Eastern Washington at No. 4 Montana State - Skyline Sports
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EWU comes to Bozeman playing Nate Bell at QB. He's basically a wildcat QB converted to full time starter because wildcat QB converted to full time starter Jared Taylor is hurt.Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
They didn't look terrible against Western Illinois. I think people are just a bit gun shy after watching how the Cat's game unfolded Saturday. I think if the Cats would have thumped MH by 40, we'd all be saying ya, Cats beat Eastern by 30. But we didn't so...Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
Western Illinois has won 3 games against FCS teams in the last 3 season. We should be surprised if the Cats don't cover (and then some) on Saturday.catatac wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:52 amThey didn't look terrible against Western Illinois. I think people are just a bit gun shy after watching how the Cat's game unfolded Saturday. I think if the Cats would have thumped MH by 40, we'd all be saying ya, Cats beat Eastern by 30. But we didn't so...Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
Personally I think the Cats come out and play a much better game on Saturday (like they did vs SDSU and SD) and beat the Eagles handily.
Is EWU in the same quagmire as PSU now? Stuck with a coach that isn't very good and a team that isn't going anywhere and can't attract recruits but they can't get rid of him because it's a terrible situation all around and nobody worthwhile is going to want the job. At least people seem to like Barney. I don't think Best even has that going for him.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:45 amEWU comes to Bozeman playing Nate Bell at QB. He's basically a wildcat QB converted to full time starter because wildcat QB converted to full time starter Jared Taylor is hurt.Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
It's just the most bizarre thing in the world to me that EWU went from Josh Blankenship to Matt Nichols to Erik Meyer to Bo Levi Mitchell to Vernon Adams to Gage Gubrud to Eric Barriere.....to nobody. Every guy I named won Big Sky MVP and several of them won the Payton. And then they stopped recruiting QBs. And they've gone 12-27 since Barriere walked out the door. Mind bending.
Nowhere close to the same situation....although Cheney is no paradise and not some destination, Eastern has a real stadium with real fans. Portland State plays at a high school stadium and has about 1,000 on-lookers that I wouldn't even consider fans. There's a few prominent EWU alums, former players and otherwise, who could stroke a check. I'm not sure Portland State has a single booster.coloradocat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:21 amIs EWU in the same quagmire as PSU now? Stuck with a coach that isn't very good and a team that isn't going anywhere and can't attract recruits but they can't get rid of him because it's a terrible situation all around and nobody worthwhile is going to want the job. At least people seem to like Barney. I don't think Best even has that going for him.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:45 amEWU comes to Bozeman playing Nate Bell at QB. He's basically a wildcat QB converted to full time starter because wildcat QB converted to full time starter Jared Taylor is hurt.Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
It's just the most bizarre thing in the world to me that EWU went from Josh Blankenship to Matt Nichols to Erik Meyer to Bo Levi Mitchell to Vernon Adams to Gage Gubrud to Eric Barriere.....to nobody. Every guy I named won Big Sky MVP and several of them won the Payton. And then they stopped recruiting QBs. And they've gone 12-27 since Barriere walked out the door. Mind bending.
More like Idaho sitting with Petrino for so many years. Best is probably a great guy but its undeniable that he is slowly dragging that program down.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:48 amNowhere close to the same situation....although Cheney is no paradise and not some destination, Eastern has a real stadium with real fans. Portland State plays at a high school stadium and has about 1,000 on-lookers that I wouldn't even consider fans. There's a few prominent EWU alums, former players and otherwise, who could stroke a check. I'm not sure Portland State has a single booster.coloradocat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:21 amIs EWU in the same quagmire as PSU now? Stuck with a coach that isn't very good and a team that isn't going anywhere and can't attract recruits but they can't get rid of him because it's a terrible situation all around and nobody worthwhile is going to want the job. At least people seem to like Barney. I don't think Best even has that going for him.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:45 amEWU comes to Bozeman playing Nate Bell at QB. He's basically a wildcat QB converted to full time starter because wildcat QB converted to full time starter Jared Taylor is hurt.Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
It's just the most bizarre thing in the world to me that EWU went from Josh Blankenship to Matt Nichols to Erik Meyer to Bo Levi Mitchell to Vernon Adams to Gage Gubrud to Eric Barriere.....to nobody. Every guy I named won Big Sky MVP and several of them won the Payton. And then they stopped recruiting QBs. And they've gone 12-27 since Barriere walked out the door. Mind bending.
Portland State has made the playoffs twice, never won a playoff game, never won a conference title and until last year, spent the last 8-10 years bussing to EVERY SINGLE GAME.
EWU has 10 conference titles, 16 playoff appearances, 20 playoff wins and a national championship.
The EWU AD is very impressive and came highly regarded when he arrived in Cheney. So it's very perplexing that they are standing by a coach that's won no more than 3 Big Sky games since Barriere walked out the door following the 2021 season.
Alot of times when you see a program fall apart, so much of it is abrupt and disruptive and spurred on by dysfunction. EWU has been a gradual decline. Literally, their players and their coaches have gotten one notch worse each year as they've gone from top program in the conference to top 4 to top half to bottom half to bottom 4. It's one of the wildest things I've ever seen covering the Big Sky....
Your last two paragraphs is kind of where my question came from. EWU has a great fairly recent history, especially compared to PSU, but they seem to be going in the wrong direction with no signs of turning around.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:48 amNowhere close to the same situation....although Cheney is no paradise and not some destination, Eastern has a real stadium with real fans. Portland State plays at a high school stadium and has about 1,000 on-lookers that I wouldn't even consider fans. There's a few prominent EWU alums, former players and otherwise, who could stroke a check. I'm not sure Portland State has a single booster.coloradocat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:21 amIs EWU in the same quagmire as PSU now? Stuck with a coach that isn't very good and a team that isn't going anywhere and can't attract recruits but they can't get rid of him because it's a terrible situation all around and nobody worthwhile is going to want the job. At least people seem to like Barney. I don't think Best even has that going for him.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:45 amEWU comes to Bozeman playing Nate Bell at QB. He's basically a wildcat QB converted to full time starter because wildcat QB converted to full time starter Jared Taylor is hurt.Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
It's just the most bizarre thing in the world to me that EWU went from Josh Blankenship to Matt Nichols to Erik Meyer to Bo Levi Mitchell to Vernon Adams to Gage Gubrud to Eric Barriere.....to nobody. Every guy I named won Big Sky MVP and several of them won the Payton. And then they stopped recruiting QBs. And they've gone 12-27 since Barriere walked out the door. Mind bending.
Portland State has made the playoffs twice, never won a playoff game, never won a conference title and until last year, spent the last 8-10 years bussing to EVERY SINGLE GAME.
EWU has 10 conference titles, 16 playoff appearances, 20 playoff wins and a national championship.
The EWU AD is very impressive and came highly regarded when he arrived in Cheney. So it's very perplexing that they are standing by a coach that's won no more than 3 Big Sky games since Barriere walked out the door following the 2021 season.
Alot of times when you see a program fall apart, so much of it is abrupt and disruptive and spurred on by dysfunction. EWU has been a gradual decline. Literally, their players and their coaches have gotten one notch worse each year as they've gone from top program in the conference to top 4 to top half to bottom half to bottom 4. It's one of the wildest things I've ever seen covering the Big Sky....
Whoa, let's not get crazy there with all that real stadium talk in Cheney. Sure, when compared to the stadium that PSU plays in, which faces a damn freeway, or whatever UNCU has these days - then yes, Eastern could be construed as having a stadium. It wasn't until last year or the year prior that those rickety, high school, aluminum bleachers were replaced with slightly more robust aluminum seating. Eastern's stadium is still about a click and a half above a high school stadium.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:48 amNowhere close to the same situation....although Cheney is no paradise and not some destination, Eastern has a real stadium with real fans. Portland State plays at a high school stadium and has about 1,000 on-lookers that I wouldn't even consider fans. There's a few prominent EWU alums, former players and otherwise, who could stroke a check. I'm not sure Portland State has a single booster.coloradocat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:21 amIs EWU in the same quagmire as PSU now? Stuck with a coach that isn't very good and a team that isn't going anywhere and can't attract recruits but they can't get rid of him because it's a terrible situation all around and nobody worthwhile is going to want the job. At least people seem to like Barney. I don't think Best even has that going for him.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:45 amEWU comes to Bozeman playing Nate Bell at QB. He's basically a wildcat QB converted to full time starter because wildcat QB converted to full time starter Jared Taylor is hurt.Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
It's just the most bizarre thing in the world to me that EWU went from Josh Blankenship to Matt Nichols to Erik Meyer to Bo Levi Mitchell to Vernon Adams to Gage Gubrud to Eric Barriere.....to nobody. Every guy I named won Big Sky MVP and several of them won the Payton. And then they stopped recruiting QBs. And they've gone 12-27 since Barriere walked out the door. Mind bending.
I like the wide variety of stadiums around the BSC. Reminds me of the NFL back in the 60s and 70s. I like Class C and B basketball courts. I like dive bars. I like old cars that aren't all fixed up. Patina, a few dents, pitted windshield.Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 4:43 pmWhoa, let's not get crazy there with all that real stadium talk in Cheney. Sure, when compared to the stadium that PSU plays in, which faces a damn freeway, or whatever UNCU has these days - then yes, Eastern could be construed as having a stadium. It wasn't until last year or the year prior that those rickety, high school, aluminum bleachers were replaced with slightly more robust aluminum seating. Eastern's stadium is still about a click and a half above a high school stadium.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:48 amNowhere close to the same situation....although Cheney is no paradise and not some destination, Eastern has a real stadium with real fans. Portland State plays at a high school stadium and has about 1,000 on-lookers that I wouldn't even consider fans. There's a few prominent EWU alums, former players and otherwise, who could stroke a check. I'm not sure Portland State has a single booster.coloradocat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:21 amIs EWU in the same quagmire as PSU now? Stuck with a coach that isn't very good and a team that isn't going anywhere and can't attract recruits but they can't get rid of him because it's a terrible situation all around and nobody worthwhile is going to want the job. At least people seem to like Barney. I don't think Best even has that going for him.Colter_Nuanez wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 10:45 amEWU comes to Bozeman playing Nate Bell at QB. He's basically a wildcat QB converted to full time starter because wildcat QB converted to full time starter Jared Taylor is hurt.Bobcat Sig wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 amIt sure does. I caught a -19.5 line yesterday. A point isn't much. Based on our season thus far, I'm taking the under. Unless of course ewooo is extra terrible this year...
It's just the most bizarre thing in the world to me that EWU went from Josh Blankenship to Matt Nichols to Erik Meyer to Bo Levi Mitchell to Vernon Adams to Gage Gubrud to Eric Barriere.....to nobody. Every guy I named won Big Sky MVP and several of them won the Payton. And then they stopped recruiting QBs. And they've gone 12-27 since Barriere walked out the door. Mind bending.
Colter said MSU got Mercyhurst in a 4th and 42 with penalties. MSU had a tfl and sack also.