Just Stay True To The Panthers.

[georgeW]

Re: Just Stay True To The Panthers.

Yep...I've gone by both Luther_Heggs and Roy Fleming...both Don Knotts characters.

"atta boy, Luther!"

[Panther/Statesman]

Re: Just Stay True To The Panthers.

I've been watching UNI football since I was a kid tagging along with my older brother to games at O.R. Latham. I attended the first game in the dome as a student, and have great memories of big games during those years. I was gone during most of the 80's but found UNI in even better shape when I came back and the Panthers a bigger presence than ever. How can you forget the ISU and KSU wins?

I've been fortunate enough to see the good and the bad, and helped my wife become a huge panther fan though she never attended. Our oldest daughter is a grad and our younger daughter is a junior there now. Whenever I walk the campus I'm surrounded by a flood of fantastic memories.

And the explosion of tailgating! Probably the most astonishing thing over the years. We made every home game this year, and the Iowa game where we came oh so close. And the great people we met while tailgating, I truly believe we have some of the best fans in football, bar none.

We're leaving the midwest for good next year, so we'll only have a smattering of games in person each year. The year had its ups and downs, but I wouldn't have missed it. The boys are in great hands with Coach Farley, and we are all very, very grateful to be a part of Panther nation!

[casbern]

Re: Just Stay True To The Panthers.

I'm terribly sad to see this season end so soon when it had so much potential in the beginning. I know that this group of guys had it in them to make it to Chatty, but maybe we all just were focusing too much on that fact. A great group of guys leaves us, but with an incredible future taking their spots.

It'll be a cold day in hell when I stop being a Panther fan. I look forward to next year, as well as the continued PN talk of things to come.