Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl?

[89Hen]

I was being facetious?!?!?!

Okay thanks then your hoping for blowout???

I won't be watching but do you think it will be a blowout!

[dal4018]

Okay thanks then your hoping for blowout???

I won't be watching but do you think it will be a blowout!

Watch this video at the 44:37 minute mark this will tell you my response http://www.youtube.com/watch?=eXinhiwmXB0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BlueHen86]

I won't be watching but do you think it will be a blowout!

Watch this video at the 44:37 minute mark this will tell you my response http://www.youtube.com/watch?=eXinhiwmXB0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No thanks, just tell us.

[BlueHen86]

Okay thanks then your hoping for blowout???

I won't be watching but do you think it will be a blowout!

Can't be any worse than last years Orange Bowl when West Virginia beat Clemson 70-33.

That was okay though because they were both autobid teams.

[SDHornet]

How absurd. I know the Orange Bowl people are going to try to put a happy face on this but they've got to be pretty pissed off. Or whoever gets this dog. They lose to 4-8 Iowa. They beat 1-11 Kansas by 7. And they're going to a BCS Bowl because they won the pathetic MAC.

Me, I wish there was no such thing as college bowls and college football at all levels just had playoffs like very other level of football does.

Did you see Kirk Herbstreit go berserk after hearing that Northern Illinois is playing Florida St???

That alone makes NIU's berth worth it.

[BlueHen86]

Did you see Kirk Herbstreit go berserk after hearing that Northern Illinois is playing Florida St???

That alone makes NIU's berth worth it.

The BCS got 6 of the best teams in the country to fill the 10 bowl spots available, a 60 percent "success" rate. That's what happens when you give autobids and make up a crazy formula to allow non autobid schools to have access.

The 10 BCS teams should be the top 10 in the BCS standings:
Notre Dame
Alabama
Florida
Oregon
Kansas St.
Stanford
Georgia
LSU
Texas A&M
South Carolina

You could also make some arguments that Oklahoma and/or Florida State should be in.

[dal4018]

Watch this video at the 44:37 minute mark this will tell you my response http://www.youtube.com/watch?=eXinhiwmXB0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No thanks, just tell us.

Hell yeah!!!!!

[SDHornet]

That alone makes NIU's berth worth it.

The BCS got 6 of the best teams in the country to fill the 10 bowl spots available, a 60 percent "success" rate. That's what happens when you give autobids and make up a crazy formula to allow non autobid schools to have access.

That's why they set it up in the first place...of course then the anti-trust lawsuit threats came about and the BCS had to give a very slim shot for the non-AQ's. Any non-AQ able to defy the BCS odds and get a berth is well deserving IMO.

[BDKJMU]

That alone makes NIU's berth worth it.

The BCS got 6 of the best teams in the country to fill the 10 bowl spots available, a 60 percent "success" rate. That's what happens when you give autobids and make up a crazy formula to allow non autobid schools to have access.

The 10 BCS teams should be the top 10 in the BCS standings:
Notre Dame
Alabama
Florida
Oregon
Kansas St.
Stanford
Georgia
LSU
Texas A&M
South Carolina

You could also make some arguments that Oklahoma and/or Florida State should be in.

Notice 5 of the top 10 are SEC.

[BlueHen86]

The BCS got 6 of the best teams in the country to fill the 10 bowl spots available, a 60 percent "success" rate. That's what happens when you give autobids and make up a crazy formula to allow non autobid schools to have access.

The 10 BCS teams should be the top 10 in the BCS standings:
Notre Dame
Alabama
Florida
Oregon
Kansas St.
Stanford
Georgia
LSU
Texas A&M
South Carolina

You could also make some arguments that Oklahoma and/or Florida State should be in.

Notice 5 of the top 10 are SEC.

6:
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
LSU
Texas A&M
South Carolina

[BDKJMU]

Notice 5 of the top 10 are SEC.

6:
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
LSU
Texas A&M
South Carolina

Shucks, brain cramp on Tex A&M. Thinking Tex A&M and SEC in the same vein will take some getting use to.

[BlueHen86]

6:
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
LSU
Texas A&M
South Carolina

Shucks, brain cramp on Tex A&M. Thinking Tex A&M and SEC in the same vein will take some getting use to.

Agreed.

[BDKJMU]

The MAC was probably as strong as it's ever been this year. NIU deserves it & I think they're gonna put their foot right up FSU's ass in January.

You were obviously f'ing delusional with that statement. Looks like the foot went up the other a**.

[BDKJMU]

Yet, FSU has had a equally pathetic schedule/resume...

[tampajag]

The MAC was probably as strong as it's ever been this year. NIU deserves it & I think they're gonna put their foot right up FSU's ass in January.

[dal4018]

How absurd.

I blame Obama.

Please can't we leave politics out of this??

[bluehenbillk]

Hey nothing wrong with talking up the MAC - they were good this year, but there is a divide between the big-time leagues & everybody else no doubt. Boise probably belongs with the haves at this point in time & they're the only ones that ever really broke through.

I'll eat crow for my foot up their ass statement, haha. I just hate that damn Tomahawk Chop & Chief whatever his name is.

[tampajag]

Hey nothing wrong with talking up the MAC - they were good this year, but there is a divide between the big-time leagues & everybody else no doubt. Boise probably belongs with the haves at this point in time & they're the only ones that ever really broke through.

I'll eat crow for my foot up their ass statement, haha. I just hate that damn Tomahawk Chop & Chief Osceola.

FIFY

I agree the MAC has improved and NIU is a really good team. They ran into a fired up FSU defense.

[UNI88]

Hey nothing wrong with talking up the MAC - they were good this year, but there is a divide between the big-time leagues & everybody else no doubt. Boise probably belongs with the haves at this point in time & they're the only ones that ever really broke through.

I'll eat crow for my foot up their ass statement, haha. I just hate that damn Tomahawk Chop & Chief Osceola.

FIFY

I agree the MAC has improved and NIU is a really good team. They ran into a fired up FSU defense.

Agreed. If Florida St had played NIU the way they played La Monroe, I think the results would have been different. But they came into this game fired up and brought some serious heat on defense.

Disagree on Boise being the only ones that have really broken through. TCU might be in the Big12 now but they beat a very good Wisconsin team in the Rose Bowl to help clear the way for that invite.

[Grizalltheway]

More power to NIU.

The BCS is rigged against them and the crash it anyway. NIU is more deserving than Louisville and Wisconsin.

I hate to pull a CitGrad here, but about Louisville...

[tampajag]

More power to NIU.

The BCS is rigged against them and the crash it anyway. NIU is more deserving than Louisville and Wisconsin.

I hate to pull a CitGrad here, but about Louisville...

Louisville is an ACC team now at least that's how I feel

[UNI88]

More power to NIU.

The BCS is rigged against them and the crash it anyway. NIU is more deserving than Louisville and Wisconsin.

I hate to pull a CitGrad here, but about Louisville...

Hindsight is 20/20 but before the games were played NIU was just as or more deserving of a BCS bid than Louisville or Wisconsin. Florida State came in fired up and Florida came in flat and got slapped from the start. Match-ups and a team's mental approach to a game can make a huge difference in the outcome.

[89Hen]

before the games were played NIU was just as or more deserving of a BCS bid than Louisville

Meh. The Big East isn't anything to write home about, but it's certainly stronger than the MAC. NIU beat 2-10 Army, 1-11 Kansas and non-playoff UT-M, and lost to a 4-8 Iowa team in their OOC schedule. Hard to make a case they were more deserving.

[SDHornet]

NIU deserved to get in based on the rules; however outside of that not so much.

[89Hen]

NIU deserved to get in based on the rules; however outside of that not so much.