17,190 Highest attendance ever!

[jegbomb52]

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We won't top 14,000 the rest of the year. Once again, we had momentum in our hands. We finally get the people in the door, and lay an egg. Poor play in front of our biggest crowd ever combined with 7-0 Iowa and 4-3 ISU, forget about it. We won't sniff it again this year.

[UNIAlum95]

Re: 17,190 Highest attendance ever!

We won't top 14,000 the rest of the year. Once again, we had momentum in our hands. We finally get the people in the door, and lay an egg. Poor play in front of our biggest crowd ever combined with 7-0 Iowa and 4-3 ISU, forget about it. We won't sniff it again this year.

Unfortunately you are right. 14K would be our best possible turn out.

[BCPanther]

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That first round playoff game is going to have one of those sweet crowds of about 7,000... Real Intimidating...

[jegbomb52]

Re: 17,190 Highest attendance ever!

That first round playoff game is going to have one of those sweet crowds of about 7,000... Real Intimidating...

Playoffs? Playoffs? Your talking Playoffs?

[BCPanther]

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I am. I think we still get in and the size of our building gets us that first round home game...

[Big_Al]

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I am. I think we still get in and the size of our building gets us that first round home game...

Our building and our bid means UNI will play at home unless it's against a seeded team. I also think it's likely that all MVFC playoff contender will be in the same side of the bracket and that it goes through Montana.

[JayJ79]

Re: 17,190 Highest attendance ever!

Playoffs? Playoffs? Your talking Playoffs?

I am. I think we still get in and the size of our building gets us that first round home game...

I get to "play" at home because of the size of my...
oh wait, this is a family-friendly board. nevermind.

[FOTY]

Re: 17,190 Highest attendance ever!

We won't top 14,000 the rest of the year. Once again, we had momentum in our hands. We finally get the people in the door, and lay an egg. Poor play in front of our biggest crowd ever combined with 7-0 Iowa and 4-3 ISU, forget about it. We won't sniff it again this year.

This from the same person who told us we would not once sell out this year because we lost to Iowa. Huh.

http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?p=184341#post184341

You are probably right this time, but I really hope that you can eat crow...

[ronfitch]

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People always complain that the dome isn't loud. I don't think they have any idea how loud it is, particularly on the floor. The crowd in my section was the best I've ever seen. Most of us were standing most of the second half, not just on third downs.

I've been to UCLA games in the Rose Bowl - the sound of 80k+ in an open air stadium does not compare to 15k+ in the UNI-Dome. We were in the east side, north endzone lower section and same for us ... people standing most of the game, lots of noise.

It takes a lot out of the crowd when the team has about 25 chances to score from inside the 10 yard line and can't get it done for whatever reason, but the crowd did it's job yesterday very well.

Tough to keep a crowd going with some of the play calling and execution on the field by the Panthers. SIU has a great defense but some of UNI's play calls and Grace's choice of targets made this one difficult to win.

Derrick Law made some great runs when needed and Quentin Scott impressed on defense.

[jegbomb52]

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This from the same person who told us we would not once sell out this year because we lost to Iowa. Huh.

http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?p=184341#post184341

You are probably right this time, but I really hope that you can eat crow...

Crow I will not eat. It took only the stupidity of our athletic department to schedule our biggest rival on our biggest day to make it happen. (something that should never happen).

You missed the point of my post back after the Iowa game. The point was not necassarily that we wouldn't sell out (which I did say I admit) but that we missed an opportunity for continued sell outs with the loss.

Seriously, a fellow fan asking another fan to eat crow on their own message board? Weak.

I have had to eat crow before, last basketball season I ate a lot of it. Remember when that DB came here saying that EP was going to be drafted and I told him he was wrong for like a month straight? The EP didn't get drafted, I asked for no crow. See you FOTY, thanks for your insight into this thread.

[TravelingPanther]

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Our building and our bid means UNI will play at home unless it's against a seeded team. I also think it's likely that all MVFC playoff contender will be in the same side of the bracket and that it goes through Montana.

Why does everyone keep saying this? Just last year we were the opposite side of Montana.

[Panther-Sheik]

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I think the high attendance worked to our detriment this weekend...or at least all the hype of this game. The "poor" play by Grace and some of the others was the result of trying too hard and being too jacked up...not the result of not being ready to play. Tough one to swallow, but hopefully it will better prepare them for a solid run to the end.

[Luckycat]

Re: 17,190 Highest attendance ever!

I think the high attendance worked to our detriment this weekend...or at least all the hype of this game. The "poor" play by Grace and some of the others was the result of trying too hard and being too jacked up...not the result of not being ready to play. Tough one to swallow, but hopefully it will better prepare them for a solid run to the end.

WOW, there are really some strange theories posted on this board.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Call it what you want, but when a QB is throwing high and long it usually means they are too jacked up. Some of the guys played tight and that comes from having a full house on the biggest day of the year and wanting to impress. None of them wanted to lose...or play poorly on that stage. It happens. Move on.

[TH1974]

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That *is* ridiculous.

Too few fans = bad. Too many fans = worse?