Despite flight delays that made the NIU football team more than an hour late to Huskie Stadium, about 40 supporters still waited for them early Sunday morning. “We were like, ‘Damn it’s a crowd of people out here,’” said senior cornerback Randee...

This week, Huskie Stadium sounded like a packed house full of frenzied fans on game day. Fans screaming and booing, tunes from the band and crowd chants all filled the air, but it wasn’t because of a game; it was because of football practice. NIU coach...

Alabama: It’s one of the biggest names in college football, with more bowl-game appearances than any other team. The school has had its share of victories, but not without plenty of scandals. After several recruitment violations, NCAA restrictions and...

Imagine lining up 50 yards downfield with the sun glaring in your eyes. The football is booted downfield, spiraling end over end as you try to catch it in your arms. As the ball is caught, 11 guys run full speed down the field with one goal in mind: to...

Two top 30 teams nationally. Two recognized running backs nationally. When NIU takes on Alabama this Saturday in Tuscaloosa, the game will feature two players named to the 2003 Doak Walker Award watch list for the nation’s best running back. Alabama’s...

Have you ever heard a parent and grandparent tell you about how they could go to a baseball game a long time ago, buy a program, two hot dogs and a coke for 40 cents? Up until today, we enjoyed our own version of the last great American sports bargain....

After finishing 10-3 last season in one of the toughest football conferences in Division I-A, Alabama wasn’t able to participate in a bowl game because of 11 major NCAA violations. The majority of these violations involved paying recruits and high school...

0-8. That record doesn’t look good on paper or on the field for the NIU football team. But that is the Huskies’ record against the Southeastern Conference. NIU has fallen to Mississippi, Florida, Auburn, Vanderbilt and Arkansas from the SEC. Saturday’s...

A sold-out Sept. 27 football game caused the NIU Athletics Department to require students to have a ticket to enter Huskie Stadium. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 6,000 free tickets for the game will be available for students to pick up at the Convocation...

Riverside-Brookfield High School football coach Otto Zeman said Britt Davis is the No. 1 player in the state. Davis backs that up by saying he’s No. 1. Now, all NIU wants is for Britt to say the Huskies are No. 1. I The 6-foot-3 senior quarterback lists...

Only Britney Spears kissing Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards is a hotter topic on campus right now than NIU football. A recent anonymous survey was filled out by 10 men and 10 women, randomly chosen in the Stevenson cafeteria. Students were asked...

Editor’s note: “From the bleachers ...” is a weekly column done every Wednesday by Chris Jurmann. Chris will write from his own observations. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the Star Sports staff or any of its writers. Scores don’t...