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[BrockLesnar]

You probably haven’t seen much. You certainly lack perspective.




You and . . . who? The fickle UNI students, who usually give up at halftime, but this weekend gave up before the game even started? I’ll give you that one.

But, my friend and I tailgated royally (martinis and grilled burgers—go figure) on a sunny October day, watched UNI put 41 points on the board and actually play reserves, unexpectedly got to share memories and catch up with an old friend, and longed, confidently, for a day when UNI will again play championship caliber football.

Save your immature histrionics.

You realize good high school teams around the country draw better, correct? Yup, we're cooking with gas. Hope that free ride from the nice officer downtown was worth it.

[edgecat]

You probably haven’t seen much. You certainly lack perspective.




You and . . . who? The fickle UNI students, who usually give up at halftime, but this weekend gave up before the game even started? I’ll give you that one.

But, my friend and I tailgated royally (martinis and grilled burgers—go figure) on a sunny October day, watched UNI put 41 points on the board and actually play reserves, unexpectedly got to share memories and catch up with an old friend, and longed, confidently, for a day when UNI will again play championship caliber football.

Save your immature histrionics.

Glad you got to relive the good ol’ days with your buddies. That was still a bottom 5 Home game environment. Very comparable to the Lehigh playoff game

[English77]

The poor attendance was lamentable and didn’t escape us. Ironically, yesterday the Dome finally was able to staff two concession stands on each side—on a day when one would have sufficed.

['70 Grad]

Unfortumately, there was a question in my mind as to where there were more students - on the team, in the band, or in the stands. They all looked to have comparable numbers. The stands would have looked even more bare if it were not for the little kids football teams. They significantly made the stands look more full on the edges. Heck, they could have let them sit closer to the 50-yard line without disturbing anyone.

Plus, the smell is getting worse - not clean. Stale, spilled beer?

[Big Cats]

Plus, the smell is getting worse - not clean. Stale, spilled beer?

Maybe it will be cleaned before the HS playoffs. Got to make a good impression on the IHSAA. It certainly won't be cleaned after the playoffs are over.

[havok58]

Plus, the smell is getting worse - not clean. Stale, spilled beer?

if they are cleaning and using mops and buckets of water to mop up the beer, and not emptying the water on a frequent basis (every few rows), then they are making the problem worse by spreading beer/pop water onto each row with their mops. They just need to get some high pressure hoses, start at the top and spray down towards the field. There are drains on each side to handle the runoff. Then use a floor squeegee to push the standing water from the row downward.

i can see whomever is “cleaning” taking the least labor intensive and quickest route to do this, so they are probably using the same water and contributing to the problem.

[FOTY]

if they are cleaning and using mops and buckets of water to mop up the beer, and not emptying the water on a frequent basis (every few rows), then they are making the problem worse by spreading beer/pop water onto each row with their mops. They just need to get some high pressure hoses, start at the top and spray down towards the field. There are drains on each side to handle the runoff. Then use a floor squeegee to push the standing water from the row downward.

i can see whomever is “cleaning” taking the least labor intensive and quickest route to do this, so they are probably using the same water and contributing to the problem.

If they were doing anything to clean the sections, it’d be a surprise to us. We still have the spilt hot coco in our section from 2019. There has been no attempts whatsoever to clean it. We’ve started a picture log… to bad we didn’t start it from day 1.

Oh, and some kid spilled his popcorn last week. It was still on the floor in case we wanted a snack this weekend.

[vbfan19]

Plus, the smell is getting worse - not clean. Stale, spilled beer?

but everyone on here was saying that selling alcohol would be the answer to all our problems!

[vbfan19]

this might not be the place to talk actual football, but I happened to channel surf onto a channel 15 rebroadcast of the game this morning.
When UT kicked off after their touchdown in the 4th quarter, instead of teeing it up like how most kickoffs are done, their kicker did an actual drop kick where he held the ball, dropped it and kicked it just as it hit the ground.

I don't recall ever seeing that before.

Speaking of kickoffs, with the rule now being in place where fair catches of kickoffs inside the 25 are brought out to the 25, thus fewer actual kickoff returns (and even when they are returned, they rarely get much past the 25 anyway)
it made me wonder if any teams have started just putting out a "hands" team for their standard kickoff return team, just in case the other team decides to go for a surprise onside. Not worrying at all about trying to set up an actual return.

Conversely, I'm just waiting for a return team to just assume that the ball is going into the endzone and not bother going after it, but having that kick stop short of the endzone and the kicking team recovering it (since I believe it is a live ball while it is in the field of play)

[Blue42]

To the prior comment on kickoffs...I find it interesting that some teams continue to try to return kicks that are near the goal line.

With the chances of a short return, a holding call or a fumble...I don't see the logic in risking those things for the potential of another few yards.

Holding penalties occur on 40% of kick returns and now you're at your 10 to start the drive.

Long returns are pretty rare anymore.

If they hit a short low kick that your return guy can catch with forward momentum, I'd return that. Otherwise take the 25 yard line.

[QCPanther05]

Maybe the worst crowd I have ever seen for a uni game.

That bad? What was attendance?

[QCPanther05]

If they were doing anything to clean the sections, it’d be a surprise to us. We still have the spilt hot coco in our section from 2019. There has been no attempts whatsoever to clean it. We’ve started a picture log… to bad we didn’t start it from day 1.

Oh, and some kid spilled his popcorn last week. It was still on the floor in case we wanted a snack this weekend.

Hilarious in a sad way.

[QCPanther05]

Earlier this year I posted on the basketball forum that we should eliminate football and pour our resources into the university’s most visible program—basketball. I was widely panned for that.

One of the main arguments against this idea is that we would lose corporate sponsors and other bigger donors, which, if true, is a very good point.

But why are corporate sponsors going to pony up money to advertise to an empty stadium? Corporations are results oriented, and if they aren’t getting something back from their sponsorship, they’ll stop sponsoring. That’s the current path that the program is on.

If that is the way UNI football is trending, why even *have* football? If UNI wants to have a football program, they need to do what it takes to compete in our conference. Whether that’s a facilities, recruiting, personnel change thing, and whether that requires a big ask of donors, let’s do it and be great. Otherwise, make it non-scholarship like Drake and join the Pioneer League.

[BrockLesnar]

That bad? What was attendance?

The recorded attendence is 6,942. The real attendance was less. Less is not more.

[BrockLesnar]

Earlier this year I posted on the basketball forum that we should eliminate football and pour our resources into the university’s most visible program—basketball. I was widely panned for that.

One of the main arguments against this idea is that we would lose corporate sponsors and other bigger donors, which, if true, is a very good point.

But why are corporate sponsors going to pony up money to advertise to an empty stadium? Corporations are results oriented, and if they aren’t getting something back from their sponsorship, they’ll stop sponsoring. That’s the current path that the program is on.

If that is the way UNI football is trending, why even *have* football? If UNI wants to have a football program, they need to do what it takes to compete in our conference. Whether that’s a facilities, recruiting, personnel change thing, and whether that requires a big ask of donors, let’s do it and be great. Otherwise, make it non-scholarship like Drake and join the Pioneer League.

The school doesn't need sports. The metro area is boring and needs the sport programs. Otherwise, the casino would be packed non-stop.