UNI @ Nebraska FB in 2024

[madguy30]

That's why Iowa won't schedule them. Which is smart on their part.

Personally I would like to see a lot more SEMO and Ohio, and a lot less UNI on that first weekend. A dry run scrimmage is much better week 1 than a physical chip-on-their-shoulder underdog and confidence-damaging close win.

Yeah for whatever reason playing those other teams seems to be more of a sure thing.

That said, I fully expect a close game for every opening game for ISU.

 

[Beernuts]

I don't want to rehash the whole Fran thing in Cedar Falls but him getting run was exactly what he wanted from the moment that game started to end the H-H. He was a belligerent ******* from the moment he walked out of the tunnel and we all know that no fan base buys into being the victim like that one does

There were 3 second weekend/Final Four level officials on the floor that night in Higgins, Janssen and JD Collins. It wasn't some homer job, it was a bad Iowa team against a pretty good UNI team as well. Fran also got tossed when he brought Siena to Cedar Falls a couple years before that.

Have an uncle who is a huge UNI fan / supporter. He still talks about that game and how Fran acted like an adolescent spoiled 12 year old brat.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Don’t think that edict ever actually came into effect. They just wanted the slaps on the back/ atta boys they got for saying they wouldn’t play FCS teams. Then when push came to shove they did a big “oh, never mind.” B1g W is basically an FCS schedule so not sure what the point was anyway.

No it did but the B1G walked back on that policy after they moved to a 9 game conference slate. It was pretty short lived.

 

[JP4CY]

I don't want to rehash the whole Fran thing in Cedar Falls but him getting run was exactly what he wanted from the moment that game started to end the H-H. He was a belligerent ******* from the moment he walked out of the tunnel and we all know that no fan base buys into being the victim like that one does

There were 3 second weekend/Final Four level officials on the floor that night in Higgins, Janssen and JD Collins. It wasn't some homer job, it was a bad Iowa team against a pretty good UNI team as well. Fran also got tossed when he brought Siena to Cedar Falls a couple years before that.

I think that was the game Fran smacked a clipboard or bottle off the scorers table wasn't it?

 

[Remo Gaggi]

All of the UNI fans at this game will be wearing the yellow and black parakeet shirts. I don't know why they just don't make a purple version.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

in fairness to Iowa i don't want to play UNI ever again

 

[1UNI2ISU]

I think that was the game Fran smacked a clipboard or bottle off the scorers table wasn't it?

Water bottle that hit a 10 year old kid right in the middle of the chest. Real classy and controlled guy that Francis is...

 

[awd4cy]

Personally I would like to see a lot more SEMO and Ohio, and a lot less UNI on that first weekend. A dry run scrimmage is much better week 1 than a physical chip-on-their-shoulder underdog and confidence-damaging close win.

uni was 6-5 last year, SEMO was 4-7. Not sure if we will have that much of an easier time winning this year.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

UNI was

uni was 6-5 last year, SEMO was 4-7. Not sure if we will have that much of an easier time winning this year

Iowa State will blow the doors off SEMO. It won't be competitive.

Stop scheduling MVFC teams. That league is a lot closer to a G5 league that it is an FCS league. Geography is the only thing keeping the MVFC in the FCS.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

uni was 6-5 last year, SEMO was 4-7. Not sure if we will have that much of an easier time winning this year.

When you factor in the in state grudge UNI just throws a different punch every damn year... CMC also refuses to overplay his hand in that game too so it's always closer than it should be.

 

[awd4cy]

Iowa State will blow the doors off SEMO. It won't be competitive.

Stop scheduling MVFC teams. That league is a lot closer to a G5 league that it is an FCS league. Geography is the only thing keeping the MVFC in the FCS.

I guarantee you we won’t blow the doors off them playing an entirely new team and running our same 3-4 plays we run week 1.

 

[JP4CY]

Water bottle that hit a 10 year old kid right in the middle of the chest. Real classy and controlled guy that Francis is...

Bingo. I thought he smacked something. Couldn't remember it.

 

[Al_4_State]

UNI doesn't even want to beat Iowa. I was at the 2009 game and you can't convince me otherwise.

I would totally go to this UNI/Nebraska game (my wife is a UNI fan) if it weren't the same freaking day as the CyHawk game.

 

[theshadow]

UNI doesn't even want to beat Iowa. I was at the 2009 game and you can't convince me otherwise.

The coach-speak prior to each game is wildly different, too. When UNI plays Iowa, it's "oh, it's just a privilege to be on the field with them." When UNI plays ISU, it's "we have something to prove."

 

[Al_4_State]

The coach-speak prior to each game is wildly different, too. When UNI plays Iowa, it's "oh, it's just a privilege to be on the field with them." When UNI plays ISU, it's "we have something to prove."

100%. Farley practically fellates Ferentz and the Iowa program and treats ISU like an equal.

Most UNI fans and alum have a reverence for Iowa that disgusts me.

 

[Dirtguy4CY]

UNI doesn't even want to beat Iowa. I was at the 2009 game and you can't convince me otherwise.

I would totally go to this UNI/Nebraska game (my wife is a UNI fan) if it weren't the same freaking day as the CyHawk game.

Yeah that sucks. That will take away the amount of UNI fans that travel for the game.

 

[Cycsk]

100%. Farley practically fellates Ferentz and the Iowa program and treats ISU like an equal.

Most UNI fans and alum have a reverence for Iowa that disgusts me.

I've been please to find out how many purple Cyclones there are.

And I like that UNI is taking its $1 million plus payout from another state.

 

[BigJCy]

UNI playing Iowa in 2026:

 

[BCClone]

When you factor in the in state grudge UNI just throws a different punch every damn year... CMC also refuses to overplay his hand in that game too so it's always closer than it should be.

Familiarity also. When you play someone so much, you learn their tendencies

 

[Dirtguy4CY]

Iowa State will blow the doors off SEMO. It won't be competitive.

Stop scheduling MVFC teams. That league is a lot closer to a G5 league that it is an FCS league. Geography is the only thing keeping the MVFC in the FCS.

Top half of the valley is basically like playing a good MAC school.