@Iowa State

[vbfan19]

3. The defense seemed to settle down after the first quarter.

Defense only allowed something like 30 yards in the first quarter.

[BrockLesnar]

Oh blow me. No one who's posting on this site is a fairweather fan. If you post on here you care too much. I'm justifiably very disappointed that our incredibly hyped up offense didn't get past the 50 yard line in the first half. This year was supposed to be different. I wasn't smoking on natty pack like other folks here were, but ****, I got my hopes up for top-10 ranking, a seed in the playoffs. The team I watched today isn't going to beat either of the DSU's. It's just more of the same.

Correct....

[sevelev711]

We need to stop scheduling football versus power 5 teams. We only have 63 scholarships. Instead schedule MWC/MAC teams going forward. Just get it together for the remaining 10 this season and forget the Clowns and squwakes.

We 100% can't afford to do that. We couldn't really afford to do that when we were actually okay at fundraising, we especially can't do it now.

[Purrrrrfect]

If you watch the replay of the game. You can noticeably see Theo was disinterested in playing just leaving the huddle n getting lined up. Typical syndrome of oh "we are losing (at any point) why try harder" 0 fight. Again via just seeing what I saw on the TV. Not a good sign your all conference or "supposed to play on Sundays" (via John Heacock) leader can't lead for the whole game.

On to the next one tho. Flush it and get better.

[BrockLesnar]

We 100% can't afford to do that. We couldn't really afford to do that when we were actually okay at fundraising, we especially can't do it now.

The Clowns came up with 400k give or take The other maybe, 500k. That's not enough for cramping up and vomiting. Play and win versus a MWC/MAC. Yeah, the guarantee is only like 200k, but at least it's a win and we're playing at home in the semis of the playoffs. Now, we look like some borderline playoff team at 7-4.

[vbfan19]

The Clowns came up with 400k give or take The other maybe, 500k. That's not enough for cramping up and vomiting. Play and win versus a MWC/MAC. Yeah, the guarantee is only like 200k, but at least it's a win and we're playing at home in the semis of the playoffs. Now, we look like some borderline playoff team at 7-4.

Why would a MWC/MAC team want to buy a game from UNI when they could get an easier win over a weaker FCS team for the same amount (or less)?

[BCPanther]

The Clowns came up with 400k give or take The other maybe, 500k. That's not enough for cramping up and vomiting. Play and win versus a MWC/MAC. Yeah, the guarantee is only like 200k, but at least it's a win and we're playing at home in the semis of the playoffs. Now, we look like some borderline playoff team at 7-4.

The guarantee today was $625k. There isn't a G5 team that's coming anywhere near that. Air Force was $385k last year.

[SteinPizza]

If you watch the replay of the game. You can noticeably see Theo was disinterested in playing just leaving the huddle n getting lined up. Typical syndrome of oh "we are losing (at any point) why try harder" 0 fight. Again via just seeing what I saw on the TV. Not a good sign your all conference or "supposed to play on Sundays" (via John Heacock) leader can't lead for the whole game.

On to the next one tho. Flush it and get better.

Theo didn’t have a good game, but neither did the entire offensive coaching staff, and the above is totally unfair. The staff’s plan and adjustments looked out of whack from the start. I’m sure he wasn’t disinterested. It was an overall bad first half by many, not one person. Figure out your issues and weaknesses and move on.

[BrockLesnar]

Why would a MWC/MAC team want to buy a game from UNI when they could get an easier win over a weaker FCS team for the same amount (or less)?

Back in the day Ohio U, Eastern Michigan , and Ball State all played us. We won all three. We're now struggling to make the playoffs let alone get home games in December. If the above thought they could beat us why not others especially, today?

[BCPanther]

Back in the day Ohio U, Eastern Michigan , and Ball State all played us. We won all three. We're now struggling to make the playoffs let alone get home games in December. If the above thought they could beat us why not others especially, today?

Believe it or not, the world has changed in the last 25 years. They don't schedule Valley teams because they have to schedule wins and they don't pay what P5s do. The paycheck matters when you've got an AD that is incapable of raising money outside of sending his football team to be mercenaries.

We're now running our football program like a SWAC basketball program.

[not a drake fan]

That was disappointing and hard to watch, but there was more good than bad yesterday. The important thing is that it looks like the defense is going to be back to something close to what it was for all those years. The offense didn't look great but Theo & co have shown that they're better than that and they deserve some slack. Iowa State has a good defense and the secondary specifically is their strength. The offense will be better it was yesterday. I'm more convinced today that this will be the most balanced team UNI has had in a while

UNI outgained then 279-250, they certainly didn't deserve to lose that game by 21. All of the big [flukey] plays went ISUs way.

[BCPanther]

That was disappointing and hard to watch, but there was more good than bad yesterday. The important thing is that it looks like the defense is going to be back to something close to what it was for all those years. The offense didn't look great but Theo & co have shown that they're better than that and they deserve some slack. Iowa State has a good defense and the secondary specifically is their strength. The offense will be better it was yesterday. I'm more convinced today that this will be the most balanced team UNI has had in a while

UNI outgained then 279-250, they certainly didn't deserve to lose that game by 21. All of the big [flukey] plays went ISUs way.

Pick 6 and punt return. You take those two out and we've got a 16-10 game which would be identical to 2021.

[havok58]

Pick 6 and punt return. You take those two out and we've got a 16-10 game which would be identical to 2021.

Not likely. The way ISU was performing on offense they still may have scored.

As for the team being used as mercenaries for fundraising, absolutely correct. And with Farley saying that they didn’t do much game prep prior to playing Air Force last year tells me UNI needs to treat these money games as NFL preseason games. Starters play a quarter and rotate the backups in throughout the game. No sense getting a starter injured in a game that your coaches haven’t prepared you for and definitely don’t keep them in late in a game where you’re getting blown out like Farley did wit Day at ISU. Matt Campbell showed you can rotate QBs, RBs and other players throughout a game rather successfully.

If UNI underperforms again this season, Farley should voluntarily resign.

[BCPanther]

Not likely. The way ISU was performing on offense they still may have scored.

As for the team being used as mercenaries for fundraising, absolutely correct. And with Farley saying that they didn’t do much game prep prior to playing Air Force last year tells me UNI needs to treat these money games as NFL preseason games. Starters play a quarter and rotate the backups in throughout the game. No sense getting a starter injured in a game that your coaches haven’t prepared you for and definitely don’t keep them in late in a game where you’re getting blown out like Farley did wit Day at ISU. Matt Campbell showed you can rotate QBs, RBs and other players throughout a game rather successfully.

If UNI underperforms again this season, Farley should voluntarily resign.

I disagree. With the way they've ****ed him, Mark should stay on and make sure he takes in every single dime that his contract calls for.

[vbfan19]

sending his football team to be mercenaries.

Aren't ALL collegiate football teams (certainly at the D-I level) mercenaries for fundraising?