Missouri State

[06panther10]

This, all of the sudden, has turned into a huge game. If we can find some of the same magic that we had last week to somehow scratch and claw our way to another W, we might just be right back in the playoff picture.

MSU is a pretty good team this year, and they are coming off of a nice road win @ SIU.

[pantherclaw]

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Me, MRs. Pantherclaw and my brother and sister will be loud and proud in Springfield this weekend. BIG BIG game.

[achrist70]

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I just don't see a 7-5 team making the playoffs, never know though

[Cat80]

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This is a huge game, regardless of playoffs. Anyone can buy in, be energetic, and fired up when competing for a conference/national championship. UNI has found itself in a position two years in a row that most programs find themselves in year after year. If Saturday is an indication, the Panthers should have a good shot at the Bears this week.

[Trapped in California]

I just don't see a 7-5 team making the playoffs, never know though

There are 8more slots available than just a couple years ago. Getting to 7-5 would be quite a comeback story for a team that has suffered through as many injuries as UNI has this year.

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[JayJ79]

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I just don't see a 7-5 team making the playoffs

good thing you're not on the selection committee.

[GonzoCat]

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I just don't see a 7-5 team making the playoffs, never know though

I can see a 7-5 team making the playoffs, I just can't see it being UNI. If there is another 7-5 team in the country with a better resume than UNI someone would have to prove it to me though.

If not for changing the rules UNI would be 7-2-3 or 8.5-3.5. That would look a lot better.

Speaking of rule changes I would like to see a change where if the offense is inside their own 3 yard line and they get penalized, the defense has the option of taking loss of down or half the distance. Yesterday when YSU got penalized from the 6 inch line to the 3 inch line it really wasn't much of a penalty. No incentive not to just keep making illegal plays in that situation and hope you don't get caught on some of them.

[95UNIGRAD]

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I can see a 7-5 team making the playoffs, I just can't see it being UNI. If there is another 7-5 team in the country with a better resume than UNI someone would have to prove it to me though.

If not for changing the rules UNI would be 7-2-3 or 8.5-3.5. That would look a lot better.

Speaking of rule changes I would like to see a change where if the offense is inside their own 3 yard line and they get penalized, the defense has the option of taking loss of down or half the distance. Yesterday when YSU got penalized from the 6 inch line to the 3 inch line it really wasn't much of a penalty. No incentive not to just keep making illegal plays in that situation and hope you don't get caught on some of them.

Totally agree - could see that extending to the other side of the ball as well; if a team has a first and goal at the 1 or 2 yard line and tries to throw, why not just tackle the receiver if you're the defensive player and remotely get beat? Better to give up 1/2 or 1 yard instead of a TD. Needs to be more of a penalty in those situations, to be sure.

[JayJ79]

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Totally agree - could see that extending to the other side of the ball as well; if a team has a first and goal at the 1 or 2 yard line and tries to throw, why not just tackle the receiver if you're the defensive player and remotely get beat? Better to give up 1/2 or 1 yard instead of a TD. Needs to be more of a penalty in those situations, to be sure.

not really any more that can be done in that situation, other than awarding the touchdown, which would only encourage receivers to try and draw contact.

that's part of the reason why most all of those penalties give automatic first downs

[catsize]

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good thing you're not on the selection committee.

Wish Dannen being on the committee would help us, don't know that it will unless he can talk us up enough during the social times. Do they even get together somewhere or is it done all via teleconference?

[northwest iowa panther]

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good thing you're not on the selection committee.

Isn't Dannen?

[JayJ79]

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looks like MSU is doing a half-price promotion for the football game.
ticket prices ranging from $10 (chairback) to $5 (bleachers)

[JayJ79]

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people say that UNI fans talking about the possibility of playoffs are delusional....
there are some in the Missouri State camp who think that they can get in (best they can finish is 6-6, and even MSU, NDSU, and YSU ended up as conference co-champs at 6-2, the Bison would still hold the tiebreak for the AQ)

[panther-state]

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The thing that will hurt Missouri State is that they have some "bad" non-conference losses for someone trying to build a playoff resume. The 3 FCS teams they played are all very mediocre 5-5 or 4-5 in the Southland/OVC. They also played one of the easier schedules in the MVFC as they did not play YSU this year. The only person with it easier I imagine would be whomever didn't play NDSU. Starting out so poorly in the non-con will be a killer for them. Just like in BB you need signature wins like our blowout of McNeese and the win over YSU last week. Perhaps even ISU as they were at least playing something close to football at that time, but the polish on that W has rubbed off a bit

[ubuntuCAT]

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Yeah I would say the thing we have going for us is 2 really good wins, an FBS win, and no bad losses (if we are able to win the last 2).