I’m not going to discredit any work done by anyone, but NIU football has a much stiffer test coming next week than this week. In my opinion, the game against Tennessee-Martin and this upcoming game against Army are all but free passes. I believe in...
Last week, I opined that NIU’s offensive playcalling and playmaking abilities were one-dimensional. This week, it seemed anything but. In the match-up with Iowa, NIU did all they could to nearly pull off a victory, despite only having 55 yards passing....
Going into this season, a shroud of questions surrounded the NIU football team. How would Jordan Lynch respond to being the starting quarterback? How effective could the inexperienced offensive line be? Those questions have quickly been answered and put...
Last week, I opined that NIU’s offensive playcalling and playmaking abilities were one-dimensional. This week, it seemed anything but. In the match-up with Iowa, NIU did all they could to nearly pull off a victory, despite only having 55 yards passing....
In the upcoming game against Tennessee-Martin, NIU football will be eager to get on the field to rebound after its loss last week. For NIU to be able to come up with a victory, it will obviously need to be a team effort all around. However, there will...
Although the Huskies’s defensive line was the headliner last week, the Huskies secondary will be the key in the game against Tennessee-Martin. The defensive line recorded six sacks against Iowa, which leads the NCAA in sacks, but the secondary played...
A common belief in sports is that once a team wins a championship, there is this mysterious hangover effect that prevents them from being good again next season. As of now, there is no known cure for said hangover. Perhaps it’s a real thing, perhaps...
NIU’s first home game is right around the corner, as Saturday it will square off against Tennessee Martin. The Skyhawks (1-0) are coming off an exciting game in which they won on a successful 43-yard field goal by Cody Sandlin with four seconds remaining...
When Iowa’s running back Damon Bullock crossed the goal line with a little over two minutes remaining Saturday afternoon, Soldier Field was deafening. The attendance was listed at 52,117. If Soldier Field’s odd bowl was of the fruit variety, it would...
There’s an old saying: Any publicity is good publicity. The saying has me wondering how important a victory really is for the NIU football team this Saturday at Soldier Field against Iowa. Sure, I’m sure no one affiliated with the team wants to see...
Houston, we have a problem. It’s weird to think someone old enough to be my father is attempting to get back into professional sports. It’s even weirder and, more to the point, frustrating, that it’s a man who has all but been convicted of cheating...
There is something special about a new semester at NIU. First, my favorite: seeing actual people in DeKalb. And second: three sport teams with national level potential. Yes, amazingly enough, outside of football, two NIU teams have amassed the players...
