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Farley stated on the post game show that he received a call this morning that the plane wouldn't be there to take them to NAU. Not sure exactly how that was resolved, but then, he went to get the players breakfast and they don't serve hot breakfast on Saturday mornings. He talked to one of the ladies that runs the kitchen at the towers, she and a couple others put together a hot breakfast in 30 min. Farley stated that it must have been a good one because as of 11pm, it was their only meal today...
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If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times
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That is why these "commando raids" need to end. I know SIU stayed the night before the game last year and we always go down the day of to Carbondale. There is too much that could go wrong, especially when you have a 3+ hour flight ahead.
This is all wishful thinking, of course. With the budget as strapped as it is, this is what financially makes sense. Plus, Farley believes in what he learned from TA in that players are more comfortable when they can sleep in their own beds the night before a game.
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I just got back from Arizona and it was the craziest 24 hours I've ever experienced. The original plane broke earlier in the week so we resorted to a second plane. The second plane broke down Saturday morning and so they had to fly in a third plane. That plane got to Waterloo about three and a half hours after we were scheduled to take off. Therefore, the team missed out on pre-game meal, had to eat cold sandwiches on the three hour plane ride and head straight to the stadium once we landed instead of having some relaxing time at the hotel. Then after the game, we had to bus two hours to Phoenix cuz we couldn't take off from the Flagstaff airport. Once we arrived in Phoenix we had to sit for over four hours in the airport waiting for a crew that had had enough time off in between flights according to the regulations. We left Phoenix at around six a.m. Iowa time. The guys did a wonderful job playing through such conditions.
I know it's sometimes insane to leave the day of game, but UNI teams always have seemed to play much much better when we leave the day of. I don't see that changing..."...the Northern Iowa men's basketball team reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see. Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define."Comment
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Glad to hear you made it out and back safely. Thanks for cheering hard for the Panthers! I heard they even serrenaded those Panther fans in attendance after the game!The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.Comment
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It's not the same servie as the Delaware trip -- since that trip was for the playoffs, the NCAA handled those travel arrangements. There's an "investigation" going on right now on everything that happened with the charter company Saturday... that should never ever happen again.Originally posted by Winder"...the Northern Iowa men's basketball team reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see. Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define."Comment
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