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NIU's defense is relatively unscathed by the portal as they prepare to take on Fresno State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. We look at that and a couple other storylines from the game coming up Monday.

NIU coach Thomas Hammock said Josh Holst is an alpha. The walk-on redshirt freshman from Marengo gets to take over as the starting quarterback for the Huskies' bowl game on Monday.

NIU on Wednesday for the first time confirmed that it has an offer to join the Mountain West for football. A statement from the university said an "update" will come in early January.

It’s a rematch of the 2010 game, then the Humanitarian Bowl, which the Huskies won 40-17. This year will be the sixth meeting between the schools, with NIU leading the all-time series 3-2. The teams played twice in the 1970s and twice in the 1990s.

NILs. The transfer portal. Big money. All have changed college football. We look at how NIU coach Thomas Hammock approaches the changing landscape.

NIU announced a recruiting class loaded with tight ends and defensive lineman while DeKalb County high school players made their college plans official - including Burke Gautcher at Iowa.

NIU quarterback Ethan Hampton announced via social media on Sunday that he is entering the transfer portal with two years of eligibility remaining.

The Huskies stormed out of the gate offensively after making an unannounced changed at offensive coordinator after the Nov. 19 loss to Miami. The momentum lasted for a quarter in the 24-16 win over Central Michigan.

The Huskies scored the first 19 points on Saturday against Central Michigan then held on for the win in the regular season finale.

Jacob Waskow has appeared in 50 games for NIU in his career. Even with a ton of seniors on the defensive line, the group asked Waskow be allowed to start Saturday.

Kaneland boys basketball bounced back with win at Woodstock, Sycamore opens the season with a win and Sycamore wrestling sweeps its matches, plus more sports from around the area.

Having lost three straight games to Miami with a trophy on the line, NIU had the chance to exorcise a demon Tuesday in Oxford. And they didn’t do it Tuesday in a 20-9 loss to the RedHawks, the fourth straight for the Huskies since the inception of the Mallory Cup in 2018.

Quarterback Ethan Hampton turned the ball over twice as the NIU offense struggled throughout its loss to Miami on Tuesday. Here are five takeaways from the loss.

NIU looking to claim the Mallory Cup for the first time and its first win over Miami since 2015. Here's a look at Tuesday's MAC game.

NIU senior wide receiver Trayvon Rudolph said his reputation as a quarterback took a hit earlier this season against Notre Dame, when on a trick play he was off-target to a wide-open Dane Pardridge. Two months later, his reputation is repaired.

The NIU football team overcame a lot of rain and a blocked punt returned for a touchdown for a win against Akron on Wednesday, becoming bowl eligible for the second straight year.

A scoring push late in the first half staked the NIU men’s basketball team to a lead Tuesday night against Monmouth. A sustained defensive effort in the second half secured the win.

After knocking off the last undefeated team in the Mid-American Conference, the NIU football team returns home for the first time in 25 days to take on Akron.

The NIU offense scored on five straight drives after Santana Banner had an interception on a fake punt. Two plays after Cam Thompson's 91-yard kickoff return for a TD, the NIU defense had another pick. Big plays led to more big plays in a win over Western Michigan.

The NIU football team snapped a two-game losing streak on Wednesday with a win at Western Michigan. Here's a look at five of the key moments.

The DeKalb wrestling program has seen a surge in success over the last decade, wracking up individual honors and some team hardware. Now NIU has taken notice as well. Tommy Curran, Danny Curran and Jaocb Luce are on the NIU roster this season.

The struggling NIU football team heads to Kalamazoo on Wednesday to face MAC-leading Western Michigan. The Broncos (5-3, 4-0) are the only undefeated team last standing in the MAC and have won four straight games, including 52-21 against Kent State last time out on Oct. 26.

Chelby Koker helped spark the NIU women's basketball team to a come-from-behind win against Louisiana while the men opened the season with a loss at Georgia Southern.

Lexi Carlsen is adjusting to life as a freshman basketball player for NIU playing for a new coach. Who happens to be her mother, Lisa Carlsen. "There’s nothing I’d rather be doing and nobody I’d rather do it with than my mom."

A dropped 2-point conversion. Too much celebration. An uncharacteristic defensive showing. There were a lot of reasons NIU dropped a second-straight heartbreaker in MAC player. Here's what coach Thomas Hammock and the players said was costly.

Ball State hit a 52-yard field in the closing seconds, negating an NIU field goal seconds earlier in a wild ending in Muncie. The Huskies fell 25-23.

Whether it was for a rebuild or complimentary pieces to take care of unfinished business, the No. 1 priority for both the NIU men and women's basketball teams in the transfer portal was players who fit the culture of the program.

Ball State has won the Bronze Stalk game in four of the five seasons Thomas Hammock has been NIU's head coach. Here's why he and his players think it will be different this time.

The math doesn't add up. NIU had 391 yards of total offense. The Huskies ran 92 total plays. They didn’t turn the ball over. And they scored six points and lost 13-6 to Toledo, falling to 4-3 overall and 1-2 in the Mid-American Conference.

Despite almost 400 yards of total offense, the NIU football team couldn't find the end zone and lost at home to Toledo 13-6 on homecoming.

The Rockets are coming off a 30-15 loss at Buffalo while the NIU Huskies won 17-7 at Bowling Green. Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. Saturday on ESPN+. Here are three things to know about the game.

Josh Holst had a big play for a tide-turning touchdown. Skyler Gill-Howard had too many tide-turning defensive plays to list here. And the NIU football team had a tide-turning win to climb out of the MAC cellar.

NIU trailed in the fourth quarter, but pulled out a victory Saturday at Bowling Green, moving to 1-1 in the MAC behind a stifling defensive performance.

What happens if Antario Brown isn't available? Will the offense stop turning the ball over? What's the defense's reaction to being the second-best team nationally on third-down defense? We look at three key storylines heading into Saturday's NIU game against Bowling Green.

Antario Brown went down with an injury in the second quarter, with Gavin Williams and Jaylen Poe taking over the NIU ground attack. And after trailing by six at halftime with 118 yards on the ground, the Huskies pulled out a 34-20 win behind 249 second-half rushing yards.

After a lightning-fast start to the game that put the Huskies up seven after 50 seconds when they didn't even start with the ball, NIU faded later in the first half against UMass. But in the second half, the team found some consistency and came back for a win.

NIU held its last two opponents to under 200 yards of offense. The Huskies lost both games thanks to six total turnovers. They’ll search for their first win since beating No. 5 Notre Dame when they take on UMass (1-4). The game kicks off at 11 a.m. on CBS Sports Net.

NIU joining the Mountain West for football may just be a bunch of rumors and may never materialize. But it seems like there's a lot that makes sense and could benefit more sports than just football.

NC State threw a steady stream of pressure at quarterback Ethan Hampton — enough, in fact, to knock Northern Illinois back to .500.

The NIU offense struggled and turnovers led directly to two NC State touchdowns as the Huskies lost their second straight game, 24-17 to the Wolfpack.

The Mountain West Conference has notified the MAC of its interest in NIU and Toledo in joining the league as football-only members, according to Brett McMurphy of Action Network in a social media post on Thursday night.

NIU coach Thomas Hammock had a very important message for his players after losing to Buffalo. That, facing a former coach and forcing turnovers are three big storylines heading into Saturday's game at NC State.

NIU coach Thomas Hammock told his players during the week the only way they would lose to Buffalo on Saturday was if they lost the turnover battle. They lost the turnover battle 2-1, and the No. 23 Huskies lost to the Bulls 23-20 in overtime.

After leading most of the game, the NIU football team fell 23-20 to Buffalo in overtime in front of 18,688 fans at Huskie Stadium – its first game since beating Notre Dame and reaching No. 23 in The Associated Press poll.

The No. 23 Northern Illinois football team faces Buffalo in Mid-American Conference play on Saturday. Daily Chronicle sports editor Eddie Carifio will have live updates from the game

The Jersey Mike’s logo will appear on Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium starting with Saturday’s NIU football game against Buffalo and throughout the 2024 season.

NIU plays its first game since winning at Notre Dame, comes into the contest ranked high nationally in multiple offensive categories and hopes the win over the Irish will equal a larger home crowd. Here's what to know.

Northern Illinois football moved up two spots in the latest Associated Press top 25 college football rankings, and remained in the AP’s latest College Football Playoff bracket watch

The City of DeKalb has declared Sept. 7 NIU Football Day, after Mayor Cohen Barnes issued a proclamation this week in support following an historic win by the NIU Huskies over Notre Dame.

Plainfield North grad Kanon Woodill's field goal with 31 seconds was big in NIU's upset of Notre Dame, but special teams as a whole had a strong day. Cade Haberman blocked two kicks in the win.