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[06panther10]

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It does suck for Zach, it really does. But you gotta do what you gotta do, and judging from yesterday it appears the staff made the right choice.

[MarshallTucker]

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watching the tape of the broadcast, I'm pretty sure I see the ball coming out prior to him being down or breaking the plane. Sinkfield had recovered the ball at the back of the endzone, but I guess he must have been on the backline or something, hence the touchback call (which I don't agree with that rule)

The Register got a pretty good shot of that play, picture #6.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=D2&Dato=20100912&Kategori=SPORTS&Lopenr=9120801&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=1

[PantherChic]

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I liked the less conservative play calling with the lead at the end of the game. All too often we've had the ball and the lead with 3 minutes to go and we just run short routes, just try to eat away at the clock, but almost always it seems we get bitten bad. That loss to Richmond like that was heartbreaking. Now last night things looked gutsier. Nice change of pace for UNI fans.

Loved the way Rennie was out there - but scared to death he's going to get hurt! Seems to just go for it- which is good, but still...

Poor Billy - he's just not the same these days. Things have fallen off for him. Not sure if he can turn it around in time.

The crowd was an amazing surprise. Really didn't think it'd be like that for our first game - and on the day of that "other" game. Keep it up, Cedar Valley!!

Oh - and glad they played the fight song after each score and not that victory march

[unipantHER]

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How can you say Farley did a nice job lying to a young player about getting to play? Maybe is Davis played we wouldn't have left so many points on the field. Did you notice that the starting qb can't throw the ball? What game were you at?

[PantherChic]

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Oh - and Kyle Bernard. Wow!!!

[ubuntuCAT]

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How can you say Farley did a nice job lying to a young player about getting to play? Maybe is Davis played we wouldn't have left so many points on the field. Did you notice that the starting qb can't throw the ball? What game were you at?

What game were you at???? Rennie was far from perfect, but is a huge offensive threat. I never saw any reason to take him out of the game.

[unipantHER]

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Against a crappy defense!!! What is he going to do next week when he won't be able to run. Again, WHAT GAME WERE YOU AT?

[Chitown Panther]

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So lets say we RS Dawson. Anyword on Wellington? Seems like Carlos is very productive 20-20, but maybe Wellington from the 20 in. Seems pretty obvious when Strathman enters, we want to pound the ball.

[ubuntuCAT]

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Against a crappy defense!!! What is he going to do next week when he won't be able to run. Again, WHAT GAME WERE YOU AT?

quoted to look at after next week's game.

[jegbomb52]

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Rennie played great. Davis throws the ball better than Rennie, I am sure you will get everyone to admit that, Rennie just opens up too much stuff for this offense that Zack simply does not. I would suggest that Zack's family and friends stop reading Panthernation, at least threads that have to do with your son / friend. You are obviously upset by this situation and it happens to a lot of kids every year. Its just most noticable because there is only one quarterback. I am sure there is at least one senior lineman that got beat out and won't play, linebacker, etc...

Spanish, you are a douche, you have no idea what you are talking about. Good day.

[Born-a-Panther]

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I would suggest that Zack's family and friends stop reading Panthernation, at least threads that have to do with your son / friend. You are obviously upset by this situation and it happens to a lot of kids every year. Its just most noticable because there is only one quarterback. I am sure there is at least one senior lineman that got beat out and won't play, linebacker, etc...

Took the words out of my mouth.

[TravelingPanther]

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Against a crappy defense!!! What is he going to do next week when he won't be able to run. Again, WHAT GAME WERE YOU AT?

Did Zach like the cookies you baked him?

[95UNIGRAD]

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Just got back from my first game as a season-ticket holder.

Pro: I would say I was most impressed with the pass rush. It's been a long time since I went to a UNI game where we got after the QB like that. Reminds me of when we had guys like Will Freeney and Casey Smith terrorizing QBs(yeah, I'm older) - but they almost seemed even more ferocious than that bunch last night. Great energy, great speed and quickness, and a little bit of nastiness and swagger - loved it. Also loved the way Carlos Anderson ran the ball; if Rennie learns to mix in a little passing effectively, we are going to be a hell of a dangerous offensive team; we have several guys who can make a move and rip off huge chunks of yardage on offense while getting to the second level of the defense.

Con: Wasn't happy with how often Rennie tucked the ball and ran and gave up on pass plays. Our offense seemed VERY one dimensional with all the QB draws in the later part of the 1st half/first part of the 2nd half. Hopefully he's going to get over that and settle down and make some plays on the run with his arm as well. Wasn't particularly pleased with our inability to finish anything inside the 20 or with the kicking game as well. That stuff can be fixed, but we've got too good an early schedule to take a lot of time figuring it out.

I'm happy with the win, but I hope the offense is more consistent next week!

[Blue42]

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Against a crappy defense!!! What is he going to do next week when he won't be able to run. Again, WHAT GAME WERE YOU AT?

Zach will plaly at some point this year. It may still up being a fairly even split in time.

As many hits as TR will take this year, Zach is always one snap from the field.

I do think Zach would do a better job of getting UNI's WR's involved in the game. And we've got some real big play potential at WR. But you'd also give up TR's ability to get chunks of easy yards with his legs.

I think it will be very interesting to see how the offense looks when Zach eventually gets some reps.

It could be equally effective but in a different manner.

Patience...it's a LONG season and we're one game in.

[Khan4Cats]

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Speed kills. We have an abundance of it in the skill positions and on defense.

Was really pleased with the defensive line play and the fact we didn't do a lot of subbing. Boothby was dominant in the middle with both speed and strength, Hadenfelt was a nice surprise on the end and Branch and Clark were both solid. Having the speed of Conley and Thompson off the edge also messed with the OL. Fort on Smith were rocks in the middle-LJ seemed everywhere.

They seemed to pick on Sonie a little, but the other D-backs were solid, looked like Canady maybe pulled something.

Like the speed option attack, want to see us establish a little but of between the tackles running but I think that will come as the line gains experience working together. If we can get the ball to our receivers with room to make a play-watch out, they have some explosiveness. Sinkfield is going to be sick.

Special teams looked solid with the exception of the missed FG's. Kick off coverage was good, punt coverage solid-as long as Bernard doesn't start out-kicking them. On PAT's/XP we got the block on the PAT and were close on both FG's. BJ Ray got a piece of one punt and came close on another. They were clearly scared of our kick return game as they didn't want to go close to Jared.