The Northern Illinois Huskies football team will face the Fresno State Bulldogs on Monday afternoon in the famed Idaho Potato Bowl (one of the best-named college football bowls, I hasten to add).

And a clever internet hacker decided this was the perfect time to strike. A post appeared on the team’s official X account promoting a new cryptocurrency supposedly offered by NIU.

“With the launch of $NIU on Solana, we are taking a step into the future! Don’t miss out on owner privileges,” the post reads.

The post is below, but we’ll add a screencap in case it’s removed at some point.

The Northern Illinois (NIU) football team’s official X account was hacked during the team’s famous Idaho Potato Bowl game against Fresno State.

(X.com)

At the time of publication, there was a pending community notice alerting X users to the scam.

“This is a scam. The @NIU_Football page has been hacked. Please do not interact with this or any other “$NIU Token” post.”

An NIU student reporter also discovered that the team’s account was hacked.

The NIU hack on X is bad, but perhaps not quite as bad as the team’s offensive performance in the first half of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Fresno State in the first half.

The Huskies managed just three points and fell behind 13-3. This included a four-and-goal at the 1-yard line not scoring.

They were lucky in that the Bulldogs missed a field goal in the final seconds, shortly after blocking an NIU punt.

But as bad as the day is for the NIU football team, the ESPN graphic artist might actually be having a worse day. Or perhaps a better day (and an epic troll), if that was intended:

The Fresno State “Bulldongs” (!!) with a 90-yard touchdown drive!

Never change, college football.