**Game Thread NDSU--quarterfinals**

[Waverly_Panther]

So it is Bailey's fault when a OL gets beat clean on the snap...most negative fan base ever, Bailey made a ton of strides this year, WRs will be better next year, basically the entire offense is back, MVFC schedule is favorable, not sure why UNI decides to play both EWU and Montana in the same year OOC, b/c it's all about getting a top seed! And those blaming Farley on the onside kick, your an idiot, super well designed, missed by inches.

A lot of truth here. OL was not as good as they needed to be this year.

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[UNIGrainer]

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Bailey is the best thrower of the group of QBs we have had probably since Pat Grace. Better than Rennie and Carnes for sure. He has the most potential to improve. But he also has to work on his instincts. I don't know how you do that beyond playing games.

When him and Tyvis Smith were rolling like last week it was a beautiful thing. Just seems like that its a great recipe for success against mediocre teams, but will be tough to beat teams like NDSU with this type of offense. Need another dimension if we really want to win the national championship.

[run&blade]

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So it is Bailey's fault when a OL gets beat clean on the snap...most negative fan base ever, Bailey made a ton of strides this year, WRs will be better next year, basically the entire offense is back, MVFC schedule is favorable, not sure why UNI decides to play both EWU and Montana in the same year OOC, b/c it's all about getting a top seed! And those blaming Farley on the onside kick, your an idiot, super well designed, missed by inches.

Um....why did it need to be a miracle inside kick? Uni can't out up enough points against good teams to win. The track record of this goes all the way back to Rennie when even a non scholarship figured out how to beat a garbage offense.


If somebody could run like Bailey and also be s good passing qb he would be playing in the sec not uni.

Illinois sucks and even they realized you can't win with him at qb.

Uni has excellent fans but they need to quit kicking us in the nuts and telling us it is just a cramp.

[mwatje]

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So it is Bailey's fault when a OL gets beat clean on the snap...most negative fan base ever.

No, poor blocking is not his fault. What everyone is saying is a real QB can get out of that crappy situation in the endzone better than a "running QB" simply by slinging the ball to one of his receivers. You can "throw it away" to a receiver in a legal way much faster than trying to out run the guy who has a full head of steam coming at you.

[DownGoesKansas]

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Yep. No problem with the onside kick. Huge problem with an offense where everyone knew we had no chance. Tired of people trying to say Bailey is a passer, he's a great athlete and can throw but he is in no way a passer. Watching games like EIU where he had a ridiculous rating actually confirm this, he just doesnt see stuff on the field. But he is 10x better than Carnes.

We may have a good passing QB in Dunne but may never know.

[UNIdad]

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No, poor blocking is not his fault. What everyone is saying is a real QB can get out of that crappy situation in the endzone better than a "running QB" simply by slinging the ball to one of his receivers. You can "throw it away" to a receiver in a legal way much faster than trying to out run the guy who has a full head of steam coming at you.

I don't hear enough credit being given to the NDSU DBs for their coverage.

[Khan4Cats]

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Who is the special teams coach because ST was just poor all season

You might be surprised but:

NO ONE

[Blue42]

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Yep. No problem with the onside kick. Huge problem with an offense where everyone knew we had no chance. Tired of people trying to say Bailey is a passer, he's a great athlete and can throw but he is in no way a passer. Watching games like EIU where he had a ridiculous rating actually confirm this, he just doesnt see stuff on the field. But he is 10x better than Carnes.

We may have a good passing QB in Dunne but may never know.

I'm not putting it on AB. You gotta put him in position to succeed. I think the guy can Chuck it a bit if u call the plays. Where's the quick passing game?

[WYOBISONMAN]

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Congratulations on a good season despite the tough loss today, but I know UNI will be back for revenge next year. UNI is one hell of a tough conference partner.

[casbern]

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Well.. sh*t

[X-Factor]

When on God's green earth is someone going to dethrone the Bison?!?! Seriously tired of them. And seriously wish we could get back to decent UNI football.

Seriously love this comment. Don't get your hopes up. This was supposed to be the Bison's rebuilding year. 2016 should be hella fun.

[Mudrafan]

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So it is Bailey's fault when a OL gets beat clean on the snap...most negative fan base ever, Bailey made a ton of strides this year, WRs will be better next year, basically the entire offense is back, MVFC schedule is favorable, not sure why UNI decides to play both EWU and Montana in the same year OOC, b/c it's all about getting a top seed! And those blaming Farley on the onside kick, your an idiot, super well designed, missed by inches.

Bailey is not a QB that can throw any timing routes, cannot throw from the pocket, shows an overwhelming tendency to run instead of throw, never throws the ball away & takes a sack in lieu of throwing the ball into the stands. On 3rd & long, I have zero confidence in his passing authority. When all of his teammates lose confidence in him, it will be completely over. You really don't know what you are talking about if you truly think Bailey can be a national title qb.

[UNI MadCat]

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When on God's green earth is someone going to dethrone the Bison?!?! Seriously tired of them. And seriously wish we could get back to decent UNI football.

Agree with the first part. But I have to ask, what is your definition of "decent" football for UNI? Because really, this season IS a fairly typical UNI season. And anything better than this is more an anomaly than the norm.

Pre-NDSU you hoped to go 8-3 and beat the one other good Gateway team in the Dome and get the autobid. Now with NDSU here, typically we're staring down a 7-4 finish, usually having to scrap together a bunch of wins at the end, and hoping to get an at-large in an expanded field. The truth is, there are about 3 seasons in the past 30 that have been anything better than this typical UNI season...and in each of them we spoiled a golden opportunity at home to advance and get a shot at the title ('92, '07 & '08...and the former might have been different if Shedd wasn't limited).

Remember too, that even the '05 runner up year had a bunch of bumps along the way, putting us in "playoff" mode a month out, and forcing us on the road for 2 of 3 games.

So, if your definition of "decent" is better than this, then, really, we can't get back to "decent" football because there is no real historical precedent suggesting anything IS better than this. In other words, to get to "decent" would require us to do something more frequently than this program has historically done in the past.

Now, it's not lost on me that there are a ton of schools out there that would kill to have this "typical" season as it's baseline. But I think seeing the success of our newest, and clearly, biggest, rival to the north heightens the frustrations and makes us feel as if a higher level than that baseline is attainable. Unfortunately I don't know if I really believe it is possible anymore, without some serious changes in approach.

NOTE: I'm sincerely not trying to call out/pick on PC here. I just think many of us - including me - can sometimes long for something from this program we really can't accurately claim we "used to be".

[ClivePanther]

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Yep. No problem with the onside kick. Huge problem with an offense where everyone knew we had no chance. Tired of people trying to say Bailey is a passer, he's a great athlete and can throw but he is in no way a passer. Watching games like EIU where he had a ridiculous rating actually confirm this, he just doesnt see stuff on the field. But he is 10x better than Carnes.

We may have a good passing QB in Dunne but may never know.

Nail on the head here. He just doesn't have a handle on where he's going with the ball and where receivers will be. Coach HAS to go another direction at QB next year.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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You might be surprised but:

NO ONE

Are you serious??