2012 Week 5

The #118 UNI Panthers has done the unthinkable. A no name team in the SEC West comes and knocks off #7 LSU at home! Not only did they beat LSU but they beat them badly! 56-14. UNI Coach Pelini added this, "we could have shut them out had our Special Teams done their job. We will be working this week on our special teams and try and figure out how to stop teams from returning kicks on us for touchdowns." UNI Special Teams allowed two kick returns for touchdowns on Saturday. Had they stopped them and let the defense do their job, UNI could have possibly shutout LSU! UNI stays undefeated in the SEC at 3-0. "I wish we weren't on probation this year because I'd really like people who can't make it to our games see us on TV. I think the word will spread fast and maybe they'll try and make it to our games. I also wish that our bowl games weren't stripped because I know that if our team keeps playing as good as they have been that we would definitely make it to a bowl game this year but because we are on probation this year, we aren't allowed to be televised and we aren't allowed to go to any bowl games. That's not all, we were also stripped of all of our scholarships this year. I don't know how this team can play with no scholarships but they are doing much better than I expected them to play and all I have to say is, wait for another two years when we get to be on TV, and we will get to go to a bowl game and we'll have our scholarships back!" Pelini added.
Next up for UNI is #4 Florida which is a big SEC contest for the UNI Panthers.