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Boca Raton Bowl logo
The Northern Illinois University Huskies, champions of the Mid-American Conference for the third time in the last four years, will meet Conference USA champion Marshall Thundering Herd in the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl in Boca Raton, Fla. Sean T. Frazier, NIU associate vice president and director of Athletics, and the league made the announcement Sunday. The...
Coming off the most successful season in school history, three straight years with 11 wins or more and back-to-back Mid-American Conference Championships, Northern Illinois will face one of its most challenging schedules in recent seasons according to the 2013 slate released Friday by Northern Illinois and the Mid-American Conference. With five home games at Huskie...
Photo of an NIU "ORANGE: HERE WE COME" T-shirt for sale at the University Bookstore.
Although employees of the University Bookstore are accustomed to December shoppers hunting for Christmas gifts among the NIU Huskie gear, they’ve never seen a December like this. With the football team’s second consecutive Mid-American Conference championship and a New Year’s Day berth in the Discover Orange Bowl, there’s plenty of new merchandise on the racks...
The NIU Convocation Center turns orange with pride.
A crowd of 2,750 cheered Wednesday inside the NIU Convocation Center as the football team enjoyed a halftime rally in honor of their second consecutive MAC championship and their upcoming Jan. 1 trip to the Discover Orange Bowl. Football players slapped the hands of fans, spoke to the crowd, signed autographs and basked in the...
Bowl Crashing Huskies!
NIU’s Mid-American Champion and Orange Bowl-bound football team will host its annual team banquet Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. The event is open to the public as the Huskies’ winningest senior class will be honored and team awards will be handed out. Doors open at 5 p.m....
Victor E. Huskie high-fives Larry Gautier, a member of the football committee for the Discover Orange Bowl.
One day after the 12-1 Northern Illinois football team earned an unprecedented bid to play in the Discover Orange Bowl, a representative from the bowl came to DeKalb to whip up excitement. Larry Gautier, a member of the football committee for the Orange Bowl, toured campus to distribute stickers for the big game. At his...
Jeff Compher
And now for something kind of fun and completely different on a spring Friday afternoon from Northern Illinois Athletics … Thursday night at the Egyptian Theatre in DeKalb, during the annual NIU Athletics awards show, “The Victors,” one of the most shocking moments of the night was provided by Jeff Compher, NIU associate vice president...
Jas Hopkins shows a young fan how to hold the ball.
Northern Illinois will celebrate its 2011 Mid-American Conference Champions and begin looking toward the 2012 Huskie football season at the annual Huskie Athletic Support Fund kickoff at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15. The event, featuring NIU coaches and student-athletes, free food and drink and important information on 2012 football tickets, will be held in Victor...
Chandler Harnish
Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish continues to reap the rewards of a stellar NIU career and will represent his alma mater at two awards banquets this February, while preparing for the biggest “job interview” of his career. Harnish’s most important appearance this February will come February 22-28 in Indianapolis at the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine....
NIU Huskies fans pose with the GoDaddy.com Bowl trophy
For those whose ears are still ringing with stadium-filling cheers of euphoria and Bill Baker’s breathless shouts of “Huskies win! Huskies win!” on the radio, Intercollegiate Athletics has some wonderful news. Season ticket sales for the 2012 football campaign begin next week! To celebrate, Athletics and University Relations are inviting all fans to pose for...
NIU Huskies celebrate MAC championship
Dave Doeren’s second signing day as Northern Illinois University head coach went a little smoother than the first. While the 2011 Signing Day got off to a slow start due to a blizzard that hit the region, closing schools and closing roads, by 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Northern Illinois had received all the necessary paperwork...
Photo of Christmas presents
Looking for something for that person that has everything? Need a last minute gift for a die-hard Huskie fan? Well, the Northern Illinois University Bookstore can help. The bookstore, located on the first floor of the Holmes Student Center, has the latest in NIU logo apparel and gifts featuring the new university logo marks. “The...
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