Official 2006 Football Schedule

[bigticket]

I'm sure this has been covered, but I didn't look around too much... not sure this is the right thread for this either, but.....

why wouldn't the I-AA Officials have a "throw away" game for such games like Florida, Iowa, Iowa State, Nortre Dame, Minnesota, etc... which would allow UNI to play, possibly on regional tv, and not cause them to miss the playoffs...

maybe a "RPI" of sorts, which the comittee would use??

but lets say UNI had a chance to play Notre Dame( easy to say when i'm watching on the couch ) on National TV... that's some exposure and $$$ for the school, and for players like Sanders who might have a crack at the next level...

if its a loss, that should not cost UNI a playoff birth, which, i'm presuming losses to Iowa/ISU might have done in the past

[Matt Trump]

I'm sure this has been covered, but I didn't look around too much... not sure this is the right thread for this either, but.....

why wouldn't the I-AA Officials have a "throw away" game for such games like Florida, Iowa, Iowa State, Nortre Dame, Minnesota, etc... which would allow UNI to play, possibly on regional tv, and not cause them to miss the playoffs...

maybe a "RPI" of sorts, which the comittee would use??

but lets say UNI had a chance to play Notre Dame( easy to say when i'm watching on the couch ) on National TV... that's some exposure and $$$ for the school, and for players like Sanders who might have a crack at the next level...

if its a loss, that should not cost UNI a playoff birth, which, i'm presuming losses to Iowa/ISU might have done in the past

Thats the risk you take. Big money games with big time programs are essential for I-AA programs to fund athletic departments that desperately need the money.

There already is the GPI which is the I-AA version of the RPI.

http://i-aa.org/section_front.asp?arttypeid=564

[MplsBison]

As long as you win your conference, you can have 4 straight losses to I-As to start out the year.

Might hurt your seed, though.

[Matt Trump]

Its a pretty tough conference to win and its not fun having no control over your own destiny.

[bigticket]

Thanks for the info on the GPI, i had no idea, it is now bookmarked.

[Flagship Girl]

Thanks for posting that. Now I'll know if there are any potential conflicts, time wise.

[Panthers to the Bone]

The UNI schedule on the unipanthers.com website shows that the Drake game is now on KFXA and KDSM.

[Mountain Panther]

I just booked my plane ticket into Des Moines on 9/29 for the Iowa State game. No game ticket yet and no place to stay....but those are just minor details!

[UNI Fight]

lots of places to stay in Ames and I don't think you'll have a problem getting a seat in Jack Trice, even if it's on one of their hills

[Mountain Panther]

lots of places to stay in Ames and I don't think you'll have a problem getting a seat in Jack Trice, even if it's on one of their hills

Yeah I got lots of friends in Des Moines, including ISU and UNI grads. Should be no problem. 6 pm kickoff.....geeeeeez that's a long day on the bottle.

[Chitown Panther]

gonna be fun.....

[Mountain Panther]

gonna be fun.....

Iowa is also at home playing Ohio State that day, kickoff time TBD.

When I see that Japan played Croatia to a thrilling 0-0 tie in the World Cup, my loins burn for good old American football.

[Herdman]

I know this post is going to come way too early for anyone to remember it come the football season, but here it goes anyway.

First off, I want to say that I have been promoting this idea for a long time. It would be great for UNI to play their old NCC mates in NDSU, SDSU and now UND; and USD when they move up to D1-AA too. I am not for UNI leaving the Gateway and getting into a conference with these guys, but think it would be a great for UNI to schedule 4 in-region, D1-AA teams on a regular basis. SDSU has been playing pretty good ball and NDSU has been playing very good football since making the jump from D2.

NDSU went to Carbondale last year and only lost 9-6. Many in green and yellow, and MplsBison and FargoBison can back this up, but many NDSU fans actually claim the Bison to already be a D1-AA "power" and are looking to make the play-offs in their first year of eligibility. You can't really blame them having 11 D2 NC and +.500 seasons every year since moving up from D2 in the pocket. But I digress.

Back to the point of this post: UNI should be wery of UND. The Fighting Sioux will come to Cedar Falls with one thing in mind and that will be to knock off one of the highest rated D1-AA football teams in the region. Not just test the D1-AA football water, but to make a point. That they can play and win at this level now.

This would be a great recruiting pitch for them since they will be going up against UNI, NDSU and SDSU from this point forward. Not that "we played them", but that "we beat them at their place".

On a side note, if UND can come to CF and win, just think what the Fighting Sioux Nation can hold over their Bison bretheren until the Wooden Nickel rivalry heats up again? (You guys lost at SoIL, but we beat the the D1-AA Runner-up at their house.) I don't know how many of you guys are familiar with the LOVE shared by these to programs, but the rivalry between UNI and say SoIL has nothing on these two programs.

Fighting Sioux fans always travel very well and this game is high on their travel plans this year. I know they are only D2 as many of you have said before in this thread, but these guy actually believe that they can compete with any D1-AA level program and win - now.

They believe their 1st and some of their 2nd teamers are just as good as UNI's 1st and 2nd teamers and can play down for down with you and keep the game close and then you never know what can happen in close game.

They also believe that their play-off experience will help them and they are not affraid of playing in a dome, they play in one too.

Keep in mind, the Panthers have lost a good number of starters off last years team. Don't take this the wrong way. I want UNI to pound any Dakota team they play. Any former NCC member for that matter. But it appears that many UNI fans have been away from those ties for far too long or are not even aware there was a relationship at one time.

Well, NCC fans have not forgotten that UNI was a charter member and would love to get back at the Panthers.

IMO, many are jealous that the UNI adminstration had the foresight to move up when the chance was presented. Now they are making the move and want to use UNI as a stepping off point.

Do I tkink UNI will win? Absolutley! Do I think UND could win? Anything is possible. Just don't let it happen. Pound these guys every chance you get. Do not take them lightly and do not let them have one moments peace on the field of play.

That being said, UND fans are pretty cool before and after the games, but during agmes they'll want your heart just like any good team or fans should. NDSU, that's another story. They talk smack like they're freaken Notre Dame or Miami. OOO, they beat Wisconsin.

Go Panthers!

[Chitown Panther]

.....I think everyone on this site knows what UNI lost from last year. We also understand that we do a pretty good job of re-loading....and the recruiting classes over the past 4 years have probably never been this good (which is a BOLD statement).

I personally think our Defense will be improved to last year.....many people on this board were really down on our D last year after the Ill State game....

Additionally, our offense should not skip a beat.

[Matt Trump]

I think the defense will be a little shaky to start and will once again will come up huge at the end of the season. No one will be able to stop the offense...