MSU01 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:45 pm
The Griz are the Miami Hurricanes of the FCS: Talk a big game based on how good they were in the 80s and 90s but are perennial disappointments on the field in the present day, last won a championship in 2001.
This comparison is spot on to me. From the outside looking in I love it!
It’s funny to watch it all develop. I remember when Bobby came back and they thought the dominance would start. After all he did it 20 years ago right?! I remember posting on egriz that it’s not the early 2000’s anymore. The Big Sky is much better. The Cats are MUCH better. And obviously NDSU is on a different level. Not even the App States, JMU’s or Georgia Southern’s of their time are on this level. I was basically told to shut up, Bobby is back, griz are going to dominate, and watch out NDSU.
Read egriz today and it’s comical. Everything I listed above at why they wouldn’t dominate with Bobby, they’re now using as excuses to defend Bobby. The Cats are much better than they were. The conference is so tough. That’s why a 6th place finish in the BSC is ok.
Message boards are usually never the voice of a fanbase and program as a whole. Which better be the case over there. Because just like Miami and Nebraska, if a fanbase is so arrogant they still think they’re the best when nothing points to the fact they are, they get more complacent, more delusional, and the hole becomes deeper and harder to get out of.
As I said, from my perspective I love it. I HOPE they still think they’re somehow the top tier of FCS. I HOPE they think Bobby is the answer because he had success two decades. I HOPE they think their fanbase will never waiver and be key to success. Because while they’re putting faith in blind hope, MSU and many other schools are continuing to try and get better because we don’t just think we’re the best. The longer this goes on, the farther UM will fall.
