Griz losebto Idaho

[Bocephus]

http://twitter.com/CoachRovig/status/15 ... 3612617728

Just came here to post about Rovig. Good job Tucker!

[onceacat]

If you were a recruit and you had the choice to play in Moscow or Cheney, why would you want to play in that not-really-a-stadium with the red field?

Sure, ewooo may out-recruit Idaho at the moment, but I bet that changes in the coming years.

In state tuition.

Huge advantage since basically no one recruits Washington state

[seataccat]

http://twitter.com/CoachRovig/status/15 ... 3612617728

Just came here to post about Rovig. Good job Tucker!

Love him, he's one of the best team guys I've ever seen.

[Bocephus]

The griz had 34 rush yards.

That is not how championships are won. So glad we have the run heavy offense.

[justafan]

http://twitter.com/CoachRovig/status/15 ... 3612617728

Just came here to post about Rovig. Good job Tucker!

awesome

[cats2506]

Idaho would have whooped us last year, but Troy and Mellott had a big game.

Idaho is set up to succeed with facilities cost of attendance etc.

Makes the Big Sky a lot tougher conference and better overall.

Doesn’t surprise me at all.

They will also get some recruits away from EWU. If you're from Washington and not quite what the Huskies or Cougars are looking for Idaho's a very nearby option. They lost that pipeline a bit when they went FBS and tried to recruit nationally-all those kids went to EWU.

I have been saying this all year, the resurgence of Idaho will hurt EWU the most. EWU is in trouble financially and may not be a top BSC team again.

If they can manage to stay in the FCS they will always have the athletes to compete in this conference. They pretty much get their pick of the state of Washington.

UI has better facilities, if they become a BSC power, recruits will go there, still close to home, and better team and school. EWU will still get the marginal qualifiers though.

Idaho does not seem to out recruit Eastern in the state of Washington.

Historically I agree, I think that will change with Eck and the return of UI as a BSC power.

All it took was sh!tcanning Petrino.

To be fair, Eck was a phenomenal hire.

Yes, and much of the support base has come to accept that they are FCS, and began to come back into the fold.

UI is unbeaten in FCS now with games against PSU, @SAC, EWU, Davis & @ISU remaining. I think they finish the year 8-3 with 1 FCS loss and make the playoffs.
Their resume will look good with a win over ranked UM, and the only loss to top ranked SAC.

[CodyCat]

Idaho would have whooped us last year, but Troy and Mellott had a big game.

Idaho is set up to succeed with facilities cost of attendance etc.

Makes the Big Sky a lot tougher conference and better overall.

Doesn’t surprise me at all.

They will also get some recruits away from EWU. If you're from Washington and not quite what the Huskies or Cougars are looking for Idaho's a very nearby option. They lost that pipeline a bit when they went FBS and tried to recruit nationally-all those kids went to EWU.

I have been saying this all year, the resurgence of Idaho will hurt EWU the most. EWU is in trouble financially and may not be a top BSC team again.

If they can manage to stay in the FCS they will always have the athletes to compete in this conference. They pretty much get their pick of the state of Washington.

UI has better facilities, if they become a BSC power, recruits will go there, still close to home, and better team and school. EWU will still get the marginal qualifiers though.

Idaho does not seem to out recruit Eastern in the state of Washington.

Historically I agree, I think that will change with Eck and the return of UI as a BSC power.

All it took was sh!tcanning Petrino.

To be fair, Eck was a phenomenal hire.

Yes, and much of the support base has come to accept that they are FCS, and began to come back into the fold.

UI is unbeaten in FCS now with games against PSU, @SAC, EWU, Davis & @ISU remaining. I think they finish the year 8-3 with 1 FCS loss and make the playoffs.
Their resume will look good with a win over ranked UM, and the only loss to top ranked SAC.

IF they lose to Sac. But, Id guess they will get beat. Sac is straight up a damn damn good team.

[cats2506]

They will also get some recruits away from EWU. If you're from Washington and not quite what the Huskies or Cougars are looking for Idaho's a very nearby option. They lost that pipeline a bit when they went FBS and tried to recruit nationally-all those kids went to EWU.

I have been saying this all year, the resurgence of Idaho will hurt EWU the most. EWU is in trouble financially and may not be a top BSC team again.

If they can manage to stay in the FCS they will always have the athletes to compete in this conference. They pretty much get their pick of the state of Washington.

UI has better facilities, if they become a BSC power, recruits will go there, still close to home, and better team and school. EWU will still get the marginal qualifiers though.

Idaho does not seem to out recruit Eastern in the state of Washington.

Historically I agree, I think that will change with Eck and the return of UI as a BSC power.

All it took was sh!tcanning Petrino.

To be fair, Eck was a phenomenal hire.

Yes, and much of the support base has come to accept that they are FCS, and began to come back into the fold.

UI is unbeaten in FCS now with games against PSU, @SAC, EWU, Davis & @ISU remaining. I think they finish the year 8-3 with 1 FCS loss and make the playoffs.
Their resume will look good with a win over ranked UM, and the only loss to top ranked SAC.

IF they lose to Sac. But, Id guess they will get beat. Sac is straight up a damn damn good team.

I agree, still hard to buy SAC with their post season performance in past years.
Just watched SAC @ EWU, they ride that RB (Skattaboo) pretty hard, if he goes down they may be in trouble.

[84CatGrad]

Idaho has a fairly easy road ahead. Only at Sac State is a real tough nut. Other than that they have a fading EWU at home and PSU, Davis and ISU. They are in the thick of things for sure.

[84CatGrad]

Friz: 18 carries for 34 yards. At home.

[Common Cat]

Friz: 18 carries for 34 yards. At home.

I was about to post this.

[91catAlum]

Friz: 18 carries for 34 yards. At home.

I still think their defense is great... but their offense is complete horse ******.

[tetoncat]

UCD and Idaho will be a good game

[coloradocat]

Next two games are on the road against teams that are better than Idaho. A 1-3 October is very likely. They might have to play in the opening round regardless of what happens in Cat/gris.

[TomCat88]

Friz: 18 carries for 34 yards. At home.

I still think their defense is great... but their offense is complete horse ******.

Run defense, yes. Pass defense, not so much.

[ilovethecats]

Don’t want to pile on as I thought they’d win this game. But it’s funny to read how shocked they are tonight. You play nobody for 5 games and assume you’re the best in the country. Then you play your first decent team and lose and can’t wrap your head around it. I think some of their heads are going to explode the next few weeks.

[coloradocat]

Don’t want to pile on as I thought they’d win this game. But it’s funny to read how shocked they are tonight. You play nobody for 5 games and assume you’re the best in the country. Then you play your first decent team and lose and can’t wrap your head around it. I think some of their heads are going to explode the next few weeks.

Not surprising when everyone was telling them they were the best non-Dakota team in the country. It's very hard for sports writers not to jump on the bandwagon of an undefeated gris team. I mean, this team is coming of a national championship 21 years ago. How can you not consider them an elite team?

#ReturnToDisappointment

[coochorama42]

A good friend of mine who is a Griz fan thinks UM/EWU is a coin flip. Doesn't expect UM to be competitive against Sac State, Weber, or MSU.

As others have posted, 18 carries is an embarrassing total for a team that has a wealth of options at RB. 34 yards obviously isn't ideal, but they were actually 16-61 if you take away the 19 yard loss on the safety and the 8 yard sack (how is this still considered rushing yards?). Idaho was only 40-83 if you remove the sacks and kneeldowns, but they also had the ball more than 42 minutes. Throw in a successful UI onside kick to start the 2nd half and winning the turnover battle by one...

[PHAT CAT]

As I look over this post, I see a couple self called Cats fans, not posting. I wonder who those boys might be? To busy trying to get Bobby fired on Egriz. Lol..... exposed.

[wbtfg]

As I look over this post, I see a couple self called Cats fans, not posting. I wonder who those boys might be? To busy trying to get Bobby fired on Egriz. Lol..... exposed.