NORTHERN ILLINOIS RUMORS
49ers sign fullback Schepler to three-year deal
The San Francisco 49ers have signed undrafted fullback Jason Schepler to a three-year contract.
The team announced the move Tuesday.
An accomplished run blocker, Schepler played in 49 games with 26 starts and was a team captain for Northern Illinois. He finished with 14 receptions for 177 yards and two touchdowns, including three catches for 65 yards and one TD as a senior on the...
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Draft Zone Spotlight: Sean Progar, DE/OLB, Northern Illinois University
Draft Zone Spotlight: Sean Progar, DE/OLB, Northern Illinois University
Sean Progar is one of the best DE/OLB’s in the 2013 NFL Draft. He has great moves, is very powerful and understands the position. Progar was amazing this year as he was named to the 2012 All-MAC First Team, which he has carried the ALL-American label for the past three years. As a redshirt freshman,...
WRONG KIND OF RECORD
NIU scores 4 points in one half
Northern Illinois set an NCAA shot-clock era record by managing to score only four points in the first half against Eastern Michigan.
NIU, Lynch have new respect for Seminoles
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Northern Illinois learned a few things by playing in this year's Orange Bowl.
First, the Huskies of the Mid-American Conference were no match for Florida State on this New Year's Day evening.
Second, when you play on the big stage, actions and words don't stay in the MAC.
Then again, the Huskies could have been stuck in DeKalb, Ill., where the...
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January 02, 2013
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Lynch's footwork gets him to Orange Bowl stage
Seems like every half-century, a quarterback from Northern Illinois does something never seen previously in college football.
In 1963, the buzz hovered around George Bork's passing.
This season, the acclaim was over Jordan Lynch's running.
It's not a stretch to say that without Lynch's footwork, Northern Illinois wouldn't have busted into the Bowl Championship...
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January 01, 2013
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NIU must establish variety in Orange Bowl
After weeks of hearing how its overmatched and shouldnt be playing in a BCS bowl game, Northern Illinois gets the chance to shock its critics.
The Huskies, champions of the Mid-American Conference, will face Atlantic Coast Conference champion Florida State in the Orange Bowl on New Years Day night.
Northern Illinois has a new head coach in Rod Carey, who was promoted from offensive...
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December 31, 2012
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Northern Illinois’ quarterback thinks FSU’s defense is weak
Jordan Lynch, the quarterback of the Northern Illinois Huskies, doesn’t think very highly of FSU’s defense. His series of quotes are rather priceless where he ripped on the the Florida State defense pretty hard.
Jordan Lynch on FSU’s defense: “They’re fast. They’re physical. But they haven’t seen anything like our offense.”
— Steve Greenberg (@SN_Greenberg) December...
Jordan Lynch dynamic in first year as starter
The kid had talent and his high school coach knew it. And it helped that Frank Lenti has a resume that now includes 10 state football titles in Illinois.
So when Lenti talked to then Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill about the Mount Carmel quarterback, it wasnt a struggle for Lenti to sell Jordan Lynch.
When he asked me about him, I said, 'Coach, I can promise you one thing...
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December 26, 2012
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"Suck Our Oranges ESPN, Go Huskies!" The NIU community hits back
This amazingly awesome picture comes from a DeKalb, Illinois gas station near the Northern Illinois University campus according to tweeter @Jimmy_Riley. Seems the good people of DeKalb aren't taking too kindly to Kirk Herbstreit and others in Bristol bashing the Husky football program for having the audacity to qualify for a BCS bowl game. Herbstreit's comments in particular...
OH, SNAP!
Gas station issues retort to No. Illinois haters
ESPN’s college football analysts used their platform during Sunday evening’s BCS Selection Show to let America know that they were none too happy about Northern Illinois, a one-loss MAC team, playing in the Orange Bowl. The normally reasonable Kirk Herbstreit said, “The fact that Northern Illinois is in the BCS in 2012 is really a sad state for college football and where we...
Northern Illinois’ Players React To Finding Out They Are In The BCS
You have to love scenes like this! Check out the pure joy which overcomes the NIU football team as they react to its BCS Orange Bowl berth. The Northern Illinois Huskies Huskies were watching live together the BCS announcements and when they were officially entered as the 15th team in the BCS standings they went wild knowing that they had won their bid to get into a BCS bowl. That’s...
Few believe Northern Illinois worthy of Orange
Northern Illinois went 12-1 this season. The Huskies won the Mid-American Conference. They deserve to go to a bowl game.
Just not a Bowl Championship Series game.
The truth is that many of us college football nuts love watching MAC games. They are fun, they are high-scoring and they are unpredictable. MACtion has taken on a life of its own, especially on Twitter. And the games provide...
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December 03, 2012
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Video: Northern Illinois Huskies Orange Bowl Reaction
The Northern Illinois Huskies qualified for the Orange Bowl officially last night. They get their shot to play David to Florida State’s Goliath when the two teams match up in Miami January 1st at 7:30 cst. The Mid-American Conference champion Huskies (12-1) earned their first BCS spot by finishing 15th in the BCS standings, being the The post Video: Northern Illinois Huskies Orange...
NIU's Jordan Lynch named MAC's top player
Northern Illinois junior quarterback Jordan Lynch has been named the Mid-American Conference's player of the year.
Lynch rushed for 16 touchdowns and threw 23 TD passes while leading the No. 18 Huskies to an 8-0 league record. He has amassed 4,361 yards of total offense. Earlier this month against Toledo, he became the first player in FBS history to pass for more than 400 yards...
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November 28, 2012
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Conference Realignment Look Back: When Northern Illinois Thought They Were Getting to the Big 8
Northern Illinois University, currently a strong Mid-American Conference member, once dreamed big during a past era of conference realignment. After being independent upon their departure from the MAC, they decided to join the Big West in 1993. Why in the world would NIU do that? Because they seriously thought of it as a stepping stone to the Big 8 Conference.
From the '93 Chicago...
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