BOISE, Idaho (AP) – On a Friday night in Detroit two weeks ago, Northern Illinois saw its shot at its first Mid-American Conference title in nearly 30 years slip away.
By Sunday, its head coach was headed for the Big Ten and a job at Minnesota.
It’s been a rough few weeks for the Huskies (10-3) who play Fresno State (8-4) in Saturday’s Humanitarian Bowl on the blue turf in Boise.
The job of settling the Huskies’ turbulence has fallen to interim coach Tom Matukewicz. He didn’t get the head job permanently, but will stay on new coach Dave Doeren’s staff next year.
Returning to the blue turf in Boise might bring back some ugly memories for the Bulldogs, who were here just a month ago and lost 51-0 to Boise State.
But Boise’s been good to Fresno State in the postseason with two previous bowl wins here.
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