Coaches focus on recruitment to build a winning team

Published Thursday, January 31, 2008

A college football coach is responsible for more than just coaching his team to victory. ...

NIU assistant football coach P.J. Fleck finds perfect fit between his energy and recruiting coordinator duties

Published Wednesday, January 30, 2008

P.J. Fleck had not even been NIU football’s recruiting coordinator for a month when it hit him....

Kill preaches work ethic, rapport with players

Published Thursday, January 17, 2008

Prominent icons and accomplishments line the wall of one particular office on the second floor of...

NIU quarterback Nicholson undergoes surgery

Published Tuesday, January 15, 2008

NIU quarterback Dan Nicholson underwent surgery Monday, Jan. 7. However, NIU Sports...

Kill joins NIU, brings along coaching staff

Published Tuesday, January 15, 2008

If you can’t beat them, hire them as your coach. While that wasn’t Athletic Director Jim...

Athletics names new football coach

Published Thursday, December 13, 2007

After 16 days of uncertainty, the NIU football team has a new head coach. Former Southern...

How to fix the BCS mess

Published Tuesday, December 4, 2007

If I had a dollar for every column that blasts the ineptitude of the Bowl Championship Series,...

Players respond to Novak's retirement

Published Thursday, November 29, 2007

Head football coach Joe Novak is retired and the program is in transition. With all that’s...

Three Huskies named to All-MAC team

Published Thursday, November 29, 2007

Last season, the Huskies’ were relatively healthy and produced seven All-Mid American...

Defensive end Larry English earns MAC MVP

Published Wednesday, November 28, 2007

For the second consecutive year, an NIU football player was named the MAC’s Most Valuable...

A lowdown on some of the football coach possibilities

Published Wednesday, November 28, 2007

With the retirement of Joe Novak, the head coaching vacancy is wide open at this point. A...

Players react to coach Joe Novak's retirement, look to the future

Published Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Head football coach Joe Novak is retired and the program is in transition. With all that’s...

365 days makes a big difference for football program

Published Monday, November 26, 2007

On Nov. 25, 2006, NIU Athletic Director Jim Phillips stood in the corner of the media room in the...

Former Huskies, Bears lineman dies at 53

Published Monday, November 26, 2007

Former NIU and Chicago Bears defensive lineman Jerry Meyers died Nov. 16 at the age of 53. The...

Bowl-bound Ball State beats Huskies to end football season

Published Monday, November 26, 2007

Last year’s Poinsettia Bowl berth seems like a distant memory. The NIU football team...