Fire Farley

[panther-state]

Now I sit there and wonder what new way they will invent to mess it up. Its like a car accident now.

You sit and just wait for car accidents to happen?

[sevelev711]

You sit and just wait for car accidents to happen?

I know that when I'm looking to have a cheap night out on the town, I'm not going to go to the movies, I'll just go to Farm & Fleet, stare at the street corner, and wait for the inevitable.

[TravelingPanther]

I literally laughed out loud after the late Cal Poly score and the Western winning TD....

I laughed and then wanted to punch something against CP. there isn

[Alum 99']

So just watched some you tube videos showing my 12 year old son UNI football mid 2000s....he says to me.."man it must have been fun watching them when they were good"......yep I thought......but ouch at the same time....i was thinking how could we have been that crazy good and have zero championships.....now we just hope to get in the playoffs.....we are getting closer to I think 6 and 5 will get us in.....something has to stop this trend...Farley looks defeated and clueless how to turn the program around....

[havok58]

Is it sad to think of the 2005-11 era of UNI football the "good ole days"?

[TravelingPanther]

I came into the Dome for the first time in 1989. 89-96 was an amazing run. 97-00 had its moments with some amazing players and plays, but we never made the playoffs, and I remember at least one occasion where the fans booed the team going into halftime. 2001 made it seem like everything was right again. Even as we had the run where we only made the playoffs in odd years we got to go to the national championship game and had the undefeated season with the number one seed. I still swear the night we lost our program was the Richmond semi final game.

[panthergirl123]

Farley's game plans have become way too predictable. During the last game, I noticed UNI ran the same run play down the center in 90 percent of first downs. If we got nothing, which happened a lot, we were stuck being behind the eight ball. Our quarterback gets stuck in third and long situations and doesn't always make the best plays. On defense, we have no big time rushing the quarterback threat like we did last year. I hate to be a negative nelly but it will be a long season this year.

[ronfitch]

I came into the Dome for the first time in 1989. 89-96 was an amazing run. 97-00 had its moments with some amazing players and plays, but we never made the playoffs, and I remember at least one occasion where the fans booed the team going into halftime. 2001 made it seem like everything was right again. Even as we had the run where we only made the playoffs in odd years we got to go to the national championship game and had the undefeated season with the number one seed. I still swear the night we lost our program was the Richmond semi final game.

That's when it felt like everything changed. You just felt the air leave the program. Richmond was a great team, but the play calling went incredibly conservative and predicable at the end, playing not to lose and put it on the defense.

There was a spark of life when Sawyer had his great freshman season. But his injuries were too much to overcome and the offensive philosophy changed entirely.

As I posted upthread, regarding Dome Magic ...

Under Farley in the first eight years through the Richmond game, UNI was 44-9 including 5-2 in playoff games in the Dome ... 83%.

Since the Richmond playoff loss to end the 2008 season, UNI is 36-13 including 2-1 in the Dome ... 73.5%

As Clenz pointed out upthread, from 2012 to now, 21-10 in the Dome ... 67.7%.

[BCPanther]

Remember, Richmond and the debacle in Iowa City were back to back games for this program. So, you lost a national title and the biggest win in school history on the last play of the game in two consecutive games.

Don't forget losing on the last play of the game at Illinois State in 09 as well. That 12 month period was the slamming shut of the window where Farley had a chance to win a national title, we just didn't realize it in the moment.

[clenz]

Remember, Richmond and the debacle in Iowa City were back to back games for this program. So, you lost a national title and the biggest win in school history on the last play of the game in two consecutive games.

Don't forget losing on the last play of the game at Illinois State in 09 as well. That 12 month period was the slamming shut of the window where Farley had a chance to win a national title, we just didn't realize it in the moment.

I was debating what was the end of it. Richmond 08 through Illinois State 09 certainly seem like the dagger but I'd argue the 10/11 seasons were the twist of the dagger that really that did it.

The Zach Davis lockerroom was 2010. Team went 7-5, but still won the conference by a full game while losing the last game of the season. Lost a first round playoff game - AT HOME TO FREAKING LEHIGH WHO WASN'T GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS. Follow that up with what seemed like a rebound season in 2011 only to be curb stomped in Montana....again.

Richmond 08 through Montana 11 is what did it. This program hasn't been the same since. Not even close.

[TravelingPanther]

2015 was an odd season. We made the quarterfinals and were in the game to go to the semis against Richmond. It helped that we got two soft teams to start the playoffs and everything we do is engineered to beat NDSU.

[clenz]

Well. I did some number crunching on the Farley era. I split it 2001-09 and 2010-present. It's ugly folks. Really...really...really...ugly.

NOTE DUE TO REPLY AFTER THE POST...<8 IS GAMES DECIDED BY 8 POINTS OR LESS.

Numbers from 2001-2009
Total: 80-31 (72.1%)
Home: 48-10 (82.8%)
Road: 32-21 (60.4%)
<8 Home: 11-6 (64.7%)
<8 Road: 9-7 (56.3%)
<8 Total: 20-13 (60.6%)

Ready for the heave cry cliff jumper?

Since the start of 2010
Total: 54-38 (58.7%)
Home: 31-12 (72.1%)
Road: 23-26 (46.9%)
<8 Home: 7-9 (43.8%)
<8 Road: 9-17 (34.6%)
<8 Total: 16-26 (38.1%)

28 of the 54 wins (52%) in 7.5 years came in 3 seasons (10 wins in 11 and 9 of each of 14 and 15). The other 4.5 years were 7, 5, 7, 5, and we have 2 currently. Based on how the league is shaping up I don't think we get more than 5 this year....will be surprised to see 5 even.
Time for a change. We are sub .500 in 4 of the 6 categories.

[ronfitch]

Well. I did some number crunching on the Farley era. I split it 2001-09 and 2010-present. It's ugly folks. Really...really...really...ugly.

Numbers from 2001-2009
Total: 80-31 (72.1%)
Home: 48-10 (82.8%)
Road: 32-21 (60.4%)
<8 Home: 11-6 (64.7%)
<8 Road: 9-7 (56.3%)
<8 Total: 20-13 (60.6%)

Ready for the heave cry cliff jumper?

Since the start of 2010
Total: 54-38 (58.7%)
Home: 31-12 (72.1%)
Road: 23-26 (46.9%)
<8 Home: 7-9 (43.8%)
<8 Road: 9-17 (34.6%)
<8 Total: 16-26 (38.1%)

28 of the 54 wins (52%) in 7.5 years came in 3 seasons (10 wins in 11 and 9 of each of 14 and 15). The other 4.5 years were 7, 5, 7, 5, and we have 2 currently. Based on how the league is shaping up I don't think we get more than 5 this year....will be surprised to see 5 even.
Time for a change. We are sub .500 in 4 of the 6 categories.

What might be interesting to see - but I am guessing not pretty - is a breakdown of close games ...

- Results of games up by two scores going at some point in the fourth quarter over time
- Results of games with lead lost in fourth quarter over time
- Results of games w/l by 7 or fewer points over time (the WIU game counts)

[clenz]

The <8 is games decided by 8 points or less - 1 score games.

Leads going into the 4th/lost in the 4th is WAY too much digging. I mean WAAAAAYYYY too much digging for someone not getting paid to do so. Not that I'm not willing to do that digging, but I'm not giving my free time up for that level of it.

[lakesbison]

we are gonna start a gofundme account to "Save Farley!" signed... BisoNation