Haaziq Daniels completed three passes for 109 yards and carried it 12 times for 107 as Air Force opened the season with a 48-17 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday.
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Haaziq Daniels completed three passes for 109 yards and carried it 12 times for 107 as Air Force opened the season with a 48-17 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday.
Here are three keys to the game for UNI football against Air Force, plus the TV and live stream guide and a prediction.
Northern Iowa preseason All-America linebacker Spencer Cuvelier is putting the finishing touches on a double major of finance and real estate, working 15 to 25 hours a week at a fulfilling internship and is about to embark on a fifth season of college football.
Northern Iowa football’s 2022 season-opening prep comes with more than the usual. Air Force’s uncommon flexbone offense — more commonly known as the triple option — is a scheme designed to level the playing field against its college football peers that recruit football players rather than servicemen.
Headed into preseason camp this summer, UNI Coach Mark Farley said Theo Day would compete with backup Matt Morrissey for the starting job, and on Wednesday he told The Gazette that Day will begin the season as their starter.
If Northern Iowa’s new-look offense is going to reach its potential this season, it’ll require its running game to produce at a high level. Sixth-year seniors Dom Williams and Vance McShane will look to improve upon solid 2021 seasons.
Behind Northern Iowa’s young, budding defensive line are a number of experienced linebackers and defensive backs.
All-American Jared Brinkman and all-MVFC second-teamer Tim Butcher, graduated after the 2021 season, leaving gaping holes in the interior of the UNI defensive line. The cupboard isn’t empty, though.
Despite the loss of All-America left tackle Trevor Penning, UNI football returns three starting offensive linemen and two others with previous starting experience.
It’s safe to say the competition at wide receiver is more robust than any other position in Northern Iowa’s preseason camp.
Picked sixth in the MVC’s preseason poll on Wednesday, Northern Iowa volleyball coach Bobbi Petersen said reckoning with the struggles of the past two seasons has made her lose sleep at night, but she’s also made sure to keep perspective.
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Photos from the Northern Iowa football team’s 2022 media day at the UNI-Dome.
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