#1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

[UNI Fight]

1. Does anyone think UNH will have a little exra motivation for redemption from 2005?

2. Deleware will now HAVE to play Deleware State after dodging that game for so so long and we (possibly) get winner.

3. Southern Illinois is on our side of the bracket! (Possible) semi-final matchup with the Salukis. I would not like that.

[Mountain Panther]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

1. Does anyone think UNH will have a little exra motivation for redemption from 2005?

2. Deleware will now HAVE to play Deleware State after dodging that game for so so long and we (possibly) get winner.

3. Southern Illinois is on our side of the bracket! (Possible) semi-final matchup with the Salukis. I would not like that.

UNH's defense is suspect. If we can keep Santos under control (which will no doubt be the focus this week in practice) we should take them with little problem. But keep in mind THEY were the #1 seed and undefeated when we went up there in the 2nd round 2005.

Delaware in the Dome second round would be a perfect time for payback from 2003. Omar Cuff is an awesome RB but we had no problem stopping another great RB (Donaldson from WIU) earlier this year.

[BCPanther]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

I really like the draw...

The bottom half of the bracket is LOADED. Who did McNeese piss off?? Just to get to Chatty they have to go through EWU (Hot team, great offense), Appy State and Montana...

[bigwig055]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

I'm lookin all over and can't find the full bracket...anyone have a link?

[Newsbreaker]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

A little information on our former and future foes.

UNI - UNH

Scoring (per game) 36.7 - 35.8
Points allowed (per) 13.2 - 28.5
Rushing (per) 229 - 113
Rushing Allowed 89.8 - 181.5
Passing 216 - 279
Passing Allowed 200 - 250
Total Offense 446 - 410
Total Offense Allow 290 - 431
Kick Return Avg 19.6 - 23.6
Kick Return Allow 20.6 - 20.6
Punt Return Avg 15.9 - 8.7
Punt Return Allow 7.8 - 8.7

[Waverly_Panther]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3117576

[axion_jackson]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

http://www.ncaasports.com/football/mens/brackets/straight16_dyn/2007/FCS

The top bracket doesn't look like a cakewalk, but at least they put us at #1.

[Mountain Panther]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

When do they typically announce the game time for the first round? For example, at what point during the week in 2005 did they anounce the start of the EWU game?

[Newsbreaker]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

We should know sometime today Mountain. I would imagine within a few hours. Once the TV games are set, the rest just have to be slotted in.

[Twin Cities Panther]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3117576

From that link, how do we know we play Sat?

[alleycat]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

I like it too. The D-Backs do need to be ready and the D-Line needs to get to Santos. I was up to Becks for the selection show and everyone seemed pretty level headed and knew what was ahead of them. The quote from one of the players when I asked him prior to selection show was who he thought we would get, he said "it doesn't matter, we need to beat them all".

[BCPanther]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

Since we were not selected for a TV game. It is up to us to choose the game time. Only the quarterfinals are slotted for times.

I would bet almost anything that gametime is 7:00 Saturday Night...

[Newsbreaker]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

From that link, how do we know we play Sat?

There is only one Friday game, and it is Delaware/Delaware State. Everyone else is saturday.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

What might have been...

Cart well in front of horse here, but wouldn't this December have been the first year UNI hosted the National Championship Game, had we received that bid a while back.

That breaks the other way, and we would've just been awarded home field throughout.

[Waverly_Panther]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

I think Hartzell said at the game it would probably be 7:00 on Saturday. We have lights and some of the other stadiums don't, so we can be one of the night games. The EWU game was at 7 PM 2 years ago. I'd bet on a 7 PM start. Should make for a better crowd.