Looking ahead from a historic year
I still remember leaving a dark, empty Solider Field on Sept. 1.
One of the last ones out of the press box, I had just witnessed Northern Illinois’ 18-17 loss to Iowa, a game the Huskies very well could have won.
Little did I know that exactly four months later on Jan. 1, I would be covering the Huskies at another NFL facility, Sun Life Stadium in south Florida for the Orange Bowl. It was the first BCS bowl appearance for NIU and the Mid-American Conference.
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