UNI at SUU Gamethread

[Big_Al]

Re: UNI at SUU Gamethread

When I moved to Utah back in '98 I was surprised at how, once you get out of the city, there ain't nothin' there. Cedar City has some great outdoor recreation opportunities but as far as nightlife, culture, etc...

[jegbomb52]

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What has been with you lately jeg??

I think there are three possibilities for who is coming (In no particular order)--

1. Texas State- SLC Champ. Fairly close in proximity, especially if they send CP to Montana.

2. Cal Poly- The loss to Wisky knocked them out of a seed and they do not draw well at all and will be sent on the road. I think they end up in Missoula, but we will see.

3. Weber State- Knocked out of a seed today and if the committee decided to keep a Western 'pod' this makes the most sense...

EDIT-- When I actually sat down and put a bracket together, Eastern Kentucky is who made the most sense... Richmond ended up being the other possibility. If they end up keeping CP, Weber, Montana, and TX St together and NDSU is the last at large over Liberty I ended up having to EKU and Richmond with UNI and SIU...

We do not match up well with New Hampshire. It is just the truth. We have not been playing extremely well lately, we walk over a terrible, terrible, SMS that had the ball so little they should have left us enough time to put up 70. We put up 28 against Indiana State, that is not good at all. We let SUU stay in a game with us that other elite teams have been beating by 30 points. I am not being a homer, I am trying to be realistic. SIU does match up well with N.H. and we match up well with Maine. Hopefully if the stars allign our match ups will put us in the semi's, not our talent.

[Mountain Panther]

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We do not match up well with New Hampshire. It is just the truth. We have not been playing extremely well lately, we walk over a terrible, terrible, SMS that had the ball so little they should have left us enough time to put up 70. We put up 28 against Indiana State, that is not good at all. We let SUU stay in a game with us that other elite teams have been beating by 30 points. I am not being a homer, I am trying to be realistic. SIU does match up well with N.H. and we match up well with Maine. Hopefully if the stars allign our match ups will put us in the semi's, not our talent.

You gotta agree with Jeg on this gang, we're in a slump. We got hot in the 2005 playoffs, we can do it again.

[BCPanther]

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I can see your side there...

We are not a good enough offensive team in current configuration and personnel to get into a high scoring game. We have to win games 28-24 and I am not sure we can do that against UNH. You are right on that one...

[Chitown Panther]

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I think we can score more points....we just don't want to for some reason.

Against WIU, Indie State and SUU....when its 2nd and 10 after failing miserable to run the ball to run out the clock...instead of running straight off the center again, run Herring deep or Collins over the middle...if not there, scramble, but stay inbounds.

I like running the football more than anyone, but the line this year isn't good enough to run out the clock with 8-9 men in the box blitzing like last year. Last year our o-line demoralized the front 7 so it didn't matter at the end of the game. This year....we have not done that....

[06panther10]

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I think we can score more points....we just don't want to for some reason.

Against WIU, Indie State and SUU....when its 2nd and 10 after failing miserable to run the ball to run out the clock...instead of running straight off the center again, run Herring deep or Collins over the middle...if not there, scramble, but stay inbounds.

I like running the football more than anyone, but the line this year isn't good enough to run out the clock with 8-9 men in the box blitzing like last year. Last year our o-line demoralized the front 7 so it didn't matter at the end of the game. This year....we have not done that....

Agreed. I think we can be way more explosive than we have been. Pat is a very dynamic player and having the versatility that he does gives us alot of options.

I agee also that we can't just run the ball every down like we could last year. This o-line has a ways to go before they can handle something like that.

[Cat80]

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When I moved to Utah back in '98 I was surprised at how, once you get out of the city, there ain't nothin' there. Cedar City has some great outdoor recreation opportunities but as far as nightlife, culture, etc...

Cedar City and St. George are near National Parks, so some of services make sense. Sometime I should drive there to get an idea of the distances involved. LV to SLC is further than Des Moines to St. Louis. The mountains are fine, but are desert mountains, not alpine mountains like in CO. At least with the altitude in Cedar City there's natural green vegetation. As LV is a little under 2000 ft high, not a lot of green that isn't managed. I wonder if the slipping, sliding, and turf clumps that came up during the game have something to do with natural turf at altitude?

Finally, not the most conversant people in Cedar City. The fans on the East side of the stadium didn't appear to want to get into too many conversations with the UNI fans. Their loss.

[Mountain Panther]

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I don't gotta agree with jeg on this. We have won 8 straight games. If that is a slump I hope we can keep the slump going for 4 more games.

We could have won most those games by much wider margins. Not Farleys style. It frustrates me too how early we call off the dogs when we are ahead, but also tells me we can do more if need to.

Too many 3 and outs against InSt. That's all I have to say.

[Big_Al]

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I wonder if the slipping, sliding, and turf clumps that came up during the game have something to do with natural turf at altitude?

No, not altitude so much as Utah is very arid. Keeping grass green takes a lot of work. Quite simply, there are no green lawns in the state without man-made irrigation of some sort. UT averages about 1/3 as much rain as IA.

[Panther-Sheik]

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I look for the offense to be opened up as much as necessary...no more "protecting" PG's knee etc. I think the schemes were much more conservative in recent weeks due to opponent and game situations. This is the playoffs and PG will be turned loose.

[Cat80]

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No, not altitude so much as Utah is very arid. Keeping grass green takes a lot of work. Quite simply, there are no green lawns in the state without man-made irrigation of some sort. UT averages about 1/3 as much rain as IA.

Thanks. It was an interesting contrast even in 175 miles and some altitude. Cedar City looked absolutely lush compared to the unmanaged areas around Las Vegas. Evidently even more moisture than that is needed for good turf.