Ndsu v uni game week!

[Logicfan]

I personally have disliked UNI since they let UND come and roll them in 2006 with a mediocre D2 team.

[vbfan19]

I personally have disliked UNI since they let UND come and roll them in 2006 with a mediocre D2 team.

kind of like how NDSU got beat in back to back years ('09 and '10) by Missouri State.
yikes.

[lakesbison]

just had shots with UNI tailgate tent... I was welcomed with open arms very cool people..

#7 UNI kneeling during anthem was heckled and booed hard.

uni ball to start lets go!!!

[lakesbison]

HORRIBLE INTERCEPTION by NDSU qb.... wow UNI ball

[lakesbison]

NDSU coaches suck not going for it on 4th and 1 after theb1st block... wow this is Uni's game if they want it.. NDSU needs to wake up

[lakesbison]

UNI 7 0 after another HORRIBLR INT by stick id bench him for a series

[TravelingPanther]

just had shots with UNI tailgate tent... I was welcomed with open arms very cool people..

#7 UNI kneeling during anthem was heckled and booed hard.

uni ball to start lets go!!!

It is weird. I have only seen this mentioned in this post and on a post on any given Saturday. I tried looking for it on Google and I can’t find any reference to him taking a knee. I’m kind of surprised that it has been this quiet.

[BCPanther]

Teams aren't on the field for the anthem in the Valley. Lakes gonna Lakes...

[Logicfan]

Teams aren't on the field for the anthem in the Valley. Lakes gonna Lakes...

UNI was out for anthem. No idea if anyone kneeled

[havok58]

Thought Lakes was making something up as well, but then I saw a short comment on Facebook, either the Courier or UNI page, about Neal's kneeling. Tried to find it again and can't. However, on the Bison message board, there is a topic devoted to the kneeling incident and here is a comment from one of the posters:

The UNI players who prayed in the south endzone were a little late getting there, and a little slow standing for the anthem. By the time "by the dawns early light" was played, all UNI players who were in the endzone were standing. Some could tell they had kneeled a little too long and looked uncomfortable about it. They were directly in front of me, and I watched them like a hawk, with my hand over my heart, singing the anthem, off- key. I yell Bison as loud as I possibly can at the end of the anthem, with my hat removed til the colors have left the field.

It sounds like they were more upset with him walking off the field after the game without shaking hands with anyone. Hope that clears it up.

[sevelev711]

Thought Lakes was making something up as well, but then I saw a short comment on Facebook, either the Courier or UNI page, about Neal's kneeling. Tried to find it again and can't. However, on the Bison message board, there is a topic devoted to the kneeling incident and here is a comment from one of the posters:

The UNI players who prayed in the south endzone were a little late getting there, and a little slow standing for the anthem. By the time "by the dawns early light" was played, all UNI players who were in the endzone were standing. Some could tell they had kneeled a little too long and looked uncomfortable about it. They were directly in front of me, and I watched them like a hawk, with my hand over my heart, singing the anthem, off- key. I yell Bison as loud as I possibly can at the end of the anthem, with my hat removed til the colors have left the field.

It sounds like they were more upset with him walking off the field after the game without shaking hands with anyone. Hope that clears it up.

Which by the way, if you do that, f**k you. Don't improv the lyrics to the National Anthem, especially replacing "home of the brave." If you want to get upset at players kneeling, fine, but don't be hypocritical about it. It's like yelling at a kid for eating a snack before dinner while you're on your fourth post-work beer.

And that's not a Bison thing, that's an anyone thing. It pisses me off when the Cedar Falls student section does it, too.

[clenz]

Which by the way, if you do that, f**k you. Don't improv the lyrics to the National Anthem, especially replacing "home of the brave." If you want to get upset at players kneeling, fine, but don't be hypocritical about it. It's like yelling at a kid for eating a snack before dinner while you're on your fourth post-work beer.

And that's not a Bison thing, that's an anyone thing. It pisses me off when the Cedar Falls student section does it, too.

Yup.

To be pissy about someone "disrepecting" by kneeing and then be proud to change the words of the anthem is...typical NDSU

From that, it also sounds like Rickey didn't kneel for the anthem. They started it before the players were done with the routine they do before every game.

[BCPanther]

WTF is NDSU gameday operations allowing UNI to take the field before the anthem? It's in the Valley football manual that teams aren't to take the field until after the anthem. And I thought our pregame timing was bad....

[Panther'73]

I talked to a UNI football player and he said that NDSU told them to go ahead on the field and as soon as the UNI players kneeled to pray they announced the anthem. The players jumped up confused, they thought the anthem had already been played. Felt like a set up.

[Born-a-Panther]

I talked to a UNI football player and he said that NDSU told them to go ahead on the field and as soon as the UNI players kneeled to pray they announced the anthem. The players jumped up confused, they thought the anthem had already been played. Felt like a set up.

Should we really be surprised?