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NDSU v UNI 2019 LETS GET IT ON!!
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Originally posted by GonzoCat View PostThe game was a lot closer than the final score made it appear and turned on 5 plays. The two NDSU running touchdowns late in the 4th with game out of reach were meaningless, our defense just laid down for them. Shoe on the other foot we know UNI wouldn't even try to score in that position. The two long pass touchdowns where we completely blew coverage, the dropped easy touchdown pass and the two medium range FGs missed by a kicker who had missed nothing all year were the difference makers in what should have been a very competitive game. I don't know what the problem is, defense really let us down for a change. Agree that we are a good but not great team, probably top 15 FCS. Also agree we will not be great again without changes, we aren't even striving for greatness.
NDSU is a lot better than UNI. They're also a lot better than the rest of FCS and probably 80% of FBS.
The UNI offense had like 18 running yards in the first half. It's pretty much impossible to win against a high caliber team if your offense is one dimensional. Missed FGs and dropped TD passes suck the air out of everything.
The one bright spot in this is that McElvain is a hell of a QB. Find him a OL that can run block, and his life will be immensely easier.
Farley needs to ride off into the sunset graciously...
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Like I said, I'm not talking about qtr 4, the game was over already when they gave up the last 2 TDs. I'm talking about the two long touchdowns where no defender was within 10-15 yards of the receiver. NDSUs first and third TD, when the game was on the line. The defense let us down. Of course the offense let us down as well, but we expect that even while we're not happy about it. I don't know what to say about the kicking, everybody has a bad day I guess.GO PANTHERS!
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Originally posted by GonzoCat View PostThe game was a lot closer than the final score made it appear and turned on 5 plays. The two NDSU running touchdowns late in the 4th with game out of reach were meaningless, our defense just laid down for them. Shoe on the other foot we know UNI wouldn't even try to score in that position. The two long pass touchdowns where we completely blew coverage, the dropped easy touchdown pass and the two medium range FGs missed by a kicker who had missed nothing all year were the difference makers in what should have been a very competitive game. I don't know what the problem is, defense really let us down for a change. Agree that we are a good but not great team, probably top 15 FCS. Also agree we will not be great again without changes, we aren't even striving for greatness.
NDSU is a lot better than UNI. They're also a lot better than the rest of FCS and probably 80% of FBS.
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Originally posted by TravelingPanther View PostI agree. Listening to him on the postgame was not encouraging."...the Northern Iowa men's basketball team reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see. Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define."
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Originally posted by GonzoCat View PostThe game was a lot closer than the final score made it appear and turned on 5 plays. The two NDSU running touchdowns late in the 4th with game out of reach were meaningless, our defense just laid down for them. Shoe on the other foot we know UNI wouldn't even try to score in that position. The two long pass touchdowns where we completely blew coverage, the dropped easy touchdown pass and the two medium range FGs missed by a kicker who had missed nothing all year were the difference makers in what should have been a very competitive game.
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I'm guessing if you gave Farley an extra $1.7 Million per year for his budget and a sold out Dome every weekend, the results would look a lot different.
Frankly, we've gotten this wrong guys. I'm not sure it's Farley. It's administration. The downward trajectory of UNI Football correlates damn near directly to the resignation of Rick Hartzell and back to back TERRIBLE AD hires. Football is, by far and away, more affected by administration than any other sport on roster size alone.
I'm to the point where we shouldn't be comparing any FCS team to NDSU. They've moved past everybody in every aspect and, good for them, I guess.#MACtion
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Originally posted by Logicfan View Post
I am guesing UNI would have kneeled the ball 3 straight downs and punted. Both were runs that the backs took to the house over 30 yards. Good Grief
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My issue with Farley's post game comments is that he is clearly fixated so much with defense that he doesn't see the bigger picture.
He essentially said the flaw in the game was the D didn't stop the rush.
The D had you in the game at halftime with a chance to score in 3Q and take the lead.
To beat NDSU, your O has to sustain drives and score points. Once that stalls, the D wears down and the end is near.
The O needed to hold on to the ball and connect on opportunities. If they do that we have a chance in the 2nd half.
NDSU does a great job of keeping pressure off their D by controlling the ball and putting points up.
Our offensive inconsistency puts our D up against the wall too often.
And in the last 7 years...no one has survived that vs NDSU.Winning is more fun than losing.
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Originally posted by BCPanther View PostI'm guessing if you gave Farley an extra $1.7 Million per year for his budget and a sold out Dome every weekend, the results would look a lot different.
Frankly, we've gotten this wrong guys. I'm not sure it's Farley. It's administration. The downward trajectory of UNI Football correlates damn near directly to the resignation of Rick Hartzell and back to back TERRIBLE AD hires. Football is, by far and away, more affected by administration than any other sport on roster size alone.
I'm to the point where we shouldn't be comparing any FCS team to NDSU. They've moved past everybody in every aspect and, good for them, I guess.
"A guy that we took the DL away from after one year in favor of a volunteer assistant and reassigned to special teams and you hired him as your DC with a first year head coach.
I'm sure he's a fine coach but it seems like a stretch that he's ready to be a DC."
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He makes an entire argument based on funding and administration, and you go back to a coaching hire and how some here felt about that. Are you suggesting it's purely coaching hires that are sustaining NDSU's run? To pretend that the kind of money he's talking about doesn't have a huge impact at this level is being intentionally (or unintentionally) ignorant. It is a huge reason they are head and shoulders above everyone else right now. Not their fault, more power to them - but let's stop being disingenuous that it's not an enormous factor.
BC is absolutely correct: If UNI had that kind of money to affect recruiting and promotion of the program, coupled with the outstanding work of a solid A.D., we might not even be having this discussion right now. Ask the New England Patriots if players or coaches win championships or if organizations/cultures do. You can win a title or two with some deficiencies, but to win MULTIPLE titles spread across YEARS (like New England, NDSU), the organization/culture is everything.Give us a yell, HO! The purple and the gold
Victory for U-N-I!
Find out what the other team wants to do, then take it away from them.
- George Halas
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Originally posted by Born-a-Panther View Post
Can you elaborate? I did not listen.
Gary asked him what the difference was with the run defense in the second half and he basically said he had no idea.Selling a lot of old UNI stuff here: http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=65762
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Money and culture are fine for explaining North Dakota State's rise to power, but they don't explain the other teams that have passed us by and past us by and beaten us in recent years.Selling a lot of old UNI stuff here: http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=65762
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Originally posted by TravelingPanther View PostMoney and culture are fine for explaining North Dakota State's rise to power, but they don't explain the other teams that have passed us by and past us by and beaten us in recent years.Give us a yell, HO! The purple and the gold
Victory for U-N-I!
Find out what the other team wants to do, then take it away from them.
- George Halas
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