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I am just wondering what we have left and what is coming in for next year? I know we lose a rather important part of the team in Sanders, but who else leaves and what do we have to replace them?
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We lose all but one member of the best O-line in the FCS. People focus too much on the skill positions, but I think that is going to hurt us a lot.GO PANTHERS! -
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Yes, but we still have the best oline coach in FCS to get the new guys ready!Comment
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I agree w/ Gonzo Cat. Coming into this season, our OLine had to be salivating every time they looked at an opposing team. I too saw that it would be a good year, considering what we had up front. My hope is that we can rebuild the OLine and shore-up the DB's and be ready to hit the turf running next year. By this time next year, I will be residing in Florida. Trust me, I will be watching every move the Panthers make, be it football, Mens or Womens BB, Wresting, etc., etc. BUT ... make no mistake, this was a magical football season. BTW, I'll be posting videos of yesterdays game on YouTube yet tonight or tomorrow. Try searching UNIUD and you should "hit" on the videos. Like I said, it may be tomorrow.
Later, Dudes ..."Try being more of the solution, and less of the problem."Comment
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I agree Gonzo. I do like the fact that even though we break in a new QB next year he has been in the system for several years and if the new o-line can be satisfactory we have great receivers and running backs to take some of the pressure off of Grace.Originally posted by GonzoCat View Post"I think they're very good," Farley said of the preseason top 25 Hawkeyes. "But so are we."Comment
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I doubt that there will be a lot of worries about the O-line next year. There is a bunch returning from this year's 2nd unit and there is a crop of HUGE RS that will be eligible to play next year. They have all been tutored by this year's O-line.
Farley also has shown that they have a successful formula for "growing" O-linemen at UNI. Have faith!Comment
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The o-line is my biggest concern. I didn't know how many we lost, but we lose some good ones. Farley has shown to be able to get a good o-line out there year after year. The lose of Sanders is the other concern I have. A leader like that is hard to replace.Comment
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Next Year:
QB - Grace: Has a lot of potential. Need to keep him in games where he doesn't have to win it for the team.
RB - Lewis (Law & Brookins): No drop off in talent
WR - Gray, Williams, Leonard: No drop off in talent
TE - Howard, Oordt, Peterson: No drop off in talent
OL - Must replace four of five starters. Note that the second string has a lot of size again. If they can run block, this team should be fine. Using the two deep from this year the line will average 306lbs.
DL- Should again be a strong point with only Lacy being gone.
LB - Carter and Evans are gone. Harris is a big time player and will get better. Jamar Thompson got some quality playing time at the end of the year and shows a lot of promise. I would expect to see them look for a JC player to help out here especially at Carters' WLB.
DB - Roberts, McMoore, Lloyd, and Meier all return. Need to find a replacement for Waters.
Overall this looks like a team reloading and not rebuilding.
My personal opinion FWIW is that we need to find a way to play more man coverage. Too many teams have shown that with patience, they can dink and dunk 5 yard passes all the way down the field on us.If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times
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I agree that the biggest question mark will be the O-Line. There is size and talent there, and the coaching has a proven track record. It's more a matter of experience. Steichen got some playing time when Keith was hurt, so that helps to have a center with some game time. I wouldn't be surprised if Howard or Peterson end up on the line, with Oordt, Gilson, Eilert, we have depth (and youth) at TE.
On defense, we lose Waters in the defensive backfield, Carter and Evans at OLB, Lacy at End and McGaster in the middle.
I think we'll be fine on the line, though getting a big guy (300 lb) that can rotate in to help plug the middle would be nice. LB's will be okay with Thompson, Epstein, Kirk, Mahoney and others that can step in there. I could see Harris moving to an OLB with his speed as well-fitting in to the old Andre Allen mold. We could use an impact safety, particularly a strong safety, to replace Waters.
Special teams should be okay, we just need to replace Falk at long-snapper.
And we need to find a way to convince everyone it is an odd-numbered year.Comment
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If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times
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I think Farley has shown that the O-line is a big priority for him, and looking down the charts we have a ton of size (something you really can't teach, lest they lift weights). We should have a great offense once again, and the only real concern for me on defense is replacing Brannon Carter and Araf Evans.
I really think we could have another great year next season.
"Once it starts, it never ends."
-Eldon MillerComment
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Gotta get rid of the EVEN=YEAR CURSE!Career (3 sport) Coaching Record: 50-3
the Future coach of the Depaul Blue DemonsComment
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You know, after driving 240 miles through an ice storm, watching the most deflating UNI loss--to me personally--since the '85 Georgia Southern game, nearly getting in a fight at 1/2time with a drunk from Delaware because he was pissing on the floor in the john--stand in line like everyone else, numnuts--and then driving another 240 miles home on ****ty roads on Sunday; is it just me or is there anyone else out there out there feels like choking the next [______] who utters something about an "even year curse?"Comment
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Ya know, that about sums up UD for me. There were some good fans who came to this board and we had some really good exchanges (and smack), but after reading your experience and reading their message board, I tend to think they're largely spoiled brats who need to learn a thing or two about good sportsmanship.Originally posted by Twin Cities Panther View Post
...but then I read about how Joe Flacco was so gracious in winning and I don't feel anything but respect to the UD team. The better team won on Saturday -- too bad the better fans didn't, as well.Comment
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Someone pissed on our bathroom floor? I'm glad you said something.
If I wouldn't have said something, I'd def ran out of the pisser to find a cop and have him arrested before he got away.
He'd been charged as a sex offender and put into that national database.
Students who piss outside in the streets around the hill have been charged with that, I'd demand this guy get the same to the cops.
Most degenerate, vile fanbase and coach in the FCS.UNI Alumnus 2007Comment
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