Poinsettia Bowl 2013, Utah State vs. Northern Illinois open thread

Northern Illinois and Utah State are taking on each other in what shoot be a very exciting Poinsettia Bowl Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. This will be a classic great offense (Northern Illinois) against a great defense (Utah State), so hopefully this game lives up to the hype.

Stop by and leave a pre game prediction and some in game comments.

For those new to the site, this is a live chat to talk about the Mountain West games, plus the others. One must register to comment on the site and you can create an account HERE, and you can sign up with your Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and Google+ log in details. So there is no excuse for not signing up and leaving your thoughts.

Also new is the GIF Oracle which automatically comments with a GIF. In the comments just say @Oracle GIF me (category) and within a minute a comment with a GIF is there.

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