This Tuesday the Northern Illinois Huskies will face off against the UAB Blazers in the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl. And, if you’re a fan of either team, no doubt you’ve already heard that this is just one of three bowl games (and the only non-New Years Six bowl) that features two conference champions - UAB won the C-USA title in their rematch with Middle Tennessee State and NIU had that amazing 20-point comeback win against Buffalo.
The bowl game marks the first ever meeting between the two schools and neither has much history against their opponent’s conference either.