We Can Beat Iowa State

[PantherHawk]

i just watched the game, because where i am stuck we don't get UNI games! it sucks, but i am a teacher and can't be out partying and watching games all night! ISU is not good! if our defense comes to play, we can beat them at Jack Trice! From what i hear our offense is good and can beat ISU!! This is the only UNI game I will be able to make it to, I am flying in on Friday night the 29th and flying out the Sunday After! it is costing me a buttload to come back, but i got a good feeling about this one! I don't care if OSU is coming to Iowa city, UNI is going to pull the upset of the weekend! Go Panthers!

[SteinPizza]

A related note - N. Arizona is tied, 14-14, with #24 ranked Arizona State with 10 minutes left in the 3rd. I'd love to see this upset, which would be far bigger than us beating unranked, and apparently mediocre, Iowa State.

[Newsbreaker]

We probably should be Iowa State, considering how they looked tonight.

Did they really storm the field after beating freaking Toledo?

[JayJ79]

perhaps they figured it might be their only win of the season ;op

[AmesPanther]

I wouldn't read to much into a game like this. ISU rarely comes out of the gate well. News, you being an Iowa fan should have learned that from last year.

[Newsbreaker]

I wouldn't read to much into a game like this. ISU rarely comes out of the gate well. News, you being an Iowa fan should have learned that from last year.

I'm not arguing, teams improve the most from week 1 - 2, but that wasn't a good situation for them tonight. They're lucky Toledo didn't play well early.

By the way, a "bowl game atmosphere?" Comon.

[MiloCat]

By the way, a "bowl game atmosphere?" Comon.

When you're used to playing in the Tire Bowl, it's probably close.

[AmesPanther]

I'm not arguing, teams improve the most from week 1 - 2, but that wasn't a good situation for them tonight. They're lucky Toledo didn't play well early.

By the way, a "bowl game atmosphere?" Comon.

After ISU played badly the first game last year Iowa fans didn't even think Iowa needed to show up to win.

Mac always runs a very vanilla offense and the team rarely looks good early on. We didn't see Johnson and Scales mix it up with Hicks at all.

ISU's defense is young. You start 2 freshmen on the d line and you'll have that. It wasn't pretty.

Give Toledo some respect. I don't know that they are all that great, but that quarterback played a solid game, Toledo fans should be excited about him. And that 91 is an NFL player.

If you saw Blythe on Sports Center's play of the day today that's just scary. Some throws to him in the first half and it would have been a different game.

[Panthers to the Bone]

I think it's hard to compare first games, b/c they are just that...first games. Let's compare after week 3 when UNI plays a 1-AA scholarship team in SDSU and Iowa State plays a similar BCS opponent in Iowa. Good news is...UNI has a week off before taking on ISU, while ISU plays at Texas.

[UNIAlum95]

Good news is...UNI has a week off before taking on ISU, while ISU plays at Texas.

Don't forget that ISU will be prepping for a home game against Nebraska the next week. All of these things point to an upset. The only thing I really want out of the ISU game is no injuries.

[Newsbreaker]

Don't forget that ISU will be prepping for a home game against Nebraska the next week. All of these things point to an upset. The only thing I really want out of the ISU game is no injuries.

And coming off consecutive games aginst Iowa and Texas. This is the best spot you could possibly play ISU in.

[unigriff]

I keep my prediction UNI wins by 3 or gets demolished.

[UNI Prof]

After ISU played badly the first game last year Iowa fans didn't even think Iowa needed to show up to win.

Mac always runs a very vanilla offense and the team rarely looks good early on. We didn't see Johnson and Scales mix it up with Hicks at all.

ISU's defense is young. You start 2 freshmen on the d line and you'll have that. It wasn't pretty.

Give Toledo some respect. I don't know that they are all that great, but that quarterback played a solid game, Toledo fans should be excited about him. And that 91 is an NFL player.

If you saw Blythe on Sports Center's play of the day today that's just scary. Some throws to him in the first half and it would have been a different game.

When the pressure is on, Iowa State folds up like a cheap tent. Over the last few years, when ISU has a chance to sew up sole possession of the BigXII North with a victory, they lose. On the other hand, when UNI HAD to win to have any chance at the playoffs, they didn't lose until the Championship game.

[MiloCat]

I keep my prediction UNI wins by 3 or gets demolished.

I agree with this. If we can stop Blythe, we have a chance. That's a lot easier said than done, though.

[AmesPanther]

When the pressure is on, Iowa State folds up like a cheap tent. Over the last few years, when ISU has a chance to sew up sole possession of the BigXII North with a victory, they lose. On the other hand, when UNI HAD to win to have any chance at the playoffs, they didn't lose until the Championship game.

Completely true. ISU has lost the big games, UNI has stepped up in the big games, ISU plays not to lose and they rarely win in OT.

Ironically people are looking at this ISU game and pointing out how it means ISU is bad, yet for once ISU didn't just fold up when the going got tough and they won in OT.

While I wouldn't have predicted a triple over time ISU's game was pretty much how I thought it would go. UNI's game was also what I thought it would be. I don't think we learned anything from either game.