*** Game 15 (Playoff Edition): @ James Madison ***

[BCPanther]

Farley had plenty of chances before NDSU arrived.

he has been at UNI long enough to win title.

uni has outstanding facilities for FCS.

If money is all that matter maybe Harris should just say we have no chance no matter what and have free admission and serve free juice boxes and sing camp fire songs on game day.

We don't have a room where the entire team can meet at the same time. They have team meetings in the area inside the NW Dome entrance. We've got outdoor practice fields that are barely safe. Until 2 years ago our playing surface in the Dome was literally dangerous. Building a Dome 40 years ago doesn't magically give us great facilities.

We've got the 7th best facilities in the league. I don't think people realize how far behind we are in the arms race.

[pantherfansince92]

So I was thinking about those two first half fumble calls this morning. I will preface this by saying JMU absolutely deserved to win, no doubt. Dominated statistically. Probably should have been worse than it was.

That said, does anyone who knows the rulebook better than me know what the refs saw on those two reviews? The one on the first play of the game looked to me that at worst the call should stand if not confirmed, and they reversed it. The second one where we fumbled seemed pretty clear that his arm hit the ground first......had a very good angle and shot of it......and they left it stand. Am I missing something?

The first one, there is a decent chance that leads to a field goal and we are up 3-0 to start......might have set a different tone. The second one was our most promising drive of the game cut short at midfield....could have at least changed the field position game.

If those calls are corrected is the outcome different? Probably not. But they were crucial calls and I don't know how they made them. I would feel better if someone could give me a good explanation as to why they got them right.

https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/football/fcs-playoffs-james-madison-snuffs-out-uni/article_551c66b5-7dae-5899-87f8-776268450a93.html#1

“Credit the officials,” Farley said. “I thought the officials did a very good job. But what was said was they lost reception on the monitors, had poor reception on what was going on so they couldn’t get a clear picture and things were breaking up. That is what he was telling me and there was nothing he could do about it.”

[DomeIsHome]

https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/football/fcs-playoffs-james-madison-snuffs-out-uni/article_551c66b5-7dae-5899-87f8-776268450a93.html#1

“Credit the officials,” Farley said. “I thought the officials did a very good job. But what was said was they lost reception on the monitors, had poor reception on what was going on so they couldn’t get a clear picture and things were breaking up. That is what he was telling me and there was nothing he could do about it.”

If that's true that's cause to NEVER have whoever is in charge of that system do a game there ever again. That is unforgivable and pathetic.

I said, in real-time too, that the UNI "fumble" would stand because you couldn't actually see when the ball was starting to move. I just assumed I was correct (weird, right?) when the call stood, and I guess that's why the white hat was talking to Farley for so long afterwards.

I have zero, ZERO explanation for the JMU fumble though. There's not "indisputable evidence" to overturn that call.

[wretched]

Other than the 40,000 pound, incredibly well funded gorilla in North Dakota...

Until we give football a legitimate budget, this is what we're going to be. All the credit in the world to Farley for being this good on a Mid-Major basketball budget.

Football does need a bigger budget no doubt but I really think Entz at NDSU was a horrible hire. NDSU’s dynasty has been built in part on stealing FBS talent from Minnesota, with Fleck’s success at Minnesota that might make things a little tougher for the Bison. We have seen what kind of coach Klieman has proven to be with his success at KSU...Entz has a lot to prove and I just don’t buy him as a guy to keep the Bison as dominate as they have been. He has won with Klieman’s recruits this year. Each year it will get tougher imo.

[Mudrafan]

Free admission and juice box day would probably get a pretty big crowd.

Many of you swore swilling beer all over the Dome was going to fix all problems. Shocking that wasn’t the answer

[Mudrafan]

Football does need a bigger budget no doubt but I really think Entz at NDSU was a horrible hire. NDSU’s dynasty has been built in part on stealing FBS talent from Minnesota, with Fleck’s success at Minnesota that might make things a little tougher for the Bison. We have seen what kind of coach Klieman has proven to be with his success at KSU...Entz has a lot to prove and I just don’t buy him as a guy to keep the Bison as dominate as they have been. He has won with Klieman’s recruits this year. Each year it will get tougher imo.

Completely agree. Entz won’t get it done. Starting this year

[Mudrafan]

If that's true that's cause to NEVER have whoever is in charge of that system do a game there ever again. That is unforgivable and pathetic.

I said, in real-time too, that the UNI "fumble" would stand because you couldn't actually see when the ball was starting to move. I just assumed I was correct (weird, right?) when the call stood, and I guess that's why the white hat was talking to Farley for so long afterwards.

I have zero, ZERO explanation for the JMU fumble though. There's not "indisputable evidence" to overturn that call.

We were never going to win the game. Our offense had no chance and no business being on the field. If i were Farley, to prove a point, I’d embarrass the offense (including coaches) and put the defense out there on offense some game just to prove a point. Having said that, the officials were abysmal. Both fumbles were bs. Holding was never, ever called on JM and it just ruined the game. Disappointed in a game of this magnitude. Zero common sense used by officials but what else is new. Replay has simply ruined sports as officials are lazy

[ronfitch]

https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/football/fcs-playoffs-james-madison-snuffs-out-uni/article_551c66b5-7dae-5899-87f8-776268450a93.html#1

“Credit the officials,” Farley said. “I thought the officials did a very good job. But what was said was they lost reception on the monitors, had poor reception on what was going on so they couldn’t get a clear picture and things were breaking up. That is what he was telling me and there was nothing he could do about it.”

He said same thing about the monitors and reception in the postgame radio show - that he and others were moving ahead and the official came to him to explain without being asked.

[vbfan19]

He said same thing about the monitors and reception in the postgame radio show - that he and others were moving ahead and the official came to him to explain without being asked.

funny how they could overturn the JMU fumble despite seemingly everyone watching TV seeing no definitive evidence to reverse the call on the field, yet when it comes to what was called a UNI fumble on the field (with everyone watching TV seeing evidence that the runner was down before the ball came out), the officials suddenly couldn't get their monitors to work.

[Blue42]

funny how they could overturn the JMU fumble despite seemingly everyone watching TV seeing no definitive evidence to reverse the call on the field, yet when it comes to what was called a UNI fumble on the field (with everyone watching TV seeing evidence that the runner was down before the ball came out), the officials suddenly couldn't get their monitors to work.

I have to agree.

The way those two reviews unfolded...that story is a little hard to believe.

[PantherFan]

Why didn’t they just walk over to the ESPN booth and look? They didn’t have any reception problems?

[ronfitch]

Many of you swore swilling beer all over the Dome was going to fix all problems. Shocking that wasn’t the answer

Can you repost the posts where "many people" here posted that?

[UNIGrainer]

Many of you swore swilling beer all over the Dome was going to fix all problems. Shocking that wasn’t the answer

I would be willing to bet literally no one said that selling beer “would fix all problems”.

[havok58]

If i were Farley, to prove a point, I’d embarrass the offense (including coaches) and put the defense out there on offense some game just to prove a point.

Farley embarrasses the offense every time he takes over the playcalling or over rules the OC’s play calling. UNI offensive woes have never been the fault of the OC. The ones that get fired or leave go on to do great things, things that they were doing that got Farley’s attention before they came. The offensive issues, from play calling to putting the right athletes in the right spots to succeed, falls squarely on Farley. Get him out of the offensive mix and UNI may be able to advance farther.

But I guess as long as everyone is happy with another upper echelon finish in the conference, another first round playoff game, then life is good. No need to set the bar higher. Hopefully changes occur in a positive way in the offense, and not fire Mahaffey for Farley’s tampering. Otherwise it will be another wasted season with this great defense.

[Mudrafan]

https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/uni/football/fcs-playoffs-james-madison-snuffs-out-uni/article_551c66b5-7dae-5899-87f8-776268450a93.html#1

“Credit the officials,” Farley said. “I thought the officials did a very good job. But what was said was they lost reception on the monitors, had poor reception on what was going on so they couldn’t get a clear picture and things were breaking up. That is what he was telling me and there was nothing he could do about it.”

Wow. Just freaking wow. Have no words