**Week 3 at Eastern Washington**

[mwatje]

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I am always amazed at UNI fans who after a disappointing loss or two--this time against a couple quality teams--act like the season is over and the no one will/should attend another game. Iowa sustained a much more embarrassing loss today at home and there won't be an empty seat at Kinnick the rest of the season. Why does UNI need to be perfect to hold onto its fan base? Still much good football to be played and sometimes even a loss to a solid team can be quite entertaining.

UNI is not Iowa State. Our expectations are much higher. We expect to be competitive for a national championship. No one is upset about a singular loss. But everyone is upset about losing in the same fashion, time and time again.

[06panther10]

Unfreaking believable. Oh so they lost to quality programs I'm okay with losing? Great, when your kid plays give him a trophy even though he lost. Your part of the problem.

You are free to have the opinions you have and are free to post them here. But the fact that you exclusively come here after devastating losses to trash the program and the coaches is utter bull****. You are the worst kind of "fan".

[formerwalkon]

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You are free to have the opinions you have and are free to post them here. But the fact that you exclusively come here after devastating losses to trash the program and the coaches is utter bull****. You are the worst kind of "fan".

Thanks. You're a good fan. Yay for 7-4!! Keep immortalize the SI cover of the Kansas game from 7 years ago. Because I'll relish in the '05 season of the NC game because that was cool. So our program is headed in the right direction

[havok58]

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I am always amazed at UNI fans who after a disappointing loss or two--this time against a couple quality teams--act like the season is over and the no one will/should attend another game. Iowa sustained a much more embarrassing loss today at home and there won't be an empty seat at Kinnick the rest of the season. Why does UNI need to be perfect to hold onto its fan base? Still much good football to be played and sometimes even a loss to a solid team can be quite entertaining.

The only way a loss can be entertaining is if you're not a fan of the team. Two losses in games that UNI had a chance to win but didn't due to poor coaching and execution. Two losses that most likely will affect any playoff chances because the MVC isn't an easy conference. Two losses which exposes the team's weaknesses that conference opponents will take advantage of.

Iowa did not suffer an embarassing loss as NDSU is a top-notch program and has been for the last five years. Iowa was physically overwhelmed and outplayed.

Some fans here are frustrated because they know UNI has the potential to become a great team, but it seems it's the same mistakes, the same play calling that holds them back year after year. It's also frustrating to see other MVC schools catch up and pass UNI in the standings regularly and have more success in the playoffs. Doesn't mean we don't support the team. Doesn't mean we still won't be in the Dome on Saturdays cheering them on. But it doesn't mean we're just OK with another 3rd or 4th place finish in the conference, getting an at large berth in the playoffs and a 1st or 2nd round exit. It's OK to hope and expect more from the coaches, especially when it appears it's the same problems year after year.

[sivert]

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Yes, and it seems like so-o-o-o-o-o-o many other teams find themselves able at the new "passing the ball" thing. It's disgusting watching other teams throw and catch time after time. And hearing Gary Rima groan and Scott Peterson saying, "Yeah, that slant pass - hard to defend." Ok-if it's so hard to defend, let's DO IT!!!

[Gocats15]

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People get mad after losses like this because the same thing happens again and again. Our coaches don't learn from mistakes or make decent adjustments. They kept running slants because we stayed in vanilla man coverage, and a slant is the most difficult route to defend in man. Instead of switching to a zone, we sat in man coverage and let them complete pass after pass and go right down the field.

We tend to also always have poor clock management, have a special teams gaffe, and waste timeouts every time we are in a close game. People get upset because we have so much more potential and talent, but we are never able to put it together. I mean, we had one of the best RBs in the NFL and three other NFL defenders over the last few years and have nothing to show for it. No other FCS team other than NDSU has had that kind of talent, yet we consistently only have 7-8 win seasons.

[uni1988]

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At 7 & 4 UNI will make the playoffs. Looking at the remaining schedule... I can't find six wins. That being said... I'm not giving up on this team.

[BCPanther]

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We don't need 6 more, we need 5.

That gets us a patsy home game in front of 4k on Thanksgiving weekend and a trip to Fargo. Yay!

[UNIdad]

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I am always amazed at UNI fans who after a disappointing loss or two--this time against a couple quality teams--act like the season is over and the no one will/should attend another game. Iowa sustained a much more embarrassing loss today at home and there won't be an empty seat at Kinnick the rest of the season. Why does UNI need to be perfect to hold onto its fan base? Still much good football to be played and sometimes even a loss to a solid team can be quite entertaining.

I agree. Sure it was a heart-breaker of a game, but this team can still pull it together and win most (if not all) of their remaining games.

[Alum 99']

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Here is the beyond frustrating part....we almost NEVER win close football games...games decided by a touchdown or less...our record the last 5 to 6 years in terrible in these games....Why? I think you put most of it on coaching...its like they never learn...we can never finish...gets really old wasting talent year after year

[Panther'73]

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Here is the beyond frustrating part....we almost NEVER win close football games...games decided by a touchdown or less...our record the last 5 to 6 years in terrible in these games....Why? I think you put most of it on coaching...its like they never learn...we can never finish...gets really old wasting talent year after year

UNI plays "not to lose..."

[TravelingPanther]

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Here is the beyond frustrating part....we almost NEVER win close football games...games decided by a touchdown or less...our record the last 5 to 6 years in terrible in these games....Why? I think you put most of it on coaching...its like they never learn...we can never finish...gets really old wasting talent year after year

Last 5: 6-13
Last 10: 19-26

[95UNIGRAD]

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Last 5: 6-13
Last 10: 19-26

That alone is reason enough for the university to review how things are being done. I'm thrilled that he's our all-time winningest coach, and I enjoy beating ISU. I get that the last 2 opponents will be playoff teams. The inability to finish games, however, is frustrating and creates disinterest eventually especially after 5-10 years of the same thing.

[Purrrrrfect]

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Saturdays meltdown..and last drive..was the Richmond semi-final game all over again except with a more crazy finish.

[TravelingPanther]

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Really interesting stat:

Farley's first 3 years as head coach: 12-2 in one score games.

So:
Last 5: 6-13
Last 10: 19-26
First 3 12-2
Overall: 38-35