There were a lot of things that went wrong as Northern Iowa fell behind 26-0 to Montana Saturday in its season-opener at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.
A veteran-laden offense was completely out of sync, and the defense was caught off guard on how talented, mobile and accurate Grizzly quarterback Dalton Sneed was in directing Montana's offense. Special teams wise, the Panthers had a miserable time containing the shifty, quick Jerry Louie-McGee.
The Panthers were able to recover and more than made a game of it before falling 26-23, but it remains a mystery as what went wrong early and leads to how will that be fixed.