At the beginning of the year, the NIU football team went looking for nation-wide recognition. This past week the Huskies were given a double dose. While a bowl game is out of picture for this year, NIU received some of that nation-wide attention by garnering...

Reading into Saturday's season-ending contest with Cincinnati, the NIU football team has already assured itself of the best season under head coach Jerry Pettibone. The Huskies (8-2) meet the Bearcats for the first time in both school's history, and NIU...

Coaches often talk about five year plans for building a winning athletic program. In his fifth year, NIU football coach Jerry Pettibone has successfully executed his five-year plan and, in the process, has brought the Huskies to new heights. "I expected...

As the only senior starter on NIU's offensive line, Joe Gucwa has been through the lean years of the Huskie football program as well as the current success. Through it all, Gucwa remained confident about the eventual growth, not only of the program, but...

The Rockets were shot down, and a goal post was pulled down in NIU's 39-27 win over Toledo Saturday afternoon. After the game, some of the 5,971 fans stormed the field, pulled down a goal post and carried it to the West Lagoon in celebration of the Huskies...

He's back. One of the top special teams players in the National Football League is back in uniform. A Pittsburgh Steelers' uniform. Former NIU quarterback Tim Tyrrell dressed for the Steelers' game Sunday against the Chicago Bears in Three Rivers Stadium...

The Huskies play host to a somewhat underrated Toledo squad Saturday in the season's home finale at Huskie Stadium. Toledo comes into the 1 p.m. game with a 5-4 record and are in the hunt for a share of the Mid-American Conference title. The Rockets and...

Riding a seven-game winning streak at home was long in coming for the 16 seniors who will end their NIU career Saturday at Huskie Stadium. Gone are the days of eight-game losing streaks and crowds that equaled the size of the team. This Saturday the Huskies...

To those involved, Saturday's Huskie football game was the most important of the season, as well as perhaps the most important game ever played at Huskie Stadium. Judging by the attendance, however, only 5,604 fans agreed. Head coach Jerry Pettibone was...

The home team is down three points and on the opposing team's 7-yard line. There are six seconds left in the game. The home team just called its last timeout and has to decide what to do. Does it kick the tying field goal or try for the end zone? If the...

NIU's 23-20 win over Southwestern Louisiana might have been the best football game nobody saw in the last 10 or 15 years. Well, maybe saying "nobody" is exaggerating, but not by much. Saturday's game had been billed as an all-or-nothing shootout in which...

The outcome of NIU's game against Southwestern Louisiana, as well as any hopes for a post season bowl bid, was literally in the hands of quarterback Stacey Robinson with three seconds left and his team trailing 20_17. In front of a sparse crowd of 5,604,...