It has been a season to remember for good and bad reasons. NIU had a perfect regular season record, but lost in the MAC Championship to Bowling Green, falling short of the team's goal. Sports writer Brian Earle breaks down the Huskies' key players this...
Huskies received more support when they battled on their gridiron this year than in the team’s past few seasons.NIU, which was undefeated until its loss in the MAC Championship game Friday, saw higher attendance at home games and several sold-out games.“I...
NIU’s 12-1 football team will make its sixth straight bowl appearance when it takes on Utah State in the San Diego County Union Poinsettia Bowl on at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 26 at Qualcomm Stadium.The Poinsettia Bowl announcement comes after a 12-0 perfect regular...
What was supposed to be the strength of football’s defense this season turned out to be its undoing in its 47-27 defeat against Bowling Green in the MAC Championship.All season long the Huskies played a bend: Don’t break defense. In this loss the...
After perfection through its first 12 games, football stood 60 minutes away from a second straight BCS bowl, but Bowling Green shattered NIU’s dream of crashing the party Friday at the MAC Championship.The Huskies (12-1, 8-1 MAC) fell 47-27 to the Bowling...
Football is heading back to Detroit for the fourth consecutive season, this time with a chance for a three-peat when it takes on Bowling Green for the MAC Championship 7 p.m. Friday at Ford Field in Detroit.The Falcons’ (9-3, 7-1 MAC) defensive unit...
No. 14 football (12-0, 8-0 MAC) has one more test in its ways before a potential second straight BCS-busting season: the Bowling Green Falcons (9-3, 7-1 MAC). The MAC West-champion Huskies will square off with the MAC East-champion Falcons 7 p.m. Friday...
Correction: There is no Reading Day this semester. Perspective Editor Danny Cozzi was referring to Dec. 6, the Friday before finals.Pass: Use Reading Day as you need to; study, sleep equally importantReading Day is probably the best idea NIU has ever...
Fans cheer on the Huskies Nov. 13 during the game aginst Ball State. The football team is headed to Detroit Friday for the MAC Championship game — NIU’s fourth consecutive appearance in the match — but NIU’s student travel package has already...
Students were so eager to see the Huskies play in the MAC Championship game Friday that tickets for the round trip package were sold out by Monday morning.NIU arranged for five buses to take students to see the football team play in Detroit for the championship...
Graduates Nolan and Trevor O’Malley have whipped up a song commemorating NIU’s journey to the Mid-American Conference Championship game.Titled “Return to the MAC,” the song was written by the O’Malley brothers to celebrate NIU making it to the...
George Rainey, redshirt senior defensive end, only has two games remaining in an NIU football uniform, but for the first-year starter, that’s two more games to continue to improve and show how far he’s come.Rainey, out of South Division High School...
