Berth in Orange Bowl, new coach cap wild weekend for NIU

By Fred Mitchell, Chicago Tribune (MCT)

Created: Monday, December 3, 2012 12:00 p.m. CDT

Updated: Monday, December 3, 2012 12:03 p.m. CDT

It was an incredible weekend for the Northern Illinois football program.

A 44-37 double-overtime victory over Kent State in the Mid-American Conference championship game kicked off the exhilaration Friday night at Ford Field in Detroit. That was followed by the announcement on Saturday that Dave Doeren had accepted the coaching position at North Carolina State.

On Sunday came the historic news that the Huskies were bound for Miami on New Year's Day to face Florida State in the Orange Bowl, becoming the first team from the MAC to earn a berth in a BCS bowl game.

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