South Dakota game Fall 2021

[pnthr53]

If Harris is the reason the donors aren’t donating…it’s easy…fire him

[panthergirl123]

I will be blunt. Today's #$%@ show was atrocious. Cook started out kicking ball out of bounds. Then, the crappy snap to punter. Our defense was like swiss cheese.....full of holes. Offense laid an egg. O didn't score til second half and scored 14 points in 2 minutes. Defense still porous. All along the way the South Dakota fans sitting near me had more enthusiasm than our entire fan base.

Multiple scoreboard screw ups. Emoji cam is blah. I like the field goal kicking promo with hyvee and the horse race. Fan experience is boring.

Nothing has changed under Harris regime. In fact, I think all programs have gone downhill.

[PantherAlum09]

So... I shouldn't watch the replay?

[BCPanther]

So... I shouldn't watch the replay?

Depends, how much do you hate yourself?

[BrockLesnar]

After Homecoming we're 3-1, ranked #12. I even mentioned a partial to do list after the Fargo loss. We outgained South Dakota by 79 yards and lose soundly. You can finger point all you want, but the fact is we're not going to the playoffs without at least 6-5. Yes, we need to hold serve at home and go to Brookings, Normal, and Springfield and get a W. That would be just to get the very last at-large bid.

[DownGoesKansas]

Welp. I gave myself hope for the season. Should of known better. ugh disappointing

[95UNIGRAD]

Yep, I fell for it again, too. Narrow loss at Iowa State, a quarterback change (finally), and a 3-1 start actually had me start getting interested in the program again. It was all smoke and mirrors. As one person so aptly put it in this thread, we're getting lapped by former division 2 schools while making no progress forward. It is literally the same thing, year after year after year after year. Thank God for the basketball team.

[BCPanther]

Theo is really good but I'm not sure Joe Montana could be effective in this system.

[PantherAlum09]

Theo is really good but I'm not sure Joe Montana could be effective in this system.

100% agree. This offense needs a completely new identity and system.

[vbfan19]

was it a shoulder/collarbone injury that knocked Isaiah Weston out of previous seasons or was it something else?
if it was that, I almost have to wonder if some teams had the defensive gameplan to aim for his shoulder when given the chance.
kinda like the "sweep the leg" thing in the classic Karate Kid movie.
Or perhaps it was just bad luck (for Isaiah and UNI) / good luck (for USD)

['70 Grad]

As one person so aptly put it in this thread, we're getting lapped by former division 2 schools while making no progress forward.

We went division I first. Now the rest of the old North Central Conference has done the same. We are back in the same position (mediocre) relative to them as it was in the 1960s/70s.

Homecoming and Parents/Family weekends used to make for full domes. Saturday was cringe-worthy. Like a Thanksgiving weekend playoff game, but quieter. What will the next home games be like? I counted just over 50 in the main student sections in the fourth quarter.

[BCPanther]

We went division I first. Now the rest of the old North Central Conference has done the same. We are back in the same position (mediocre) relative to them as it was in the 1960s/70s.

Homecoming and Parents/Family weekends used to make for full domes. Saturday was cringe-worthy. Like a Thanksgiving weekend playoff game, but quieter. What will the next home games be like? I counted just over 50 in the main student sections in the fourth quarter.

It'll be worse, especially with a loss this week. Throw in students being way more worried about Halloween at the bars and you've got a recipe for a historically bad crowd.

It's starting to feel like we could merge everything into the 'AD Disarray' thread because it's all 100% related.

[Born-a-Panther]

I'm friends with some former athletic department staff members on Facebook. There was a conversation on Saturday among them making fun of how many tickets are always available to our games and how poor our marketing efforts are. It's disappointing to see that for a number of reasons.

It's only going to get harder to recruit if this trend continues.

[Alum 99']

Our program has become a joke....Our AD is to scared to make the decison that needs to be made.....Farley needs to be let go....the game has passed him and his stubbornness will always get in his way.....we need new blood from the coach all the way to gameday logistics...it is all too stale.....until then there is no reason to go to games as you know how the season is going to play out....and to be honest....the atmosphere on the dome can suck the life out of you

[clenz]

Zero chance Harris makes the right hire post Farley, regardless how we get to the post Farley years.