It’s probably good that junior-college transfer Jamal Womble never saw Chad Spann run for the NIU football team. Spann racked up 49 career touchdowns to go along with 2,916 rushing yards in his four years in DeKalb. In 2010, he picked up the Vern...
Wide receiver Nathan Palmer got hit just about as hard as someone can be hit in a spring practice on Tuesday morning. Sophomore Dominique Ware lined up Palmer on an out route and sent the wideout to the ground. Palmer was back up laughing about the hit...
It seems only fitting that the NIU football team’s newfangled cornerbacks group has a lively position coach in Richard McNutt. The Ohio State alumnus inherits a renovated Huskie secondary, after the departures of starting corners Chris Smith, Kiaree...
Rallying around each other has become second nature for the NIU football team. The Huskies have had to persevere through heaps of difficulty over the past five months, from letting the MAC Championship fall through their fingers to Miami (OH), to former...
Without Devon Butler in as the starting middle linebacker, NIU head coach Dave Doeren gave two underclassmen the chance to step in. "[Mike Hellams was] a little bit ‘deer in the headlights,' but you could tell he was excited to be out there," Doeren...
An NIU student is out of surgery after being shot on the right side of his back Tuesday night. Devon Butler, a junior linebacker on the NIU football team, was visiting friends at 1009 Aspen Drive when shots were fired from a vehicle from the street. One...
Interceptions from defensive back Dominique Ware and defensive end Joe Windsor highlighted a strong early showing by the defense in Tuesday morning’s practice. Ware picked off a poorly-thrown ball from quarterback Chandler Harnish, while Windsor...
DeKALB | Hypothetical situation: It’s Sept. 3, 2011 and the NIU football team is down by one to Army. There are only three seconds left in regulation, and the ball is on the 20-yard line. One of the biggest problems facing NIU head coach Dave Doeren...
DeKALB |During NIU volleyball’s Salvani Spring Play Date on March 26 at the Campus Recreation Center, I observed a type of camaraderie for the first time while at Northern: alumni were trash talking the current Huskies. It was not so much the trash...
-Running back Cameron Bell missed his second consecutive practice on Thursday morning. The redshirt senior injured his hamstring in Saturday's practice. Bell was on the sideline in shoulder pads on Thursday, but the Huskies' tailback was wearing the orange...
NIU head football coach Dave Doeren has always held a liking for Kevin Kane. From recruiting him as a player at Kansas, to having him on staff at Wisconsin for the past three seasons, Doeren has always found a spot for Kane. "He's a hard-working guy,"...
In his first year with the NIU football team, Rod Carey is currently busy with the football team's annual slate of spring practices. Carey took some time out recently after a practice to discuss the challenges and unique nature of the practices. Northern...
