So much for the MAC Championship Game as a coronation for Northern Illinois' second straight BCS bowl berth.
Bowling Green shocked NIU 47-27 Friday night in Detroit.
(Thanks MAC Digital Network)
Husky quarterback Jordan Lynch played like a mere mortal against Bowling Green completing 21 of 40 passes for 219 yards, one touchdown and 2 interceptions. Lynch only rushed for 126 yards too.
Lynch was outplayed by Bowling Green quarterback Matt Johnson who was completed 21 of 27 passes for 393 yards and five touchdowns.
"There was a lot of talk about Jordan Lynch being up for the Heisman," Johnson said. "It's well-deserved, but I did take it a little personal."
Secretly Johnson was saying "Take that Jordan Lynch."
If anything this loss in the MAC Championship game and his average performance against Bowling Green may have cost Lynch an invite to the Downtown Athletic Club next weekend as a semi-finalist for the Heisman Trophy.
“It’s tough. You know, we don’t like to lose, and like I said all the credit goes to them.” Lynch said.
"It feels great because we were the team that Northern Illinois was playing, and that
they were going to go and bust the BCS and that motivated us all week and we brought it out onto the field.” Johnson said.
As far as Bowling Green head coach Dave Clawson is concerned, don't call this an upset.
"You guys are all shocked." Clawson said. "We thought we were going to win. We really did. We would have been absolutely crushed if we didn’t win this game. We came into this game truly believing that we were the better team and that we were going to win.”
Here's the Bowling Green locker room celebration.
(Thanks MAC Digital Network)
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