NIU Head Coach Matt Majkrzak Just Set The Tone For The Their Season By Coaching The Home Opener In A Full Mike Ditka Costume

You know what? Hell yes. This has me ready to declare NIU as Horizon champs. I don't care about anyone else in that conference now or what Gottlieb is doing. You have a guy showing up in full Ditka costume to coach the home opener and that's how you set the tone. That's how you get NIU to 2-2 with a win over Dayton. I mean he nailed it. The Huskies across the chest is a nice touch, the mustache, kinda perfect.

I wish more coaches, especially mid-major coaches would lean into shit like this. Grant Leonard at Queens wears a unique sweater every game

Matt Majkrzak needs to go Ditka for every game. At the minimum he just needs to rotate Bears coaches and legends after this. Maybe do Ditka at home and Ben Johnson on the road? If we're going to have Northern Illinois in the Horizon and not the MAC, nothing makes sense anyways. 

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This is what I miss about college hoops. Mid-majors just doing whatever they want because why not? It doesn't have to be a serious sport. We can get a break from lawsuits and watching 9th year players somehow still in college sports. Go dress as Ditka. Embrace the Bears legends when you're the NIU head coach. And most importantly go get everyone a juice box. 

RIP Ditka. Long live his legacy at NIU.