BOTH TEAMS ARE UNDEFEATED SO FAR!!!
The men's team is 5-0-2 (I hate ties) and are fresh off of an upset of #2 SMU today in OT. What a HUGE win for our program.
The next chance you have to catch the men's team at home is next Friday the 26th at home against Florida Atlantic. Conference play starts off with a bang a week after that on Saturday, October 4th against MAC rival Akron.
The women's team is 4-0-3 and start conference play next Friday as well @ 4 PM against Bowling Green.
I feel bad I haven't made a trip out to see the new Track/Soccer Field Complex and really want to check it out next Friday and watch both teams play throughout the day.
In basketball news, Chauncey Billups hooped it up with the Huskies the other day.
What to expect tomorrow
It's been too long since a home game for the NIU Huskies. We really need to get that winning taste back in our mouths. Indiana State is definitely a team that you can work on things against, as indicated from their record from 2005 to now. The game has been added to ESPN Gameplan, so fans across the country can check out the Huskies play on Comcast.
All signs point to QB Dan Nicholson starting the game tomorrow, as redshirt freshman DeMarcus Grady can shift in and play in certain situations. Can DeMarcus throw the ball?
"His strength is his athleticism, his weakness is experience," Kill said. "But he can throw the ball."
"I didn't throw a lot in high school but when I did, I was effective," he said.
He credits quarterbacks coach Pat Poore with helping him improve his footwork and throwing mechanics and Nicholson with helping him learn to read defenses better.
"Last year on the scout team I didn't have to read the defense," he said. "That's what this system is all about."
He was glad he didn't have to think about his debut.
"It was a blessing to me (getting thrown into the mix unexpectedly at Western Michigan)," he said.
With more reps in the last two weeks, he's beginning to feel much more comfortable.
"I like this coaching staff because they're teaching me to play the position the right way." NIU Update
Indiana State is having a QB rotation as well, but ours is more effective:
"The thing that's really amazed me and is we're probably the only team in the country to go through three quarterbacks in two weeks and we still moved the ball,' said Kill, who credits all the work all the signal callers got this fall with a new coaching staff continuing to install a new system.
Also, P Andy Dittbenner's excellent punting is getting noticed, as he has been added to the Ray Guy award watch list.
You have the records all wrong for both soccer teams. The men's team is 5-0-2. Women's team is 4-0-3.
ReplyDeleteThanks GHG. The NIU athletics website needs to make it easier to see the records of each sport. It's like pulling teeth just to see a win-loss record. Anyways, I'm pumped up for American and International Football. See you tomorrow buddy.
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