Noah Strandberg of Warrenville gets a high-five from Northern Illinois University mascot Victor E. Huskie in downtown Naperville on Friday, December 14, 2012. Victor and students from NIU traveled around the suburbs offering oranges and passing out other goodies to celebrate the university football team's Orange Bowl berth. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Northern Illinois University students and school mascot Victor E. Huskie offer up oranges to passersby in downtown Naperville on Friday, December 14, 2012, to celebrate the football team's Orange Bowl berth. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Northern Illinois University students and school mascot Victor E. Huskie pass out oranges and stickers to celebrate the football team's Orange Bowl berth on Friday, December 14, 2012, in downtown Naperville. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media

Northern Illinois players are greeted by Orange Bowl Committee Members handing out oranges and gift bags as the team arrives at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Miami. Northern Illinois is scheduled to play Florida State in the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Emily Michot) MAGS OUT

Northern Illinois head coach Rod Carey is greeted by Obie, the Orange Bowl mascot, as the team arrives at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Miami. Northern Illinois is scheduled to play Florida State in the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Emily Michot) MAGS OUT

Northern Illinois head coach Rod Carey poses for photos with Obie, the Orange Bowl mascot, as the team arrives at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Miami. Northern Illinois is scheduled to play Florida State in the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Emily Michot) MAGS OUT