South Dakota State

[BrockLesnar]

I woke up this morning thankful again to be a Panther. When that Dome is rocking, there's no place like it. That felt like Panther football from the good old days. Farley's still the right guy and has the right OC now. Just needs the support financially to be able to pay and keep his assistants among other things. I don't want this to be over, this team is too fun to watch. Ever Loyal... always always always.

Well said. I'm really proud of them too.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

Agreed B.A.P. - it wasn't packed like 07 but it was a nice crowd that stuck around and made a difference. The O looks great...the D has improved despite some glaring deficiency at D tackle...ends playing out of position have stepped up/in and made a difference. It's wishful thinking to imagine if butcher and brinkman (or even a couple guys who were 80% of what they were) were on this team. It's a real shame we had a couple of winnable games get away from us in ISUr and ND. Looking forward to seeing the last week against the Yotes....maybe we catch a break and get into the tournament with a win at SD, but it feels like we're on the bubble and probably ultimately on the outside looking in.

[sevelev711]

Might be a hot take here, but we're 5-5. Not only shouldn't we get in to the playoffs, I don't want to get in. That'd be silly. Throwing away the on-field results of the season because "well they look better now and they play in a tough conference" is bad, and it's the exact sort of thinking that we're going to be complaining about in March when an 18-win Louisville gets in over a 27-win Drake. We're playing some good ball right now, absolutely, played the number 1 team as close as one can. If we were this team for the whole season, we'd be in. But we weren't. It happens. That's the sport.

[pnthr53]

I agree….playoffs shouldn’t be our goal. Conference titles should be the goal. Then the playoffs take care of themselves. But it’s sad to see that we are a middle of the pack .500 team. Close doesn’t count. Wins are all that matters and we haven’t done enough of that for quite awhile. Love the Panthers but it’s been tough for too long.

[06panther10]

Had the most favorable schedule we have had in 15 years, 6 home games and didn’t have to play NDSU, and yet we are 5-5 and will miss the playoffs entirely. Thats abject failure. 3 home losses, unacceptable. Should be 7-3 at worst.

Lots of positives to take from the season, namely the return of offense to our program, but this ultimately another lost season.

[pnthr53]

Our schedules for the next few years arent doing us any favors....preconference schedules gonna keep putting us in the hole. Had to have nd and il st...didnt happen....ugh

[BrockLesnar]

I think if we win by at least 10 on the 19th we're the last at large bid. Why not play for keeps and let the chips fall where they may. The committee might still say no, but at least we don't walk away wondering why we didn't try.

[BrockLesnar]

I forget the math dude's name that does the probability chart during basketball. It had to do with probability seeding. That would be different analysis, though.

[pnthr53]

You might be right but with only one win over a team with a winning record will not help the eye test. I know we played one and two and Air Force but I still think we blew it with nd and I’ll st. We will see I guess and we still have to beat sd.

[BrockLesnar]

Our schedules for the next few years arent doing us any favors....preconference schedules gonna keep putting us in the hole. Had to have nd and il st...didnt happen....ugh

In 2024 Huskers and Hawaii back to back with no break. In 2026 Iowa State and Iowa back to back. Unmitigated losses with not much room to recover.

[sevelev711]

In 2024 Huskers and Hawaii back to back with no break. In 2026 Iowa State and Iowa back to back. Unmitigated losses with not much room to recover.

Hawaii is actually very bad right now, with not a ton to look forward to. That's a very winnable game, honestly one that we might be favored in depending on how we're looking next year.

[BrockLesnar]

Hawaii is actually very bad right now, with not a ton to look forward to. That's a very winnable game, honestly one that we might be favored in depending on how we're looking next year.

Actually, that's in two seasons. Hawaii will probably have things figured out by then. We'll see...

[sevelev711]

I mean (and not that they're the end-all be-all, but) their recruiting ranks are absolutely atrocious, their 2020, 2021, and 2022 recruiting classes are ranked 119th, 127th, and 126th, respectively. To put it into some perspective, we rank 148th, 146th, and 139th, respectively, and they have like 7 more scholarships per year they get to hand out. They're down bad.

[BrockLesnar]

I mean (and not that they're the end-all be-all, but) their recruiting ranks are absolutely atrocious, their 2020, 2021, and 2022 recruiting classes are ranked 119th, 127th, and 126th, respectively. To put it into some perspective, we rank 148th, 146th, and 139th, respectively, and they have like 7 more scholarships per year they get to hand out. They're down bad.

The travel is the real issue out and back. We never learn.

[UNIAlum95]

The team played with everything they had Saturday. The D-Line was missing two starters and had a third go out injured during the game forcing 2 redshirt freshmen who had next to zero game experience and a redshirt sophomore, who didn't have much more than zero experience, into the game. There's no way after the season we've had that you can be disappointed in the effort. I thought the fans were ok but there was a TON of blue in the season ticket section near me. There were a lot of SDSU fans around us that didn't come in bunny blue. A lot were in neutral colors trying to blend in I guess. I'm still thrilled with the change in the offense and it gives hope that once that D-Line bulks up, we will be a force in the Valley again. As it stands we are a potential spoiler for the Dakotas now which sucks.