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5 minutes with Quarterback Chandler Harnish

By Northern Star Staff | September 24, 2010

When NIU travels to Minnesota this Saturday, it marks a return to the place where Huskie quarterback Chandler Harnish made his impressive debut. Harnish took some time to talk to the Northern Star about making the trip back up to Minneapolis, how the...

Fantasy Football: Time for roster moves

By Chris Dertz | September 23, 2010

The third week of the fantasy season is when most people start to make a lot of roster moves based on the first two weeks. Whether a player's stock is rising or falling, this is the time of season to start sitting some of your players if they're not performing...

Key Players: MarQueis Gray, Offensive line

By Jerry Burnes | September 22, 2010

Minnesota-WR/QB MarQueis Gray NIU's defense had its hands full with Illinois' Nathan Scheelhaase last week and could face a similar quarterback this Saturday. MarQueis Gray, listed as Minnesota's backup quarterback, mainly splits out to wide receiver....

Breaking down the Golden Gophers

By Jimmy Johnson | September 22, 2010

Offense Quarterback: Senior signal caller Adam Weber has played every snap in all of the Golden Gopher's three games, completing close to 60 percent of his passes with five scores through the air. The 6'3" quarterback had success in Minnesota's 31-27...

NIU kicker Mike Cklamovski appears to have edge to start Saturday in Minnesota.

NIU kicking game struggles

By Jimmy Johnson | September 22, 2010

NIU head coach Jerry Kill joked earlier this season that even he could line up and connect on a field goal attempt from a respectable distance. Yet, the kicking woes that the Huskies have endured are certainly no laughing matter. "We've struggled to put...

Edwards blows at more than football

By Chris Dertz | September 22, 2010

Braylon Edwards' super beard couldn't save him from being super stupid. The New York Jets wide receiver was arrested Tuesday morning - yes, morning - for driving drunk, like most smart people tend to do. It wasn't even erratic driving, however, that Edwards...

NIU football head coach Jerry Kill talks to another coach during the season opener against Iowa State Sept. 2.

Kill discusses hospitalization

By Jerry Burnes | September 21, 2010

 NIU head football coach Jerry Kill ended the speculation and questions during Tuesday’s weekly press conference by detailing his health and hospitalization, which caused him to miss a week of practice leading up to the Illinois game last weekend....

Huskie Briefs: Sept. 22

By Andrew Singer | September 21, 2010

Locals have chance to play with women's golf On Oct. 3 at the Whisper Creek Golf Course the NIU women's golf team will host the Northern Illinois Women's Golf Co-Am. Each group of golfers will be paired with a current member of the Huskies. Participants...

NIU Athletic Director Jeff Compher has scheduled many non-conference games, including NIU's 2009 upset victory over the Purdue Boilermakers.

Compher focuses on football schedule

By Andrew Singer | September 21, 2010

While NIU football is busy looking at next week's matchup, Jeff Compher is flipping his calendar to 2015. The Associate Vice President Director of Athletics at NIU is charged with orchestrating all non-conference games for NIU. Considering the lucrative...

Halftime adjustments: How do they work?

By Andrew Singer | September 20, 2010

Even in an age where coaches study game tape like scripture, no bench boss knows exactly what they’re going to see until game day. Any number of things can change once the game clock starts ticking. An injury can occur, the weather can change or a team...

NFL needs concussion help

By Mike Buda | September 20, 2010

Concussions are apparently not at the top of the priority list for the NFL at the moment. Prior to the start of the 2010 season, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL created a poster that would be placed in all teams' locker rooms. The poster lists...

NIU Volleyball deserves attention

By Chris Dertz | September 20, 2010

The number of columns that I've written during my time at this newspaper asking the student body to pay attention to sports other than football has to be astronomical. I don't want to preach at you anymore than you don't want to hear me talk at you about...