Northern Illinois is playing in its 15th bowl game since 2003, more than any other Mid-American Conference team in that span.
Northern Illinois takes on Fresno State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
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Chicago native Katie Schumacher-Cawley makes history with Penn State as the 1st female coach to win an NCAA D1 volleyball title
Chicago native Katie Schumacher-Cawley coached Penn State volleyball to a national championship while undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
Illinois retains Braggin’ Rights over Missouri on Kasparas Jakucionis’ late basket in an 80-77 thriller
Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points, including the go-ahead basket with 28 seconds left, and Illinois defeated Missouri 80-77 in the annual Braggin’ Rights game.
Column: The 1st round of the College Football Playoff was a snoozefest. Will we get better games in the quarterfinals?
The opening round of College Football Playoff games had the feel of just another bowl game once the novelty of playing in a non-bowl stadium wore off.
History looms in NCAA volleyball championship with female coaches poised as first to win a title
Players and coaches who will make history at the NCAA volleyball championship Sunday still find it hard to believe that a female coach hasn’t already won a title.
Ohio State routs Tennessee 42-17 in the CFP — setting up a rematch with top-seeded Oregon in the Rose Bowl
Will Howard threw two touchdown passes, and Ohio State routed Tennessee 42-17 on Saturday in a first-round College Football Playoff game.
JuJu Watkins and No. 7 USC hold off Paige Bueckers and No. 4 UConn 72-70
JuJu Watkins scored 25 points, and No. 7 USC recovered from blowing a 18-point lead in the second half to beat Paige Bueckers and No. 4 UConn 72-70 on Saturday.
Texas beats Clemson 38-24 and advances to face Arizona State in the CFP quarterfinals
Jaydon Blue ran 146 yards and two touchdowns, the last a 77-yard burst in the fourth quarter, and Texas beat Clemson 38-24 on Saturday in the first round of the expanded College Football Playoff.
Column: Northwestern crushes DePaul 84-64 in a tale of two programs that have switched identities
It seemed like a lifetime ago, but in truth it had been only 11 months since coaches Chris Collins and Chris Holtmann last hooked up at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Collins’ Northwestern team walloped Holtmann’s Ohio State Buckeyes by 25 points on a cold, late-January night in Evanston en route to the Wildcats’ second straight NCAA Tournament […]
Penn State steamrolls mistake-prone SMU 38-10 in the 1st round of the College Football Playoff
Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns, and Penn State toyed with SMU in a 38-10 rout Saturday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.