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Re: This & That 2016

Post by FTG247365 » Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:29 am

VimSince03 wrote:Some players news:
https://twitter.com/SkylineSportsMT/status/724990529566466054 Too bad that injuries halted both of their football careers. Both highly recruited kids out of high school. Injuries suck. Good luck to Zach and Wyatt. Both are on track to graduate.
https://twitter.com/SkylineSportsMT/status/724990922073612288 This one was a little surprising. Sam was a bigger linebacker coming out of high school but I knew he was going to need a few years to develop physically. Helena Capital native Walker Cozzie beat him out for 2nd string reps in the middle this spring. Might be moving closer to home? No idea just a guess. Bringing in Austin Barrette at MLB as a 2016 recruit this season instantly replenishes our future depth at the position. Good luck to Sam in his future endeavors.

I was kinda surprised to see Zach Retiring, wish the best to him. Wyatt had a rough go, had the ability, just too many injury's. Good Luck Fella's, thanks for playing in the Blue and Gold.



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by bobcat99 » Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:06 pm

Doesn't surprise me on Plucker. He was pretty slow, and that makes it difficult with modern offenses.

In addition, it always concerns me when we land a kid who doesn't have very many good offers close to home, especially when there's not a huge population there (that's why Texas is an exception).



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by grizgirl » Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:32 pm

bobcat99 wrote:Doesn't surprise me on Plucker. He was pretty slow, and that makes it difficult with modern offenses.

In addition, it always concerns me when we land a kid who doesn't have very many good offers close to home, especially when there's not a huge population there (that's why Texas is an exception).
Is this one of those 'we didn't want him anyway' moments?


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Re: This & That 2016

Post by bobcat99 » Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:55 pm

grizgirl wrote:
bobcat99 wrote:Doesn't surprise me on Plucker. He was pretty slow, and that makes it difficult with modern offenses.

In addition, it always concerns me when we land a kid who doesn't have very many good offers close to home, especially when there's not a huge population there (that's why Texas is an exception).
Is this one of those 'we didn't want him anyway' moments?
No. I'm always pretty blunt when it comes to my opinions on the physical talents of our players. If I don't like a guy, I say so. I'm sure he's a nice kid, but like many others that our previous staff recruited, he simply shouldn't have been recruited here.



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by RobertCats » Tue May 03, 2016 11:32 am

http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i ... m=&src=FCS

Stats FCS article on Choate and Montana State.



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by BleedingBLue » Tue May 03, 2016 5:20 pm

RobertCats wrote:http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i ... m=&src=FCS

Stats FCS article on Choate and Montana State.
My favorite part about this article is that it shows how smart of a coach Choate is. He wants to run a pro style offense but also realizes that his current personnel isn't best suited for strictly pro style. Playing to the guys strengths. He just keeps impressing me. I'm also excited to watch us run the ball down teams throats for a long time to come and get back to hard nosed D.



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by VimSince03 » Tue May 03, 2016 5:23 pm

BleedingBLue wrote:
RobertCats wrote:http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i ... m=&src=FCS

Stats FCS article on Choate and Montana State.
My favorite part about this article is that it shows how smart of a coach Choate is. He wants to run a pro style offense but also realizes that his current personnel isn't best suited for strictly pro style. Playing to the guys strengths. He just keeps impressing me. I'm also excited to watch us run the ball down teams throats for a long time to come and get back to hard nosed D.
Our offense the last two-three years was good enough to run the ball down people's throats. We had the big offensive line and we had the power backs. We had the personnel to do it. But we instead went up-tempo and went the "shoot-out" route. Our defense has been awful from a basic technique standpoint but the offense didn't exactly help the personnel we had on defense.


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Re: This & That 2016

Post by BleedingBLue » Tue May 03, 2016 5:33 pm

VimSince03 wrote:
BleedingBLue wrote:
RobertCats wrote:http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i ... m=&src=FCS

Stats FCS article on Choate and Montana State.
My favorite part about this article is that it shows how smart of a coach Choate is. He wants to run a pro style offense but also realizes that his current personnel isn't best suited for strictly pro style. Playing to the guys strengths. He just keeps impressing me. I'm also excited to watch us run the ball down teams throats for a long time to come and get back to hard nosed D.
Our offense the last two-three years was good enough to run the ball down people's throats. We had the big offensive line and we had the power backs. We had the personnel to do it. But we instead went up-tempo and went the "shoot-out" route. Our defense has been awful from a basic technique standpoint but the offense didn't exactly help the personnel we had on defense.
Totally agree that we could have. But like you said we just didn't. It'll be fun to watch this O line come together and see how our backs do coming from 7 yards deep with a head of steam, rather than 5 without a head of steam.



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by 77matcat » Tue May 03, 2016 5:40 pm

I also liked the discussion suggesting our offensive and defensive stratigies be situational and take advantage of the assets we have. No round pegs in square holes.



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by BleedingBLue » Tue May 03, 2016 5:44 pm

77matcat wrote:I also liked the discussion suggesting our offensive and defensive stratigies be situational and take advantage of the assets we have. No round pegs in square holes.



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+1. When was the last time we had a nickel package?



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by Hawks86 » Wed May 04, 2016 8:51 am

https://twitter.com/GAlexander21/status/727682415389331458


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Re: This & That 2016

Post by VimSince03 » Wed May 04, 2016 8:54 am

Hawks86 wrote:https://twitter.com/GAlexander21/status/727682415389331458
Save to say the message board that supports the team to the west will have a field day with this. Regardless, I like the poster! Winning isn't easy. You gotta earn everything.


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Re: This & That 2016

Post by VimSince03 » Wed May 04, 2016 9:34 am

Brandon Hayashi is ready to go to work!
https://twitter.com/Bhayashi56/status/727212179728912384


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Re: This & That 2016

Post by lutecat » Wed May 04, 2016 11:58 am

Hawks86 wrote:https://twitter.com/GAlexander21/status/727682415389331458
I'm going to use this. Tape it up in my office. You can use that for everyday life. Not just football. Job. Exercise. Ect.



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by LTown Cat » Wed May 04, 2016 12:00 pm

lutecat wrote:
Hawks86 wrote:https://twitter.com/GAlexander21/status/727682415389331458
I'm going to use this. Tape it up in my office. You can use that for everyday life. Not just football. Job. Exercise. Ect.
Yep--I just did the same this morning.



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by Hawks86 » Sat May 14, 2016 11:36 am

https://twitter.com/SamAPlucker/status/730145268063043585


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Re: This & That 2016

Post by Cat Grad » Sat May 14, 2016 10:30 pm

Hawks86 wrote:https://twitter.com/GAlexander21/status/727682415389331458
I like this because, well, just because. It was my privilege to serve with kids like Dan Bolger (he made Lieutenant General). He was the only kid I knew who graduated from the Citadel with a 4.0 (none of Ted Turner's three kids who graduated from there had that high a GPA, not even Beau) and unfortunately I only got to see Gen Mark Clark when he was older and confined to a wheelchair as at that time Bolger was only the second 4.0 graduate. I'd see so many company grade officers who didn't get very much further (LTC or COL) arrive about the same time the the drill sergeants got there but guys like Bolger were always there to greet the First Sergeant. Instead of heading to the Club like the rest of us, Bolger was taking flying lessons or scuba lessons in the evenings. The Army saw fit to send him to college to get his masters and Phd and then sent him straight to Hudson High as an instructor.

Mark Berry was the same type of officer. What I remember most about him was the fact that he'd arrive at P.T. at a pretty early hour after he'd left the gym for his morning lifting. As a young Lieutenant, what stuck in my mind was that Mark left West Point as their all time leading receiver. Don't know if he still has that record or not and don't really care. General Bill Carpenter was the same type of individual. Most of you would know him as that Company Commander who called napalm in on his own company in Viet Nam. I remember him as the Lonesome End and used to go up the Yaak to the Dirty Shame just to listen to him.

Because our school produced Dennis Erickson who was famous when he was younger for the hours he kept but for a different reason...and his innovative offensive mind, I'd like to see MSU play the school that y'all know brought us the Wing-T (and that former Oregon Coach who surfaced in that place a couple hundred miles to our west tweaked it a bit along with Chris Ault who brought us the pistol at Nevada) so maybe we can have our ROTC Detachment use a full charge in the cannon after each touchdown again. I mean, whether you like it or not, we are a Land Grant Institution and y'all know the hours farmers and ranchers keep as do the Officers ROTC produces.

I like a coach bringing back a work ethic to our school. This is kind of like all the high schools in Georgia who begin their summer practices at 5:00 or 5:30 in the morning. I doubt very many kids could keep Carson Wentz, Zach Zenner or Tom Brady's schedule and take care of their bodies as they do. Dang it, I said it again. We really have more in common with the Dakota schools than the folks to our west...



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Re: This & That 2016

Post by Hawks86 » Thu May 19, 2016 4:55 pm

https://twitter.com/MSUBobcatsFB/status/733419174429528064


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Re: This & That 2016

Post by TomCat88 » Thu May 19, 2016 5:27 pm

Hawks86 wrote:https://twitter.com/MSUBobcatsFB/status/733419174429528064
Absolutely.


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Re: This & That 2016

Post by imacat » Thu May 19, 2016 5:35 pm

Hawks86 wrote:https://twitter.com/MSUBobcatsFB/status/733419174429528064
I really like this message.



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