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...

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...

While NIU football has posted seven straight wins on the season, it will enter unfriendly territory in Kalamazoo, where it has lost 13 of 19 games. The Huskies (7-1, 4-0 MAC) will square off against the Western Michigan Broncos (3-5, 1-3 MAC) for the...

If you listen to any opposing coaches midweek press conference before they are slated to face NIU, you will hear junior quarterback Jordan Lynch’s name. While this is not without good reason, as Lynch is putting up numbers at an astonishing pace, other...

When looking at the Huskies’ statistics through their first four MAC games, one statistic stands out as a reason for their success: turnovers. Early in the season, NIU (7-1, 4-0 MAC) struggled to maintain possession of the ball, as in its four games...

Quarterback: With senior Alex Carder injuring his throwing hand against Connecticut, junior Tyler Van Tubbergen has stepped into the starting position. Tubbergen has struggled, as he has thrown more interceptions than touchdowns. He has thrown for eight...

Although the Huskies are still slated to play four more guaranteed games this season, I only see one game that sticks out. The game I am keying in on is the Huskies’ Nov. 14 showdown with Toledo at home, which will be shown on ESPN. Both teams are currently...

With its seventh straight win of the season, after beating Akron Saturday 37-7, NIU football rejoined the nation’s college football polls for the first time since the preseason. The Huskies received votes in all three polls. They earned five points...

With a 37-7 win over Akron Saturday, the 2012-2013 senior class surpassed last year’s seniors as the most winningest in NIU school history. Last year’s seniors featured such standout players as MVP quarterback Chandler Harnish, second leading receiver...

While the offense gets the credit for NIU football’s success game after game, the team’s defense had just as much to do with its 37-7 victory over Akron on Saturday. One phase of the Huskies’ defense really stood out against the Zips: their run...

I know that nationally-ranked football teams are usually from powerhouse colleges in far more superior conferences than the lowly MAC. Oh, wait, what? MAC East-leading Ohio is now ranked in the top 25 in the nation? Yes, you read right. The 7-0 Bobcats...