MVFC Week 8

[panther-state]

So maybe it's because everyone was amped up for the SIU game or now we're focused on NDSU...but I noticed that we didn't have an "other scores" thread this week soo....here it is:

NDSU defeats SDSU 38-14 (no surprise there)

Youngstown St. beats St. Francis 49-23 (woo hoo)

Now things get interesting...

The Redbirds knock off the Sycamores 17-14 in the battle of ISU's. Gotta say I didn't expect that and the Ill. St. all of a sudden appears semi-relevant.

In another "shocker" the Bears gain their first MVFC win, since knocking off the Hairy Cows to end last season, with a 31-17 victory over WIU. Missouri St. had 350 yds of offense and forced 5 turnovers in the bottom-feeder bowl.

Discuss.

[achrist70]

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Illinois State is always a good team that can never quite put it together, but our trip there in November will be a tough one. Remember they gave the Bizon a good game, at Fargo Arena.

[JayJ79]

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There are no gimmes in this league, and the Panthers will have to focus one game/week at a time. Including the final week against the Redbirds, lest they have a repeat of two years ago.

but that's a ways off. gotta deal with the buffalo chips first.

[ilovecats]

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With ISUr winning, it puts them in playoff contention this year and 4 teams from the valley possibly making the playoffs. They have to win to 2 out of their next 3. Which could make our game with them that much more difficult as they could be playing to make the playoffs.

['70 Grad]

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NDSU defeats SDSU 38-14 (no surprise there)

Oh oh. That looks like a better score than ours against the rabbits.

[Khan4Cats]

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Oh oh. That looks like a better score than ours against the rabbits.

That's because we beat the stuffing out of the rabbits the week before.

[UNI Fight]

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Illinois State is always a good team that can never quite put it together, but our trip there in November will be a tough one. Remember they gave the Bizon a good game, at Fargo Arena.

Agreed. I was at the UNI-Illinois State game in Normal, Ill. in 2005. We lost 38-3 but went on to make the Nat'l Title game run. Illinois State always plays tough at home. They play tough football.

[Panther-Sheik]

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They also put the final death nail in our 2009 season, too. It was almost the beginning of the Zach Davis era and magical run to the National Championship (in my mind), but 1 minute turned into an eternity. That was a sucky drive home from Normal.

[06panther10]

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They also put the final death nail in our 2009 season, too. It was almost the beginning of the Zach Davis era and magical run to the National Championship (in my mind), but 1 minute turned into an eternity. That was a sucky drive home from Normal.

There will never be a more disappointing team than the one we had in 2009, IMO...

[dustj888]

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There will never be a more disappointing team than the one we had in 2009, IMO...

The way 2007 ended was very disappointing too. Thought that team should have won it all. Until the Flacco Fiasco

[Panther-Sheik]

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2009 was a disappointing team. 2007 was a disappointing end to a great season and a great team / class of seniors.

[Mountain Panther]

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The way 2007 ended was very disappointing too. Thought that team should have won it all. Until the Flacco Fiasco

While the 2007 team was better than 2008, 2008 was a better path to a NC. Stop Richmond on that last drive in 2008 and we would have beat Montana, IMO. Even if we had beat Flacco in 2007 we would have had to face a pretty unstoppable App State team.

Why do I even bring it up? It only depresses me.

[Born-a-Panther]

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Agreed. I was at the UNI-Illinois State game in Normal, Ill. in 2005. We lost 38-3 but went on to make the Nat'l Title game run. Illinois State always plays tough at home. They play tough football.

That game that year was the wake up call that we needed to get where we ended up. I was at that game, too. Brutal.

[jegbomb52]

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I think that was the week after we lost to SMS and lost Sanders for a week...

[JayJ79]

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I think that was the week after we lost to SMS and lost Sanders for a week...

Hill was the QB for that game. I think he did pass for over 200 yards, but was sacked 9 times and picked off once. Meanwhile, UNI couldn't get a running game going, and the defense gave up over 400 yards.