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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...
Rod Carey
Inside Huskie Football, the weekly radio show featuring Northern Illinois University head coach Rod Carey kicks off its 2014 schedule at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, at Fatty’s Pub & Grille in DeKalb. The show will be broadcast live on Chicago’s AM 560 The Answer and on WCPT 92.5 FM in DeKalb. Fans in the...
Drew Hare
Quarterback: the most discussed battle for starting position at football camp. NIU has been stable at quarterback over the last five years with Chandler Harnish and Jordan Lynch, who combined for three Vern Smith Leadership Awards, given to the Mid-American Conference’s most valuable player. Just as Lynch was passed the torch by Harnish, Huskie fans...
Ryan Brown
In 2014, the NIU offense will feature plenty of familiar faces on the offensive side of the ball, as nine starters from last season return to DeKalb. However, nowhere has that familiarity been more prevalent than on the offensive line, which returns four of their five starters from last year and several key reserves. With...
Join fellow Northern Illinois University football fans and travel in comfort to watch the NIU Huskies take on Northwestern on Sept. 6 at Ryan Field in Evanston. Any Huskie fan can sign up now to ride the bus on one of two routes being offered by the Huskie Athletic Fund for just $40 for the...
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The Northern Illinois University Huskies had expected to practice twice Saturday with the 2014 season opener less than two weeks away. After a brisk morning workout in full pads highlighted by a strong showing by the NIU offensive line in scrimmage situations, the players showed up for a team meeting before the second practice. As...
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...
Paris Logan
Heading into the 2014 season, it was expected that the Huskies would need to fill several positions on defense, as they lost six primary starters and several key reserves to graduation on that side of the ball. Yet, at no position is that fact more evident that at cornerback, where they lost four members of...
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...
Marlon Moore
Just two safeties in camp with the Northern Illinois University football team have seen game action but between them the duo of redshirt senior Dechane Durante (Charlotte, N.C./Vance) and junior Marlon Moore (Mobile, Ala./C.F. Vigor) have combined for 63 games played and 45 starts. “They are both having a good camp and off to a...
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AM 560 The Answer (WIND-AM) is the new Chicago radio home of the Northern Illinois University Huskies. NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier, AM 560 General Manager Jeff Reisman and Learfield Sports, the new multimedia rights holder for NIU Athletics, made the announcement today. The new agreement provides NIU fans...
Tyler Wedel
The Northern Illinois University Huskies took the field at Huskie Stadium for a pair of practices Saturday to close out the first full week of 2014 preseason camp. NIU practiced in full pads Saturday morning for a little over two hours, then returned to the Brigham Field in shorts and shoulder pads for an evening...
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