Well, if we waited all year to see the essence of Northern Illinois football, this might have been it. Where else are we going to see Rocky Lombardi throw for a passer rating of 101.85 in a six-point loss where the Huskies also failed to convert a single third down?
Both those stats came to fruition on a snowy and picturesque Halloween night, as the Northern Illinois Huskies (4-5, 3-2 MAC West) couldn’t complete a late second-half rally on the road against the Central Michigan Chippewas (5-4, 3-2 MAC West), falling by a final score of 37-31.