**North Dakota State** Game Thread

[Trapped in California]

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thanks to the Bison players for allowing us to win, as we all know, we can't beat them, they only beat themselves.

NDSU = Wichita St of FB

[06panther10]

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trapped, that is a perfect comparison.

[runtheoption]

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Thanks to those that made the trip up to Fargo. I hope those in attendance enjoyed the tailgating and the game atmosphere. I had a good time talking to the UNI fans that I ran into while tailgating. Pretty heated/chippy game on the field, with a lot of players on both teams making some poor choices.

Unlike some of the other NDSU posters, I fully expect UNI to make another deep run into the play-offs. Why? 2 words -- Pat Grace. I don't think I recall him throwing a bad ball yesterday. Then, he gets the stuffing knocked out of him, and is back in the game 3 or 4 plays plays later? Tough kid. For the record, one of the injured UNI players (I think it was Grace) got a standing O from the NDSU fans when being helped off the field.

Yep, we got a ways to go to become a play-off contender every year, but I think this may be the beginning (or rekindling) of a great rivalry.

[Mountain Panther]

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We had the longer field to be sure but you still couldnt stop us. The calls by the refs hurt NDSU. There was the phantom holding call that took back an early TD and there was the phantom pass interference call that sustained a drive for the Panthers resulting in a score. Otherwise your beat, but even if they were good calls, the margin is very thin and the difference between the teams in very small. They are equally matched.

Do you act this way after every loss? Starting to regret being happy about you guys coming into the conference.

[JayJ79]

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thanks, runtheoption.

For the record, I personally didn't have any problems with any of the NDSU fans that I interacted with in person. And I heard numerous "you guys played a great game" from people around Fargo that night as I was out and about in my UNI gear.

[Luckycat]

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Finally, an adult found his keyboard. Nice post.

[Kyle]

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Josh Mahoney tackling Pat Paschall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySZIO5disHE

[UNIFanSince1983]

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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.

Hmm I have some questions. You don't think that sometimes it is good for a team to have a bad game? One where weaknesses are exposed? Because with the good coaching staff we have I think that helps. They can see these weaknesses and work on fixing them for future games. It is good to have games like this where you are challenged so you know where your problems lie.

You keep talking about how we will need luck to beat SIU. Well they only beat you by 10 AT THEIR PLACE. We went to your place and beat you by 15. You guys racked up 514 yards on 83 plays. We put up 395 on 47 plays. That is 6.1 yards per play for you to 8.4 for us. How do you claim you dominated the game? How wouldn't our defense be winded after being on the field for 89 plays. Do not say it was because you dominated us. The telling factor is points and yards per play...

[runtheoption]

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thanks, runtheoption.

For the record, I personally didn't have any problems with any of the NDSU fans that I interacted with in person. And I heard numerous "you guys played a great game" from people around Fargo that night as I was out and about in my UNI gear.

What did you think of the tailgating? The UNI fan that traveled with my brother all the way from IL was very surprised and impressed with what he saw out in the lots.

See, we're not all bad. I hate it when 1% of a teams fanbase post stupid, ****ty posts on message boards and ruin it for the rest of the teams level-headed fans; they give the impression to other teams' fans that we are all douche bags.

As for the game itself, yes, our offense looked pretty strong and put up 500+ yards. Big effin deal. Even if we would have scored on some of those possessions when we were deep in UNI territory, it was pretty obvious that our D couldn't stop the UNI offense. Yes, our D had a few good series, but I am pretty sure Grace and Co. would have answered any more long, Bison scoring drives with a quick score.

By the way, what's with the 6'5", 225 lb guy in the secondary? Holy ****...from our 1st row, end zone seats, you could really see how much bigger he was than our receivers.

[UNIFanSince1983]

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Well actually one safety is Quentin Scott 6'5 224, and he was a linebacker last year and also won the MVC Long Jump title (who is the one I believe you are talking about). The other safety is Jamar Thompson 6'4 215, and was a starting linebacker last year. Both are just outstanding athletes.

[JayJ79]

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What did you think of the tailgating? The UNI fan that traveled with my brother all the way from IL was very surprised and impressed with what he saw out in the lots.

I'm not really much of a tailgater, so I can't really judge. I just thought it was cold. haha, I'm a wimp

[lakesbison]

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Yea. not fret JBB people.


I talk ****, but as capt cat and rob weiss can attest. I can talk **** face to face AND offer a shot and a beer!!

nice to meet you guys,

NOW, I HOPE ALL NDSU"S BAD LUCK IS SPENT THIS YEAR!

[runtheoption]

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Well actually one safety is Quentin Scott 6'5 224, and he was a linebacker last year and also won the MVC Long Jump title (who is the one I believe you are talking about). The other safety is Jamar Thompson 6'4 215, and was a starting linebacker last year. Both are just outstanding athletes.

Whichever one was #18. Did they cut a little weight when they moved from LB to safety? Not that they would need to -- one of our starting LB's is a 6'1", 200 lb true freshman. Just the opposite of what you guys had going on, as he is built more like a safety but playing LB instead.

[UNIFanSince1983]

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#18 is Quentin Scott. I do not believe either one of them cut weight, but they may have. Someone else may have better inside information on such things.

[TheMacHouse]

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run- it was damn cold outside but had a good time with NDSU fans I talked with before and after the game. There was some back and forth talk between the fans during the game but nothing real bad.

I think UNI could of played better but NDSU might of had something to do with that. Maybe having little competition the last few weeks hurt UNI and wasn't completely ready for some of the more physical play of NDSU since the last few teams were soft. Hopefully this woke the team up for the next few weeks.

PP is a very good runner and tough to bring down. Mertens looked better than last year but still made some bad passes. UNI's defense made the plays when they had to stop the Bison.