The Bobcat Nation

Here are the final results of the I-AA.org poll for games of the week and game of the year for the 2004 season. Cat/Griz won game of the year by a good margin. Click the link for full voting results.

http://www.i-aa.org/article.asp?articleid=40408

Week 1: McNeese State @ Southern
Week 2: Eastern Kentucky @ Appalachian State
Week 3: Wofford @ Georgia Southern
Week 4: Delaware @ UMass
Week 5: Northern Iowa @ Southern Illinois
Week 6: North Dakota State @ South Dakota State
Week 7: Appalachian State @ Georgia Southern
Week 8: Northwestern State @ Nicholls State
Week 9: Montana @ Portland State
Week 10: Georgia Southern @ Furman
Week 11: McNeese State @ S.F. Austin
Week 12: Montana State @ Montana
Game of the Year: Montana State @ Montana

Too bad there weren't any other games for MSU voted tops. I don't quite understand the week 9 vote however as I just don't see that game being a must see. Would have much rather seen either or of the runners-up, Maine-UMass or W. Illinois-S. Illinois or even better the MSU-NAU matchup.

Get your tickets early for THE GAME OF THE YEAR, it will be a barn burner. I predict Cats 21, Griz 14. I am counting the days. My reservations are made.

Congratulations being named in the Game of the Year!!!

ralph wrote:Congratulations being named in the Game of the Year!!!

Yes, that's cool. It really is an intense rivalry. It's the oldest standing rivalry in the country I was told?

catatac wrote:

ralph wrote:Congratulations being named in the Game of the Year!!!

Yes, that's cool. It really is an intense rivalry. It's the oldest standing rivalry in the country I was told?

You were told wrong....
http://www.collegesports.com/sports/m-f ... 02aaw.html

Does anyone know when you can start ordering cat/griz tickets either through Alumni or the Ticket office???

Cat-theotherwhitemeat wrote:

catatac wrote:

ralph wrote:Congratulations being named in the Game of the Year!!!

Yes, that's cool. It really is an intense rivalry. It's the oldest standing rivalry in the country I was told?

You were told wrong....
http://www.collegesports.com/sports/m-f ... 02aaw.html

I think it is the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi I had heard.

CARDIAC_CATS wrote:

Cat-theotherwhitemeat wrote:

catatac wrote:

ralph wrote:Congratulations being named in the Game of the Year!!!

Yes, that's cool. It really is an intense rivalry. It's the oldest standing rivalry in the country I was told?

You were told wrong....
http://www.collegesports.com/sports/m-f ... 02aaw.html

I think it is the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi I had heard.

wrongo....
Griz/Cat started in 1897
Stanford/Cal started in 1892

http://chat.sportsline.com/u/football/c ... TAN_CA.htm

"Oldest Rivalry in the Mountain Time Zone," then?

I think actually what I have heard is more along the lines of longest running in terms of number of games, not necessarily oldest. Any stats on that whitemeat?

Edit to note that I don't think it qualifies as THE longest running, but that is the category that it is very near the top of I believe.

kmax wrote:I think actually what I have heard is more along the lines of longest running in terms of number of games, not necessarily oldest. Any stats on that whitemeat?

Edit to note that I don't think it qualifies as THE longest running, but that is the category that it is very near the top of I believe.

so, you're saying oldest UNinterupted rivalry....
http://www.1122productions.com/rivalries/m.html

Ok, now we're getting somewhere. Now, can someone tell me what the hell the Grizzly-Bobcat painting is? And yes BAC, I'll go for the oldest in the mountain time zone

Cat-theotherwhitemeat wrote:

kmax wrote:I think actually what I have heard is more along the lines of longest running in terms of number of games, not necessarily oldest. Any stats on that whitemeat?

Edit to note that I don't think it qualifies as THE longest running, but that is the category that it is very near the top of I believe.

so, you're saying oldest UNinterupted rivalry....
http://www.1122productions.com/rivalries/m.html

Ok, now we're getting somewhere. Now, can someone tell me what the hell the Grizzly-Bobcat painting is? And yes BAC, I'll go for the oldest in the mountain time zone

That's what it was, I knew it was something like that. As for the painting...I have no clue but unless there is some really cool story behind that has also qualify us for dumbest rivalry trophy.

I believe the painting is the Great Divide by Dave Samuelson. It was made into a sculpture and now is the trophy for the Bobcat-Griz game. Boy that trophy is ugly! It looks like a pile of you know what! But it's beautiful if you have it in your possession!

Agreed - not the most beautiful print or sculpture. Someone should revise it to depict an airborne Cat and Griz launching at each other over the Great Divide.