Bill Jauss

Bob Zuppke, Illinois' coach from 1913 to 1941, once said. "for every sophomore you start, I'll show you a loss in your season record." Apparently, experience is just as vital...

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Northern Illinois' unbeaten record and No. 12 national ranking is that the Huskies have come from behind to beat all six of their opponents:...

Northern Illinois seniors Michael Turner and P.J. Fleck are ranked among the national leaders in their specialties this week. Turner's 199 yards in Saturday's victory at Central Michigan raised his...

With all the attention being paid to Northern Illinois this season, it's easy to overlook two other nationally ranked football teams in the state. Western Illinois and Southern Illinois, ranked...

No. 12-ranked Northern Illinois will play the rest of its season without senior co-captain and all-Mid-American Conference middle linebacker Nick Duffy. The former Wheaton Warrenville South star broke his right...

Northern Illinois wide receiver P.J. Fleck, once considered too small and too slow for major college football, was named as USA Today.com national player of the week for his record-breaking...

Linebacker Boomer Grigsby and Illinois State's opportunistic defense will try to ruin homecoming for unbeaten Southern Illinois, which is averaging 47.2 points per game. Grigsby made 21 tackles last week...

Bob Spoo of Eastern Illinois certainly didn't sound like the coach of a team with records of 1-4 overall and 0-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference. "We saw more positives...

Southern Illinois began the season as a strong rushing team. Muhammad Abdulqaadir has maintained last year's Division I-AA All-American pace, averaging 110 yards per game and 7.6 yards per carry....

Coach Joe Novak loves his Northern Illinois team to run the football. To differentiate his philosophy from Bill Walsh, guru of the pass-happy West Coast offense, Novak has said, "We...