Huskies get their 1st victory in just shy of a calendar year. This might not age well, but I have real good feeling about this game- 28-21 Huskies!

Go Huskies!

I am here for the Saturday football in November. It has been a rough season but watching NIU football tank on a Saturday is still way better than watching NIU football tank on a Tuesday night!

I haven’t given up on our team. We were in it against a good UNLV team, so we have a shot at winning 3 of the last 4 games. My biggest concern is the D. If we have a chance at a W will the D come through? I have very little faith in that.

I don’t think anyone here wants Harley to be the HC. For those that are not here that may want Harley to be the HC, I’ll remind you that this is Harley’s D. When viewed that way, I can’t imagine anyone wanting Harley to be the HC when this is the D he’s put on the field.

Here’s hoping we are competitive and have a shot to get our first W today against San Jose St.!

GO HUSKIES!

Dickens trying to do more but he turns it over 2-3 times, at least one fumble. Hard to overcome, I think we lose by 14ish, like 35-21. Competitive, another moral victory, sigh.

(11-07-2026 03:19 PM)NIU84 Wrote:  Dickens trying to do more but he turns it over 2-3 times, at least one fumble. Hard to overcome, I think we lose by 14ish, like 35-21. Competitive, another moral victory, sigh.

I'm with you on turning it over, we cannot afford doing that. I want to see the D take the ball away, we need that to hang tight. If we hang in there something crazy positive can happen late.

The D needs something less than a 300-lb.+ wall to breach, and it might be here. From an earlier post of mine ...

As with other MW opponents, I focus on the OL since it's theirs to score with and ours to stop. Unlike all other MW opponents -- with 300-lb+ and 6-4+ OLs -- SJSU is comparatively "under-sized." They are also incredibly young, with 5 of 17 frosh and 6 of 17 soph. Tallest is a 6-6/290 frosh; heaviest is a 6-2/320 sr.

4-5 overall, 2-3 conference, 2-3 at home. On a two-game losing streak, at Nevada and home vs. New Mexico.

Also, from Pete Thamel post: "San Jose State will start freshman Daniel Rolovich against Northern Illinois this week, per ESPN sources. It will be Rolovich's third start of the season. He'd been "banged up" and missed the start against New Mexico last week. He's 1-1 as a starter this season."

Speaking of Nick Rolovich, his son is starting against us today

3 and out on the 1st possession - bad start

Is this the official game thread? 3 and out not a good beginning

Already down a TD

An O with a true FR QB carved up our D!

We’re as bad as our record says.

I mean watching this **** is wild. This is a bad staff no one knows what they’re doing

The MAC is basically a developmental conference while the Mountain West is not. The schools near the bottom have a higher floor than the bottom MAC schools. There are no more Akron, Kent, Ball State, etc. games on the schedule to grab a couple easy wins.

All of these schools have better coaches. NIU is rolling with a guy that was not even a good coordinator. The results pretty much tell the story at this point in the season. This team is inferior in all aspects every week.

I am stopping refreshing ESPN app. Want to enjoy my saturday

(11-07-2026 04:30 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  The MAC is basically a developmental conference while the Mountain West is not. The schools near the bottom have a higher floor than the bottom MAC schools. There are no more Akron, Kent, Ball State, etc. games on the schedule to grab a couple easy wins.

All of these schools have better coaches. NIU is rolling with a guy that was not even a good coordinator. The results pretty much tell the story at this point in the season. This team is inferior in all aspects every week.

Agreed. But their check cleared right? MWC mistake.

If this isn't the worst D in our history it is definitely in the team picture! Thanks Harley!

(11-07-2026 04:33 PM)NILAW Wrote:  If this isn't the worst D in our history it is definitely in the team picture! Thanks Harley!

It is.

(11-07-2026 04:30 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  The MAC is basically a developmental conference while the Mountain West is not. The schools near the bottom have a higher floor than the bottom MAC schools. There are no more Akron, Kent, Ball State, etc. games on the schedule to grab a couple easy wins.

All of these schools have better coaches. NIU is rolling with a guy that was not even a good coordinator. The results pretty much tell the story at this point in the season. This team is inferior in all aspects every week.

If there is a difference between the 2 conferences its miniscule on the field. NIU would have trouble in competing in any D II conference right now, this is not a Div 1 football team as constructed

(11-07-2026 04:30 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  The MAC is basically a developmental conference while the Mountain West is not. The schools near the bottom have a higher floor than the bottom MAC schools. There are no more Akron, Kent, Ball State, etc. games on the schedule to grab a couple easy wins.

All of these schools have better coaches. NIU is rolling with a guy that was not even a good coordinator. The results pretty much tell the story at this point in the season. This team is inferior in all aspects every week.

And don't forget NIU has the worst athletic director in the nation, which makes for little hope digging out of the hole Frazier put us in

Nelson appears to be the only guy worth a darn.