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Who is going Saturday?
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Cindy00 said:I haven't done any pre-planning for this game. If someone wants to figure out where to tailgate and all the logistics we would probably join in.
Total Red said:We can add everybody that responded in the Group tickets vs. NIU thread. That number keeps growing. We should have a good turnout as this game checks a lot of boxes. We have fans that have wanted more athletic events in the Chicago area. It creates an easy travel day for them and it still isn't difficult to drive up from B/N.
We're playing a FBS school with a winning tradition. The Huskies have finished at or near the top of the MAC many times in recent years and they've been to a lot of bowl games including the Orange Bowl. It creates an interesting dynamic for the game. While both coaches are saying all the right things to show respect we know that there is an undercurrent that runs in a different direction. NIU fans act like they're the big brother patting little brother Illinois State on the head while allowing him to play ball with the big boys for awhile. Redbird coaches, players and fans don't accept any of this. It's true that we don't feel equal to NIU. Redbird Nation feels it has the better team and we're eager to prove it. There's going to be a Saturday night smackdown in the far west burbs - Be there.
2nd game of Denver Johnson era. Ist game was against a division II school I think. Embarrassing is what it was.MadBird said:Hey, and no one is mentioning payback for the stolen playbook game back in, well, when was that? It was Denver Johnson era, yes? Was it the last meeting, year 2000?
NIU fans are still talking about the stolen playbook on their forum ... embarrassing, but still a classic. Would be better if it were a rival school though ... and even better if we were on the other side of it. :mrgreen:ISUBU said:2nd game of Denver Johnson era. Ist game was against a division II school I think. Embarrassing is what it was.MadBird said:Hey, and no one is mentioning payback for the stolen playbook game back in, well, when was that? It was Denver Johnson era, yes? Was it the last meeting, year 2000?
Wanna know how long Kevin Glenn played in the CFL? That was his final Redbird season. He played every year since then up until this season. The NIU head coach was an underclassman running back in that game.
Total Red said:We can add everybody that responded in the Group tickets vs. NIU thread. That number keeps growing. We should have a good turnout as this game checks a lot of boxes. We have fans that have wanted more athletic events in the Chicago area. It creates an easy travel day for them and it still isn't difficult to drive up from B/N.
We're playing a FBS school with a winning tradition. The Huskies have finished at or near the top of the MAC many times in recent years and they've been to a lot of bowl games including the Orange Bowl. It creates an interesting dynamic for the game. While both coaches are saying all the right things to show respect we know that there is an undercurrent that runs in a different direction. NIU fans act like they're the big brother patting little brother Illinois State on the head while allowing him to play ball with the big boys for awhile. Redbird coaches, players and fans don't accept any of this. It's true that we don't feel equal to NIU. Redbird Nation feels it has the better team and we're eager to prove it. There's going to be a Saturday night smackdown in the far west burbs - Be there.
Line those puppies up!Jon99 said:Total Red said:We can add everybody that responded in the Group tickets vs. NIU thread. That number keeps growing. We should have a good turnout as this game checks a lot of boxes. We have fans that have wanted more athletic events in the Chicago area. It creates an easy travel day for them and it still isn't difficult to drive up from B/N.
We're playing a FBS school with a winning tradition. The Huskies have finished at or near the top of the MAC many times in recent years and they've been to a lot of bowl games including the Orange Bowl. It creates an interesting dynamic for the game. While both coaches are saying all the right things to show respect we know that there is an undercurrent that runs in a different direction. NIU fans act like they're the big brother patting little brother Illinois State on the head while allowing him to play ball with the big boys for awhile. Redbird coaches, players and fans don't accept any of this. It's true that we don't feel equal to NIU. Redbird Nation feels it has the better team and we're eager to prove it. There's going to be a Saturday night smackdown in the far west burbs - Be there.
It’s what I have been saying... NIU fans look down on ISU because their football is FBS even though the rest of their school is garbage... realistically we don’t need to beat them to have a good season, they have more scholarships and a recruiting edge so they should beat us, but they lose to us in football and their fans will start jumping off cliffs..