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Congratulations to the Zips on winning the MAC Championship. It's a sad night for us Huskie fans, but credit your team for never saying die when you fell behind in the second half. Good luck in the bowl game on December 26.

NIU-Akron winner gets MCB invite. The season is over for the losing team. Doesn't get any simpler than that.

For the record, in the past four seasons NIU is 13-3 in road games against MAC opponents. Of course one of the three losses is to the Zips. Looking forward to a great game on Thursday. I should have said, "games that matter". Losing important games seems to be one of the biggest traditions NIU has. True, in the three years prior to this season we couldn't get past Toledo in must-win games, be they on the road or at home. However, when faced with elimination from the West race the past three games, we have won every time, and twice on the road. The game on Thursday should be a good one. You guys really played well against us in the first game. If you hadn't become so conservative offensively and defensively in the 4th quarter, we wouldn't have caught you at the end to force OT. Biggs is a darn good back, and Hixson will cause our secondary alot of trouble. The key for NIU will be to get pressure on your QB. For the Zips, if you can hold Wolfe to 50 yards rushing again, you will win. However, I do think the NIU will more patient and not give up on the run game as early as we did in the first meeting.

For the record, in the past four seasons NIU is 13-3 in road games against MAC opponents. Of course one of the three losses is to the Zips. Looking forward to a great game on Thursday.