Recent content by NIU007

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    Northern Illinois beat Iowa and Northwestern in 2014 and 2013...

    I know it's hard to believe but most of us wanted this QB to play rather than the "starter", Graham, who played against BC. Watch the game and you'll see how bad he was. Not only did Graham miss a few short passes like Santacaterina did, but he overthrew wide open WRs deep several times during...
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    Playing Nebraska -13

    Maybe, but we scored 20 points against BC and I bet their defense is still better than Nebraska's (They had 4 turnovers against Wake Forest but the stats were otherwise even in that game). And that was with our QB at the time continually missing wide open WRs deep.
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    Playing Nebraska -13

    I'm a homer NIU fan but I also think 11 points seems pretty low. Arkansas State is pretty good at the passes out to the perimeter, they hit the backs on the run, throwing the ball out in front of them. Most of our WR screens, the WR is standing still, we throw it to them, and THEN they start...
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    northern ILL

    Graham is supposed to be out 2-4 weeks so pretty sure he is not available. Daniel Santacaterina will be the QB, he played against Eastern Illinois also. Santacaterina played in a couple games last year after injury to other QBs, didn't pass very well overall but showed flashes and improved from...
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    northern ILL

    The only person in the United States that doesn't think Graham is terrible (besides Graham himself) is our coach, Rod Carey. We're better off with Santacaterina at QB (who played against Eastern Illinois), even though he's inexperienced. Carey also likes to play other RBs instead of Jordan Huff...
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    OT: How to be a Notre Dame fan.

    Living just a little west of Chicago, the flowchart is EXTREMELY accurate. The Arrogance-to-win ratio is off the charts.