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Joel Bouagnon
Sophomore Joel Bouagnon (Aurora, Ill./Aurora Christian) scored four touchdowns Thursday night as NIU opened the season with a 55-3 victory over Presbyterian College at Huskie Stadium. NIU racked up 635 yards of total offense, 424 coming on the ground, as it extended its Huskie Stadium winning streak to a nation-leading 27 games. The Huskies ran...
Keith Harris Jr.
As the tiresome summer reality shows finally reveal their destined-for-obscurity winners, it’s Rod Carey who soon will truly provide “the moment we’ve all been waiting for.” Who will quarterback the NIU Huskies football team? Drew Hare? Anthony Maddie? Matt McIntosh? “Each one of them has a different release,” wide receiver Da’Ron Brown said, “but at...
The Northern Illinois University Huskies held their most extensive scrimmage of the 2014 preseason Thursday afternoon at Huskie Stadium in the 16th preseason practice of the year. With his team two weeks away from the season opening game versus Presbyterian, NIU Head Coach Rod Carey said he is happy with what his team has accomplished...
Keith Harris Jr.
The NIU Huskies have been the top rushing team in the Mid-American Conference four of the last five seasons. While quarterback play has garnered most of that rushing attention, the Huskies’ running backs have been a major part of that success. This season, NIU’s running backs are a committee and will look to shift into...
The NIU Huskies began full contact Wednesday afternoon at Huskie Stadium, marking the fifth day of practice this summer. Though the day marked the first practice with pads, the schedule resembled that of the Huskies previous days of practice, outside of a few full contact drills. “We threw a couple more situations at them today,...
One week after Jordan Lynch became only the second FBS player in the last decade to catch a touchdown pass, run for a TD and pass for four more scores in the same game, the red-hot quarterback is invading Tom Brady’s house. It’s the sixth road game this season for NIU’s undefeated Huskies, who continue...