**Weekly** 2017 season prediction thread

[luckyirishguy25]

You people are high as ******. This is the toughest schedule the cats have had in a long time. You play so many tough teams on the road this year. It looks a lot like what our road schedule is this year. I am a fan of Choate and would like to see the guy have some success but you could not have picked a worse year to have this tough of a schedule for you. I'll break it down game by game for you.
@ Washington St.- Loss. I mean come on. Ranked #23 in the country, power 5 school, QB is a heisman candidate, just makes sense that you guys will lose.
VS. SDSU- Loss. Very good football team on both sides of the ball, freak of a QB, potential MVFC champions and IMO national championship contenders. Only advantage for you guys is you get them at home.
@ UND- Loss. On the road, defending big sky champs, three headed monster at RB, good defense. Grand Forks is not an easy place to travel to.
VS. Weber- Win. Could go either way but I'll say a win.
VS. Portland St. Win. At home, true freshmen QB, very tough early schedule, you get them at home, coming off a 3-8 record, very winnable game.
@ Eastern-Loss. IMO the toughest place to play in the conference. Gubrud is back, good defense. I'd probably give it to you guys if it was in Bozeman.
@ N. Colorado- Win. They lost pretty much there entire offense, there defense isn't much. Easy win.
VS. Idaho St.- Win. I mean come on. It's Idaho State.
VS. Kennesaw St.- Loss. Probably a team you guys don't know much about. Finished 7-4 last year, was one of the first two teams to miss the playoffs from last year, incredible offense, got the top recruit in the country this year, they'll make the playoffs this year.
@ NAU- Loss. In the skydome, 7,000 ft of elevation, their QB is back, defense will be good this year.
VS. Montana- Loss. Loads of talent at receiver and RB, Phillips is looking really good, defense has been awesome all fall camp, we get UNC at home going into the game, you guys are at NAU, momentum will be on our side.
I'd say 4-7 based off of this. You could maybe beat Kennesaw to get to 5-6 by that's the best you'll do. You guys however are a year away from becoming a very good football team. Let those young guys get some experience first. Go Griz.

That's why it's called Bobcatnation and not ejizz. God forbid we be optimistic about our team. Have you read ejizz lately??? Sh*t you guys hand out handy J's to each other so fast it's unbelievable. Buy a guy a dinner first, wtf happened to romance.

Personally I see us 6-5, and I'm fine with that. 7-4 if EWU is as terrible as they've looked all fall. One things for certain, were going to pound some grizzly ass again this year. You guys blow goats

[91catAlum]

You people are high as ******. This is the toughest schedule the cats have had in a long time. You play so many tough teams on the road this year. It looks a lot like what our road schedule is this year. I am a fan of Choate and would like to see the guy have some success but you could not have picked a worse year to have this tough of a schedule for you. I'll break it down game by game for you.
@ Washington St.- Loss. I mean come on. Ranked #23 in the country, power 5 school, QB is a heisman candidate, just makes sense that you guys will lose.
VS. SDSU- Loss. Very good football team on both sides of the ball, freak of a QB, potential MVFC champions and IMO national championship contenders. Only advantage for you guys is you get them at home.
@ UND- Loss. On the road, defending big sky champs, three headed monster at RB, good defense. Grand Forks is not an easy place to travel to.
VS. Weber- Win. Could go either way but I'll say a win.
VS. Portland St. Win. At home, true freshmen QB, very tough early schedule, you get them at home, coming off a 3-8 record, very winnable game.
@ Eastern-Loss. IMO the toughest place to play in the conference. Gubrud is back, good defense. I'd probably give it to you guys if it was in Bozeman.
@ N. Colorado- Win. They lost pretty much there entire offense, there defense isn't much. Easy win.
VS. Idaho St.- Win. I mean come on. It's Idaho State.
VS. Kennesaw St.- Loss. Probably a team you guys don't know much about. Finished 7-4 last year, was one of the first two teams to miss the playoffs from last year, incredible offense, got the top recruit in the country this year, they'll make the playoffs this year.
@ NAU- Loss. In the skydome, 7,000 ft of elevation, their QB is back, defense will be good this year.
VS. Montana- Loss. Loads of talent at receiver and RB, Phillips is looking really good, defense has been awesome all fall camp, we get UNC at home going into the game, you guys are at NAU, momentum will be on our side.
I'd say 4-7 based off of this. You could maybe beat Kennesaw to get to 5-6 by that's the best you'll do. You guys however are a year away from becoming a very good football team. Let those young guys get some experience first. Go Griz.

We'll beat Kennisaw State in Bozeman for win #5, and you're high as **** if you think dUMb wins in Bozeman this year. Maybe you missed the game last year... Gregorak has Stitts number. He knows exactly how to defend that offense. You scored 17 at home against a team with a D line basically on crutches. Even if you're significantly better at QB, there's no way you score more than the low 20s in Bozeman. And that won't be enough.

Last November will be remembered as the first win of a 4 year streak for MSU.

This year, 6-5 for the Cats. And 7-4 for the griz even with 2 cupcakes on their schedule.

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[BleedingBLue]

You people are high as ******. This is the toughest schedule the cats have had in a long time. You play so many tough teams on the road this year. It looks a lot like what our road schedule is this year. I am a fan of Choate and would like to see the guy have some success but you could not have picked a worse year to have this tough of a schedule for you. I'll break it down game by game for you.
@ Washington St.- Loss. I mean come on. Ranked #23 in the country, power 5 school, QB is a heisman candidate, just makes sense that you guys will lose.
VS. SDSU- Loss. Very good football team on both sides of the ball, freak of a QB, potential MVFC champions and IMO national championship contenders. Only advantage for you guys is you get them at home.
@ UND- Loss. On the road, defending big sky champs, three headed monster at RB, good defense. Grand Forks is not an easy place to travel to.
VS. Weber- Win. Could go either way but I'll say a win.
VS. Portland St. Win. At home, true freshmen QB, very tough early schedule, you get them at home, coming off a 3-8 record, very winnable game.
@ Eastern-Loss. IMO the toughest place to play in the conference. Gubrud is back, good defense. I'd probably give it to you guys if it was in Bozeman.
@ N. Colorado- Win. They lost pretty much there entire offense, there defense isn't much. Easy win.
VS. Idaho St.- Win. I mean come on. It's Idaho State.
VS. Kennesaw St.- Loss. Probably a team you guys don't know much about. Finished 7-4 last year, was one of the first two teams to miss the playoffs from last year, incredible offense, got the top recruit in the country this year, they'll make the playoffs this year.
@ NAU- Loss. In the skydome, 7,000 ft of elevation, their QB is back, defense will be good this year.
VS. Montana- Loss. Loads of talent at receiver and RB, Phillips is looking really good, defense has been awesome all fall camp, we get UNC at home going into the game, you guys are at NAU, momentum will be on our side.
I'd say 4-7 based off of this. You could maybe beat Kennesaw to get to 5-6 by that's the best you'll do. You guys however are a year away from becoming a very good football team. Let those young guys get some experience first. Go Griz.

We'll beat Kennisaw State in Bozeman for win #5, and you're high as **** if you think dUMb wins in Bozeman this year. Maybe you missed the game last year... Gregorak has Stitts number. He knows exactly how to defend that offense. You scored 17 at home against a team with a D line basically on crutches. Even if you're significantly better at QB, there's no way you score more than the low 20s in Bozeman. And that won't be enough.

Last November will be remembered as the first win of a 4 year streak for MSU.

This year, 6-5 for the Cats. And 7-4 for the griz even with 2 cupcakes on their schedule.

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Kennesaw plays in an ok conference, and went 7-4 last year. The teams that make the playoffs from the Big South never go deep. I think that will be a good game, but a win. UND isn't that amazing. Their "3 headed Monster" at RB was held to 1.8 yards per carry last night against Utah. Yes Utah always has a stout D, but thats pathetic from Santiago and Olivera against any D. Studsrud was their leading rusher. 6-5 is a good bet, 7-4 is attainable and 8-3 with some surprises and a some good bounces.

[catatac]

I pretty much agree with BleedinBlue. I'm still thinking 6-5 ish. If we do go 8-3 with that schedule..... we'll be a damn tough out in the playoffs.

[TomCat88]

Staying with 9-2, but could bump that up depending on SDSU game. Originally thought MSU would get upset somewhere along the way, but that might change.

[TomCat88]

9-2 and holding. MSU is continuing to grow at an increasing rate and I expect another full stride this week. Probably start showing diminishing gains after Psu game.

[utucats]

9-2 and holding. MSU is continuing to grow at an increasing rate and I expect another full stride this week. Probably start showing diminishing gains after Psu game.

Love it

[iaafan]

We might slip up and lose one along the way, but I think we're better than everyone left on the schedule.

[The MICKSTER]

It’s too early to tell. The CATS only have 4 halves of play to be judged by. Certainly 2 of which didn’t turn out worth a darn, 1 that had good & bad, and 1 that was mostly good (albeit against two very good teams). Other BSC teams, for the most part, have had 3 games but either against FBS competition or cupcakes, with very ‘mixed’ results.

Is the CAT team that finishes the season goin’ to be the one that was on the field in the 2nd half against SDSU, or, the one that couldn’t get anything going at Wazzu?

As far as the season goes…….I don’t even have a good idea how good the CATS are let alone the rest of the BSC teams. Earlier I stated that the CATS would finish 5-6 or 6-5. One of those losses was to UND, however now I like our chances this weekend because of UND’s injuries, because of how we played against SDSU, and because I think when you can give Coach Choate & Co. two weeks to prepare, good things will happen.

What has been the most surprising game result in the BSC season so far?
ISU beating Nevada
UCD over Portland State 37-14
PSU coming within a heartbeat of beating Oregon State
WSU holding their own and then some against Cal
other

There are a lot of good games this week in the BSC, and when next Saturday (30th) rolls around there will be a lot more information to dissect. For now I’m putting on my rose colored glasses and adjusting my prediction up to 6-5 or 7-4. GO CATS!

[TomCat88]

I guess I don't have to tell you I'm sticking with 9-2, but I will anyway. Weber is a test and they're a disciplined bunch, but I figure we can take them and everyone else.

[TomCat88]

I've been beaten into submission -- for now at least. Going with 5-6 until the Bobcats can show they can get out of their own way against a good team.

[iaafan]

This team seems to be coming to a fork in the road in terms of its identity. It will either be the fundamentally sound team that wears opponents down with blocking and tackling techniques or the team that can't win close games.

[Montanabob]

Interesting on how Sagarin works.
1-3 and we are 4th in conference...... Idaho State nocks off Nevada and dragging in at 194......

HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 1.94] [ 1.94] [ 1.94] [ 1.94]
113 Weber State AA = 58.50 4 1 54.36( 134) 0 0 | 0 0 | 58.03 116 | 58.02 116 | 61.76 96
122 Eastern Washington AA = 56.32 3 2 55.19( 129) 0 0 | 0 0 | 55.32 124 | 58.45 113 | 59.77 105
131 Northern Arizona AA = 53.82 2 2 54.34( 135) 0 0 | 0 0 | 53.89 132 | 53.38 130 | 53.42 131
135 Montana State AA = 52.74 1 3 61.89( 91) 0 0 | 0 1 | 53.12 136 | 50.54 145 | 52.46 135
151 Montana AA = 50.05 3 2 41.12( 215) 0 1 | 0 1 | 49.80 152 | 50.52 146 | 50.58 144
152 UC Davis AA = 49.96 3 2 51.54( 151) 0 0 | 0 0 | 49.78 153 | 48.93 155 | 51.82 138
161 North Dakota AA = 48.39 1 4 56.64( 121) 0 0 | 0 0 | 48.89 157 | 48.99 154 | 43.71 183
165 Southern Utah AA = 47.43 2 2 52.44( 148) 0 0 | 0 1 | 47.36 165 | 48.04 162 | 46.68 166
179 Sacramento State AA = 43.79 2 3 50.31( 159) 0 0 | 0 0 | 43.49 179 | 42.76 182 | 46.40 171
187 Portland State AA = 42.40 0 4 55.55( 125) 0 0 | 0 0 | 43.50 178 | 39.89 194 | 37.27 202
189 Northern Colorado AA = 41.97 2 2 56.24( 123) 0 0 | 0 0 | 41.89 189 | 42.02 188 | 41.89 189
190 Cal Poly-SLO AA = 41.57 0 5 47.88( 171) 0 0 | 0 0 | 42.62 187 | 40.08 193 | 35.38 207
194 Idaho State AA = 39.60 3 2 50.65( 155) 0 0 | 0 0 | 39.09 195 | 39.71 196 | 42.17 188
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[iaafan]

Nevada is 0-5 and from a non-P5 conference, but they should be ahead of Poly you'd think.

[91catAlum]

You people are high as ******. This is the toughest schedule the cats have had in a long time. You play so many tough teams on the road this year. It looks a lot like what our road schedule is this year. I am a fan of Choate and would like to see the guy have some success but you could not have picked a worse year to have this tough of a schedule for you. I'll break it down game by game for you.
@ Washington St.- Loss. I mean come on. Ranked #23 in the country, power 5 school, QB is a heisman candidate, just makes sense that you guys will lose.
VS. SDSU- Loss. Very good football team on both sides of the ball, freak of a QB, potential MVFC champions and IMO national championship contenders. Only advantage for you guys is you get them at home.
@ UND- Loss. On the road, defending big sky champs, three headed monster at RB, good defense. Grand Forks is not an easy place to travel to.
VS. Weber- Win. Could go either way but I'll say a win.
VS. Portland St. Win. At home, true freshmen QB, very tough early schedule, you get them at home, coming off a 3-8 record, very winnable game.
@ Eastern-Loss. IMO the toughest place to play in the conference. Gubrud is back, good defense. I'd probably give it to you guys if it was in Bozeman.
@ N. Colorado- Win. They lost pretty much there entire offense, there defense isn't much. Easy win.
VS. Idaho St.- Win. I mean come on. It's Idaho State.
VS. Kennesaw St.- Loss. Probably a team you guys don't know much about. Finished 7-4 last year, was one of the first two teams to miss the playoffs from last year, incredible offense, got the top recruit in the country this year, they'll make the playoffs this year.
@ NAU- Loss. In the skydome, 7,000 ft of elevation, their QB is back, defense will be good this year.
VS. Montana- Loss. Loads of talent at receiver and RB, Phillips is looking really good, defense has been awesome all fall camp, we get UNC at home going into the game, you guys are at NAU, momentum will be on our side.
I'd say 4-7 based off of this. You could maybe beat Kennesaw to get to 5-6 by that's the best you'll do. You guys however are a year away from becoming a very good football team. Let those young guys get some experience first. Go Griz.

We'll beat Kennisaw State in Bozeman for win #5, and you're high as **** if you think dUMb wins in Bozeman this year. Maybe you missed the game last year... Gregorak has Stitts number. He knows exactly how to defend that offense. You scored 17 at home against a team with a D line basically on crutches. Even if you're significantly better at QB, there's no way you score more than the low 20s in Bozeman. And that won't be enough.

Last November will be remembered as the first win of a 4 year streak for MSU.

This year, 6-5 for the Cats. And 7-4 for the griz even with 2 cupcakes on their schedule.

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BUMP for "Cats Forever" who is really a griz fan...
I was wrong on Kennesaw State game, but right on the money for Cat/griz.