Northern Illinois Football: How the Huskies Can Win the Orange Bowl

Posted by Dean Siemon on December-25-2012 Add Comments

The Northern Illinois Huskies have gotten the Rodney Dangerfield treatment from college football experts: no respect.

The team won 12 games in a row and a second straight Mid-American Conference Championship in a double overtime win over Kent State to find themselves facing #12 Florida State (11-2) in the Discover Orange Bowl.

It was an early Christmas gift for a team that only found themselves in the BCS picture one week prior to the MAC title game.

But maybe the lack of respect will start a fire under a team that is hoping to make all the small schools proud in a matchup that pits two of the nation's top quarterba...

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