The Chicago Tribune: Owls vow to give extra effort vs. NIU

The real opponent for the Huskies, however, simply may be themselves. Turnovers continue to dictate outcomes of games and Northern Illinois has not been able to force turnovers to offset the giveaways.

The Chicago Sun-Times: Wolfe understudy Anderson emerges as the next run in line

The more things change for the Northern Illinois coach, the more they stay the same.

Since junior Montel Clanton went down with a season-ending knee injury in the Huskies' second game, sophomore Justin Anderson has stepped up and shouldered the load. He appears more than capable of extending the program's streak of 1,000-yard rushers to nine.

Anderson has rushed for 168, 167 and 157 yards the last three weeks and leads the team with 573. That projects to 1,375 yards for the season. He also leads the Huskies in scoring (five touchdowns) and all-purpose yards (748) and is tied for the lead with 23 catches.

Rockford Register Star: Huskies searching for rhythm, second win

“We are not angry as a team. We know that we are better than 1-4. We just know that we need to make some corrections,” cornerback Chase Carter said. “Once we put everything together, we will be on track for our next win.”