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Count Florida State football coach Jimbo Fisher among those sports fans dismayed by the trash talk thrown NIU’s way after the Discover Orange Bowl bid came in Sunday evening. Fisher, whose ACC champion Seminoles will take on the Mid-American Conference top dog Huskies in a New Year’s Day matchup, said he expects “a great game”...

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...

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...

The 12-1 Mid-American Conference Champion Northern Illinois University football team will meet ACC Champion Florida State in the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Fla. as the Huskies will cap a historic season with the first Bowl Championship Series bowl appearance in school and MAC history. Northern Illinois earned its nation-leading 12th straight...

Rod Carey, who has spent the last two seasons on the coaching staff of the most successful teams ever at Northern Illinois University, was introduced to the team Sunday afternoon as the 22nd head football coach in school history. NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeff Compher announced the promotion of the 42-year...

Junior tailback Akeem Daniels scored on a 54-yard pass from Jordan Lynch with 4:58 to play, and Lynch added a 71-yard touchdown run two minutes later as the Northern Illinois Huskies overcame a fourth-quarter deficit for the third time this season to claim a 35-23 victory over Ball State Saturday at Scheumann Stadium. “We’re a...

Mike Uremovich, a native of New Lenox, Ill. who spent the past seven years as head coach at the University of St. Francis in Joliet and previously worked as a graduate assistant at NIU for former head coach Joe Novak, has joined the NIU football staff as running backs coach and special teams coordinator. Uremovich...

Over the next two weeks, NIUHuskies.com will preview every position on the 2011 Northern Illinois football team, beginning with the offensive line. In addition, sign up for Huskies All-Access to see a video breakdown of every position with interviews and practice highlights. The video will be available within 24 hours after the article is posted....

Rod Carey, who has spent nearly all of his 13-year collegiate coaching career in the Midwest, has been named the offensive line coach at Northern Illinois University, NIU head coach Dave Doeren announced Thursday. Carey joins the Huskies after three seasons coaching the offensive line at the University of North Dakota. He completes Northern Illinois’...