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Football team prepares to host yearly Huskie Bowl

DeKALB — With multiple practices and scrimmages under its belt, NIU will hold the annual Huskie Bowl practice 9 a.m. Saturday to close out its spring workouts.

The event is open to the public and will include a live scrimmage of players and a Huskie gear sale taking place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chessick Practice Center.

The defending Mid-American Conference football champions have undergone a head coaching change and have seen their star offensive lineman Max Sharping and defensive end Sutton Smith declare for the NFL draft since they last took the field.