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OT: FSU vs Northern Illinois in Orange Bowl...

 

BREAKING: Northern Illinois vs Florida State is official in the Orange Bowl, according to a source.

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December 2nd, 2012 at 5:43 PM | This is why the college (Score:4 Normal)
winterblue75
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This is why the college football bowl season is a fucking joke

Sincerely,

Cpt. Ass-Hat

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:56 PM | Agreed, but glad NIU made it (Score:5 Normal)
robpollard
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I've always hated how bowl games went from exhibitions (e.g., before ~2005, stats didn't count towards all-time records) to now supposedly being the be-all, end-all for how good a team/conference is ("See? Our conference went 6-2 in bowl games - that means we're awesome!").

I doubt NIU is one of the ~10 best teams in the country, which is sort of what the BCS is for, but there aren't any great teams this year, so why not them getting in over, say, Oklahoma, who hasn't looked that impressive themselves?

The bowls can't go back to the backroom deals of old (under which NIU would have never gotten in) because they would be exposed for being the cartel that they are and face congressional action. So they're stuck in this current version where non-BCS schools get crumbs and sometimes it blows up in the bowls (and in this case, ESPN's) face. Fine by me.

I won't be happy until there is an eight-team playoff, with the first round at home campuses, and the big bowls (and their enablers) stand in the way. I could not care less what happens to the big bowls - they're fake "nonprofits" that are a pox on the college game.

It only ends once. Anything that happens before that, is just progress.

December 2nd, 2012 at 9:05 PM | Lol Niu lost to Iowa and had (Score:1 Normal)
ak47
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Lol Niu lost to Iowa and had a terrible strenght of schedule, no business being in the bcs, nobody can ever cry about the little guy missing out again this is shit.

December 3rd, 2012 at 10:43 AM | They were 1 point away from (Score:3 Normal)
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They were 1 point away from an undefeated season.  I like this move, and hope they can pull out a win. 

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:45 PM | BCS bowls attended (Score:5 Normal)
Yeoman
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Northern Illinois 1

Michigan State 0

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:53 PM | (No subject) (Score:5 Normal)
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edit... why'd my image go away?  Here's another for ya'll:

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:51 PM | (No subject) (Score:5 Normal)
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This season they taste like Parmessan Garlic boneless wings

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:46 PM | #MACCTION (Score:5 Normal)
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#MACCTION

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December 2nd, 2012 at 5:49 PM | Hell yeah! (Score:5 Normal)
ILMichFan70
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Go Huskies!!! As a big follower of NIU football I love it!

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:51 PM | This (Score:3 Normal)
OrangeWolverine
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This is stupid.

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:58 PM | Big Ten and Big East's fault (Score:4 Normal)
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If either conference could place a team in the top 16, this wouldn't have happened.

Hot dogs are the devil.

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:51 PM | They'll be lucky if the (Score:1 Normal)
bronxblue
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They'll be lucky if the stadium is this packed

December 2nd, 2012 at 6:52 PM | You're kidding, right? You (Score:1 Normal)
Clarence Beeks
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You're kidding, right? You do realize that the other team playing in this game is FLORIDA State, right?

December 2nd, 2012 at 7:32 PM | Their fans are off-camera (Score:1)
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I assume that's all the folks from Dekalb, IL that you're looking at.

December 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 AM | You do realize (Score:2 Normal)
Gulogulo37
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You do realize the team playing in that game was MIAMI, right? And they game was played in MIAMI.

December 3rd, 2012 at 4:54 PM | I was making a joke, but FSU (Score:1)
bronxblue
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I was making a joke, but FSU is not going to fill that whole stadium with fans.  NIU has virtually no national following, and it doesn't sound like the fanbase is super-jazzed and will travel en masse.  So no, I'm not saying it will look like that picture, but there will definitely be open sections.

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:52 PM | Isn't this the team IOWA (Score:5 Normal)
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Isn't this the team IOWA beat?

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:53 PM | There should have been a (Score:5 Normal)
enlightenedbum
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There should have been a bylaw that if you lost to this year's Iowa team, you're banned from the BCS.

December 2nd, 2012 at 6:00 PM | First game! (Score:2 Normal)
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It was the first game of the season. NIU is not even close to being the same team they were at the beginning of the year. Teams do in fact get better during a season and if you look at the team then and now there's no comparison.

I do agree though that this will have thousands of empty seats unless the FSU fans can buy them all up. Should be interesting to see what is announced tonight.

December 2nd, 2012 at 6:10 PM | Are you (Score:3 Normal)
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Chandler Harnish?

http://semichigansports.com

December 2nd, 2012 at 6:17 PM | NIU's non-conference (Score:5 Normal)
enlightenedbum
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NIU's non-conference results:

Iowa 18, Northern Illinois 17

Northern Illinois 35, Tennessee-Martin 7

Northern Illinois 41, Army 40  Army is 2-9

Northern Illinois 30, Kansas 23 Kansas is 1-11

Then they beat up a bunch of MAC schools and won the title game against a team that got blown out by Kentucky.

They're going to get slaughtered.

December 2nd, 2012 at 7:58 PM | But... (Score:2 Normal)
da3mite
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They still play the games for a reason.

It may not be quite the slaughter some of you are expecting if FSU feels the same way. Also, NIU's quarterback is damn good.

December 2nd, 2012 at 9:08 PM | Ok cool, lets just put (Score:0 Flamebait)
December 2nd, 2012 at 9:35 PM | "their best win is over a (Score:3 Normal)
Yeoman
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"their best win is over a team that lost to a terrible kentucky game"

a team that also handily whipped one of the Big East co-champions. You're cherry picking games off the schedule to make your argument.

Do I think NIU is one of the ten best teams in the country? Of course not. But they aren't the worst of the ten teams picked for a BCS bowl.

December 2nd, 2012 at 9:57 PM | First off the big east is a (Score:0 Overrated)
December 2nd, 2012 at 11:08 PM | "the big east is a joke so I (Score:4 Normal)
Yeoman
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"the big east is a joke so I don't really care about a win over a co-champion"

"There is no way NIU plays in a single bcs conference and comes away with a championship"

Make up your mind. Are all the BCS conferences superior or is the Big East a joke?

December 3rd, 2012 at 1:26 AM | I stand by both comments.  I (Score:-1 Overrated)
December 2nd, 2012 at 5:53 PM | Wow (Score:5 Normal)
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Poor Northern Ill.  What in Northern Illinois' performance makes anyone believe they can play with FSU?

Strength equipment is expensive and guarantees you nothing.  A strong will is free and can give you everything you want.

December 2nd, 2012 at 6:06 PM | Have you followed NIU? (Score:0 Normal)
December 2nd, 2012 at 8:34 PM | I can't speak for (Score:3 Normal)
cbuswolverine
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I can't speak for knickerbocker, but I am basing this on them being a MAC team.  

December 2nd, 2012 at 8:55 PM | If NIU can only beat Kansas by 7 (Score:1)
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then GT could probably handle NIU

I do it for my love of the Streets

December 2nd, 2012 at 11:15 PM | Eye test (Score:3 Funny)
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If Florida State wins by less than 30, I will donate all of my mgopoints to you

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December 2nd, 2012 at 5:53 PM | Is it April 1? (Score:0 Normal)
December 2nd, 2012 at 5:55 PM | Garret Wolfe is gonna run (Score:5 Normal)
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Garret Wolfe is gonna run wild on the Seminoles.

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December 2nd, 2012 at 5:55 PM | If they had Michael Turner (Score:2 Normal)
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If they had Michael Turner still I'd give them a fighting chance.

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December 2nd, 2012 at 5:59 PM | Don't need Michael Turner! (Score:-1 Overrated)
December 2nd, 2012 at 6:02 PM | Jordan Lynch does not a team (Score:4 Normal)
Belisarius
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Jordan Lynch does not a team make. Compare that to the star power on FSU's lineup, and commence to shudder...

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December 2nd, 2012 at 6:08 PM | Exactly (Score:1 Normal)
ILMichFan70
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but he is able to run and pass the ball very well and is a great leader of their team. Florida State sure looked like a powerful lineup against Georgia Tech yesterday didn't they. I'm not saying that NIU is going to win this game but what I am saying is that they are very solid and would make it a good game.

December 2nd, 2012 at 6:16 PM | Dream on. (Score:3 Normal)
Belisarius
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Dream on.

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December 2nd, 2012 at 9:18 PM | I completely understand where (Score:1 Flamebait)
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I completely understand where you're coming from (who likes to say that their team is doomed?), but predicting NIU will keep it close is akin to all of us who predicted that we'd beat (or at least challenge) Bama.

"The straightest line from A to B is straight: From A to B"

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December 2nd, 2012 at 6:29 PM | I'll give them an NC State (Score:3 Normal)
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I'll give them an NC State chance. It is FSU we're talking about, after all. Any given Saturday they can flip the switch and lose to anybody.

"that's why you don't go to Ohio State, Lawrence"

December 2nd, 2012 at 6:51 PM | I lol'd (Score:1)
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Didn't he have like 200 rushing yards against us the last time we played them?

So hot.  Milk was a bad choice.

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:55 PM | Uhhhhh.... I wonder how the (Score:3 Normal)
Belisarius
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Uhhhhh....

I wonder how the NIU players are feeling. Fantastic, I imagine...but you have to wonder if, when the high wears off, they start to think "Oh, hell..."

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December 2nd, 2012 at 6:00 PM | Could be a good game (Score:5 Normal)
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NIU will treat it like their Super Bowl, and FSU most likely will treat it like they are playing scrubs.  No one gave Boise State a chance a few years ago against the powerhouse of Oklahoma, but look how that turned out.

Hot dogs are the devil.

December 2nd, 2012 at 10:04 PM | The disappointment factor often plays a role in bowl games (Score:1)
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IMO, whether FSU can handle that will determine if FSU finds itself in a contested game.

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:56 PM | Congrats to NIU (Score:3 Normal)
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Love to see the MAC get some love!!

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December 2nd, 2012 at 10:33 PM | so tired (Score:1)
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of the SEC Network - er- ESPN's MAC hatefest

December 2nd, 2012 at 5:59 PM | So now Florida gets to eat (Score:1 Normal)
Blarvey
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So now Florida gets to eat Louisville alive instead of a real matchup like Oregon. At least some of the non-BCS bowls will be interesting.

December 2nd, 2012 at 6:00 PM | Didn't they just lose their (Score:2)
Belisarius
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Didn't they just lose their heaf coach to NC State? Will they be playing in a BCS Bowl without their HC?

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December 2nd, 2012 at 10:07 PM | Happened with Cincy when (Score:2 Normal)
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Happened with Cincy when Kelly went to ND 

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