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No. 1 Story of the Year: Football goes 0-2 to end season

No. 1 Story of the Year: Football goes 0-2 to end season

By Frank Gogola | May 4, 2014

Football’s 2013 season went from a potentially historic one to one that ended in devastating fashion.After plowing through their first 12 games unscathed, the Huskies blew their chance to become the fourth non-AQ school to play in multiple BCS bowl...

Redshirt senior quarterback Jordan Lynch carries the ball against Purdue Sep. 28 in West Lafayette, Ind. Lynch threw for 2,892 yards and 24 touchdowns and rushed for 1,920 yards and 23 touchdowns in his Heisman campaign.

No. 2 Story of the Year: Lynch finishes 3rd in Heisman voting

By Brian Earle | April 30, 2014

After a record-breaking season, quarterback Jordan Lynch became the first player in NIU to be nominated for the Heisman Trophy, finishing in third place.It wasn’t the first season in which Lynch gained national recognition. As a redshirt junior in 2012,...

No. 3 Story of the Year: Men’s basketball turns around program

By Brian Earle | April 29, 2014

After years of last-place finishes and rotting in the cellar of the MAC standings, men’s basketball had more than enough, resulting in the biggest single-season turnaround in NIU history.With head coach Mark Montgomery at the helm, the Huskies won 15...