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...

Visiting teams have not had much success winning games at "The Doghouse," a.k.a. Huskie Stadium, lately as NIU has won 10 of its last 11 games at home. Last year, the Huskies traveled to Cajun Field in Lafayette, La. to battle the Ragin‘ Cajuns of Southwestern...

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,...

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...

Revenge will be the driving factor for the Huskie football squad this Saturday. After suffering a 45-0 loss to Southwestern Louisiana last year, NIU looks to turn the tables on the Ragin‘ Cajuns beginning at 1 p.m. in Huskie Stadium. "If there's ever...

One of the most popular questions on campus these days seems to be one that includes the words "NIU football team" and "bowl". Does NIU have a legitimate shot at playing in the postseason? Nobody can really be sure until the bowl pairings are announced....

"Revenge is in the air," DePaul volleyball coach Anna Marassa said about the her Blue Demon team coming to Chick Evans Field House tonight at 7 p.m. to face NIU in the final North Star Conference match for the two rivals. The NIU volleyball team, 2-3...

GLEN ELLYN, Ill.—If the NIU men's basketball players accomplished nothing else here Thursday, they at least should be in better shape. With a depleted unit of 11 players to work with, new NIU coach Jim Molinari brought his Huskies back to his alma mater—Glenbard...

Going into Wednesday's season-opening meet, NIU men's swimming coach Dave Clark knew he had better depth than Loyola University. Now he knows exactly how much better. The Huskies opened the 1989-90 season sailing to a 140-70 dual-meet win over Loyola...

Weaving through a maze of defensive players is a formidable task for any option quarterback. Entering the 1989 season, NIU QB Stacey Robinson faced not only that challenge, but also the added burden of dodging the shadow of his predecessor—Marshall...

In what promises to be a classic showdown, the nation's first- and second-ranked rushing quarterbacks will square off Saturday at Huskie Stadium. NIU's defense will take on one of its sternest challenges of the season when the Huskies face off against...

A 14-2 record is tough to improve, but NIU men's swimming coach Dave Clark is optimistic as he puts his squad in the water today in a 1 p.m. meet at Anderson Pool against the Loyola Ramblers. "This should be the best team we've ever put together," Clark...