**North Dakota State** Game Thread

[tjbison]

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Why all the lumping of NDSU fans into the same league as internet trolls? just a question



but anyway I had a blast at the game, had some good jabs across the section to your fans and they threw some back, I walked out after a handshake and a good luck to a couple UNI fans. There were some that were a little wacked but hey it happens. had some beers after the game and talked with plenty on UNi fans all great people much like 99% of us.

Guys yes there was some "thug" action in yesterdays game Pat Paschall is a great kid that just got caught up in a tense moment, but you will have to take my word for it. That game had a serious Rival feel too! Maybe because old Conference mates rejoin for the first time back in Fargo? I love those types of games we have been missing that since UND stopped playing us. Both teams were guilty of stupid acts as far as classy well I do not like to see a player get hurt, and I have to say I was damn proud of our fans when nobody cheered as Pat Grace was on the ground yes it was loud when he was sacked but people realized right away he was down. anyways great game glad its a regular deal now.

oh yeah the refs were just terrible for both sides!!

[JBB]

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Thats a pretty good rundown Brad. Just what I saw too.

I counted:

5 dropped balls, 1 in the end zone and at least one good for first down yardage.

8 bad passes with 2 INTs.

At least 2 drives killed by penalty.

We just couldnt finish drives and get points. With the offensive day we had Im sure we left 2 TDs and the 2 FGs on the field, more than enough to win the game.

It was pretty much what I expected. The BISON did better on offense than I thought they would. I thought If we could hold them to 28 we would win, 35 and it would be close, 42 and we probably lose.

We should have won that game. 2 bad calls (phontom holding that brought back McNortons TD and the phantom pass interference that gave them a first down resulting in a TD) were back breakers as well. The refs have not been kind to NDSU this year.

Lots of folks are failing to see the forest for the trees. The trees are 5 losses. If you can get over that and take a neutral look at what we are seeing, you might see the core of a real good football team, just like Im seeing.

We are going to miss Mertens. We are going to lose a lot of offense to graduation, but we have some remarkable young players ready to step in. Or defense is getting better. Yesterday they looked very good at times. One or two more players and they could be dominating.

Im feeling good about The BISON and the future. Im feeling bad about the record, but anybody that didnt get thrill out of the football game yesterday missed a lot of drama and fun.

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I would suggest that with the football team UNI has the fans had better stop talking National Championship. I dont see it. Good team, yes, great team no. Your head coach was over the top with his assessment of how "special" the Panthers are this year. He says probably the best ever. I say if thats it your program has been down a lot.

You won the game a testament to your teams skill and ability but, the Panthers were outplayed and outgunned all day. Thats what NDSU is taking to the bank. The foundation of a national championship team is in place at NDSU right now and the pipeline is full of great players.

Good luck to your team. The Panthers are still in the running but from what I saw you are headed to a disappointing end. Next week might be the end of the dream. Good team but nothing special.

Thanks for the back and forth see you in Cedar Falls next year. The graciousness in victory the UNI fans are displaying is remarkable in its absence.

[Newsbreaker]

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I love Bison fans. I mean it, I hump them dry style till they love us love Bison fans.

"...your program has been down a lot."

We're the most successful program you've ever played, you've ever seen. To reach our level in this league, you'd have to win the conference. Every year. Until 2025.

"...outplayed and outgunned all day."

Except for on the scoreboard. Congrats on racking up a lot of useless yards. I'm sure that will make you all feel better in late-November and December when you're watching us on TV. In fact, if SDSU continues to improve, you might get used to that kind of Holiday season.

"The foundation of a national championship team is in place at NDSU right now and the pipeline is full of great players. "

This is like me saying I can recognize the foundation of being a world class physicist. I have no idea what it takes to be a world class physicist, I've never even been close to one. You're lucky you can spell "national championship" forget knowing what it takes to win one. Why don't you try and identify what it will take to be above .500 in league play before you start talking about what it might take to win a NC.

You guys really have had a bad run of luck. You got lucky, had once-in-a-generation talent for a year, thought that meant the same old D-II tricks would play at the DI level, and that winning here was going to be a given. Now you're finding out that was generational talent, and that the kids you're getting just aren't up to par. You have one very good player. Now you just need about 20 more. Good luck.

"Next week might be the end of the dream."

What don't you understand about FCS football? UNI could lose by 50 next week and the "dream" would be very attainable. Maybe when you're fighting Indiana State for last place, winning the league looks like "the dream." At UNI it's the "virtually automatic." A national championship is the dream, and one, two, even three losses doesn't foreclose that. Hell, we've been just inches away from a title with FOUR losses.

Then again, a conference title probably is a dream for you folks. It's pretty clear you don't know much about football, but you sure are loud about it. Well, the few thousand of you who actually show up are.

Well congrats. Enjoy your 500 meaningless yards and 12 months of continued irrelevancy. By your own admission, you're not even within 2 scores of an average team. That's a long way to climb, stupid bison.

[06panther10]

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I would suggest that with the football team UNI has the fans had better stop talking National Championship. I dont see it. Good team, yes, great team no. Your head coach was over the top with his assessment of how "special" the Panthers are this year. He says probably the best ever. I say if thats it your program has been down a lot.

You won the game a testament to your teams skill and ability but, the Panthers were outplayed and outgunned all day. Thats what NDSU is taking to the bank. The foundation of a national championship team is in place at NDSU right now and the pipeline is full of great players.

Good luck to your team. The Panthers are still in the running but from what I saw you are headed to a disappointing end. Next week might be the end of the dream. Good team but nothing special.

Thanks for the back and forth see you in Cedar Falls next year. The graciousness in victory the UNI fans are displaying is remarkable in its absence.

oh. my. god.



How bison fans, who are now 1-5, and have been owned by everybody since joining this conference can still manage to be condescending blows my freaking mind.

Seriously, GTFO. LOL at bison fans telling us how/what we need to win a national title. I honestly cannot remember the last time we played a game as poorly as we did yesterday, and that game was NEVER a doubt. NEVER.

Welcome to the bottom of the league NDSU. They sycamores have been waiting for a friend.

[JBB]

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We are already at your level. I wouldnt be talking national championship if I were in Cedar Falls. I dont think your team is good enough. NDSU was the first real challenge you had. Its obvious Iowa had a bad day. The dominance in the trenches your coach was talking up is somewhat tarnished now. NDSU was more physical and pushed your guys around all day. If NDSU racked up 500 plus whats a team like SIU going to do?

Put the BISON down all you want. What I saw was a Panther team that has some players, got the job done, but isnt that impressive.

The bar is nowhere near as high as you believe. NDSU has a better team now and its only going to get better.

Im not trying to take anything away from your win. You have a good team. Respect is earned. The Panthers earned some yesterday and left Fargo with a well earned victory. But if thats all it takes to be the best team in Panther history your program is well, average.

[Chitown Panther]

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We are already at your level. I wouldnt be talking national championship if I were in Cedar Falls. I dont think your team is good enough. NDSU was the first real challenge you had. Its obvious Iowa had a bad day. The dominance in the trenches your coach was talking up is somewhat tarnished now. NDSU was more physical and pushed your guys around all day. If NDSU racked up 500 plus whats a team like SIU going to do?

Put the BISON down all you want. What I saw was a Panther team that has some players, got the job done, but isnt that impressive.

The bar is nowhere near as high as you believe. NDSU has a better team now and its only going to get better.

Im not trying to take anything away from your win. You have a good team. Respect is earned. The Panthers earned some yesterday and left Fargo with a well earned victory. But if thats all it takes to be the best team in Panther history your program is well, average.

You are completely nutz. Check out the scores of UNI's past 3 losses, who they were against and where the games were played and what it took for UNI to lose those games.

What is your definition of a contender????

[06panther10]

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We are already at your level. I wouldnt be talking national championship if I were in Cedar Falls. I dont think your team is good enough. NDSU was the first real challenge you had. Its obvious Iowa had a bad day. The dominance in the trenches your coach was talking up is somewhat tarnished now. NDSU was more physical and pushed your guys around all day. If NDSU racked up 500 plus whats a team like SIU going to do?

Put the BISON down all you want. What I saw was a Panther team that has some players, got the job done, but isnt that impressive.

The bar is nowhere near as high as you believe. NDSU has a better team now and its only going to get better.

Im not trying to take anything away from your win. You have a good team. Respect is earned. The Panthers earned some yesterday and left Fargo with a well earned victory. But if thats all it takes to be the best team in Panther history your program is well, average.

You have NO CLUE. Your team was just crushed by a UNI team that played its "C" game.

[Pantherwoman]

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Think we are ranked nationally. That is the opinion of many outside of the Missouri Valley Conference.

[Cat80]

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NDSU AINT CLASSY?!


Your A-hole #75 flipped off the crowd numerous times.

your jackass bench players and lil mexican punk in the hat on backwards were constantly swearing.

your coaches would walk over and just laugh about it. THATS CLASS HUH!!!


NDSU pounded you guys, and put up 500+ yards. BE VERY LUCKY WE SELF-DESTRUCTED ON the 1 yard line and gave up a couple long plays.

Please. Mertens passed into coverage and the Bison had to settle for a field goal. Then the classy part occurred. The Bison fans booed their own team. Very nice, very frustrated, and still learning about the jump to FCS. Maybe take some lessons from down south? SDSU is doing well.

[JBB]

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It is what it is. You can run your team down all you want, C game, worst game of the year, etc etc. Sounds like booing to me. What actually happened is The Panthers got in a dogfight, were out-played by an emerging NDSU team that will be at the top of this 2 team conference next year. Its a two year streak for you guys. Yesterday we finally started to get the hang of it and gave the Panthers a physical beating and the stats show that. Not a good game to have before your epic battle with SIU next week. NDSU took a lot out of the Panthers yesterday. Knocked the stuffing out of them you might say.

Do you think there is going to be a lot of talk about how great the Panther defense is this week?

[Cat80]

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We are already at your level. I wouldnt be talking national championship if I were in Cedar Falls. I dont think your team is good enough. NDSU was the first real challenge you had. Its obvious Iowa had a bad day. The dominance in the trenches your coach was talking up is somewhat tarnished now. NDSU was more physical and pushed your guys around all day. If NDSU racked up 500 plus whats a team like SIU going to do?

Put the BISON down all you want. What I saw was a Panther team that has some players, got the job done, but isnt that impressive.

The bar is nowhere near as high as you believe. NDSU has a better team now and its only going to get better.

Im not trying to take anything away from your win. You have a good team. Respect is earned. The Panthers earned some yesterday and left Fargo with a well earned victory. But if thats all it takes to be the best team in Panther history your program is well, average.

Down by three touchdowns at home late in the game is not being at our level. UNI fans know how this game is played, we've being doing it for 24 years in the league. Nine titles and 5 shared in 24 years. We know that how good we think we are is irrelevant to others. You have had your way in your state for years and now you are stepping out a little wider and the going isn't all that great, is it? UNI constantly has to deal with Iowa and ISU and consistently get told we're never as good as they are even if we win a game or play well against them. You have neither played well nor defeated UNI in football. You are not at our level. It is not up to us to earn your respect, it is up to you to earn our respect.

[FargoBison]

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UNI is the best team we have played this season. You should win the conference but that game was in doubt into the fourth quarter. Both teams made plenty of mistakes and in the end the better team won.

You guys really have had a bad run of luck. You got lucky, had once-in-a-generation talent for a year, thought that meant the same old D-II tricks would play at the DI level, and that winning here was going to be a given. Now you're finding out that was generational talent, and that the kids you're getting just aren't up to par. You have one very good player. Now you just need about 20 more. Good luck.

About the only thing accurate about this statment is that we have had a bad run of luck. Very bad.

[06panther10]

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an emerging NDSU team that will be at the top of this 2 team conference next year. Its a two year streak for you guys.

Conference champions:

1985: Northern Iowa
1986: Eastern Illinois
1987: Northern Iowa
1988: Western Illinois
1989: Missouri State
1990: Missouri State & Northern Iowa
1991: Northern Iowa
1992: Northern Iowa
1993: Northern Iowa
1994: Northern Iowa
1995: Eastern Illinois & Northern Iowa
1996: Northern Iowa
1997: Western Illinois
1998: Western Illinois
1999: Illinois State
2000: Western Illinois
2001: Northern Iowa
2002: Western Illinois & Western Kentucky
2003: Northern Iowa & Southern Illinois
2004: Southern Illinois
2005: Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, & Youngstown State
2006: Youngstown State
2007: Northern Iowa
2008: Southern Illinois & Northern Iowa

But you are probably right. Its just a two year streak for us.

[JBB]

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The more I think aboutf yesterday the less respect you earned. A win cures a lot of things, but you continually put down the NDSU BISON but seem to forget you were pushed all over the field all day. Those are the kind of things that reverberate into the future. We are the new guys around here and are learning the ropes. Your team is good but the general opinion of the Panther fans is over inflated. Your bubble is going to burst because what I saw yesterday was a team fortunate to win against a superior, more physical football team. Any more talk about a national championship in Cedar Falls should be silenced for now. I believe Iowa must have had a bad day and you did what you should against the patsies that followed. Yesterday a lot of problems with your team were exposed by an emerging BISON Ball club.

Good luck the rest of the way. You are going to need it.

[TravelingPanther]

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Hilarious stuff in this thread. Bison fans also told us we weren't contenders last year after we beat them at home.

They also said, "wait until next year in Fargo".

Well, we waited, and it wasn't that interesting.

You realize part of the reason you had more yards is because you had poor field position, right?