It's time to be a couch potato this weekend and watch some MAC football.  Here is your weekend lineup starting with games today:

TV Schedule -- All Times ET
September 3rd 7:00 pm Troy @ Bowling Green BCSN
September 3rd 7:30 pm North Texas @ Ball State ESPNU
September 5th 12:00 pm Kentucky @ Miami ESPNU
September 5th 12:00 pm Toledo @ Purdue Big Ten Network
September 5th 12:00 pm Akron @ Penn State Big Ten Network
September 5th 3:30 pm Western Michigan @ Michigan ABC/ESPN 2
September 5th 7:00 pm Connecticut @ Ohio ESPN360.com
September 5th 7:00 pm Northern Illinois @ Wisconsin Big Ten Network
September 5th 9:00 pm Buffalo @ UTEP CBS College Sports

Huskie Football

• 'For the fallen': Iraq toughens NIU defender - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star...tremendous article on DE Jake Coffman
• Northern Star Online: Huskies excited, ready to handle hostile environment Saturday
• Northern Star Online: 5 minutes with Landon Cox
• Huskie Wire | Big Badgers 1st test of season
• ON THE HUSKIES: Football program 'owes' Wisconsin | Daily Chronicle
• NIU FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Big Badgers 1st test of season | Daily Chronicle
• Preview: Northern Illinois vs. Wisconsin - Big Ten Network
• Huskies Focused on Wisconsin - NORTHERN ILLINOIS OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Huskies' natural leader | The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.

The Bluffton, IN native QB Chandler Harnish talks about teammate bonding and hair dos:

"Racing stripes": Harnish loves to compete, but he knows when to relax, too. To keep the mood light in training camp, roommate Schiller used a razor to cut lines in Harnish’s hair. The new ’do got plenty of laughs, Harnish said. That was the intention. "He’s always having a good time," center Eddie Adamski said. "I’ve never seen a frown on his face. He’s always got a big smile on his face, even when he screws up."

• Northern Star Online: Football offensive breakdown
• Northern Star Online: Football defensive breakdown
• Northern Star Online: NIU disappoints this Huskie fan...Wisconsin should have come to Dekalb...blah blah blah
• Frazer Talks Mechanics And Rivals Ranks All 120 QB Tandems - Desmond Conner | UCONN Football...86th?  That can't be right for the Harnish/Grady combo.  Tolzien/Phillips is 81st.  HA!

Wisconsin

• Badger Bits: One Day Closer - Bucky's 5th Quarter
• Wisconsin's Tolzien steady as he goes - Big Ten - ESPN
• Follow B5Q live from Camp Randall Stadium Saturday on your computer or mobile device! - Bucky's 5th Quarter
• Big Ten picks for Week 1 - Big Ten - ESPN

Huskie Volleyball

• Huskies Sweep Bradley On The Road - NORTHERN ILLINOIS OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE
• Northern Star Online: NIU women's volleyball team sweeps Bradley

Huskie Soccer

• Northern Star Online: NIU men's soccer loses to Bradley in close game

Lady Huskie Soccer

• Huskies Continue Action On the Road to Take On Wisconsin and Illinois State - NORTHERN ILLINOIS OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE
• Northern Star Online: Women's soccer looks to muzzle Badgers and cage Redbirds this weekend

Huskie Cross Country

• Northern Star Online: Women's Cross Country intends to hit the ground running

Former Huskies

• Northern Star Online: Creator of the NIU fight song to turn 100
• Vince Koza: Bluffton's Vaughn returns to underdog ways | vaughn, underdog, season - Top Stories - LimaOhio.com
• Football: Knights aim to reclaim MWC throne | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette...Doornbos sighting!

Recruitin'

• DaRon Brown, Morgan Park prepare for another big test -- chicagotribune.com

Around the MAC/CFB

• Bull Run: MAC East Games Today
• Game Day Motivation " Over The Pylon
• 50 Best of the Non-BCS: Number 1
• Cardinal Preview: North Texas " Over The Pylon
• The Daily Hail Mary: Game Previews: 9/3
• 20090903755 | Four MAC Teams Kick Off 2009 Season Early | Football
• Huskie Wire | MAC Picks, Week 1
• 13 Teams/13 Days: Western Michigan Broncos Football Preview - MAC-Sports.com
• Little Caesars Pizza® To Sponsor Former Motor City Bowl - MAC-Sports.com
• Motor City Bowl now Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com
• Brace yourself: The Little Caesars Pizza (Pizza?) Bowl is a go - Dr. Saturday - NCAAF - Yahoo! Sports
• Huskie Wire | Motor City Bowl renamed Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
• Bull Run: MAC Blogger Pick'em: Week 1
• What to know about Toledo - Hammer and Rails

Random Tidbits

• Northern Star Online: Liquor and sales tax increases...NOOO!