Northern Illinois University
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A Chicago sports legend still soaring after receiving lifetime achievement awardJan 23, 2025 5:59 pm - Willy Roy, a longtime Bensenville resident and one of the few living legends of Chicago soccer, received the Walt Chyzowych Lifetime Achievement Award on Jan. 11 at the United Soccer Coaches convention at McCormick Place.
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Only one coach beat Notre Dame this season. Let him tell you about it.Jan 18, 2025 10:00 am - The wonderland of this long college football season sits just off Interstate 88 way west of Chicago and just down a boulevard named for Annie Glidden, the famed farmer who lived from 1865 to 1965 while coaxing the soil into wonders. It’s a wonderland that went 8-5 but a wonderland no less, dammit, because of the storybook day it gave itself and the country Sept. 7.
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Jim O’Donnell: Freeman, Irish need a chunk o’ Northern Illinois at the CFP title gameJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP IRISH for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Still, that shamrock quake leaves no one backing off fro...
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How a loss to Northern Illinois set the table for Notre Dame’s run to the CFP title gameJan 10, 2025 5:40 pm - The toughest game Notre Dame will play this season is Jan. 20, the College Football Playoff national championship game against either Ohio State or Texas.
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Will moving to the Mountain West help NIU?Jan 07, 2025 8:27 pm - Northern Illinois officially announced its move to the Mountain West Conference for football in 2026. Why did the school make this decision and what are the benefits?
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What’s ahead for NIU football in 2025?
Jan 01, 2025 2:22 pm - There are many questions looming for Northern Illinois University’s football team in 2025.
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Dimopoulos shines in double OT and Northern Illinois beats Fresno State 28-20 in Idaho Potato BowlDec 23, 2024 5:51 pm - Freshman wide receiver George Dimopoulos threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Dane Pardridge on the first play of double overtime and Jordan Hansen ended the game on a fourth-down sack to give Northern Illinois a 28-20 victory over Fresno State in the Idaho Potato Bowl.
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NIU football receives invite to join Mountain West Conference
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NIU to face Fresno State in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
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NIU’s Hampton, two receivers to enter transfer portal