The UNI football team’s quest for another Gateway Conference title begins today as the Panthers open spring drills. The Panthers return 17-starters from last year’s team that finished 7-4 and won its final six games.UNI coach Mark Farley says the defense is the area where they have the most questions. He says despite a large number of returning starters there will be a number of position battles. Farley says many of the starters have 6 or 8 starts and weren’t fulltime starters and they need to make sure those player make progress and aren’t just content to be a starter.Spring drills will culminate for Northern Iowa with their annual Spring Game, Saturday, April 23rd in the UNI-Dome.