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Northern Illinois has a new field design for 2015 (Photo)

After showing off six potential designs for its new field last week, Northern Illinois unveiled its big decision on Thursday.

According to the school, the re-design is the first significant change to the turf since it was originally installed in 2001.

A reflection of both Huskie Athletics and Northern Illinois University, with a nod to NIU's home state and city, the new design also retains the popular Huskie head logo, the word "Huskies" in the end zones, and the Brigham Field moniker.

The school says it put a lot of thought into each new detail of the field.

Each element that NIU chose to integrate in the new field design was carefully chosen to best reflect the university's most visible brand and one of its landmark buildings.

Though the choice for the design had already been decided, the school floated out various looks on social media last week in order to gauge fan response. NIU athletic director Sean T. Frazier said he was pleased with what they heard.

"This topic has garnered great discussion among our fans and we've seen tremendous engagement on our social media channels. Frankly, I'm encouraged by what I have seen and heard," Frazier said. "Obviously, we have many fans, alumni and students who have very strong feelings about NIU, which is outstanding. Now, we need our fans to show that their passion for our football program is as strong as their connection to the playing field. We need to see and hear it every time our team takes the field on that new turf this fall. I look forward to seeing all of them at the games."

The Huskies will debut the new field in their home opener against UNLV on Sept. 5.

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