Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

[ban basketball]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

Many UNI fans look at games and consider the following question: Can UNI win a National Championship with the team we have and the way they played during this game? The fact that someone expressed concerns does not mean he's not happy with the score or that UNI won. Heck, last night during his post game interview, Farley expressed concerns about certain aspects of the game. Would you accuse Farley of not liking the score? Would you accuse Farley of wanting a different score?

Ban: We like that you are a Panther fan and post on PantherNation, but there are concerns about what and how you post. See?

Why stress the negative in a blowout win, if there were even any negatives?

Why would anyone have concerns about how I post? Because I have a positive, differing view from many? As opposed to others who do-prominent posters, I will add-do I break the rules?

[ban basketball]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

Score has nothing to do with concerns stemming from the game.

485 total yards too few of yards? Bailey coming into his own a bad thing?

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

Why stress the negative in a blowout win, if there were even any negatives?

Why would anyone have concerns about how I post? Because I have a positive, differing view from many? As opposed to others who do-prominent posters, I will add-do I break the rules?

He didn't "stress the negative", he actually posted more positive than negative. You can still have concerns about the way your team is playing regardless of how much they win by.

[ban basketball]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

He didn't "stress the negative", he actually posted more positive than negative. You can still have concerns about the way your team is playing regardless of how much they win by.

They why are they arguing with me, if we all agree?

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

They why are they arguing with me, if we all agree?

....because we don't all agree. How did you get that anyone agrees with your statement based on what I said?

[panther-state]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

He was absolutely concerned about certain parts of the game and so was I. I'm sure many Panther fans were.

If you had watched the game you'd have witnessed one of the most pathetic quarters of football the Panthers had played this year. We got hit in the teeth right out of the gate with a fumble, poor tackling and terrible play execution. We had several plays were Baileys throws were so poor that our receivers had to do their best Hall/Dorleant impressions just to knock it away and keep it from being picked. Even after we cleaned things up on offense, the special teams had a blocked punt and several muffed punts. We put our defense in terrible positions, much like the Iowa St game, but thankfully, were facing a team that went downhill fast and did an even worse job at executing a gameplan (after the 1st qtr).

You would've seen that EIU took themselves out of this one with terrible penalties and poor execution because they started playing like the team many predicted we would see. Eastern is not a better football team than the bottom teams in the Valley so it was concerning to me and to others that we took a looooong time to finally execute our game plan and run over them.

If you truly believe that people are dissatisfied with the score then you're being foolish. If you think that all rational Panther fans came out of the Dome singing about sunshine and rainbows and booked their trips to Frisco then you are once again being foolish. Just as foolish as I am for being sucked into your ridiculous arguments that aim to get this exact sort of response. It's totally cool to be all "rah-rah, Go UNI!" 24/7 Ban, if you asked most who know me well, that describes me to a fault. But being completely blind to any possible mistake or fault that our athletic teams have isn't a requirement of that. Criticism should be welcome and encouraged.

[03FinanceGrad]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

They why are they arguing with me, if we all agree?

You don't seem to have concerns...others do...that's not agreement.

[ronfitch]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

I'll add another positive ... the defense forced EIU into many third-and-longs. EIU was frequently on their heels, starting deep (again, great KO coverage). That sets up a very good group of D-backs to make big plays, which they have done all season.

Good crowd noise on EIU third downs, esp. with the size of the crowd.

Also, any word on Malloy?

[ban basketball]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

....because we don't all agree. How did you get that anyone agrees with your statement based on what I said?

So, we don't agree that yesterday was a good win for UNI?

What was wrong with a 53-17 playoff win?

What would have been the perfect game, if such a thing is even possible?

[ban basketball]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

You don't seem to have concerns...others do...that's not agreement.

53-17, and over 400 yards of total offense?! What could have been better?

[ban basketball]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

He was absolutely concerned about certain parts of the game and so was I. I'm sure many Panther fans were.

If you had watched the game you'd have witnessed one of the most pathetic quarters of football the Panthers had played this year. We got hit in the teeth right out of the gate with a fumble, poor tackling and terrible play execution. We had several plays were Baileys throws were so poor that our receivers had to do their best Hall/Dorleant impressions just to knock it away and keep it from being picked. Even after we cleaned things up on offense, the special teams had a blocked punt and several muffed punts. We put our defense in terrible positions, much like the Iowa St game, but thankfully, were facing a team that went downhill fast and did an even worse job at executing a gameplan (after the 1st qtr).

You would've seen that EIU took themselves out of this one with terrible penalties and poor execution because they started playing like the team many predicted we would see. Eastern is not a better football team than the bottom teams in the Valley so it was concerning to me and to others that we took a looooong time to finally execute our game plan and run over them.

If you truly believe that people are dissatisfied with the score then you're being foolish. If you think that all rational Panther fans came out of the Dome singing about sunshine and rainbows and booked their trips to Frisco then you are once again being foolish. Just as foolish as I am for being sucked into your ridiculous arguments that aim to get this exact sort of response. It's totally cool to be all "rah-rah, Go UNI!" 24/7 Ban, if you asked most who know me well, that describes me to a fault. But being completely blind to any possible mistake or fault that our athletic teams have isn't a requirement of that. Criticism should be welcome and encouraged.

What would have been the perfect game yesterday?

[panther-state]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

I'll add another positive ... the defense forced EIU into many third-and-longs. EIU was frequently on their heels, starting deep (again, great KO coverage). That sets up a very good group of D-backs to make big plays, which they have done all season

I'll agree with this, although this didn't happen until closer to the 2nd half. The game started out with the D not tackling well and giving up big chunks of yards. The commentators were routinely remarking on how impressive EIU was, regularly converting 3 and short while their D was having great success at forcing UNI into 3rd and long. Based on the first 15-20 mins of the game it looked like we were in for a very close and frustrating game

[03FinanceGrad]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

53-17, and over 400 yards of total offense?! What could have been better?

The first quarter (on both sides of the ball), 3/12 on 3rd downs, a lot of 2nd/3rd & long, and special teams. IIRC, Farley mentioned not being happy with the blocked punt and he was specifically asked about Dorleant's muffed punt. Personally, I thought Dorleant should've tried for a fair catch more often, including that one.

Those are my concerns...please don't confuse that with unhappiness about the win.

[ban basketball]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

The first quarter (on both sides of the ball), 3/12 on 3rd downs, a lot of 2nd/3rd & long, and special teams. IIRC, Farley mentioned not being happy with the blocked punt and he was specifically asked about Dorleant's muffed punt. Personally, I thought Dorleant should've tried for a fair catch more often, including that one.

Those are my concerns...please don't confuse that with unhappiness about the win.

In perspective, those are called, "oops, my bads," with how dominating the win was.

Do people just look for things to complain about because Farley is having success?

[panther-state]

Re: Week 6 of UNI FB playoffs vs EIU

What would have been the perfect game yesterday?

Consistent tackling and play execution for ALL 4 qtrs. Not muffing punts and making mistakes that give our opponents perfect opportunities to put points on the board.

What in the world does a perfect game have to do with any of this? Where has anyone said that we need to play perfectly? Not every team in the playoffs will rollover after 1 qtr of play. A team with a more efficient O would have put up 2-3 more tds last night.

Go ahead and watch last nights game and then come back and tell me that our performance would still equal a 400+ yd and 50+ pt performance against NDSU. Come back and tell me that last nights performance would equal even a win against them. I don't think it would. Lots to clean up if we want to bring home a trophy.

For someone who supposedly played football I would have thought that you'd understand that many "oops, my bad" moments shouldn't cut it for a football staff/team that has prided itself on being one of the top teams in the nation and wants to win a championship