Here is the official gamethread for week 7 matchup with our NIU Huskies at Wyoming on the road in Laramie.

NIU vs Wyoming at 2:30pm CT/3:30pm ET on The CW

Go Huskies!!

Drinking tonight with a season ticket holder from Rochester, MN

(10-15-2026 08:49 AM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

I hate saying this - but the running the ball gets us in trouble. I don't want to sound like Mike Marts, but at this point **** the Run. Let tyger handle it.

This week availability report:

OUT (SEASON)
53 Luke Skartvedt OL
OUT (GAME)
3 Rickey Taylor Jr. WR
13 Mathias Smith-Davis DE
18 Cole Latimer DB
18 Jay'shon Thomas DE
30 Da'sean Howard RB
56 Joseph Nnamuchi DE
72 Terry Robinson DT
78 Jacob Welch OL
81 Justin Faulkner WR
88 Zaire McKinney WR
91 Jvon Hatcher DT
QUESTIONABLE
97 JT King D

Get aggressive on offense, play like you want to win instead of just not wanting to lose.
We're 0-5 average less than 10 points a game, do something different.

I have no expectations of this team now, none, so anything good that happens on the field will be a positive to me, a sign they are trying and have some skills. Let’s not get embarrassed. But the long trip and altitude are new factors and hurt us more.

(10-15-2026 06:23 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  Get aggressive on offense, play like you want to win instead of just not wanting to lose.
We're 0-5 average less than 10 points a game, do something different.

I really thought he would. Got nothing to lose

(10-15-2026 06:08 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  This week availability report:

OUT (SEASON)
53 Luke Skartvedt OL
OUT (GAME)
3 Rickey Taylor Jr. WR
13 Mathias Smith-Davis DE
18 Cole Latimer DB
18 Jay'shon Thomas DE
30 Da'sean Howard RB
56 Joseph Nnamuchi DE
72 Terry Robinson DT
78 Jacob Welch OL
81 Justin Faulkner WR
88 Zaire McKinney WR
91 Jvon Hatcher DT
QUESTIONABLE
97 JT King D

I mean…those are guys. Can’t say I think anyone on the roster is good. So there’s that…I guess anyone could be out and it’s “fine”

(10-16-2026 01:45 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 06:08 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  This week availability report:

OUT (SEASON)
53 Luke Skartvedt OL
OUT (GAME)
3 Rickey Taylor Jr. WR
13 Mathias Smith-Davis DE
18 Cole Latimer DB
18 Jay'shon Thomas DE
30 Da'sean Howard RB
56 Joseph Nnamuchi DE
72 Terry Robinson DT
78 Jacob Welch OL
81 Justin Faulkner WR
88 Zaire McKinney WR
91 Jvon Hatcher DT
QUESTIONABLE
97 JT King D

I mean…those are guys. Can’t say I think anyone on the roster is good. So there’s that…I guess anyone could be out and it’s “fine”

Gone are the days that you know players on the roster.

(10-16-2026 01:54 PM)Klake1987 Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 01:45 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 06:08 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  This week availability report:

OUT (SEASON)
53 Luke Skartvedt OL
OUT (GAME)
3 Rickey Taylor Jr. WR
13 Mathias Smith-Davis DE
18 Cole Latimer DB
18 Jay'shon Thomas DE
30 Da'sean Howard RB
56 Joseph Nnamuchi DE
72 Terry Robinson DT
78 Jacob Welch OL
81 Justin Faulkner WR
88 Zaire McKinney WR
91 Jvon Hatcher DT
QUESTIONABLE
97 JT King D

I mean…those are guys. Can’t say I think anyone on the roster is good. So there’s that…I guess anyone could be out and it’s “fine”

Gone are the days that you know players on the roster.

:) I know, right? most of those could be made up random names and we wouldn't know it!.

Offense putting it together more is our best hope. Need to break a couple for easy scores plus better in red zone. We have been putting up more yards than points.

Everyone will be scoring plenty against our D.

(10-17-2026 06:49 AM)Lynchpin Wrote:  Offense putting it together more is our best hope. Need to break a couple for easy scores plus better in red zone. We have been putting up more yards than points.

Everyone will be scoring plenty against our D.

You are asking for the guys with no hands to start catching. That’s a wild dream.

(10-17-2026 08:15 AM)BigChilla Wrote:  

(10-17-2026 06:49 AM)Lynchpin Wrote:  Offense putting it together more is our best hope. Need to break a couple for easy scores plus better in red zone. We have been putting up more yards than points.

Everyone will be scoring plenty against our D.

You are asking for the guys with no hands to start catching. That’s a wild dream.

Don’t worry our great WR coach sanders will whip them into shape.

If you attended or watched the game vs. Air Force, you're going to see the same here. Wyoming's OL and DL are massive compared to NIU, which looked like mid-major midgets compared to the AF lines. For WU, we're talking 6-3 to 6-7 averaging around 300 lbs. That's offense. WU's DL could sub for what NIU's OL should look like. Most of both Wyoming lines are jrs. and srs. I suspect NIU will see this disparity through the rest of the MW.

I'm not big (any more) on casting blame, but the idea that the old Hard Way of bringing in high schoolers and training them up is not going to work in the modern era. Hammock had that old-school thread and Harley has inherited it.

BTW, if you thought NIU looked tired vs. AF, remember Wyoming stadium's brag of being 7,222 ft. above sea level.

Have a fun game.

Yeah… we will coach scared like we have all season. Last week we didn’t use the timeouts at the end of the second quarter and used the same quick in cut passes that never worked against Georgia State and Air Force. And nothing innovative in the red zone. Wyoming will have their season best rushing yards against us today and we’ll fail to score in the red zone. That’s who the coaches decided we are this year.

Never in my most inebriated state of fantasy did I ever think that NIU would be the doormat of the Mountain West Conference.

(10-17-2026 11:07 AM)pvk75 Wrote:  If you attended or watched the game vs. Air Force, you're going to see the same here. Wyoming's OL and DL are massive compared to NIU, which looked like mid-major midgets compared to the AF lines. For WU, we're talking 6-3 to 6-7 averaging around 300 lbs. That's offense. WU's DL could sub for what NIU's OL should look like. Most of both Wyoming lines are jrs. and srs. I suspect NIU will see this disparity through the rest of the MW.

I'm not big (any more) on casting blame, but the idea that the old Hard Way of bringing in high schoolers and training them up is not going to work in the modern era. Hammock had that old-school thread and Harley has inherited it.

BTW, if you thought NIU looked tired vs. AF, remember Wyoming stadium's brag of being 7,222 ft. above sea level.

Have a fun game.

Truth is we got our buts beat in recruiting, we were getting beat for the OLINEMAN in Wisconsin by similar schools and shut out in Chicagoland. Thats a deadly combo for NIU.

For the posters who complain about not using our timeouts against AF and pass with 41 seconds, you are absolutely crazy. We have had trouble scoring, percentages dicate we are not going to score and very possible give up a sack/fumble or int. Go to the 2nd half down 14-7 and give yourself a chance to win.

(10-17-2026 01:43 PM)NIU05 Wrote:  

(10-17-2026 11:07 AM)pvk75 Wrote:  If you attended or watched the game vs. Air Force, you're going to see the same here. Wyoming's OL and DL are massive compared to NIU, which looked like mid-major midgets compared to the AF lines. For WU, we're talking 6-3 to 6-7 averaging around 300 lbs. That's offense. WU's DL could sub for what NIU's OL should look like. Most of both Wyoming lines are jrs. and srs. I suspect NIU will see this disparity through the rest of the MW.

I'm not big (any more) on casting blame, but the idea that the old Hard Way of bringing in high schoolers and training them up is not going to work in the modern era. Hammock had that old-school thread and Harley has inherited it.

BTW, if you thought NIU looked tired vs. AF, remember Wyoming stadium's brag of being 7,222 ft. above sea level.

Have a fun game.

Truth is we got our buts beat in recruiting, we were getting beat for the OLINEMAN in Wisconsin by similar schools and shut out in Chicagoland. Thats a deadly combo for NIU.

For the posters who complain about not using our timeouts against AF and pass with 41 seconds, you are absolutely crazy. We have had trouble scoring, percentages dicate we are not going to score and very possible give up a sack/fumble or int. Go to the 2nd half down 14-7 and give yourself a chance to win.

Illogical. If we “have had trouble scoring,” how exactly do you “give yourself a chance to win”? If you can’t score, you can’t win.

I've come for my weekly dose of pain and misery. Let's go HUSKIES