DeKALB — The football team looks to make up for a self-inflicted loss last week with an upset win against the defending division champion Central Michigan University Chippewas on Wednesday.
The Mid-American Conference West Division champions from...
DeKALB — The Huskies football team saw a close game against the University at Buffalo Bulls unravel Wednesday when they committed five turnovers in the second half en route to a 49-30 loss.
Buffalo reached the end zone on three of those turnovers....
DeKALB — Lance Deveaux is ready to play some football.
The wait to get the 2020 football season started has been a long one for everyone on the NIU football team, but for Deveaux, it’s been even longer. After missing the entire 2019 season due...
DeKALB — After an offseason clouded by COVID-19 made football in the fall seem impossible, NIU football will host the University at Buffalo Bulls at 6 p.m. Wednesday to start their season.
The season was in doubt after the Mid-American Conference...
Have you ever had a crush?
You know, you meet someone who you believe is the greatest person you’ve ever met. You spend all your time thinking about that person, and maybe you get the courage to ask them out. Or maybe not. Sooner or later, though,...
It's baaaack. After an offseason of doubt, NIU football is back and starts with a big cross-conference meeting with the Buffalo Bulls on Wednesday night. Reporter James Krause and columnist Mike Knapp are back as well, talking about the changes to expect...
DeKALB — Redshirt senior linebacker Kyle Pugh brings something to practice to help motivate him through the early morning workouts in the cold.
“[Pugh] has been bringing a mini juice box,” cornerbacks coach Dan Jackson said. “The kind of one...
As the NIU football opening game against the Buffalo Bulls draws near, I can’t help but remember the last time NIU played the Bulls.
It was Nov. 30, 2018, at Ford Field in Detroit when NIU knocked off Buffalo after a 19-point comeback. Sure, I remember...
DeKALB — The focus of the NIU football team and Head Coach Thomas Hammock isn’t on their offseason changes or their hypercompetitive conference opposition: The focus is on the Huskies.
“To me, the only people that matter are the people in our...
DeKALB — College homecomings are a spectacle for communities across the country. Every fall, parents take their families to their alma maters and walk the same streets they did, eating at the same haunts they attended Friday nights. Homecoming week...
DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference and NIU announced their modified six-game schedule for the 2020 football season, with the Huskies announcing their plans for how they will fill the stands.
The Huskies open their season on Nov. 4 at Huskie Stadium...
DeKALB — The Huskies football team can make plans to see their Mid-American Conference rivals on the field this fall, as the conference voted unanimously Friday for football to return in November.
Head Football Coach Thomas Hammock said there was...
