Gazette blows it again!!
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Gazette blows it again!!
Our pals at the grizzette botched their "retrospective" slideshow. No surprise I know.
It's obviously written by a grizz fan. In the championships section they don't give MSU credit for our 1976 BSC title and say both teams have 19. They minimize our 1956 NAIA title. They say our national title count comes "with some caveats" since one is NAIA and finished in a tie and one was division II. However there's no caveats about um on the page that shows the all time series record, but they point out that um has "actually won 71..." Then say nothing about how um won a ton of games as a NCAA team playing an NAIA team. No caveat for that since it doesn't help um look good.
Back to Champioships page they say that when comparing "apples to apples" that um has two titles to our one. WTF! The Division II title came against tougher competition than what is in the FCS. Then it goes to keep saying MSU only has 14 BSC titles to 19 for um, but notes um was "forced" to vacate 2011 so its 18-14. Actually grizette its 18-15 and um didn't get forced to vacate $h!t. They proposed their own sanctions!!
Then it shows "notable" games. Mostly won by um of course.
It's obviously written by a grizz fan. In the championships section they don't give MSU credit for our 1976 BSC title and say both teams have 19. They minimize our 1956 NAIA title. They say our national title count comes "with some caveats" since one is NAIA and finished in a tie and one was division II. However there's no caveats about um on the page that shows the all time series record, but they point out that um has "actually won 71..." Then say nothing about how um won a ton of games as a NCAA team playing an NAIA team. No caveat for that since it doesn't help um look good.
Back to Champioships page they say that when comparing "apples to apples" that um has two titles to our one. WTF! The Division II title came against tougher competition than what is in the FCS. Then it goes to keep saying MSU only has 14 BSC titles to 19 for um, but notes um was "forced" to vacate 2011 so its 18-14. Actually grizette its 18-15 and um didn't get forced to vacate $h!t. They proposed their own sanctions!!
Then it shows "notable" games. Mostly won by um of course.
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bias. Of course our own hometown paper doesn't write squat about the CATS either.
OVER THE LINE SMOKEY!!!...........Dude...mark it zero.
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And this surprises you how? If Rockchuck has any input in this article, then it was with input from an admitted griz homer.
In similar news, I always have to laugh when I read some griz mount breather lament that the gazette is biased towards the Cats.
In similar news, I always have to laugh when I read some griz mount breather lament that the gazette is biased towards the Cats.
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There are a couple pretty good sports writers for the Gazette (Slim Kimmel, Greg Rachac), however the sports section as a whole has been fizz-biased (and west high for that matter.. haha) for as long as I can remember.
Now, adding to the mix they have a "new" sports editor named Jeff Welsch who I believe was the Bozo Chronicle's sports editor at one point. Correct me if i am wrong, but I don't think he was much of a supporter of Bobcat Athletics during his tenure there either. Some of the things he writes in the paper and on social media are quite odd. He certainly doesn't seem like a "sports guy" to me.
Now, adding to the mix they have a "new" sports editor named Jeff Welsch who I believe was the Bozo Chronicle's sports editor at one point. Correct me if i am wrong, but I don't think he was much of a supporter of Bobcat Athletics during his tenure there either. Some of the things he writes in the paper and on social media are quite odd. He certainly doesn't seem like a "sports guy" to me.
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In total agreement. If the grizzels had won last Saturday the front page would have been covered in a win for the ages spread. As it was there was a side by side mini headline which seemed to treat both games as equals. Their hope at a Kramer gets revenge headline went down the toilet. I've been tired of it for many years but the Gazoo buys up any other attempt to have competition. If there was any other paper in town I'd have it. "Billings West Griz Gazette"
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Uh, the Griz did win last Saturday.ECat79 wrote:In total agreement. If the grizzels had won last Saturday the front page would have been covered in a win for the ages spread. As it was there was a side by side mini headline which seemed to treat both games as equals. Their hope at a Kramer gets revenge headline went down the toilet. I've been tired of it for many years but the Gazoo buys up any other attempt to have competition. If there was any other paper in town I'd have it. "Billings West Griz Gazette"
Idiots..............all of you. FTC
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I think he was referring to if the griz had beaten ISU.Plainiac wrote:Uh, the Griz did win last Saturday.ECat79 wrote:In total agreement. If the grizzels had won last Saturday the front page would have been covered in a win for the ages spread. As it was there was a side by side mini headline which seemed to treat both games as equals. Their hope at a Kramer gets revenge headline went down the toilet. I've been tired of it for many years but the Gazoo buys up any other attempt to have competition. If there was any other paper in town I'd have it. "Billings West Griz Gazette"
Idiots..............all of you. FTC
Don't let this distract you from the fact that the griz blew a 22-0 lead.
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FYI; Rachac = Rockchuck. And while he may be a generally good writer, unbiased he is not.SenorWeezer wrote:There are a couple pretty good sports writers for the Gazette (Slim Kimmel, Greg Rachac), however the sports section as a whole has been fizz-biased (and west high for that matter.. haha) for as long as I can remember.
Now, adding to the mix they have a "new" sports editor named Jeff Welsch who I believe was the Bozo Chronicle's sports editor at one point. Correct me if i am wrong, but I don't think he was much of a supporter of Bobcat Athletics during his tenure there either. Some of the things he writes in the paper and on social media are quite odd. He certainly doesn't seem like a "sports guy" to me.
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I was supposing that. Thanks for the clarification and my... aren't they being literal.
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Welsch wasn't a homer when he worked for the Chronicle, but he wrote a lot of great stuff about the Bobcats. He always seemed like a real pro to me.SenorWeezer wrote:There are a couple pretty good sports writers for the Gazette (Slim Kimmel, Greg Rachac), however the sports section as a whole has been fizz-biased (and west high for that matter.. haha) for as long as I can remember.
Now, adding to the mix they have a "new" sports editor named Jeff Welsch who I believe was the Bozo Chronicle's sports editor at one point. Correct me if i am wrong, but I don't think he was much of a supporter of Bobcat Athletics during his tenure there either. Some of the things he writes in the paper and on social media are quite odd. He certainly doesn't seem like a "sports guy" to me.
He does write a lot of things that go far beyond sports -- he's written lots of great articles for Montana Quarterly, etc.
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Here's a little gem from Welsch's days as the BDC sports editor. I even get mentioned-along with a few others!
Here's a little gem from Welsch's days as the BDC sports editor. I even get mentioned-along with a few others!
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I quit reading it and his tweets and pretty much everything coming out of there because it's just unnerving and unnecessary since Colter has his gig over here. The two clowns at the grizzette can piss up a rope for all I care.
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Looky there! Looky there! There goes a rolling donut! Guess what they and all the damn trolls can take a flying try at?LongTimeCatFan wrote:I quit reading it and his tweets and pretty much everything coming out of there because it's just unnerving and unnecessary since Colter has his gig over here. The two clowns at the grizzette can piss up a rope for all I care.
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Bob Zimmerman you are not. I can tell what he was talking about.Cat Grad wrote:Looky there! Looky there! There goes a rolling donut! Guess what they and all the damn trolls can take a flying try at?LongTimeCatFan wrote:I quit reading it and his tweets and pretty much everything coming out of there because it's just unnerving and unnecessary since Colter has his gig over here. The two clowns at the grizzette can piss up a rope for all I care.
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Gazette blows it again!!
Hahaha
Haven't heard piss up a rope since Marty Leland wore a piss up a rope tie in jr high.
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Haven't heard piss up a rope since Marty Leland wore a piss up a rope tie in jr high.
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http://youtu.be/8-YqwbawQ5k77matcat wrote:Hahaha
Haven't heard piss up a rope since Marty Leland wore a piss up a rope tie in jr high.
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Haha, that's funny. The best line in that song describes the Grizz on Saturday perfectly! Up@$@@creek with a turd as a paddle. Lol
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HahahahaLongTimeCatFan wrote:http://youtu.be/8-YqwbawQ5k77matcat wrote:Hahaha
Haven't heard piss up a rope since Marty Leland wore a piss up a rope tie in jr high.
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No surprise here - Gazette has been all about the griz for as long as I can remember. It just makes it more fun when the Cats win.
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