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Wow! I needed to sleep on this before making comment. Now that I have here it goes, Jegbomb52's take on the game from section M, row 24, seat 1.
If I say anything bad about the team I hope they don't join Panthernation and rip on me (HA)
1. In a 3 game stretch (Before App St. Game last year, Drake, then after ND) our program has gone from the highest its ever been (as a Division I member) to the lowest its ever been. That is the responsibility of the men wearing headsets on the sideline, not the players. THE TALENT IS THERE!
2. O-Line, what the hell? We didn't have a chance. The reverse that the Offense ran in the 4th quarter should have been six. Three UNI O-Lineman ran right by the only guy to block on the play. I know others had to see this, it was obvious. We couldn't stop a four man rush ALL DAY! Sanders is a great quarterback but hey, if he can't throw the ball, he can't help.
3. Wingert, was a stud yesterday. 56 yarder, touchback from the 30 after penalty. But dude tried to crush the last kickoff through the uprights and pulled it out of bounds. If Farley told him to squib it then the blame should go on him but I don't think he would have knowing his capabilities. Only Wingert and Farley would know and I hope that we never see them on here again. Could have cost us the game but I will say it didn't considering they were going to score with a minute twenty six left regardless of where they started. Which leads me to my next topic.
4. Defense, wow. This was probably the worst I have ever seen a defense perform during the Farley era. I couldn't tell were this problem came from, plays were getting in late (maybe Farley needs to delegate defensive play calling, this has not worked well for him in the past, 2002). D-Line was overpursuing all day. I think my grandpa could have stuck his cane out in front of ball carriers yesterday and been more effective then what they were. (joking of course)
5. Officiating, what can I say. I don't think we played well enough to win this game but regardless, the officiating didn't help. First drive, no pass interference? WTF? They said un-catchable, Eric Sanders doesn't throw un-catchable passes, never. Our first punt return they called us for a b-s hold. It happens, no big deal. Until ND does the same thing on their next 5 returns and there was nothing! We are talking big time, game changing plays that were terribly called. Like I said, I won't say they called us the game because we looked like sH#T!
6. Student section was awesome! The rest of the crowd couldn't have been less into the game. Not saying that some weren't but when the boys needed us, we (I will say we, I was a part of the crowd) didn't do what we needed to do to help them out. Credit to ND for doing what they had to do to get us out of the game.
7. Game mangagement. Calling a time out at the beginning of the second quarter? Are you kidding me. We used all of our timeouts yesterday before we should have. Figure out what the hel! is going on and run it. Have some pride. Don't call timeout when you have just been in the huddle for 3 minutes during the quarter-break. If ND would have used all of their timeouts carelessly like we did they would have lost, they only were able to run the plays in the middle of the field at the end due to the fact they had all three timeouts.
8. Last and certainly not least. I un-fortunately was a part of the 2002 UNI Panther squad. Full of expectations, pre-season hype, all the talent in the world and we $hit it down tube. A couple of things I saw yesterday and at Drake seemed eerily familiar. First thing, what are our uniforms? Tall black socks, short black socks, yellow socks with yellow shoe laces (really?), under shirts hanging out of the jersey that are yellow one sleeve purple the other. This looks terrible. I know I have kind of picked on one player from yesterday but in 2002 most of the team members (not all) would have pointed the finger at one player as well. I have talked to coaches that have said the same.
Listen, I have the upmost confidence in this football team to win every game that they play. There are just a but load of things that need taken care of. The above list is just my opinion. Thanks for reading.
If I say anything bad about the team I hope they don't join Panthernation and rip on me (HA)
1. In a 3 game stretch (Before App St. Game last year, Drake, then after ND) our program has gone from the highest its ever been (as a Division I member) to the lowest its ever been. That is the responsibility of the men wearing headsets on the sideline, not the players. THE TALENT IS THERE!
2. O-Line, what the hell? We didn't have a chance. The reverse that the Offense ran in the 4th quarter should have been six. Three UNI O-Lineman ran right by the only guy to block on the play. I know others had to see this, it was obvious. We couldn't stop a four man rush ALL DAY! Sanders is a great quarterback but hey, if he can't throw the ball, he can't help.
3. Wingert, was a stud yesterday. 56 yarder, touchback from the 30 after penalty. But dude tried to crush the last kickoff through the uprights and pulled it out of bounds. If Farley told him to squib it then the blame should go on him but I don't think he would have knowing his capabilities. Only Wingert and Farley would know and I hope that we never see them on here again. Could have cost us the game but I will say it didn't considering they were going to score with a minute twenty six left regardless of where they started. Which leads me to my next topic.
4. Defense, wow. This was probably the worst I have ever seen a defense perform during the Farley era. I couldn't tell were this problem came from, plays were getting in late (maybe Farley needs to delegate defensive play calling, this has not worked well for him in the past, 2002). D-Line was overpursuing all day. I think my grandpa could have stuck his cane out in front of ball carriers yesterday and been more effective then what they were. (joking of course)
5. Officiating, what can I say. I don't think we played well enough to win this game but regardless, the officiating didn't help. First drive, no pass interference? WTF? They said un-catchable, Eric Sanders doesn't throw un-catchable passes, never. Our first punt return they called us for a b-s hold. It happens, no big deal. Until ND does the same thing on their next 5 returns and there was nothing! We are talking big time, game changing plays that were terribly called. Like I said, I won't say they called us the game because we looked like sH#T!
6. Student section was awesome! The rest of the crowd couldn't have been less into the game. Not saying that some weren't but when the boys needed us, we (I will say we, I was a part of the crowd) didn't do what we needed to do to help them out. Credit to ND for doing what they had to do to get us out of the game.
7. Game mangagement. Calling a time out at the beginning of the second quarter? Are you kidding me. We used all of our timeouts yesterday before we should have. Figure out what the hel! is going on and run it. Have some pride. Don't call timeout when you have just been in the huddle for 3 minutes during the quarter-break. If ND would have used all of their timeouts carelessly like we did they would have lost, they only were able to run the plays in the middle of the field at the end due to the fact they had all three timeouts.
8. Last and certainly not least. I un-fortunately was a part of the 2002 UNI Panther squad. Full of expectations, pre-season hype, all the talent in the world and we $hit it down tube. A couple of things I saw yesterday and at Drake seemed eerily familiar. First thing, what are our uniforms? Tall black socks, short black socks, yellow socks with yellow shoe laces (really?), under shirts hanging out of the jersey that are yellow one sleeve purple the other. This looks terrible. I know I have kind of picked on one player from yesterday but in 2002 most of the team members (not all) would have pointed the finger at one player as well. I have talked to coaches that have said the same.
Listen, I have the upmost confidence in this football team to win every game that they play. There are just a but load of things that need taken care of. The above list is just my opinion. Thanks for reading.
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