UNH @ UNI Game Thread

[kiseagle12]

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Just got home....all I can say is WOW....Sanders was EVERY bit as good as Santos! Ricky was way more of dual threat. But Eric you could just see the confidence and that "just give me enough time" attitude!!! UNH played very well... I may have a voice back by Tuesday!!!!

[housecat]

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While I am thrilled, pleased, proud and everything else with this win, WHY did we NOT have a DEFENSE? WHY did Ricky Santos do whatever he wished to do? We should have been able to stop him, but we couldn't. I am now VERY afraid of the next game. I don't think we can handle competition at this level, if we had to go to that extreme to beat a 7-4 team

I think you have it backwards. All things considered, this was the big one. My guess was that if we made it through this game, we would take it all.
I've been incredibly anxious for this game all week, and feel very good about the semifinals.

I am FAR less afraid of the next three games (yeah, I said three) than I was of this one for many reasons.
So if anything you can relax a bit now, or at very least remove the thought from your head we can't "compete at this level". I'm not suggesting take the next two lightly, no one should. I'm saying you can breathe easier than you assume.
The tight results here do NOT reflect poorly on UNI, but was easily predicted.

We DEFINE competition. There is no one in the USA that we can't take on, from any division. Let it be known, UNI is football.
Haters and doubters beware (no I'm not referring to you here Canuck), there's only more harsh awakenings coming.. keep smirkin, keep doubting. UNI is and will continue to run this.

As nailbiting as the game was, the Panthers proved their mettle where the boys are separated from the men and theres no denying that.
Enjoy heading back up to New England, Wildcats. Congrats to the Panthers, you earned this with pure grit.

[cfujoe]

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This was the best game I think I have ever seen as a Panther Fan (besides UNI beating ISU in '94). My wife claimed to have almost fainted on that last TD!

We sat next to the funniest older gentleman in Section H (right behind the GA Section). He thought it was his duty to tell everyone to sit down. And not just on any play - the kickoff, UNH's first play from scrimmage, the entire first series, you get the picture... While he's complaining, my wife and I along with our 5 and 7 year old children are standing up and shouting until we're hoarse!

Come on people! It's a freaking PLAYOFF game and the biggest game that UNI has played this season. Get on your feet and make some noise!

I'll be in Minneapolis this Saturday, but I can assure that I'll be standing up in whatever bar I am in letting people know what team I am SUPPORTING!

[01PantherFan]

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The big thing tonight is UNH had tons of motivation 1. the loss to UNI is 05 2. and most of all everyone said they didnt belong in the playoffs so they had nothing to lose here and went all out but it showed what a great team UNi has that they didnt lose their focus even being down with 1:16 left and took it down and made the plays to win the game, I think this will help the team big time and next week you will see a much better team on the field then tonight

[JayJ79]

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We sat next to the funniest older gentleman in Section H (right behind the GA Section). He thought it was his duty to tell everyone to sit down. And not just on any play - the kickoff, UNH's first play from scrimmage, the entire first series, you get the picture... While he's complaining, my wife and I along with our 5 and 7 year old children are standing up and shouting until we're hoarse!

hahaha. right on!

There was an older couple sitting behind me.
And I sort of felt bad since I think that perhaps they physically weren't able to stand up for extended periods (or maybe they just liked sitting, I dunno). So I sat down more than I normally would have. But it didn't stop me from standing when I had to.

[Matt Trump]

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Unbelievable game. Unbelievable Crowd. Unbelievable atmosphere. The band was rockin. The crowd was loud and quiet at the right times. The pump up music was PERFECT. Santos and the Wildcats gave us their best shot tonight but UNI was able to respond. Everyone was calm on THE DRIVE and no one panicked. You could no ask for better execution.

[Durf73]

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Keep in mind that the ref's didn't do us any favors tonite ---> the fumble or how about a late hit on Sanders out of bounds, and just a few missed holding calls. With everything considered we proved we are the "TEAM" !!!!!!

[JayJ79]

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If you're talking about the hit on Sanders prior to our field goal, it wasn't a late hit. He was still in bounds when he was hit.

[UNIPNTHR]

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If you're talking about the hit on Sanders prior to our field goal, it wasn't a late hit. He was still in bounds when he was hit.

What about the 3rd down play on the second to last drive? When we burned our last TO because Sanders got smoked after the throw. I assume it was a late hit, but I was watching downfield on a potential pass interference. Looked back and saw Sanders writhing in pain. Did anyone happen to see that?

[Matt Trump]

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What about the 3rd down play on the second to last drive? When we burned our last TO because Sanders got smoked after the throw. I assume it was a late hit, but I was watching downfield on a potential pass interference. Looked back and saw Sanders writhing in pain. Did anyone happen to see that?

Yeah. They had to call a timeout otherwise Sanders would have had to come out of the game due to an injury situation.

[UNIPNTHR]

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Yeah. They had to call a timeout otherwise Sanders would have had to come out of the game due to an injury situation.

I understand that, was more interested in whether it should have been called a personal foul - roughing the passer. I didn't see if the hit was late / possible helmet to helmet.

[JayJ79]

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I understand that, was more interested in whether it should have been called a personal foul - roughing the passer. I didn't see if the hit was late / possible helmet to helmet.

just watched it on the tape.
Not sure if it could really be called as a late hit. It was after he released the ball, but it wasn't super late (I've seen it called on occasion, but more often not called).

They COULD have called personal foul/roughing because it looked like they might have hit Sanders in the throat. But they might not have gotten a good look at it and/or ruled it accidental/incidental.

However, Montari was MOST DEFINITELY down, and thus it shouldn't have been a fumble on that previous series. If UNI hadn't come back to win it, I would certainly hope that Hartzell would have written a nasty letter to the NCAA and the Big Sky.

[JayJ79]

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Something else on that last drive:
1st down, Panthers have the ball on the UNH 44 yard line, and they throw an incomplete pass.
On the 2nd down play, the Wildcats jump offside.
UNI accepts the penalty, making it 2nd and 5.
However, the CLOCK STARTS RUNNING with the whistle.
Shouldn't the clock start with the snap instead of when the playclock was started, since the play prior to the penalty was an incomplete pass?

[UNI MadCat]

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Something else on that last drive:
1st down, Panthers have the ball on the UNH 44 yard line, and they throw an incomplete pass.
On the 2nd down play, the Wildcats jump offside.
UNI accepts the penalty, making it 2nd and 5.
However, the CLOCK STARTS RUNNING with the whistle.
Shouldn't the clock start with the snap instead of when the playclock was started, since the play prior to the penalty was an incomplete pass?

EXACTLY@!! WTF?? No one is talking about this since we won but that seemed like a HUGE error. It cost us 12 seconds. I had a clear view of the coaches on the sideline and none of them seemed aware of this. Sanders was arguing with the ref but not sure if this is what he was talking about.

Heard 90% of the postgame on the radio and never heard it talked about.

Can someone please explain? If somehow this is the ruling then why wouldn't a team on D trying to get the clock running more routinely give up 5 yards in an effort to start a clock?? I know it seems counter-intuitive to intentionally give up yards but in certain circumstances it might make sense.

[BCPanther]

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While I am thrilled, pleased, proud and everything else with this win, WHY did we NOT have a DEFENSE? WHY did Ricky Santos do whatever he wished to do? We should have been able to stop him, but we couldn't. I am now VERY afraid of the next game. I don't think we can handle competition at this level, if we had to go to that extreme to beat a 7-4 team

Remember that two of their losses came while Santos was hurt. He may be the best quarterback I have ever seen on this level. He absolutely blew me away. I don't think it was so much our defense as it was Santos making plays and showing how great he is...