Student Association Senate passed a resolution to provide $8,925 in supplemental funding to the Black Student Union at Senate’s Sunday meeting.The BSU is an umbrella organization that supports at least 22 organizations on campus.“We focus on unity...
While Northwestern’s football team didn’t do much on the field last season, it’s certainly made its mark in the world now.Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Northwestern football players are employees of the university, who are,...
Football’s preparing for life without quarterback Jordan Lynch, safety Jimmie Ward and a number of other seniors who graduated.Head coach Rod Carey, athletic director Sean Frazier, redshirt senior running back Cameron Stingily, redshirt junior offensive...
In football’s recruiting class, defense was the name of the game for the Huskies and head coach Rod Carey.NIU’s defense took a big hit losing safety Jimmie Ward along with three other defensive backs. The Huskies also lost defensive tackle Ken Bishop...
No. 23 football (12-2, 8-1 MAC) suffered its second loss of the season – and second loss in a row – as it fell, 21-14, to the Utah State Aggies (9-5, 7-2 MW) in the 2013 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl on Thursday at Qualcomm Stadium...
Jordan Lynch finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting Dec. 14 with 558 votes, including 40 first place votes. Lynch was the first NIU player to be nominated for the Heisman Trophy.Lynch is tied for the highest finish by a non-BCS player since 2007....
Quarterback Jordan Lynch’s nomination for the Heisman puts a cap on one of the best seasons any college football player has had.He’s the MAC’s first Heisman finalist since Chad Pennington of Marshall University in 1999 and just the third overall....
Football team’s loss was not a surpriseFrom Bowling Green’s opening drive of Friday’s MAC Championship game, I had a feeling that only confirmed itself as the game unfolded: NIU’s run was coming to a devastating end.There was an indefinable feeling...
It’s been a great couple seasons to be a football fan at NIU.The MAC Championships, MAC West titles and even a BCS berth have seen the Huskie community come together, but it could all change.Come next season, the Jordan Lynch talk will have ended, the...
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...
Despite putting together an extremely humanlike and untimely performance in NIU’s MAC Championship loss, Jordan Lynch still deserved his invitation to New York for the Heisman Ceremony, where he will sit beside some of the other top players in college...
