NIU Homecoming 2010-- Part 6-- Buffalo Stompin'

Great day for football while in the sun, but there were enough clouds to put a real chill in that hard blowing-wind.

We won't sit on the student side of the stadium as they never sit down, plus, most have those clapper things. At least there are more students at the game these days. There was a time back in the 80s and 90s when there weren't more than a few hundred. Some school spirit.

When I was a student at Northern, I rarely missed a home football or basketball game. You have to really back your school. Besides, we had a REAL good time in the stands with our smuggled in libations.

The team didn't seem to be relishing the day and stalled three straight times on drives and then our field goal kicker missed THREE STRAIGHT kicks. We finally scored, then they drove right down the field to tie it.

Another score for us and then they intercepted us and ran it in for a TD.

We did have a 17-14 lead at half.

Third quarter the Huskies came out firing on both defense and offense and shut down Buffalo after that. We left a little into the 4th quarter with NIU up 33-14. I would have liked to stay, but we wanted a seat in Lord Stanley's on Lincoln Highway in downtown Dekalb so we could see the Dekalb Footstompers. No NIU homecoming with be complete without seeing those guys.

Met an Interesting Person Sitting Next to Us. --RoadDog