(05-16-2017 07:29 AM)7 Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 07:00 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 12:51 AM)VegasHuskie Wrote:  

(05-13-2017 05:56 AM)NIU32 Wrote:  So in summary, NIU's very own beat writer tells Nebraska we suck, poised for our worst season in 10 years and our program seems to be a complete dumpster fire. Couldn't have been a more negative article. Wish this Seversen guy would go back to Oregon and we could get someone like John Sahly or Steve Nitz like we had for many years before. Those guys were great and at least tried to spin NIU in a positive light. Obviously, we have issues at QB and some unanswered questions, and I don't think any of the fans are predicting a 10 win season by any means, but this article was just flat depressing. He sucks


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A five win team with an awful head coach, no quarterback, and no wide receivers. That is NIU.

The article is depressing, but it is very fair and not overstated. Criticism of the NIU beat writer is unwarranted.

A 5 win team that lost 4 games by 7 or less with a million injuries and QBs playing that half the season that barely got any practice reps the whole year...

Couldn't disagree more. This beat writer is a stooge. You can be fair and realistic without interviewing with opposing teams media and trashing the program you cover. Especially with NIU being a mid-major, you need positive press more than anyone. Like someone mentioned before, this guy is an outsider who took this job until something better opens up. Seversen would be better served tweeting updates from DeKalb and Sycamore HS cross country meets. That suits him much better. Let the poster who runs Huskies Unleased cover NIU. Somebody actually interested in NIU sports that may just put out something that NIU fans actually want to read


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The truth probably is somewhere between these two posts honestly

+1. I can't begrudge any NIU pessimism because of the QB situation. But to not see any of the new personnel as positives is just taking the easy way out. It's easy to say the wr spot is down because Kenny is gone. But you have Wesley, who caught 30 balls as a true soph in the Big12 and is the fastest player we've had in ten years. Beebe Is back. Blake is improving. The TE will be involved. Those are all experienced players and more of a sum of the parts as opposed to one stud. And to not have any optimism about this defense is nuts. It's the strength of the team. This team won't win the MAC, but 6 wins is a lock.