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  • #1

    So close...

    I am happy that the team made it to the championship game, but disappointed that they were beat by their own decisions.

    Learning oppurtunity for the defensive coach. If the opposing QB can't move, BLITZ.

    Oppurtunity for the offense. If pressure is too great from the DE, move the QB under center to give the OT a chance to block.

    Panthers have been very adaptive in the games leading up to this one. However, this did not look like the team I drive two hours to see every home game.

    Good luck next year and bring on the BB tournement.
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    Many teams fans have said blitz, but our OL does a great job and Richie, even looking like he qualifies for disability, can move enough to avoid the sack.

    I am sure your coaches watched our tapes and saw that some of the best results against us was covering our receivers. At least that was my take on what you were trying to do.

    Again, congratulations to UNI!

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    • #3
      It did seem like we should've sent a few more blitzes. But overall Williams was 10 of 26 passing. He hit a receiver over the middle a couple of times for big first downs. And the long pass in the 3rd quarter to set up their 2nd touchdown hurt, when Dokes had the ball and the receiver pulled it away and somehow held on. But overall I think they held him in check well.

      I think UNI's defense played a great game all night. They shut down the run game all night and had Elder completely out of rhythm. In fact I have to say they made Elder look like he was in over his head.

      The difference was Appy's speed on defense and UNI's inability to sustain drives in the 2nd half, and of course the turnover.
      Last edited by Blue42; 12-17-2005, 05:34 PM.
      Winning is more fun than losing.

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      • #4
        The only thing that really jumped out at me was the fact that we didn't even attempt to run the ball towards the fourth quarter. I think if we would have come out and pounded Horne and Freeney after the Fumble return we could have built a decent drive and gotten some momentum back.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Blue42
          It did seem like we should've sent a few more blitzes. But overall Williams was 10 of 26 passing. He hit a receiver over the middle a couple of times for big first downs. And the long pass in the 3rd quarter to set up their 2nd touchdown hurt, when Dokes had the ball and the receiver pulled it away and somehow held on. But overall I think they held him in check well.

          I think UNI's defense played a great game all night. They shut down the run game all night and had Elder completely out of rhythm. In fact I have to say they made Elder look like he was in over his head.

          The difference was Appy's speed on defense and UNI's inability to sustain drives in the 2nd half, and of course the turnover.
          Nail on the head with this post. The difference was in the fourth that when we ran we were successful until they keyed on the run, then we couldn't get anything. When they knew we were going to pass, they killed us in the fourth. Those last few drives, they knew we were in pass mode and they just destroyed our protection.
          If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times

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          • #6
            Follow-up

            While I agree that App. State has some great players. Football is still a team sport with a great deal of strategy.

            Yes, we (UNI) should have ran more in the 4th Qtr, but we failed to run right at the defense. Slow developing plays lead to very little gain. When the defense is quick, you need to attack head on.

            I doubt Williams could avoid a sack in the condition is ankle is. He could barely make it to the first down marker in time. The team played hard, just mental errors on the coaching staff. Don't get me wrong I want to see Farely stay, but this is a learning oppurtunity for them.

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            • #7
              No woulda shoulda coulda's for me. I am so thrilled about this past season! So many great last minuet wins! Live by the gun die by the gun.

              To come up just short of the NC was a drag. But like a friend of mine told me before the semi game. To win the semi is haveing the cake, winning the NC is just iceing on it. That is how I see it too.

              Here's to next year!

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              • #8
                My 2 cents...

                The fact that they returned a fumble for a TD is almost irrelevant, considering we recovered one of their fumbles in the first half and eventually scored.

                The heart breaker for me was not being able to score on our last drive, and then not being able to stop them from getting a 1st down to run the clock out.

                Still had a great time in Chatty.

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