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What would it take to sign a home and home with an FBS "non BCS" team for us? Do you think we could set a home and home with NIU?
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What would it take to sign a home and home with an FBS "non BCS" team for us? Do you think we could set a home and home with NIU?
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Notre Dame in the dome 2012.
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How confusing would that be for ESPN?!?!?!?Originally posted by jegbomb52 View Post
Some people feel the rain..........others just get wet.
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Well, I guess it would be a win win situation for us.Originally posted by bobsboy84 View PostHow confusing would that be for ESPN?!?!?!?
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I'm not sure what the point would be in scheduling games like that. First of all, no FBS team is going to play a FCS team on the road unless the guarantee they get is better than if they played at home. Secondly, when UNI plays Iowa or ISU, they are getting a lot of money to play the game and expenses are low. Would UNI get a similar guarantee playing at a MAC school? Expenses would definitely be higher. Would UNI actually make any money on that game?"And immediately, (P'Allen Stinnett's) Facebook status was spouting vulgarities towards the university."Comment
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Ball State would hurt our SOSComment
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Maybe they are looking to go to the Ohio Valley Conference and they are just thinking ahead for scheduling out of conference.__________________
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The low FBS schools are going to find it tougher and tougher to "attract" FCS schools to play...i.e. money is tight almost everywhere. I am thinking this is the reason that Ill. St. was able to get them to do a home and home. Not a bad deal for Ill. St, though, and I would truly love to have someone like Marshall or W. Kentucky back in the Dome someday. It sure beats playing Nichols St. or St. Francis.Comment
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No way NIU takes that deal. Coach Kill seems to have that program going in the right direction. Keep in mind Kill was hired away from SIU due to a retirement, and the former coach was able to hand pick his successor. He didn't have to rebuild anything.Originally posted by jegbomb52 View Post
NIU has always been a pretty solid team. Not spectacular, but they've been to bowl games, have been very competitive again most upper level teams (barely lost to Wisconsin this year), and do a good job sending players to the NFL (Michael Turner, Ryan Diem, Larry English, etc.). We'd do better offering that deal to someone like Western Kentucky, or one of the MAC teams that's not as competitive.
Ironically, Terry Allen was up for the NIU job the same year he went to Kansas. He went to KU and it didn't work. I'm pretty sure it was the guy they hired instead of TA that retired after a good run, opening up the way for Kill to take the job. I'm going from memory, but pretty sure that's accurate.Comment
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