Another week, another loss. This has become fairly routine in the last month, as NIU (1-6, 0-3 MAC) fell to Ohio (4-3, 2-1 MAC) in a 48-28 blowout. For the first time since Week 1 against the College of the Holy Cross, the offense showed flashes of promise,...

DeKALB — They took shots. They missed shots. They lost — again.  But something was different about the Huskies’ latest defeat at Eastern Michigan. For the first time in weeks, it felt like they had finally taken a swing on offense, showing a...

I’m not going to sit here and tell you NIU has played great football this season. I won’t pretend to be as confident in the Huskies on Tuesday morning as I was more than a week ago — on a dark, humid Friday night in Maryland. After hearing all...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — It’s a dark, humid Friday night under the lights at SECU Stadium. The Mighty Sound of Maryland roars in triumph after a home victory in front of a crowd of 35,331. Inside a workroom nearby, NIU football head coach Thomas Hammock...

Each week during the college football season, the Northern Star will recap the most interesting NIU grades published by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company that evaluates every player on every play of every game. Season and single-game grades...

DeKALB — For most of his tenure as NIU’s head football coach, Thomas Hammock didn’t enjoy wins. Not even Notre Dame. But after the Huskies’ latest victory, Hammock said he plans to appreciate them a lot more. NIU survived a season-opening scare...