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Though Cap'n Cat was not in attendance at those two "W's" over Iowa State, he wishes he was there. Some of my favorites:
1. Kansas State, 1985 (player); 1989 (fan)
We had just lost to Drake at their place and were scared sh*tless going to take on a big I-A program for the first time ever (Iowa games from 1905 don't count!). We had the ball first and got our azzes kicked in a bad three-n-out. It was fourth and about 20 after three sacks in a row. We were nervous as hell. However, when we go to the sidelines, Walt Klinker said something that is cliche'd, yes, but was crucial at the time. He said, "Hey, take it easy. These f*ckers put on their pants the same way you do to play the game. You can beat them!" After that, it was a standoff with UNI toughing out a 10-8 win.
My greatest memory was sitting on the bus after the game, getting ready to head to the airport. You couldn't wipe the smiles off anyone's face. Then, Pantherpower's dad, the Associate AD at the time, jumps on the bus holding a $75,000 check, screaming, "Goddam, it's nice to take their money like this!" We all got a big charge out of that. He used to work at KSU. Their coach got fired right after the press conference.
The 1989 game was much the same, with UNI winning 10-6, or something. It was Snyder's first year. After the game, Cap'n Cat, Division1boyee and dad went to a restaurant which happended to be a hangout for the players. There was a table of about 12 of them and their girlfriends next to us and they were whining about how ESPN dissed the heck out of them for losing to a pissant team like Northern Iowa. D1B took a swig of beer, wiped his lips off on his sleeve and said, "They dissed you 'cuz you got your asses kicked." They just looked at the floor. If someone from Southern Illinois did that in front of UNI players at Pepper's they'd-a got heir visiting hiney's whipped. These guys were p*ssies.
2. Western Kentucky, 2001.
Cap'n Cat was living in Michigan at the time and he and Little Cat made the trip down there for the game. The fans at Western Kentucky were THE biggest azzholes in the world, taunting, throwing things, etc. Fortunately, Cap'n Cat got his hands on a couple of sidleine passes so he could get Little Cat out of the fire zone.
It was a hard-hitting game in which UNI had fallen considerably behind by the end of the third quarter. The highlight was that last drive UNI needed to get the winning score. We were down on the field and the sound of helmets smacking was almost deafening with WKU helmets taking most of the abuse. Never, ever has The Cap'n seen a finer o-line performance by any UNI line than there. We smacked the crap out of them all the way down the field and, with seconds left, kicked the winning FG. Cap'n Cat couldn't talk for days from screaming so loudly. WKU and their crowd were really humbled that night.
3. Southern Illinois, 1988.
It's been chronicled here before, but this is the game after which Cap'n Cat and Division1boyee got into a shouting/shoving match with Earle Fat F*ck Bruce in the post-game locker room. That toad.
4. Northest Louisiana, 1987. I-AA semifinal game.
Down about 40-7. UNI screamed back behind Mike Smith, Earl Peebles, Jeff Bealles, Bryce Paup and others to tie the game at 42, or something like that. The NC game was in Idaho that year, so their fans were throwing potatoes at the sideline and at the fans. I was up from New Orleans watching what turned out to be my brother's last college game.
Went to two overtimes and UNI lost on a fumbled 2 pt conversion. I was heartsick for months after that.
5. Any time we won at Western Illinois.
Yours?
1. Kansas State, 1985 (player); 1989 (fan)
We had just lost to Drake at their place and were scared sh*tless going to take on a big I-A program for the first time ever (Iowa games from 1905 don't count!). We had the ball first and got our azzes kicked in a bad three-n-out. It was fourth and about 20 after three sacks in a row. We were nervous as hell. However, when we go to the sidelines, Walt Klinker said something that is cliche'd, yes, but was crucial at the time. He said, "Hey, take it easy. These f*ckers put on their pants the same way you do to play the game. You can beat them!" After that, it was a standoff with UNI toughing out a 10-8 win.
My greatest memory was sitting on the bus after the game, getting ready to head to the airport. You couldn't wipe the smiles off anyone's face. Then, Pantherpower's dad, the Associate AD at the time, jumps on the bus holding a $75,000 check, screaming, "Goddam, it's nice to take their money like this!" We all got a big charge out of that. He used to work at KSU. Their coach got fired right after the press conference.
The 1989 game was much the same, with UNI winning 10-6, or something. It was Snyder's first year. After the game, Cap'n Cat, Division1boyee and dad went to a restaurant which happended to be a hangout for the players. There was a table of about 12 of them and their girlfriends next to us and they were whining about how ESPN dissed the heck out of them for losing to a pissant team like Northern Iowa. D1B took a swig of beer, wiped his lips off on his sleeve and said, "They dissed you 'cuz you got your asses kicked." They just looked at the floor. If someone from Southern Illinois did that in front of UNI players at Pepper's they'd-a got heir visiting hiney's whipped. These guys were p*ssies.
2. Western Kentucky, 2001.
Cap'n Cat was living in Michigan at the time and he and Little Cat made the trip down there for the game. The fans at Western Kentucky were THE biggest azzholes in the world, taunting, throwing things, etc. Fortunately, Cap'n Cat got his hands on a couple of sidleine passes so he could get Little Cat out of the fire zone.
It was a hard-hitting game in which UNI had fallen considerably behind by the end of the third quarter. The highlight was that last drive UNI needed to get the winning score. We were down on the field and the sound of helmets smacking was almost deafening with WKU helmets taking most of the abuse. Never, ever has The Cap'n seen a finer o-line performance by any UNI line than there. We smacked the crap out of them all the way down the field and, with seconds left, kicked the winning FG. Cap'n Cat couldn't talk for days from screaming so loudly. WKU and their crowd were really humbled that night.
3. Southern Illinois, 1988.
It's been chronicled here before, but this is the game after which Cap'n Cat and Division1boyee got into a shouting/shoving match with Earle Fat F*ck Bruce in the post-game locker room. That toad.
4. Northest Louisiana, 1987. I-AA semifinal game.
Down about 40-7. UNI screamed back behind Mike Smith, Earl Peebles, Jeff Bealles, Bryce Paup and others to tie the game at 42, or something like that. The NC game was in Idaho that year, so their fans were throwing potatoes at the sideline and at the fans. I was up from New Orleans watching what turned out to be my brother's last college game.
Went to two overtimes and UNI lost on a fumbled 2 pt conversion. I was heartsick for months after that.
5. Any time we won at Western Illinois.
Yours?
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