I'm sure the main concern on every fan's mind is: Does Diesel need a passport to get to Toronto?  The answer: Diesel planned for this and got his passport weeks ago.  So did the rest of the team.  Step on it people.  Huskie Wire | Get your passports soon

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Official International Bowl website

The official release:  Huskies Bowling Again; Northern Illinois Headed to International Bowl

The NIU Alumni Association is having a pregame party at 9:30 AM.  Register here to get your tickets for both the reception and the game.

Official Travel Packages:

• Huskies Announce Student Travel Packages to International Bowl
• Travel Package$ to Toronto for International Bowl Now Available

Rest assured, the announcing team will be Pam Ward-free

International Bowl: Northern Illinois v. South Florida (ESPN2, Noon)- Mike Gleason, John Congemi, David Amber

For the fiscally responsible, this year is a good deal  Huskie Wire | NIU's ticket allotment

In a change from years past that might make a major impact on expenses, Northern Illinois will not have to buy its allotment of tickets for this year's International Bowl. Whatever amount of revenue NIU can generate from selling its 10,000 ticket allotment, it gets to keep. That revenue will be used to help defray other bowl expenses.

For last year's Independence Bowl, NIU had to buy a 12,000 ticket allotment, which cost $420,620. It was allowed to keep the revenue from tickets sold, which ended up being about 2,000. That resulted in $38,880 for the school but didn't do a lot to alleviate the expense of the tickets it had to buy first.

• Huskie Wire | Bowl mystery concludes for NIU
• NIU racks up back-to-back bowl bids :: Beacon News :: Local Sports
• Northern Star Online: NIU football team travels to second bowl game in a row
• Northern Star Online: The meaning of a bowl game

We're not the least interesting bowl this year!

• Rivals.com College Football - Huguenin: Ranking the bowl matchups
• Scout.com: 2009/2010 Bowls - Why Each Might Be Good ...
• Ranking the bowls from best to worst - ESPN
• BCS matchups the highlight of ho-hum college bowl season - Stewart Mandel - SI.com
• Ranking the bowl games | Solomon's Wisdom - al.com

USF Perspective

• USF Bulls to play in International Bowl, Rutgers Scarlet Knights in St. Petersburg Bowl - St. Petersburg Times
• USF headed north of the border for International Bowl
• A bowl game. Really, USF? - St. Petersburg Times
• First Thoughts: USF Bulls vs. NIU Huskies, International Bowl | The Bull Gator
• South Florida's deal to get laptops for athletes first of its kind - St. Petersburg Times