Over the past six seasons a lot of comparisons have been made between the Northern Illinois Huskies (8-5, 6-3 MAC) and the Boise State Broncos (8-4, 5-3 Mountain West) but the teams have never met on the gridiron. Until now.
The Poinsettia Bowl, which can be seen Wednesday, December 23rd at 4:30 p.m. EST (3:30 CST) on ESPN, will feature the two winningest G5 teams in the past ten years. This will be NIU's third appearance in the Poinsettia Bowl and Boise State's second. Neither team has won the game. NIU lost to TCU in 2006 and to Utah State in 2013, while the Broncos also fell to TCU in the 2008 game.