Rhythm and communication. Those were the two words that kept coming out of Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley’s mouth Tuesday after having studied the game film of the Panthers’ 30-9 loss at Iowa State last Saturday.
Jeremiah Cooper’s interception returned for a 58-yard touchdown successfully set the Cyclones’ winning tone early in a 30-9 triumph over the Panthers on a sultry Saturday afternoon at Jack Trice Stadium.
A highly-anticipated game to begin a season with higher-than-usual expectations didn’t provide a storybook beginning for Northern Iowa. Iowa State used all three phases in a 30-9 win Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium.
Iowa State beat Northern Iowa 30-9 in a season-opening college football game Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames.
Iowa State and Northern Iowa open their college football seasons Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium. Here’s what you need to know.
The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems panel returns for the 2023 college football season. This week’s picks include Iowa vs. Utah State, Iowa State vs. UNI and Rutgers vs. Northwestern.
UNI is 3-9 against Iowa State in the Mark Farley era, with wins in 2007, ’13 and ’16. Here are three keys for the Panthers against the Cyclones in Saturday’s season opener.
The Big 12 is replete with accomplished quarterbacks, but it’s likely UNI’s Theo Day will be one of the best play-callers Iowa State faces in 2023. Here are three keys for the Cyclones and a score prediction.
The praise from UNI Coach Mark Farley couldn’t have been much higher this preseason as Farley compared Theo Day to the only UNI quarterback to lead the program to an FCS championship game.
Iowa State defensive coordinator Jon Heacock is firmly convinced Northern Iowa quarterback Theo Day will eventually play on Sundays. But first, he and his defense must face Day on Saturday.
Two returnees and a transfer — Harrison Bey-Buie, Josh Jenkins and Tye Edwards — are poised to assume the snaps left vacant at running back for UNI, a position that’s more difficult than any to evaluate in practice because of the lack of live tackling that takes place in football’s new era.
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The back seven of Northern Iowa’s defense features considerable turnover. A least four new starters will line up at linebacker and in the secondary against Iowa State.
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