To those who thought the MAC was relevant, that thought NIU belonged in a big time bowl game, how'd that work out?
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competitive because fsu couldnt get a fukkin third down conversion ever and did shit in the red zone even though they piled up yards
a 21 point loss is not competitive anywayComment -
FSU was keeping NIU in it, not NIU.
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Maybe my expectation was that it would be a Florida-Cincinnati type Sugar Bowl mauling. It hasn't been that bad. Still, I agree it was a joke that they were invited.Comment -
Wouldn't say they have anything to be embarrassed about. They are laughing all the way to the bank.
Niu has some kids that can play.
The difference always comes down to the trenches.
Considering where niu started the year they had one heck of season.
Performance was much better than Hawaii a few years backComment -
You realize the Mac is basically a group of nobodies? They played well considering FSU was 7th in opening week polls.Comment -
It's a 60 minute game people.
MAC is a jokeComment -
NIU had no business being in a BCS game
This team almost lost to Army for Christ sakesComment -
They let Pryor rush for 134 yards on 5 carries.
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Great season. Their signature win was beating Kansas.Comment -
they have a low budget and limited recruits. i thought they did fine considering.Comment -
Worst schedule in the country, still managed to lose a game, and still backdoor into the Orange bowl. How?Comment -
I thought the game highlighted what plagued FSU the whole season, and that was their failure to execute on offense in the red zone. That's why they lost to a shit NC St team.
NIU has 1/8th or less of the recruiting budget, and even less spent on their overall athletics than FSU as a whole. They showed well, for having an interim coach and no NFL talent, as opposed to FSU. What happened is they were worn down on their lines, b/c they do not have the requisite size to compete 4qtrs.Comment -
One more MAC game left, I would usually say we should fade as I like to do with the MAC but there only two wins this bowl season are against the Sun Belt and of course Kent St plays Ark St from the Sun Belt. The Sun Belt may be the only conference worse than the MAC.
WKU lost to damn Central Michigan FFS and Ohio whooped UL Monroe. Embarrassing. La Lafayette did represent and get a win against ECU. Maybe Arkansas State who beat La Lafayette on the road pretty good will do the same and beat Kent St.
Ark St. is another team with an interim coach now that will probably struggle and Kent State is losing Hazell but he will coach in this game which could odd. All my theories are out the window in this one. I'm saying the Sun Belt gets a win over the MAC finally thanks to Arkansas State. Ryan Aplin, a senior QB has some good numbers. David Oku a transfer RB from Tennessee who decided between the Vols and the Cuse with his decision where to go is a beast. So, Gooooo Red Wolves, in what should be a thriller.
Turned this into a Kent St/Ark St preview somehow. 
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Talked myself into it, Spencer Keith is awful at QB for Kent St. Arkansas State is gonna dominate this shit Sunday night.
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Hint: do not touch these gamesComment -
Cuse
Don't be crazy son!Comment -
ya the mac sucks but fsu sure didnt put them away like they should of.Comment -
Fsu qb is blackComment -
Stupid statement. It's all about the end result. I guess Florida shouldn't get a spot because they almost lost to Louisiana Lafayette. ND in the NC? Oh nah if Pittsburghs kicker didn't choke and the Stanford game wasn't rigged they would of lost 2 games. It's all about the end result pal.Comment -
You want to watch the real Mac team get rolled watch Louisville against FloridaComment -
The niu kids did great considering they are a bunch of no star and a few 1 and 2 star recruits vs florida st hung around for a while but just didnt have the depth or the talent to hang with a program like fsu . Easy $$ imoComment -
I'm not sure if that fact was true. There is 124 teams in d1.. unless they don't count umass and the new d1 schools
Still low..
Either way the mac did nothing to embass itself tonight..
Like a few said new coach. Less budget playing against a pre season top 5
Its not exactly like the mac is considered a power conferenceComment -
bears the point isnt whether they did well for being a mac school or not....its whether they belonged....they didnt
this niu team couldnt have competed with the boise's, tcu's, etc that have made bcs games before either
going in to last night i think they said non bcs schools were 4-2 in bcs bowl games.....this team never had a chance and those other teams didnt need to say that a 21 point loss was competitive...other than hawaii but at least they were undefeated that year going inComment -
Gonna laugh when NIU goes unbeaten next year and see if they get left out of BCS after their performance this year.Comment -
According to the current format they did belong though.. plenty of other teams had chances to keep them out of the top 16 .
Wouldn't say the conference is a joke as they werent expected to compete and aren't considered a top tier conference
They had a shot at tying during the 3rd quarter when lynch threw a pick inside the 20..
Also I noticed you said about it being a blowout if fsu could completely a 3rd down, don't you think niu has something to do with that?
End of the day
Its not their fault the bcs is a faulty system..
Then again anytime a smaller school gets in the bully schools won't like itComment
