The Opponent: The Northern Illinois Huskies.
Date: September 17, 2022
Where: DeKalb, Illinois
Last year: 9-5 (6-2 MAC.) Northern Illinois is the reigning MAC champion. Uh, why did we schedule this game?
Series record: Vanderbilt has won all four meetings. By a total of 20 points, but still.
The last time we saw these guys: September 28, 2019. Low key this was the beginning of the end for the Derek Mason era, with Vanderbilt winning 24-18 in Nashville, against what was then a pretty bad Northern Illinois team — the Huskies would go 5-7 that year.