This week's game thread

[95UNIGRAD]

I woke up today and realized I wasn't even sure who we played this week. Turns out it's Indiana State. Huh.

Discuss...

[Barnstormer]

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Go Panthers!

[panther-state]

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I think a win would be good and a loss would be bad.

[SoccerDobber]

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I'm just excited to see an offense that uses all parts of the field. An offense where screen passes and routes over the middle are utilized. Crossing routes were really working well against NDSU.

[claw]

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I woke up today and realized I wasn't even sure who we played this week. Turns out it's Indiana State. Huh.

Discuss...

You're not alone on that. It's depressing that it's gotten to where I don't even know/care who we play. It used to be that way, but that was because I thought we would smash anyone in front of us. Now it's because I'd rather not know who is going to beat us by 3 this week.

[TravelingPanther]

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I had to look yesterday to see who it was and what time. I'll be watching.

[claw]

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I had to look yesterday to see who it was and what time. I'll be watching.

I'll watch, but like you had to check.

[SoccerDobber]

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You're not alone on that. It's depressing that it's gotten to where I don't even know/care who we play. It used to be that way, but that was because I thought we would smash anyone in front of us. Now it's because I'd rather not know who is going to beat us by 3 this week.

I agree it's depressing but its my school and my team, so I will keep watching. My best friend is a Cyclone fan and he is forever optimistic. If he can be year after year, I have no excuse not to be either.

It sucks be to good enough to win it all but struggle to make the playoffs. However, it could be much much worse. I haven't completely given up yet.

[claw]

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I agree it's depressing but its my school and my team, so I will keep watching. My best friend is a Cyclone fan and he is forever optimistic. If he can be year after year, I have no excuse not to be either.

It sucks be to good enough to win it all but struggle to make the playoffs. However, it could be much much worse. I haven't completely given up yet.

Don't get me wrong, I'm envious (and confused) by how Cyclone football continually draws what it does. There's a special brew of kool aid down there.

Difference between ISU and UNI in that regard is that ISU simply hasn't/doesn't have the talent to compete for titles, or anything better than bottom of the middle pack of the conference. UNI has the talent to win titles. It's much easier to be "forever optimistic" about a program you know isn't good because that isn't the expectation than it is about a program that has been one of the best programs in the nation for 3 decades and continues to **** the bed and take a chain saw to it's own knees every year.

[in_the_stands]

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I caught part of the Trees-Penguins last week, YSU had all they could handle. I also recall starting the MVFC season in Terra Haute 2 years ago, and coming back home with an "L".

[vbfan19]

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I find it odd how lots of UNI fans are so quick to jump ship as soon as the Panthers are knocked out of playoff contention, yet many of them are fans of other teams (in pro sports and whatnot) that usually get knocked out of contention quite early each season. Yet their fans stick with them (the pro teams).

I wonder how the fandoms of other FCS teams (that rarely if ever make the playoffs) handle it.

[ronfitch]

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I find it odd how lots of UNI fans are so quick to jump ship as soon as the Panthers are knocked out of playoff contention, yet many of them are fans of other teams (in pro sports and whatnot) that usually get knocked out of contention quite early each season. Yet their fans stick with them (the pro teams).

I wonder how the fandoms of other FCS teams (that rarely if ever make the playoffs) handle it.

I don't think anybody is "jumping ship" here. I think the silence here is one of anger, disbelief and lost opportunity for what we have seen the past five or so seasons.

*I* think that - unlike pro sports or even those who follow the top FBS teams - most fans of FCS teams have an actual connection ...

... some of us grew up around that FCS school,
... many of us went to the FCS school,
... some work(ed) at the FCS school,
... or have children who went to that FCS school,
... or even competed at that FCS school (a few guys here played FB for UNI),

Fans of pro teams? A few grew up lifelong fans of a team, even live in a family of multi-generation fans (I know a few Cubs and Packers "families").

FBS fans? Most people own a shirt or hat, but have no closer connection than that if they are honest about it.

So they don't have as much invested in the team.

A fan of an FCS school has much more invested.

I read a lot of frustration here. And concern.

[pantherclaw]

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I, the Mrs and JR and 4 other panther fans will be at the game(helps the brother and SIL live in TH) I don't know how loud I will be but we will cheer, hopefully we will get sung to!

[06panther10]

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I will make the same prediction I make every week. A frustratingly close game with something horrible happening at the end.

[havok58]

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I find it odd how lots of UNI fans are so quick to jump ship as soon as the Panthers are knocked out of playoff contention, yet many of them are fans of other teams (in pro sports and whatnot) that usually get knocked out of contention quite early each season. Yet their fans stick with them (the pro teams).

I wonder how the fandoms of other FCS teams (that rarely if ever make the playoffs) handle it.

The "fans" that are jumping ship are the ones that jump on only when UNI is undefeated or a one-loss team. You don't see them at the games when UNI is doing reasonably well. There was no reason for the Dome to not be sold out in previous years, let alone the game against Montana or even NDSU this year. We have a very lackluster, disinterested fanbase.

For the rest of us fans, we still support the Panthers, will still be there on Saturdays. We're just disappointed with the way this season has turned out, like previous years. And a lot of it has to do with coaching decisions. As fans, its OK to be vocal about those decisions.

And we're not the only fanbase being critical of our team. Read the Bison boards and what their fans are saying. Going into the UNI game, you'd think they have won just one game. Extremely critical of their coaches and the decisions the coaches have been making. A majority of them realistically thought that UNI would have and should have won that game.

But back to the topic at hand. Has anybody heard if Farley is sticking with Dunne Saturday. Or due to his "poor" performance will Farley go back to Bailey?