I-AA.org conference predictions

CelticCat · Post by **CelticCat** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:26 am

http://i-aa.org/article.asp?articleid=71524

BIG SKY
1. Montana
2. Eastern Washington
3. Montana State
4. Portland State
5. Northern Arizona
6. Idaho State
7. Weber State
8. Sacramento State

PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
OFFENSE:
QB Erik Meyer, Eastern Washington, Sr.
DEFENSE:
DE Brady Fosmark, Weber State, Sr.
OFFENSIVE LINE:
OG Rocky Hanni, Eastern Washington, So.

OOC teams -

GREAT WEST
1. North Dakota State
2. Cal Poly
3. UC Davis
4. South Dakota State
5. Northern Colorado
6. Southern Utah

PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
OFFENSE
RB Kyle Steffes, North Dakota State, Jr.
DEFENSE
DE Chris Gocong, Cal Poly, Sr.
OFFENSIVE LINE
OT Tim Popowski, North Dakota State, Sr.

SOUTHLAND
1. Northwestern State
2. Texas State
3. Sam Houston State
4. McNeese State
5. Stephen F. Austin
6. Nicholls State
7. Southeastern Louisiana

PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
OFFENSE
QB Barrick Nealy, Texas State, Sr.
DEFENSE
CB David Pittman, Northwestern State, Sr.
OFFENSIVE LINE
OT Brent Pousson, McNeese State, Jr.

We play the first and second ranked teams in a pretty good Great West Conference, those are going to be two tough games.

WYOBISONMAN · Post by **WYOBISONMAN** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:57 am

Looks like we will have a great match up. NDSU will also face NW State and Southern Illinois this year too. Not an easy year for the Bison. The first tough one will be on Sept. 10 against NW State and the game will be played in Louisiana.....

CelticCat · Post by **CelticCat** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:22 pm

WYOBISONMAN wrote:Looks like we will have a great match up. NDSU will also face NW State and Southern Illinois this year too. Not an easy year for the Bison. The first tough one will be on Sept. 10 against NW State and the game will be played in Louisiana.....

They have a great defense. Good luck!

El_Gato · Post by **El_Gato** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:36 pm

One of my favorite college memories was getting off the plane in Bozeman, coming back from the 84 NC game in Charleston. A huge banner on the wall in the airport tells you all you need to know about preseason rankings:

THEY PICKED US LAST; THEY PISSED US OFF!!!
NOW WE'RE #1!!!!!!!!!!

wbtfg · Post by **wbtfg** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:55 pm

WYOBISONMAN wrote:Looks like we will have a great match up. NDSU will also face NW State and Southern Illinois this year too. Not an easy year for the Bison. The first tough one will be on Sept. 10 against NW State and the game will be played in Louisiana.....

Hey, WYO what are you all anticipating your strengths and weaknesses this fall? I really don't know a thing about NDSU's team other than I you should be pretty tough.

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:56 pm

CelticCat wrote:
WYOBISONMAN wrote:The first tough one will be on Sept. 10 against NW State and the game will be played in Louisiana.....
They have a great defense. Good luck!

Yeah, their defense is a monster, alright. They held the Griz to 56 points in the playoffs last year.

--GL (I'll join in wishing the Bison good luck, though.)

CelticCat · Post by **CelticCat** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:59 pm

Teams don't play like them normal selves at WA-Griz, you know that Law.

They were #1 all year last year I believe.

WYOBISONMAN · Post by **WYOBISONMAN** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:24 pm

I would have to say that the biggest question mark for the Bison will be the O line. That is where we lost the most. It sounds like the NW State D will really give the O line a test on Sept. 10th. If the Bison win that one at NW State we will know that all is well on the O line.

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:46 pm

I know, Celt; I was just razzin' you.

I'm sure NWS is tougher than they looked on that day. They've played us pretty tough in Missoula in prior years...

Go Scats Go · Post by **Go Scats Go** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:50 pm

CelticCat wrote:Teams don't play like them normal selves at WA-Griz, you know that Law.

They were #1 all year last year I believe.

Its a running grind it out conference- the #1 thing was way out of bounds

CelticCat · Post by **CelticCat** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:06 pm

Go Scats Go wrote:
CelticCat wrote:Teams don't play like them normal selves at WA-Griz, you know that Law.

They were #1 all year last year I believe.
Its a running grind it out conference- the #1 thing was way out of bounds

For once, you bring up a good point. But didn't Hilliard rank up the yards against them though?

I just don't think people understand how uptempo the Big Sky really is.

ralph · Post by **ralph** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:03 am

Northwestern State didn't lose at home last year and should have got a first round home game. Teams that play there better beware.