Game 9 - Illinois State Redbirds

[BCPanther]

since when does UNI not have the full number of scholarships?

We've given 56-58 for forever.

[vbfan19]

If the Valley is the SEC of FCS they need to act like LSU, Alabama, and Georgia and not Vanderbilt.

Even with the SEC, your benchmark of the national championship game at least once every 6 years would disqualify most schools.
There is Alabama, whose MVFC equivalent is NDSU. Then LSU has had an occasional appearance (dunno who their Valley equivalent would be).
UNI is more like the Tennessee of the MVFC.

[vbfan19]

We've given 56-58 for forever.

where do you get that info?

[BCPanther]

where do you get that info?

Farley has mentioned it in the past several times and Dannen talked about it when he was here quite often.

[Alum 99']

I was a season ticket holder for 15 years...cant do it anymore. Would rather be watching other games as I know how every UNI season plays out as long and Farley is here.....it starts at the top.....the AD doesn't care one bit...that is proven by actions....so why should any one else care....im over it....will always hope they win and will watch them on TV....but going back to the Dome and spending money to be there....count me out....when they start caring....I will start caring......

['70 Grad]

How do our # of schollys compare, and also importantly - how does our awarding of "full cost of attendance" compare to our competition?

[Wxcpanther]

It’s amazing UNI gets the recruits they get. I know Farley is a great recruiter, but he must hypnotize the kids while he’s selling UNI. Because if they would look at how he calls the offense, they would change their minds. I know they believe they can be the one that makes the difference, but Farley’s involvement in the offensive play calling will keep the program at middle of the pack until he retires.

Once again UNI is in must win out mode to make the playoffs.

No one loves UNI more than Farley, he can convince anyone to come here. Which is why he should be the next AD.

[Born-a-Panther]

No one loves UNI more than Farley, he can convince anyone to come here. Which is why he should be the next AD.

He absolutely should be, and I've had "outsiders" that only somewhat distantly follow UNI athletics come up to me and strike up a conversation with me just to tell me that. As recently even as two weeks ago at my son's basketball tournament. There is no better ambassador for UNI than Farley. And when the time comes that we are needing a new AD, it should absolutely be Mark.

[ronfitch]

No one loves UNI more than Farley, he can convince anyone to come here. Which is why he should be the next AD.

Farley is a pretty low key interview, at times you can barely hear him. But he lights up when he talks about meeting the high school players and their families during the recruiting process, getting them on campus, working with them once on campus and, man, he absolutely beams when he talks about the former players in their post-playing lives.

If you have a kid looking to play football - or really do anything - you want someone like Farley to talk with them about it.

[BCPanther]

How do our # of schollys compare, and also importantly - how does our awarding of "full cost of attendance" compare to our competition?

The limit is 63 total scholarships that you can split up to a total of 85 players.

We do not offer universal full cost of attendance but do on an occasional basis but that comes out of our scholarship budget.

MBB, WBB and VB are the only sports that do universal FCOA, Wrestling does a smaller stipend that is not up to the FCOA.

[UNIAlum95]

I've needed a few extra days to cool off from what transpired on Saturday but I need to get this out there.

First, what a "UNI-way" to lose a game.

• Starting MLB is on the can in the locker room and no one knows, so you burn a timeout before a second has run off the clock in the second half
• Waste of ~30 seconds on closing drive
• Leave a timeout in your pocket and CHOSE to play for OT (hello Texas State) on the road no less
• Impotent offense combined with stellar defense

Also what did Dom Williams do to move from starting / feature back to the fourth guy on the field. It's like we completed forgot that he had been our best back all season. Yes he had a fumble and I guess maybe in Farley's book that is an unforgivable sin. I really don't get it.

Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in with hope only to pull a Lucy and yank the ball away again. Good grief Charlie Brown the act is old. We will find a way to win out and draw a Thanksgiving weekend game against a glorified D3 before being sent across the country to exit in the quarterfinals again. The AD will feel good because they will get to paint another playoff qualifier year on the wall but the decade plus gap to the last conference title is beyond unacceptable for UNI football.

[Born-a-Panther]

I've needed a few extra days to cool off from what transpired on Saturday but I need to get this out there.

First, what a "UNI-way" to lose a game.

• Starting MLB is on the can in the locker room and no one knows, so you burn a timeout before a second has run off the clock in the second half
• Waste of ~30 seconds on closing drive
• Leave a timeout in your pocket and CHOSE to play for OT (hello Texas State) on the road no less
• Impotent offense combined with stellar defense

Also what did Dom Williams do to move from starting / feature back to the fourth guy on the field. It's like we completed forgot that he had been our best back all season. Yes he had a fumble and I guess maybe in Farley's book that is an unforgivable sin. I really don't get it.

Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in with hope only to pull a Lucy and yank the ball away again. Good grief Charlie Brown the act is old. We will find a way to win out and draw a Thanksgiving weekend game against a glorified D3 before being sent across the country to exit in the quarterfinals again. The AD will feel good because they will get to paint another playoff qualifier year on the wall but the decade plus gap to the last conference title is beyond unacceptable for UNI football.

I, too, immediately thought of Texas State in that moment.

[vbfan19]

• Starting MLB is on the can in the locker room and no one knows, so you burn a timeout before a second has run off the clock in the second half

S#it happens (as the saying goes).
Whose responsibility is it in that situation?
Should the player have informed a coach beforehand that they had to answer nature's call?
Is there a coach that is supposed to take attendance coming out of the locker room after halftime?

[BCPanther]

I've needed a few extra days to cool off from what transpired on Saturday but I need to get this out there.

First, what a "UNI-way" to lose a game.

• Starting MLB is on the can in the locker room and no one knows, so you burn a timeout before a second has run off the clock in the second half
• Waste of ~30 seconds on closing drive
• Leave a timeout in your pocket and CHOSE to play for OT (hello Texas State) on the road no less
• Impotent offense combined with stellar defense

Also what did Dom Williams do to move from starting / feature back to the fourth guy on the field. It's like we completed forgot that he had been our best back all season. Yes he had a fumble and I guess maybe in Farley's book that is an unforgivable sin. I really don't get it.

Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in with hope only to pull a Lucy and yank the ball away again. Good grief Charlie Brown the act is old. We will find a way to win out and draw a Thanksgiving weekend game against a glorified D3 before being sent across the country to exit in the quarterfinals again. The AD will feel good because they will get to paint another playoff qualifier year on the wall but the decade plus gap to the last conference title is beyond unacceptable for UNI football.

Dom is banged up. He was 50/50 if he could go at all.

The rest, well, yeah.

[UNIAlum95]

S#it happens (as the saying goes).
Whose responsibility is it in that situation?
Should the player have informed a coach beforehand that they had to answer nature's call?
Is there a coach that is supposed to take attendance coming out of the locker room after halftime?

I don't have the answer to any of those questions. All I can say is that if it is going to happen to any team, it is going to be UNI.