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EJ Warner, the son of former Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, announced his commitment to Fresno State in a social media post ...

The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season.  Northern Illinois was officially ...

The Mountain West Conference announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July ...

Northern Illinois University accepts invitation to join Mountain West Conference for football only starting in 2026.

Mountains are exactly what comes to mind when you think of Illinois, but one of the state’s football programs has officially ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KOLO) - Northern Illinois University will be joining the Mountain West Conference as a football ...

The Mountain West Conference announced Tuesday that Northern Illinois University will join the league as a football-only ...

Mid-January is always a period of great adjustment. That icy time when we hopefully have finally started ending dates with ...

For nearly a full month we’ve enjoyed wall-to-wall college football bowl games. And for nearly all that time, local players ...

The university officially announced it would join the Mountain West Conference in a football-only capacity starting in 2026.

The addition of Northern Illinois gives the Mountain West nine football members. With it comes the ability to play a full ...