The Huskies officially accepted an invitation Sunday to play in the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl. The Huskies (11-2) will take on Marshall (12-1) at 5 p.m. Dec. 23.
The Thundering Herd, who defeated Louisiana Tech in Saturday's Conference USA Championship, were in the running for the Group of Five bid for a New Year's Six Bowl before suffering a 67-66 loss Nov. 28 to Western Kentucky.
"I've got to say, our leadership was phenomenal. Jon Steinbrecher, our commissioner, has done a fantastic job of putting together bowl agreements that put us in a position of national conversation. Kudos to him and his staff, he's done a fantastic job. As I've always said, it's a relationship business," NIU athletic director Sean Frazier said. "I think it's extremely important to note that the Boca Raton Bowl is a part of our primary agreements, so it just fell in nicely, and I would say that the matchup is critical for us at NIU to continue to have that, based on the body of work and what we have done historically. I did have something to do with it, I take ownership of that, good, bad or indifferent. So folks that are upset with that, bring it on. But I haven't heard any, so that's a great thing. Read more here: http://www.huskiewire.com/articles/2014/12/07/1169024f49b94ed7819fe65c5bcc5dbf/index.xml
