Sept. 20 marked the day the MAC was thrust into the national spotlight. Now, the conference is trying to capitalize on the events of that day to receive more bowl tie-ins. On that day, the MAC defeated three ranked teams: NIU trumped Alabama, Marshall...

In football, it is rare for one play to define a single season. But it happened on Saturday. NIU, bringing its best team in 20 years to Toledo, had a chance to break a nine-game losing streak against the Rockets and make things a lot more interesting...

With 177 yards against Toledo on Saturday, NIU running back Michael Turner took over the No. 1 spot as the nation’s leading rusher. Turner is 42 yards ahead of the next closest player, Kansas State’s Darren Sproles. Turner, a North Chicago native,...

Toledo, Ohio - After scoring 17 unanswered points to begin the second half, the NIU football team was down by four points and seemed to have the momentum against Toledo. Two holding penalties, a five-yard loss on a completed pass and a delay of game penalty...

TOLEDO, Ohio - It’s official: NIU will not play in the MAC Championship Game this year. With the Huskies’ loss to Toledo on Saturday, the best they can hope for is to tie for the MAC West title for the third year in a row. NIU would lose the tie-breaker...

TOLEDO, Ohio - One quarterback was all smiles in the interview room at the postgame press conference. Another stood distraught with his arms folded in front of him in the cold mist outside Toledo’s Glass Bowl, answering questions about his team’s...

When Tom Amstutz became head football coach at Toledo in 2001, he changed every word in the offensive playbook. Every formation was new or renamed, providing a challenge to then-senior quarterback Tavares Bolden. Bolden responded by becoming a Second...

Both the NIU football and basketball teams were picked preseason to win the MAC. But one has distinguished itself as the fan favorite in DeKalb. DeKalb Mayor Greg Sparrow thinks both the Huskie football and basketball teams will be playing postseason...

For two consecutive years the NIU football team has fallen into a tie-breaking loss for the MAC West title. And for those same two years, the tie-breaking loss came at the hands of the Toledo Rockets. Toledo has been the bully on the block the last two...

NIU junior defensive end Travis Moore will miss the remainder of the season with a stress fracture in his left ankle. Moore injured his ankle against Iowa State and missed four games before returning against Ball State on Nov. 1. “It hurt when I was...

This just in: The MAC is pretty good when it comes to football. Thanks to Miami-Ohio’s convincing win over then-No. 15 Bowling Green, the RedHawks became the third MAC team to be nationally ranked in the top 25 - a first in the 57-year history of the...

Michael Turner rushed for 163 yards and Josh Haldi threw for 261 to lead the NIU football team to a 40-9 win over host Buffalo on Saturday. NIU (9-1 overall, 5-1 MAC) racked up 369 yards of total offense by halftime, while Buffalo (1-10, 1-6) managed...