Missouri Valley Conference

[guinzone]

They probably will, but you never know. In the past 3 years:
UNI has beaten YSU 3 times by a combined 10 points:
-2006: 31-23
-2007: 14-13
-2008: 21-20

At least we are not getting blown out by the Panthers anymore.. One of these days we'll beat then Panthers!

I don't care if we win by 1 a win is a win. As Richmond the difference between a one point win and a blow out win. There isn't one.

In this series there is a difference. YSU loses every year, so 1pt losses back to back years is much more promising than 20-30pt losses which we were accustomed to in the past!

[DJH]

They probably will, but you never know. In the past 3 years:
UNI has beaten YSU 3 times by a combined 10 points:
-2006: 31-23
-2007: 14-13
-2008: 21-20

At least we are not getting blown out by the Panthers anymore.. One of these days we'll beat then Panthers!

Bummer, it looks like YSU's best effort just isnt good enough.

Seriously though, I thought they had us beat in '07. They had a great gameplan that day and really took it to us.

[DJH]

Every D looks good when playing the Penguins.

You guys better be careful, you're about to fall into the MSU/WIU category. Last year was terrible. I've never been so out of a football game as when I tried to watch our game at Stambaugh Stadium. Real attendance must have been 2-3k in that giant stadium. I hope for a better show when I come back in 2010.

Our record was a disgrace by that point in the season and the weather was pretty bad, hence the bad attendance. Too bad the atmosphere wasn't like the NDSU game in week 3, it was electric.

We are no MSU or WIU. We started 25+ different starters after the Ohio State game, due to injuries and a few players quitting. I'd like to see many teams win with that many new starters.

In my eyes:
-Should have never had lost @ SUU.
-Should never had lost vs. Liberty.
-Should have, at least had the opportunity to, beat UNI at home.
-Should have beaten ILSU, who we were leading at half.
-Had an opportunity to win @ MSU, down just 1 score at half.

That's at least five games that could have turned in our favor. The other 3: OSU, SDSU, and SIU were all blowouts.

I like this game. Let me try;

UNI should have won the national title in '05
UNI should have won the national title in '07
UNI should have won the national title in '08

[guinzone]

UNI should have won the national title in '05
UNI should have won the national title in '07
UNI should have won the national title in '08

And I agree with you they should have won the Title at least one of those years, but they continue to fail to do so. Yes, YSU is cursed and can't beat UNI, but UNI is also cursed and has shown they can't win it all for whatever reason. Year in and year out UNI pretty much dominates the competition and rolls into the playoffs, before losing year after year in December.

But hey: At least you guys make the playoffs...
Heacock has done so just 1 time since 2001!

[houndawg]

You had your chance to beat UNI at your house, on your homecoming, with UNI having a freshman QB and you didn't. Replay that game 9 more times under those same cirucmastances UNI wins going away 7 of them.

We were 2-6.
We had lost 4 in a row.
We were coming off a 31-0 blowout loss to SIU.

Of course UNI wins that game going away. Here's the problem: UNI should have killed us and they did not. From that point on, there was no doubt in my mind that the Panthers would not win a National Title. If they couldn't kill us during the worst season in years, then I had great doubts they could win the National Championship.

Heacock and YSU have never been able to beat UNI, what makes you think we would the year we were 2-6!!?!?!?!

That has more to do with tradition than anything else.

[guinzone]

OT:
Photos from the YSU Red White Game
http://vindy.com/photos/galleries/2009/ ... ring-game/

[EQguy]

[quote="pantherrob82
I see things like this in 09:

Top tier:
UNI
SIU

Just behind, in the running for the crown:
NDSU
SDSU
YSU

Bringing up the rear, in order:
WIU
Il St
IN ST (seriously)
Mo St[/quote]

I'm a little torn on this year. I could truly see SDSU in either of these three groups. We have UNI, SIU, NDSU and IN ST at home and have to play at YSU, Mo St, WIU and Il St. I could see SDSU going 6-2 in conference as easily as I could see them going 4-4. Its all going to depend on how the new QB steps up and who replaces Schroeder on the D-Line.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

if the bison finish 3rd, and are even sniffing the playoffs... i'll be super excited... it looks like it's going to be a long season for the Herd.