Hustle Belt · Jul 16, 2019
State of the Program 2019: Northern Illinois Huskies
Illustration: James H. Jimenez | Photo: Steve Mitchell (USA Today Sports)The Northern Illinois Huskies are up next in our State of the Program series, which started with the Buffalo Bulls a few weeks ago.
As you probably remember, or have read by now in the previous two NIU articles, 2018 saw the Huskies claim their fourth MAC Championship in eight years after a dramatic comeback against Buffalo. NIU scored 20 unanswered points in the final 15 minutes and 17 seconds to eek out a 30-29 win. But another blowout loss in a bowl game, this time to the UAB Blazers in the Boca Raton bowl, left a familiar bad taste in Huskie fans’ mouths.