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RE: The History of the NIU Huskies Thread - required reading
Another George Bork story. See post #1 for more.

The QB Who Put NIU on the Map (from 1999)
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-...tball-hall
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(11-10-2011 05:09 PM)sarasotahuskie Wrote:  The night before the Wisconsin game we took a cruise on the schooner Windy on the lake and the Footstompers was the entertainment. They played the fight song numerous times (along with dirty polkas).
That must have been awesome. Always wanted to do that.
01-26-2012 09:32 AM
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I ran across this thread and thought it would good to link it here. It refers to a couple of comments later addressed in posts 31 and 32 of the current thread.


History of NIU: The Fight Between DeKalb and Rockford

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=287234
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NIU football stadium pictures from 1965 available on eBay. HUSKIE Stadium became the name in 1974. There was even a UNI problem back in 1965.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-University-...2156wt_714

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-University-...2154wt_714
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Huskie football history - The end of the seemingly endless 23-game losing streak with a 16-6 win over CMU on 10/17/1998:

See post#38 above for an "eyewitness report" by our very own Lord Stanley
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this thread started by NIURedBlack
http://www.csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=594051
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We did not have a good play calling game but we hung tough and FINISHED THE FIGHT!!!


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(08-31-2013 06:30 PM)JCCNIU31 Wrote:  We did not have a good play calling game but we hung tough and FINISHED THE FIGHT!!!


Sent from my iPhone.

Which is better than having a good play calling game and LOSING....

We Finished the Fight! And at the end of the day that's what it's all about.02-13-banana
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I saw this on twitter and thought it was a great pic bringing most of the mascots together.

http://twitter.com/niuatc/status/3633463...88/photo/1

When I get some time at my laptop I will just post the image.
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(09-13-2013 07:11 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  I saw this on twitter and thought it was a great pic bringing most of the mascots together.

http://twitter.com/niuatc/status/3633463...88/photo/1

When I get some time at my laptop I will just post the image.

Funny. The one on the left was always so weird, especially when it ran.
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The Huskies won at Alabama 19-16 on September 20, 2003. Here is a thread with some great reflections by fans 10 years on. I didn't want the thread to get lost.

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=650...pid9748239
09-21-2013 07:36 AM
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NIU football helmets through the years.

http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/

Thanks to NIU1984 for finding this (from a June 2012 thread).

I still like the current helmet the most.
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I also like the current helmet.
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Former NIU basketball coach Tom Jorgensen passed away on 11/29/2013.

Huskie fans are one day away from the 2013 MACC vs. BGSU, so I didn't want this to get lost while it was fresh in my mind.

I was wondering why Jorgy resigned after 21-4 and 17-8 seasons at about age 40. I found an article with the quote, "I've lost my enthusiasm for coaching and want to go into business."
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=12...92,3222945

Perhaps he was frustrated since the Huskies did not get NCAA/NIT bids in either year.

Here is more on Jorgy:
http://www.huskiewire.com/articles/2013/.../index.xml
http://www.huskiewire.com/articles/2013/.../index.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl...ntable=yes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Il...basketball
http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-baskb...13aaa.html
http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-baskb...05aaa.html

Also, some recollections from the Dog Pound:
http://csnbbs.com/thread-664319.html[/b]
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Does anyone have the video they used to play before home games? The old historical highlights mixed in with modern ones with the Pirates music playing in the background? It just vanished.
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NIU To the Big 12 Conference Facebook page created a notes section for fans. Though NIU hasn't joined the Big 12 yet, I think it's a good idea to have a post up here for archive purposes, just in case we ever do join.

On the page, you can find these:
Noteworthy Articles

Sports Illustrated Archive
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(05-26-2014 06:07 PM)Enaiu Wrote:  NIU To the Big 12 Conference Facebook page created a notes section for fans. Though NIU hasn't joined the Big 12 yet, I think it's a good idea to have a post up here for archive purposes, just in case we ever do join.

On the page, you can find these:
Noteworthy Articles

[uhttp://www.testudotimes.com/2011/7/21/2287678/fun-with-finances-terps-athletic-department-debt-exceeds-83-millionrl=https://www.facebook.com/notes/niu-to-the-big-12-conference/sports-illustrated-archives-si-vault/627385360682565]Sports Illustrated Archive[/url]

this is why Maryland lucked out having the big ten take them
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(05-27-2014 12:11 PM)GCD70 Wrote:  
(05-26-2014 06:07 PM)Enaiu Wrote:  NIU To the Big 12 Conference Facebook page created a notes section for fans. Though NIU hasn't joined the Big 12 yet, I think it's a good idea to have a post up here for archive purposes, just in case we ever do join.

On the page, you can find these:
Noteworthy Articles

[uhttp://www.testudotimes.com/2011/7/21/2287678/fun-with-finances-terps-athletic-department-debt-exceeds-83-millionrl=https://www.facebook.com/notes/niu-to-the-big-12-conference/sports-illustrated-archives-si-vault/627385360682565]Sports Illustrated Archive[/url]

this is why Maryland lucked out having the big ten take them

http://www.testudotimes.com/2011/7/21/22...83-million
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I was reading old articles to learn Huskie football history. NIU, with a dull brand back then losing to the likes of Pacific and Western Illinois 17-0, lined up Oklahoma State (94), Louisville (95) and Ole Miss (96) to come to DeKalb for home-and-homes, respectively. Obviously, that Ole Miss game was never played. I assume they bought out?

I wonder how Gerald O'Dell (or whoever was AD then) pulled it off.
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Korcek's Corner: The best NIU foes that have visited Huskie Stadium from 8/23/2014

Fifty memorable years.

What Baby Boomer Northern Illinois University football fan – in Yogi Berra parlance – “woulda thunk it.”

Next week, NIU begins its 50th football campaign at venerable Huskie Stadium. The Presbyterian season-opener marks the 257th game played on west campus since Northern Illinois “baptized” the facility with a 48-6 triumph over Illinois State during Homecoming Nov. 6, 1965.

Go ahead, say it. It’s been a heckuva half century. In the duration, the Cardinal and Black have posted a 157-97-2 record and a .617 winning percentage in the fabled “House That (George) Bork Built” – including a stellar 44-11 mark (.800 pct.) the past decade, not to mention the nation’s longest home stadium victory streak (26 games).

http://www.huskiewire.com/articles/2014/.../index.xml
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