toddjnsn
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RE: The Lets Go BGSU thread
Quote:We aren't winning pretty this year...but we sure are winning. I hope WMU goes in cocky, that would be the best thing for us. You're an unproven team that has had a solid year. But don't know how to win the big game. We will see what happens.
As said above, you guys play disciplined (rarely turn it over) -- and work with what ya got pretty well. You know how to win. Kind of like playing McGuyver. Hey, I'd like to have that as a down year for WMU -- who wouldn't, right? However, with that said, NIU fans should not be "Well I never!" about WMU fans (or any team being the 'hottest in the MAC') saying that they're not scared of NIU at-home game, they're comfortable/happy NIU is not an overpowering team this year at all, and more scared of @CMU -- which any MAC fan knows *is* a bigger deal -- especially when the MAC is having a down year and the CMU/WMU team going on the road has a great run that can be spoiled.
Quote:Chicago is more like 1.5 hours. Plus the Chicago media ignores us unless it's convenient for them to mention us. If we did somehow get to the Big 12 (yes you can laugh here) we'd get bigger crowds but IMO people in Illinois have pro sports ingrained into their minds too much.
I think that's the thing. NIU will need several years of hardcore marketing (like the "Next?" article in Chicago Tribune), and winning teams in both up and down years -- to bring in a flock. If said flock is only going to start migrating to games when NIU's 10+ wins in a year & knocking off a P5 team or two well-known G5s (AAC/MW) -- they'll still need some more work making the concept made of cement rather than clay.
I think joining B12 is a two-way street... they'd want to meet ya half-way. Said MAC team, even if winning in football Very Well over the past 5 years is in the lower-range of fan attendance, they're not going to want said team. Otherwise, NIU would have be set to join the B12 via agreements starting in a couple years already.
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11-20-2014 01:36 PM |
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RE: The Lets Go BGSU thread
Nobody is saying WMU should be "scared" (such a stupid word) of NIU. Saying the game is going to be a cake walk though? Okay...lol.
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11-20-2014 01:44 PM |
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