CHAMPAIGN | With their captain Jerry Kill back under the headset, the Huskies looked to add the Illinois Fighting Illini to the Boneyard. The Illini had other ideas though and defeated NIU 28-22 in front of 50,569 at Memorial Stadium. The loss sends the...
NIU head football coach Jerry Kill is still hospitalized in fair condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital as of Tuesday night, but the Huskies are optimistic he will be on the sidelines against Illinois. Defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys will take...
After being held at Kishwaukee Community Hospital due to dehydration Sunday morning, NIU head football coach Jerry Kill was transferred to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. NIU Associate Athletics Director Donna Turner said that Kill is "consulting...
DeKALB | NIU Associate Athletics Director Donna Turner confirmed that NIU head football coach Jerry Kill was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital early Sunday morning and was still being treated and hospitalized as of press time. According to Turner,...
AMES, IOWA | When the NIU football team stepped onto the field at Jack Trice Stadium Thursday, head coach Jerry Kill believed that there was something missing. His fear was quickly confirmed as his team showed an inability to play with a sense of urgency...
When the lights click on tonight at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa, the NIU football team will shed the practice shells and don full uniforms for the first time in 2010. Unlike the NFL, there have been no preseason games for NIU head coach Jerry Kill...
NIU: Even though Tom Herman, Iowa State offensive coordinator, won't see NIU safety Tracy Wilson play until Thursday night, he already knows the junior's presence within the Huskies' defensive huddle. "You can tell that he's kind of a field general out...
Offense Quarterbacks: If someone touches the ball on every play, you want them to be good at what they do. NIU head coach Jerry Kill calls Iowa State signal-caller Austen Arnaud "a great player." After throwing for 2,015 yards and 14 touchdowns last season,...
DeKALB | Jerry Kill announced team captains, also called the NIU Leadership Council, after the team's practice on Saturday. Six captains were voted on by the Huskies and then approved by the coaching staff. Senior defensive end Jake Coffman, senior linebacker...
Some football programs have customs, and others have traditions. Normally, these have little to do with the game of football itself. Ohio State's band has someone dot the "i" in "Ohio." Notre Dame goes to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart the morning of...
Since the very beginnings of the game, special teams has been a way to separate the men from the boys. NIU defensive backs/special teams coach Jay Sawvel has been coaching the third phase for years and knows exactly what to look for. "Mostly on kickoff,...
DeKALB | There are few universal truths in this world. Taking a shower every day is probably a good idea. There will always be that one girl at the party crying. Jerry Kill likes to run the football. It's that hard-nosed approach that led to NIU's rushing...
