CSN Log
November 27th, 2010, 12:20 AM
11-26-2010 02:15 AM
How about Purple Saturday?
The Northern Iowa football team’s noon Football Championship Subdivision first round playoff game against Lehigh kicks off a 10-hour marathon of Panther sports.
The Northern Iowa volleyball team will face Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference volleyball championship match, which begins at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the McLeod Center, and the Panthers men’s basketball team plays North Dakota at 8 p.m.
“I really haven’t talked to anybody that’s picking and choosing,” Northern Iowa athletic director Troy Dannen said of the triple-header. “The fact that the scheduling sets up the way that it does, you can do all three.”
First things first.
The Missouri Valley Football Conference champion Panthers (7-4) meet Patriot League winner Lehigh (9-2) for the first time — and despite a crowd that’s expected to be several thousand short of sellout, Northern Iowa will make full use of its noisy UNI-Dome edge.
“We’re fortunate to have a home game,” Farley said. “With all those things that happened, who knows? You might have been on the road.”
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How about Purple Saturday?
The Northern Iowa football team’s noon Football Championship Subdivision first round playoff game against Lehigh kicks off a 10-hour marathon of Panther sports.
The Northern Iowa volleyball team will face Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference volleyball championship match, which begins at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the McLeod Center, and the Panthers men’s basketball team plays North Dakota at 8 p.m.
“I really haven’t talked to anybody that’s picking and choosing,” Northern Iowa athletic director Troy Dannen said of the triple-header. “The fact that the scheduling sets up the way that it does, you can do all three.”
First things first.
The Missouri Valley Football Conference champion Panthers (7-4) meet Patriot League winner Lehigh (9-2) for the first time — and despite a crowd that’s expected to be several thousand short of sellout, Northern Iowa will make full use of its noisy UNI-Dome edge.
“We’re fortunate to have a home game,” Farley said. “With all those things that happened, who knows? You might have been on the road.”
Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2010/11/26/panthers-expect-first-round-advantage-at?blog=2#more6994)
More... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2010/11/26/panthers-expect-first-round-advantage-at?blog=2)