The NIU football team is not the only one losing sleep over last week’s 41-10 game in Gainesville, Fla.

WDKB-FM, B95 disc jockeys Brad Jeffries and John Ivanic are broadcasting for 35 consecutive hours after they lost a bet to WYGC, a Gainesville radio station.

Jeffries said Todd Mathews, the morning man for WYGC, called B95 to set up a wager over the Huskie/Gator game last Saturday. Mathews said for every point either team lost by, the losing radio station would have to stay on the air for one hour.

Jeffries said when he first heard the Huskies had lost he did not know what to think.

“I called John and asked him if he heard the bad news and he said, ‘What bad news? We can do it,'” Jeffries said.

Jeffries said Mathews called Monday morning to make sure they did not back out and as an added bonus, they sent them a frozen Chicago Style pizza from Stadium Club.

“He also snuck it by us that we would have to stay on 35 hours, even though we lost by 31 points,” Jeffries said. “They added the 31 hours to our regular four-hour shift.”

Jeffries said to pass the time over the air and stay awake, the duo plans to read Trivial Pursuit questions and give away prizes to callers with correct answers, count the number of honks from cars driving by and drink a lot of coffee.

“The guys from Gainesville will be calling so we have to stay awake,” he said.

Hard as it is, Jeffries is not new to the game. He has stayed awake for 95 hours at a radio station in Rockford for a charity event.

“You start to hallucinate after 60 hours,” he said. “Not taking a shower is the worst part about it.”

Ivanic was less concerned with his well-being and more concerned with the point of the “gentleman’s wager.”

“A lot of people say they support NIU, but we stand up and say, ‘Gosh darn it we’re proud to be Huskies,'” Ivanic said.

Although the two were in good spirits, they were not envied by fellow employees.

“They were forewarned, but they didn’t listen,” said B95 Personality and Production manager Paul Morgan.