According to newly appointed Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery, they have a good core of players.This is not the case, however. You have a good, but not great, running back in Matt Forte and made more apparent each time Caleb Hanie was out there,...
MAC play couldn't have started any worse than it did for NIU women's basketball.Perhaps that actually turns into an advantage for them moving forward.With an overwhelming amount of youth on the roster, the Huskies got a taste of what it takes to compete...
Professional athletes have a lot of responsibility, perhaps more than they should be given.Whether it's right to do so or not, all sport stars become role models. Impressionable children grow up watching, emulating and idolizing these larger than life...
Super Dud seems to be the title many are labeling this year's big game.Oh, no. The Patriots are playing the Giants, again.A rematch of one of the best finishes in Super Bowl history.Tom Brady versus Eli Manning; count me out, many of you have spewed.Wah,...
Success has its consequences.This is even more true for a college football team like NIU.While the Huskies were cruising along toward their successful season, other top-level programs took notice.It's like big brother with these major conferences: They're...
NIU hasn't had a good basketball team as of late. The program has only been in the NCAA tournament three times since it's inception in 1926, and each time the team was bounced in the first round. So far this season has done nothing to change that their...
The NIU football team had its final hoorah a couple of weeks ago after it defeated Arkansas State 38-20 in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. It was the perfect ending to a crazy up-and-down year for the Huskies, with the arrow pointing up heading into the 2012 season....
Eli Gehn: Alright, Brian, the lastgame for NIU football this season is finally upon us. The Huskieshad a huge comeback victory over Ohio in the MAC Championship lastmonth. It was an exciting year, wouldn't you agree?Brian Belford: I would say it hasbeen...
In cavernous Ford Field, the words echoed like thunder across the arena: "Northern Iowa wins the toss".The referee caught himself before the "wa" in Iowa tumbled out of his mouth completely, but the damage had been done.The bad omen was compounded as...
Good things come to those who wait.If we're going by that assertion, NIU has been waiting 28 years for a MAC Championship; 28 years that all share the same result: coming up short.Teams, players and coaches have gone off to other pastures from NIU, whether...
Exhausted and elated, Scott Wedige took hold of the rivalry trophy in both hands, lifted it above his head, and shouted triumphantly towards the night sky.Finally, it was over. After NIU scraped, clawed and chewed its way to a thrilling 41-38 victory...
Wednesday night, about a quarter after 9 o'clock, I checked deadspin.com and saw the headline that instantly sent a wave of astonishment over me: Joe Paterno's Coaching Career Is Over.These are words that many college football fans thought would never...
