Tree Week

[Trapped in California]

The seven win criteria is currently a strong unwritten rule. It may be breached soon with the playoff expansion to 24 teams.

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[vbfan19]

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Am I wrong in my understanding to qualify for the playoffs that a team must have 7 FCS wins or is that an informal deal?

there has never been a hard-and-fast 7 win requirement. In the past, there was a clause that said "having less than seven Division I wins may place a team in jeopardy of not being selected" (which included wins over both I-A/FBS and I-AA/FCS), and there was never any precedence of a team being awarded an at-large with less than 7.

However, during the recent playoff field expansion, that rule was reduced to 6 wins. Can't remember if they picked any at-larges the past few years with less than 7 D-I wins, but if they did, it was probably a team that did have 7 or more wins, but with 1 or 2 of them coming against D2 or transitional teams, and not a team that was 6-5.

[panther-state]

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How do you know it's November? We're talking about the 7 win rule again. It's sad that it even has to be discussed in regards to UNI football. 7 wins should be automatic with this defense. Ugh.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

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It's Gameday! Just about time to make the short trip to Cedar Falls and set the tailgate up. Let's hope the O continues to progress, the D does what it seems to do week in week out and we notch win #3 in a row.

[Born-a-Panther]

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And it's another beautiful day in Cedar Falls too!

[Mudrafan]

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How do you know it's November? We're talking about the 7 win rule again. It's sad that it even has to be discussed in regards to UNI football. 7 wins should be automatic with this defense. Ugh.

Agreed although our annual salty schedule (in & out of Valley) is a big encumbrance to that goal that used to be automatic by way of the purple helmet.

[panther-state]

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Agreed although our annual salty schedule (in & out of Valley) is a big encumbrance to that goal that used to be automatic by way of the purple helmet.

You certainly aren't wrong. The Valley is head and shoulders above much of college football. Especially once you venture outside of the BCS. However, as the rest of the Valley got stronger we should have too. im glad we haven't slithered off into the shadows like SIU in recent years but still...

[run&blade]

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I think Uni would be right back in the saddle again if the went back to a qb that could throw.

Let the running backs run.

Only Farley makes rocket science out of it. He must secretly love Georgia Tech.

[Sycamore62]

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That injury to your lineman looked bad. I hope it's a sprain

[TravelingPanther]

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1994 called. They want the coaches' flag polos back.

[ronfitch]

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Love this defense!

[Trapped in California]

I'm surprised that it's been as easy as it has been so far

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[PantherChic]

It's the most "offense" we've seen all season

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[kochrab]

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This defense is unstoppable. Imagine if we had an offense of the same caliber. Keep it up panthers!

[95UNIGRAD]

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Like what I see today. Obviously would like to see the passing game develop, but sometimes you just line up and overpower your opponent. Nothing wrong with that. Fun to watch us beat on a conference opponent!