Panthers arrested...

[Cap'n Cat]

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Cap'n Cat is sitting here, half buzzed, naked from the waste up, little chewing tobacco dingleberries hanging in the hair around his ever-enlarging man t*ts, reminiscing about the halycon days when, if you were a college athlete and got in trouble, the papers never found out. Or, they didn't care - it wasn't newsworthy. Plenty of shenanigans went on back in the day that, if known today, would shock the community and probably end up with the conference asking us to forfeit our 1985 and 1987 titles.

Ah, youth...how it fades. And how low your man t*ts begin to hang.....

[Whitey81]

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Cap'n Cat is sitting here, half buzzed, naked from the waste up, little chewing tobacco dingleberries hanging in the hair around his ever-enlarging man t*ts, reminiscing about the halycon days when, if you were a college athlete and got in trouble, the papers never found out. Or, they didn't care - it wasn't newsworthy. Plenty of shenanigans went on back in the day that, if known today, would shock the community and probably end up with the conference asking us to forfeit our 1985 and 1987 titles.

Ah, youth...how it fades. And how low your man t*ts begin to hang.....

After getting over that frightening mental picture...would that mean I have to return my "inexpensive" gold watch from 85 and conf champ ring from 87?

[SteinPizza]

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After getting over that frightening mental picture...would that mean I have to return my "inexpensive" gold watch from 85 and conf champ ring from 87?

As I remember...didn't those gold watches stop working after a couple of months anyway? I can't remember seeing the words "Breitling" or "Rolex" stamped on the face.

[Whitey81]

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As I remember...didn't those gold watches stop working after a couple of months anyway? I can't remember seeing the words "Breitling" or "Rolex" stamped on the face.

Couple months?? I was happy with the few days mine worked.

In trying to fix it, it had to remove the "Buy 1, get 37 free" sticker. That tipped me off to the quality

[Cap'n Cat]

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As I remember...didn't those gold watches stop working after a couple of months anyway? I can't remember seeing the words "Breitling" or "Rolex" stamped on the face.

Come on, guys, back then there wasn't money for SH*T, remember? You can't look gift horses in the mouth. Mudra and Klinker and Remmert and Bowlsby and Jersey and Nancy Justis, et al, did what they could for us.

MOF, regarding bling, there is certainly much more out there now than back in our day, but, that doesn't bother me. My brother and I are proud as all Hell to be part of some teams - '83, '84, '85, '86 and '87 - that helped lay the foundation for freer-flowing bling.

All I ever hope is that current players recognize and embrace the winning tradition that started, in earnest, with the coaches and staff and players from the Mudra Era, as well as the people who sweated through much leaner years prior.

My most prized "bling" is an old purple helmet with the lowercase "UNI" script that Dick Timmerman gave me when I left.



SH*T, I gotta go, guys. I just kicked over my bong!

[Whitey81]

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Come on, guys, back then there wasn't money for SH*T, remember? You can't look gift horses in the mouth. Mudra and Klinker and Remmert and Bowlsby and Jersey and Nancy Justis, et al, did what they could for us.

MOF, regarding bling, there is certainly much more out there now than back in our day, but, that doesn't bother me. My brother and I are proud as all Hell to be part of some teams - '83, '84, '85, '86 and '87 - that helped lay the foundation for freer-flowing bling.

All I ever hope is that current players recognize and embrace the winning tradition that started, in earnest, with the coaches and staff and players from the Mudra Era, as well as the people who sweated through much leaner years prior.

My most prized "bling" is an old purple helmet with the lowercase "UNI" script that Dick Timmerman gave me when I left.



SH*T, I gotta go, guys. I just kicked over my bong!

Agreed! I'll bet they don't make bus trips to K-State, Youngstown, Indiana State and to Springfield, MO anymore. Longest trip ever was to Springfield Mo in 85 when Bill Bealles had gas, shared his "peak-a-boo bear" story (not pretty).

Won the game, coaches left to fly back to CF, we stayed and filled the pool with empty beer cans. "Someone" rang up about $2700 with in-room porn charges.

Aah, good times...

[Cap'n Cat]

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Agreed! I'll bet they don't make bus trips to K-State, Youngstown, Indiana State and to Springfield, MO anymore. Longest trip ever was to Springfield Mo in 85 when Bill Bealles had gas, shared his "peak-a-boo bear" story (not pretty).

Won the game, coaches left to fly back to CF, we stayed and filled the pool with empty beer cans. "Someone" rang up about $2700 with in-room porn charges.

Aah, good times...

Cap'n Cat denies ever having gas.

[Whitey81]

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Cap'n Cat denies ever having gas.

It wasn't the smell so much as the burning of my eyes...

[Cap'n Cat]

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It wasn't the smell so much as the burning of my eyes...

My brother used to tell me that the defensive bus was like riding to a funeral, win or lose. You couldn't f*ck around. Coach Remmert kept things quiet.

The offensive bus was always a flippin' circus, with some great, funny characters: Mark Hanssen, Ken Kolthoff, Brian Baker, Cap'n Cat, Scott Francke, Mark Caballero, Steve Spoden, Mark Botkin, Ray Cook, Jeff Melchert, Frank Ori, Mike Smith, Errol Peebles, Eric White, Al Speicher, Larry Miller, Ralph Clark, and a dozen others I'm forgetting. We toned it down a little if we lost, which was rare. Food fights, farts, inappropriate, sometimes fist fight-inducing girlfriend smack, filthy ad lib sing alongs......

[Jonsoup]

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Thanks for the memories of growing up with UNI football Cap'n!

[Cap'n Cat]

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Thanks for the memories of growing up with UNI football Cap'n!

You're welcome, Jon!

I always tell everybody that the period between 1982, when I transfered from Northern Illinois, until 1992, when I got out of college coaching, was the best ten years of my life. All the wonderful times I had, all the great people I met and hung with, all the games I played in for UNI were my life's highlights.

It was never the same after that. I started working for a living and, even though I was making money and raising a family and advancing through my career, life has been only mediocre since then. Sounds bad, but I really valued my time at UNI.

When I'm on my deathbed, I'll be smiling because I'll be thinking of hot-ass summer two-a-days with Coach Klinker, beating Youngstown in 1984 with all my Pennsylvania relatives there, the long, hot, loud bus trips, pass rush drill at practice beating Joe O'Brien all the time , going undefeated in conference in 1985, hitting the Hill and the Brown House after every home game, playing at the same time as my brother, marrying my college sweetheart, then divorcing that psycho biznitch and marrying another UNI girl, working as a GA under Klinker and Terry Allen, Stein pizza, Bo's, walking proudly across campus in my UNI letterman jacket, slapping Hawkeye fans around at Casey's 218, listening to Jersey Jermier talk about college football and everything else I did.

Cherish your time at UNI. Time flies and, the next thing you know, you're 44 and missing it every hour of your life.

[Mountain Panther]

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It was never the same after that. I started working for a living and, even though I was making money and raising a family and advancing through my career, life has been only mediocre since then. Sounds bad, but I really valued my time at UNI.

I agree 1000000000000%. I seriously wonder why I took certain parts of college so seriously...and WHY OH WHY didn't I take my sweet time and do it in five years instead of four like all my friends did?

[JCPanthers]

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http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/04/07/news/breaking_news/doc47fa9648e2990388974880.txt

http://www.kwwl.com/News/index.php?ID=23770

Looks like the charges aren't going away.

[UNIAlum95]

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http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2...0388974880.txt

http://www.kwwl.com/News/index.php?ID=23770

Looks like the charges aren't going away.

No it doesn't and that means we are going to have some big question marks in the defensive secondary.