Not sure if poor sportsmanship but I caught this photo of a UNI player looking onwards and thought it was a cool pic

Probably a senior. I think you caught a nice moment of reflection, one way or the other. You might contact the sport info peeps at UNI and see if they want to forward it on to the player.

Yep Senior LB Rickey Neal Jr... heard his name all throughout the game.

Good job Aggies! I would love to see UCDavis vs NDSU in the championship. They had some good battles against each other back in the DII days. Now go back and smack EWU!

Aggies had more rushing yardage than UNI. A very hard hitting game. Defense becomes even more important during playoffs. Was listening to UNI feed and they noted that defensive stats of Big Sky teams don’t look that good but they realize the skew caused by the offensive schemes.

Thanks for posting that pic. I tried to get a snapshot of it but yours is much more HQ. That moment was pure gold.

As another Band-uh alum, I will now chip in what I was holding back earlier: LET'S GET THE BAND-UH TO CHENEY.

Welcome to the forum!

Second that!!!

Tough opponent. Awesome game. Surprised JM threw 2, yes 2 picks. Doss must of had well over 150 yards, LOVED his catch near the goal line. ESPN should have drooled over that one. TT a beast. A different game if they nail another FG. Great when there was a back n forth cheer in the second half. More than puzzled that a party, beer, DJ, video board, ESPN, PLAYOFF GAME, and students only partly show.

I think I heard 1 cowbell.

On to Eastern Washington.

Doss had 9 catches for 137, according to the ESPN box score.

8306 official attendance.

That moment when Hawk pointed to his hat on the jumbotron......the place went nuts!

Aggie Stadium can be LOUD. Hopefully it showed on TV.

Playoff football is no joke, man. That was a dog fight.

I stand corrected. The Northern Iowa postgame video is up. Their coach noted they held Doss to 1 catch in the second half. He felt the difference in the game was their TOs inside the 20.

https://youtu.be/RQskGJgUQr8

One thing I noticed: if we get BIGGER at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball in the coming years we could be unstoppable.

UNI was LARGE and in charge at the line of scrimmage.

Close enough, but you made me curious so I looked up the number. :)

I’m exhausted! Fun game. It felt like we had chances to put them away, kept them around and it got hairy. We had the ball at the 2 after Doss’ phenomenal catch but settled for a FG. It felt like being up 20-6 and getting the second half kickoff could have put them on their heels. Then the INT that kick the WR In hands at the 5 was the other. Score there and it felt over. We fortunately picked them off after the long return but lost momentum. The other INT was very uncharacteristic and I think led to a TD.

Finally, make the relatively short FG late and it’s over.

Run D was exceptional. Their big TE/WR had some big YAC’s. Run game was solid, pass game good in first half, struggled with pressure in second.

Damn, a playoff win!! That was fun

Great shot quad. Reflection on the last game, no doubt. Sr. LB Rickey Neal Jr. from Racine, WI. Reflecting on his last time putting on the Panther uniform.

Millennials, who knows what will make them happy?

Just got home from the game. What a nailbiter. Great game. Run D was exceptional. Pass D making critical PBUs and creating turnovers when needed. Need to button up the RZ offense - can't leave that many points on the board against a team like Eastern.

I want revenge.

good idea, I contacted one of the newspapers

GOOOOOOOOO AGS. just home. Was able to stream most of it but not able to comment/post much. Great win. Lots to break down with EWU. The fundamental question is can the Ags d get enough stops? I think offensively they’ll be better prepared. EWU offense is just another animal.

I think Hawk was pointing to his head to acknowledge Maier dancing around for 2-3 seconds before the first kneel down. Those seconds were just enough so we didn’t have to give them back the ball

Wow, what a really fun day of Aggie football. Great tailgate with Finn and his dad/uncle, Dr. Mike and some former players, 05 and son, Sochorfield and son, and a visit by Mike Bellotti!

UNI was tough and just wouldnt go away, especially when they are gifted 3 extra points they didnt earn. Ive never seen that before and was not aware of the fact that FGs are not reviewable. Give the game ball to the defense.

The student tailgate area didnt get the turnout i was expecting. Athletics went all out to provide a fun gameday experience for them. But ultimately, the pack did show up and it looked like the students had a blast. Their timing on when to make noise seemed improved.

Tough road game up next. I’m not making that trip. The Ags have it in them to pull off an upset, but regardless of the outcome, we are 10-2 and playing in the quarter finals of the playoffs. Let that sink in!

I guess I was so tired from all the excitement from the game that I posted the my thoughts in the wrong thread last night so I just now moved it over here (maybe I'm getting too old for that much excitement and a beer or two!):

We just got home after going to dinner after the game and we're worn out and have practically lost our voices. What a hard fought, tough game that was with lots of ups and downs. We almost had them on their heels when that pass went through our reciever's hands and they nearly returned the pick for 6. Then we intercept them in the red zone and a brawl nearly breaks out. I still don't know quite what happened that got several players all riled up and eventually got one of their players ejected.

Lots of big hits and outstanding play by the Aggie defense and a couple of sensational catches by Doss and Harrell. They put a lot of pressure on Jake and we had a tough time getting to their QB. It was an intensely physical game and hope we aren't too beat up.

It was a great atmosphere in the stadium with the fans really vocally supporting the team. I'm a bit bummed that we didn't get a sell out. You can't fault the athletics department for that though. They promoted the hell out of this game and tried about everything they could to get the students to show up. It was a good showing by the students but it could have been a lot better.

The intensity of playoff football is up a whole level. It was so much fun to finally be with a crowd of Aggie fans that really got into the game and made a lot of noise. This is the way it should be all season long.

Super proud of the Aggies. Time for some payback at EWU!!

Davis Enterprise: UCD holds off UNI in defensive battle to win first DI playoff game

UC Davis linebacker Mason Moe broke up a fourth-and-10 Northern Iowa pass attempt with a little over two minutes remaining as the Aggies advanced to the third round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs with a hard-fought 23-16 win over the UNI Panthers Saturday at Aggie Stadium.

“We knew they would be looking for No. 86 (Briley Moore), so we were ready for it,” explained the 6-0, 210-pound Moe, who batted the pass away from the 6-3, 242-pound Moore with an assist from Aggie teammate Isiah Olave.

“I am so proud of our defense,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins. “This might not have been our norm this season when people pay so much attention to our offense, but the defense was just outstanding. We stopped them in the red zone a couple of times and really had some big plays.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/ucd-holds-off-uni-in-defensive-battle-to-win-first-di-playoff-game/

Davis Enterprise: Doss, Aggies made adjustments to win

UCD coach Dan Hawkins weighed in:

“In that second half they started playing a lot more outside the box, and I don’t want to say daring us to run — but they were saying ‘OK we’re going to take away (the passing) part of your game: the fly sweep, the top receivers, the slant routes…’ ”

Hawkins rethought his previous observation and pointed out that Farley probably thought, “OK let’s see if you can run it inside.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/was-playoff-win-a-home-farewell-to-all-american-doss/

the first pick was on Preece. Really should of had it, and had he been paying attention might have helped stop the runaway freight train return deep in UNI territory. Second pick was very perplexing. Seems like the Aggie left takle had a difficult time. The UNI guy (right DE?) was really bringing the heat and Jake is not the most mobile if QBs so threw him off a bit.

The throw that Preece should have caught for TD would of put the game away pretty much. Bottom line is D came through and I think in a way giving D a chance to step up and using running game at critical time were good experiences. Playoff games are different beasts and you have to really step it up.

Great photo of Doss. Kind of reminds me of Bakari Grant's famous catch in roughly the same part of the field ten years ago.

Also nice to get two mentions in that Top 10 Plays video.