By Woodrow Carroll Last weekend was not a good one for Illinois and Northwestern football. Both teams suffered conference losses on the road. Illinois was a 42-25 loser at Washington, while Northwestern was edged 28-21 at Nebraska. Defeats that left each team with 5-3 overall records. In the case of
By Woodrow Carroll While few are predicting a major breakthrough for the Northwestern football program, one has to admit that the Wildcats have performed better than expected by most to this point. With a 19-0 road victory at Purdue last Saturday, Northwestern upped its season record to 5-2. Five victories
By Bobby Narang The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team hits a key part of its schedule in the final days of February. The Northern Illinois Huskies, who faced Mid-American Conference leader Akron Tuesday, are riding the hot play of Quentin Jones. Leading the MAC in scoring at 16.5 points,
By Woodrow Carroll It was a rare weekend for the state of Illinois’ major college football programs when Northwestern, Northern Illinois, and Illinois each recorded victories last Friday and Saturday. And for a bonus the Chicago Bears won. What is going on? The Northwestern Wildcats (3-3 and 1-2) got things
Tue, Jan. 16vs. Kent State, L 83-76Tue, Jan. 23vs. Toledo, L 89-73Sat, Jan. 27at Ball State, L 81-71Tue, Jan. 30at Central Michigan, L 84-77, 2 otSat, Feb. 3vs. Eastern Michigan, W 76-66Tue, Feb. 6at Miami, W 62-59Sat, Feb. 10at South Alabama, L 75-66Tue, Feb. 13vs. Buffalo, W 72-68Sat, Feb. 17at
Sat, Nov. 18, 2023vs. Little Rock, W 98-93Sat, Nov. 25, 2023at DePaul, W 89-79Mon, Nov. 27, 2023at Northwestern, L 89-67Tue, Dec. 5, 2023vs. Indiana State, L 90-67Sat, Dec. 9, 2023at Monmouth, L 74-71Mon, Dec. 18, 2023vs. Calumet College, W 92-48Thu, Dec. 21, 2023vs. Northern Iowa, L 76-63Fri, Dec. 29, 2023at
By Woodrow Carroll At the conclusion of the Saturday, Dec. 23 Camellia Bowl game, you might have heard Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” emanating from the Northern Illinois University (NIU) side. Well, probably not, however, that memorable number would have fit right in given the location. The NIU Huskies defeated
1983 California Bowl, vs. Cal State FullertonW 20-132004 Silicon Valley, vs. TroyW 34-212006 Poinsettia Bowl, vs. TCUL 37-72008 Independence Bowl, vs. LouisianaL 17-102010 Humanitarian Bowl, vs. FresnoW 40-172010 International Bowl, vs. South FloridaW 27-32012 GoDaddy.com Bowl, Arkansas St.W 38-202013 Poinsettia Bowl, vs. Utah StateL 21-142013 Orange Bowl, vs. Florida StateL
By Woodrow Carroll After opening the season with a 27-24 overtime victory over host Boston College, the Northern Illinois University Huskies played host to Southern Illinois Saturday, Sept. 9 with a 2-0 start to the season in mind. After beating a Power Five team such as Boston College, the Huskies
By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University football head coach Thomas Hammock will begin his fifth season guiding the team’s fortunes, September 2, when the Huskies open on the road at Boston College. In his first four years coaching at his alma mater, Hammock has seen both the good and bad.
By Bobby Narang Northern Illinois University head football coach Thomas Hammock has his program at a crossroads. Three years ago, in the shortened coronavirus pandemic season, the Huskies lost all six of their games. Two years ago, the Huskies won five straight games in the middle of the season to
By Bobby Narang The Northern Illinois University football team wrapped up its Spring practice in mid-April. The Huskies were one of the surprise teams in Division I last season and won nine games, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division and the Conference championship game to earn another bowl bid. Coming
By Woodrow Carroll It was not a classic two-game run for the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball program for sure. Yet, the two victories turned in by the Huskies last week were important. First, Northern Illinois edged Kent State, 65-63, on the road in a Mid-American Conference (MAC) match. Then,
By Woodrow Carroll For the third time this season the Northern Illinois Huskies surpassed 40 points only to lose the game. With a 47-41 defeat at the hands of Coastal Carolina in the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Friday, Dec. 17, Northern Illinois wrote finish to this season with a
By Woodrow Carroll A wave of college football bowl games are upon us. It will start Friday, Dec. 17 with two games and there will be virtually no letup through January 10, 2022 when a national champion will be determined in Indianapolis. There are 130 schools playing major college football
By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University’s 41-23 victory against Kent State in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship game Saturday, Dec. 4 may have been bit of a surprise to some observers. Host Kent State beat Northern Illinois, 52-47, when the two teams played in the regular season. In the MAC
By Woodrow Carroll With a 30-29 victory over visiting Ball State last week, the Northern Illinois University Huskies collected their third one-point victory this season. Throw in a 22-20 victory at Toledo Saturday, Oct. 9 reveals that Northern Illinois has been tough at crunch time. A 32-yard field goal at
By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University men’s basketball, is in the Age of Rashon Burno. It figures to be a challenge, at least for the time being. After more than nine seasons at Northern Illinois, Mark Montgomery was fired as head men’s basketball coach during the season early last Spring.
By Woodrow Carroll Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema enjoyed victory No. 100 of his collegiate coaching career. Rest assured, it was a contested game that long will be remembered, and, not just by Bielema! On the road at Penn State and a 23- or 24-point underdog, Bielema’s Fighting Illini’s
By Woodrow Carroll Toledo University and Bowling Green University in Ohio are approximately 20 miles apart. The past two weeks, the Toledo Rockets and the Bowling Green Falcons provided Northern Illinois with two important Mid-American Conference (MAC) victories. Each game ended under similar circumstances. Northern Illinois beat Toledo, 22-20, on
