Week 2 - at Wyoming - 9/6/2025

[kochrab]

Might as well get this game thread going.

Wyoming played Akron for their first game and won unimpressively 10-0. I don't know who that says more about one way or the other. With my purple-tinted sunglasses on, it would say that we have a slight chance if we can put together a complete game and play like we did in the 2nd half against Butler.

My family will be attending this game since we live in Colorado. The UNI alumni association is hosting a pre-game tailgate for this one, too--pretty fun!

Go Panthers!

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

Agreed - i feel like this is a game we can compete in...keep it close and have a chance at the end. I have no clue how good or bad Akron is... i saw they (WY) had one back and one WR account for large chunks of their rushing and receiving yards.

Waiting on the game notes to see if the 2 deep changed at all.

I thought all 3 backs that got time looked good for UNI. Jackson, Bey-Buie, and Cram all ran effectively. I really liked what i saw from Bey-Buie early in the 2nd half.

[pnthr53]

D Line gotta get a whole lot bigger this week. We got no push from them last week and that was Butler.

[Neighbor]

Wyoming Offensive coordinator is Jay Johnson. Former UNI quarterback. He is infamously known as the guy that kept Kurt Warner on the bench.

[MVCBeat]

I think if we do as well against Wyoming as Butler did against us I would call that a success.

[MVCBeat]

There was once a time that we would have been chomping at the bit for a game against a team like this.

[kochrab]

There was once a time that we would have been chomping at the bit for a game against a team like this.

I would say that in the realm of FBS games, this is the type of game we should schedule going forward, if at all possible. Games against lower FBS teams are a much better fit and IMO, the MVFC is on the same level as some of those lower-tier FBS conferences anyway (or at least the lower level teams in FBS conferences). I know the biggest thing in the past has always been $$$ from these games. I don't know what the guarantee from this one is, but I'm all for it.

[PantherAlum09]

Wyoming has a pretty stout defense. They have held the last handful of teams they've played to zero or low scores. Have to be able to stop the run a little better and get some more pressure on the quarterback. Butler seemed to get a lot of really easy looks in the first half, and I think it's a pretty big ask for our guys to have that drastic of an improvement in one week. I hope we show out and make a heck of a statement and shut me up.

[PantherAlum09]

Side note to this game... I love these emails Coach Stepsis has been sending each week. It's great to get the perspective of the staff going into each game.

[kochrab]

Side note to this game... I love these emails Coach Stepsis has been sending each week. It's great to get the perspective of the staff going into each game.

Where does one find these emails?

[BCPanther]

Where does one find these emails?

The general public doesn't. They're to former players and the Legacy Club.

[kochrab]

The general public doesn't. They're to former players and the Legacy Club.

Gotcha. Good to know. Awesome that he does that though.

Additionally, I'm glad that we suddenly found money for our guys to be able to sleep overnight in Wyoming for these away games. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that something that didn't happen when "He who must not be named" was AD?

[Panther AC]

Gotcha. Good to know. Awesome that he does that though.

Additionally, I'm glad that we suddenly found money for our guys to be able to sleep overnight in Wyoming for these away games. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that something that didn't happen when "He who must not be named" was AD?

No, the team always stayed overnight on long road trips. They arrived by plane in Cheyenne Thursday night about 10 pm local time, so they are staying in Cheyenne two nights, with the game in Laramie about 45 miles further west. Hope they get acclimated to the higher elevation with the Wyoming stadium the highest altitude of any Division I program in the country.

[PantherAlum09]

The general public doesn't. They're to former players and the Legacy Club.

Oh I definitely feel like I’m receiving these by accident, now.

[CyCarp]

Any TV for this one?