Northern Star

Here are a few articles from Monday's Northern Star...

Wolfe a bright spot for NIU

"He is a great running back ?- as I watched on film and here today," OSU defensive lineman Quinn Pitcock said. "He'll do great this year."

Huskies' loss not so bad after all

Even NIU coach Joe Novak thought so. In the post-game press conference, Novak compared his first-quarter Huskies to a collective deer in headlights, saying "there was no phase of our football that was good."

Of course, let's not be hard on the fellas. Any mistake the Huskies made in the first quarter was magnified tenfold because Ohio State looked nearly perfect in every aspect of its game.

Wolfe moves up the record books

For the first time in his career, NIU running back Garrett Wolfe recorded more than 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game Saturday against the Buckeyes. Wolfe, who now has rushed for 100-plus yards 15 times in his career, gained 171 yards on 26 carries and caught five passes for 114 receiving yards to total 285 all-purpose yards.

Wolfe tied former wide receiver P.J. Fleck - who, incidentally, is now a graduate assistant on OSU's staff - for the sixth-best all-purpose yard performance in school history.