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  • #16
    Re: 4th and long

    I will be there loud and proud, but when we have drawn 6-8,000 for playoff games recently it just doesn't give me much hope...

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    • #17
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      Originally posted by Brett Crawford View Post
      First of all, I agree if we get to 8-3 we are in. We have too much tradition and a big building that looks really attractive for a first round bid. Take care of business and we are in, and hopefully we catch lightning in a bottle and make a big run!

      PR referenced attendance in his outstanding post. I hate to be a downer, but we better pray that ABC/ESPN doesn't select Iowa @ Ohio State for a primetime game on October 14. We are a 6:30 kick that night to accommodate PSN that night (After the Notre Dame game that day). The combination of the Iowa game plus being able to see us on TV means 4,000 people in the Dome that night...
      A big building that will get 8,500 for a first round game. Panthers are in major trouble.

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      • #18
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        Originally posted by MediaPanther View Post
        A big building that will get 8,500 for a first round game. Panthers are in major trouble.
        Its all about the bid, which will be much higher than that. The NCAA doesn't care, they are still getting their money...

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        • #19
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          Originally posted by Panther789 View Post
          Ok experts:

          What do we need to get in? Is it an absolute miracle at this point, or do we have a decent shot?

          I follow UNI football fairly closely (but less so than hoops), but I don't have a strong grasp of the at-large selection process.
          We need help. We want every bubble team to lose.

          I'll be there every week. Hope to see plenty of you there.
          Selling a lot of old UNI stuff here: http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=65762

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          • #20
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            I'll be there...


            but playoffs? I hate to go Jim Mora...but...playoffs?

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            • #21
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              I'll be there...but I hope to either see Grace dramatically improved or Davis at the helm.

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              • #22
                Re: 4th and long

                2005 folks... 2005.

                I can't count how many times I've relived that Illinois State game from that year in my mind in the last 24 hours. The circumstances are a little different this time. But there is still plenty to play for. Some of you were complaining a few weeks ago that this season wasn't very exciting. Well...




                Like PR always says...

                "Ya gotta believe."
                "...the Northern Iowa men's basketball team reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see. Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define."

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                • #23
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                  2005 controlled their destiny with a win against SIU.....This team does not....you don't make the playoffs on a good loss....2005 peaked at the right time..2009 peaked the first game and heard how great they were...no fight in this team

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                  • #24
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                    unless we end up in the position of Youngstown State's 2005 team.
                    (conference co-champs, didn't make the playoffs. except I really don't see how we'd manage to end up as conference co-champs this year, as that would require both SIU and SDSU to lose two conference games)

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                    • #25
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                      Originally posted by Alum 99' View Post
                      2005 controlled their destiny with a win against SIU.....This team does not....you don't make the playoffs on a good loss....2005 peaked at the right time..2009 peaked the first game and heard how great they were...no fight in this team
                      And we still can control whether or not we win the rest of our games. Farley said on the post-game that there's still hope. If he believes it, I choose to believe right along with him. He said he doesn't want to hear talk that it can't happen. I'll stick with Coach on this one.
                      "...the Northern Iowa men's basketball team reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see. Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define."

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                      • #26
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                        We still have a shot if we take care of business. However, our tradition may not be enough. We have never made the playoffs as an at large selection....NEVER. This team really needs to get their act in gear. It just seems like to me the last couple of games that Grace is only looking at one reciever and forcing all of his throws. We have always been a run dominate team and this year we just don't have the running game that we have had in years past. We try to build the team around the QB and he is forcing his throws and making mistakes. Don't get me wrong this is a team game and all 3 phases of the game have not played well the last couple of weeks. Hopefully the rest will help out and get this team back on the right track.
                        Coach Whisenhunt 1/18/09. "There was never any complaints about not being named the starter, all he wanted was an opportunity and he took advantage of it. Kurt is probably one of the greatest individuals you'll ever meet. Kurt worked hard on a lot of things that a lot of times older quarterbacks aren't willing to do. That's a credit to his humility and his competitive drive, and the reason that we are here today in great part is what Kurt Warner has done for us."

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                        • #27
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                          last year was an at-large selection, merk.
                          UNI FIGHT

                          Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
                          iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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                          • #28
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                            Originally posted by merkpanthers View Post
                            We still have a shot if we take care of business. However, our tradition may not be enough. We have never made the playoffs as an at large selection....NEVER.
                            Um...we got in as an at large selection last year.

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                            • #29
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                              Originally posted by merkpanthers View Post
                              We still have a shot if we take care of business. However, our tradition may not be enough. We have never made the playoffs as an at large selection....NEVER. This team really needs to get their act in gear. It just seems like to me the last couple of games that Grace is only looking at one reciever and forcing all of his throws. We have always been a run dominate team and this year we just don't have the running game that we have had in years past. We try to build the team around the QB and he is forcing his throws and making mistakes. Don't get me wrong this is a team game and all 3 phases of the game have not played well the last couple of weeks. Hopefully the rest will help out and get this team back on the right track.
                              I thought out defense has played outstanding, especially against SDSU, given the situations they were put in a lot of the time. To give up 24 points to a good SDSU offense with the field position they were given through turnovers and some bad punts. NOTE SILENT EARL I'M NOT ATTACKING ANY PLAYER FOR THE TURNOVERS OR BAD PUNTS, JUST MAKING OBSERVATIONS.


                              I also thought that our return game and kick coverage teams played decent the last two games. Kyle had some really bad punts yesterday, I don't know how footing with the field played into that at all, but also had some really dang good kicks.


                              We have gotten one at large selection, however, that came as conference co-champs who were ranked in the top 5 in the nation and had a 10-2 record. We don't have the resume we had last year. I'm praying for an at large, but not expecting it. They would rather take a 7-4 CAA team than an 8-3 MVFC team
                              Last edited by clenz; 10-25-2009, 06:49 PM.

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                              • #30
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                                Originally posted by 06panther10 View Post
                                last year was an at-large selection, merk.
                                As was 1985 (yes, we won the conference, but the Gateway did not yet have the AQ).

                                So we've gotten two at-large bids in our history

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