Dog Week

[Spathicle]

Last year we won in Cabondale, a feat that was unheard of five years ago. The year before they stung us with an OT loss.

The way the rest of the FCS is shaking out we're going dancing with win and would likely get a home game.

They're riding a 3 game losing streak coming into the Dome so we should help them to 4. They ran the second most plays in MVFC history this weekend at 104. I like to think our stellar defense will chop that number in half.

Go Panthers!

[Purrrrrfect]

Re: Dog Week

2 INTs of Ianotti and game over. Really getting pressure on him 50% of plays would be beneficial. Secondary needs to be ready. Linebackers...make your reads!

[Trapped in California]

Everything I have, their defence is historically bad. Pseudo big sky type of team.

I suspect our offense is "less worse" than their defense, as my six year old would say.

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[wretched]

Re: Dog Week

This game scares me a little, I am always one to worry when a team is having real success and things look easy, nothing easy about this SIU offense, I could see them saying screw it we aren't even going to try to run the ball and throwing 70 times this week. Our pass defenes has been very good but not as exceptional as the run defense. They protect their QB well so even though our front 4 usually can get pressure I think that will be asking alot from them so will likely to have to send an extra hat or 2 to get that pressure. Hoping we can jump on them early and they go into give up mode rather quickly. Otherwise I see a bit of a tight game with UNI winning something like 31-21. We just are not balanced enough on offense to expect a bigger offensive production.

[ProwlingPanther]

What's a saluki?

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[ronfitch]

Re: Dog Week

[QUOTE=ProwlingPanther;427052]What's a saluki?

Watch this video:

http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/dogs-101/videos/saluki/

The slow-motion running at 1:26ish is pretty cool.

[pantherfansince92]

Re: Dog Week

Can't turn the ball over and give the SIU offense extra possessions and the Panther's offense needs to sustain drives and control the clock so that defense can rest and not have to be on the field as much.

[Panther-at-Arms]

Re: Dog Week

What's a saluki?

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I think it was determined that we play better without Jeg's definition being posted. It's not weird if it works.

[ronfitch]

Re: Dog Week

I think it was determined that we play better without Jeg's definition being posted. It's not weird if it works.

I forgot all about that.

Jeg ... you're up!

[jegbomb52]

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Actually I declined the invitation last year when we were in Carbondale and we won, 3-0 against the Saluki's since abandoning it in both FB and BB threads...


That and i'm old now with kids and responsibilities and it just seemed kind of immature.

[ProwlingPanther]

Actually I declined the invitation last year when we were in Carbondale and we won, 3-0 against the Saluki's since abandoning it in both FB and BB threads...


That and i'm old now with kids and responsibilities and it just seemed kind of immature.

Respect

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[Spathicle]

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What's a saluki?

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It is a flying dog that eats children.

[PanthersKB]

Re: Dog Week

Actually I declined the invitation last year when we were in Carbondale and we won, 3-0 against the Saluki's since abandoning it in both FB and BB threads...


That and i'm old now with kids and responsibilities and it just seemed kind of immature.

Does it also have anything to do with the Salukis kind of dropping out of our "rival" category.


I started attending UNI football around 2009. Did SIU win the MVFC title that year? That is the least year I remember people being really excited for the SIU game. They were the team to beat and both teams hated each other.


Now it just seems very . . . meh. I know they are a good team, but there isn't that passion anymore. I would consider NDSU, IllSU, (and maybe even SDSU) as up and coming rivals much more than SIU.

[Born-a-Panther]

Re: Dog Week

The SIU/UNI matchup was THE matchup for several years until the Dakotas entered and SIU went downhill. Those games in the Dome to clinch conference championships - especially 2003 and 2005 - were some of the best games, and they always came down the final minute or two.

[vbfan19]

Re: Dog Week

The SIU/UNI matchup was THE matchup for several years until the Dakotas entered and SIU went downhill. Those games in the Dome to clinch conference championships - especially 2003 and 2005 - were some of the best games, and they always came down the final minute or two.

I think the Dakotas are more of a coincidence than a contributing factor to SIU's decline.

historically, in the D1 era, the Salukis peaked in 1983 with a national championship, then only had 2 winning seasons (a pair of 7-4's) until Jerry Kill's third season (2003), when they established themselves with 7 straight 9+ win seasons (Kill's last 5 years on Carbondale, plus 2 seasons after while Kill's recruits finished their eligibility), after which they dropped back off.

But the Bison definitely took the Salukis' place as UNI's main football rival, for the time being.