Did They Leave It All On the Field?

[JayJ79]

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One of those literally hit our senior TE in the helmet... Or did I hear that wrong?

No, that was PG's second interception, that deflected off the helmet of a stumbling Mahaffey.


Of course, since it was PG, people put all the blame on him.
But evidently if it had been ZD, it wouldn't have been his fault, since it was on a deflection and all.

[Panther-Sheik]

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No, that was PG's second interception, that deflected off the helmet of a stumbling Mahaffey.


Of course, since it was PG, people put all the blame on him.
But evidently if it had been ZD, it wouldn't have been his fault, since it was on a deflection and all.

PG's 2nd pick was NOT his fault...actually one of quite a few poor receiver plays yesterday. I don't think people were blaming him for that one yesterday...and if they were then they are just wrong. Whether you like him or not, it really is too bad that is how his football career ends.

[Panther'73]

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If you weren't @ the game how can you comment on any player(s)? I was @ the game and the offense looked more like a team with ZD than PG. Diasappointed again in the play calling. Also disappointed in the bend don't break defense. Why doesn't UNI ever blitz the QB? Their QB had lots of time and eventually found an open receiver for a completion over and over. I felt bad for the defense - they gave the offense several opportunites that weren't capitalized on. Our QBs were scrambling all game.

[JayJ79]

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PG's 2nd pick was NOT his fault...actually one of quite a few poor receiver plays yesterday. I don't think people were blaming him for that one yesterday...and if they were then they are just wrong. Whether you like him or not, it really is too bad that is how his football career ends.

That's what I thought when I saw it. But at the time when I said that, there were numerous people that were going on about how it was all Pat's fault.

[BCPanther]

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ZD looked much better to me as well. I just don't know what happened to PG's mechanics as the year went on. He keeps throwing off his back foot and not stepping into throws, causing them to sail...

[JayJ79]

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If you weren't @ the game how can you comment on any player(s)?

I dunno, there are tons of people who make whole careers over commenting on / analyzing players from games that they weren't at.

While perhaps not the full picture, a person can get some analysis from the video feed (and radio PBP).

[Big_Al]

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No, people who expect a W every game are people who have lived, breathed, sweat, and blead for a team they want to see win. Our coaching staff, not our head coach, but our coaching staff needs shaken up a little bit. Big Al, go have another hug and juicebox.

Jeg, there's a difference between you and me -- you've earned the right to demand more because, as you say, you lived, breathed, sweat and bled for the team. Your position is fairly unique. I would venture that there are many more people like me on this board than you, so most of the *****ing and whining about a 7-4 season is coming from spoiled fans with a false sense of entitlement. With all due respect, they're the ones in need of hugs and juiceboxes.

Farley's record since he got hired as HC is 81-30, including 5 runs into the playoffs including 3 semi-final appearances and 1 NC game appearance. That's pretty damn good and he has earned the right to make his own decisions on the staff because of it.

I know talking about Iowa rankles some people on this board, but they were in a much worse spot and people were calling for the heads of Norm Parker and Ken O'Keefe because they "can't get it done". Of course, Ferentz would have none of it and it's been a while since I've heard anyone calling for their heads. Winning will do that, though.

If Farley decides there needs to be changes, fine -- as long as he's doing it because he thinks it's best for the program and not because of pressure from the AD or from disgruntled fans. Those are, quite frankly, some of the last people who should have input on a coaches staffing choices.

[D Panther]

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Over the years the one that Farley has done with his backup quartebacks when they do get into a game for mop up duty, they line up in the I and hand the ball off. They are not given a chance to through the ball or run the gameplanned offence. this was the case with Grace when he was the backup as well as Davis. So when situations arise like yesterday, the back up is not going to be sharp. When Hayden Fry was still coaching he took a lot of heat over the years for letting his back run the same offence his starter did and were still throwing the ball. His explanation was that the backups work just as hard as the starters each week and deserved the oppertunity to play what they practiced. It would not be fair to them to tell them to try not to score. It is the responsibility of the other to stop them.

[Chitown Panther]

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The Power of Turnovers or lack of execution. The season should have never come down to this game but it obviously did. The coaches had plenty of opportunities to make changes and never did. 2 Pick 6's this year. I'm completely blown away that ISU beat us with 1 offensive TD and it came with .6 seconds left.

Has the #1 scoring Defense EVER missed the playoff field of 16???

Big Al, you may think the fans are spoiled but you to understand the frustration. This was clearly UNI's best team ever in regards to talent.

[JayJ79]

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The Power of Turnovers or lack of execution. The season should have never come down to this game but it obviously did. The coaches had plenty of opportunities to make changes and never did. 2 Pick 6's this year. I'm completely blown away that ISU beat us with 1 offensive TD and it came with .6 seconds left.

Has the #1 scoring Defense EVER missed the playoff field of 16???

Big Al, you may think the fans are spoiled but you to understand the frustration. This was clearly UNI's best team ever in regards to talent.

Talent isn't really talent when it isn't executed.
Real football talent requires quite a bit of smarts too.
Not calling anyone on the team in particular out or anything, I'm just talking generalities.

And in most stat books, "scoring defense" considers ALL points scored against the team, whether they happened whether the actual defensive unit was on the field or whether the other team scored while your offense or special teams was on the field. And by those stats, UNI is 4th in scoring defense at 13.18 points allowed per game, behind Villanova and Elon (12.91 each), and well behind Penn (9.50).

[TravelingPanther]

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He kind of kept harping on saying certain decions they shouldn't have made and he wishes they could have them back. I kind of got the impression he was pissed about his D in the last series, and was pissed a bit at the offensive playcalling today.

The defensive play, or the defensive play calling in the last series? I thought they executed very well on the last series. On the TD the defenders swipe was about a tenth of a second late. The QB made a rediculous throw and the WR made a rediculous catch.

[TravelingPanther]

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If you weren't @ the game how can you comment on any player(s)? I was @ the game and the offense looked more like a team with ZD than PG. Diasappointed again in the play calling. Also disappointed in the bend don't break defense. Why doesn't UNI ever blitz the QB? Their QB had lots of time and eventually found an open receiver for a completion over and over. I felt bad for the defense - they gave the offense several opportunites that weren't capitalized on. Our QBs were scrambling all game.

This.

[JayJ79]

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The defensive play, or the defensive play calling in the last series? I thought they executed very well on the last series. On the TD the defenders swipe was about a tenth of a second late. The QB made a rediculous throw and the WR made a rediculous catch.

wait, are you implying that there was actually another team on the field that affected the outcome of the game?!?!?

That's preposterous.
Everyone knows that the only factors that ever decide games is how WE play, and the occasional bad officiating.

[Chitown Panther]

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good points. i was just basing it off of last week's rankings....hadn't even looked at the stats for this week.

[06panther10]

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The defensive play, or the defensive play calling in the last series? I thought they executed very well on the last series. On the TD the defenders swipe was about a tenth of a second late. The QB made a rediculous throw and the WR made a rediculous catch.

You thought they executed well? If by execution, you mean watching the ISU recievers catch wide open balls for 30 yard gains, then you are right.

We sat back in our stupid zone, and watched them get to the 10 yard line in two plays. We needed to rush the freshman QB, hit him or hurry him into a sack or a mistake. Game over.

They drove 70 yards in a handful of plays in only 35 seconds. With a QB that has never played before..