Northern Iowa vs Lehigh

[BlackFalkin]

Ill take my crow anyway someone wants to serve it. Lehigh came to play. UNI did noy

If I'd actually picked Lehigh, I'd be going nuts.

Guess who picked Lehigh, & WIU? Thats right. Black Big Brass Balls Falkin

[DJH]

If I'd actually picked Lehigh, I'd be going nuts.

Guess who picked Lehigh, & WIU? Thats right. Black Big Brass Balls Falkin

you didn't pick lehigh.

[GannonFan]

Wow, who knew. After all these years, the Patriot League wasn't winning playoff games because they were playing either a CAA team or Appy St. They get a chance to take on the MVFC champ and boom, they win a playoff game again. Go figure.

Oh, and I see the Hens winning by at least 28 next week. That was ugly football today.

[89Hen]

WOW! Was on the road all day and just saw the results. Man does the MVFC suck this year.

Lehigh? Seriously? Hens will put another 49-7ish whooping on them next week.

[BlackFalkin]

you didn't pick lehigh.

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[ChickenMan]

WOW! Was on the road all day and just saw the results. Man does the MVFC suck this year.

Lehigh? Seriously? Hens will put another 49-7ish whooping on them next week.

I doubt that.. Lehigh is better than you think.. they have definately improved since those early season whippings by Nova and UNH. I think it will be a pretty competitve game.

[native]

wow-o-wow

Congrats to Lehigh!

C o n d o l e n c e s to the puddy tats.

[89Hen]

WOW! Was on the road all day and just saw the results. Man does the MVFC suck this year.

Lehigh? Seriously? Hens will put another 49-7ish whooping on them next week.

I doubt that.. Lehigh is better than you think.. they have definately improved since those early season whippings by Nova and UNH. I think it will be a pretty competitve game.

Baloney.

[GannonFan]

I doubt that.. Lehigh is better than you think.. they have definately improved since those early season whippings by Nova and UNH. I think it will be a pretty competitve game.

Baloney.

Agreed, they gave up 1000 yards in those two games, and nova's more of a defensive team. UD should win this by at least 28. It'll be 2000 all over again - Lehigh beats a MVFC (Gateway) team on the road in the first round, then gets routed in Newark. History repeats itself.

[Caribbean Hen]

Baloney.

Agreed, they gave up 1000 yards in those two games, and nova's more of a defensive team. UD should win this by at least 28. It'll be 2000 all over again - Lehigh beats a MVFC (Gateway) team on the road in the first round, then gets routed in Newark. History repeats itself.

History repeats itself? I hope were not playing GSU in the semis

[Gil Dobie]

Baloney.

Agreed, they gave up 1000 yards in those two games, and nova's more of a defensive team. UD should win this by at least 28. It'll be 2000 all over again - Lehigh beats a MVFC (Gateway) team on the road in the first round, then gets routed in Newark. History repeats itself.

Lehigh is no South Dakota State.

[BlueHen86]

If I'd actually picked Lehigh, I'd be going nuts.

Guess who picked Lehigh, & WIU? Thats right. Black Big Brass Balls Falkin

you didn't pick lehigh.

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The way that reads, you picked Lehigh to lose. Either way you're an idiot because you don't show both Lehigh and WIU there so you can't take credit for picking both.

[DJH]

thats what I was thinkin '86.

[UNI88]

Congrats to the Engineers! Now go out and choke those chickens!

Note: no disrespect meant by using the old mascot. You were the Engineers when I was a young lad and I'll always think of you that way.

[ngineer]

Five years ago we came to the TUB and lost a heartbreaker in OT. Our defense has grown immensely since September. If we can keep this close, until the O makes its usual adjustments, we can surprise a few people. Hopefully the weather won't be a factor.

[89Hen]

Five years ago we came to the TUB and lost a heartbreaker in OT.

Five years ago, as in when the Hens were 6-5?

[AZGrizFan]

Five years ago we came to the TUB and lost a heartbreaker in OT.

Five years ago, as in when the Hens were 6-5?

He's old, Hen. "Five years ago" was a ballpark figure.

[ngineer]

Five years ago, as in when the Hens were 6-5?

He's old, Hen. "Five years ago" was a ballpark figure.

Just referring to the last time these two teams played. If I recall, Hens' lost a bunch of close games that year and could easily have been 9-2. Regardless, we have the ability to win this game. On paper, we are major underdogs. But that's why we have schemes, strategies, and plans so that we don't just have a track meet. Our coaches did their homework on UNI, and I expect they will be doing the same with UD. Best of plans still have to be executed, and we actually failed to execute a good number of plays at UNI, mostly on offense. The key is the defense. If we can keep within 'sniffin' distance through the first half, look out. We have trailed at halftime in our last three games. Does UD have the capability of winning in a blow out? Yes. They have great athletes at key positions. But I've seen too many upsets in my years to not think the 'impossible' is doable.

[AppStateAlumQC]

Congrats to Lehigh but damn UNI.....damn. Scoring seven points at home against a Patriot League team?

[clenz]

Congrats to Lehigh but damn UNI.....damn. Scoring seven points at home against a Patriot League team?

This only furthers the cry from our fan base that has been building steam the last 4 or 5 years - the OC HAS to go. The problem is Farley is too damn loyal to any of this coaches and that will never happen. Our play calling was extremely predictable.

Imagine Rennie in App State's system, I bet their OC could find a way to use him.

Let's go back to some of the bigger games in UNI's recent history and talk about the offensive play calling

2007 quarterfinals vs. Delaware:
First quarter UNI running back Corey Lewis runs for over 100 yards averaging something like 12 yards per carry in the quarter. I mean he made UD's defense look like a junior high defense. What do we do the rest of the game? Not give the freaking ball to Corey Lewis. The OC said it was because he saw UD's scheme changing to stop Corey.....but they had yet to actually stop him. We then stop using Corey giving Flacco all the TOP he wanted.

2008 semifinals vs. Richmond:
UNI takes the ball over leading by 6 with just over 2 minutes left. Richmond has all three timeouts left. What plays does UNI run? First and 10: sweep to the right - TO Richmond. Second and 12ish: Off tackle Right - TO Richmond. Third and 10: Dive - TO Richmond. We use 15 freaking seconds off the clock. Richmond takes over with about 2:06 - after a shank of a punt - and...well...you know the rest.

2009 - just a disastrous season with the talent we had on offense

2010: Coaches can't pick a QB the first 5 games of the season. That leads to no rhythm for either one, and a 2-3 start. Finally settle on a QB, but then don't run plays that fit him. Rennie isn't a QB that is a drop back passer, it will never end well when that happens but we tried time after fucking time to make him one. His best pass plays came off of roll outs with a run pass option where defenses had to pick their poison. After every single game this year, if I saw it on person or online, whether we won or lost, I wondered what the fuck just happened on offense.

There are probably 20 other games I could point out but not worth it as nothing will come of it.

[houndawg]

Congrats to Lehigh but damn UNI.....damn. Scoring seven points at home against a Patriot League team?

This only furthers the cry from our fan base that has been building steam the last 4 or 5 years - the OC HAS to go. The problem is Farley is too damn loyal to any of this coaches and that will never happen. Our play calling was extremely predictable.

Imagine Rennie in App State's system, I bet their OC could find a way to use him.

Let's go back to some of the bigger games in UNI's recent history and talk about the offensive play calling

2007 quarterfinals vs. Delaware:
First quarter UNI running back Corey Lewis runs for over 100 yards averaging something like 12 yards per carry in the quarter. I mean he made UD's defense look like a junior high defense. What do we do the rest of the game? Not give the freaking ball to Corey Lewis. The OC said it was because he saw UD's scheme changing to stop Corey.....but they had yet to actually stop him. We then stop using Corey giving Flacco all the TOP he wanted.

2008 semifinals vs. Richmond:
UNI takes the ball over leading by 6 with just over 2 minutes left. Richmond has all three timeouts left. What plays does UNI run? First and 10: sweep to the right - TO Richmond. Second and 12ish: Off tackle Right - TO Richmond. Third and 10: Dive - TO Richmond. We use 15 freaking seconds off the clock. Richmond takes over with about 2:06 - after a shank of a punt - and...well...you know the rest.

2009 - just a disastrous season with the talent we had on offense

2010: Coaches can't pick a QB the first 5 games of the season. That leads to no rhythm for either one, and a 2-3 start. Finally settle on a QB, but then don't run plays that fit him. Rennie isn't a QB that is a drop back passer, it will never end well when that happens but we tried time after **** time to make him one. His best pass plays came off of roll outs with a run pass option where defenses had to pick their poison. After every single game this year, if I saw it on person or online, whether we won or lost, I wondered what the **** just happened on offense.

There are probably 20 other games I could point out but not worth it as nothing will come of it.

I don't know if I'd blame the OC for Richmond, unless they were stuffing the run all night. Sounds more like an execution problem.

The game I saw this year wasn't on the OC, in fact he did pretty well.

[DJH]

The richmond game was not the OC's fault. Our players blew numerous opportunities in that game. Pat Grace overthrew Herring for what would have been a deep bomb TD. Grace dropped a pass on a trick play that would have been a TD. Hallgren missed a couple of makable FGs.

And as for the last sequence, I thought the play calling was decent. I probably would have thrown the ball on 3rd down to try to get the first down and win the game, but running it wasn't a terrible decision. Richmond just did an excellent job stopping us on that series. Even after all that, our defense could have stopped them to win the game.

The play calling in general has been hit and miss over the last several years, but overall I think we do a good job. This year, however, was just a season long mismanagement of everything on offense...

[houndawg]

The richmond game was not the OC's fault. Our players blew numerous opportunities in that game. Pat Grace overthrew Herring for what would have been a deep bomb TD. Grace dropped a pass on a trick play that would have been a TD. Hallgren missed a couple of makable FGs.

And as for the last sequence, I thought the play calling was decent. I probably would have thrown the ball on 3rd down to try to get the first down and win the game, but running it wasn't a terrible decision. Richmond just did an excellent job stopping us on that series. Even after all that, our defense could have stopped them to win the game.

The play calling in general has been hit and miss over the last several years, but overall I think we do a good job. This year, however, was just a season long mismanagement of everything on offense...

There are lots of good DCs out there too. Gotta execute.