The Daily Herald: For NIU, injuries piling up faster than losses

-- Ten Huskies are out for the year, including three opening-day starters and two others who likely would have started if healthy.

-- When true freshman linebacker Kyle Skarb (Lake Zurich) suffered a high ankle sprain that knocked him out for at least the Toledo game, he became the 26th Huskie on the two-deep to miss at least one contest.

-- Even if game-day decisions allow quarterback Dan Nicholson, wide receiver Britt Davis and tight end Reed Cunningham to play against Toledo, NIU will have lost a total of 97 man-games to injury.

-- At Thursday's practice, nine players needed crutches to hobble out to Huskie Stadium's east sideline to support their teammates. Seven other Huskies wore yellow jerseys signifying their unavailability due to injury.