• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Sports / UNI picked 3rd in MVC football preseason poll

UNI picked 3rd in MVC football preseason poll

July 30, 2013 By Todd Kimm

The UNI Panthers have been picked to finish third in the preseason Missouri Valley Football Conference poll. The Panthers will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing season in 2012 in which they finished 5-6 and failed to qualify for the national playoffs. It was the worst season for the program in a decade.

Panther coach Mark Farley says they played some really good teams at the start of the season, but the thing that hurt them was they didn’t play well in the middle of the season. Two key standouts return on offense in quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgan and running back David Johnson.

“You get on a board and start drawing plays it’s nice to know that Kollmorgan and Johnson are the two in the backfield, but I think the key to those two having success is how we use the other 9,” Farley says. He says the defenses can key on those two and they have to work on developing the others to complement Kollmorgan and Johnson.

Two time defending national champion North Dakota State is the preseason favorite which South Dakota State is second. Farley says the Valley is as tough as it has ever been. “We’ve always said we’ve been balance, which we have to a point. But now we’re balanced with a lot of great teams, that’s the difference right now,” Farley says. He says they now have teams in the top 10 not just the top 25.

UNI opens the season August 31st at Iowa State.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: UNI Panthers

Featured Stories

Finalists chosen for the state’s top burger

Paintings by Clinton woman gain a following in Europe

Iowa deadline for individual income taxpayers moved to June 1

Dialing rules changing for two area codes in Iowa

Assistance available for low income Iowans with overdue rent, utility bills

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Cedar Rapids preparing for big return of sports events

Iowa Games returning with full slate of sports

Iowa’s Garza sweeps national awards

Iowa’s Garza claims three national awards

Iowa’s Jack Nunge to transfer

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC