:54 PM)PrideinthePack2 Wrote:  Arkansas St is ok (7-4). I wouldn’t call them a good team. They’re a good team in the Sun Belt (3rd Place), that’s about it.

I wouldn’t say they lost late to Oregon. Oregon had a 3 TD lead coming out of halftime. Nebraska cut it to 7 with 2:47 to go. Oregon’s win probability was never below 91.4% in the second half.

Purdue was 3-4 on a 2 game losing streak when Nebraska beat them. That’s not “hot”.

Nebraska never had the lead against Wisconsin, so I don’t know why you said they were leading in the 3rd Quarter.

Nebraska was crap. It’s ok to say it. You don’t have to make stuff up about their season to try to prove a point.

So a few points:
You’re right a “good team” is a subjective/relative term, however specific to your reference to Arkansas State’s conference, not the best time for us MAC fans to be condescending towards the SunBelt after what they did to our MAC Champion last night. Nevraska lost by a touchdown to Oregon in Oregon. The point is this was a close game till the end. As far as my “hot” Purdue team comment; They had already beaten the only MAC team to win a bowl game (Ohio) by 3 plus TDs. They lost to a ranked Louisville team by a TD; and #6 Wisconsin at Wisconsin by a TD.
You’re right as far as the Nebraska Wisconsin game, Nebraska wasn’t leading Wisconsin in the 3rd quarter, they were tied...my bad! The point is relative to our schedule, they were one of the top three teams we faced this year, and the next best team (Toledo) wasn’t close.

I can’t believe you’re still sticking behind your post after I poked holes in everything.

It’s ok to admit you were wrong.

3-4 Purdue “HOT” oh brother.

(12-24-2017 03:04 PM)PrideinthePack2 Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 01:55 PM)Djud Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 12:54 PM)PrideinthePack2 Wrote:  Arkansas St is ok (7-4). I wouldn’t call them a good team. They’re a good team in the Sun Belt (3rd Place), that’s about it.

I wouldn’t say they lost late to Oregon. Oregon had a 3 TD lead coming out of halftime. Nebraska cut it to 7 with 2:47 to go. Oregon’s win probability was never below 91.4% in the second half.

Purdue was 3-4 on a 2 game losing streak when Nebraska beat them. That’s not “hot”.

Nebraska never had the lead against Wisconsin, so I don’t know why you said they were leading in the 3rd Quarter.

Nebraska was crap. It’s ok to say it. You don’t have to make stuff up about their season to try to prove a point.

So a few points:
You’re right a “good team” is a subjective/relative term, however specific to your reference to Arkansas State’s conference, not the best time for us MAC fans to be condescending towards the SunBelt after what they did to our MAC Champion last night. Nevraska lost by a touchdown to Oregon in Oregon. The point is this was a close game till the end. As far as my “hot” Purdue team comment; They had already beaten the only MAC team to win a bowl game (Ohio) by 3 plus TDs. They lost to a ranked Louisville team by a TD; and #6 Wisconsin at Wisconsin by a TD.
You’re right as far as the Nebraska Wisconsin game, Nebraska wasn’t leading Wisconsin in the 3rd quarter, they were tied...my bad! The point is relative to our schedule, they were one of the top three teams we faced this year, and the next best team (Toledo) wasn’t close.

I can’t believe you’re still sticking behind your post after I poked holes in everything.

It’s ok to admit you were wrong.

3-4 Purdue “HOT” oh brother.

I believe in what I said, the MAC was bad this year, you’re seeing that this bowl season. Yes I do believe Toledo and CMU are not as good as Nebraska at least at the time we played them. Merry Christmas!

(12-24-2017 03:33 PM)Djud Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 03:04 PM)PrideinthePack2 Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 01:55 PM)Djud Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 12:54 PM)PrideinthePack2 Wrote:  Arkansas St is ok (7-4). I wouldn’t call them a good team. They’re a good team in the Sun Belt (3rd Place), that’s about it.

I wouldn’t say they lost late to Oregon. Oregon had a 3 TD lead coming out of halftime. Nebraska cut it to 7 with 2:47 to go. Oregon’s win probability was never below 91.4% in the second half.

Purdue was 3-4 on a 2 game losing streak when Nebraska beat them. That’s not “hot”.

Nebraska never had the lead against Wisconsin, so I don’t know why you said they were leading in the 3rd Quarter.

Nebraska was crap. It’s ok to say it. You don’t have to make stuff up about their season to try to prove a point.

So a few points:
You’re right a “good team” is a subjective/relative term, however specific to your reference to Arkansas State’s conference, not the best time for us MAC fans to be condescending towards the SunBelt after what they did to our MAC Champion last night. Nevraska lost by a touchdown to Oregon in Oregon. The point is this was a close game till the end. As far as my “hot” Purdue team comment; They had already beaten the only MAC team to win a bowl game (Ohio) by 3 plus TDs. They lost to a ranked Louisville team by a TD; and #6 Wisconsin at Wisconsin by a TD.
You’re right as far as the Nebraska Wisconsin game, Nebraska wasn’t leading Wisconsin in the 3rd quarter, they were tied...my bad! The point is relative to our schedule, they were one of the top three teams we faced this year, and the next best team (Toledo) wasn’t close.

I can’t believe you’re still sticking behind your post after I poked holes in everything.

It’s ok to admit you were wrong.

3-4 Purdue “HOT” oh brother.

I believe in what I said, the MAC was bad this year, you’re seeing that this bowl season. Yes I do believe Toledo and CMU are not as good as Nebraska at least at the time we played them. Merry Christmas!

Purdue was coming off of a loss to Rutgers.

HOT!!!

(12-23-2017 10:14 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  Welp...

What I would’ve paid to see MD’s reaction.

(12-24-2017 05:31 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 10:14 PM)DogPoundNorth Wrote:  Welp...

What I would’ve paid to see MD’s reaction.

(12-24-2017 03:46 PM)PrideinthePack2 Wrote:  Purdue was coming off of a loss to Rutgers.
HOT!!!

Don't let Huskie pride cloud judgment. Considering a new coach opening against a Heisman Trophy winning QB, Purdue's loss to Louisville still surprised a lot of folks.
They dominated the MAC's East Division winner, won handily on the road at Missouri, fought hard against another Harbaugh Michigan squad with big albeit false aspirations, downed a Minnesota team that got off to a good start, hung in on the road against a team expected to contend to reach the B1G title game -- so yes, Purdue was being viewed by the media as being relatively hot, especially considering their 2016 results.
You're also right, they then stumbled at Rutgers and lost to a Nebraska team that was at least, performing better than it had against us.
Bottom line, unbiased college football folks would agree with Djud ... besides it's Christmas, be of good cheer. Go Huskies!