Props to UNI

[YardTime]

I have to say I was quite impressed with your guys in the trenches on both sides of the ball. You guys are a very tough and physical team.

I hope Grace is fine. That kid took some big hits and kept coming back. He's gonna be a good one for you guys I believe. On one of the big hits in the 1st half, he stood in there with a LB bearing down on him and made the play before taking the hit. No one can question his guts. Hats off to him.

I tailgated before the game in the southwest corner of the parking lot west of the stadium and saw a few Panther fans walk by. I spoke to one group that had come up from Nebraska......so if you read this, hope you enjoyed your trip to Provo. It was good to see you guys. :-)

All in all.....I was very impressed with your team. I feel fortunate to walk away from that game with a win and reasonably healthy. I hope you guys are healthy as well. Best of luck with the rest of your schedule!

[Mountain Panther]

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Thanks Yardy. I hope the BYU/Utah game is televised in Denver...that will be a battle, based on the way things are shaping up for both teams this year!

[Bucko]

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I second Yardtime's comments.

1) Your fans are great. The ones I met were class acts
2) Sincerely hope that Grace is fine. That is one tough dude you got in there.
3) Before the game started, I turned to the people around me and said "My biggest fear is turnovers, from the video I have seen, UNI knows how to strip a ball". I was right, as always :-P. You guys know how to rip the ball out of a receivers hands better than most teams I have seen. BYU could learn something from you. I was completely impressed.
4) You are a helluva good team. You could knock out more than 1/2 of the MWC and most of the WAC with the way you guys played yesterday. You played tough, and you stayed in the game to the very end .. . many teams come to LES and get completely gassed by the 4th quarter, you guys are conditioned and ready to go.
5) You will have a great year, I am very impressed. I will be rooting for the panthers the rest of the season.
6) I would love to see more matchups with you guys.

Best of luck to you guys! Go Cougars, Go Panthers!!!

Bucko

[Missouri Cougar]

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Strong lines and a tough QB. I expect to see your guys contending for the title again this year.

[Bucko]

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Strong lines and a tough QB. I expect to see your guys contending for the title again this year.

Tough QB is understatement. I think it would take one of these to stop him, and he would still stand up afterwards.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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Thanks for the kind words Cougar fans.

It was a fun game to watch (especially the 3rd quarter for us UNI fans)!

Very impressive setting, and I hope you are right...I would love to see UNI contend for a national title again this year.

[clenz]

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Tough QB is understatement. I think it would take one of these to stop him, and he would still stand up afterwards.

This got a chuckle from me.

If BYU, and their fans, learned anything yesterday it would be:

1 - they really weren't bigger/faster/stronger/tougher than us...at least not as much as they thought the would be.

2- Some respect for a good FCS program. Nothing against EWU...but they aren't a UNI, and I think that was noticed yesterday

[Missouri Cougar]

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Hey, Clenz! I did notice one thing. UNI fans stick with football when they post. I didn't see much of the obnoxious, anti-mormon smack that dominates other boards. (Check Washington's board, for example.) You can be proud of that. Good luck this season.

[Mountain Panther]

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Hey, Clenz! I did notice one thing. UNI fans stick with football when they post. I didn't see much of the obnoxious, anti-mormon smack that dominates other boards. (Check Washington's board, for example.) You can be proud of that. Good luck this season.

It's very juvenile to go there (the Mormon aspect). Sorry to hear the UW fans are doing that.

[Bucko]

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I know some BYU fans did not respect you guys before the game, but a lot of us did. I honestly was a little worried that our team would overlook a very talented and strong team.

As far as the Mormon smack over on the UW site . . .that pretty much happens on all the PAC10 sites when we play them. It gets really old, and I dont even read any of the PAC10 sites because of it.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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Hey, Clenz! I did notice one thing. UNI fans stick with football when they post. I didn't see much of the obnoxious, anti-mormon smack that dominates other boards. (Check Washington's board, for example.) You can be proud of that. Good luck this season.

Well don't ever schedule Delaware. You can't get those guys off your message board soon enough!

[kccougar]

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After a long weekend, here are my props to UNI:

1. UNI has a well-coached OL. Fans here told us that, but it was demonstrated on the field Saturday. BYU didn't blitz much, but with the quality D-Line of the cougars, I expected more pressure than we saw.

2. #15 (Wright?) is a very good tackler. Not much got past him and if he got an arm on someone, they went down.

3. UNI's scheme to take away the run worked to a large degree.


Now for those who wondered if the BYU fans would be back after the game to eat crow, are you kidding? I called this one perfectly - I had to come back just to toot my own horn

What is it with the 17 points?

BYU - 42
UNI - 17

Look for BYU to try to jump out to an early lead. I don't say that to disparage the panthers. That's just based on the way BYU plays at home. I've read that several people expect a close first half with BYU pulling away late. I actually think it will be BYU with an early 2TD lead, and the 3rd quarter is where UNI can get back in it. That is the way the Cougar games usually go.
Glad to see fans excited about their team, and I'm looking forward to a good game.

Watch for the TE passes across the middle:

http://justanotherdumb.com/byu/2007/BYUvsAFA2007.wmv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP2xjkbX0g0

And this is where a lot of teams make their mistake against BYU. I don't know that any BYU fans would have trouble acknowledging the fact that BYU traditionally does not have the most gifted athletes at this position. Historically, BYU has had what is referred to in more politically correct circles as "possession receivers".

What you will find though (as Crimsonite points out), with an accurate and patient QB, and a good offensive line, those "possession receivers" that run crisp accurate routes and have good hands will eat a defense alive. It has been bread and butter for BYU for 25+ years.

Have a great season, UNI fans. I hope to see your team in that magical thing us FBS schools can only dream of - the playoffs.

[JCPanthers]

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After a long weekend, here are my props to UNI:

1. UNI has a well-coached OL. Fans here told us that, but it was demonstrated on the field Saturday. BYU didn't blitz much, but with the quality D-Line of the cougars, I expected more pressure than we saw.

2. #15 (Wright?) is a very good tackler. Not much got past him and if he got an arm on someone, they went down.

3. UNI's scheme to take away the run worked to a large degree.


Now for those who wondered if the BYU fans would be back after the game to eat crow, are you kidding? I called this one perfectly - I had to come back just to toot my own horn










Have a great season, UNI fans. I hope to see your team in that magical thing us FBS schools can only dream of - the playoffs.

You are fricking AWESOME!!!

and I'm being serious here.

[GrizFanStuckInUtah]

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Nice Job UNI. I hadn't been able to see you guys play in person until you came to Provo the other day. I'm gonna follow you guys and see how your season goes. I'll root for you unless you play the Griz in the playoffs this year

I think from what I saw in Provo, you guys should make some noise in FCS this year. Don't worry about the rankings yet, just win and you'll be fine. Hope all your players will be fine after that hard hitting game.

[SteinPizza]

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Hey, Clenz! I did notice one thing. UNI fans stick with football when they post. I didn't see much of the obnoxious, anti-mormon smack that dominates other boards. (Check Washington's board, for example.) You can be proud of that. Good luck this season.

That's too bad, and pretty stupid. The word "bigot" also comes to mind.

Panther-At-Arms is very correct above is stating that you should never schedule Delaware if you want to avoid assinine message board stupidity. Your worst fans didn't approach the level of Delaware's moronism.

That said, good luck this year. So far, it looks like you've got some "crack the BCS" competition from Fresno St (nice win over Rutgers). Others would say Utah as well, but I don't think Michigan is all that tough right now, as they're breaking in brand new schemes on O and D. If I'm Utah, I chalk up a win, and don't make the mistake of scheduling Michigan in the next few years.