Big Sky Power Week 5

[Common Cat]

I thought the Grix were supposed to have a good defense, but apparently not. Giving up almost fifty points to a "not very good" EWU team?

What they’ve given up on defense they’ve gained in spades on offense. They have the most impressive offense in the Big Sky.

No they don’t. They can’t put anyone away so their starters stay in and rack up offense. The one game they did run away with they left the starters in until the fourth quarter. They haven’t played a good defense all year. No, UND doesn’t have a good defense.

I guess we will disagree. They past the early eye test to me.

[iaafan]

I thought the Grix were supposed to have a good defense, but apparently not. Giving up almost fifty points to a "not very good" EWU team?

What they’ve given up on defense they’ve gained in spades on offense. They have the most impressive offense in the Big Sky.

No they don’t. They can’t put anyone away so their starters stay in and rack up offense. The one game they did run away with they left the starters in until the fourth quarter. They haven’t played a good defense all year. No, UND doesn’t have a good defense.

I guess we will disagree. They past the early eye test to me.

Passed. How many fingers am I holding up?

[MSU01]

1. MSU
2. Idaho
3. Davis
4. Griz
5. NAU
6. Sac
7. EWU
8. ISU
9. Weber
10. Poly
11. PSU
12. UNC

I mean didn't Davis just beat Idaho?

1. MSU









2. Davis
3.Idaho
4. gris
5.NAU
6. Sac
7. Weber
8. ISU
9. EWU <played their Super bowl yesterday. Watch the wheels come off just like the last couple seasons
10. PSU
11. Poly
12. UNC

Yes, UCD is number 2. MSU01 must not have been able to stay up late last night. lol

I did stay up late and watched most of that game. I'm ranking based on who I think the best teams will end up being by the end of the season, which won't always match up exactly with results of individual games. Always fun to see how different people view things!

[Common Cat]

I thought the Grix were supposed to have a good defense, but apparently not. Giving up almost fifty points to a "not very good" EWU team?

What they’ve given up on defense they’ve gained in spades on offense. They have the most impressive offense in the Big Sky.

No they don’t. They can’t put anyone away so their starters stay in and rack up offense. The one game they did run away with they left the starters in until the fourth quarter. They haven’t played a good defense all year. No, UND doesn’t have a good defense.

I guess we will disagree. They past the early eye test to me.

Passed. How many fingers am I holding up?

Have you even watched them this year?

[rivercat]

It takes some moxy to post your power ranking every week. Keep it up CommonCat and remember, opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one.

[Dbrewmsu]

It takes some moxy to post your power ranking every week. Keep it up CommonCat and remember, opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one.

Oh wow! Bobcat Nation must really have a lot of buttholes then by that logic

[sdsyvie]

It takes some moxy to post your power ranking every week. Keep it up CommonCat and remember, opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one.

I think you're getting opinions mixed up with excuses

But yes their are also a few buttholes here as well

[rivercat]

It takes some moxy to post your power ranking every week. Keep it up CommonCat and remember, opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one.

I think you're getting opinions mixed up with excuses

But yes their are also a few buttholes here as well

I guess you haven't heard that expression. It's not an indictment, just a fact that everyone has both. BN has very few "buttholes".

[iaafan]

I thought the Grix were supposed to have a good defense, but apparently not. Giving up almost fifty points to a "not very good" EWU team?

What they’ve given up on defense they’ve gained in spades on offense. They have the most impressive offense in the Big Sky.

No they don’t. They can’t put anyone away so their starters stay in and rack up offense. The one game they did run away with they left the starters in until the fourth quarter. They haven’t played a good defense all year. No, UND doesn’t have a good defense.

I guess we will disagree. They past the early eye test to me.

Passed. How many fingers am I holding up?

Have you even watched them this year?

Yes. I’ve watched who they’re playing too. Gris got over half their rushing yards on three plays. Ewu is horrible on defense, but since Gris couldn’t put them away they had to leave starters in and consequently had huge numbers. Sometimes you’re on as Gris were. So it was a perfect storm. They won’t be able to sustain it. Just like last year when they were hot on offense for a few games and reverted back to the norm.

[wapiti]

A bit of a shakeup after opening week of conference play. 2 and 3 could be considered a tie. Davis beating Idaho was better than UM hanging for a win over EWU. (But maybe EWU is pulling things back together.)

1. Montana State---Did as expected and earned a road win in the Pocatello Dome.

2. Montana---Squeaked out a hard to earn W in Cheney.

3. UC Davis ---Took down a good Idaho team and makes a jump up.

4. Idaho ---The road loss drops Idaho, but Idaho remains in contention for the conference crown.

5. Northern Arizona---Nice win over a highly ranked Sac team. Is this a sign of what is to come or like last year when NAU beat the Griz in the Skydome?

6. Sacramento State---Sac drops after a road loss. And like Idaho, Sac remains in contention for the conference crown.

7. Weber State---Weber was upset in Odgen by MacNeese State. (That is how the announcers said it)

8. Idaho State---Took a loss at home against the top team in conference. ISU is an improving team and may be a contender in a year or two.

9. Eastern Washington---Will EWU keeps its focus after several losses to start the season? or fall apart like last year?

10. Portland State---Took another loss on a long away game. Their brutal schedule continues.

11. Cal Poly---CP surprised me in Greely and moves up a spot.

12. Northern Colorado---NC has fallen apart the past 2 games and has a lot of rebuilding to do. Next up is a road game against the top team in conference.

RECAP: 1-3 out front, 4-6 Just a half step behind, 7-9 Middle of the pack, 10-11 rebuilding, 12 way back

[MTFootball]

A bit of a shakeup after opening week of conference play. 2 and 3 could be considered a tie. Davis beating Idaho was better than UM hanging for a win over EWU. (But maybe EWU is pulling things back together.)

1. Montana State---Did as expected and earned a road win in the Pocatello Dome.

2. Montana---Squeaked out a hard to earn W in Cheney.

3. UC Davis ---Took down a good Idaho team and makes a jump up.

4. Idaho ---The road loss drops Idaho, but Idaho remains in contention for the conference crown.

5. Northern Arizona---Nice win over a highly ranked Sac team. Is this a sign of what is to come or like last year when NAU beat the Griz in the Skydome?

6. Sacramento State---Sac drops after a road loss. And like Idaho, Sac remains in contention for the conference crown.

7. Weber State---Weber was upset in Odgen by MacNeese State. (That is how the announcers said it)

8. Idaho State---Took a loss at home against the top team in conference. ISU is an improving team and may be a contender in a year or two.

9. Eastern Washington---Will EWU keeps its focus after several losses to start the season? or fall apart like last year?

10. Portland State---Took another loss on a long away game. Their brutal schedule continues.

11. Cal Poly---CP surprised me in Greely and moves up a spot.

12. Northern Colorado---NC has fallen apart the past 2 games and has a lot of rebuilding to do. Next up is a road game against the top team in conference.

RECAP: 1-3 out front, 4-6 Just a half step behind, 7-9 Middle of the pack, 10-11 rebuilding, 12 way back

This is how I see it, too, but I would put Idaho in the top group still. I watched a little bit of their game and I thought there was some bad coaching decisions like in their game against ACU.

After this weekend I think Sac St is not as good as I thought the well previously, Weber is on the way down, Idaho State and NAU are on the way up, and the Griz defense is not good, but their schedule will help them in the standings.

[catgrad05]

I think its a shame that the school of dance does not play Idaho this year. I hope they face off early in the playoffs

[GoldstoneCat]

1) MSU
2) UC Davis
3) Montana
4) Idaho
5) NAU
6) Sac State
7) Weber State
Idaho State
9) Portland State
10) Cal Poly
11) Northern Colorado

I think the Griz defense is hot, wet, steaming garbage. Horrible. Front is bad, corners suck, only 1 LB with BSC speed. A shell of itself. But they have top to bottom a very good to great group of skill players and are getting good QB play and ST play. Can the Oline hold up against us, against Davis, and into the playoffs, will be the question. I nearly put them at 2. Should, based on their cupcake schedule. But I think at this point we're clearly better.

[technoCat]

I truly believe that MSU is the best team top to bottom in the BSC this year and it really isn't that close. The question then becomes can we hold it together for a full season and not have a let down at the wrong time. Maybe we already had that at UNM and overcame it but we will get everyone's best shot week in and week out so they've gotta keep the focus for 14 weeks. If there is one coach I think can do that, it's Vigen. He does bring that steady Eddy vibe.

Question: Do we have team "partners" like we used to with UM and UNC that we play every year or it just one other team now?

[MSU01]

I truly believe that MSU is the best team top to bottom in the BSC this year and it really isn't that close. The question then becomes can we hold it together for a full season and not have a let down at the wrong time. Maybe we already had that at UNM and overcame it but we will get everyone's best shot week in and week out so they've gotta keep the focus for 14 weeks. If there is one coach I think can do that, it's Vigen. He does bring that steady Eddy vibe.

Question: Do we have team "partners" like we used to with UM and UNC that we play every year or it just one other team now?

The Big Sky still has the yearly opponent setup. Right now MSU plays UM and EWU every year.