Deleware and Deleware St. are gonna tear each other apart!!

[RadMann]

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Flacco and Santos were co-offensive players of the year in the conference so they were close. Santos did not have as much support as he had in past years though. He played his first college game against UD and his last against UNI. Good riddance I say! lol

[Newsbreaker]

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What jumps out at me is a lower completion percentage and a higher sack total.

[truebluehen]

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You're oh so right and oh so wrong in the above. For one, Delaware is not an "elite" state, at least not how I would define it. Most of it is a sh*thole...ever been to Wilmington? Two...Iowa isn't any more enlightened than anywhere else. Iowa has a fair amount of intellect, but to think that Iowa has the market cornerned on brain power is, frankly...stupid.

That said, for those ever desiring an adult spring break...Dewey Beach and/or Ocean City are top notch, and well worth visiting.

Edit: I just realized a second ago that Dewey Beach is in Maryland...I guess that shows you how much fun I had. Bottom line, they're all in the same general location. PS...Delaware is still a sh*thole.

Yooooo My Brother, Dewey Beach is in DELAWARE - Ocean City is in MARYLAND!!

[RadMann]

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Given that about 3/4 ths of Delaware looks like much of Iowa, I guess you're right...

[HenGrad2007]

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What jumps out at me is a lower completion percentage and a higher sack total.

Flacco played in some games while throwing into a pretty strong wind, and (like Sanders I am assuming), was pulled early in quite a number of games this year. I think both QBs can be dangerous, but if you give Flacco time to throw he can tear you apart (Like Sanders I'm sure).

[clenz]

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Sanders was only pulled early in the last two games of the season, if I'm not mistaken. Also maybe the Western Ill. game

[HenGrad2007]

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I think Santos was sacked more often because he, as you probably saw last night, likes to try and scramble around, and the UNH OL had rotating parts for a lot of the year, that probably didn't help matters much.

[Hen51]

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It's hard to compare the two. Santos is a better scrambler and is great at improvising and making something out of nothing. Flacco is a tremendous pure passer, has a cannon for an arm, and is very accurate, which sometimes is a problem for strong-armed QBs. Although not a scrambler, he does have pretty good pocket presence, has the ability to sense the rusher and is able to step away from the rush. He also throws pretty well on the move. The receivers really have to stay focused or he will take their head off with some of his throws. The receivers have done a pretty good job this year catching his rockets, except in the Villanova game, when there were six drops, and during a few other lapses this year. They can't afford to do this against UNI. Like any good passer, the best way to stop him is to pressure him and get in his face, and mix up the blitz packages.

[joecooll6]

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Most Hens fans could care less what goes on in Dover since the Hornets play in a pathetic conference and you would fill on of the grandstands with our band, the stadium's that small

Sounds a lot like an Iowa fan talking about Iowa State.

[housecat]

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You're oh so right and oh so wrong in the above. For one, Delaware is not an "elite" state, at least not how I would define it. Most of it is a sh*thole...ever been to Wilmington? Two...Iowa isn't any more enlightened than anywhere else. Iowa has a fair amount of intellect, but to think that Iowa has the market cornerned on brain power is, frankly...stupid.

I don't know, that's not my experience. Most people in Iowa are pretty progressive, yet respect our roots and aren't afraid to vote with any candidate from any party. People are very well balanced, educated and seem entirely reasonable compared to the deep south, west or north. An open mind shows a high level of intelligence in my opinion.
I also believe a lot of what powers this country (as far as brain power and backbone) comes from Iowa or surrounding. I don't know the entire history of western or northern Iowa, but from my little slice of heaven, Robert Noyce (Burlington) co-founded Intel (not a small contribution to our society, in my opinion) and many of the best employees that have a great work ethic, highly adaptable and high intelligence come from Iowa. In 1907 Iowa had a larger population than California.
They love to hire us all across the country. Iowa might not have the CORNER on smarts, but we certainly are a breadbasket in more ways than one. Over time, we shipped out all our cornfed Iowa boys to Silicon Valley and wherever else. Noyce went to Grinnell, then MIT. Like I said, K-undergrad we're pretty good at producing the goods!
I'm not going to defend my state from Iowans here, this is just my experience.

By the way, other fans are asking me what the closest/best airport is to your house. I used to travel to Charles City a lot (don't ask) and would fly to Minneapolis and drive rather than fly to Mason city (the place the music died and all that bad karma). Is Waterloo closer or is the drive from MN airport managable?

Personally I'd fly either into Cedar Rapids or directly into Waterloo and pay the extra because it'll probably be made up on the rental.
If you were a former native or knew the area, I'd say check out flying into Moline, IL or something like that, it might be a little closer than Minneapolis. About 2 1/2 hr drive vs 3 1/2. I fly in and out of Moline often due to the best fares around here.

[HenGrad2007]

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If UNI sells out to stop the rush, then Flacco might be able to go downfield/over the middle on them. You're not the first team that's tried to stop our rushing attack, nor are you the first team that's had a good rush defense. It's going to be a good matchup either way.

[clenz]

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We don't sell out to stop the rush, we just do it.

[HenGrad2007]

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We've heard that all before, but yet Omar still has managed to get a couple TDs this season.

[clenz]

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And so has C-Lew.

[Newsbreaker]

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We've heard that all before, but yet Omar still has managed to get a couple TDs this season.

I have absolutely no doubt that you are going to be able to argue you way to a victory this week.