Haugh: Ignore the haters: N. Illinois belongs in BCS
(MCT) — CHICAGO — Of all the insulting misconceptions spread since Northern Illinois qualified for the Orange Bowl, the most uninformed suggests the Huskies will use the unfair opinions of the Kirk Herbstreits of the college football world for motivation.
None needed. To NIU players, it was personal long before the usually level-headed Herbstreit did them a disservice Sunday on ESPN by calling their inclusion in the Bowl Championship Series an “absolute joke.”
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