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NIU football: A preseason look around the Mid-American Conference

DeKALB – Northern Illinois football coach Rod Carey only wants to discuss Wyoming.

The season kicks off on Saturday against the Cowboys, but luckily fans get the luxury to look ahead a little bit. There are plenty of questions to be had for the Huskies' non-conference schedule – which features a home opener against defending Mountain West Conference champion San Diego State – but the goal of the season is to get back to Detroit for a seventh consecutive Mid-American Conference Championship game.

Despite the label of being the MAC West champion for six consecutive seasons heading into 2016, NIU is not predicted to win the division – both by the press and by coaches.