Early-bird Huskie Club members have scooped up the 125 student tailgating spots on the east side of the stadium, but passes can still be purchased for a spot on the soccer field. Students must first join the Huskie Club, which costs $25, to purchase a...

Southern Illinois University and NIU have more in common than just sharing the same state. Both schools used to be known for their horrendous football teams but now see just the opposite. In SIU football coach Jerry Kill’s first season in 2001, his...

NIU football coach Joe Novak is very glad to have offensive guard Matt McGhghy back in school. The 6-foot-3, 302 pounder, who was suspended for the 2003 season, has bolstered the depth of an already strong Huskies offensive line. Known as one of the team...

When NIU strength and conditioning coach Matt Mangum graduated from high school in 1992, he weighed 135 pounds. Of course things change, and 12 years later, that featherweight teen is a 230-pound, brick house of a man with a 53-inch chest, 36-inch waist...

Phil Horvath could start at quarterback again on Saturday when NIU hosts Southern Illinois at Huskie Stadium. Starter Josh Haldi played just one series in NIU’s 23-20 loss to Maryland before reaggravating a stress fracture in his right foot. He had...

COLLEGE PARK, MD - As the final seconds counted down with the Huskies trailing, NIU football coach Joe Novak would have given anything for another timeout. After Huskies quarterback Phil Horvath, who stepped in for the injured Josh Haldi, completed a...

A productive game against former NIU teammate Michael Turner’s San Diego Chargers couldn’t save P.J. Fleck from the chopping block when the San Francisco 49ers released him and 17 others on Sunday. The free agent wide receiver caught a 17-yard pass...

OK, so maybe the MAC bit off a little more than it could chew this weekend when six MAC teams took on ranked opponents. And all lost. Big. By an average of 40-14. It was an honest mistake. I mean the MAC did beat the living snot out of almost every ranked...

On a hazy, humid night last year in DeKalb, it was an upset over then-No. 15 Maryland that began the Huskies’ best start since 1965. The 20-13 overtime win in front of a sellout crowd at Huskie Stadium was the first of eight wins in a row to begin the...

It had been 16 seasons since Maryland last captured an Atlantic Coast Conference Championship - then alumnus Ralph Friedgen returned to campus and Terrapin football changed. In 2001, his first season as coach of Maryland, Friedgen took a sub-.500 team...

Before Tuesday morning’s inspiring visit to the doctor, NIU quarterback Josh Haldi was questionable to play in Saturday’s season-opener against Maryland. Haldi has a minor stress fracture in his right foot and hasn’t practiced since Aug. 25, but...

West Division Northern Illinois The Huskies’ offense looks to be in good hands with Josh Haldi, as long as he can stay healthy. Sam Hurd, Shatone Powers and Dan Sheldon all return at wide receiver, while Jake VerStraete anchors an experienced offensive...