During halftime of Saturday's game against Wisconsin, NIU athletic director Jeff Compher announced that NIU athletics had received $3 million to be put towards building an indoor football practice facility. The money was donated by former NIU Law graduate...

After a heartbreaking 45-42 loss last weekend on the road at Kansas, the NIU Huskies will be the home team this week as they prepare to battle Wisconsin on Saturday at Soldier Field in Chicago.The big story heading into the game will be how NIU head coach...

Eddie Faulkner knows a thing thing or two about the Wisconsin football program. Faulkner, who played running back for Wisconsin for four years from 1996 to 2000, is looking forward to coaching against his alma matter this Saturday. The former Badger running...

NIU football may have a second opponent to face at the Soldier Field Showdown Saturday: the turf.The field, which uses natural grass, has been criticized by professional players and coaches who say the field is ill-kept, so much so that the playing surface...

Defensive Line The prevailing line on the defensive front was that it lacked team speed, which Kansas head coach Turner Gill promised to remedy in 2011. The biggest move towards more speed starts with starting junior defensive end Toben Opurum. Opurum,...

Laboring on the practice field and cracking helmets against the same teammates each day is what skyrockets rivalry among some of the most competitive people on the planet: football players.Instead of letting familiarity breed contempt, the NIU football...

Former NIU running back Chad Spann, who was signed by the Indianapolis Colts during the offseason, has been placed on the team's injured reserve list for two weeks.Spann said he sustained a sprained hamstring during the first quarter of the Colts' last...

NIU starting quarterback Chandler Harnish was named the MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week Monday by the league office after his performance against Army on Saturday night, according to a press release.Harnish completed 12 of 19 passes for...

Amidst a muddy mess of fans, students and over-zealous cops, NIU football played like the very rain that drenched Brigham Field Saturday, pouring the points on the Black Knights of Army in a 49 to 26 victory.Despite being soaked to the bone and dealing...

The NIU ROTC cadets had to have seen this coming for some time now.As the Army football team rolls into town Saturday, one would think the cadets on campus might be conflicted over who to root for.Will they root for the team that represents the United...

Saying that the offensive line for the NIU football team should be a strength is an understatement. The Huskies return all of their starters from a year ago and are coming off a season in which they only surrendered 13 sacks, good enough for 14th in the...