Game 8 - SIU

[clenz]

By my ciphering, Saturday's win over Southern Illinois was Mark Farley's 100th Dome victory.

My spreadsheet has him at 100-28-0 in the Dome.

(** this is not Mark)

You'd think that would be something the athletic department would love to publish the hell out of.

[clenz]

another Clenz attempt to convince everyone that cheering doesn't matter, so no one should bother.

Not what I said, but no one is shocked you can't follow what I've said.

You want to give the false start to crowd noise? I'll give you that. A center snapping a ball 3 feet over the QB head is not noise related

[ronfitch]

You'd think that would be something the athletic department would love to publish the hell out of.

My numbers could be off - they have never matched what the AD reports though that has been adjusted recently to not be as wildly off as what is used on the TV broadcasts for overall Dome record. But my numbers come from UNI media guides.

[BCPanther]

By my ciphering, Saturday's win over Southern Illinois was Mark Farley's 100th Dome victory.

My spreadsheet has him at 100-28-0 in the Dome.

(^^ this is not Mark)

That would make him 66-62 on the road which honestly feels about right when you factor in all the FBS games.

Take the FBS out and he's 62-44.

Pretty wild that he's coached the exact same number of games at home and on the road in the middle of his 21st year and shows how good he really is most of the time. Oh and he's got 26 wins against Top 10 teams.

Honestly, the fact that he's only been Valley Coach of the Year twice is an absolute injustice.

[clenz]

My numbers could be off - they have never matched what the AD reports though that has been adjusted recently to not be as wildly off as what is used on the TV broadcasts for overall Dome record. But my numbers come from UNI media guides.

Yeah...well...good luck trying to get department numbers to match department numbers from one guide to another.

[achrist70]

I think it comes down to a couple of things, the first half of his career UNI was supposed to be the league champion year in and out so if we didn't do something special they gave it to a lesser program that had a "good" year. The second half of his career NDSU has been so dominate that it has been difficult for other program to win awards, other than when a program that is usually bad has a "good" year.

Basically it is what the whole Ben Jacobson vs Farley argument comes down to on here. Even though we get frustrated at times with both coaches overall they are both good for the university to have.

[ronfitch]

Yeah...well...good luck trying to get department numbers to match department numbers from one guide to another.

I went through media guides season-by-season going back to '76, grabbing the previous season results from each.

There were three media guides* for which I did not have access to check, so used the information from the history section of another media guide (the history section began listing all seasons in an '87 supplement, so had to use that for the '84 results and then was able to use the next available media guide in the other two situations). For the 2017 season, I used the unipanthers.com site because the 2018 guide had the scores correct but not the location of games correct.

* if anyone have a scan of the '85, '10 and/or '13 FB media guide(s), let me know.

Fun Fact: with the '86 guide in the UNI Scholar Works archive, there was a football questionnaire (perhaps an insert) .... players could fill it out with name/school/position/height and weight/40 time/college entrance exam scores/etc. and drop it in the mail to the recruiting office.

[clenz]

Fun Fact: with the '86 guide in the UNI Scholar Works archive, there was a football questionnaire (perhaps an insert) .... players could fill it out with name/school/position/height and weight/40 time/college entrance exam scores/etc. and drop it in the mail to the recruiting office.

That's now online and has been for a while.I can't imagine how many just bad athletes many schools get through that.

[ronfitch]

That's now online and has been for a while.I can't imagine how many just bad athletes many schools get through that.

Even as late as the '80s and '90s, I get it. Maybe the '00s, even. But can there really be any fulltime high school starter - in-state, anyway - who is not already on a list/has a file going at D-I schools?

[sevelev711]

Students - Where have you gone? Two great games and then apparently decided that after the SD disaster, they weren't coming back. Sad to see for sure.

Tbf, it was October 30th, students who go to football games are instead going to parties. That being said, with only one game left in the year, against a not particularly great WIU, I don't know if they're coming back. But the SD game probably wasn't the biggest reason they stayed home this weekend.

[clenz]

I have him at 101 wins. I'll double check my math later tonight but here's what I have. I very well may have transcribed a number wrong in one year

Home
7	-	0
3	-	3
6	-	0
4	-	2
7	-	0
4	-	2
6	-	1
8	-	1
5	-	1
4	-	2
6	-	0
3	-	2
4	-	2
6	-	2
5	-	1
2	-	3
5	-	1
5	-	1
7	-	0
1	-	3
3	-	1
101	-	28

Away
4	-	3
2	-	3
4	-	3
3	-	2
4	-	3
3	-	2
6	-	0
4	-	2
2	-	3
3	-	3
4	-	3
2	-	4
3	-	3
3	-	3
4	-	4
3	-	3
3	-	4
2	-	5
3	-	5
2	-	1
2	-	2
66	-	61

Then 0-1 neutral site

[vbfan19]

Not what I said, but no one is shocked you can't follow what I've said.

You want to give the false start to crowd noise? I'll give you that. A center snapping a ball 3 feet over the QB head is not noise related

what's the point about arguing with someone who is complimenting the positive (for UNI) atmosphere of those that were actually at the game?

them: "I like how loud the crowd got towards the end of the game"
you: "it didn't get loud"

[BrockLesnar]

To think people were calling for Farley's head after USD.He's the best coach in the MVFC. We can win the National Title in January. I think the team knows it, but the fan base clearly does not. He also should be our AD. Tough to do both, but it can be done. AD jobs come open every where. He can go elsewhere too.

[run&blade]

Jim Tressel once said the loudest stadium ever was the uni dome. This was after a few years at Ohio St.

It wasn’t packed Saturday but the fans that were there were into it. Including the SIU fans.

[ronfitch]

I have him at 101 wins. I'll double check my math later tonight but here's what I have. I very well may have transcribed a number wrong in one year

Home
7	-	0
3	-	3
6	-	0
4	-	2
7	-	0
4	-	2
6	-	1
8	-	1
5	-	1
4	-	2
6	-	0
3	-	2
4	-	2
6	-	2
5	-	1
2	-	3
5	-	1
5	-	1
7	-	0
1	-	3
3	-	1
101	-	28

Away
4	-	3
2	-	3
4	-	3
3	-	2
4	-	3
3	-	2
6	-	0
4	-	2
2	-	3
3	-	3
4	-	3
2	-	4
3	-	3
3	-	3
4	-	4
3	-	3
3	-	4
2	-	5
3	-	5
2	-	1
2	-	2
66	-	61

Then 0-1 neutral site

Thanks for another set of eyes, Chad.

We match on all but three:

- for 2001, I have 6-0 rather than 7-0 (2002 media guide has 6-0);
- for 2014, I have 6-1 rather than 6-2 (2014 media guide has 6-1);
- for 2018, I have 5-2 rather than 5-1 (no media guide the following year, unipanthers.com has 5-1);

With Saturday's win, I still come up with 100 wins against 27 losses under Farley in the Dome, or .787%.