Griz vs NDSU

[Mr Lisle]

Sorry if someone already brought this up, but I haven't looked at every post.
Looking back on a game like this it is easy to find all kinds of reasons, or mistakes, or situations that were costly. BUT I need to address the ndsu OC. With 2:40 or so left in the game all he had to do was control the ball and run out the clock with a team that is designed to control the ball and run out the clock. But he had a bright idea. "Let's throw the ball"! So two incompletions (clock killers) later NDSU is punting. Good lord!!
To the griz...way to finish.

No McNorton or Crockett

Who cares? It still forces Stitt to call timeouts. Nothing is guaranteed, but not having those two timeouts would have made UM's last drive that much more difficult. Definitely an end of game coaching blunder by NDSU staff.

Ash did the same thing at Wazzu and SMU. A pass there has the element of surprise, but you were dancing with pretty girl named Run It Down Their Throat and you left her for that girl with all the make up on? Turned out she wasn't all that hot when the sun came up.

This!!

[grunyon37]

Anyone who watched that game and doesn't see the griz as a threat needs to take their blue & gold glasses off. The griz offense is legit & will chew us up if we don't improve immensely.

I completely agree, especially when you consider that the Bobcat defense may not be any better.

[91catAlum]

This thread is funny. I love how the best team wins -- unless the winner is Montana. In that case, the reason for the game outcome just HAS to be something else.

What thread are you reading?? Almost every post in here has given props to the griz.

[TomCat88]

Sorry if someone already brought this up, but I haven't looked at every post.
Looking back on a game like this it is easy to find all kinds of reasons, or mistakes, or situations that were costly. BUT I need to address the ndsu OC. With 2:40 or so left in the game all he had to do was control the ball and run out the clock with a team that is designed to control the ball and run out the clock. But he had a bright idea. "Let's throw the ball"! So two incompletions (clock killers) later NDSU is punting. Good lord!!
To the griz...way to finish.

No McNorton or Crockett

Who cares? It still forces Stitt to call timeouts. Nothing is guaranteed, but not having those two timeouts would have made UM's last drive that much more difficult. Definitely an end of game coaching blunder by NDSU staff.

Ash did the same thing at Wazzu and SMU. A pass there has the element of surprise, but you were dancing with pretty girl named Run It Down Their Throat and you left her for that girl with all the make up on? Turned out she wasn't all that hot when the sun came up.

So what if they didn't have the running stars of years past. It's not like they had receiving stars in this game and it's a team game. As a team they were showing all day and especially late that they could move the pile and gain enough yards on the ground between the tackles. Congratulations to the Griz on the win and this is good for the BSC.

Are you talking to me? I never said anything about running stars of the past.

[catatonic1]

The Bizon will stay at #1 all week.....

being there is only one game played this weekend
the next vote wont be until Sept 8th

[TomCat88]

The Bizon will stay at #1 all week.....

being there is only one game played this weekend
the next vote wont be until Sept 8th

Thanks.

[Born2BaGriz]

I know most of you have been complimentary, but here are some things I believe.

1. The Griz should NOT vault to number 1. Maybe number 9 at the highest, it was one game.
2. It should be considered impressive that the Griz offense did what they did. This is the first game with a new HC and offense.

3. Do any of you on here know the Griz personnel well enough to pass judgement on how good or bad they are? How many projected starters on OL didn't play? How about the fact that one of our best linebackers sat out?

4. It was one game and anybody predicting the season on this game would be akin to picking the winner of a marathon after the first mile.

Don't get me wrong, it was a nice win. It played well on ESPN and could help in recruiting. However, I'm already over it and worried about Cal Poly's triple option next week.

[Helcat72]

I don't think you can discount the fact that Gustafson is six foot seven and can see the whole defensive backfield. I think it slows down the pass rush or at least gives the quarterback more time. With those receivers they have it's a hell of a weapon.

[TomCat88]

I know most of you have been complimentary, but here are some things I believe.

1. The Griz should NOT vault to number 1. Maybe number 9 at the highest, it was one game.
2. It should be considered impressive that the Griz offense did what they did. This is the first game with a new HC and offense.

3. Do any of you on here know the Griz personnel well enough to pass judgement on how good or bad they are? How many projected starters on OL didn't play? How about the fact that one of our best linebackers sat out?

4. It was one game and anybody predicting the season on this game would be akin to picking the winner of a marathon after the first mile.

Don't get me wrong, it was a nice win. It played well on ESPN and could help in recruiting. However, I'm already over it and worried about Cal Poly's triple option next week.

I wanna party with this guy. Lol.
But your point number 3 is a good one. Weyer and Todd were out as was Gamboa. Makes the win over ven sweeter. I still think UM should be No. 1 next poll. Unless they lose before the next poll.

[catgrad05]

I know most of you have been complimentary, but here are some things I believe.

1. The Griz should NOT vault to number 1. Maybe number 9 at the highest, it was one game.
2. It should be considered impressive that the Griz offense did what they did. This is the first game with a new HC and offense.

3. Do any of you on here know the Griz personnel well enough to pass judgement on how good or bad they are? How many projected starters on OL didn't play? How about the fact that one of our best linebackers sat out?

4. It was one game and anybody predicting the season on this game would be akin to picking the winner of a marathon after the first mile.

Don't get me wrong, it was a nice win. It played well on ESPN and could help in recruiting. However, I'm already over it and worried about Cal Poly's triple option next week.

I wanna party with this guy. Lol.
But your point number 3 is a good one. Weyer and Todd were out as was Gamboa. Makes the win over ven sweeter. I still think UM should be No. 1 next poll. Unless they lose before the next poll.

While I agree UM should move up. Number one is a stretch From 12. Also, cal poly just became a huge trap game after a nationally televised game literally came down to the last 15 seconds, emotions ran very high all day. The griz will either ride this win to a huge win next week or come out flat. Either way won't surprise me. I for one am very interested in how both teams come out next week but I will be following both teams to see how they handle the attention after today.

[Born2BaGriz]

I know most of you have been complimentary, but here are some things I believe.

1. The Griz should NOT vault to number 1. Maybe number 9 at the highest, it was one game.
2. It should be considered impressive that the Griz offense did what they did. This is the first game with a new HC and offense.

3. Do any of you on here know the Griz personnel well enough to pass judgement on how good or bad they are? How many projected starters on OL didn't play? How about the fact that one of our best linebackers sat out?

4. It was one game and anybody predicting the season on this game would be akin to picking the winner of a marathon after the first mile.

Don't get me wrong, it was a nice win. It played well on ESPN and could help in recruiting. However, I'm already over it and worried about Cal Poly's triple option next week.

I wanna party with this guy. Lol.
But your point number 3 is a good one. Weyer and Todd were out as was Gamboa. Makes the win over ven sweeter. I still think UM should be No. 1 next poll. Unless they lose before the next poll.

I'm actually a fun guy and was very excited when Counts scored. However, as we were the lone antelope in the field surrounded by staving lions I wanted to see the reactions. I played when Donovan got fired and Read was brought in so I know first hand the difficulties in changing coaches and scheme. I also work with a bunch of Cat fans and I hear them talking. I was coy this week but I was also fed some inside scoop by another former player which basically said the transition had gone better than expected. It actually said more but I'm not going to be the source of the leak.

[Joe Bobcat]

Sorry if someone already brought this up, but I haven't looked at every post.
Looking back on a game like this it is easy to find all kinds of reasons, or mistakes, or situations that were costly. BUT I need to address the ndsu OC. With 2:40 or so left in the game all he had to do was control the ball and run out the clock with a team that is designed to control the ball and run out the clock. But he had a bright idea. "Let's throw the ball"! So two incompletions (clock killers) later NDSU is punting. Good lord!!
To the griz...way to finish.

No McNorton or Crockett

Who cares? It still forces Stitt to call timeouts. Nothing is guaranteed, but not having those two timeouts would have made UM's last drive that much more difficult. Definitely an end of game coaching blunder by NDSU staff.

Ash did the same thing at Wazzu and SMU. A pass there has the element of surprise, but you were dancing with pretty girl named Run It Down Their Throat and you left her for that girl with all the make up on? Turned out she wasn't all that hot when the sun came up.

So what if they didn't have the running stars of years past. It's not like they had receiving stars in this game and it's a team game. As a team they were showing all day and especially late that they could move the pile and gain enough yards on the ground between the tackles. Congratulations to the Griz on the win and this is good for the BSC.

Are you talking to me? I never said anything about running stars of the past.

Sorry no not you, your post was spot on. I should have been more clear. My response was to long time. Then I went fishing.

[TomCat88]

Sorry if someone already brought this up, but I haven't looked at every post.
Looking back on a game like this it is easy to find all kinds of reasons, or mistakes, or situations that were costly. BUT I need to address the ndsu OC. With 2:40 or so left in the game all he had to do was control the ball and run out the clock with a team that is designed to control the ball and run out the clock. But he had a bright idea. "Let's throw the ball"! So two incompletions (clock killers) later NDSU is punting. Good lord!!
To the griz...way to finish.

No McNorton or Crockett

Who cares? It still forces Stitt to call timeouts. Nothing is guaranteed, but not having those two timeouts would have made UM's last drive that much more difficult. Definitely an end of game coaching blunder by NDSU staff.

Ash did the same thing at Wazzu and SMU. A pass there has the element of surprise, but you were dancing with pretty girl named Run It Down Their Throat and you left her for that girl with all the make up on? Turned out she wasn't all that hot when the sun came up.

So what if they didn't have the running stars of years past. It's not like they had receiving stars in this game and it's a team game. As a team they were showing all day and especially late that they could move the pile and gain enough yards on the ground between the tackles. Congratulations to the Griz on the win and this is good for the BSC.

Are you talking to me? I never said anything about running stars of the past.

Sorry no not you, your post was spot on. I should have been more clear. My response was to long time. Then I went fishing.

Thanks. I was wondering if that was the case.

[Darth Yoda]

Well I'm not sure if anybody noticed but the griz won. Great job. At this point we should all hope EWU can go to UNI and win. Two marquee wins by the BSC against two top tier MVFC is a great start for this conference. It would be nice for our conference to have some high ground before going into the conference season.

[Cataholic]

I know most of you have been complimentary, but here are some things I believe.

1. The Griz should NOT vault to number 1. Maybe number 9 at the highest, it was one game.
2. It should be considered impressive that the Griz offense did what they did. This is the first game with a new HC and offense.

3. Do any of you on here know the Griz personnel well enough to pass judgement on how good or bad they are? How many projected starters on OL didn't play? How about the fact that one of our best linebackers sat out?

4. It was one game and anybody predicting the season on this game would be akin to picking the winner of a marathon after the first mile.

Don't get me wrong, it was a nice win. It played well on ESPN and could help in recruiting. However, I'm already over it and worried about Cal Poly's triple option next week.

I wanna party with this guy. Lol.
But your point number 3 is a good one. Weyer and Todd were out as was Gamboa. Makes the win over ven sweeter. I still think UM should be No. 1 next poll. Unless they lose before the next poll.

Tough win over a good team. I wish more Griz fans were like Born, and you should enjoy this one. You should see some respect at the office this week. Otherwise, you are working with some a-holes regardless of who they root for!

A lot of us posters watch the Griz as well so have a pretty good idea of the teams capabilities. The offense looks way better than last year. The defense was not as tough as last year but you had some NFL guys playing last year as well. Hard to not expect a drop off. Scary to think you will get some guys back.

Here's to looking to November. Should be an incredible Cat-Griz this year!

By the way, if you beat Cal Poly next week, expect a top 5 ranking. Bison fall out of top 5 and Griz should get ranking ahead of them.

[Cataholic]

This thread is funny. I love how the best team wins -- unless the winner is Montana. In that case, the reason for the game outcome just HAS to be something else.

What thread are you reading?? Almost every post in here has given props to the griz.

Griz nationalist is the guy with the face paint and Griz tattoo on his arm. If we don't say they can beat the Green Bay Packers, we are disrespecting the team some how...

[bobcat92]

Congratulations to the Griz on a great win. I think everyone expected the Defense to be very good this year but didn't know what to expect on the offensive side of the ball. The offense was a suprise to me as I had heard there were issues implementing the new schemes. The cat er Griz is ouf of the bag. Griz will have to be carefull of a let down versus Cal Poly next weekend. It was a fun game to watch.

[catsrback76]

Congratulations to the Griz on a great win. I think everyone expected the Defense to be very good this year but didn't know what to expect on the offensive side of the ball. The offense was a suprise to me as I had heard there were issues implementing the new schemes. The cat er Griz is ouf of the bag. Griz will have to be carefull of a let down versus Cal Poly next weekend. It was a fun game to watch.

It was a great game to watch, and a wonderful win for the griz and the conference. The pressure is on the Cat's now to show up more on Defense than ever before. Clearly the griz attacked the weak point of the NDSU defense with their downfield over the top passing game. They made some huge catches and it bodes well for them and not so well for our defense as that is our weak point.

Also, Ft. Lewis being on the schedule is a bit of a yawner after this game. Not sure we can do anything other than smash them, show up on Defense and make some statements of our own...for ourselves. Nobody is really going to put any stock in this upcoming game.

The Conference was well represented by the griz yesterday and it will now be a really fun season and conference to watch. Everything is thrown back up in the air...so let's see how it all settles out.

[GoCats18]

I thought both teams played a great game. That said, I don't see either team as the #1 team. NDSU has some horrible defense backs for being a 4 time National Champion and also their punter turned kicker is not that good. Griz looked good, but only because that offense is meant to wear down the defense. Curious what NDSU had to study for game film? Hard to watch game films from School of Mines I would think. Griz will be tested and I see both these teams losing some games down the road. Hats off to both for giving us a good start to kickoff college football. And hats off to Denny for giving the fans an amazing environment to watch games. Maybe 25 years from now our stadium will get its phase II.

[Topher]

This thread is funny. I love how the best team wins -- unless the winner is Montana. In that case, the reason for the game outcome just HAS to be something else.

What thread are you reading?? Almost every post in here has given props to the griz.

Oh I will go one further 91, and accuse you guys of being practical across the board on egriz. Knock it off with your kill'em with pragmatism! You guys go on egriz right meow, and have butt hurt attitudes! You are all making it really hard to be obnoxious.

Not one butt hurt post... .....Not one!