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UNI football: Panthers lean on defensive prowess for opening-round win over San Diego

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CEDAR FALLS, Ia. — It doesn’t take much for cliché coach speak to become reality when the season’s at stake. That’s how football works after the postseason lights flip on.

Once Saturday’s opening-round affair kicked off from Cedar Falls, it didn’t matter that Northern Iowa is a playoff mainstay and hails from the toughest FCS conference.