Some quick hitters for Father's Day weekend!

Football

The last piece of the puzzle is here...

via www.siude.com

Equipment Manager Alvy Armstrong will make the trek up from Southern Illinois to join the Huskies this season.  Armstrong joined Coach Kill at SIU in 2001 hailing from Youngstown State.

One of NIU's favorite punching bags (48-14 W in 2006, 48-3 W in 2008), Indiana State, don't want to play the Huskies anymore in the near futuree according to head Sycamore coach Trent Miles:

"Rather than play two MAC schools, let’s play schools to make real good money," Miles said.

However, I doubt any BCS schools would want to waste their time or hurt their schedule strength by playing ISU, who has won exactly 1 game since 2005.  Yes, you read that right: 1 win from the 2005-2008 seasons.

Rivals chimes in with their NIU preview, placing the Huskies at No. 77, right next to No. 76 Purdue.

Athlon names QB Chandler Harnish a college football fantasy sleeper along with Ohio's Boo Jackson (super sleeper) & Kent State's Giorgio Morgan.

Incoming freshman WR Perez Ashford will participate in the PNC 33 Football Classic Saturday night in Hershey, PA

Basketball

Women's Basketball Coach Carol Owens was named to the executive council of the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association)

ESPN's Andy Katz has a nice story about former Huskie basketball assistant Ryan Marks and the long road to his new job as head coach of Texas Pan-American

Baseball

Summer baseball is starting up and NIU Third basemen Troy White is playing for the Waterloo (IA) Bucks of the Northwoods League.  He's hitting .213/.333/.230 through 19 games already using the wood bat.

Around the MAC

In the Bleachers continues their countdown of the best non-BCS players with No. 39 Central Michigan DE Frank Zombo.  Possibly the best name in the MAC.