I wasn't fortunate to attend a major university. And technically I don't have a degree from Northern Illinois, but I did spend two and a half years attending classes at NIU to earn my teacher's certificate, so I consider myself and alum.
So I am in a great minority of college football fans in my excitement to see them in the Orange Bowl. They are playing a tough Florida State team, and that's a scary matchup (Louisville would have been much better!), and I so wish I could afford to be at the game. Times are tight in my family, so I'll have to settle for watching the game on New Year's Day.
If NIU loses, no one will be surprised. If they win...well it will change college football as much as Boise State defeating Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. With a win, the MAC will start getting better teams to play, and hopefully pulling the MAC up to the level of such power conferences as...the Big East!
So I am in a great minority of college football fans in my excitement to see them in the Orange Bowl. They are playing a tough Florida State team, and that's a scary matchup (Louisville would have been much better!), and I so wish I could afford to be at the game. Times are tight in my family, so I'll have to settle for watching the game on New Year's Day.
If NIU loses, no one will be surprised. If they win...well it will change college football as much as Boise State defeating Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. With a win, the MAC will start getting better teams to play, and hopefully pulling the MAC up to the level of such power conferences as...the Big East!
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