Interesting article from SI w/ UNI mention

[Superninja80]

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Wow, I love the way the totally ignore our other victories against Iowa State. In Random factoids they say our only other major FBS victory was against Kansas State in 1986. Way to report the facts ESPN.

[panther-state]

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You read an ESPN article about UNI and expected facts? They know nothing/could care less about us, especially in football where we're just another FCS school to them (heck I bet they still call us D. I-AA). You're more likely to see Fox News do a piece on all the things they love about President Obama.

[JayJ79]

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(heck I bet they still call us D. I-AA).

just like many FCS coaches are apt to do at times.

[ProwlingPanther]

Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk or watch any other media source criticize Obama. That is more unlikely.

[95UNIGRAD]

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Let's keep the politics off the board - I'm so sick of politicians, the people that blindly criticize everything the "other guys" do, and "news" channels I could puke.

Back on topic, other than the erroneous "fact" about our record against BCS teams, that wasn't that bad a preview. Lacking any real meat, but what do you expect from ESPN, anyway? Truth is we need to play a hell of a lot better than last year to have a chance in Ames. This will be Rhodes's best team he's had. If we eliminate the turnovers, it should come down to the 4th quarter. That'd be alright with me.

[in_the_stands]

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The Wichita State fans heads will start to explode in 3.....2.....1....

Mandel no doubt assumes a WSU move to the SEC, given the Shox national prominence in athletics.

[Durf73]

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If the field is dry Iowa State is going down this year & I don't care how big their new TV/Scoreboard is....but if it is a wet day we will be in trouble!

[cydave]

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If the field is dry Iowa State is going down this year & I don't care how big their new TV/Scoreboard is....but if it is a wet day we will be in trouble!

Why do you think that? I'm not arguing, I just want to know why.

[UNI83]

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Why do you think that? I'm not arguing, I just want to know why.

A wet....and overall ****ty field....can be a spread/option teams worst nightmare....especially when that team is breaking in 5 new starters on the o-line, a new QB, and a RB getting his first year of full time go to back.

[cydave]

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A wet....and overall ****ty field....can be a spread/option teams worst nightmare....especially when that team is breaking in 5 new starters on the o-line, a new QB, and a RB getting his first year of full time go to back.

That sounds a lot like ISU's offense this year.
A brand new QB and RB, that runs a spread/option offense.

Which is why I was wondering why a wet field favors ISU and a dry field favors UNI.

[Durf73]

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I believe r offense & r style of offensive players is hampered on a wet field. A dry field allows us to use our speed to the max.. With Iowa States changes that could also be a problem for them, but they r the big school so I figure we need every break we can get! Last year I thought the field conditions cost us the game!

[9YRPLAN]

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a wet field favors the offensive player. i have yet to meet anyone who played football that disagrees with me.

[06panther10]

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Our offense relies very heavily on speed and cutting, and playing on wet sloppy fields like we did a couple of times last year clearly hurt our offense.

[UNI83]

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a wet field favors the offensive player. i have yet to meet anyone who played football that disagrees with me.

This is true to an extent. However, as someone who played defense back when I played I loved the sloppy field against teams who relied on quick cuts and speed. They had to slow way down and think about what they were doing to keep their footing. The wet field really levels the teams out if that is the case.

[cydave]

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I believe r offense & r style of offensive players is hampered on a wet field. A dry field allows us to use our speed to the max.. With Iowa States changes that could also be a problem for them, but they r the big school so I figure we need every break we can get! Last year I thought the field conditions cost us the game!

What cost you the game last year was your QB's inability to throw an accurate ball.
He can be as fast as he wants, but until he can prove he is a passing threat, opponents will just stack the box.

As far as the wet field theory goes, I think a wet field favors the underdog. It really doesn't matter what team has what and runs a certain type of offense, but poor field conditions level the playing field.