UNI is the LSU of FCS

[UNIstudent]

Ignore the fact that LSU has actually won a National Championship.


Championship level defense most years.
Good to great running backs.
Quarterback/passing game is always a question mark, and the weak link.

[dan_beeding]

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Except that Zach Mettenberger and Matt Flynn are in the NFL, and Jamarcus Russell was one of the top 3 qbs in the nation his last two years there. I can see what you mean though. A lot of Les Miles' headscratching decisions also have to do with their heartbreak. I think the same could be said of our coaching staff--especially with regard to offensive play calling and clock management.

[UNIAlum2010]

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I have actually thought this for years so it is interesting to see it isn't just me. The main difference like you mentioned is LSU's championship.

[UNIdad]

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Incredibly tough place for visiting teams to play also.

[CincyPanther88]

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Also, the. colors are the same.

[Trapped in California]

LSU has an actual predator on the sidelines. We have it on the intro announcement, and in an April Fool's day article...

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[ProwlingPanther]

And they both have cats as their mascots

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[SteinPizza]

Re: UNI is the LSU of FCS

Except that Zach Mettenberger and Matt Flynn are in the NFL, and Jamarcus Russell was one of the top 3 qbs in the nation his last two years there. I can see what you mean though. A lot of Les Miles' headscratching decisions also have to do with their heartbreak. I think the same could be said of our coaching staff--especially with regard to offensive play calling and clock management.

I agree, I get the analogy. But, LSU is a bigger underachiever than UNI. There are a couple of other programs that stand out too. Georgia was LSU a few years ago. They were ranked first or second preseason one year, and had Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno in the same backfield. I think they finished with 7 or so wins - complete flop. They had other situations like this in past, as did Clemson. I'd be inclined to cut UNI some slack, since there are far worse examples of the same kind of thing.

[cmhawks99]

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I don't know why anyone needs to be "cut" slack or given crap at all. Too me what fans have become is exhausting. Its really tough to win at ANY level and Les Miles is a fine coach, as was Mark Richt, as is Farley as has been Kirk Ferentz....Only one team can win it all, yes LSU typically has as much or more NFL talent on its roster than anyone in college football but think about this for a minute. So does tOSU and they have 2 in the last 15 years but the last one before that was 1970. Michigan has one in 40 or so years, Texas, Georgia, USC all have 1 or 2 at most in the last 40ish years.....The point is obvious, its really tough and yet we run around whining and crying and pointing fingers, I sometimes visualize people following everyone around and nit picking everything we do. Wed all be a bit more careful and less cavalier with our opinions.

When I use to post regularly on Iowa sites I reminded them regularly of how bad it can get, (USC & Texas both were average to miserable for most of the 80's & 90's) and that goes for fans and their boorish opinions of rival fans. I read a little bit around her recently and I kept seeing a couple ISU fans referencing "Hok" fans and their attitudes and honestly I have yet to stumble across a fan base that isn't boorish hypocritical, pompous at times and just flat incapable of seeing their own bull sh%#$$%#....

From this outside view I'm proud to reference Northern Iowa Football/Basketball in my travels and people typically know who they are...And I use to be an out loud hater of lots of teams, but not anymore it's stupid, if I don't like a team but a friend, employee, acquaintance does I never rain hell on them. I use to hate the Cubs but here I am in Chicago-land supporting my friends who want them to win, I've even decided they are due and they deserve it....its not that hard really and as a rule of thumb if you are calling out another fan base for their actions, someone somewhere is saying the same thing about you....

Just my opinion....makes life a lot more tolerable.

[Trapped in California]

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[BCPanther]

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Les Miles v Bo Pelini

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