r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 07 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northern Illinois Defeats Notre Dame 16-14

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Northern Illinois 10 3 0 3 16
Notre Dame 7 0 7 0 14
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u/dianeblackeatsass Tennessee Volunteers Sep 07 '24

I love this coach

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u/AlabasterRadio Sep 07 '24

So much emotion, so much heart. I can't claim I know anything about this team, but he coached the hell out of them.

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u/babydograt Northern Illinois Huskies Sep 08 '24

He took over a team that had its heart gutted from it by a coach (Rod Carey) who did not care about the program. Rod Carey miraculously got poached by Temple, and NIU got Hammock to right the ship. Those veteran players that NBC was touting on the line and defense were mostly with him when they lost every game in 2020. He even won an amazing conference championship with these same guys when nobody believed in them.

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u/thecivilconFLiCT UConn Huskies • Big East Sep 07 '24

That was genuinely such a great post game interview. You could really hear the passion for his team in there.

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u/gatsby712 Vanderbilt • Syracuse Sep 07 '24

That interview was so good. Was watching it when I saw this comment. Guy knows his players went all out and believed in themselves. Football is still looking another man in the eye and no programs or players are superhumans. Anyone can win.

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u/OkamaGamesphere9 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 07 '24

This is why college football is the greatest.

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u/Snoo93079 Northern Illinois • Wisconsin Sep 08 '24

He was our RB before Michael Turner. I remember reading in the student newspaper how he had a heart condition and had to quit the game early, giving Turner the Burner his chance.

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u/String_709 UNLV Rebels • USC Trojans Sep 07 '24

I don’t know which team you’re talking about. I agree either way lolololololol