After staring into the teeth of Iowa's offensive and defensive onslaught Saturday, the Huskies are getting a better view by looking ahead. Looking ahead is about all NIU can do after being demolished 58-7 by the 9th-ranked Hawkeyes and suffering a physical...

The Huskies took a page out of Ernie Banks' book and played two on Sunday. And they won them both. NIU first defeated Ball State University 6-5 in 10 innings to gain a berth in the championship game against Western Illinois University, whom they beat...

After three games, the NIU football team's offense was in sad shape, scoring only 15 points per game. The Huskies' average dropped even further after their fourth game Saturday afternoon, a 58-7 loss to Iowa at Kinnick Stadium. The Huskies (1-3) scored...

At least it wasn't a shutout. That's about all the NIU football team can be thankful for after its 58-7 pounding at the hands, feet and muscle of the ninth-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday afternoon. A sellout crowd of 70,220 at Kinnick Stadium welcomed...

An additional $55,000 for the games management budget was approved by the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday at its monthly meeting. Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell, who did not attend the meeting, sent a memo to the board requesting the extra money. "Entering...

On the heels of the news that NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell received a $3,000 raise comes the discovery that seven other athletic department personnel have gotten salary increases. Leading the way is women's basketball head coach Jane Albright,...

Iowa head football coach Hayden Fry isn't taking any chances in preparation for his team's contest with the Huskies. Fry's analysis of the game will provide no fodder for NIU's locker-room bulletin board. Even though the Hawkeyes enter the contest 2-0,...

The NIU football team is not in Kansas anymore, but their next destination is definitely not Oz. A week after suffering a 34-17 loss to the Kansas State Wildcats, the Huskies (1-2) head to Iowa to take on the Big Ten's Hawkeyes who are undefeated at 2-0...

It's rare for a football team that gives up 428 net yards to an opponent to talk about an improved defensive effort, but the Huskies find themselves in that situation. "We have improved," NIU coach Charlie Sadler said after Saturday's 34-17 loss to Kansas...

After two games, the NIU football team had passed for only 38 yards. That meager total didn't please head coach Charlie Sadler, but he chose to stick with his starting quarterback, Stacey McKinney. "I get more confident in him all the time," Sadler said...

It would be understandable if the Kansas State football team only had its eyes on the Huskies that reside in Seattle, Wash. Though the Wildcats will contest Top-10 Washington Sept. 28, their head coach, Bill Snyder, insists its another Huskie that has...

After years of being the weak sisters of the Big Eight Conference, the Kansas State football team appears headed toward respectability. Last year, the Wildcats had five victories, which was one more than they had the previous five seasons. Their third-year...