Coach Rod Carey allowed his mind to wander as he flew Wednesday with the NIU Huskies football team to Miami. “I started flipping through on my phone all the old Orange Bowl scores. I found that Notre Dame-Colorado one from way back, when I was a kid all those years ago. I thought to myself,...

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”...

Mental toughness. Conditioning. Tempo. Depth. NIU football coach Dave Doeren can tick off plenty of reasons why his Huskies are finding fourth-quarter success this fall, even if he’d rather seal the deal earlier. “Last year, we had five come-from-behinds, and this year, we have three. I’d love to stop doing that,” Doeren says, “but if...

The Northern Illinois University football team is heading down the home stretch of its preseason camp and while some of the guys may be tired after almost two weeks of practice, you wouldn’t know by watching it. As the Huskies wrapped up practice No. 14 Tuesday afternoon at Huskie Stadium, they have maintained their enthusiasm...