Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl

Congratulations to Northern Illinois Huskies football team! They are going to be playing Florida St in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day. What an awesome pay day for the program - it's really nice to see one of the smaller conference teams (non-BCS) getting a chance to play in a big bowl game.

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