Amazing!

[DeepGreen]

Remember the doormat of D1A several years ago? Yep, Northern Illinois, the same team that we beat at their place when Simon was our coach. Well these guys go to league leading Toledo and beat them for the first time at Toledo since 1972. The amazing part of all this is that No. Illinois won the game using a redshirt freshman quartrback playing in his first start ever!

Edited November 17, 2005 by DeepGreen

[FirefightnRick]

NIU beat Troy in the Silicon Valley Bowl last year.

Rick

[UNTSportsGuy]

That cold weather makes me wish I still lived at home... I do miss that weather!

[untbowler]

Remember the doormat of D1A several years ago?  Yep, Northern Illinois, the same team that we beat at their place when Simon was our coach.  Well these guys go to league leading Toledo and beat them for the first time at Toledo since 1972.  The amazing part of all this is that No. Illinois won the game using a redshirt freshman quartrback playing in his first start ever!

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Come on now DeepGreen you know they do not have as tough a situation as we do here. Our facilities our worse and the fans pick on the team and coaches to often.

[Arkstfan]

Wow, NIU had dropped 15 straight at Toledo. Most notable was the loss in 2003 that knocked NIU out of the hunt for the MAC title game and left them at home with a 10-2 record after beating Maryland, Alabama, and Iowa State.

[Brandon]

Didnt they start off a couple of years ago 7-0 or 8-0 with a few big upsets?

[Eagle1855]

Didnt they start off a couple of years ago 7-0 or 8-0 with a few big upsets?

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Yes I think they upset a ranked Maryland team... it was the year of the MAC, as they called it as there were a couple MAC team that upset ranked opponents in one week, if im not mistaken..

It was 2003:

NIU Schedule:

Maryland - W

Tennessee Tech - W

@ Bama - W

Iowa State - W

Ohio - W

@ Cent Mich - W

West Mich - W

@ BG - L

Ball State - W

@ Buff - W

@ Toledo - L

Eaast Mich - W

(10-2 record)

Edited November 17, 2005 by Eagle1855

[Coffee and TV]

I was just thinking last night about if DD left seeing if we could get Joe Novak to go south. His first 4 years were rough, but he obviously knows how to coach up his teams for OOC games.