Gored birds game week

[Trapped in California]

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Here's a thought - maybe AB is starter because the WRs drop so many passes that coaches think you might as well run it.

[12thFloorBender]

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QB play is killing this team.

[BCPanther]

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This board isn't having a meltdown. That really shows how the fan base is starting to feel. Illinois State and the XDSUs have passed us by and we've accepted it.

Sad. Really sad.

[Trapped in California]

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I'm past the denial, bargaining and rationalization stages. I have accepted that Farley is the parking brake on the offense.

[Panther'73]

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I'm past the denial, bargaining and rationalization stages. I have accepted that Farley is the parking brake on the offense.

I have too. So disappointing...

[wretched]

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We all knew this was a brutal schedule, having said we really need 1 upset road win at either NDSU or SDSU to likely get to 6 conference wins, this was a getable game, but they didn't get it, worst case for this team imo is still 7-4, 5-3 and a playoff berth, best case is probably 8-3, 6-2 and maybe a seeded playoff berth. The 2 wins over the big sky wannabes were huge and to be honest I saw a ton of improvement from OL over past 3 weeks the O is going to have to grind out drives as they don't have any home run hitters at WR or RB, it will be better next week!

[TravelingPanther]

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The text I got today summed it up best:

"Repeat performance of "You're An ******* Charlie Brown"

LOL

[vbfan19]

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We all knew this was a brutal schedule, having said we really need 1 upset road win at either NDSU or SDSU to likely get to 6 conference wins, this was a getable game, but they didn't get it, worst case for this team imo is still 7-4, 5-3 and a playoff berth, best case is probably 8-3, 6-2 and maybe a seeded playoff berth. The 2 wins over the big sky wannabes were huge and to be honest I saw a ton of improvement from OL over past 3 weeks the O is going to have to grind out drives as they don't have any home run hitters at WR or RB, it will be better next week!

This team may be capable of pulling off one of those upsets, but this team (and coaching staff) are also terribly inconsistent. The MVFC is tough and UNI certainly has the potential to lose more than 2 more, so the worst case scenario could be another 5-6 season.

[Kyle]

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I expected to lose every game from EWU to NDSU, so I'm still pretty happy with the season so far. This won't change if we lose to NDSU next weekend.

If the only blemishes on our resume heading into playoffs are road losses against Iowa State, ISUred, and NDSU we should be in good shape. Playoff football is a whole new season and the only one that matters to programs that measure success on semi-final and championship game appearances.

[panther-state]

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I remember a comment from Farley prior to the Iowa State game how during the offseason there were a # of WR recruits we were hoping to snag because he wasn't overly confident of our depth there going forward. And unfortunately we were not successful in getting them. I found it a strange comment at the time. Now I'm starting to see why he made it. Even in Farley's coach-speak he couldn't deflect the fact that our receivers are very weak. Outside of Daurice Fountain we don't have a reliable or dangerous weapon for our QB's. Really sad and scary.

[UNIdad]

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So, how are you distributing the blame among the players?

I'm not hearing anything against the Defense.

Hearing mostly about frustration with AB and WRs not making plays.

Very few posts with concerns about the RBs except for at the beginning of the game.

[BCPanther]

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I remember a comment from Farley prior to the Iowa State game how during the offseason there were a # of WR recruits we were hoping to snag because he wasn't overly confident of our depth there going forward. And unfortunately we were not successful in getting them. I found it a strange comment at the time. Now I'm starting to see why he made it. Even in Farley's coach-speak he couldn't deflect the fact that our receivers are very weak. Outside of Daurice Fountain we don't have a reliable or dangerous weapon for our QB's. Really sad and scary.

If you were a receiver, looking at the last two years of the program, would you want to come play here?

[Kyle]

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Aaron Bailey, Brion Carnes, and Tirrell Rennie would all make fantastic wide receivers.