The football program is coming off its most successful run in school history, repeating as MAC champions and earning the first BCS game in MAC history but the 2013 season schedule seems less than desirable, especially considering what happened over winter...
The Chicago Bears putting the franchise tag on defensive tackle Henry Melton is proof they are going to try and make a run at the Super Bowl in 2013-14. The franchise tag guarantees a player the average of the top five salaries at his position. In the...
NIU officials are already looking forward to using the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center, though construction is not scheduled to wrap up until fall 2013. The Chessick Practice Center will serve as an indoor practice location for athletes on...
Coming into NIU, redshirt junior Jamison Wells’ plan was to play baseball on a scholarship. But halfway through Wells’ freshman year, he realized one sport was not enough. “For me, I knew there was something I could do to help the football team...
Between the third and the fourth quarters of every football game, the team, support staff, band members and fans put up five fingers in memorial for the Feb. 14, 2008, victims. The tradition, known by the team as “Five in the Sky,” was started by...
Since being handed the keys to NIU football, head coach Rod Carey has been hard at work putting the finishing touches on his first recruiting class. At signing day on Wednesday, Carey was excited to announce he and his staff had recruited 24 players for...
Sometimes you’re just looking for any excuse to throw a party. Super Bowl XLVII is Sunday, and the Super Bowl is a reason to throw a party, if there ever was one. The pageantry! The spectacle! The athleticism! But what if you’re not particularly into...
In light of the recent inauguration of President Barack Obama and the upcoming Super Bowl, I found myself wondering: Of my two loves, football and politics, which reigns supreme? And while I had to debate this for a mere, oh, two seconds, I decided that...
With the departure of former football coach Dave Doeren and some of his staff to North Carolina State, there are a number of coaching vacancies that need to be filled. New football coach Rod Carey filled one of those spots Wednesday, when Roy Manning...
About 1,300 Huskie fans filled into fan buses and headed down to the Orange Bowl to see the Huskies make history on New Year’s Day, according to NIU Today. Soon after it was announced that the Huskies would compete in the Orange Bowl, a travel package...
On the biggest stage NIU football has ever played on, the bright lights of the Orange Bowl proved to be too much in its matchup against Florida State on New Year’s Day. The Huskies played the Seminoles close for three quarters, but the 31-10 Florida...
“It was a great experience. We gave it our all and our fans were incredible.” That’s what junior quarterback Jordan Lynch had to say to all the NIU students, alumni, professors and DeKalb residents who lined up in the cold to welcome the Huskies...
