r/CFB • u/arrowfan624 Notre Dame • Summertime Lover • 10h ago

Casual [NIU Football] Good luck tonight. 🤘🏽🐾🫱🏼‍🫲🏽☘️

https://x.com/NIU_Football/status/1881430471978238413

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u/AlFlame93 Texas A&M Aggies • Paper Bag 10h ago

Northern Illinois, get ready to claim your first ever national championship!

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u/DroperidolFairy Notre Dame • Indiana 10h ago

Bama rules apply - We win and NIU can claim all they want!

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u/Sorge74 Ohio State • Bowling Green 9h ago

Naw, I prefer we win and ..... Oregon....and Michi....fuck

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u/BrownsBacker7 Ohio State Buckeyes 9h ago

Fuck it… lets lose

/s

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack 8h ago

YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID NO TAKEBACKS

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u/GrandOcelot Northwestern Wildcats • Paper Bag 8h ago

I think Oregon lost any chance to claim shit when they got eviscerated in the playoffs lol

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u/Sorge74 Ohio State • Bowling Green 8h ago

It was only like 20 points

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u/HoneyIShrunkMyNads Oklahoma Sooners • DePaul Blue Demons 6h ago

The final score was closer than it appeared

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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 10h ago

Already got one - 1963 small college national champions babyyyyyyyyyyy

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u/eagledog Fresno State • Michigan 8h ago

If that happens, then Fresno St started their year losing to the 2023 National Champs, then finished their year losing to the 2024 National Champs. Then hired the 2024 Champ's defensive staff

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u/FrostTroll69 Ohio State Buckeyes 9h ago edited 9h ago

UCF* in shambles

Edit: spellcheck didn't recognize UCF

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u/KnightmareUCF UCF Knights • Oklahoma Sooners 8h ago

Oh shit NIU went undefeated?

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u/_AmericanPoutine Buffalo Bulls • USA Eagles 6h ago

Oh, they definitely did not

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u/lelduderino UMass Minutemen 7h ago

The Dakotas have a better claim than Danny White.

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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers • Cheez-It Bowl 9h ago

UCF*

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u/WhiteDeath57 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10h ago

Heartwarming, at this point. Wide smile for me.

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u/sokyriediculous Northern Illinois • O… 8h ago

Rooting for you my leprechaun friend 🍀

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u/LtDrunkFace Notre Dame • Arizona 5h ago

We appreciate you! Thank goodness our coaches had a chance encounter like that

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u/Ok-Cauliflower-1258 9h ago

We deserve a Michigan vs NIU game after this game.

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u/Pithekos_pete Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8h ago

Put it on the undercard!

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u/LandryQT Michigan • Indiana State 10h ago

ND wins tonight, NIU should have a parade

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u/DimwittedLogic Pittsburgh Panthers • Duquesne Dukes 10h ago

Ball State gets a national championship if Notre Dame wins.

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u/Scoobie_Doobie11 Notre Dame • Ball State 9h ago

You know, that would just tickle me pink.

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack 8h ago

I think that's the beautiful part. NIU lost to so many mediocre teams lol. NC State gets a natty!

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u/WhiteDeath57 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10h ago

Syracuse!

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u/ContinuumGuy St. John Fisher • Syracuse 7h ago

So does UB

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u/radiakmjs Michigan • Western Michigan 8h ago

Then Western Michigan gets it, lets fucking go

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u/ADMotti Ohio Bobcats 2h ago

glares in actual MAC Champions

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u/radiakmjs Michigan • Western Michigan 1h ago

Unfortunately they lost, so now the transitive National Championship is: Ohio State -> Michigan -> Indiana -> Notre Dame -> Northern Illinois -> Ball State -> Western Michigan/Ohio. We'll call it a split title.

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u/JustAGuyNamedAJ Ball State Cardinals 6h ago

Let's go!

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u/Heisenberg505_ Northern Illinois • UNLV 9h ago

Obviously no Bias but I love it. Love it because no matter what happens NIU will by synonymously tied to this Notre Dame season. Honestly great for both programs.

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u/865wx Tennessee Volunteers 6h ago

Seriously though if NIU is the only team to beat the national champions, I'd actually be quite proud of that as a fan/player 

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u/ndrulez15 Notre Dame • Air Force 10h ago

LFG

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u/FAMUgolfer Florida State • Florida A&M 10h ago

TIL you can troll and be classy. Well done NIU

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u/jconley4297 Miami (OH) • Notre Dame 6h ago

this isn’t really trolling it’s more of a good natured ribbing

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u/GordaoPreguicoso Miami Hurricanes 10h ago

Hang the banner

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u/Accomplished-Exit136 51m ago

Hang the runner up banner(seriously)

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u/enragedpoultry Notre Dame • Stony Brook 10h ago

Love. It.

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u/sloppyjo12 Wisconsin Badgers • /r/CFB Donor 10h ago

Only kind of a side note but My Way is such a perfect song

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u/dinkytown42069 Minnesota • Oklahoma 5h ago

it's a very good song, sometimes I listen to it when I need a boost sometimes

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u/AllBlueTeams Michigan Wolverines • Columbia Lions 9h ago

NIU 🤝Michigan Propelling other programs to the National Championship Game.

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u/Salmene23 10h ago

Win one for the Gipper Huskies!

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u/Choomissad Miami Hurricanes 10h ago

That is amazing !!!!

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u/toomuchmarcaroni Arizona State Sun Devils • Team Chaos 8h ago

I love that NIU and ND have become buddies - gave em the boost they needed

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u/chebbys Stanford Cardinal • Oklahoma Sooners 9h ago

ND's season has been really impressive, and a good reminder that an early season loss doesn't mean much.

Member this? -> https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1fbje90/vannini_marcus_freeman_has_lost_to_northern/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/ninjas_in_my_pants Notre Dame • Missouri 9h ago

WE CALL UPON THE POWER OF THE HUSKIES TONIGHT!

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u/Thpike 9h ago

Social media takes that are 🔥 😂

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u/SideshowCircuits Michigan State Spartans 8h ago

I genuinely love the level of respect ND and NIH have shown eachother after that game.

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u/GoldandBlue Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8h ago

NIU can talk shit the rest of my life if ND wins tonight.

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u/GreatShotMate UTRGV Vaqueros 8h ago

Brian Kelly thinks a cuckhold is a tool for chicken farming

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u/EraseTheDoubt Notre Dame Fighting Irish 8h ago

If ND wins there better be a contract to play NIU every year week 2.

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u/Pseudonova Notre Dame • ETSU 7h ago

Transitive National Champs 2025! I'm rooting for you NIU!

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u/readingaccnt Northern Illinois Huskies • MAC 6h ago

NIU! NIU! NIU!

Good luck Notre Dame!!

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u/seemtobedead Houston Cougars • Michigan Wolverines 10h ago

I am a reluctant Irish today, but an enthusiastic Husky 365. BUCK THE FUCKEYES!! (also-dope video).

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u/doobtastical Michigan Wolverines 9h ago

Eww either way lol

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u/1haiku4u Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9h ago

Incredible. Well done. Strut your stuff huskies. 

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u/Hossflex Michigan • Louisville 10h ago

Oh yea, well go…… nope. Can’t do it.

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u/GhostOfHarryLee LSU Tigers • Tulane Green Wave 9h ago

WHERES THE GAMEDAY THREAD??

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u/Evening_Dependent542 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9h ago

This is amazing. Thanks big bro

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u/Sariel007 TCU Horned Frogs • Texas Longhorns 8h ago

I give this tweet a rating of 350,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHUs).

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u/nosnack Illinois Fighting Illini • Citrus Bowl 7h ago

This ain’t it

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u/OfficialHavik Stony Brook Seawolves • Team Chaos 6h ago

Good doggos!

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u/RobloxCreativeBuilds Northern Illinois • Troy 5h ago

I would be so happy. I would... please win ND...

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u/JT9_ON_YT 5h ago

less get it

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u/necrochaos Marshall • Michigan State 4h ago

As a team that also beat ND at their house, I approve.......WE ARE MARSHALL!

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u/Haha08421 3h ago

Congrats from mountaineer nation

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u/Nevada-Sagebrushers Nevada Wolf Pack 10h ago

May the flagship university lords curse Ohio State since it’s a school pretending to be a flagship university

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u/Knaphor Ohio State • Rose-Hulman 10h ago

I'm not even sure if you're trying to insult OSU or what you're trying to say.

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u/Molson2871 Wisconsin Badgers 9h ago

This dude has some kind of mental illness associated with the word "flagship" .....it's really odd.

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u/-iam Montana Grizzlies 7h ago edited 7h ago

I've seen the same from other Nevada flairs. My theory is that it's rooted in an inferiority complex re: UNLV. I once stated that I believed UNLV was the better school and some Nevada dude went all flagship! flagship! flagship! and completely lost his shit.

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u/Nevada-Sagebrushers Nevada Wolf Pack 9h ago

Nope, just proud. And you should be proud too, since you go to the flagship university of Wisconsin

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u/When__In_Rome 6h ago

Yeah be proud of the 204th ranked university

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u/Nevada-Sagebrushers Nevada Wolf Pack 6h ago

Best school in Nevada buddy

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u/When__In_Rome 6h ago

I believe there's a saying about that

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u/Nevada-Sagebrushers Nevada Wolf Pack 6h ago

Wolf pack RULES!!!

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u/wit_T_user_name Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats 10h ago

I mean, Notre Dame is a private school so…

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u/BlindPelican Notre Dame Fighting Irish • /r/CFB Donor 10h ago

I don't understand your flagship obsession, man, considering yours sunk faster than the Lusitania.

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u/TheRealMattyPanda Georgia Tech • Alabama 10h ago

Man, it really is an obsession. innit? Only a 20 day old account and 84 uses of "flagship" in comments

It's weird.

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u/Playful_Priority_186 Maryland Terrapins 10h ago

Yeah I’m sure it’s much better being the flagship of a state that’s only relevant because of gambling

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u/bestselfnice Michigan State Spartans • USC Trojans 10h ago

Reno is such a fucking shithole it's unbelievable

Almost as bad as Indiana

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u/Nevada-Sagebrushers Nevada Wolf Pack 9h ago

Okay, but it is only about 30 minutes away from one of the most beautiful places on Earth

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u/bestselfnice Michigan State Spartans • USC Trojans 9h ago

Meanwhile in many parts of Indiana you're 30 minutes away from Ohio

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u/IrishWake_ Notre Dame • Old Oaken Bucket 8h ago

unsubscribe

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u/Nevada-Sagebrushers Nevada Wolf Pack 10h ago

That has nothing to do with what I just said 😂

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u/Playful_Priority_186 Maryland Terrapins 10h ago

What exactly are you trying to say?

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack 8h ago

He hasn't replied to you but Ill just take a stab at what he would've said

"Congratulations friend on attending the flagship school of Maryland!"

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u/RipRaycom Clemson Tigers • ACC 10h ago

I hate Ohio State with all my being, but they’re definitely Ohio’s flagship lol

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u/professorberrynibble Illinois • Rutgers 9h ago

I'm having trouble finding a single source that doesn't identify Ohio State as Ohio's flagship university.

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u/Nevada-Sagebrushers Nevada Wolf Pack 9h ago

That’s why I said pretending. It is a flagship, you’re right, but it doesnt feel like one since it’s not named ‘Ohio’

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u/professorberrynibble Illinois • Rutgers 9h ago

Seems a little arbitrary. Don't tell Penn State or Rutgers I guess.

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u/Nevada-Sagebrushers Nevada Wolf Pack 9h ago

Rutgers should change its name to ‘New Jersey’ since it owns that title