Sniff it. Can you smell it? College basketball is back, and before everyone throws in all the "it doesn't matter until March" nonsense, let me give you one reason that it's absolutely imperative to pay attention all season. The national champion is likely...

Tonight’s game against Toledo is not the biggest football game in the NIU football program’s history. It’s not even close to being the biggest game in the last 10 years. None of that is relevant, though, because it is the biggest game NIU has been...

Oregon is the new No. 1 team in the latest BCS standings, and football fans everywhere should rejoice. Not because the Ducks' point-per-minute offense is the most exciting thing since sliced bread (seriously genius stuff). Not because Oregon is clearly...

Everyone's got to leave home sometime. After spending its last three games at home, NIU football will travel to Kalamazoo, Mich. Saturday looking to extend its winning streak to six games against the Western Michigan Broncos. The Huskies (6-2 overall,...

Mourn, planet Earth. A psychic octopus has died. Paul, the magical octopus who correctly predicted the results at this year's World Cup, has died at the ripe-old age of 2.5 years old. I want everyone out there to remember the good times that Paul gave...

Well, the Mayans had it right. The world, as well as college basketball coaches everywhere, has just received its first sign of confirmation that the world will in fact end in 2012.And this sign came gift-wrapped by the Conference Commissioners Association...