Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

[06panther10]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

Honestly, I could not even tell where the student section was.

[06panther10]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

I was thinking from the pregame hype that this would be a playoff atmosphere type game...one problem....someone forgot to tell the WIU fans that there was a game today between two top ranked teams battling for first place in the Valley. Their crowd was absolutely pathetic.

I can't believe that their fans wouldn't get behind their team....I almost felt sorry for their football team to have to play in front of that half empty stadium. Unbelieveable.

Its not the fact that it was half empty that was the wort part. As if it is not bad enough they cannot even come close to filling the stadium for a top 12 team matchup, the worst part is that the people that came were rediculously silent the entire game. I have never seen anything like it. I went to a high school game the other night with probably 500 people there and they were way louder than the WIU crowd.

[oldcat]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

I was thinking from the pregame hype that this would be a playoff atmosphere type game...one problem....someone forgot to tell the WIU fans that there was a game today between two top ranked teams battling for first place in the Valley. Their crowd was absolutely pathetic.

I can't believe that their fans wouldn't get behind their team....I almost felt sorry for their football team to have to play in front of that half empty stadium. Unbelieveable.

I heard all week that they were going to have a record crowd. I kept waiting for it to show up!!!!

UNI just played outstanding. Both the offense and the defense did their jobs...................

The best play of the day for me was when we were going for the field goal and we called a timeout and then went for the TD.........that TD pass was a thing of beauty!

['70 Grad]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

I was doing some listening on the internet of the WIU broadcast (alot of static sometimes with Gary & Petey). They mentioned some stuff about the H.S. playoff game - the Macomb BOMBERS. Could some of the crowd have been there?

[JCPanthers]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

Or maybe it was the stench at the stadium....first, as you walked in, there was a petting zoo at the gate. Nothing like the smell of horse crap as you walk in the front gates.

Then during the game the wind must have been blowing the right way because the beautiful smell of Macomb's waste treatment center filled the air. I think Waste Management is a corporate sponsor of WIU......heck I think their volleyball arena is named the Waste Management Center or court or something.

[06panther10]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

One thing that I thought was rediculous (along with their basketball arena being called the waste management center, wtf?) is when they managed to actually get a first down, the announcer would say "and thats another First National Bank first down!". I mean, what the hell is that about? I was embarassed for them.

[joecooll6]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

I didn't hear a peep from the WIU fans all day on the radio, but I heard UNI fans all the time.

The one time I heard WIU fans was for a free pizza, according to Gary. That is sad

We deserved those pizzas too, unfortunately we wernt in the running. The cheerleaders were walking up and down and pointing at people and putting their hands to their ears to try to coax a yell out of someone so they could give away the pizza.

Also, Waste Management Center, gotta love that for an arena name.

Panther fans blew away the WIU fans yesterday, and we did it with class.

Great game and a great day to be a Panther!

[Panther-at-Arms]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

It was great to hear you guys chanting U-N-I after the game over the radio. Gary even stopped talking for a few seconds to take it in. Good work, PN!

[clenz]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

It was great to hear you guys chanting U-N-I after the game over the radio. Gary even stopped talking for a few seconds to take it in. Good work, PN!

One of the great moments of yesterday's radio broadcast.

[UNISuperSenior]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

UNI fight song with the football team after the game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi5TE7897jc

[Bison_Kent]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

Here are some photos from yesterday's game. Covering the game, I was hoping for a closer outcome. I will likely see the Panthers in the postseason--covering round one in the dome.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568407639zclcab

[JCPanthers]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

Here are some photos from yesterday's game. Covering the game, I was hoping for a closer outcome. I will likely see the Panthers in the postseason--covering round one in the dome.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568407639zclcab

Thanks for sharing....can I ask why you were covering the game? I mean with your user name as Bison Kent I figured you were a NDSU fan.

Also, check out the outstanding crowd in the back ground of some of the pictures. I still can't get over that.

[Trapped in California]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

Kent Schmidt from CSN

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

Here are some photos from yesterday's game. Covering the game, I was hoping for a closer outcome. I will likely see the Panthers in the postseason--covering round one in the dome.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/568407639zclcab

Were you wearing the YSU hat?

[oldcat]

Re: Western Illinois Game Thread - 11/1/2008

Then during the game the wind must have been blowing the right way because the beautiful smell of Macomb's waste treatment center filled the air. I think Waste Management is a corporate sponsor of WIU......heck I think their volleyball arena is named the Waste Management Center or court or something.

It was made from recycled material (materials). Mix it with clay and it makes a good brick!