Extensive Exposure
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Camera crews from ESPN are regular visitors to Huskie Stadium during the football season.
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Television
The success NIU has enjoyed on the field this past decade, coupled with the university’s proximity to the third-largest media market in the country, has resulted in unprecedented national, regional and local coverage of the Huskies through television, radio, print and Internet media. Northern Illinois has become the most televised team in the Mid-American Conference with an average of 10 games per year televised since 2004.
Over the last 10 years, NIU football has appeared on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, CBSSports Network, Fox Sports, Fox College Sports, the Big Ten Network, and Time Warner Sportschannel.
| Year |
TV Appearances |
| 2004 |
3 |
| 2005 |
8 |
| 2006 |
13 |
| 2007 |
10 |
| 2008 |
10 |
| 2009 |
10 |
| 2010 |
9 |
| 2011 |
12 |
| 2012 |
12 |
| 2013 |
13 |
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Chicago's ABC affiliate has made the trip to DeKalb to do live remotes from some of the Huskies' key midweek MACtion match ups.
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In addition to having its exciting games televised, the NIU football program has been featured on several college football shows, including ESPNU’s All-Access and CBS Sports’ Best of College Football 2012.
Newspapers/Websites
The No. 1 source for any and all NIU football news is NIUHuskies.com. However, Huskie fans everywhere can also follow NIU on a daily basis through the various newspapers in the Chicagoland area and across the country. The Huskies are regularly featured in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Daily Chronicle, and nationally on sites such as ESPN.com, The Sporting News, CBSSports.com, USA Today and Yahoo! Sports.
