UNI cancels Commando Raid

[UNI Fight]

http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/SPORTS/709259911/1008/sports

Commando Raid: Leave Saturday at 2pm, play the game at SIU, win, come home Saturday night.

Now the team is leaving tonight instead of Saturday at 2p.m.

Probably a good call, a delay would've risked the whole game. But what do you call this new transportation method "Commando Raid" has such a good ring to it!

[JayJ79]

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Interesting article.
I just don't like this condescending line:

Now the Panthers will leave Friday night and stay in a hotel, just like the big boys do.

Just because you have a ridiculously high football budget doesn't make you any more of a "big boy" than those who have to watch their costs. Ugh.

I thought I remember hearing once that the Iowa football team got hotel rooms even for some home games. But that could have just been a rumor.

[panthertrack]

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Interesting article.
I just don't like this condescending line:



Just because you have a ridiculously high football budget doesn't make you any more of a "big boy" than those who have to watch their costs. Ugh.

I thought I remember hearing once that the Iowa football team got hotel rooms even for some home games. But that could have just been a rumor.

Iowa football stays in a hotel before home games in Cedar Rapids.

All Iowa sports do the same. I know the cross country team stayed in a hotel the night before regionals in 2005 when they were hosted by Iowa. It was supposed to promote the same attitude as a road trip and keep everyone focused.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Back in the Earl Bruce days, UNI used to stay in a hotel the night before a home game, too. I guess Bruce wanted them to be "big boys"

[SteinPizza]

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Here's the part of the article I don't get...the charter company couldn't leave earlier in the day to accomodate UNI??? UNI's writing the checks. If the charter company can't accomodate us, figuratively flip them the middle finger and find a new vendor who will. There are bound to be plenty of charter outfits who would love to have this business, unless UNI is bound by (probably BS filled) state procurement rules.

[Trapped in California]

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Where's the $$$ coming from? Just wondering? Those ticket change fees add up.

[GonzoCat]

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But what do you call this new transportation method "Commando Raid" has such a good ring to it!

Operation neutered dog.

I don't know what that has to do with the transportation, but it also has a nice ring to it.

[JayJ79]

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Commando raid?

is that like a panty raid, without the panties?

get it? (going commando...)

sorry, I'm too easily amused.

........

I am in no way suggesting our student athletes get involved in any sort of "panty raid".
With today's scrutiny, it would get played up into theft charges (some of those panties can be expensive), if not sexual assault charges.

[clenz]

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Registered sex offender list by the end of it.

[06panther10]

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I didn't really think leaving on saturday would have been a problem, but that was before I knew that they werent going to leave untill 2pm. What they hell were they thinking? Where they gonna ride on the plane with their pads on and jump right onto the field and kick off? I figured that they would leave early morning on saturdayl, but not leaving untill 2pm would put us at a serious disadvantage if you ask me. Luckily somebody figured that out and we can leave tonight instead.

[SteinPizza]

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I didn't really think leaving on saturday would have been a problem, but that was before I knew that they werent going to leave untill 2pm. What they hell were they thinking? Where they gonna ride on the plane with their pads on and jump right onto the field and kick off? I figured that they would leave early morning on saturdayl, but not leaving untill 2pm would put us at a serious disadvantage if you ask me. Luckily somebody figured that out and we can leave tonight instead.

Bingo! Like I said above, UNI writes the checks, UNI makes the rules. If the morons running the charter can't leave until 2:00, then get their asses out and find a company that's more accomodating.

[Newsbreaker]

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Bingo! Like I said above, UNI writes the checks, UNI makes the rules. If the morons running the charter can't leave until 2:00, then get their asses out and find a company that's more accomodating.

I don't think at this date in history that's the easiest thing in the world to do.

[SteinPizza]

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I don't think at this date in history that's the easiest thing in the world to do.

Seriously? There have to be plenty of charter companies who would love the business. Find one, and I don't care if it's Iowa based, or if the brother of the company's President works at UNI...whatever. Find one that's more flexible.

[Chitown Panther]

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Short's out of Waterloo...about has the market cornered...

http://www.shortstravel.com/shortstravel/index.cfm

[Durf73]

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After hearing Coach Farley talk about this trip I guess it has been a disaster for years including taping players on the tarmac as they arrived as well as dressing at the airport & guys still getting dressed as they kicked off. According to Farley it was the AD who suggested that they redo the charter flight & leave on Friday. So much for people thinking the AD wouldn't strongly support all programs on the UNI campus.