Other BSC game predictions

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Not too many have noticed, but EWU's defense is improved. Fifth in scoring D and fifth in total D. If Poly beat um by 20, EWU will be them by 30. Eagles 57, grizz 27.

Poly at ISU is tougher to call. Kramer knows to win he must get a lead and maintain it. ISU is third against the run and I think they'll pull this off at home. Bengals 38, Mustangs 27.

WSU at UND. Not much to play. UND is banged up. Wildcats 21, Fighting 13.

UCD at NAU. NAU jumps keeps squeaking by. They should win comfortably this week. Lumberjacks 42, Aggies 17.

Southern Utah at SAC. Another meaningless game. The T-Birds seem to be trying to build for next year. T-Birds 38, Hornets 28.

[Jobu]

I don't see ANY way, barring the Griz defensive bus getting stuck on top of Lookout that the Griz lose by 30. That game is always a war and always close. I'd say Eastern by 4.

I think Poly beats ISU. Your other picks i agree with.

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I don't see ANY way, barring the Griz defensive bus getting stuck on top of Lookout that the Griz lose by 30. That game is always a war and always close. I'd say Eastern by 4.

I think Poly beats ISU. Your other picks i agree with.

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You're basing your prediction on this game always being a war? I'm basing it on what we've seen so far this year. Unless EWU makes a ton of mistakes or takes their foot off the gas and allows um to score points late the final score will be lopsided.

[LongTimeCatFan]

I don't see ANY way, barring the Griz defensive bus getting stuck on top of Lookout that the Griz lose by 30. That game is always a war and always close. I'd say Eastern by 4.

I think Poly beats ISU. Your other picks i agree with.

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You're basing your prediction on this game always being a war? I'm basing it on what we've seen so far this year. Unless EWU makes a ton of mistakes or takes their foot off the gas and allows um to score points late the final score will be lopsided.

Yeah, UM's OL will struggle a lot. I hope EWU ****** their leg, but I don't see it happening.

[91catAlum]

The best outcomes for the Cats is to have the griz beat EWU, and ISU beat Cal Poly. Then if the Cats can win out, they win the conference title, or share it with NAU.

But yeah, I haven't seen anything from the griz this year that showed they can beat EWU. If VA isn't healthy then they have a chance I suppose.

[bigkid]

Honestly I would love to see one loss cat/Griz teams in Missoula on November22. Makes for a fun week and a great game. I always want the Big Sky Conference to thru Montana.

[catatac]

I don't see ANY way, barring the Griz defensive bus getting stuck on top of Lookout that the Griz lose by 30. That game is always a war and always close. I'd say Eastern by 4.

I think Poly beats ISU. Your other picks i agree with.

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You're basing your prediction on this game always being a war? I'm basing it on what we've seen so far this year. Unless EWU makes a ton of mistakes or takes their foot off the gas and allows um to score points late the final score will be lopsided.

Exactly. This isn't even my Griz hatred talking, but I just don't see any way in hell that EWU doesn't beat UM fairly easily, regardless of QB. In fact it sounds like JJ missed a practice or two this week, so speculation that he won't play. Some Griz fans are saying it shouldn't matter, UM can beat EWU in Cheney even if JJ doesn't play. WTF are those fans smoking?

[Htowngriz]

I don't see ANY way, barring the Griz defensive bus getting stuck on top of Lookout that the Griz lose by 30. That game is always a war and always close. I'd say Eastern by 4.

I think Poly beats ISU. Your other picks i agree with.

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You're basing your prediction on this game always being a war? I'm basing it on what we've seen so far this year. Unless EWU makes a ton of mistakes or takes their foot off the gas and allows um to score points late the final score will be lopsided.

Exactly. This isn't even my Griz hatred talking, but I just don't see any way in hell that EWU doesn't beat UM fairly easily, regardless of QB. In fact it sounds like JJ missed a practice or two this week, so speculation that he won't play. Some Griz fans are saying it shouldn't matter, UM can beat EWU in Cheney even if JJ doesn't play. WTF are those fans smoking?

Maybe the fact that we were an onside kick away from beating them two years ago with Trent McKinney at the helm, and with our worst overall team in about two decades? We'll have to play much better than we have on the road this year to win, but I'd be very surprised if the game is decided by more than 10 points either way.

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I don't see ANY way, barring the Griz defensive bus getting stuck on top of Lookout that the Griz lose by 30. That game is always a war and always close. I'd say Eastern by 4.

I think Poly beats ISU. Your other picks i agree with.

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You're basing your prediction on this game always being a war? I'm basing it on what we've seen so far this year. Unless EWU makes a ton of mistakes or takes their foot off the gas and allows um to score points late the final score will be lopsided.

Exactly. This isn't even my Griz hatred talking, but I just don't see any way in hell that EWU doesn't beat UM fairly easily, regardless of QB. In fact it sounds like JJ missed a practice or two this week, so speculation that he won't play. Some Griz fans are saying it shouldn't matter, UM can beat EWU in Cheney even if JJ doesn't play. WTF are those fans smoking?

Maybe the fact that we were an onside kick away from beating them two years ago with Trent McKinney at the helm, and with our worst overall team in about two decades? We'll have to play much better than we have on the road this year to win, but I'd be very surprised if the game is decided by more than 10 points either way.

Mckinney went 14-17 and ran for 95 yards and a TD that day. You ran for 407 yards. 533 total yards. VA was a freshman starting his second game of his career. I think um has its work cut out just to keep it within a couple TDs. I'm saying this as someone who doesn't really care a whole lot either way. For us to get the highest seed possible we need EWU to lose.

[catatac]

I don't see ANY way, barring the Griz defensive bus getting stuck on top of Lookout that the Griz lose by 30. That game is always a war and always close. I'd say Eastern by 4.

I think Poly beats ISU. Your other picks i agree with.

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You're basing your prediction on this game always being a war? I'm basing it on what we've seen so far this year. Unless EWU makes a ton of mistakes or takes their foot off the gas and allows um to score points late the final score will be lopsided.

Exactly. This isn't even my Griz hatred talking, but I just don't see any way in hell that EWU doesn't beat UM fairly easily, regardless of QB. In fact it sounds like JJ missed a practice or two this week, so speculation that he won't play. Some Griz fans are saying it shouldn't matter, UM can beat EWU in Cheney even if JJ doesn't play. WTF are those fans smoking?

Maybe the fact that we were an onside kick away from beating them two years ago with Trent McKinney at the helm, and with our worst overall team in about two decades? We'll have to play much better than we have on the road this year to win, but I'd be very surprised if the game is decided by more than 10 points either way.

Ya, good points but you had a rock solid O Line. I think a bunch of Griz fans all seas on long have downplayed just how important it is. Granted - the Griz O Line looked better against Sac, but it was Sac. I'm not going to be on the game but my prediction would be EWU by 17 or 20.

[RationalGriz]

Not too many have noticed, but EWU's defense is improved. Fifth in scoring D and fifth in total D. If Poly beat um by 20, EWU will be them by 30. Eagles 57, grizz 27.

Poly at ISU is tougher to call. Kramer knows to win he must get a lead and maintain it. ISU is third against the run and I think they'll pull this off at home. Bengals 38, Mustangs 27.

WSU at UND. Not much to play. UND is banged up. Wildcats 21, Fighting 13.

UCD at NAU. NAU jumps keeps squeaking by. They should win comfortably this week. Lumberjacks 42, Aggies 17.

Southern Utah at SAC. Another meaningless game. The T-Birds seem to be trying to build for next year. T-Birds 38, Hornets 28.

I do think EWU will win, but no way they score 57, especially if VA does not play. I can see EWU between 35-40 points and winning by a couple touchdowns.

[grizatwork]

I see the griz getting beat soundly, unless everything goes right for them. Our offense falls behind on first down often and we have too many 3 and outs to win against a high powered team like EWU on the road. I just don't see it. Our offensive line is playing better than it was a month ago, but freshman and sophomores don't become seniors by the end of the year. We are starting a true freshman at left tackle. Realism is hard for fans to handle sometimes.

[Htowngriz]

I don't see ANY way, barring the Griz defensive bus getting stuck on top of Lookout that the Griz lose by 30. That game is always a war and always close. I'd say Eastern by 4.

I think Poly beats ISU. Your other picks i agree with.

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You're basing your prediction on this game always being a war? I'm basing it on what we've seen so far this year. Unless EWU makes a ton of mistakes or takes their foot off the gas and allows um to score points late the final score will be lopsided.

Exactly. This isn't even my Griz hatred talking, but I just don't see any way in hell that EWU doesn't beat UM fairly easily, regardless of QB. In fact it sounds like JJ missed a practice or two this week, so speculation that he won't play. Some Griz fans are saying it shouldn't matter, UM can beat EWU in Cheney even if JJ doesn't play. WTF are those fans smoking?

Maybe the fact that we were an onside kick away from beating them two years ago with Trent McKinney at the helm, and with our worst overall team in about two decades? We'll have to play much better than we have on the road this year to win, but I'd be very surprised if the game is decided by more than 10 points either way.

Ya, good points but you had a rock solid O Line. I think a bunch of Griz fans all seas on long have downplayed just how important it is. Granted - the Griz O Line looked better against Sac, but it was Sac. I'm not going to be on the game but my prediction would be EWU by 17 or 20.

You could be right, but I haven't seen enough from Eastern's D to convince me they can shut down even an inconsistent offense like ours (and no, UND doesn't count. They're almost dead last in offense in FCS). I think Canada, Van and JJ will all have big days and do enough to get a close win.

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Over the last three (UNC, NAU, UND) games EWU has only allowed 320 ypg and 16 ppg. Had they just converted that last first down vs. NAU it'd be under 300 ypg and 14 ppg. Also less than 5.0 per play. Not great competition, but they did better vs UND and UNC than um did. We'll see.

[Bobcatsinmso]

T Van won't be 100%. He has the sniffles, JJ had some issues but he will play. EWU wins by 14.

[Jobu]

I think we're deep enough into the season that we can say with some certainty that the Griz defense is better than our D, and should control Eastern better. Is their offense as dynamic? No, not even close. But if the Griz get their running game going -- not a stretch against Eastern's defense -- and control clock, there is NO WAY they lose by 30. I'd even give the Griz a fair to decent shot at winning. Frankly, I see a score differential very similar to our game against Eastern.

[GRIZFNZ]

Over the last three (UNC, NAU, UND) games EWU has only allowed 320 ypg and 16 ppg. Had they just converted that last first down vs. NAU it'd be under 300 ypg and 14 ppg. Also less than 5.0 per play. Not great competition, but they did better vs UND and UNC than um did. We'll see.

UND played a backup qb in his first ever start, not surprising that EWU looked like defensive juggernauts.

[TomCat88]

This is my prediction from my predictions thread:

Montana at Eastern Washington: A mega-tilt becomes a mega-dud as UM can't keep up with the Eagles, who remain perfect in the league and haven't lost a BSC game since 2012. EWU 47, UM 24. (No VA: EWU 33, UM 24; With a rusty VA: EWU 34-24)

I don't see the chances of EWU smoking UM being really good with West starting or a rusty Adams trying to come back. UM got smoked by Poly because they got man-handled by a well-oiled offense. EWU isn't as tuned up as Poly right now. They had a tough time putting points on the board against NAU and UNC before cleaning things up against a solid UND defense.

The only thing that would worry me if I were a Griz is that EWU scored on six of its first seven possessions vs. a solid UND defense and UND had only allowed 152 points to seven FCS teams (exactly the same as UM btw) coming into that game, then gave up 54 to EWU. UM, obviously, has a better offense than UND and that should keep that kind of onslaught from happening to them.

[TomCat88]

This is my prediction from my predictions thread:

Montana at Eastern Washington: A mega-tilt becomes a mega-dud as UM can't keep up with the Eagles, who remain perfect in the league and haven't lost a BSC game since 2012. EWU 47, UM 24. (No VA: EWU 33, UM 24; With a rusty VA: EWU 34-24)

I don't see the chances of EWU smoking UM being really good with West starting or a rusty Adams trying to come back. UM got smoked by Poly because they got man-handled by a well-oiled offense. EWU isn't as tuned up as Poly right now. They had a tough time putting points on the board against NAU and UNC before cleaning things up against a solid UND defense.

The only thing that would worry me if I were a Griz is that EWU scored on six of its first seven possessions vs. a solid UND defense and UND had only allowed 152 points to seven FCS teams (exactly the same as UM btw) coming into that game, then gave up 54 to EWU. UM, obviously, has a better offense than UND and that should keep that kind of onslaught from happening to them.

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Well Htown and Rational came closer than I did, but you have to admit I was looking right after Kupp's return made it 33-10 with 1 1/2 quarters to go. The grizz do a good job of cutting into big leads late to avoid big point spread losses. I still thought it was a convincing win for EWU.