Ndsu is king

[TravelingPanther]

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All hail the overlords!

[ubuntuCAT]

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I'd be surprised if he left. He's got it made. FCS coaches don't get hired for major power 5 jobs very often anymore and he's not gonna leave for some MAC job.

Of course this wouldn't be your typical FCS program he's getting hired from. I don't think I'd rule out a power 5 nabbing him eventually.

I hate the Bison fans but it is incredible what the program has done. 5 titles in a row? 6 FBS wins in a row? Just craziness.

Really makes me sad cuz there isn't much difference when we play them head to head but week in and week out they just flat out execute.

[vbfan19]

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And they also get a ton of fan support.

[Panburger Partner]

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Those guys walk into every single game and know they are going to win. UNI hopes/thinks they can win every game which is where the difference lies. NDSU is the big kid on the block who can beat on whoever they want, and they know it. They view us as the whiny little brother, which they have earned the right to do. I hate for it to happen at our expense, but we were the ones who let Klieman walk in favor of this amazing leadership we currently have, but I would be happy for him to win a few more titles just as an eff you to UNI.

[06panther10]

I think Reggie Miller said it, "there is a time to play, and then there is a time to win ". UNI can play with absolutely anybody at anytime at anyplace, but when it comes time to win the game or make the winning plays, we fall flat for whatever reason.

NDSU makes those plays, almost every time. Every single thing that NDSU has accomplished, UNI has almost done. 1 play here, 1 play there, just not enough.

[UNIdad]

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When does someone scoop up Klieman? He has no ties to Fargo.


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Was Saturday's game his audition to coach in Iowa City?

[Trapped in California]

Was Saturday's game his audition to coach in Iowa City?

ten years from now? Probably not.

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[SteinPizza]

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Was Saturday's game his audition to coach in Iowa City?

Probably not. They'll go for a bigger name, or Brian Ferentz. 3-4 years from now, if Chris has 9 consecutive titles, then we'll see, but the odds of them winning that many are way low.

[UNIdad]

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ten years from now? Probably not.

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Have you been on HokeyeNation this weekend? They sound like you could pass a hat and collect the buyout money!

IIRC, the Ferentz contract is 100% guaranteed only if he wins 7 games in each of the first five years of the contract.

[Trapped in California]

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Let's translate - how pissed would UNI fans be if were coming off the season Iowa (minus the Stanford beat down) had last year, and then were handled by Div II program? Especially after the amount of cash thrown at the program?

[Panburger Partner]

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Let's translate - how pissed would UNI fans be if were coming off the season Iowa (minus the Stanford beat down) had last year, and then were handled by Div II program? Especially after the amount of cash thrown at the program?

Lucky for us, we don't have to imagine since we actually got to experience this when we got beat by ND in 2006, providing a springboard for a classic 7-4 UNI season

[ubuntuCAT]

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Lucky for us, we don't have to imagine since we actually got to experience this when we got beat by ND in 2006, providing a springboard for a classic 7-4 UNI season

Not to mention the runner up banner disaster.

[Panburger Partner]

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Not to mention the runner up banner disaster.

I always wondered what happened to that banner, perhaps some lucky fan has it hanging in their basement??

[sivert]

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I missed the first half of the game and started watching it last night.
I know Iowa fans hate the phrase "that's football," but NDSU got some very lucky breaks, without which the Swaks probably win. The pick-six in the first qtr was caused by the defensive rush, but the ball went right to the guy. How lucky was that?
And then Iowa's dropped passes in the fourth qtr were a huge gift.

[SteinPizza]

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I missed the first half of the game and started watching it last night.
I know Iowa fans hate the phrase "that's football," but NDSU got some very lucky breaks, without which the Swaks probably win. The pick-six in the first qtr was caused by the defensive rush, but the ball went right to the guy. How lucky was that?
And then Iowa's dropped passes in the fourth qtr were a huge gift.

That gets to a point I made in another thread. There is a talent gap between an Iowa-like program and NDSU. But, it's not wide enough that poor execution/focus can be overcome. Iowa could semi sleep walk their way through a win against Indiana St. or E Illinois. This is a different deal.