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Junior quarterback Jordan Lynch speaks to fans at the half time rally during the Huskies basketball game. Lynch asked fans to come out and support the Huskies in their Orange Bowl game.

NIU announces Orange Bowl package rate

By Northern Star Staff | December 6, 2012

Update 11:15 p.m., Dec. 7: The deadline to put a name on the wait list is 4 p.m. today. -------------------- Update 2:18 p.m.: Package tickets are currently sold out. Add your name to the wait list here. -------------------- NIU President John Peters...

Men’s basketball feeds off crowd support, beats SIU-E

By Matt Hopkinson | December 5, 2012

With home crowd support rarely seen at the Convocation Center and coach Mark Montgomery’s lucky orange tie, NIU men’s basketball won its second game of the season. The Huskies (2-5) defeated the Cougars of Southern Illinois Edwardsville (2-6) by the...

Orange Bowl excitement brings unlikely challenge

By Lindsey Rodriguez | December 5, 2012

Trent Eaves is not afraid to show his Huskie Pride. The senior communications major decided to challenge that school spirit with a post on Twitter: “If this tweet gets 1000 RT’s I will get a huskie tattoo’d on my butt,” Eaves tweeted. Eaves took...

Junior quarterback Jordan Lynch speaks to fans at the half time rally during the Huskies basketball game. Lynch asked fans to come out and support the Huskies in their Orange Bowl game.

NIU gets in the Orange Bowl spirit with Convo pep rally

By Joe Palmer | December 5, 2012

“We’re taking our talents to South Beach!” That’s how senior defensive end Sean Progar ended his speech at the NIU Discover Orange Bowl pep rally in the Convocation Center on Wednesday. The rally, which took place at halftime during the NIU men’s...

Lynch named All-American quarterback

By Northern Star Staff | December 4, 2012

Although junior quarterback Jordan Lynch was not named a Heisman finalist this season, he was named to the CBSSports.com All-America Third Team. Lynch led the Huskies to a school-record 12 wins and NCAA’s longest winning streak at 12. He was a big part...

MAC sends record number of teams to bowl games

By Northern Star Staff | December 4, 2012

While the MAC is not known as a conference that sends a lot of football teams to bowl games, this year seven teams earned a bid. The seven teams set a new MAC record for most teams to get bids to bowl games. The previous record had been five. NIU made...

Huskies ignore critics, prepare for game day

By Brian Earle | December 4, 2012

While NIU has been ripped apart by sports analysts all over the TV and internet since it earned a bid to the Orange Bowl Sunday, it has not gotten involved in all the talk. ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit leads the charge against the Huskies and called their...

FSU to be a tough opponent in the Orange Bowl

By Brian Earle | December 4, 2012

Since NIU got selected to play in the Orange Bowl against Florida State on New Year’s Day, the media has been interested in bashing the Huskies and the BCS system for allowing them to get in. No one has taken the time to focus on the game itself and...

Progar looks forward to BCS, reflects on Huskie career

By Matt Hopkinson | December 4, 2012

Despite the last couple hectic days for NIU football, the Northern Star found time to sit down with one of the anchors of NIU’s defense: senior defensive end Sean Progar. Progar has been a big factor in the Huskies’ 12-1, MAC Championship-winning...

Lynch deserved more Heisman credit

By Brian Earle | December 3, 2012

The finalists for the Hesiman Trophy and a trip to New York for the ceremony were announced Monday. Three finalists were named, including Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te’o and Kansas State senior...

Dave Doeren, former NIU football head coach, poses with the MAC Championship trophy and members of his team at the MAC Championship in Detroit in 2012. After securing the trophy for the second year in a row, NIU was chosen to play in the BCS’s Orange Bowl.

Doeren hired at North Carolina State

By Matt Hopkinson | December 3, 2012

Dave Doeren’s salary more than quadrupled after buying out his contract, which he did only eight months after receiving an extension in April. By making the decision to leave NIU and become the head coach of North Carolina State, he leaves behind a...

Northern Illinois University new head football coach Rod Carey answers questions at a press conference in the Yordon Center on Dec. 2.

Carey steps up as new football head coach

By Matt Hopkinson | December 2, 2012

NIU football was coachless for all of a day. After the announcement of former head coach Dave Doeren leaving for North Carolina State on Saturday, NIU administration named the former offensive line coach and offensive coordinator, Rod Carey, the new head...