Northern Illinois: 2023 Camellia Bowl Champions
In a game that was contentious from warmups on, the Northern Illinois Huskies defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 21-19 in the 2023 Camellia Bowl. Both teams were 6-6 entering the day.
Huskies' head coach Thomas Hammock secures Northern Illinois' second winning season in his tenure and their first bowl win in eight appearances. Quarterback Rocky Lombardi completed 18 passes on 29 attempts for 200 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.
Here's what else stood out from the MAC's second win of this bowl season.
Kicker Kanon Woodill's Play of the Day
Northern Illinois' third touchdown of the day came from an unlikely source. Place kicker Kanon Woodill took a short toss from holder Tom Foley 32 yards for a touchdown. It's his first career touchdown. Woodill didn't make a field goal in the win, but this arguably made up for that.
Husky Ball Control
Despite being shutout in the second half, Northern Illnois managed to win the game through expert ball control. The Huskies had the ball for forty minutes and 21 seconds - over 75% of the game. Running back Antario Brown had 25 carries for 132 yards, his fifth 100-yard performance of the season. All together, the Huskies rushed for 189 yards in the win.
A Comeback Attempt That Fell Just Short
In the final minutes, Jalen Raynor led a touchdown drive for the Red Wolves that made the score 21-19 in favor of NIU. The two-point conversion that would have tied the game was unsuccessful. Arkansas State then attempted an onside kick and appeared to recover it, but the officials called the Red Wolves for offsides on the kick, much to Butch Jones' chagrin. NIU were able to run out the last minute on the clock to secure the win.
Arkansas State are still searching for their first winning season under Jones.
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Water Slide in Chicago
Mid-sized trendy backyard stamped concrete and custom-shaped water slide photo
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Well look what friends of the show Parallax Paranormal just dropped on their Youtube channel-- their investigations of a farmhouse with a history of suicide and lots of creepy goings on.聽
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Northern Cardinal on a snowy day
Chicago, IL
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Ore and More
BN NT400 coming thru Savanna IL on May 3 1994. Randy Williams photo.
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Random Hot Rod/Rodimus headcanons I have based on NOTHING
- would be allergic to citrus
-has torn his ACL before
-had a biting problem as a kid (but not other people. He just bit random objects for no reason)
-has zero ability to be patient and quite until it comes to fishing. That man is a god at fishing
-cannot surf, BUT can buggy board like no other
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February 2, 2024 Illinois Zephyr #380
Quincy to Chicago
Amtrak
The consist includes a BNSF SD70ACe, a SC44, two Siemens coaches and an Amfleet I business class cafe. Once again, the new Siemens chargers need rescued. What's new?
The gifs used were made by Jack, Ken and myself. They can be found at the link below. My gifs have my name in the description.
http://kenstransitgifs.com/gifindex.html
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