Interesting question

[95UNIGRAD]

If we win one of the three OT loss games, are we in the playoffs today? If we had pulled out the SDSU game, would we be in instead of them?

Doesn't matter at this point, but something to think about. Are we literally one missed FG from the playoffs this year?

[JayJ79]

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yes, we definitely would have been in at 8-4 with our Strength of Schedule.

[achrist70]

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The 2 games against the South Dakota schools are especially haunting. We missed a last second field goal that would have given a win against SDSU, and being up so much against SD to lose the game with more than questionable officiating and poor play calling.

[DomeIsHome]

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The 2 games against the South Dakota schools are especially haunting. We missed a last second field goal that would have given a win against SDSU, and being up so much against SD to lose the game with more than questionable officiating and poor play calling.

Probably the biggest miss of Sieversten's career, only because I can't remember him missing many other ones.

[panther-state]

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This has to be said, I want NDSU and SDSU to steam roll anyone and everyone they meet. Rivalries and annoying fans be damned we got screwed as a conference and I want to win as a conference.

[UNIpanther99]

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You have to wonder if YSU will stay in the conference. What is it getting them? Long road trips and hose jobs by the selection committee. They would be better off in the OVC.

[BCPanther]

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The OVC would actually be a very good all-sports fit for Youngstown as well.

[JayJ79]

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You have to wonder if YSU will stay in the conference. What is it getting them? Long road trips and hose jobs by the selection committee. They would be better off in the OVC.

but that would mean that UNI would lose an almost-certain (12-1 against YSU under Farley) conference win.

[06panther10]

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UNI has missed the playoffs 4 times in the last last 9 years. 3 of those 4 times, missing the playoffs can be attributed to a single play that cost us a game.

'06--Wingert missed the FG to beat Iowa State.
'09--The blocked FGs at Iowa, and the TD w/ 1 sec remaining in the season finale at Ill St.
'13--Missed short FG to beat SDSU in OT, and blew 28-7 4th Q lead to USD.

[JayJ79]

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UNI has missed the playoffs 4 times in the last last 9 years. 3 of those 4 times, missing the playoffs can be attributed to a single play that cost us a game.

'06--Wingert missed the FG to beat Iowa State.
'09--The blocked FGs at Iowa, and the TD w/ 1 sec remaining in the season finale at Ill St.
'13--Missed short FG to beat SDSU in OT, and blew 28-7 4th Q lead to USD.

I always feel bad for kickers in those situations. Throughout the course of each game, there are multiple plays (involving players at multiple positions) that could have changed the outcome of the game, but it is the kicking game misses that always get talked about.

[95UNIGRAD]

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I always feel bad for kickers in those situations. Throughout the course of each game, there are multiple plays (involving players at multiple positions) that could have changed the outcome of the game, but it is the kicking game misses that always get talked about.

That's probably because it's the one time in a game you can look at a play with certainty and say, "this goes through the uprights, we win - if he misses, we lose". There's a lot more gray area on any other particular play - just the nature of the game.

[JayJ79]

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Laces out, Dan!

[Trapped in California]

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UNI has missed the playoffs 4 times in the last last 9 years. 3 of those 4 times, missing the playoffs can be attributed to a single play that cost us a game.

'06--Wingert missed the FG to beat Iowa State.
'09--The blocked FGs at Iowa, and the TD w/ 1 sec remaining in the season finale at Ill St.
'13--Missed short FG to beat SDSU in OT, and blew 28-7 4th Q lead to USD.

Did we "shut down the offense" in the second half of the USD game, I wonder?

[PantherFootballNation]

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UNI has missed the playoffs 4 times in the last last 9 years. 3 of those 4 times, missing the playoffs can be attributed to a single play that cost us a game.

'06--Wingert missed the FG to beat Iowa State.
'09--The blocked FGs at Iowa, and the TD w/ 1 sec remaining in the season finale at Ill St.
'13--Missed short FG to beat SDSU in OT, and blew 28-7 4th Q lead to USD.

Actually, the field goal Sievertsen missed at SDSU was neither short nor in overtime. With the conditions that day, that was a tough kick which just barely missed. It was at the end of regulation for the record and then he bounced back to keep us in it in OT by putting two more through the uprights. Don't forget the fact that he had four field goals in that game. There were other chances that day to win the game and they didn't take them. To put being out of the playoffs entirely on a kid who will be an All-American and was a definite bright point this year is just flawed beyond belief. There were a lot of factors. Takes a whole football team to win or lose a game.

[95UNIGRAD]

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Actually, the field goal Sievertsen missed at SDSU was neither short nor in overtime. With the conditions that day, that was a tough kick which just barely missed. It was at the end of regulation for the record and then he bounced back to keep us in it in OT by putting two more through the uprights. Don't forget the fact that he had four field goals in that game. There were other chances that day to win the game and they didn't take them. To put being out of the playoffs entirely on a kid who will be an All-American and was a definite bright point this year is just flawed beyond belief. There were a lot of factors. Takes a whole football team to win or lose a game.

I don't think anyone's laying any blame on Sievertsen - it was just a horrible time to miss a kick. It was one of a great number of plays that kept us out of the playoffs this year.