Illinois State 11/09

[pnthr53]

The longer we keep the status quo….the longer and harder the path out of this mess becomes. The dome renovation won’t fix this and who wants to donate hard earned money for the product that we have on the field. This isn’t a one off season….more to come and been trending down for a long time. Ugh

[95UNIGRAD]

If there's two more years of this on the way, just shut down the program now. That building will be empty by this time next year.

[QCPanther05]

AD can’t afford his buyout. Farley will when he wants to, but $800,000 over two years is hard to walk away from. The bigger issue is to ensure his contract does not get renewed. This is his last ride as coach.

Can you really blame the guy, though? He can literally do nothing and get almost a million dollars over the next two years. There’s absolutely nothing anyone can do about it. He’s got UNI over a barrel. If they AD had any juice whatsoever she would get on the phone, raise the money, and kick his ass to the curb. Nobody owes him anything. He’s been paid what he’s owed.

[pnthr53]

I don’t blame him but wow we sure have screwed things up on the administrative side for what he is getting. Roster for next year isn’t going to get better so we have to take this for at least 2 more years the way things look.

[run&blade]

Zero reason to give an FCS coach that long of a contract. ZERO.

if a FBS school comes along that contract wouldn’t do anything to help.

FCS should be a stepping stone. Win a natty or two and move on to bigger and better things.

a season of zero wins against a school that has scholarships. It’s possible.

[panthergirl123]

Completely unwatchable. Was spending whole game hoping it would get over as quickly as possible. So happy to end the day on a positive note by watching UNI Volleyball.

[Mudrafan]

Two gutless calls… not going for it to end the half at 4th and goal and then again late in the third settling for a field goal down 14. We are 2-7 and coaching like we’ve got something to protect. Finish the season and the whole staff needs to go.

Feel free to cut your million dollar check payable to the UNI athletic department. Shy of that it ain’t happening because the board of regents for the state of iowa co-signs our checks

[pnthr53]

No doubt that things will be status quo for at least 2 more seasons. We all know he isn’t going anywhere but the landscape of all college sports has changed and we are too far behind to think there is a quick turnaround coming.

[BCPanther]

One more.

We can swing the buyout after next year.

Plus, the early returns on Dr Franklin have been pretty positive. Giving her and Wollmeyer an extra year to fix the financial issues is probably wise.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

this will be the first year in almost 25 i haven't been to a game...or tailgated. my regular group is talking about going to the final home game just to tailgate and not feel like we've bailed on the entire season but they've been so hard to watch this year, that it's been easy to have confilcts with going to the game. Shekelman has been a bright spot since the qb change. The D is a disaster and that's something i thought i'd never say so long as farley was coaching. no pressure or threat from the front 4 exposes a suspect back end. it's a bad mix.

In the era of portaling quick turn arounds are possible... but Farley may not be capable of it. We need to find a way to fix it ahead of 2026...updated dome needs a good product show off.

[CatFan]

This program will not exist as a scholarship program in five years. Stop the work on the dome immediately, reallocate the funds, it is literally a waste of money at this point. Like putting 20" matte rims on a 40 year old El Camino.

Not even a lengthy post describing what an SIU Saluki is could save us now

With any luck at this point, we will be able to join the Pioneer League and play at the new CF High School Stadium.

[Blue42]

This program will not exist as a scholarship program in five years. Stop the work on the dome immediately, reallocate the funds, it is literally a waste of money at this point. Like putting 20" matte rims on a 40 year old El Camino.

Not even a lengthy post describing what an SIU Saluki is could save us now

With any luck at this point, we will be able to join the Pioneer League and play at the new CF High School Stadium.

Well...that's pretty extreme and unsupported by any logic.

The truth is programs can be righted very quickly on today's game and UNI has a lot of nice forward momentum if they can get past this change in leadership for the program.

Never underestimate how quickly things can change with the right people in the right seats.

[QCPanther05]

This program will not exist as a scholarship program in five years. Stop the work on the dome immediately, reallocate the funds, it is literally a waste of money at this point. Like putting 20" matte rims on a 40 year old El Camino.

Not even a lengthy post describing what an SIU Saluki is could save us now

With any luck at this point, we will be able to join the Pioneer League and play at the new CF High School Stadium.

Agreed. Use the money to make sure the dome is structurally sound and can still be rented out for conventions, but don’t improve anything that is football specific. This isn’t a serious football program and we shouldn’t spend donor money like it is. There are better uses for it elsewhere on campus. There’s no shame in having a Pioneer League program.

[UNIAlum95]

Feel free to cut your million dollar check payable to the UNI athletic department. Shy of that it ain’t happening because the board of regents for the state of iowa co-signs our checks

You’re welcome.

https://unipanthers.com/news/2024/11/10/uni-football-head-coach-mark-farley-to-retire-at-conclusion-of-2024-season?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0vPqctvBEwAmGpzmYzkqm87nJ3PjCg5JJ7K6gt9DoiIXeTB1G_PxfXcP8_aem__cTZRF1-xadiZDTboswMZQ

[Blue42]

Agreed. Use the money to make sure the dome is structurally sound and can still be rented out for conventions, but don’t improve anything that is football specific. This isn’t a serious football program and we shouldn’t spend donor money like it is. There are better uses for it elsewhere on campus. There’s no shame in having a Pioneer League program.

That's not happening.