QB Situation

[9YRPLAN]

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[Kyle]

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Did anyone catch Farley's comments on Rima's postgame? I heard he made some comments about "changes" needing to be made. Just wondering if he was alluding to personnel changes or tactical changes. Not trying to start rumors, just wanting info from someone who listened to the post game interview.

[Mudrafan]

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I've been critical of Grace going back to last year. In part due to how he is being used & in part to his being out of shape & finally his bad decisions in big games. It is now time to turn the page. UNI football does not miss the playoffs. That's where the bar is guys.

[run&blade]

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I can handle not making the playoffs but not when you have an offensive line giving the QB all day and a defense the likes of which UNI has never seen.

[MediaPanther]

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Listen up. There is no criticizing pat on this board. He will lead us to the promised land. And he promised me that he would be at ice lounge by 8.

You definitely can point a big, fat "I told you so" in my direction. I thought Pat could be like Sanders, but that's just not realistic. But since I'm also a Cubs fan, being realistic isn't one of my strong suits.

[Mudrafan]

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There are many differences between the two qb's. Shape vs out of shape is a big one, but the biggest difference may begin & end w/ character.

[Silent Earl]

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Did anyone catch Farley's comments on Rima's postgame? I heard he made some comments about "changes" needing to be made. Just wondering if he was alluding to personnel changes or tactical changes. Not trying to start rumors, just wanting info from someone who listened to the post game interview.

He was definitely talking about making personnel changes. He was particularly upset with the defense. They made SDSUs freshman QB look like Peyton Manning yesterday, letting him pass for over 3 times his average I think, we could not defend the pass at all.

He said they are going to be looking at everyone and rebuilding the team from the ground up. Whether that is just motivational talk or they will actually make changes who knows, I suspect there might be a couple new players starting. Presumably they have already evaluated all the players and are starting they ones they think are the best at each postion. For all the PG haters, I seriously doubt that is one of the positions where we see a change.

He also mentioned the flu having an impact on the team, he didn't want to use it as an excuse, but to even say anything it must be pretty bad. He said something about a couple players had to be transported to SDSU in a special van (ambulance?) or something like that. I don't think we'll ever hear the true story, but I suspect we've had a lot of players with severe flu the past two weeks. He did say he really wished we had had the bye week two weeks ago instead of now.

I predict we come back in two weeks looking like the Panthers of the first half of the season and crush our last 3 opponents. Who knows whether that will be enough to get a playoff spot. We will be ranked in the top 12 at the end of the year, maybe top 10, and it is a 16 team field. Farley also said he didn't want to hear any "we're out of it at 8-3" crap. He was quite adament about that.

[houndawg]

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He was definitely talking about making personnel changes. He was particularly upset with the defense. They made SDSUs freshman QB look like Peyton Manning yesterday, letting him pass for over 3 times his average I think, we could not defend the pass at all.

He said they are going to be looking at everyone and rebuilding the team from the ground up. Whether that is just motivational talk or they will actually make changes who knows, I suspect there might be a couple new players starting. Presumably they have already evaluated all the players and are starting they ones they think are the best at each postion. For all the PG haters, I seriously doubt that is one of the positions where we see a change.

He also mentioned the flu having an impact on the team, he didn't want to use it as an excuse, but to even say anything it must be pretty bad. He said something about a couple players had to be transported to SDSU in a special van (ambulance?) or something like that. I don't think we'll ever hear the true story, but I suspect we've had a lot of players with severe flu the past two weeks. He did say he really wished we had had the bye week two weeks ago instead of now.

I predict we come back in two weeks looking like the Panthers of the first half of the season and crush our last 3 opponents. Who knows whether that will be enough to get a playoff spot. We will be ranked in the top 12 at the end of the year, maybe top 10, and it is a 16 team field. Farley also said he didn't want to hear any "we're out of it at 8-3" crap. He was quite adament about that.

If you can do that and wind up 8-3, I think you have a shot, even without a signature win to speak of. You know that the committee would love to see a game in the dome, and if you look good your school may put in a bid. Watch out for YSU.

[Blue42]

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You definitely can point a big, fat "I told you so" in my direction. I thought Pat could be like Sanders, but that's just not realistic. But since I'm also a Cubs fan, being realistic isn't one of my strong suits.

Let's not forget. Sanders junior year was not exactly a thing of beauty.

Grace's career will be defined by what happens from this point forward.

If UNI loses again in the regular season, it will be a dissappointment. If they win out and make a playoff run then we'll judge it by that success.

[Blue42]

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He was definitely talking about making personnel changes. He was particularly upset with the defense. They made SDSUs freshman QB look like Peyton Manning yesterday, letting him pass for over 3 times his average I think, we could not defend the pass at all.

He said they are going to be looking at everyone and rebuilding the team from the ground up. Whether that is just motivational talk or they will actually make changes who knows, I suspect there might be a couple new players starting. Presumably they have already evaluated all the players and are starting they ones they think are the best at each postion. For all the PG haters, I seriously doubt that is one of the positions where we see a change.

He also mentioned the flu having an impact on the team, he didn't want to use it as an excuse, but to even say anything it must be pretty bad. He said something about a couple players had to be transported to SDSU in a special van (ambulance?) or something like that. I don't think we'll ever hear the true story, but I suspect we've had a lot of players with severe flu the past two weeks. He did say he really wished we had had the bye week two weeks ago instead of now.

I predict we come back in two weeks looking like the Panthers of the first half of the season and crush our last 3 opponents. Who knows whether that will be enough to get a playoff spot. We will be ranked in the top 12 at the end of the year, maybe top 10, and it is a 16 team field. Farley also said he didn't want to hear any "we're out of it at 8-3" crap. He was quite adament about that.

Interesting comments by coach.

Frankly I think we were outschemed on both sides of the ball yesterday.

Our play-calling seems determined to make the game harder than it needs to be. We could have run the ball on SDSU consistently but didn't seem willing to stick with it. And I mean running the ball primarily with our TAILBACKS who can break runs for 8, 10, 20 yard chunks and not 3 yards a carry.

[jegbomb52]

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At first I was concerned about both sides of the ball. Not so much anymore. Looking back at SDSU starting field position it is amazing that they only scored 24. Defense stepped up big to hold to 3 field goals whent he O put them in really bad spots.

[06panther10]

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quite frankly, I cannot figure out what the hell happened to our secondary. In the Iowa game, they made showed speed and closing ability that I havent seen in the defensive backfield for a long long time. Since then, they have looked the same, if not worse than the last two seasons when good QB's would simply cut us up in the secondary. We let a guy that SDSU hasn't even let throw the ball hardly this year rip us apart yesterday. Very dissapointing.

[06panther10]

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At first I was concerned about both sides of the ball. Not so much anymore. Looking back at SDSU starting field position it is amazing that they only scored 24. Defense stepped up big to hold to 3 field goals whent he O put them in really bad spots.

You are right about this. They have done that to the D two weeks in a row.

[BCPanther]

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Pat Grace must go...

[JimmyJack]

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We let a guy that SDSU hasn't even let throw the ball hardly this year rip us apart yesterday. Very dissapointing.

Maybe your secondary hasn't performed up to expectations. But I would also suggest that Thomas O'Brien is a pretty good QB. Your head coach seems to think so.

O'Brien's a RSFr who started his third game Saturday. He has thrown more often and more different routes in each game as he has gained experience. He's got a ton of talent and a very strong arm. We also have tall, senior WRs which might have exposed your secondary a bit. I expect to see a whole lot more 285+ yard games from him in the next three years.

Sorry to sound defensive, but for two years in the MVFC everybody's been saying they beat themselves or underperformed when we beat them. We're 11-2 in the conference in those two years with those two losses to the best two programs in the MVFC. Why does everybody beat themselves when they play us?