NIU dismantles Akron 50-14 in MAC opener
by Mike Breese on Oct 2, 2010 8:20 PM CDT
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The Good
The Northern Illinois Huskies had 520 yds of offense against the Akron Zips. Chandler Harnish was majestic in running the offense early on in the game and he finished with one of the best games of his career, finishing with 281 yds and 3 TDs. The receivers caught everything that was thrown to them. All four of our running backs averaged over 5.3 yds per carry.
The Bad
Tommy Davis fumbling the punt return. Not scoring a touchdown on the first 3 drives of the game. The defense giving up a big run at the beginning of the 2nd half. But really, we're grasping straws here.
The Ugly
The terrible product that is All-MACcess. The fact that no NIU fan could watch this game is a tragedy in this day and age. I was watching FCS schools play on near-HD quality video today. Early on it would just time out and turn to a blank screen and then we got a 'please stand by' message but nothing ever got fixed. I had to huddle to my radio stream and listen to Bill Baker exactly like I did in our first matchup against Akron five years ago.
Moving forward
To be 3-2 after playing 4 out of 5 games on the road is a really good thing. Now we have the next three games at home highlighted by next week's matchup against Temple, the MAC East favorite.
What are your thoughts on the game?
Go Huskies!
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Very impressed
I thought this game would be much closer, but the Huskies had great balance in the offense……I really like Martel Moore And what about that balance at RB – its not only Spann….we’ve got Crider and Bell
Bring on Temple!! I noticed Bernard P. didn’t travel for their game, but their other back came up BIG
bottom line: this is a “signature game” coming up for the Huskies; especially after seeing what happened w/ CMU losing
I still think NIU will beat Temple; however, for a point of clarification, to determine the MAC West Champion are the standings based on MAC West games or total MAC games?
Total games
However, wins against the MAC East is a tiebreaker if I’m not mistaken.
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Home Sweet Home
It’s time to bring back the home dominance, hope the students get out there next saturday. I’m glad Akron got what they deserved, a good beating.
Take that, Akron
Akron had this coming. At halftime, the Zips honored their 2005 MAC champions. Who celebrates anniversaries after five years anyway? Guess it was convenient to do so when the Huskies were in town. But NIU took care of business, reminding Akron that 2005 was a long time ago. Bring on Temple.
I am happily eating my words in regards to Harnish's arm.
I haven’t really gotten a good look at him playing since the North Dakota game so I’m hoping he just needed to knock a little rust off.
The running game is key though. Good to see them get some consistency going.
Next week should be a good (legit) test for this team.
Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.
- John Wayne
This is a SIGNATURE GAME
I say it again….this is the time for he HUSKIES to step it up and perform at home
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