Northern Illinois Huskies football

...worse. Akron, Syracuse, Temple and Eastern Illinois, all at home? At least the Badgers played Fresno State, travel to Hawaii and beat a better MAC team in Northern Illinois. On paper, Wisconsin's resume is better. 3) Wisconsin has no...

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...is incredibly favorable. When Northern Illinois and Hawaii were originally put on the schedule for 2009, superstars Garrett Wolfe and Colt Brennan were getting Heisman hype and both teams were possible BCS busters. Now they're just...

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...the better teams. Oh sure, Tech blasted away on Idaho, Utah State and New Mexico State, but it only scored three against Boise State, 17 against Northern Illinois, 14 against Hawaii, and was shut out by Kansas. The Schedule: The...

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...State and Northern Illinois - earned bowl berths in 2008 with .500 records. Northern Illinois was one of five teams from the MAC to play in a bowl last year. Bowling Green, which finished second to UB in the East, was the only bowl...

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...college football writer Bruce Feldman of ESPN Insider. The Badgers, who ranked 10th on Feldman's list, face Northern Illinois, Fresno State and Wofford at home, and play at Hawaii. Feldman assigned values to each nonconference opponent,...

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...have you seen Kevin Costner lately, gentle reader? Precisely.) • This year's Independence Bowl features the Northern Illinois Huskies, a team most notable for being coached by the awesomely named Jerry Kill, whose commando...

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...help this Badger team. Northern Illinois is a decent Week 1 opponent and Fresno State will beat you up physically (we saw that last year), so the new starters will get tested early while the team should still start 3-0. Wisconsin also ends the...

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...Six team in three years (easily dispatched Washington State in 2007) and faces a slate this year of Northern Illinois, Fresno State, Wofford and Hawaii. Drawing fire on this front today: Auburn, which reportedly backed out of an intriguing...

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...want to laugh, you may want to check it out. Aside from a semi-tough matchup with Fresno State, games against Northern Illinois, Wofford, and Hawaii aren't going to get the Badgers a lot of points. As if the non-conference schedule wasn't easy...

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