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GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(10-21-2026 07:33 AM)pantone1935 Wrote:  https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...sets-texas

GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s mind-boggling that in the post-Lynch era, several posters on this board believed we belonged in the Big 12. The golden days of NIU football have been gone for years, and the future remains uncertain.

This thread should be retitled "We're No. 1"

Never thought I would say I miss Carey but here we are. He was never going to take NIU to the next level, but at least he kept the program respectable. Hammock turned it into dumpster fire.

Congratulations lame-duck Harley and arrogant STF!

Is negative press still better than no press? Is NIU vs UTEP our superbowl this year? ….. this change hit us hard but we will get back up .. hard way !

(10-21-2026 11:36 AM)HUSKiESbelieve Wrote:  Is negative press still better than no press? Is NIU vs UTEP our superbowl this year? ….. this change hit us hard but we will get back up .. hard way !

MY MAN!

But seriously, when you are this down, the only way to go is up. I'm confident we will get an absolute lunatic in there to fix this thing.

there's 138 teams. how could you mess it up this bad? you really have to try to be this bad.

(10-21-2026 10:01 AM)SiegInc Wrote:  Never thought I would say I miss Carey but here we are. He was never going to take NIU to the next level, but at least he kept the program respectable. Hammock turned it into dumpster fire.

Yeah hammock blew it. He did some of the dumbest things you would ever see. No idea why - he was in over his head and probably panicked. He knew this team was ****.

But imagine, if you will, that dickens never came here. It would be a Macon party. And he sucks.

(10-21-2026 01:04 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 10:01 AM)SiegInc Wrote:  Never thought I would say I miss Carey but here we are. He was never going to take NIU to the next level, but at least he kept the program respectable. Hammock turned it into dumpster fire.

Yeah hammock blew it. He did some of the dumbest things you would ever see. No idea why - he was in over his head and probably panicked. He knew this team was ****.

But imagine, if you will, that dickens never came here. It would be a Macon party. And he sucks.

It wouldn’t be any worse than it is now. We’d still be 0-6.

(10-21-2026 01:43 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:04 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 10:01 AM)SiegInc Wrote:  Never thought I would say I miss Carey but here we are. He was never going to take NIU to the next level, but at least he kept the program respectable. Hammock turned it into dumpster fire.

Yeah hammock blew it. He did some of the dumbest things you would ever see. No idea why - he was in over his head and probably panicked. He knew this team was ****.

But imagine, if you will, that dickens never came here. It would be a Macon party. And he sucks.

It wouldn’t be any worse than it is now. We’d still be 0-6.

We would have over 50% less passing yards

(10-21-2026 01:52 PM)Klake1987 Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:43 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:04 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 10:01 AM)SiegInc Wrote:  Never thought I would say I miss Carey but here we are. He was never going to take NIU to the next level, but at least he kept the program respectable. Hammock turned it into dumpster fire.

Yeah hammock blew it. He did some of the dumbest things you would ever see. No idea why - he was in over his head and probably panicked. He knew this team was ****.

But imagine, if you will, that dickens never came here. It would be a Macon party. And he sucks.

It wouldn’t be any worse than it is now. We’d still be 0-6.

We would have over 50% less passing yards

We’re 0-6. The increased passing yards have done nothing for us because of the rest of the team’s substandard performances.

(10-21-2026 02:01 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:52 PM)Klake1987 Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:43 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:04 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 10:01 AM)SiegInc Wrote:  Never thought I would say I miss Carey but here we are. He was never going to take NIU to the next level, but at least he kept the program respectable. Hammock turned it into dumpster fire.

Yeah hammock blew it. He did some of the dumbest things you would ever see. No idea why - he was in over his head and probably panicked. He knew this team was ****.

But imagine, if you will, that dickens never came here. It would be a Macon party. And he sucks.

It wouldn’t be any worse than it is now. We’d still be 0-6.

We would have over 50% less passing yards

We’re 0-6. The increased passing yards have done nothing for us because of the rest of the team’s substandard performances.

yep. can't wait to blame a backup qb when we lose to 1-6 hawaii at home

(10-21-2026 02:09 PM)JeffNIU Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 02:01 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:52 PM)Klake1987 Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:43 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:04 PM)BigChilla Wrote:  Yeah hammock blew it. He did some of the dumbest things you would ever see. No idea why - he was in over his head and probably panicked. He knew this team was ****.

But imagine, if you will, that dickens never came here. It would be a Macon party. And he sucks.

It wouldn’t be any worse than it is now. We’d still be 0-6.

We would have over 50% less passing yards

We’re 0-6. The increased passing yards have done nothing for us because of the rest of the team’s substandard performances.

yep. can't wait to blame a backup qb when we lose to 1-6 hawaii at home

Whomever wins, is a win for me. I'm wearing Hawaii stuff this weekend.

(10-21-2026 02:20 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 02:09 PM)JeffNIU Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 02:01 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:52 PM)Klake1987 Wrote:  

(10-21-2026 01:43 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  It wouldn’t be any worse than it is now. We’d still be 0-6.

We would have over 50% less passing yards

We’re 0-6. The increased passing yards have done nothing for us because of the rest of the team’s substandard performances.

yep. can't wait to blame a backup qb when we lose to 1-6 hawaii at home

Whomever wins, is a win for me. I'm wearing Hawaii stuff this weekend.

Watching the game eating beer nuggets dipped in poi.

The Hawaii QB has 1800 passing yards this season, they're going to chew up our secondary.

(10-22-2026 06:36 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  The Hawaii QB has 1800 passing yards this season, they're going to chew up our secondary.

It's funny, the Hawaii fans are just as down on them as we are on our bois. I still think Micah cuts us up with all of those underneath routes.

(10-22-2026 06:58 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-22-2026 06:36 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  The Hawaii QB has 1800 passing yards this season, they're going to chew up our secondary.

It's funny, the Hawaii fans are just as down on them as we are on our bois. I still think Micah cuts us up with all of those underneath routes.

Combined the teams are 1-12, so it's a battle to the bottom. Dickens will put up good numbers but fail to convert in the red zone and the receivers won't be doing him any favors.
Hawaii will torch our defense through the air.
It's telling that NIU is only a 4.5 point dog when we're losing games by a minimum of 3 scores.

(10-23-2026 10:00 AM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-22-2026 06:58 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-22-2026 06:36 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  The Hawaii QB has 1800 passing yards this season, they're going to chew up our secondary.

It's funny, the Hawaii fans are just as down on them as we are on our bois. I still think Micah cuts us up with all of those underneath routes.

Combined the teams are 1-12, so it's a battle to the bottom. Dickens will put up good numbers but fail to convert in the red zone and the receivers won't be doing him any favors.
Hawaii will torch our defense through the air.
It's telling that NIU is only a 4.5 point dog when we're losing games by a minimum of 3 scores.

DeAree goes for 100+ this game

(10-23-2026 10:16 AM)HuskiePride12 Wrote:  

(10-23-2026 10:00 AM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  

(10-22-2026 06:58 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(10-22-2026 06:36 PM)MiamiHuskie Wrote:  The Hawaii QB has 1800 passing yards this season, they're going to chew up our secondary.

It's funny, the Hawaii fans are just as down on them as we are on our bois. I still think Micah cuts us up with all of those underneath routes.

Combined the teams are 1-12, so it's a battle to the bottom. Dickens will put up good numbers but fail to convert in the red zone and the receivers won't be doing him any favors.
Hawaii will torch our defense through the air.
It's telling that NIU is only a 4.5 point dog when we're losing games by a minimum of 3 scores.

DeAree goes for 100+ this game

There were some costly penalties and drops against Wyoming, and although the field goal kicker has improved you can't leave those points on the field when your defense gives up 35 to 40 points a game.