UNI vs. ISU

[Casey'sitsallgood]

Re: UNI vs. ISU

Why do they always try these fancy trick plays? Drives me absolutely crazy.

[Trapped in California]

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You think the DC has the call in this situation? Highly doubt it.

['70 Grad]

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Similar to the game in Iowa City two years ago. We score 4 times, they score 3 times - but theirs are more touchdowns, ours are more field goals.

[strike00]

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You think the DC has the call in this situation? Highly doubt it.

I realize that the DC is not Really the true DC in this coaching staff. Just tired of the same old stuff.

Other than being sick from losing a game we should have won, I really like this Panther team.

[heisman6183]

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Really hope there's no hangover next weekend at SFA. That's a tough trip, hope the players are done thinking about ISU.....right now.

['70 Grad]

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Behind late in the game, 1 or 0 time outs, having to go the length of the field (passing) is not a good situation for this team (unless Sanders has some eligibility left). The fact that we even did it once was amazing. Can't get in that kind of situation.

I was afraid of maybe needing points from our new kicker. Turns out we could have used more from the punts & kickoffs.

[UNIMIS2001]

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I am mad, but happy to know that we will have a great season whereas ISU will be lucky to win a 3 games.

GO PANTHERS!

[UNIMIS2001]

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Behind late in the game, 1 or 0 time outs, having to go the length of the field (passing) is not a good situation for this team (unless Sanders has some eligibility left). The fact that we even did it once was amazing. Can't get in that kind of situation.

I was afraid of maybe needing points from our new kicker. Turns out we could have used more from the punts & kickoffs.

Our kickoffs blew.

[ronfitch]

Re: UNI vs. ISU

What a tough loss... Dominated if not for a couple of scramble plays... Looking forward to a great season though. The lines look tough!!!

I was listening to the ISU radio feed for most of the game. Even the home announcers had a hard time complimenting the ISU team. At one point in the second half (after the 4th-and-ten scramble that ended up being an ISU TD on a long pass), the sideline reported said something about the ISU o-line being the worst o-line he has ever seen. Those forced scrambles were ISU's only real offensive sparks in the second half.

UIN's kicking game in the second half - particularly the last two punts and the KO after the Rennie-to-Johnson TD in the fourth quarter gave ISU short fields for the offense. Very short kicks.

[Mudrafan]

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Our lack of killer instinct on offense & lack of Rennie being able to throw in the pocket is what beat us. The defense was tremendous tonight.

[CincyPanther88]

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I realize that the DC is not Really the true DC in this coaching staff. Just tired of the same old stuff.

I am too. I've seen it way too many times.

Other than being sick from losing a game we should have won, I really like this Panther team.

Jury's still out for me. If we go against an offense that can throw the ball, we're in trouble.

[Casey'sitsallgood]

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Penalties. Ugh.

[Trapped in California]

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Rennie's arm is definitely tested more than 15-20 yards. His touch did show up in the second half, touch still not fantastic. I hope he is able to settle down and get his throwing motion down. Didn't see much throwing (thank you neu lion), so its hard to see how much Rennie improved his technique in the off season.

Good news is there were times in the second half he I saw him think about running, but stuck with the pass. Overall, his decision making was vastly improved.

OL & DL were great.

Kick off and punting were weak

[ubuntuCAT]

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Kick off and punting were weak

This hurt big time IMO

[strike00]

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Punting
ISU 5 punts for 256 yards, 51.2 Average
UNI 7 punts for 246 yards, 35.1 Average

ouch.