Chelby Koker led the scoring for the Huskies with 14 points. Brooke Blumenfeld had 12 points, and Brooke Stonebraker added 11. NIU is back in action Saturday when the Huskies travel to Bowling Green.

“In those lowest moments, Riley Leonard had to learn that I believe he is our quarterback,” Freeman recalls to Yahoo Sports from his office. “People might say you are awful and boo yo ...

“In those lowest moments, Riley Leonard had to learn that I believe he is our quarterback,” Freeman recalls to Yahoo Sports from his office. “People might say you are awful and boo you. I as the head ...

In the 88 years since the Associated Press first named a college football national champion and attempted to bring some order to a haphazard sport ... in the Top 10. NIU, meanwhile, finished ...

But Northern Illinois will exit the most tight-knit geographical conference in the sport to pursue a new opportunity ... expansion candidates With NIU leaving the conference, it’s a good time ...

The downside to the football team joining the Mountain West is the future for the rest of NIU’s sports teams is up-in-the-air. Freeman says it’s unlikely those teams will be able to remain in ...

DEKALB, Ill. - Back in the summer 2022, NIU Director of Athletics Sean Frazier was in his car when the news struck. USC and UCLA were going to spurn the Pac-12 and join the Big Ten. Frazier called ...

There’s no getting around it: NIU’s impending departure is a loss for a conference which can’t afford many of those. Everyone in the college sports scene knows who NIU is; they’re perhaps ...

NIU’s greatest victory keeps growing bigger ... Matt Trowbridge is a Rockford Register Star sports reporter. Email him at [email protected]. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at ...

The third location, though, will be for NIU's non-football sports. That's to be determined. When asked about whether leaving the MAC in football also means leaving the MAC in all sports ...

NIU went 8–5 this past football season, which is better than all but two MW schools: UNLV and Boise State. Considering that Boise State and four other schools currently in the MW are set to depart for ...