SDSU Gamethread

[BCPanther]

Stiegelmeier did UNI a favor by calling a TO when Strong got stopped at 2nd and goal. The way their Oline and Strong had been playing, he should have left the clock running to force Farley’s hand. They were going to punch it in regardless, even in the final seconds.

I mean, he ran the play clock down to 1 first.

What's fun about our series with South Dakota State is to try to decide going in which coach is going to make a horrible decision that costs his team the game. Farley and Stig are the same guy, Stig just has a helluva lot more money to work with.

[A Fan In Lean Years]

Given the fact that SDSU was ranked over us and that we nearly won, us Panther fans would call that game a success.
Great job, coach and Panthers!

[Born-a-Panther]

Chuckling a bit at complaints about Will not staying in the pocket. WHAT POCKET?? Kid was running for his life most of the game. Incredibly stupid to blame that on the QB.

[Waverly_Panther]

Given the fact that SDSU was ranked over us and that we nearly won, us Panther fans would call that game a success.
Great job, coach and Panthers!

Give how much you hate Jacobsen, are you going to start calling for Farley's job?

[SteinPizza]

What I saw from my seat was a kid in the air, defenseless, get hit so he literally could do nothing but land on his head, which is what happened.

I know football is a contact sport, but I am getting more and more sick of watching these kids risk suffering life changing injuries. Ruining a knee will end football, but brain and spinal cord should be protected. I don’t know what can be done about it and keep the competitive nature of the sport, but something should and I do think that certain types of play should be defined as not football plays. So if you do it, you can be charged with assault no different than if you attack someone on the street.

Hitting receivers is a football play. If you drill a guy in the air, you’re not purposely bringing him down on his head. Football is meant to be a violent, but somewhat controlled game. I could potentially see a rule against hitting an airborne player, but I’d also want to see a corresponding rule against offensive players hurdling tacklers so guys don’t start jumping to gain yardage knowing they can’t be hit. The offense has too many built in advantages to begin with.

I’m not fan of several recent rule changes to protect QB’s in the NFL. Not being able to put your body weight on the QB in a tackle or sack, that’s bull****. You should be able to bring him down as violently as possible under the rules, like any other player. A little off subject, but it gets to the nature of some recent rule changes.

[run&blade]

was there actually a pocket to stay in?

No, I was there. The line was awful, they could have just as well fell over at the snap and done better blocking. The QB was running for his life instantly.

The receivers look good and fast. If the Oline was average to above average UNI would destroy people with their speed and athleticism on the outside.

[run&blade]

Give how much you hate Jacobsen, are you going to start calling for Farley's job?

Farley should be gone, unless you think he has a 20 year plan to win a title. His coaching mistakes are laughable at this point, any kid playing video game football could run circles around him in terms of clock management. UNI has more talent than almost any FCS team in the country many years, Farley keeps screwing over the talent with his coaching. Its pathetic and like a broken record,

[Purpledog]

Chuckling a bit at complaints about Will not staying in the pocket. WHAT POCKET?? Kid was running for his life most of the game. Incredibly stupid to blame that on the QB.

Seeing a lot of blame on the O line,,, yes at times the line broke down,, but Our QB gives the illusion that the there is no pocket most of the time,, re-watch,, his instincts are to take off running right away,, maybe that is something you can not coach , bad habit for a QB. The commentators on the last series initially said “the outside pocket collapsed” then the replay came on,, there was no collapse, Will just took off,, he needs better discipline,, gotta give your guys time to complete a route,,,

or I just could be incredibly stupid,,,,

[run&blade]

UNI ran the ball 25 times for 28 yards. We can stop pretending the OLine is even marginally good.

[Purpledog]

Agree to a certain extent on the O line Running the ball,, at times there were holes RB’s slow to hit them,, but you can’t conflate Run blocking and Pass blocking, two totally different , same thing with a Defense,, Run D and Pass rush D can be totally different,,, look at the tape, our QB had enough time on enough plays with enough of a pocket,, he vacated it too quickly, his initial move a lot of the time is to start back peddling , taking himself out of any pocket,, commentators even said, he has tendency to take off to quickly

Will took off and ran 7 of those 25 times

[PurpleCatFan]

Totally agree with you Purpledog. Sometimes a QB must step up in the pocket instead of always taking off. Maybe Will wants to get outside the pocket so he can see the field better. However this makes it harder for the OL to know where he is at and the receivers often have to break their route.

[uni1988]

SDSU is a good team... so let’s not give up on these young men just yet. If we clean up the O-line play... things will be better. The bad thing is... one more loss and we can’t win the conference and no playoffs.

[vbfan19]

The bad thing is... one more loss and we can’t win the conference and no playoffs.

unless all other teams also lose multiple conference games. which, granted, isn't something that you want to count on. But with this year, who knows......
Have they announced the details of the revised playoff format? Is it conference champions only? If there are any at-large spots at all, I'd bet that the MVFC gets at least one. But obviously there will be fewer spots than normal, and the politics of the selection committee will ensure that they spread out the at-larges among a number of conferences (especially with little to no non-conference games to base things on)

[uni1988]

16 team playoffs. 10 conference winners and 6 at large. Someone can help me if I am wrong.

[A Fan In Lean Years]

A day later, we're now ranked ABOVE SDSU, folks! That means that our Panthers and our coach will bring us the victory that we are all wanting this evening!

Go UNI football!