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Members of the NIU defense including Jordan Delegal, Kiaree Daniels and Tracy Wilson tackle Western Michigan running back Aaron Winchester.

DeKALB – Make no mistake about it, Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill wants his team playing fast tonight.

Last updated on 10/31/2009 at 4:49 p.m. Usually trick-or-treat doesna t begin till dusk.

It certainly wasn't as easy as the final stats made it look. The Northern Illinois football team ran 20 more plays, held the ball for 14 more minutes and had two runners top 100 yards rushing in Saturday's 27-10 win over Akron in gusting, swirling winds at Huskie Stadium.

Last updated on 10/26/2009 at 12:03 a.m. It was just last week when NIU had an extra point blocked and a field goal blocked en route to a 20-19 loss to Toledo.

TV/radio: Noon Sat.; WSCR-AM 670, WLBK-AM 1360. Records: Northern Illinois 3-3, 1-1 MAC; Miami 0-7, 0-3. Last meeting: NIU won 17-13 on Oct.

Last updated on 10/19/2009 at 9:52 p.m. For the second straight week, an NIU football player earned the MAC West Defensive Player of the Week award.

TOLEDO, Ohio – They exited the locker room one by one, a few at a time headed straight for the bus and then sporadically out on the field for a few seconds, the same mystified looks accompanying each Northern Illinois football player and coach.

DeKALB – There are a few names that receive universal respect around the Mid-American Conference.

NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish throws the ball away while being pursued by Idaho's Aaron Lavarias in the third quarter.

The numbers may not wow, but they're measuring up. When D.J. Pirkle goes to work each week in the trenches for the Northern Illinois football team, the 6-foot, 290-pound junior defensive tackle is often giving up 10-30 pounds and up to 7 inches in height to the player opposite him.

Last updated on 09/10/2009 at 7:46 p.m. Matt Barr is coming home to play college football.

Last updated on 08/30/2009 at 8:11 p.m. Ita s tough to think that a 6-foot-4-inch defensive lineman weighing 250 pounds, played with a shadow cast over him last season, but thata s exactly what senior Brandon Bice dealt with.

However, the season did not begin on a high note as the team suffered two tough losses to Minnesota and Western Michigan , but after reeling off easy victories over Indiana State and Eastern Michigan , the Huskies sat at an even 2-2. The following week NIU fell to 2-3 with a heartbreaking 13-9 setback to Tennessee on the road, but the team ...

NIU defensive lineman Brandon Bice hopes to be an oral surgeon one day. DeKALB – There is a day in the near future that is going to be like pulling teeth for Brandon Bice.

NIU defensive lineman Brandon Bice hopes to be an oral surgeon one day. DeKALB – There is a day in the near future that is going to be like pulling teeth for Brandon Bice.

NIU quarterback Ryan Morris hydrates himself between drills during the first day of practice last Thursday in DeKalb.

Unless it's still raining in DeKalb, the Huskies are just about to get down to business with their second practice.

NIU defensive lineman Brandon Bice hopes to be an oral surgeon one day. DeKALB – There is a day in the near future that is going to be like pulling teeth for Brandon Bice.

Jerry Kill wants his Northern Illinois football team to benefit from a two-part English lesson.