Northern Illinois to play at ND in 2024, per Sun-Times
by rick (2019-05-23 16:22:55)
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Article is behind a paywall.
Northern has been a pretty good team for a number of years.

Great Lakes Naval Station was not available?
by knutesteen  (2019-05-23 19:59:28)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

We owe those guys from 1943!
Iowa Pre-Flight was too far of a drive. *
by domer4  (2019-05-24 09:44:06)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

How about Chicago Physicians and Surgeons? *
by usmcirish  (2019-05-24 10:11:46)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Michigan played Ann Arbor High School once.
by domer4  (2019-05-24 22:10:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

How about South Bend Adams.... they could use the guarantee too.
I want a rematch with our rival Beloit College *
by TAR  (2019-05-23 18:57:05)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Too bad for Milton College. 'Tis no more. David Krieg lives! *
by Hati Hijau  (2019-05-24 19:14:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Official NIU announcement here.
by G.K.Chesterton  (2019-05-23 17:55:45)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Time for a MAC snack!
Did Little Sisters of the Poor turn Jack down again? *
by Frank Drebin  (2019-05-23 17:48:51)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Be pretty sweet...
by Porpoiseboy  (2019-05-23 17:19:15)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

if we replaced Jack Swarbrick.
By what standards have they been good?
by No Right Turn on Red  (2019-05-23 16:59:43)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

They won 10+ games five years in a row, but now that those Kill/Doeren classes are gone, the team has gone just 29-24 in the last four years. The Sun Belt and Conference USA are the only two FBS conferences worse than the MAC.
They also beat Ball State 24-16.
by tdiddy07  (2019-05-23 17:45:42)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

In front of 70,000 fewer reported fans.
N.Illinois beefing up their schedule
by TWO  (2019-05-23 16:56:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

They've got Michigan, Iowa, BYU, Kentucky on future schedules along with ND.

Athletic department must be running a deficit *
by dinger9927  (2019-05-23 17:49:50)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

this was well documented in the last couple of years
by DavidAddison  (2019-05-23 18:03:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

they definitely are taking on tough opponents for the guarantee. See link.
Declining enrollment? Why is that happening? *
by TWO  (2019-05-23 20:25:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

People are leaving Illinois *
by BillShakespeare  (2019-05-24 14:35:52)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I don't think that will help season ticket sales *
by Father Nieuwland  (2019-05-23 16:37:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Looks like Jack wants to schedule all of the MAC teams. *
by MobileIrish  (2019-05-23 16:29:58)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I'm fine with it if we play 10 Power 5 teams.
by gordonbombay  (2019-05-23 21:41:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

We don't, usually (although we did the past 2 years). So I'm less fine with it.
He broke that cherry a while ago, and he can't help
by SWPaDem  (2019-05-23 21:12:50)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

going back.