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Run defense is key to Homecoming win

By Brian Thomas | October 9, 2012

In the upcoming football game with Buffalo, NIU will have to stop Buffalo’s ground game if it wants to have a shot at winning. The Bulls (1-4, 0-2 MAC) come into this matchup as a run-first offense, as they have totaled 1,127 yards on the ground in...

Biggest key for Huskie football

By Brian Thomas & Matt Hopkinson | October 8, 2012

Brian Thomas: The first half of NIU football’s season is officially in the books and the team sits at 5-1. Going into the season, people didn’t know what to expect from the Huskies, as there were a lot of questions surrounding them. Those questions...

Huskies shine in fourth quarter

By Brian Thomas | October 2, 2012

Over the course of NIU football’s last three games, the fourth quarter has been its time to shine. As the games go on, the Huskies seem to be more physical on both sides of the football compared to their opponents, as they outlast them and pour it on...

Huskies to focus on MAC play

By Brian Thomas | September 24, 2012

After being tested multiple times throughout its non-conference schedule, NIU football is ready to focus solely on MAC play for the rest of the season. While the Huskies (3-1) went up against a strong non-conference schedule in two BCS teams in Iowa and...

Lynch leads offense without question

By Brian Thomas | September 16, 2012

After a disappointing season opener against Iowa, NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch has proven over the last two weeks that he can be an effective weapon in the passing game. In week one against Iowa, the Huskies offense seemed as if it would be one-dimensional,...

Football find number one tail back in Leighton Settle

By Brian Thomas | September 10, 2012

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...

Huskies secondary will be important in next game

By Brian Thomas | September 5, 2012

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...

NIU faces Tennessee Martin

By Brian Thomas | September 4, 2012

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...

NIU becoming defensive team

By Brian Thomas | September 4, 2012

Traditionally over the last couple of seasons, NIU football has been known as an offensive juggernaut, being able to score points seemingly at will. However, after watching their season opener against Iowa, the Huskies look like they are more of a defensive...

One Card replaces tickets for game entry

By Brian Thomas | August 30, 2012

Change has been a big theme on campus this year. From the New Residence Hall opening, to the flowerpots spread around campus and now to the athletic department changing the ticket system for sporting events. This year, in order to enter an athletic event,...

Face Off: Will football be an offensive or defensive team this season?

By Brian Thomas | August 28, 2012

Brian Thomas: After an historic 2011 campaign, NIU football kicks off its much anticipated season this Saturday against Iowa in the Soldier Field game. Last season the Huskies captured a MAC championship as well as a win in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. But this...

Faceoff: Debate between whether the 2012 olympic basketball team could beat the Dream Team

By Brian Thomas | July 30, 2012

Brian Thomas: Recently both Kobe Bryant and LeBron James of the 2012 Men’s Olympic Basketball team came out with comments saying they believe they could beat the “Dream Team” of 1992. Michael Jordan and other members of the “Dream Team” laughed...