By Woodrow Carroll The road to recovery for the University of Illinois football team will go through Purdue University in West Lafayette with a 2:30 p.m. kickoff Saturday, Sept. 25. Illinois will seek to recover from its last-second defeat at the University of Maryland, Friday, Sept. 17 when the host...
By Woodrow Carroll In a span of less than 15 minutes, the Northern Illinois University Huskies outscored the visiting University of Wyoming Cowboys, 27-0, in the Saturday, Sept. 11 football game in DeKalb. Northern Illinois, which had looked hopelessly lost a short time earlier, was suddenly in the driver’s seat...
Tyrice Richie made a diving catch of a two-point conversion pass with 38 seconds to play to give the Northern Illinois University Huskies, 1-0, a 22-21 victory over Georgia Tech, 0-1, Saturday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.. The reception, made official after a review that seemed much...
The Northern Illinois University Huskies’ baseball team has been recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) for its success in the classroom the past academic year by being honored with the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. “It’s great to see our team continue to be recognized for their academic...
By Bobby Narang Aurora Christian High School recent graduate Ethan Hampton is making a name for himself in college football. And he’s yet to officially throw a pass. Hampton made a difficult decision to enroll early at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in January rather than finish his senior season at...
By Bobby Narang Northern Illinois University head football coach, Thomas Hammock, kicked off Spring practice by discussing the upcoming season. The former Northern Illinois star running back enters a pivotal year in his head coaching tenure after the Huskies lost all six of their games last season in the condensed...
By Bobby Narang The Rashon Burno era officially tipped off Monday afternoon. The former DePaul University guard was named the new Northern Illinois University (NIU) men’s basketball head coach Saturday afternoon. Burno, who coached three years at Marmion Academy in Aurora, 2007-2010, was officially introduced Monday during a press conference....
By Bobby Narang Three days into this calendar year, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball program made headlines. In a shocking in-season move, the Huskies parted ways with long-time head coach Mark Montgomery, January 3, Northern Illinois athletic director Sean T. Frazier announced. “We thank coach Montgomery for his commitment...
Northern Illinois University football player Kyle Pugh was named a semifinalist for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America in association with The Associated Press and the Fiesta Bowl organization December 14. Pugh, who played in five games season,...
By Bobby Narang The Northern Illinois University football team will have a longer wait than expected to start the season. The Mid-American Conference August 8 became the first Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conference to postpone the 2020 football season. Two days later, the Mountain West Conference followed in the MAC’s...
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and in prioritizing the health and well-being of student-athletes, Northern Illinois University has joined the other 11 institutions of the Mid-American Conference to postpone all Fall sports competitions for 2020, Northern Illinois and MAC officials announced Saturday. The postponement affects the 2020 Fall seasons for...
By Bobby Narang The Northern Illinois University (NIU) football team was dealt another blow for the Fall season last week. The Huskies were scheduled to open the season against Rhode Island September 5 at Huskie Stadium, but the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) announced it was suspending all league football games...
By Bobby Narang The Northern Illinois University (NIU) football team took a pair of losses before the season even reached August. The Huskies suffered a heavy financial loss and had two of their non-conference games dropped last week when the Big Ten Conference announced it was limiting all Fall sports...
By Bobby Narang Northern Illinois University head football coach Thomas Hammock is accustomed to handling tough challenges. The former Northern Illinois star running back had his stellar career cut short by a heart condition just one game into his senior season. He finished with 2,432 yards and just one of...
By Woodrow Carroll Despite a bad loss to end the regular-season, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team still finished strong. The team ended 11-7 in Mid-American Conference West Division. Prior to 2019-2020, the last time the Huskies ended on the plus side of .500 in Conference was the 2005-2006...
By Woodrow Carroll Northern Illinois University’s men’s basketball team can end a perplexing trend. Now in his ninth season as men’s basketball head coach at Northern Illinois, Mark Montgomery has yet to see his players finish with a winning record in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Montgomery has flirted with conference...
By Woodrow Carroll My having had the good fortune and good health to cover 41 college football bowl games through last season, it is enjoyable to look back on how it all started for me. It was the 1991 Copper Bowl in Tucson, Ariz. that this writer covered his first...
By Woodrow Carroll The Northwestern Wildcats, eased the pain of a 3-9 season. Cast in the role of a decided underdog, Northwestern, 3-9 and 1-8 in the Big Ten Conference, defeated host Illinois, 29-10, in Champaign Saturday. The conquest of the Illini not only gave the Wildcats their lone conference...
By Woodrow Carroll First-year Northern Illinois University head football coach Thomas Hammock’s season did not go as planned. A Northern Illinois University product, Hammock saw the defending MAC champion Huskies falter badly at times, especially, when so much was expected. Last week’s 45-17 loss at home to Eastern Michigan ended...
By Woodrow Carroll The offense often receives the lion’s share of attention in football. In Saturday’s Illinois-Rutgers’ Big Ten Conference game in Champaign, it was the host Illinois defense that stood out in the 38-10 victory. Rutgers was a three-touchdown underdog, however, the Scarlet Knights forged a 10-all tie at...
