It was a beautiful night Friday. Not once was it too hot and never was there any more than a cool breeze in the air. The sky was clear without a single cloud in sight.

NIU was blessed with a perfect night for a football game. But with Josh Haldi still out of the line up and Bowling Green coming to town, the possibility of a storm was uncertain.

What type of game were Huskie fans in for? Would the team just fall short or barely pull one out against the always-dangerous Falcons of Bowling Green.

On paper, with quarterback Josh Haldi out with a stress fracture in his right foot, the Huskies seemed to look like the new Shaq-less Lakers: Potential to do some damage in their conference, but no proof either way.

Phil Horvath took the reigns of the Huskie offense and showed the entire nation just what he was capable of doing: moving the ball effectively.

Although NIU only scored seven points in the first half, it was Horvath’s arm that kept field advantage in NIU’s favor. Screen passes or sideline passes – it just didn’t matter, BG couldn’t stop the Huskies without giving up lots of yardage.

Going into halftime, everything was fine. Horvath had separated himself from last week’s mishaps, keeping NIU sitting pretty, knotted at seven with the Falcons. Just when it seemed nothing could go wrong, a cold chill overtook Huskie Stadium.

The fans were gasping as the MAC’s leading rusher A.J. Harris started limping off the field. It was too good to be true. The NIU team that was 1-2 on the season finally showed up.

Now don’t lie, the second Harris had left the game students started writing off any shot the Huskies had. You could hear the mumbling in the crowd and sense the demise of the fans.

Yet, as quickly as students turned their heads, they snapped right back. In NIU’s own version of thunder and lightning, lightning had been stopped but the thunder kept rolling.

Garret Wolfe demolished a Falcons defense who was supposedly primed for a title run, especially after a non-conference tune-up with Oklahoma.

Rushing away with the award for Co-MAC West offensive player of the week and three touchdowns, Wolfe showed not only Bowling Green but the NIU student body that the Huskies are here to win.

With no offense to the rest of the MAC, NIU is about to roll like a hurricane. And only one team even has a chance to survive. With seven games left, that’s a lot of damage to be done.