How was Terre Haute? who went?

[FMPanther]

Just curious if you spent any time around the wonderful city.

[OH BABY! I luv this team!]

Just curious if you spent any time around the wonderful city.

I have to admit, I did NOT notice any foul smell while we were in Terra Haute. The team and travel party ate a pre game meal at the MCL cafeteria and it was absolutely awesome! Great fresh hot food! Turkey carved right off the big ol bird, same with a big piece of Beef and everyone seemed to really like the place. In all the times I have been to Terra Haute I never knew this place was there and will go there again and highly recommend it to anyone going to TH. As good as the food was at the MCL the gametime atmosphere was at the other end of the spectrum! The atmosphere at the game was as bad as I have ever seen at a division 1 football game. If there were 500 actual fans in the stands I would be suprised(B-A-P's picture somewhere else on this site will prove my point on that). There football program is really down right now and the fan support is about nil! They host Missouri State this weekend for their homecoming game and I think this is there best chance at getting Lou West his FIRST win as their head coach and also snap a 24 game losing streak. If they don't get a win saturday they could be looking at another 0-11. Remember the Sycamore football program is a bit of a sacrafical lamb for the rest of their sports programs as they play 2 division 1A games for the "money" and then facing that tough Gateway schedule makes their 11 game schedule very very tough.
Just a few after thoughts from the trip to beautiful Terra Haute!

[DrewDog]

We had a commando mission like the Panthers. Drove down from Indy and drove back, so we didn't see much of Terre Haute. Was shocked when we got to the stadium about a half hour before the game and pulled in and got a premo parking spot right by the front of the stadium.

We sat right behind the ISU bench and I have to give their coaching staff credit for working with their players throughout the game. Since it was so quite we could hear a lot of what was going on down on their bench. ISU was undersized and made a lot of mistakes, both mental and physical. Two things caught my attention. One was when one of their players committed a personal foul that giave UNI a first down. Coach West came over and talked to the player about not beating themselves. Later in the game, after Sanders scored UNI's last TD Coach West talked to his defense and commended them for their effort on the goal line defense, but said that it wasn't their poor play on the goal line that allowed UNI to score it was their poor defense down on UNI's own 30 at the start of the drive. He was stressing that they have to play at a higher level all the time in order to win. I think if he gets some talent, he could turn things around. He has a good resume.

[UNI MadCat]

Neat observations DD. You don't normally get those up close and personal impressions in D-I football. Thanks!

Sounds like this guy knows how to handle young men in an appropriate manner.

Best of luck to InSU (minus one Saturday a year!).

[alleycat]

We got in around 12pm. Went to "Zonk's" for lunch and had a cold one. Also didn't smell anything out of the norm. The fans who were there were very friendly. Can you imagine bringing in a family on a recruiting trip with 500 fans? We ended up back around 2am and was a smooth 6.5 hour trip from CF.

[TravelingPanther]

Sounds like a good time. Wish I could've made it. May end up being the only game I don't see this year.