The Huskie Guys

The 2025 Northern Illinois season preview episode. The guys start with some current topics in the world of NIU football, before going into a position group discussion. The episode ends with the guys talking through the schedule via a confidence pool. Go Huskies!

This week the guys discuss NIU's upset victory over #5 Notre Dame. They discuss what it was like being at the game, what this meant for the program and fans, while also breaking down the game itself.

The guys catch up this week with former Huskie long snapper Erik Abrell (2018-2021), a 2x MAC Champion. They also talk about the 2021 MAC Championship victory over Kent State, and draft their favorite Dekalb area restaurants.2:40 - Dekalb Restaurant Draft15:30 - Questions for Erik30:00 - Kent State Game Rewatch 49:00 - More Questions for Erik

This week the guys are rewatching the Huskies take on Georgia Tech in game 1 of the 2021 season. This is the first rewatch game that features our current head coach, Thomas Hammock. The guys also discuss some current college football topics and how they relate to NIU, and reminisce on their favorite dorm food items via a draft.1:40 - NIU Dorm Food Draft14:12 - College Football Discussion31:25 - NIU vs Georgia Tech Discussion

The Huskies win their fourth MAC Championship game, and do so in dramatic fashion with a huge second half from Marcus Childers and the defense The guys also discuss if this is the hardest non-conference schedule of all time, and some dream non-conference opponents.

NIU defeats Northwestern for the first time in school history and we are joined by the quarterback who helped engineer it, 2012 & 2014 MAC Champion Drew Hare. The guys draft Convocation Concerts they wish they attended. Football conversation with Drew starts around the 10:45 mark.

Taking it back to January 1, 2013 in South Beach where the #15 NIU Huskies took on #12 Florida State in the Discover Orange Bowl. An iconic moment in program history as NIU became the first school from the Mid American Conference to crash the BCS.

This week the guys rewatch NIU take on Kent State in the 2012 Mid American Conference Championship game. The Huskies win in double overtime to claim their second straight MAC championship. Rewatch discussion begins around the 5:20 mark.

This week the guys are rewatching the Huskies take on #1 Ohio State in game 3 of the 2015 season. Heavy underdogs, NIU give the Buckeyes everything they can handle in this near upset. Rewatch discussion begins around the 7:45 mark.

This week the guys are breaking down NIU opening the 2016 season in Laramie, Wyoming against Josh Allen and the Cowboys. Rewatch discussion begins around the 9:20 mark. While the dogs ultimately come up a little short, it is a fun trip down memory lane watching them take on a future NFL MVP in his first full collegiate start.

The inaugural episode of the podcast - the guys introduce themselves briefly and move into a re-watch of the 2013 game at Kinnick Stadium against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Jordan Lynch, Tommy Lee Lewis , and the rest of the Huskies go into Big Ten territory and walk away with the program's first victory over Iowa which started the journey to an undefeated regular season. Re-watch discussion starts around the 2:45 mark.