Total abberation or a sign of things to come?

[UNIChippewa]

Stunning, mind-boggling loss yesterday. I simply couldn't beleive the final score. A team with our tradition and talent should never lose to a Division II team, no matter how good or well-coached they are, especially at home.

I live down in the Florida Keys, so obviously I have very limited means of following the team with the lack of media down here. For those of you who saw the game or were able to follow it, was yesterday just a total fluke of a loss, or is it possibly a warning sign that the season will not meet our expectations as fans?

I'm curious. I am very disappointed in yesterday's results and I hope never to be that disappointed again.

[Mountain Panther]

Even if we had stopped them in the last two minutes to hold on for the win, our team still would have played TERRIBLE. What stings the most is that if we lose to Iowa State, we will have 2 loses GOING INTO the gateway, which pretty much means we can only lose one Gateway game. Gotta smoke SDSU...and then do some soul-searching during the next two weeks off.

[panther2317]

Abberation.

[Cap'n Cat]

Take it easy, everyone.

[Winder/aka Dan Holmes]

So Cap'n, when can we expect your presence in the Dome again?

[Herdman]

Even if we had stopped them in the last two minutes to hold on for the win, our team still would have played TERRIBLE. What stings the most is that if we lose to Iowa State, we will have 2 loses GOING INTO the gateway, which pretty much means we can only lose one Gateway game. Gotta smoke SDSU...and then do some soul-searching during the next two weeks off.

RADIO IOWA
U-N-I coach promises changes after loss

by Doug Peterson KCNZ Cedar Falls

The U-N-I Panthers will be looking to bounce back this weekend when they host South Dakota State in non-conference play. The Panthers were stunned in their home opener last week by division two North Dakota and dropped to 12th in the latest 1-AA poll.

Panther coach Mark Farley says he can't predict what will happen Saturday, but he knows what he'll do to his team to get it ready. Farley says the core of the team is headed in the right direction.


Farley says there will be changes this week, as he says anytime you have a loss like last Saturday, there has to be consequences. Farley says some other people will get a chance to try and win positions.

Farley says the Panthers made too many mistakes against North Dakota. He says the things he feared in the first football game, happened in the second game. Farley says they did not have the energy needed to play the game and had mental breakdowns. Farley says the upside is that it wasn't a conference game and they have a chance to clean things up. Farley says a ground football team is an alert football team, and they will be ready for this week.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006, 4:17 PM