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MAC showdown tonight

By Mark Pickrel | November 4, 2003

The future of the NIU football team will be directly affected by the 6:30 p.m. Bowling Green at Miami-Ohio game today on ESPN2. If Miami (7-1, 4-0 MAC) can beat Bowling Green (7-1, 4-0 MAC), the Huskies will move into a tie for the lead in the MAC West...

Fan support isn’t what it should be

By Adam Zolmierski | November 4, 2003

The No. 23 team in the nation is in danger of not making a bowl game. It’s true. The Huskies are in a bind after last week’s loss to Bowling Green. Even a potential 11-1 season might not be enough for NIU to play a postseason game for the first time...

Huskies fall in regular season finale

By Sean Connor | November 3, 2003

One team was undefeated in its last three home games, and the other had not lost a MAC game all season. The NIU men’s soccer team accumulated all three of its wins this season at home, but Kentucky, ranked No. 24 in the nation by SoccerAmerica.com,...

NIU shoots down Cardinals

By Adam Zolmierski | November 3, 2003

NIU coach Joe Novak said he was nervous about how his team would respond after a loss. But the Huskies showed they were ready by beating Ball State 48-23 Saturday at Huskie Stadium in front of a crowd of 24,121. “We had a lot of air let out of our balloon...

NIU struggles to maintain momentum

By Sean Connor | November 3, 2003

One word has become the NIU volleyball team’s enemy in the second half of the season -- momentum. After beating two of the top teams in the MAC West in Ball State and first-place Eastern Michigan, the Huskies let momentum swing against Western Michigan...

Turner, Harris run wild versus Ball State

By Mark Pickrel | November 3, 2003

One week after NIU rushed for a combined 62 yards against Bowling Green, an offensive line with only one starting senior paved the way for two 100-yard rushers on Saturday. NIU’s 48-23 win over Ball State marked the first time since 2000 that NIU had...

Huskies blow pair of leads, fall in MAC

By Ian Waddick | November 3, 2003

Heading into the weekend, the NIU volleyball team was 12-0 in matches where they had won the first game. On Friday and Saturday, the Huskies took at least a one-game lead to start both matches, but failed to come away with a win either time. NIU (16-9,...

Volleyball team hosts a pair of matches

By Jason Watt | October 31, 2003

Tied for second in the MAC West Division with three other teams, the NIU volleyball team will have a chance to climb in the standings this weekend. The Huskies (16-7, 5-5 MAC) will take on Western Michigan at 7 p.m. today at Victor E. Court. NIU hosts...

Cardinals fly into DeKalb

By Adam Zolmierski | October 31, 2003

From Sept. 28, 1996, to Oct. 17, 1998, NIU didn’t win a game while under coach Joe Novak. The 23-game losing streak was the longest by any team at that time. However, last year Novak was named MAC Coach of the Year as the Huskies finished in a tie for...

Huskies finish off regular season

By Ian Waddick | October 31, 2003

The regular season will come to a close for the NIU men’s soccer team at 2:30 p.m. today at home. The Huskies (3-11-2, 2-3 MAC) will host MAC foe Kentucky at Huskie Soccer Field. The Wildcats (11-4-1) have won four straight games. They’ve also clinched...

First year coach has BSU winning

By Mark Pickrel | October 30, 2003

First-year Ball State football coach Brady Hoke didn’t inherit a talent at quarterback like Josh Harris.

Nor did he have the luxury of two-year all-conference cornerback Janssen Patton like first-year Bowling Green coach Gregg Brandon had.

But, Hoke, the first-year coach who spent the last eight years at Michigan, has weathered a quarterback controversy and led Ball State to a 3-1 conference mark and a tie for second place in the the MAC West going into this week’s game against NIU (7-1, 3-1 MAC).

“He’s done a great job,” NIU coach Joe Novak said. “Any time there is a coaching change, there is a renewed enthusiasm.”

Ball State (4-4, 3-1 MAC) was picked to finish sixth in the MAC Preseason Media Poll, but with a 38-14 upset win over Toledo last Saturday, Hoke finds his team in the middle of a conference race. The win came one week after losing 49-3 to Miami-Ohio.

Coming into the year, Hoke had two senior quarterbacks competing for the starting job.

Both Talmadge Hill and Andy Roesch played in eight games last season, with Roesch compiling a 129.28 passer efficiency rating, compared to Hill’s 105.52.

“That’s a tough way to start your first job,” Novak said. “Talmadge Hill had ability, but I think they questioned his decision-making. He’s a threat to run. He’s a talent.”

Hill was plagued by nine interceptions last year against five touchdowns.

Roesch played in BSU’s first two games against Indiana State and Missouri, but has thrown only 10 passes since.

Roesch was 1-for-10 with three interceptions against Miami-Ohio.

Hill, meanwhile, has played in all of BSU’s games and has three games with three touchdown passes. Hill also threw for a career-high 307 yards on 22-for-27 passing and no interceptions.

Hoke also has been helped by seven senior starters on defense, five of them fifth-year seniors.

Senior linebacker Lorenzo Scott is third in the MAC with 97 tackles and also has four sacks.

Rising above defeat

By Steve Brown | October 30, 2003

Down 24-3 at halftime in Saturday’s Bowling Green game, NIU senior cornerback Randee Drew played his usual role of the encourager. “I told everybody, ‘Don’t worry about it; we’ve been here before,’” Drew said. “‘Just come back out there...

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