Mo St. Game

[Ronin]

Attended the Homecoming game and was very impressed with the blocking from special teams, wide receivers and the line opened some very big holes.

Heads up play and good blocking lead to some very big gains... kudos to the Panthers. Also admired the play calling of passing on first down of the game for a TD. Like the way they are mixing it up and being aggressive.

The only down side for practice Monday that I could see was a few dropped balls and a fumble.

[JayJ79]

and they still need a bit more work on getting play calls in sooner and getting up to the line before the playclock runs low. they had to burn their timeouts early again.

[Panthers to the Bone]

That 2nd timeout was bogus though. The TV camera guy was standing on the field still (a sign that the tv station was still at break). Granted the refs signalled time to begin and the clock keeper did the right thing, but the refs shouldn't have started the clock with the tv guy still on the field, IMO. It was a confusing time though. I guess you can't end a quarter on a penalty (am I right???), so they had to play another down with no time remaining to finish the quarter. I don't think the tv crew, coaches, and officials were on the same page. I could be off base though.

[Newsbreaker]

I thought you could end a quarter, but not a half on a defensive penalty. That whole situation confused me as well.

I guess the game wasn't on TV in Mizzou at all, Mediacom had some "error" of some kind. I'm glad they got that game on state-wide in Iowa, though.

[SteinPizza]

Question to those who attended...how was TA received?

[Panthers to the Bone]

Westsiders seemed to clap, some students booed...most were indifferent I think, and most of the eastsiders were indifferent as well. That's my perception.

[Cat80]

A lot of silence from the section we are in. Oh Baby has set the facts out for everyone to see. Based on the reaction in the Dome, trying to hire more than 2 or 3 assitants off the UNI staff was not well received.

[General_Panther]

My reaction to yesterday's game can be summed up with 2 words

THEY'RE BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

Our offense looked great yesterday. What a great game. HOpefully this is a sign of things to come.

[JayJ79]

there was DEFINITELY confusion at the end of the quarter.

heck, the rock108 guys were out doing their field goal contest with the guy right in the middle of the kick when the ref announced over the PA that there would be an untimed down.

I don't blame UNI at all for that timeout having to be used. but there were other instances where the offense had to rush up to the line after breaking huddle late and/or burn a timeout.

that, and the 12-men-on penalty.
need to work on communication a bit.

[TCuni]

If I'm not mistaken, the Rock108 pass/punt/kick contest was at the end of half time.

[JayJ79]

Rock108 does the 30-yard field goal attempt for a $500 prize (which was won at the SDSU game), usually at the end of the first quarter.

Q92.3 does the punt-pass-kick contest for some jewelry thing, which was done at the end of halftime this past week.

The Q92.3 contest was in the middle of the kickers/punters from both teams warming up before the second half (the guy had a surprisingly good punt and pass, but a week kick). While the 108 contest was done in the midst of the refs sorting out the penalty at the end of the 1st quarter.

[Marc Wigim]

Most people do not know how to properly line up to kick a football. I always get annoyed when someone just boots it upward straight on from a stationary position. OY.

[TCuni]

Ouch

Back when I was born, plenty of professional kickers kicked it in that manner. Pat Summerall is one of the biggest advocates in going back to the straight on kick, claiming that you can get more distance.

[NorthernIowaBacker]

Most people do not know how to properly line up to kick a football. I always get annoyed when someone just boots it upward straight on from a stationary position. OY.

Actually, it is still pretty common to see that at the high school level. Remember seeing a guy in a college game a fews years ago do it too. Its called the traditional kick, they usually wear a squared-toed shoe.

I kicked like that in high school and went to a few D-I football camps, and there were always a handful of kickers that kicked that way.

I could boot a 45-50 yarder that way. If I get a chance to do that, I'm gonna boot it the traditional way.

[Marc Wigim]

I FORGOT ABOUT PAT SUMMERALL!!!!

FOOTBALL GODS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!!

seriously... shame on me.