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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Huskies dominate Buffalo at Homecoming

By Matt Hopkinson | October 14, 2012

On a rainy and foggy Saturday afternoon in front of a sparse Homecoming crowd, NIU football continued its dominance at home and in the MAC. NIU (6-1, 3-0 MAC) overpowered the Buffalo Bulls (1-5, 0-2 MAC), 45-3, posting their lowest opponent point total...

Huskies defense makes a stand, shows their depth

By Matt Hopkinson | October 14, 2012

While in my opinion NIU’s offense is the main contributing factor to its success, the defense made quite the showing against Buffalo. Not only the statistics and on field play, but what really stood out in this game was the depth possessed by the defensive...

Coach’s Corner with NIU assistant football coach Rod Carey

March 30, 2011

In his first year with the NIU football team, Rod Carey is currently busy with the football team's annual slate of spring practices. Carey took some time out recently after a practice to discuss the challenges and unique nature of the practices. Northern...

NIU running back Chad Spann evades Minnesota defenders in the Huskie's 34-23 victory.

Running back combos set stage for MAC battle

By Chris Dertz | October 7, 2010

The Huskies know they have an important game this weekend. Starting quarterback Chandler Harnish said as much, calling Saturday's matchup against Temple a game between what he feels are the two best teams in the MAC. "I think it's huge to have that homefield...

Despite is size, JUCO transfer Jasmin Hopkins has made a career out of proving doubters wrong.

Hopkins measuring up

By Chris Dertz | October 5, 2010

Tell a man he can't do something, and he'll stop at nothing to prove you wrong. Tell a player he's too short or too skinny, and it only throws fuel on the fire. For Jasmin Hopkins, that's always been the story. Critics told the NIU tailback, who was 5-feet-7-inches...

Breaking down the Golden Gophers

By Jimmy Johnson | September 22, 2010

Offense Quarterback: Senior signal caller Adam Weber has played every snap in all of the Golden Gopher's three games, completing close to 60 percent of his passes with five scores through the air. The 6'3" quarterback had success in Minnesota's 31-27...

Linebacker Kube ready to help lead on defense

By Chris Dertz | August 23, 2010

With expectations for NIU football high this season, much of the anticipation is due to the strength of its defense. Redshirt senior linebacker Alex Kube figures to be one of the leaders for a unit that held opponents under 14 points on five occasions...

5 things learned from NIU camp

By Jerry Burnes | August 23, 2010

NIU broke camp on the 2010 season after Saturday's morning practice session. As with any football team there are questions and storylines that are still playing out before opening kickoff. Coming off a 7-6 season the Huskies entered camp as the favorite...

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