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Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by coloradocat » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am

How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by RockyBearCat » Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm

coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.



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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by 84CatGrad » Fri Jan 13, 2023 1:13 pm

I would put the friz #2 not based on the fact that they are better than Weber or Idaho but its just that the game is so hyped and so much emotion is involved.



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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by Montanabob » Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm

RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by Montanabob » Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm

Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Last edited by Montanabob on Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by SparkCat » Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:40 pm

Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
And a D2 game that will not just be a walk in the park…



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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by catatac » Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm

Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by coloradocat » Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:37 pm

catatac wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.
If we finish 11-0, which would include beating SDSU on the road, we won't be ranked lower than #2. I just can't think of any 2 teams that would have a better resume. We have to go undefeated to get a top 2 seed though (unless SDSU ends up with losses to us and NDSU). I think if we finish 8-3, with our only losses from road games, we'll still get a seed. We have 5 tough road games but it would be really surprising if this team loses more than 3 of them. This means our floor is likely the #8 seed.


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by catatac » Fri Jan 13, 2023 7:38 pm

coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:37 pm
catatac wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.
If we finish 11-0, which would include beating SDSU on the road, we won't be ranked lower than #2. I just can't think of any 2 teams that would have a better resume. We have to go undefeated to get a top 2 seed though (unless SDSU ends up with losses to us and NDSU). I think if we finish 8-3, with our only losses from road games, we'll still get a seed. We have 5 tough road games but it would be really surprising if this team loses more than 3 of them. This means our floor is likely the #8 seed.
Yep, agree with all that, in that if we somehow happened to go 11-0, chances are excellent that we'd be a top two. My main point was just that going 11-0 is about the only way we're almost guaranteed to be home throughout.


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by CodyCat » Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:35 pm

coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:37 pm
catatac wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.
If we finish 11-0, which would include beating SDSU on the road, we won't be ranked lower than #2. I just can't think of any 2 teams that would have a better resume. We have to go undefeated to get a top 2 seed though (unless SDSU ends up with losses to us and NDSU). I think if we finish 8-3, with our only losses from road games, we'll still get a seed. We have 5 tough road games but it would be really surprising if this team loses more than 3 of them. This means our floor is likely the #8 seed.
This is crazy for me to type out. But, I think if we are the eight seed that would be a disastrous season. 2022 was a rebuilding year. We should be loaded in 23. A trip to the semi's is the floor and I expect us to be in Frisco.


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by coloradocat » Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:58 pm

CodyCat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:35 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:37 pm
catatac wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.
If we finish 11-0, which would include beating SDSU on the road, we won't be ranked lower than #2. I just can't think of any 2 teams that would have a better resume. We have to go undefeated to get a top 2 seed though (unless SDSU ends up with losses to us and NDSU). I think if we finish 8-3, with our only losses from road games, we'll still get a seed. We have 5 tough road games but it would be really surprising if this team loses more than 3 of them. This means our floor is likely the #8 seed.
This is crazy for me to type out. But, I think if we are the eight seed that would be a disastrous season. 2022 was a rebuilding year. We should be loaded in 23. A trip to the semi's is the floor and I expect us to be in Frisco.
Two comments:
1) Every road game is against a 2022 playoff team. Some of them will be down in 23 compared to 22 but they all still made the playoffs. 7-4 would be disastrous. 8-3 would be disappointing. 9-2 or better is expected.
2) Frisco is likely bracket-dependent. If we have to face a DSU, especially on the road in December, to get there that's a hurdle we haven't cleared before (not even close).


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by TomCat88 » Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:59 pm

coloradocat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:58 pm
CodyCat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:35 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:37 pm
catatac wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.
If we finish 11-0, which would include beating SDSU on the road, we won't be ranked lower than #2. I just can't think of any 2 teams that would have a better resume. We have to go undefeated to get a top 2 seed though (unless SDSU ends up with losses to us and NDSU). I think if we finish 8-3, with our only losses from road games, we'll still get a seed. We have 5 tough road games but it would be really surprising if this team loses more than 3 of them. This means our floor is likely the #8 seed.
This is crazy for me to type out. But, I think if we are the eight seed that would be a disastrous season. 2022 was a rebuilding year. We should be loaded in 23. A trip to the semi's is the floor and I expect us to be in Frisco.
Two comments:
1) Every road game is against a 2022 playoff team. Some of them will be down in 23 compared to 22 but they all still made the playoffs. 7-4 would be disastrous. 8-3 would be disappointing. 9-2 or better is expected.
2) Frisco is likely bracket-dependent. If we have to face a DSU, especially on the road in December, to get there that's a hurdle we haven't cleared before (not even close).
How dare you! MSU has most certainly cleared that hurdle. 1976


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by coloradocat » Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:23 pm

TomCat88 wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:59 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:58 pm
CodyCat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:35 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:37 pm
catatac wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.
If we finish 11-0, which would include beating SDSU on the road, we won't be ranked lower than #2. I just can't think of any 2 teams that would have a better resume. We have to go undefeated to get a top 2 seed though (unless SDSU ends up with losses to us and NDSU). I think if we finish 8-3, with our only losses from road games, we'll still get a seed. We have 5 tough road games but it would be really surprising if this team loses more than 3 of them. This means our floor is likely the #8 seed.
This is crazy for me to type out. But, I think if we are the eight seed that would be a disastrous season. 2022 was a rebuilding year. We should be loaded in 23. A trip to the semi's is the floor and I expect us to be in Frisco.
Two comments:
1) Every road game is against a 2022 playoff team. Some of them will be down in 23 compared to 22 but they all still made the playoffs. 7-4 would be disastrous. 8-3 would be disappointing. 9-2 or better is expected.
2) Frisco is likely bracket-dependent. If we have to face a DSU, especially on the road in December, to get there that's a hurdle we haven't cleared before (not even close).
How dare you! MSU has most certainly cleared that hurdle. 1976
I was waiting for someone to correct me with an example from before I was born. =D^


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by grizzh8r » Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:42 pm

coloradocat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:58 pm
CodyCat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:35 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:37 pm
catatac wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.
If we finish 11-0, which would include beating SDSU on the road, we won't be ranked lower than #2. I just can't think of any 2 teams that would have a better resume. We have to go undefeated to get a top 2 seed though (unless SDSU ends up with losses to us and NDSU). I think if we finish 8-3, with our only losses from road games, we'll still get a seed. We have 5 tough road games but it would be really surprising if this team loses more than 3 of them. This means our floor is likely the #8 seed.
This is crazy for me to type out. But, I think if we are the eight seed that would be a disastrous season. 2022 was a rebuilding year. We should be loaded in 23. A trip to the semi's is the floor and I expect us to be in Frisco.
Two comments:
1) Every road game is against a 2022 playoff team. Some of them will be down in 23 compared to 22 but they all still made the playoffs. 7-4 would be disastrous. 8-3 would be disappointing. 9-2 or better is expected.
2) Frisco is likely bracket-dependent. If we have to face a DSU, especially on the road in December, to get there that's a hurdle we haven't cleared before (not even close).
Yep. Gotta love all or nothing posts with no form of context. How some posters on here can forget that all winning seasons are successful is beyond me. Growing up in the streak and suffering through many terrible seasons (including the 0-11 season), I NEVER take a winning season for granted.


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by DMMDCats » Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:45 pm

Does it matter? Each game each week is the most important game to be played.

That “rivalry” game should be #2.
Lots of #2 that away.


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by Cataholic » Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:01 pm

grizzh8r wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:42 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:58 pm
CodyCat wrote:
Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:35 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:37 pm
catatac wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:22 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:37 pm
Montanabob wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:31 pm
RockyBearCat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:43 pm
coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
I would swap Idaho and Weber but seems about right. Idaho loses a lot on defense but offense will be tough. Could be a shoot out.
I keep idaho #2 and swap griz and sac state
I see griz dropping four games next year.
NAU, UI, UC Davis and the cats.
And that would be fatal with a DII game in the early weeks. 6 DI wins........
Cats at 10-1 or 9-2 is likely. 8-3 at the worst and home field advantage to Frisco.
Might have misunderstood the end of your post there less than 1% chance we're home throughout if we go 8-3, or even 9-2. Unfortunately with the DSU powers, we absolutely have to beat SDSU early season, then keep it rolling undefeated if we want to host throughout, which even then it's not guaranteed..... which sucks. Such is life when you have SDSU and NDSU at the top.
If we finish 11-0, which would include beating SDSU on the road, we won't be ranked lower than #2. I just can't think of any 2 teams that would have a better resume. We have to go undefeated to get a top 2 seed though (unless SDSU ends up with losses to us and NDSU). I think if we finish 8-3, with our only losses from road games, we'll still get a seed. We have 5 tough road games but it would be really surprising if this team loses more than 3 of them. This means our floor is likely the #8 seed.
This is crazy for me to type out. But, I think if we are the eight seed that would be a disastrous season. 2022 was a rebuilding year. We should be loaded in 23. A trip to the semi's is the floor and I expect us to be in Frisco.
Two comments:
1) Every road game is against a 2022 playoff team. Some of them will be down in 23 compared to 22 but they all still made the playoffs. 7-4 would be disastrous. 8-3 would be disappointing. 9-2 or better is expected.
2) Frisco is likely bracket-dependent. If we have to face a DSU, especially on the road in December, to get there that's a hurdle we haven't cleared before (not even close).
Yep. Gotta love all or nothing posts with no form of context. How some posters on here can forget that all winning seasons are successful is beyond me. Growing up in the streak and suffering through many terrible seasons (including the 0-11 season), I NEVER take a winning season for granted.
You are so correct



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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by TomCat88 » Wed Jan 18, 2023 2:17 am

coloradocat wrote:
Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:50 am
How would you rank the games on the schedule from most difficult to least difficult?

Here's how I see it as of today:

1 - @ SDSU
2 - @ Idaho
3 - @ Weber St
4 - @ griz
5 - @ Sac St
6 - NAU
7 - EWU
8 - Portland St
9 - Utah Tech
10 - Cal Poly
11 - Stetson
SDSU
SAC
Weber
Idaho
UM
Same as above


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by Prodigal Cat » Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:21 pm

I'm sure they will still be very good but outlets are reporting that Stiegelmeier is set to retire. Going out on top.

https://twitter.com/MDR_Sports/status/1 ... 51umAJtExQ


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by Bobcatsinmso » Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:46 pm

Prodigal Cat wrote:
Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:21 pm
I'm sure they will still be very good but outlets are reporting that Stiegelmeier is set to retire. Going out on top.

https://twitter.com/MDR_Sports/status/1 ... 51umAJtExQ
I can hear the cheers from Fargo. The thorn in the hoof of the byson, was Stig. Congratulations Coach, nice work.


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Re: Ranking the 2023 schedule

Post by Rich K » Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:17 pm

Bobcatsinmso wrote:
Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:46 pm
Prodigal Cat wrote:
Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:21 pm
I'm sure they will still be very good but outlets are reporting that Stiegelmeier is set to retire. Going out on top.

https://twitter.com/MDR_Sports/status/1 ... 51umAJtExQ
I can hear the cheers from Fargo. The thorn in the hoof of the byson, was Stig. Congratulations Coach, nice work.
It's going to be a heck of a show in Brookings on opening day. Celebration of the Championship, honoring Coach Stiegelmeier, great rematch against the Bobcats.


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