NIU students engineer a better defense - Northern Illinois University Huskies

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NIU students created a new piece of football training equipment that replicates the sudden dive of a cut blocker. The device, 20 feet long, features a blocking pad that a defender pushes along a set of rails. The pad can be
programmed to suddenly slam to the ground at various points.

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