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NIU football’s expectations high for 2011

By Andrew Singer | January 19, 2011

With the conclusion of the 2010 college football season, eyes have already started to turn to 2011.The NIU football team finished off its 2010 campaign last month with a rousing 40-17 victory over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. By earning...

Chandler Harnish points to the sky after scoring his first rushing touchdown of the game in the first quarter of NIU's 40-17 Humanitarian Bowl victory against Fresno State.

NIU beats Fresno State in first bowl game victory since 2004

By Andrew Singer | January 17, 2011

December had not been kind to the NIU football team leading up to the Huskies 40-17 win over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. NIU (11-3 overall, 8-0 MAC) lost to Miami (OH) in the MAC Championship game on Dec. 3. The team lost its head coach...

Commentary: NIU football played in a bowl game it had a chance of winning

By Andrew Singer | January 17, 2011

Last month, the NIU football team went to a bowl game it deserved to be in and played a team of comparable ability. Nice concept, isn't it? It's unfortunate this notion has been lost on NIU in recent years. The Huskies - along with many other mid-major...

Dave Doeren is introduced as the new head football coach of the NIU.

Dave Doeren comes to NIU as head football coach

By Andrew Singer | January 17, 2011

Midwest-recruiting ties, an FCS National Championship and an appearance in the Rose Bowl are the reasons Jeff Compher wanted Dave Doeren as the NIU football team's head coach. Compher, NIU's Director of Athletics, introduced Doeren as head coach days...

Column: Kill’s departure a classless gesture

By Chris Dertz | December 6, 2010

NIU fans have no reason to be upset with Jerry Kill for taking the head coaching job at the University of Minnesota. Those same fans have every right to be upset with how Kill did it. Consider this: at Sunday night's annual football banquet at NIU, Kill...

Rashawn Melvin (11) dives for a tipped pass by Tyrone Clark (36). The tipped pass was caught by Miami (OH) to complete a 4th and 20 Friday night during the MAC Championship.

Huskies heartbroken after MAC Championship lost

By Chris Dertz | December 5, 2010

NIU head coach Jerry Kill doesn't believe in fate. It certainly seems like fate had a hand in things Friday night, as No. 24 NIU lost to Miami (OH) in the MAC Championship game 26-21, on a last-minute touchdown throw from freshman RedHawk Austin Boucher...

The blitz that broke a season

By Chris Dertz | December 5, 2010

Miami (OH) quarterback Austin Boucher said he couldn't believe NIU blitzed two players on the play that ended the Huskies' MAC Championship dreams. On second down, with no timeouts in the last minute of the game, the RedHawks lined up with three receivers...

NIU Quarterback Chandler Harnish

Football key players: Chandler Harnish, Armand Robinson

By Andrew Singer | December 1, 2010

NIU QB Chandler Harnish Digging into a pile of stats isn't necessary to find NIU's key player for this week's game against Miami (OH). At MAC Media Day in July, NIU head coach Jerry Kill made it clear that his team needed good quarterback play if they...

Jordan Lynch rushes in a game earlier this season. Lynch rushed for 142 years on two carries on NIU's 71-3 victory over Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

Football team has chance to stand on top with ’83 champs

By Andrew Singer | December 1, 2010

Perched atop a mountain in Yosemite National Park, the 1983 NIU football team stood as one singing its school’s fight song. Prior to participating in the 1983 California Bowl, NIU head coach Bill Mallory wanted to take his team to a place they could...

Tickets still avalible for MAC Championship football fan bus

By Northern Star staff | November 30, 2010

Student tickets are still available for the MAC Championship football game in Detroit on Friday. The Huskies will face the Miami (OH) RedHawks at 7 p.m. According to the Convocation Center website, tickets will be available until 5 p.m. today. Buses will...

After finding success at Wisconsin-Whitewater, Jim Zebrowski is now the Huskies' quarterback coach.

Zebrowski’s relationship with Kill, staff leads him to NIU

By Jimmy Johnson | November 30, 2010

At the conclusion of every conversation over the phone between NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish and his position coach Jim Zebrowski, he asked one question: "Are you having fun yet?" It's Zebrowski's upbeat attitude that Harnish and the other Huskies...