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Game Date:
11/26/2019
7:00pm EST
Lines:
Western Michigan -10.5
Northern Illinois +10.5
Total:
Over
51.5 (-105)
Under 51.5 (-115)
Community Picks: Western Michigan 54% vs NIU 46%
Western Michigan and NIU Thread
Team Tweets & News Articles
Jordan Lynch is returning to NIU as an assistant coach. Northern Illinois is adding a familiar face to its staff, as former Heisman finalist Jordan Lynch has joined the Huskies as their running backs coach. Lynch, whose third-place finish in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2013 marked the highest finish in Mid-American Conference history, most recently spent two years as quarterback with the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL. Continue to Article
March 08, 2017 9:17:pm EST
Tim Lester knows he's got a tough act to follow at Western Michigan. ''I'll do it my way, but the results need to be the same,'' Lester said at an introductory news conference Saturday at Western Michigan. ''I won't fight the past, because I like the way he built it,'' Lester said. Continue to Article
January 14, 2017 4:05:pm EST
Western Michigan coach P.J. Fleck hugged his athletic director while fighting his emotions on his way off the field after a Cotton Bowl loss to Wisconsin that denied the Broncos an undefeated season. About three hours earlier, the fourth-year coach delivered a fiery speech in the locker room, reminding his players about the people who didn't think the 12th-ranked Broncos belonged in a New Year's Six bowl despite their perfect season in the Mid-American Conference. As the final seconds ticked away in the 24-16 defeat to the No. 8 Badgers on Monday, Fleck gathered his players on the sideline to remind them to lose with pride - his way of pointing out that it had been 14 months since the Broncos had such a feeling. Continue to Article
January 02, 2017 6:46:pm EST
Western Michigan running back Jarvion Franklin remembers the initial reaction when the Cotton Bowl logo flashed on the screen during a team meeting nearly a year ago, only days after the Broncos' first-ever bowl victory. The 12th-ranked Broncos (13-0) made it from Kalamazoo to the Cotton Bowl with their Fleck-ingrained ''Row The Boat'' mantra. Three years after winning only once in Fleck's first season, Western Michigan is now the only FBS team other than No. 1 Alabama with a chance to finish undefeated. Continue to Article
January 01, 2017 4:59:pm EST
No. 12 Western Michigan (13-0, Mid-American) vs. No. 8 Wisconsin (10-3, Big Ten), 1 p.m. EST (ESPN), Arlington, Texas. Continue to Article
January 01, 2017 2:54:pm EST
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