Ouch!

[UNIAlum95]

Farley doesn't want to show all of our plays before the Iowa State game. However, once we got down 14-3 Farley should know that we need to open up the playbook and throw the ball down the field otherwise we'll lose the game.

Not true. Farley said they probably threw too much at the players this week in the addition of more plays. He was concerned about it and apparently rightfully so. You are right that the play book did not appear to be used very well in the play calling but it wasn't that the plays hadn't been installed. My personal favorite was 3rd and short when we had been running the ball well resulted in a delayed hand off and a draw that both failed to pick up the first down. That showed me that we were scared to run it at them...

[UNIAlum95]

Dress Code?

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.

Jeg - I thought this needed to be bumped because I had the same comments at Drake. Excellent points. When did players start wearing jerseys like a dress? What's with the shoe laces, etc. It looks sloppy and like you are trying to draw attention from the team to yourself. If that's the mentality of the players, it's going to be a long season.