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  • My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

    BYU impressed me tonight. Let me rephrase that…Max Hall and Pitta impressed me tonight. The rest of the team played well, but those were really the only two that really stood out to me. Had we found a way to cover Pitta in our zone, the game would have been different, but we didn’t.

    I know I’m not popular with the BYU fans, because I wouldn’t lay down to their FBS superiority complex, and they all want me to “eat crow” but I won’t. UNI really impressed me on this night. We are going to be fine, we just need to get the shot gun snaps worked out. If we get those worked out that gives Grace/Davis more time to hit a WR. Our defense started playing really well in the second half. If we could have played the third quarter the entire game, we would be talking upset. I am very confident about our season.

    The game was much closer than the score, IMHO. I firmly believe, that if calls were made that should have been, and calls that shouldn’t have been made weren’t the game goes the other way. However, the game feels like it was played to a 27-17 score rather than a 41-17 score.

    To the BYU fans, you have a good team. You talked a lot of “stuff” and Hall and Pitta proved you right. Hall is real good. I wasn’t real impressed with Unga…18 carries for 64 yards if I remember right (3.5YPC average). I wouldn’t be shocked if you ran the regular season; your conference is set up perfect for it. You got good pressure on our QB’s, which did cause some problems. I didn’t see many Polynesian’s other than Unga and your one safety though. I thought you had a team full of those angry strongmen, lol.

    I hope you gained some respect for “us little guys”. I can bet we weren’t as little, weak and slow as you thought we would be (just ask your team about how slow a 245 lb is).

    I know I was confident going into this game, and I know it rubbed you the wrong way; I’m not going to apologize for it nor will I “eat crow”. I was very confident that we could go in there, compete, and possibly win. We may not have won, but we did compete.

    Good luck the rest of the season.


    EDIT: BYU fans, it really is sad that you have such dolts on your fan base that troll other teams boards. I know they don't represent your entire fan base, and not to judge your fan base based on them.
    Last edited by clenz; 08-30-2008, 09:57 PM.

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    Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

    I was not worried about Grace coming into the season and today he proved me right, because he is going to be great for us. He just needs to learn to take care of the ball like Eric did for 4 years.

    I think this game could have have been alot closer, but we really did need everything to fall into place for us to win this game and that did not happen. We needed to get all the calls to win and we had a few go against us.

    The secondary seemingly started where they left off last year against Delaware by letting every pass be completed inbetween the zone. Our safeties just do not fly to the ball like they need to and every team just dumps it off below the zone coverage of the secondary and it is extremely frustrating to watch.

    All in all it was a decent showing, and should make next week against USD feel like a cakewalk. Emphasis on should.
    UNI FIGHT

    Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
    iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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    • #3
      Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

      I really liked the way the team responded to being down right away. They kept playing hard and really tried to grab momentum when it was there for the taking. BYU proved their superiority making big plays when they had to.

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      • #4
        Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

        Originally posted by 06panther10 View Post
        The secondary seemingly started where they left off last year against Delaware by letting every pass be completed inbetween the zone. Our safeties just do not fly to the ball like they need to and every team just dumps it off below the zone coverage of the secondary and it is extremely frustrating to watch.
        Its more of a scheme issue at this point. Its what we've been running for years now and it hasn't changed. There just aren't the number of athletes at this level needed to close those gaps in the zone as quickly as needed with the necessary discipline.

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        • #5
          Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

          Originally posted by Matt Trump View Post
          Its more of a scheme issue at this point. Its what we've been running for years now and it hasn't changed. There just aren't the number of athletes at this level needed to close those gaps in the zone as quickly as needed with the necessary discipline.
          I agree its the scheme and I'm not a big fan of it since we rely on our line to put all of the pressure on the QB. The few times we brought a blitz tonight we forced Hall to make some quicker passes or throw off balance. Unfortunately, Pitta made some sick catches on a couple of those.

          The bigger problem we had when we didn't blitz was that our LB's weren't getting deep enough and Pitta was getting behind them and in front of the safeties. I know watching several replays they showed De'Veon not backpedalling into his zone but turning his head and running towards it and then trying to turn back to find the ball.

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          • #6
            Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

            Yes, but we cannot afford to blitz much. He have enough trouble defending the pass with 7 guys in the backfield. We can't afford to give up more defenders from the secondary.
            UNI FIGHT

            Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
            iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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              Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

              Originally posted by Matt Trump View Post
              Its more of a scheme issue at this point. Its what we've been running for years now and it hasn't changed. There just aren't the number of athletes at this level needed to close those gaps in the zone as quickly as needed with the necessary discipline.
              Right, I agree, but something needs to be adjusted. Every game we go into, this is the strategy used against us. Every team team we play now dumps it off underneath our zone and we absolutely can't stop it. Time to change it up a bit.
              UNI FIGHT

              Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
              iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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              • #8
                Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

                Clenz...you are young and this will come with age and some lumps. I was / am a lot like you and have learned not to make "promises" or commitments for things I truly cannot control. I can believe in my team and root them on as hard as I want to, but when it comes to talking true smack, I just refrain because ultimately I can't back it up. You too will get there...try not to get so worked up over other trolls and you will be better off.

                As for the game, UNI represented well, IMO. I thought we made some mistakes that cost us a lot and also made some great plays that produced a lot. I guarantee that BYU is saying the exact same thing. The defense has a lot of film to watch, but at the end of the day, I think they are going to be more than OK. The front line has to put more pressre on the QB, but the LB's have to do a better job covering a TE. I think our scheme was to take away the running game and Collie...both successes. Unfortunately, they were prepared for our plan and adjusted with Pitta (Pit) very well. Those are the breaks and it doesn't take away from what UNI needed to accomplish. I think the team bonded and rallied and it will lead to success later in the year. Good game to BYU...the season is ahead of you and you have some good film to watch. UNI...same thing. Let's go play hard against USD and be ready for the Valley!!

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                • #9
                  Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

                  Hey Clenz!

                  Want to talk some smack? I bet BYU has more people on campus ecstatic over the Sarah Palin pick than you guys do.

                  Match THAT stat, bud. ;-)

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                  • #10
                    Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

                    Originally posted by deepccoug View Post
                    Hey Clenz!

                    Want to talk some smack? I bet BYU has more people on campus ecstatic over the Sarah Palin pick than you guys do.

                    Match THAT stat, bud. ;-)
                    HAA!! Good post.

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                    • #11
                      Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

                      Originally posted by Panther-Sheik View Post
                      Clenz...you are young and this will come with age and some lumps. I was / am a lot like you and have learned not to make "promises" or commitments for things I truly cannot control. I can believe in my team and root them on as hard as I want to, but when it comes to talking true smack, I just refrain because ultimately I can't back it up. You too will get there...try not to get so worked up over other trolls and you will be better off.
                      I made a prediction UNI could win, they didn't like it. Don't make a prediction I can't control? I guess I better never pick another game?

                      Originally posted by deepccoug View Post
                      Hey Clenz!

                      Want to talk some smack? I bet BYU has more people on campus ecstatic over the Sarah Palin pick than you guys do.

                      Match THAT stat, bud. ;-)
                      You win that one. We have a large contingent of people happy about the pick, but we are only a school of 12k...many of whom seem to be liberal from some unknown reason. I, for one, am ecstatic about the pick.

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                      • #12
                        Re: My thoughts (I'm sure BYU fans will "love" this)

                        Originally posted by clenz View Post
                        but we are only a school of 12k...many of whom seem to be liberal from some unknown reason. I, for one, am ecstatic about the pick.
                        Generally, the younger you are, the more liberal you are. Most only become more conservative when things happen like kids showing up and having property (and kids) to protect from crime.
                        Show me a young conservative and I'll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you a man without a brain.
                        -Winston Churchill


                        BTW - Spend a couple of days in SFO some time, you will get a new appreciation for the work liberal. There is actually someone running against Nancy Pelosi for Congress because she sold out to George Bush.

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