Saturday was supposed to be a scrimmage.

But NIU coach Thomas Hammock said with the amount of physicality his team has shown so far this fall, he felt it was better health-wise if Saturday was more along the lines of a regular practice.

“I realized we will hurt each other if we just go live,” Hammock said. “I saw enough in our practice Wednesday night to let me know we have the type of team that will go physically as hard as they need to go.”

Hammock said they kept things generic and basic on Saturday. For about an hour chunk in the middle of practice, though, there were full-team drills.

Here are five things that stood out from the practice.

Josh Holst would appear to be the starting quarterback

Obviously nothing is ever guaranteed, but it appears Holst is the starter at this po

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