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[01PantherFan]

I personally think if Sanders is not able to throw the ball more than 20 yards he shouldn't be out there.

Worst case scenario if he doesn't play is we lose. Worst case scenario if he plays and not ready is the injury gets worse. Then we have to worry about him not playing games down the road.

I want a SEED for the playoffs, but I'd rather not have a seed and a healthy Sanders....

I have to agree, I guess I would rather take a chance at loseing 1 game and haveing Sanders back at 100 % and winning the remaining 4 then to have him get banged up saturday and out for a couple of weeks

[01PantherFan]

sounds like it will be a game time decision

[MediaPanther]

what if we're up 35-0 newsy....then what? lol...can we go celebrate early hahaha...jk...ill be there for it all...

ive heard talk that people want to rush the field if we win...especially if it is as exciting as '05....so heres a good discussion should they? I would assume there is no line/spread for the game, and even if there is W, it would be pretty big seeing the outcome is a huge deal although the season is not all lost with an L.

I hope those people are kidding. You don't rush the field when you beat a team you're suppose to. Does that mean we rush the field against YSU too? I would certainly hope not.

To me, rushing the field is simply saying, "I can't believe we just won. I didn't think there was any way in hell this would happen. I don't even know how to celebrate such an upset, so I'll run onto the field."

[BCPanther]

The only time we should see someone rushing the field for the rest of this year would be in Chattanooga...

[unigriff]

as for sanders...football players are pretty hush hush today about him and the game...i dont know how to take that as....

[unigriff]

i think in a sense, if ur MVP/Captain is not going to play, it could take a lot of confidence out of them....boy im nervous either way....

[esauser]

Have we seen much out of this other guy, Pat Grace? How does he compare up if he is the one put in to get the job done Saturday?

[BCPanther]

Grace, imo, has more natural tools than Sanders, but he hasn't had the experience and we have no way to know whether he has that 'winner' quality that Sanders does...

I am confident though because Grace will be well prepared if he has to be the guy, he has had two weeks of working with the number one's. I feel much better than if Sanders had gotten hurt in practice two days before a game. Grace has been prepared as the number one, if he has to play, he will be fine...

[01PantherFan]

Pat can for sure put the ball down field , I remember a year or so ago he came into the game the kid has a gun for a arm !

[Kyle]

I have complete faith in Pat. He is big, fast, and powerful. He had many QB keeper plays in High School. He reminds me of a Daunte Culpepper type of QB (the college version).

Had a big TD pass against Drake last year, and rushed for a TD against Drake this year.

[Panther-Sheik]

I hope those people are kidding. You don't rush the field when you beat a team you're suppose to. Does that mean we rush the field against YSU too? I would certainly hope not.

To me, rushing the field is simply saying, "I can't believe we just won. I didn't think there was any way in hell this would happen. I don't even know how to celebrate such an upset, so I'll run onto the field."

Depends on why you are rushing the field. If it is an honest celebration of a big win, how do you not let your emotions go? If it is calculated, then it is wrong no matter the situation IMO. When we win on Saturday, I will have no problem watching our fans celebrate with our players on the field. In fact, if everyone turned tail and went back out to the parking lot at the final gun, I think that would send a pretty weird message to our team. That's the "old crowd" mentality..."Game's over, let's hit the bar...or get on the road to beat the traffic". I want a new attitude that shows we are 100% invested in this team and their success.

[TravelingPanther]

I think Grace is faster than Sanders.

[Mountain Panther]

I think Grace is faster than Sanders.

Sanders has incredible poise on the field which would be difficult to replace.

[PantherChic]

If Grace gets the start, let's just be behind him 110% not matter what happens - gotta believe that's a tough feeling knowing who you are replacing for a game with such magnitude. I hope the electric atmosphere will help the entire team and HURT the Salukis!

Oh - and no matter how HOT it gets in there, don't let that get you complacent! We need to have that Dome rockin' from pregame until the last seconds tick off the clock!

[Newsbreaker]

The tone here is interesting...it's gone from solidly optimistic that Sanders will go (early in the week) to rallying behind the idea that he won't.