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[Griffitz]

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None of this matters. It's a "team" sport. You win or lose as a team not as an individual, and when it's all said and done I think most everyone want's the "team" to be successful.

Rational statements are unwelcome.

[96' Alum]

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It is really interesting how polarized this board is over the QB situation. I wonder if the team is as divided as the people on here are?

They have to make a decision, and stick with it. I get that Farley was concerned that Davis was going to leave, so he came up with this plan, but it doesn't work, and it will continue to backfire.

I am not a two QB guy, but even at that, I have never seen a situation where we run the second QB in off the sidelines in passing situations, and then return to the option QB in the same series. Other than in highschool games of course.....

[JayJ79]

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SIU switched between their running QB and their throwing QB a fair amount.
Can't recall if they changed it up in the same series, but I'm pretty sure they did.

[UNI Fight]

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It seems pretty obvious to me why/how we lost this game. We outgained them, had more first downs, but we were 9 for 23 passing with 3 interceptions! 3! And one was a pick 6. Zach Davis had 2 of them and I don't think he should get all the blame. Our coaching staff at some point needs to take the blame for this. It's hard to ask a QB to jump into the game cold when he's only getting half the snaps in practice. Likewise, it's hard for Rennie (who should remain our starter) to gain any confidence or experience passing the ball when he's only getting half the snaps too. This 50/50 crap isn't working. Make a decision and stick with it. We still have a shot at the playoffs let's please stop flip-flopping QB's. Indecision from the coaching staff is holding this team back from improving. We have the talent, make a decision develop it. And please no more cover 2 prevent when we have a late lead in a game. It's sickening to watch this team fight back so hard and then we let up on the QB pressure and give up a soft middle for them to chip away yards while we try not to let up a big play. I hope I never have to see a tape of that game again. Embarassing.

UNI SIU
FIRST DOWNS 21 18
Rushing 15 6
Passing 6 11
Penalty 0 1
NET YARDS RUSHING 325 85
Rushing Attempts 46 38
Average Per Rush 7.1 2.2
Rushing Touchdowns 3 2
Yards Gained Rushing 339 115
Yards Lost Rushing 14 30
NET YARDS PASSING 138 329
Completions-Attempts-Int 9-23-3 21-28-1
Average Per Attempt 6.0 11.8
Average Per Completion 15.3 15.7
Passing Touchdowns 2 3
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 463 414
Total offense plays 69 66
Average Gain Per Play 6.7 6.3
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0
Penalties: Number-Yards 9-75 5-51
PUNTS-YARDS 1-41 4-113
Average Yards Per Punt 41.0 28.2
Net Yards Per Punt 41.0 27.8
Inside 20 1 3
50+ Yards 0 0
Touchbacks 0 0
Fair catch 0 1
KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-456 7-395
Average Yards Per Kickoff 65.1 56.4
Net Yards Per Kickoff 41.3 39.1
Touchbacks 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-2-0 0-0-0
Average Per Return 2.0 0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 7-121-0 7-167-0
Average Per Return 17.3 23.9
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-4-0 3-41-1
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-26-0
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0
Possession Time 30:00 30:00
1st Quarter 6:44 8:16
2nd Quarter 6:41 8:19
3rd Quarter 8:51 6:09
4th Quarter 7:44 7:16
OT Quarter 0:00 0:00
Third-Down Conversions 7 of 12 7 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 4-4
Touchdowns 3-5 3-4
Field goals 1-5 1-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-16 2-9
PAT Kicks 5-5 6-6
Field Goals 1-2 1-1

[UNI Fight]

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SIU switched between their running QB and their throwing QB a fair amount.
Can't recall if they changed it up in the same series, but I'm pretty sure they did.

And I wouldn't say it was 100% successful for them either. If I remember correctly it kind of killed some their momentum and allowed us some defensive stops. It seemed and let us back into the game. That and our offense really kicked into gear in the 2nd half.

[UNIAlum95]

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Make a decision and stick with it.

This I agree with. Said it after last weeks game that one clearly out played the other and this week only confirms it.

[JayJ79]

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I would be surprised if the coaches didn't move to make Rennie the starter this week.
That being said, Rennie WILL get hurt again at some point in the season. It is inevitable with a running QB, so I would think it would make sense for Davis to still get some of the snaps in practice. Not 50/50, but maybe 80/20 or so.

[UNIAlum95]

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I would be surprised if the coaches didn't move to make Rennie the starter this week.
That being said, Rennie WILL get hurt again at some point in the season. It is inevitable with a running QB, so I would think it would make sense for Davis to still get some of the snaps in practice. Not 50/50, but maybe 80/20 or so.

Yep. No different than it was for Davis last year backing up Grace. Zach did a nice job when he had to play despite not taking 50% of the snaps in practice last year.

[williebat]

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Rennie Rennie Rennie

[Herdman]

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Watching the re-run of this game on FCS, UNI needs a change at QB.

[1988]

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Rennie Rennie Rennie

I have to support this as well.

[JayJ79]

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Farley didn't come out and say it, but at the media luncheon, his statements certainly implied that Rennie would be getting the nod.

[UNI83]

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I would be surprised if the coaches didn't move to make Rennie the starter this week.
That being said, Rennie WILL get hurt again at some point in the season. It is inevitable with a running QB, so I would think it would make sense for Davis to still get some of the snaps in practice. Not 50/50, but maybe 80/20 or so.

You can't say for sure he will get hurt because he runs?

Do you say that about WR or RB? Do you automatically assume because he takes the snap from center he is a giant wussy and can't take a hit down field? He doesn't take many hits that are direct hits, a lot of them are glancing. I would bet he takes less violent hits (minus when someone from NDSU or SFA jumps on his back grabs his face mask and tries to hog tie h60 yard yards downfield) during the course of a game than a pocket QB does on sacks and hurries.

[JayJ79]

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You can't say for sure he will get hurt because he runs?

Do you say that about WR or RB?

Yes. During the course of a season, any WR or RB that handles the ball on every play would eventually get hurt and have to sit out at least a series.

Do pocket passers get hurt too? sure. but not as frequently as running QBs do.

[UNI83]

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Yes. During the course of a season, any WR or RB that handles the ball on every play would eventually get hurt and have to sit out at least a series.

Do pocket passers get hurt too? sure. but not as frequently as running QBs do.

I'd like a stat to prove that one. Seriously I would.