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Breaking down the Buffalo Bulls

Breaking down the Buffalo Bulls

By Jimmy Johnson | October 13, 2010

Offense Quarterback: Jerry Davis will be the fourth dual-threat quarterback to take on the NIU defense this season. The Bulls are in their first year running a spread offense. "It's definitely a different look than what we've seen with the power football,"...

Breaking down Temple

By Jimmy Johnson | October 6, 2010

Offense Quarterback After splitting time with Vaughn Charlton last season, redshirt Chester Stewart is the general for the Owl's offense. Temple head coach Al Golden doesn't primarily look for his quarterback to throw as the Owls rank 109th overall averaging...

Breaking down Akron

By Jimmy Johnson | September 29, 2010

Defense Defensive line: Don't let Shawn Lemon and his last name fool you. The senior defensive end hasn't played like a dud as he leads the Zips' defense with four tackles for loss and three sacks. Besides Lemon, the rest of this group has been suspect....

Key Players: MarQueis Gray, Offensive line

By Jerry Burnes | September 22, 2010

Minnesota-WR/QB MarQueis Gray NIU's defense had its hands full with Illinois' Nathan Scheelhaase last week and could face a similar quarterback this Saturday. MarQueis Gray, listed as Minnesota's backup quarterback, mainly splits out to wide receiver....

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...

NIU kicker Mike Cklamovski appears to have edge to start Saturday in Minnesota.

NIU kicking game struggles

By Jimmy Johnson | September 22, 2010

NIU head coach Jerry Kill joked earlier this season that even he could line up and connect on a field goal attempt from a respectable distance. Yet, the kicking woes that the Huskies have endured are certainly no laughing matter. "We've struggled to put...

Key players: Martez Wilson and Chandler Harnish

Key players: Martez Wilson and Chandler Harnish

By Jerry Burnes and Jimmy Johnson | September 15, 2010

Illinois-LB Martez Wilson To say expectations were high for Martez Wilson when he arrived at Illinois in 2007 would be a major understatement. The junior middle linebacker received every recruit accolade coming out Simeon High School, including a rank...

Key player for North Dakota: QB Jake Landry

By Jimmy Johnson | September 8, 2010

Sioux head coach Chris Mussman still believes his football team can improve from its 6-5 2009 campaign. But if North Dakota wants to win more games, quarterback Jake Landry will have to make strides in what separates successful quarterbacks from the rest...

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...

Kill, coaching staff focus on recruiting speed after Independence Bowl loss

By Jerry Burnes | August 23, 2010

 If NIU head coach Jerry Kill learned something from watching his Huskies in their last game, it's that the team needed a boost in the speed department. Turn the calendar back to Jan. 2 when the Huskies suffered a 27-3 International Bowl loss to South...

NIU women’s soccer takes season opener

By Andrew Singer | August 23, 2010

DeKALB | Don't tell the NIU women's soccer team that Creighton returned its top three goal scorer's from last season. The Huskies dominated defensively Monday evening to take the season opener 1-0 at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex against...