Wednesday Night NCAA Football Open Thread
If you can play for all the marbles in the MAC West, then that is what Northern Illinois is doing tonight. The Huskies will be taking on the Rockets in the Glass Bowl in Toledo on ESPN2.
This will be your evening MACtion thread. Enjoy, friends, as I clean up after another long day of storm restoration.
November 20th, 2013 at 8:06 PM ^
Well...that was not a good start.
November 20th, 2013 at 8:16 PM ^
It's one thing to say before the game "Don't believe the Huskies hype".
It's another thing to promptly go out there and get strip sacked by said Huskies.
November 20th, 2013 at 8:09 PM ^
NIU is only favored by 3? I don't bet on sports but that doesn't make sense to me.
FWIW Sagarin's pure points (predictor) has NIU winning by 1.49 on a neutral field, so with homefield advantage Sagarin would predict Toledo winning by 1.51.
Northern will beat Toledo by at least a touchdown tonight. Lay the -3 with the road chalk. Just dont trust the Rockets in this matchup
— jamie mac (@justcoverblog) November 21, 2013
November 20th, 2013 at 8:15 PM ^
What percent of the revenue goes to cancer research if no one buys any of those jerseys?
November 20th, 2013 at 8:23 PM ^
shit...
November 20th, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^
Where did they find #15 and where can we get more of him.
November 20th, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^
Illinois hired Toledo's old coach...they should've hired Northern Illinois's old coach. Much better coach. I think Northern Illinois would give Michigan problems. They'd beat Illinois for sure. Looks like this coach is picking up right where Doeren left off.
November 20th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
who was Northern Illinois' coach last year. I'll venture to say the reason for N Illinois' success is J Lynch, not Dave Doeren.
November 20th, 2013 at 11:28 PM ^
November 20th, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^
November 20th, 2013 at 8:37 PM ^
Yes it is
November 20th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
Also of note: Iowa State bball plays at BYU tonight. BYU looks to be pretty decent this year, and are favored at home. An ISU win would help the ol' SoS.
November 20th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
The Huskies just had a drive that I would describe as "eerily familiar", right down to the 3rd and 11 play just now. In good news, NIU is moving the ball well enough at about 5.7 yards per snap on average.
November 20th, 2013 at 9:20 PM ^
Touchdown Rockets!
November 20th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
That sure didn't look like he got out of bounds...
November 20th, 2013 at 9:37 PM ^
It looked like his knee hit in bounds before he fell out. Northern Illinois called their 2nd timeout anyway with 9 seconds left, so not sure it mattered that much anyway.
November 20th, 2013 at 9:27 PM ^
Not a great kicker.
November 20th, 2013 at 10:08 PM ^
Rockets looking good.
Mike Gittleson getting some love from Desmond.
November 20th, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
I have to wonder if we can note that one play as "Jordan Lynch completes pass to Jordan Lynch for a short gain" even despite the near-interception.
...and it doesn't matter because Jordan Lynch hands the ball to Jordan Lynch for a rushing TD.
November 20th, 2013 at 11:46 PM ^