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Oct. 23, 2007
Northern Illinois Huskies at Toledo Rockets Complete Game Notes in PDF Format
HUSKIE FACTS HUSKIE HEAD COACH JOE NOVAK SERIES RECAP ROCKETS' FACTS NEWS & NOTES FIVE IN SIX: Northern Illinois (1-7, 0-4 MAC) goes on the road for the fifth time in the last six weeks to take on MAC West rival Toledo (3-5, 1-3 MAC). The Huskies have played just one home game since Sept. 22. ON THE ROAD: Under Joe Novak, Northern Illinois is 25-41 in road contests over the last 11 years, with 18 of those 25 victories recorded since the beginning of the 2002 season. NIU's road opponents have included Ohio State, Kansas State, N.C. State, Northwestern, Auburn, Maryland, Michigan, Wisconsin, Alabama and Wake Forest in non-conference play along with its league foes. The Huskies compiled a 3-3 record on the road in each of the last two seasons and is 1-3 on the road so far this year. MAC MARK: Northern Illinois is an even 81-81-2 (.500) versus its fellow Mid-American Conference members in 20 total seasons as a member of the league. Since beginning its second stint in the conference in 1997, NIU and head coach Joe Novak are 46-36 (.561) versus MAC competition. MAC ROAD RECORD: The Mid-American Conference road has been kind to NIU as the Huskies own a phenomenal 16-6 (.727) record in its MAC road games over the last four seasons. Northern Illinois has posted a league road record of .500 or above in each of the last five years, including a 3-1 mark last season. The Huskies have won six of their last nine MAC road tilts and are 22-19 in league road games since re-joining the conference in 1997. NOVAK'S NUMBERS: NIU Head Coach Joe Novak enters his 12th season at the helm of the Huskie program as the dean of Mid-American Conference coaches. Novak, who ranks second all-time at NIU in games coached (135) and is third in victories (62), took over sole possession of ninth place on the MAC career wins list with 61 (his first win came before NIU re-joined the league). His 46 league victories are tied for 10th all-time. ROUGH TRIP: Northern Illinois suffered its worst loss of the season last Saturday at Wisconsin as the Badgers collected 431 yards of total offense, including 331 rushing yards, while holding the Huskies to three points and six first downs on the day. Wisconsin ran out to a 31-0 first half lead but got just one touchdown in the second half en route to a 44-3 win. Matt Simon caught four passes for 86 yards to lead the Huskies on offense while Spencer Williamson was credited with 11 tackles to lead NIU and Cory Hanson picked off his first pass of the season. ROCKETS 'N DOGS: The Huskies and Rockets meet for the 35th time and for the 19th time in Toledo. NIU is just 2-16 versus the Rockets in Toledo and has won only seven of the 34 meetings overall, but snapped an 11-game losing streak to UT the last time the teams played in the Glass Bowl with a 35-17 win in 2005 behind then back-up QB Dan Nichsolson. Toledo won the first four games between the teams (from 1967-71), and nine of the first 10 games, with Northern Illinois earning its first series win in 1972. Prior to the 2005 game, NIU's last win over the Rockets was in 1989. THE LAST MEETING: Northern Illinois mis-fired on four tries from the Toledo two-yard line in the final moments of the game as the Huskies dropped a 17-13 decision to Toledo on a foggy Thursday night in DeKalb. The Rockets built a 17-10 halftime lead and made it stand as the two teams could manage just a field goal in the second half. Britt Davis caught nine passes for 163 yards and three NIU defenders registered double figures in tackles, led by Tim McCarthy with 16. OLD SCHOOL: Although the NIU-Toledo game will be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis in the Toledo market and on-line, this contest marks just the second time in the last 22 games - since Nov. 5, 2005 when Northern Illinois faced Central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant - that a Huskie football game will NOT be available via an over-the-air telecast. The final three games of the 2005 campaign were televised along with every game last season (13) and each of the first five games this year. The streak ended with the Temple game Oct. 6. NIU appeared on ESPN or ESPN2 six times, on ABC once, was part of an ESPN Plus or ESPN GamePlan package four times, played on ESPNU on three occasions, and had seven games televised by Comcast SportsNet. HITTING THE AIRWAVES: With the addition of the Wisconsin game to the Big Ten Network schedule, a total of 10 NIU football games are scheduled to air on television this year; NIU has appeared on national television 14 times since 2004, with 34 total games broadcast. Earlier this season, the Eastern and Central Michigan games were selected as the ESPN Plus MAC Game of the Week and were also picked up by ESPN GamePlan. ESPNU aired the season-opener against Iowa, and the syndicated telecast of the Idaho contest also was available through ESPN GamePlan. Northern Illinois' Nov. 17 tilt at Navy will be shown on CSTV, and four NIU home games will be seen on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. INJURY MONSTER: The rash of injuries that have hit Northern Illinois in 2007 can't be attributed to a simple "bug." To date, 14 starters have missed at least one full game due to injury. In addition, 25 players listed on the depth chart at one point this season have lost at least one game to injury, with 20 of those spending multiple games on the sideline. Ten players - NG Adam Schroeder, TB Montell Clanton, DT Craig Rusch, DE Anthony Antonacci, LB Saul Ibarra, TE David Koronkiewicz, DT Zach Holycross, DE Jake Coffman, and most recently, RB Ricky Crider (broken leg) and DE John Hopkins (compartment syndrome) - have been sidelined for the season. Three others, including MLB Tim McCarthy, RB Cas Prime and WR Marcus Perez will miss significant time and possibly the rest of the year. Three of the Huskies top four wide receivers - Britt Davis, Perez and Greg Turner along with three tight ends (Brandon Davis, Reed Cunningham, Koronkiewicz) have missed games. D-LINE D-MOLISHED: Nine players on NIU's defensive line have missed time due to injury this season with six lost for the season and two (D.J. Pirkle and Mike Krause) still on the injured list. In fact, it is easier to make a listing of the NIU defensive linemen who have NOT been injured this year. By the end of the Wisconsin game, the Huskie interior linemen were Dan Keller, a converted offensive linemen who made his first career start, and walk-on "linebacker" Mike Lepper, making his first appearance of the year at defensive line. Craig Rusch, Anthony Antonacci, Adam Schroeder, Zach Holycross, Krause, Pirkle, Jake Coffman, John Hopkins and Brandon Bice have all missed at least one game, with Rusch, Antonacci, Schroeder, Coffman, Hopkins and Holycross done for the season. The starters at tackle and noseguard versus Toledo are still to be determined but will come from the group that includes Pirkle and Krause (if available), Keller, Ed Jackson and Alex Krutsch, who played last week despite not practicing due to a staph infection. OH SO CLOSE: Despite the injuries and the number of players who have started and played for the first time in 2007, four of NIU's six losses have hinged on just a play or two. Northern Illinois has lost games by one (Temple), two (Eastern Michigan), three (Southern Illinois) and four (Western Michigan) points this season. Temple was helped by a pair of NIU missed extra points, EMU won when penalties made a potential game-winning field goal a 50-yard try and SIU triumphed after recovering an on-side kick and catching two tipped passes for scores in the final minute. Those four losses have come by a total of 10 points. CALLING ALL CAPTAINS: Northern Illinois teammates elected four juniors as captains for the 2007 season, the first time under Joe Novak that the permanent captains do not include a senior. Unfortunately, three of those four captains - wide receiver Britt Davis, quarterback Dan Nicholson and linebacker Tim McCarthy - have missed at least one game, leaving defensive end Larry English to carry the captain's mantle. McCarthy is out for the season, Britt Davis has missed thre games with a strained hamstring and Nicholson did not play against Western Michigan and sat out the second half of the Wisconsin contest with a concussion. SENIOR SHORTAGE: NIU opened the season with only nine seniors on the roster and only four of those - LT Chris Acevedo, TE Brandon Davis, SS Mark Reiter and K Chris Nendick - have played significant roles for the Huskies in 2007. Four seniors - NG Adam Schroeder, LB Sal Ibarra, DT Zach Holycross and RB Cas Prime - are among those out for the season due to injury. 38/7/16: Thirty-eight different players now have started games for NIU in 2007 as only seven - four on offense and three on defense - have started every game this season. In addition, 19 players have made their first career appearance in the starting line-up, including six players in the last two weeks as receivers Marcus Lewis, Evans Adonis and defensive tackle Dan Keller joined the list last week. The seven "survivors" (eight-game starters) so far this year include LB Josh Allen, CB Chase Carter and DE Larry English on defense and offensive linemen Eddie Adamski (C), Jon Brost (T), Chris Acevedo (T) and Jason Onyebuagu (G). POSITIVE NEGATIVE YARDAGE: DE Larry English continues to add to his career tallies for both quarterback sacks and tackles for loss and ranks among the national leaders in both categories. With a tackle for loss at Wisconsin, English has at least one TFL in each of NIU's last seven games. He leads the MAC and ranks seventh in the country in quarterback sacks with 8.5 (1.06/game), while his 12 tackles for loss (1.50/game) are tied for 13th nationally and second in the league. CHART CLIMBER: English continues to climb the Northern Illinois' career lists as the junior now needs only two sacks to take over second place on the Huskies' all-time list. Cary Caliendo (31 sacks) is the NIU record-holder, while Scott Kellar has 23 and English is at 21.5. His 35 career tackles for loss are seventh on the NIU records list, four behind sixth-place Max Gill and five back of Larry Williams. DOMINATING DAY: Defensive end Larry English's five sacks versus Idaho remains the top single-game performance by any FBS defender this season. The Aurora, Ill. native ranks fourth in the country among active FBS players in career sacks (21.5), while his per-game average of .67 sacks per game is second. On Sept. 22, English was simply too much for the Idaho offense as the junior from Aurora sacked Vandals' QB Nathan Enderle five times to break the school single-game record he set last year versus Temple (4.5). English also was credited with five quarterback pressures and a career-high 12 tackles versus Idaho. He forced a fumble and recovered it in the end zone for his first career score. Despite playing 90 of the Huskies' 95 defensive plays, his game-saving sack on the final play of the game preserved the NIU victory. For his efforts, English was named the MAC West Defensive Player of the Week and earned the FWAA Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of the Week award. ON THE WATCH (LISTS): English was named to the Ted Hendricks Award (top defensive end) mid-season watch list last week and the junior already had his name on the lists for the Rotary Lombardi Award (top lineman) and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (top defender). English's 44 tackles are tops among NIU defensive linemen and almost twice as many as the next-best Huskie defensive lineman. ENDURANCE: According to Northern Illinois' coaches', English has been on the field for an amazing 588 of 608 defensive plays (96.7 percent) this season, including 90 of 96 snaps versus Idaho, every defensive down of the Temple and Eastern Michigan contests and 79 of 80 plays in the Western Michigan game. With nine defensive linemen sidelined by injury in 2007, English has provided a constant presence, consistent performance and critical leadership to a position group where six different freshman have seen time this year. DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The Northern Illinois defense has withstood injury and inexperience (only one senior plays on defense) to move to the top of the Mid-American Conference rankings in pass efficiency defense while ranking among the MAC leaders in scoring defense. Huskie opponents have a passing efficiency of just 122.70 in 2007 with a 58 percent completion percentage and nine passing TDs. Even after surrendering a season-high 44 points at Wisconsin, NIU is allowing opponents 27.2 points per game to rank third in the league. The Huskies have given up 21 or fewer points four times in Huskie losses. EVERY WHICH WAY: While Northern Illinois' defense has given up 28 TDs on the season, NIU opponents have reached the end zone only 23 times on the Huskie defense. In addition to 14 rushing and nine passing scores, Huskie opponents have scored on a punt return (Idaho), a kickoff return (Central Michigan), a pair of interception returns (SIU) and a fumble recovery and return (Temple). PICKOFF PLAYS: With linebacker Cory Hanson's interception at Wisconsin, Northern Illinois has six pickoffs through eight games this year and stands just one INT shy of its 2006 season total of seven interceptions. The interceptions have been spread among five different players with cornerback Chase Carter the only NIU player with multiple pick-offs this year. Carter brought his first career pick-off back 95 yards for a score versus Idaho, tying him for the eighth-longest scoring play in Northern Illinois history, and recording the second-longest interception return TD ever (behind Dave Petway's 100-yard INT return versus SIU in 1977). DEFLECTION SECTION: With 26 pass break-ups by nine different defenders in 2007, Northern Illinois is already threatening its 2006 total of 30 PBUs. CB Melvin Rice leads the way in the deflection section with five break-ups, while LB John Tranchitella and DE Brandon Bice have four PBU's each. The Huskies tipped a season-high eight passes at Idaho with Tranchitella getting his hands on three passes and adding his first interception of 2007. SCORING MARKS: Northern Illinois kicker Chris Nendick has scored at least one point in every game of his Huskie career, a school-record 45 straight contests, and ranks third all-time at NIU in scoring with 311 total points. Nendick ranks second all-time in kick scoring, 59 points behind leader Steve Azar (2000-03). He is second in career field goals made with 54 and in field goal attempts (74) and has made at least one field goal in seven of the Huskies' eight games this year. The Naperville product ranks fourth in the NCAA among active kickers in career PATs made (149) and attempted (153) and is fifth in scoring. He needs to make three extra points and attempt six to become NIU's all-time leader in those categories. LONG DISTANCE: In his third season as NIU's punter, Andy Dittbenner is enjoying the best year of his career, distance-wise; he currently ranks 12th nationally with a punting average of 44.35 with eight of his 40 punts downed inside the 20. Dittbenner's current average ranks only fifth in the league as the MAC has five of the top 12 punters in the nation. The Northern Illinois record for single season punting average is 41.78 yards and Dittbenner's current number would blow that mark away. HANG TIME: Dittbenner also is moving up the Huskie career punting charts. The junior's current career punting average of 39.88 yards would rank fourth all-time at NIU and be the top mark since school record-holder Mike Kent's 40.6 average from 1985-86. Dittbenner's 149 punts are ninth-most in Huskie history, three behind eighth-place Dave Jensen (1989-91), while his 5,942 punting yards rank eighth. DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: Versus Wisconsin, both kicker Chris Nendick and punter Andy Dittbenner showed their abilities as tacklers as they added their names to last week's defensive stats with Dittbenner credited with two tackles and Nendick making one stop. The Huskie punter now has three tackles, all solo, on the year while Nendick has a pair of take-downs. Also making a pair of special teams tackles last week was the kickers' partner in crime, long snapper Nolan Owen. SECOND-HALF SOLUTIONS: Only 35 of NIU's 136 points this season (25.7 percent) have been scored in the second half, with 20 third-quarter and 15 final period points. NIU did not score in the second half versus WMU, CMU and Iowa and has been blanked in the fourth quarter six times. The Huskies' field goal last week at Wisconsin came in the third period. INTRODUCING: Twenty-one different players have made their Huskie debuts in 2007, including 11 redshirt freshmen, seven true freshmen, transfers Anthony Mason and Chase Carter, and junior Vincent Matthew. True freshmen John Hopkins, D.J. Pirkle, Chad Spann, Patrick George, Nolan Owen, Landon Cox and Kyle Skarb have all seen playing time this year. NIU's redshirt rookies are Alex Kube, Ed Jackson, Mike Lepper, Bryan Beckner, Ricky Crider, Justin Stewart, Jake Coffman, Mike Krause, Jason Cruikshank, Tyler Clasey and Vernon Sims with Kube (S), Jackson (DT), Pirkle (NG), Beckner (TE) and Krause (NG) all starting at least one game. TIED AT 55: While freshman safety Alex Kube leads the Huskies in tackles with 76 stops and five double-figure tackle games, four players behind Kube are tied for second on the team with 55 tackles each. Linebackers Josh Allen and Cory Hanson and defensive backs Mark Reiter and Bradley Pruitt all enter the Toledo contest with 55 stops; Reiter leads the way among the "55" group with 30 solo tackles while Pruitt has 27 solo efforts. RELIEF PITCHER: After starting the Western Michigan game in place of an injured Dan Nicholson, sophomore quarterback Ryan Morris, a former walk-on, was called on to play the second half at Wisconsin. The Carol Stream, Ill. native led NIU to its only points of the game, a 34-yard Chris Nendick field goal in the third quarter, while throwing for 68 yards. Versus WMU, Morris completed 13-of-25 passes for 144 yards in his first career start. More importantly, he recorded the first interception-free game by NIU in 14 outings and over a year, since the 2006 Ball State game (Sept. 30). JUST-IN TIME?: The Huskie rushing attack was limited by the rushing defense of Wisconsin (minus 13 yards on 18 carries as a team), but sophomore tailback Justin Anderson remains on the verge (118 yards) of becoming the latest NIU runner to crack the 1,000-yard mark. In his first five starts, beginning with the Eastern Michigan game, Anderson recorded FIVE consecutive 130-plus yard rushing games and averaged 157.4 yards per game with four 150-plus yard outings. A look at that five-game stretch and Anderson's season rushing numbers:
FOUR FOR FOUR: Anderson is one of only three players in the country (Tulane's Matt Forte' and Rutgers' Ray Rice) to record four of the NCAA FBS top 94 rushing game totals this season. That ranks ahead of highly-touted RBs Michael Hart (Michigan), Darren McFadden (Arkansas) and P.J. Hill (Wisconsin). Each of those games occurred since he assumed the No. 1 tailback role when Montell Clanton went down with a season-ending knee injury versus SIU. Anderson now ranks 23rd nationally and third in the MAC in rushing with 110.25 yards per game and is eighth in the league in all-purpose yards (134.88/game). CATCH AS CAN: Anderson has proven to be equally as effective catching the ball as he ranks second on the Huskie team in catches (33) and receiving yards (197). Anderson has caught five or more passes in four games this season and has at least one catch in every game. With eight catches versus Southern Illinois, Anderson posted the highest single-game catch total for an NIU running back in at least 25 years, since prior to the 1983 season. With 33 catches through eight games, Anderson is on pace to catch 5 passes, which would surpass the NIU single-season record for catches by a running back of 43, set by Jack Dean in 1963. SIMON SAYS...CATCH!: Matt Simon continues his breakthrough season as the junior has three 100-yard receiving days and led the Huskie offense at Wisconsin with 86 receiving yards. His total accounted for 76.8 percent of NIU's passing yards and 86.9 percent of the team's total offensive yardage. Simon has recorded four of the Huskies' five "long" (25 yards or more) passing plays this year with two 59-yard TD catches and a 92-yard effort to go with his 38-yard grab at Wisconsin. He recorded his third 100-yard receiving game versus Western Michigan with six catches for 160 yards and a 59-yard TD. He leads NIU, and ranks 23rd nationally with 666 receiving yards, while his 35 catches and 19.0-yard average also lead the team. The Farmington, Minn. product has caught at least one pass in every Huskie game this season. BIG DAY: Simon's 92-yard touchdown was the highlight of a career-best and team season-high nine-catch, 205-yard effort versus Central Michigan. Coming off of his first career 100-yard receiving game at Idaho with four grabs for 115 yards, Simon recorded just the sixth 200-yard receiving day in NIU history, and the first since Sam Hurd set a school record with 266 yards on 12 catches versus CMU in 2005. SIMON SAYS...BLOCK!: NIU wide receiver Matt Simon tallied the first punt block of his Huskie career at Idaho. The block was recovered by Jeff Fontana in the end zone to give Northern a 28-7 lead. Northern Illinois tallied four blocked kicks a year ago, including a blocked punt versus Western Michigan and three blocks in the bowl game versus TCU. Simon, who plays on several of the Huskies' special teams, ranks second on the team in all-purpose yards with 756, an average of 94.5 per game. HOOKING UP: NIU quarterback Dan Nicholson and receiver Matt Simon hooked up on a 92-yard pass play versus Central Michigan which still ranks as the third-longest completion in the country (FBS) this season. The play also ranks on the Huskie charts as the fourth-longest touchdown pass ever and was the longest pass play for NIU since Sept. 30, 2000, when Dan Urban connected with Justin McCareins on a school-record 99-yard score versus Ball State. CATCHING ON: With six catches at Central Michigan, Britt Davis moved into ninth place on Northern Illinois' all-time receptions list as he now has 119 catches for 1,355 yards but his efforts to move up the charts have stalled due to a strained hamstring suffered in that contest. Davis passed the 100-catch mark versus Iowa in just his 25th career game, the earliest an NIU player has reached 100 catches. Already the NIU record-holder for catches as a freshman (42) and as a sophomore (57), Davis has caught at least one pass in 25 of his last 26 games played. MULTI-TALENTED: Junior receiver Marcus Perez picked up some of his injured teammates at Temple by recording his best day of the year with five catches for 63 yards. Perez totaled 168 all-purpose yards on the day as he added 14 yards rushing on a reverse, an 18-yard punt return and 73 yards on three kickoff returns. Then, versus Western Michigan, Perez threw his SECOND career touchdown pass as he hit a wide-open Matt Simon with a 59-yard bomb. Perez also had a TD pass versus Southern Illinois in his freshman year of 2004. Unfortunately, Perez has since been injured. HOTTEST STREAK: Dan Nicholson quietly set a school record for most consecutive pass completions during the SIU game when he hit 15 straight while leading the Huskies to their four touchdown drives. He broke the record set by Phil Horvath, who completed 13 consecutive throws versus Akron on Sept. 24, 2005. Nicholson's streak began on the Huskies' first drive of the second quarter and continued until he missed Britt Davis on a deep pass in the third period. YORDON CENTER DEDICATED: On Sept. 8, 2007, NIU officially dedicated the new Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center. Located adjacent to the North End Zone of Huskie Stadium, the Yordon Center houses nearly all of Northern Illinois' student-athlete support units and serves as the home for the Huskie Football team. From the "smart" classrooms in the academic center to the rehabilitation pools in the athletic training center to the expandable storage area in the equipment room, everything about the Yordon Center says "first-class." The football team meets together in the tiered, 150-seat auditorium while technology-enhanced position meeting rooms, coaches offices overlooking Brigham Field and a locker room large enough to accommodate the entire team highlight the "football" areas of the 62,000-square foot building. Construction on the $14-million privately-funded facility began in June 2006. It is named for Northern Illinois supporters Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon, who in November 2006 announced a $2.5 million gift to the project, the largest gift to Huskie Athletics in the 107-year history of the institution. HUSKIES IN THE NFL: As the National Football League opened regular season play, seven former NIU players were on team rosters, including 2007 draft choices RB Garrett Wolfe (Chicago Bears) and OT Doug Free (Dallas Cowboys). The rest of the Huskie NFL contingent includes: OT Ryan Diem (Indianapolis Colts), WR Sam Hurd (Cowboys), WR Justin McCareins (New York Jets), NT Hollis Thomas (New Orleans Saints) and RB Michael Turner (San Diego Chargers). WORTH NOTING: The 35 points surrendered by Northern Illinois in the first half at Central Michigan were the most since Kansas State scored 59 points in the opening half on Sept. 12, 1998 in Manhattan. In addition, NIU's six turnovers (four INTs, two fumbles) were the most by a Huskie team in 101 games, since a 16-3 loss to Toledo on Oct. 31, 1998. Finally, NIU's 521 yards of total offense versus CMU was the 15th-highest total in school history and marked the fifth time in school history, that the Huskies gained 500 or more yards in a game and lost. RECORD-SETTER: The season-opening GEICO Soldier Field Showdown between NIU and Iowa (Sept. 1) set new attendance marks for both Northern Illinois and the Mid-American Conference with a sell-out crowd of 61,500 packing the lakefront facility. NIU's previous record home crowd occurred on Oct. 18, 2003, when 28,211 people came to Huskie Stadium for a contest versus Western Michigan. The previous largest home crowd in league history was recorded Oct. 27, 2001 when Toledo played Navy in front of 36,852 at the Glass Bowl. HOME-GROWN: The 2007 Northern Illinois roster includes 75 players from the state of Illinois and 61 from the Chicagoland area, the highest concentrations of any NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) school in the state. In all, 66 percent of NIU's 2007 football players hail from the Land of Lincoln. A quick glance at the rosters of Northwestern and Illinois show the Wildcats with 26 in-state products, 18 from Chicago, while the Fighting Illini roster lists 50 home grown players and 30 from the area. LATE (OPEN) DATE: Following the Toledo game, the Huskies will enjoy their only open date of the 2007 season before welcoming Kent State to Huskie Stadium Nov. 10. NORTHERN ILLINOIS MULTIMEDIA Hear It...on the Huskie Sports Radio Network.Bill Baker returns for his 28th year as the play-by-play voice of the Huskies while Mark Lindo is back for his 23rd season on the broadcast team. Casey Kahler enters his second season as the adidas sideline reporter. NOTE: Due to a scheduling conflict, the NIU-Toledo game WILL NOT AIR on WSCR-AM Chicago "The Score" but will instead be carried on WCKG-FM 105.9. On the Net...to hear every Huskie Radio Network broadcast as well as SEE live video of select NIU games, sign up for the Huskie All Access package at www.niuhuskies.com. Purchase the monthly package for $6.95 or a season-long pass for $49.95. Review It...on "Inside Huskie Sports", weekly on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. The 30-minute highlight show airs every Thursday at 4 p.m. Also, join Head Coach Joe Novak and host Brad Hoey at the live taping of "IHS" Mondays at 6 p.m. at Fatty's Pub and Grille, 1312 West Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. Live It...on "NIU Live." The weekly 30-minute show airs on WSCR AM 670 "The Score" in Chicago Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. WSCR sports director Andy Garcia and Huskie athletic director Jim Phillips co-host the show with guest appearances by Northern coaches, including Joe Novak. Read It...on www.niuhuskies.com. For the latest statistics, feature stories, player Q&As and weekly and daily updates.
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