NIU football punched its ticket to its third straight MAC championship game appearance with a Wednesday night win over Toledo. The Huskies (10-1 7-0 MAC) defeated Toledo (9-2, 5-2 MAC) 31-24 behind a high offensive output from junior quarterback Jordan...
On Wednesday night, one game will decide two teams’ fate. Toledo (8-2, 5-1 MAC) and NIU (9-1, 6-0 MAC) together have totaled 17 wins, which is more than the rest of the teams in the MAC West combined. The game not only serves as the next step in the...
Last season, NIU and Toledo played one of the craziest college football games of the season, with the Huskies coming out on top with a 63-60 victory at Toledo. Each team featured what seemed to be unstoppable, high-powered offenses—that showed at the...
NIU football head coach Dave Doeren and Jeff Dobie, owner of Fatty’s Pub and Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway, have raised $20,000 for local school districts through the Huskies Fore Hope golf outing, according to a Friday news release. The pair has...
Matt Hopkinson: Well, Brian, with the judgement day of NIU football looming, what do you feel is going to be the biggest factor for a Huskie victory come Wednesday night? I personally feel that the key factor will be for NIU to maintain possession of...
Recently, the Northern Star sat down with junior defensive tackle Ken Bishop. Bishop is a transfer from Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he spent two seasons. He talks with the Northern Star about why he decided to transfer to NIU,...
While I had opined that there was no real possible or legitimate reason for NIU football to lose to UMass, it was still huge that the Huskies won. The win served many purposes. A less important function: It keeps the Huskies’ multiple streaks (home,...
For the first time since 2008, NIU football earned a shutout victory as it trampled UMass Saturday. The Huskies (9-1, 5-0 MAC) scored in every quarter against the Minutemen (0-9, 0-5 MAC), including posting 21 points a piece in the second and third quarter....
As the University of Massachusetts is dealing with a natural disaster back home, the Huskies have sympathy but will show little mercy on the field come Saturday. The Minutemen (0-8, 0-4 MAC) are brand new to the MAC and have found no luck so far this...
Former NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish’s historic performance last season was one that people would not soon forget. However, quarterback Jordan Lynch is doing his best to wipe Harnish’s season from everyone’s memory, putting up impressive numbers...
NIU football has a bye week Nov. 10, its first of the season. In effect, however, the Huskies’ upcoming game against MAC newcomers Massachusetts is an off-day. All NIU has to do is show up and it will win. I know, this has all the makings of the ultimate...
Despite giving up more points than in its last three games combined, NIU came from behind to defeat Western Michigan on the road Saturday. NIU (8-1, 5-0 MAC) has now won eight straight games this season, and with its 48-34 victory over the Broncos (3-6,...
