Dog Week

[Born-a-Panther]

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What an incredible ride that year was. Cannot believe it was 10 years ago already. Played every game with our backs against the wall. What a gutsy call that was on 4th and 2. Still get goosebumps every time I watch highlights from that year.

[vbfan19]

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I love that the clip is synched with Rima's call.

and with some narration by Bob Justis, I believe.

Years ago, one of the stations used to air a condensed version of the UNI games (editing out the huddles and other dead time, and some of the boring plays too), fitting it into about an hour timeframe I think, synching the video with Rima's radio PbP, and airing it on Sunday at some point (or maybe it was Monday).
fun way to relive those games, but alot of editing work, I'm sure. (plus there would be more media rights to deal with these days, and Learfield probably wouldn't allow it anyway)

[06panther10]

What an incredible ride that year was. Cannot believe it was 10 years ago already. Played every game with our backs against the wall. What a gutsy call that was on 4th and 2. Still get goosebumps every time I watch highlights from that year.

Can anyone imagine us making a call like that nowadays? I cant.

[Born-a-Panther]

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Can anyone imagine us making a call like that nowadays? I cant.

That was an incredible receiving corp we had back then though. They made big catch after big catch. Track star athletes, too. Yes, Sanders threw a pretty ball, but he and his receivers seemed to be on the exact same brain waves even.

[Trapped in California]

Sanders threw for more than 9000 yards. I'm sure AB will eclipse that mark

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

[run&blade]

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Sanders threw for more than 9000 yards. I'm sure AB will eclipse that mark

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

Not even if you counted practice.

[UNI88]

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That seems like an odd way to put it:
Conference champions:
1985: Northern Iowa (5-0)
1986: Eastern Illinois (5-1)
1987: Northern Iowa (6-0)
1988: Western Illinois (6-0)
1989: Missouri State (5-1)
1990: Missouri State & Northern Iowa (5-1)
1991: Northern Iowa (5-1)
1992: Northern Iowa (5-1)
1993: Northern Iowa (5-1)
1994: Northern Iowa (6-0)
1995: Eastern Illinois & Northern Iowa (5-1)
1996: Northern Iowa (6-0)

I still don't see why 2 years made them a rival.

My bad on the 85, 86 and prior seasons, the Internet obviously has a better memory than I do.

[TravelingPanther]

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My bad on the 85, 86 and prior seasons, the Internet obviously has a better memory than I do.

Me too.

[95UNIGRAD]

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I was at that game. UNI had definitely not established itself with the student body or local population. Most were Hawkeye or Cyclone fans first, second, and third and might root for UNI if they had nothing better to do. I hated it at the time but now I just feel sorry for people who didn't follow the Panthers because they missed out on a great part of the college experience.

Attendance that day (close to 8,000 I believe) was particularly low because the Heisman Trophy was being announced and a lot of people thought it would be better to stay at home to watch Chuck Long win it over Bo Jackson rather than go to a UNI Football game.

SWMoSt was the big dog in conference in the early to mid 80's and UNI the challenger.

Still have to chuckle when I remember Iowa fans whining about Jackson winning the award. Probably the best two sport athlete I've ever seen. All star baseball player and the greatest combination of power and speed in a running back of his era. Too bad he got injured or people would be talking about him for the next 50 years.

[vbfan19]

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Still have to chuckle when I remember Iowa fans whining about Jackson winning the award. Probably the best two sport athlete I've ever seen. All star baseball player and the greatest combination of power and speed in a running back of his era. Too bad he got injured or people would be talking about him for the next 50 years.

pretty decent in Tecmo Bowl too

[95UNIGRAD]

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pretty decent in Tecmo Bowl too

He was unstoppable - let's see Chuck Long do that

[Spathicle]

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What an incredible ride that year was. Cannot believe it was 10 years ago already. Played every game with our backs against the wall. What a gutsy call that was on 4th and 2. Still get goosebumps every time I watch highlights from that year.

Wasn't that the year North Texas gave us a road win in the playoffs?

Makes me want to hop on a bus to Chattanooga for old time's sake.

[Born-a-Panther]

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Wasn't that the year North Texas gave us a road win in the playoffs?

Makes me want to hop on a bus to Chattanooga for old time's sake.

Texas State. And it was colder on the sidelines in Texas than it was in Iowa that week. Traveled to every game that year and everywhere we went, we froze our butts off. I can remember sitting in the team bus during half time at Texas State just to warm up a little bit.

Didn't matter though. It was a blast.

[ronfitch]

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Texas State. And it was colder on the sidelines in Texas than it was in Iowa that week. Traveled to every game that year and everywhere we went, we froze our butts off. I can remember sitting in the team bus during half time at Texas State just to warm up a little bit.

Didn't matter though. It was a blast.

I remember the sideline and crowd shots when the TS coach decided to gomto overtime with the wind at their backs, three timeouts and more than a minute on the clock.

That and the interception.

[UNI92]

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If I see Matt Tharp in a bar sometime, I'm going to buy him a beer