Its a Panther State y'all...

[Panther/Statesman]

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Should be easy to post some links.

This is probably a major fan site faux paux, but its like I tell my students, that is my opinion based on a combination of readings and experience. As you know, you can find snippets in any source that seem to confirm or contradict any contention, it gets us no where. I would much rather hear "Mike you're out of your mind" than "please pull up somme peer reviewed articles to support your contention that the sun rises in the east"

This is discussion, not a dissertation. What is your contention?

[TH1974]

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This is probably a major fan site faux paux, but its like I tell my students, that is my opinion based on a combination of readings and experience. As you know, you can find snippets in any source that seem to confirm or contradict any contention, it gets us no where. I would much rather hear "Mike you're out of your mind" than "please pull up somme peer reviewed articles to support your contention that the sun rises in the east"

This is discussion, not a dissertation. What is your contention?

My contention is that the bias is not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Unfortunately, stupid people who don't actually read articles and view them objectively tend to run with the "The Media Hates Us!" flag and everyone starts to believe it's true.

It's no secret that I'm a Dual Fan, so I've also followed Iowa messageboards for a long time. Many, many posters on those sites are convinced that "The Media" is out to get the Hawkeyes. Iowa State fans are notorious for claiming persecution. Most of the time, it's not true with any of the schools.

Lots of people here accuse me of being anti-UNI and accuse me of running down UNI, etc. It's repeated over and over. I always ask posters who make those accusations to show me where I've posted anti-UNI comments here, and they never link any. There aren't any, so they tend to come back saying that I don't post enough positive UNI rah-rah stuff. That's all they have, but still everyone thinks I'm anti-UNI. I think it's the same thing with the dreaded media. People repeat this opinion that's become accepted as truth, but it's probably not.

[BryceC]

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It shouldn't be demoralizing because we're probably the best (and no worse than second best) OOC team they'll see this year, and we're better than at least one or two BIG XII opponents they'll face.

You just stated why its demoralizing. There are only about 3 or 4 teams left on the schedule around or worse than this uni team, and the panthers dominated that game at the point of attack. The other 2 noncon games feature teams with power running games and Tulsa is on the road.

I thought we would be looking at 5 wins and was hoping for another. Do you look at this Iowa State team and see more than 1 or 2 wins left on the schedule? The only game I see them being favored in is ku at home.

Rhoads has made hay by giving cyclone fans the feeling that they can win any game based on some of the upsets. However that has a pretty good chance at being eradicated because I see some severe beatdowns on this schedule.

It's not so much losing to uni, although that's not exactly what bums me out. It's the remaining outlook for the season.

[Panther-Sheik]

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... On defense, we have been okay in the past because of Knott and Klein filling holes...

Brackens stepped up like we needed ...

It was certainly not encouraging for ISU fans. Hopefully, they will be able to make some changes to turn it around...

Someday maybe the "we" will reference UNI. "We" would love to you as a UNI-first fan. I did notice it started to fade out towards the end of your post, as referenced above, so there's hope!

[Newsbreaker]

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This is probably a major fan site faux paux, but its like I tell my students, that is my opinion based on a combination of readings and experience. As you know, you can find snippets in any source that seem to confirm or contradict any contention, it gets us no where. I would much rather hear "Mike you're out of your mind" than "please pull up somme peer reviewed articles to support your contention that the sun rises in the east"

This is discussion, not a dissertation. What is your contention?

You tell your students you'd rather her unsubstantiated blather than something that has been researched and reviewed? Please tell me you teach second graders. Please.

[BryceC]

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One last thing. It wasn't that Iowa State lost. It's that we should have lost by 20. Won the turnover battle by 2 and both probably would have been points for uni. Iowa State scored on just a flat out broken coverage.

[caagman]

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My contention is that the bias is not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Unfortunately, stupid people who don't actually read articles and view them objectively tend to run with the "The Media Hates Us!" flag and everyone starts to believe it's true.

It's no secret that I'm a Dual Fan, so I've also followed Iowa messageboards for a long time. Many, many posters on those sites are convinced that "The Media" is out to get the Hawkeyes. Iowa State fans are notorious for claiming persecution. Most of the time, it's not true with any of the schools.

Lots of people here accuse me of being anti-UNI and accuse me of running down UNI, etc. It's repeated over and over. I always ask posters who make those accusations to show me where I've posted anti-UNI comments here, and they never link any. There aren't any, so they tend to come back saying that I don't post enough positive UNI rah-rah stuff. That's all they have, but still everyone thinks I'm anti-UNI. I think it's the same thing with the dreaded media. People repeat this opinion that's become accepted as truth, but it's probably not.

I would say it is more that the media is very pro-Iowa and even ISU. The attention UNI gets (if any) is mostly an afterthought. That is especially the case here in the Quad Cities. I remember watching the news after UNI beat Iowa (can't remember the year) and the sports anchor referred to us as the "Pesky Panthers". There is no love for UNI in the media and that is very discouraging and upsetting to UNI fans.

As for you being a hawk fan, to each his or her own. I personally feel that UNI needs as much support as we can get. I don't care if someone is a dual fan and you are welcome to cheer for whomever you want. I'm just glad you do support UNI.

[TH1974]

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If you take being referred to as "the pesky panthers" as a tragic insult, you're probably always going to be disappointed.

[GonzoCat]

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You know I've got a t-shirt around here somewhere that says something about it being a panther state. Might have to break that back out.

If we beat Drake we'll be 2-0 against instate DI teams. The best any other team would be able to go is Iowa at 1-0, and that's not all that likely. The mythical state championship looks pretty good right now.

[cydave]

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I am finally reading the message boards after taking a couple days off.
And here I am, eating my crow. David Johnson is a beast and will take UNI very far this year, assuming no injuries. ISU didn't just lose this game, we got owned in pretty much every aspect of the game. As I stood there and watched the game, I wasn't sure what was more surprising: How good UNI looked or how bad ISU looked. It is probably a mix of both.

Watching ISU try to tackle anybody and our Offense try to move the ball was like watching a train wreck. I'm afraid ISU is in for a long year, unless the coaches and players can pull off a miracle. It'll be interesting to see how well ISU responds to this loss when they play Iowa.

And you should be cheering for ISU in that game, because if ISU wins then you truly have a reason to say it's a "Panther State".

Good luck the rest of the season, especially against NDSU.

[Kyle]

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We all need to be clone fans for the rest of the season. It will only help us.

They had two weeks to prep for the annual game for last place in the state of Iowa. Good luck Paul Rhodes.

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QFT. It's in UNI's best interest for the clones to win a bunch of games this season, starting with the one against the Hawks in a couple weeks.

The combination of Iowa being down and our win against ISU = very high attendance at UNI games.

[UNIDebo]

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I am finally reading the message boards after taking a couple days off.
And here I am, eating my crow. David Johnson is a beast and will take UNI very far this year, assuming no injuries. ISU didn't just lose this game, we got owned in pretty much every aspect of the game. As I stood there and watched the game, I wasn't sure what was more surprising: How good UNI looked or how bad ISU looked. It is probably a mix of both.

Watching ISU try to tackle anybody and our Offense try to move the ball was like watching a train wreck. I'm afraid ISU is in for a long year, unless the coaches and players can pull off a miracle. It'll be interesting to see how well ISU responds to this loss when they play Iowa.

And you should be cheering for ISU in that game, because if ISU wins then you truly have a reason to say it's a "Panther State".

Good luck the rest of the season, especially against NDSU.

Hey at least you have to class to show back up along with a couple other cyclones.

At least your punter is better then UNIs! The rest I don't know man..... Your D looked like ours last year

[cydave]

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Hey at least you have to class to show back up along with a couple other cyclones.

At least your punter is better then UNIs! The rest I don't know man..... Your D looked like ours last year

Our punter even shanked one when we were backed up in our endzone. At that point, when our pre-season All-American punter, couldn't even punt I knew it wasn't good. SMH.

[06panther10]

ISU's punter got the loudest cheer during the pregame intros on the video board. It was at that point that I knew we had this game in the bag.

[UNIDebo]

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ISU's punter got the loudest cheer during the pregame intros on the video board. It was at that point that I knew we had this game in the bag.

LOL I noticed that too!