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  • #1

    Early thoughts...

    First off...Great win despite leaving at least 20 points on the field!!

    random thoughts...

    A win vs a tough MVC opponent with a young team is great!
    NDSU had a game under their belt while we made some early season mistakes.
    I like the way we swarmed to the ball on defense and it looks like we are extremely fast on both sides of the ball.
    Rennie is a freak! Gets positive yardage and is very elusive...holds the ball too long in the pocket tho and may end up taking more hits than he needs to..
    Not sure Carlos Anderson is a goal line back with his size...what an open field runner tho! WOW!!
    I think that we may be a year away from having a special year tho..just too much inexperience at key positions and not a lot of seniors. We did everything that we could to give this game away despite being at least 20 points better..(2 missed FGs and 2 fumbles on the 2 yd line going in)..

    All in all, we are in the "W" column and move on to next week..
    "Give a cheer Ho, the purple and the gold!!"
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  • #2
    Re: Early thoughts...

    Our lines are going to be badass. NDSU's were owned all night.
    TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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    • #3
      Re: Early thoughts...

      James Conley is a Freak Fast....

      Hallgren still sucks...

      Shame on the Offense for not putting this game away...awful
      "We're not an ordinary school," said Fort. "We have tradition. We have a good team year after year. We rebuild, and it doesn't matter who we have coming back."

      dti

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      • #4
        Re: Early thoughts...

        some sucky calls and non-calls by the officials (although I'm just going by what I saw from my seats, I haven't seen the tape yet).

        Rennie definitely has some skills, but he seemed too run-happy at times, and some of his throws were not on target.

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        • #5
          Re: Early thoughts...

          Rennie does not have a strong arm.
          TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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          • #6
            Re: Early thoughts...

            They said that about AE @ APp St

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            • #7
              Re: Early thoughts...

              James Conley had a great post game interview.

              When gary asked how do you feel playing OLB rushing the QB.....he said, "Farley said Ruffin is gone....we're gonna put athletes out there and get after it"

              Good Stuff!!!

              8 tackels....4 for a loss and 2.5 sacks....

              HUGE Game!!!
              "We're not an ordinary school," said Fort. "We have tradition. We have a good team year after year. We rebuild, and it doesn't matter who we have coming back."

              dti

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              • #8
                Re: Early thoughts...

                Just got from the game. Obviously, the game should have never come down to the last play but fumbles and field goal misses kept them in it. As a four year starter, there really isnt any excuse for Hallgren missing those. Rennie was good but our pass offense struggled. Good effort from the Bison who fought hard and didn't give up. Good to see our defense play well. Next week against SFA will be much more of a test and I don't think we can win just scoring 16 points. The Lumberjacks will be one of the toughest, if not best, offense we see all season.

                Last comment is the referees. The refs were absolutely atrocious in the 4th quarter. Both teams dont need that kind of refereeing. The push-off by the Bison receiver was so blatantly obvious, I dont think that ref would have made it out alive even he hadn't thrown the flag.

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                • #9
                  Re: Early thoughts...

                  From Bisonville:

                  "The line of scrimmage is key. I'll say it again. I have a hard time buying the notion that five new offensive line starters for UNI would be better than the Kansas experienced offensive line. Granted they had some young players starting for KU but the center last year was beat out and was riding the pine. A starter from last year was out for the year with a leg injury but he was listed as #2 on the depth chart midway through spring ball. You aren't going to take an All American tackle and second team all american center and fill those holes with guys just as good....especially when you have three other spots on the line to fill. Let's not even get started on the notion that they have someone better than James Ruffin waiting to play."


                  "there is going to be one huge mismatch in this contest, and one that is a close 2nd.

                  NDSU d-line vs. UNI o-line is going to be a complete mauling.

                  NDSU o-line vs UNI d-line is also going to be a mismatch.

                  Hard to win a football game when you cant control either line of scrimage...just sayin"


                  "We weren't replacing all-american talent with the freshman, HUGE difference. I don't care what school you are, you don't replace that kind of a tackle and not see a dropoff. There is no way you can pull 5 starters off the offensive line that included all-american talent and expect it to be anywhere near as good as they previously were. NDSU matched up with their lines last year, i look for this year's trench war to be very unbalanced in favor of NDSU."

                  TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Early thoughts...

                    Originally posted by UNI Prof View Post
                    Rennie does not have a strong arm.
                    He threw a 65 yard bullet in the 1st half that overshot the receiver by about 5 yards.
                    Originally posted by TH1974
                    This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Early thoughts...

                      Originally posted by Kyle View Post
                      He threw a 65 yard bullet in the 1st half that overshot the receiver by about 5 yards.
                      Eh, you're right, but his passes to the left and right were really weak.
                      TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Early thoughts...

                        Its his first live game at this level. There has to be some nerves / adrenaline. Looking for improvement next week.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Early thoughts...

                          Originally posted by UNI Prof View Post
                          From Bisonville:

                          "The line of scrimmage is key. I'll say it again. I have a hard time buying the notion that five new offensive line starters for UNI would be better than the Kansas experienced offensive line. Granted they had some young players starting for KU but the center last year was beat out and was riding the pine. A starter from last year was out for the year with a leg injury but he was listed as #2 on the depth chart midway through spring ball. You aren't going to take an All American tackle and second team all american center and fill those holes with guys just as good....especially when you have three other spots on the line to fill. Let's not even get started on the notion that they have someone better than James Ruffin waiting to play."


                          "there is going to be one huge mismatch in this contest, and one that is a close 2nd.

                          NDSU d-line vs. UNI o-line is going to be a complete mauling.

                          NDSU o-line vs UNI d-line is also going to be a mismatch.

                          Hard to win a football game when you cant control either line of scrimage...just sayin"


                          "We weren't replacing all-american talent with the freshman, HUGE difference. I don't care what school you are, you don't replace that kind of a tackle and not see a dropoff. There is no way you can pull 5 starters off the offensive line that included all-american talent and expect it to be anywhere near as good as they previously were. NDSU matched up with their lines last year, i look for this year's trench war to be very unbalanced in favor of NDSU."

                          Great find! If we had someone like Lakebison I would tell him to re-post that over there.
                          Top ten UNI football plays from 2001-2011

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                          • #14
                            Re: Early thoughts...

                            I just can't comprehend how they thought their pathetic lines would be anywhere near as good as ours. I mean, I can see being confident in the outcome of the game, but bragging on their trenches makes zero sense.
                            TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Early thoughts...

                              need to work on the center-QB exchange, especially in shotgun. alot of those snaps were coming in low. can mess up timing.

                              Also, one of my pet peeves, the band needs to stop playing before there is only 8 seconds left on the play clock (or 4 seconds, in one instance)

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