First opponent UNI...experienced team

Iowa State will have to be in full stride this season against opening opponent UNI. The Panthers return eight starters on offense and 10 on defense, including the entire offensive line, quarterback and two wide receivers. UNI was 7-5 last year including a 27-0 loss to Iowa State. After that loss, the Panthers won their next five games. Big wins included an opening win against North Dakota State. Here is a list of returnees.


OFFENSIVE STARTERS (RET.) Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. 2010 Stats
Jay Teply OL 6-7 328 Sr. NA
Kaleb Admire OL 6-3 298 Sr. NA
Brian Palangi OL 6-5 305 Jr. NA
Tim Sauer OL 6-8 291 Jr. NA
Tirrell Rennie QB 6-0 201 Sr. 1291 yds. rushing, 1526 yds passing, 23 TDs
Jarred Herring WR 5-9 170 Sr. 31 catches, 549 yds, 5 TDs
Carlos Anderson RB 5-8 172 Jr. 974 yds. rushing, 2 TDs
Terrell Sinkfi eld WR 6-1 189 So. 5 catches, 134 yds.

DEFENSIVE STARTERS (RET.) Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. 2010 Stats
Darren Branch DE 6-2 250 Sr. 37 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks
Ben Boothby DT 6-0 280 Sr. 56 tackles, 16.0 TFL, 9.5 sacks
Will Eilert DT 6-4 260 Sr. 36 tackles, 9.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks
James Conley LB 6-1 204 Jr. 69 tackles, 12.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks
Shawn Gerard LB 6-3 236 Sr. 27 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1.0 sacks
L.J. Fort LB 6-1 228 Sr. 92 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks
Varmah Sonie CB 5-9 160 So. 20 tackles, 1 INT, 4 BPU
Andre Martin S 6-1 203 So. 77 tackles, 5 INT, 1.5 TFL
Tre'Darrius Canady R 5-11 192 Sr. 49 tackles, 2 FF
J.J. Swain CB 6-0 170 Jr. 37 tackles, 2.0 TFL, 2 PBU

OTHER KEY RETURNEES Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. 2010 Stats
Kyle Bernard P 6-1 198 Jr. Avg. 42.8 yds/punt, 8 50+ yds., 7 inside 20
Jordan Smith LB 6-2 223 Sr. 67 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1 INT, 2 QB Hurries, 1 FF
Garrett Scott DB 6-0 201 Jr. 46 tackles, 1 INT, 1 TFL, 1 PBU

KEY LOSSES Pos. 2010 Stats
Schuylar Oordt TE 24 catches, 405 yards, 3 TDs
Ryan Mahaffey TE 3 catches, 25 yds
Austin Zlab OL NA
Jamar Thompson LB 99 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1 INT, 4 PBU
Billy Hallgren PK 15-25 FG, 33-33 PAT

UNI sucks. We better steam roll them by at least 3-4 TDs.

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Originally Posted by WalkingCY

UNI sucks. We better steam roll them by at least 3-4 TDs.

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You are correct. We should **** pound them!

Don't count this as a sure win...we don't have a starting QB yet, and they are all back. These can be tough games, especially in instate rival.

UNI will be too busy watching our beautiful new scoreboard to really pay attention to the game. Cyclones win big.

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Originally Posted by ketelmeister

Don't count this as a sure win...we don't have a starting QB yet, and they are all back. These can be tough games, especially in instate rival.

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Didn't have a starting quarterback for the game last year. :wink:

Granted they were having a terrible game last season, but if we don't beat them as bad or worse then there could be some issues the rest of the way through the season.

The moment we don't count UNI as a "sure win" is the moment we don't deserve to be in the Big 12.

Is it too early to start a look a like thread?:jimlad:

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Originally Posted by cyclonedave25

The moment we don't count UNI as a "sure win" is the moment we don't deserve to be in the Big 12.

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Agreed. If UNI isn't a sure win, then we don't have any.

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Originally Posted by ketelmeister

Don't count this as a sure win...we don't have a starting QB yet, and they are all back. These can be tough games, especially in instate rival.

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No offense but if we dont count this as a ''sure win'' we are in some deep **** come the start of the big 12 season or for every game for that matter.

No offense to UNI, they have a good coach and are a pretty good team year in and year out but if we are moving in the direction as a program that everyone here hopes that we are we cannot stumble against a school like UNI.

After the spring game I feel much better about where our offense is. Experience and a nasty streak on the OL, a plethora (sp?) of RB's, I think Horne makes an immediate impact at WR and hopefully the other three with experience step up as well. QB is a question but if Tiller was good enough to win last year, should he be "the guy" he should be good enough to win this year.

If the Offense performs anywhere near where they should it should be a comfortable win, UNI's experience aside our D will own them.

In this game my biggest hope, is that we see the most dominant line play in years on both sides of the ball. I want to see our Oline look like a group of bulldozers pushing their DL back 5 yards at a time. I want to see our DL pave a road to the QB for sacks and TFL.

Anything short of that will be a disappointment for me.

ISU 35-UNI 7

As I stated in another thread. I think the improvement in the trenches on both sides of the ball over the past 2 seasons has been steady.

Time will tell, but I fully expect ISU to dominate the trenches regardless of how many returner starters UNI has.

I bet CPR has the boys ready to roll. ISU will be ready to hit someone not wearing the same jersey color.

I sure wish Latt was going to play. They gotta keep out of trouble this summer or we're going to have half a team to roll out. Probably no Latt, no Taufoou, no Ricky Howard and we're not even into May yet.