UT 31
NIU 16 (1 TD, 3 FG)
Would like to think this will be close but our offense is not consistent enough to punch the ball in the endzone much against a good defense. Also, even if the UT QB struggles, UT defense will give him very good field position.
If necessary, a QB can dink and dunk our defense to death because we won't get enough pressure on the QB and he could knit a sweater while standing in the pocket. Our best DE, Larry English, gets double-teamed and no one else is good enough to take advantage of it.
But hopefully NIU can make it interesting.