from Pat Forde this morning:

[Victory_For_UNI]

"Northern Iowa (19). If you saw the defensive sleeper holds the Panthers put on teams in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, you know they're going to be difficult to beat. UNI held Drake 21 minutes without a field goal in the quarterfinals, then held Bradley seven minutes without a field goal in the semis, then held Wichita State 10 minutes without a field goal in the final. The school has one NCAA tournament victory ever; that total could double or triple this week."

unlv, you really are an after thought. Your mid-major conference is overrated and undertalented compared to our superior team. Oh, and Nevada is a wasteland.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

"Northern Iowa (19). If you saw the defensive sleeper holds the Panthers put on teams in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, you know they're going to be difficult to beat. UNI held Drake 21 minutes without a field goal in the quarterfinals, then held Bradley seven minutes without a field goal in the semis, then held Wichita State 10 minutes without a field goal in the final. The school has one NCAA tournament victory ever; that total could double or triple this week."

unlv, you really are an after thought. Your mid-major conference is overrated and undertalented compared to our superior team. Oh, and Nevada is a wasteland.

Drake. Bradley. Witchita State. Yay! Well, JV...you're about to play varsity. Congratulations.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Drake. Bradley. Witchita State. Yay! Well, JV...you're about to play varsity. Congratulations.

I have to agree with Grayback here. The Junior Varsity Leader in Sports, ESPN, needs to start focusing on the Varsity. Both UNI and ESPN will learn something about being big-time this week.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

I have to agree with Grayback here. The Junior Varsity Leader in Sports, ESPN, needs to start focusing on the Varsity. Both UNI and ESPN will learn something about being big-time this week.

That's absolutely correct, Newsbreaker. UNLV will give UNI yet another lesson on what being big-time is all about. And just think, you'll actually get paid to learn instead of paying for tuition. What a deal!

[Newsbreaker]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

That's absolutely correct, Newsbreaker. UNLV will give UNI yet another lesson on what being big-time is all about. And just think, you'll actually get paid to learn instead of paying for tuition. What a deal!

And ESPN. They need to step up their game. Small-time and small-thinking, that's the Junior Varsity Leader.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

And ESPN. They need to step up their game. Small-time and small-thinking, that's the Junior Varsity Leader.

Small thinking, indeed. So small in fact, I've never seen a UNI game on it.

[UNI]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Grayback....you are beyond delusional. You think the MWC is so great. You guys had a good year. We've had them before, and it obviously hasn't earned us any kind of respect. Keep dreaming that you aren't a mid-major conference just like us.

IF UNLV beats us, it will be because they are a good team. Keep pushing us under the rug. I can't wait to hear the list of excuses around 8 on Thursday.

[Panther78]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

I love the banter.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Grayback....you are beyond delusional. You think the MWC is so great. You guys had a good year. We've had them before, and it obviously hasn't earned us any kind of respect. Keep dreaming that you aren't a mid-major conference just like us.

IF UNLV beats us, it will be because they are a good team. Keep pushing us under the rug. I can't wait to hear the list of excuses around 8 on Thursday.

If UNLV lays an egg, I'll be here congratulating and eating crow. Can I say the same for you?

As I said before, UNI is equivalent to the MWC #5. You're tough, but in a tiger-cub kind of way.

[UNI]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Small thinking, indeed. So small in fact, I've never seen a UNI game on it.

Hmmm...weird. According to both team websites, UNI has played on ESPN2 3 times and ESPNU 3 times.

UNLV...1 and 2.

Stop living in the shadow of BYU.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Hmmm...weird. According to both team websites, UNI has played on ESPN2 3 times and ESPNU 3 times.

UNLV...1 and 2.

Stop living in the shadow of BYU.

Shadow of BYU? Tahahaha!! Now you REALLY don't know what you're talking about. Don't worry, your season will be over around 7pm PST Thursday.

[ubuntuCAT]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Hmmm...weird. According to both team websites, UNI has played on ESPN2 3 times and ESPNU 3 times.

UNLV...1 and 2.

Stop living in the shadow of BYU.

And numerous more on FoxSports on and one on that network called CBS they're kind of big I think.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

And numerous more on FoxSports on and one on that network called CBS they're kind of big I think.

Everyone has regional coverage on CBS Sports and Foxsports, sherlock. UNI games don't get fed nationally.

[06panther10]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Everyone has regional coverage on CBS Sports and Foxsports, sherlock. UNI games don't get fed nationally.

Except of course, for last sunday, when the UNI game was on national TV on CBS. UNI has had about 4 times as many national TV games as UNLV has.

[Grayback]

Re: from Pat Forde this morning:

Except of course, for last sunday, when the UNI game was on national TV on CBS. UNI has had about 4 times as many national TV games as UNLV has.

Was that a bracket buster game? The I-feel-bad-for-the-wittle-mid-major-team sympathy coverage? The MWC has its own network called the mtn. National cable gets it, DirectTV gets it. You can watch MWC games from anywhere in the nation.

That is THE reason UNI has appeared more on ESPN than UNLV. Contracts.