Non Bobcat Portal news

[nanacat]

Not Big Sky, but a different angle than I've heard about so far.

[Prodigal Cat]

So how many griz 2-deep are left on the team at this point? Everyone is leaving.

So far names like Ah Yat, Brooks Davis have said they are coming back. They still have Gillman and the LB Wing although they haven't made statements saying they are coming back. After that I don't have their 2 deep memorized but not many it any at all.

[coloradocat]

So how many griz 2-deep are left on the team at this point? Everyone is leaving.

So far names like Ah Yat, Brooks Davis have said they are coming back. They still have Gillman and the LB Wing although they haven't made statements saying they are coming back. After that I don't have their 2 deep memorized but not many it any at all.

Those were the names I could think of as well. I don't really know who else was even on the team other than their world beating DB (whose name I already forgot) but it seems like everyone is leaving.

I'm sure Bobbi will do well in the portal again but he seemed to have unrepeatable success in 2025. No way his hit percentage is nearly that good in 2026.

[CodyCat]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

[MrGoodKat]

So how many griz 2-deep are left on the team at this point? Everyone is leaving.

Ah Yat

Gillman

Davis
Dever
Finch

Freitas

Their entire 2nd string DL

Oven
Wing

Harper
Cutler

I think that’s right.

5 starters and 8 backups. I think Gillman is going to be back. Harper has said he will be, though I suppose he could pull a Polidore if the right team gets in his ear. Wing is the real question remaining.

[catatac]

Not Big Sky, but a different angle than I've heard about so far.

I'm guessing some Bobcat players currently on the roster will be asked to hit the portal.

[nanacat]

Not Big Sky, but a different angle than I've heard about so far.

I'm guessing some Bobcat players currently on the roster will be asked to hit the portal.

I wondered about that...

[coloradocat]

Not Big Sky, but a different angle than I've heard about so far.

I'm guessing some Bobcat players currently on the roster will be asked to hit the portal.

I wondered about that...

This is not something new. It's just an account trying to get views by presenting it as a controversy. This "era" of roster management has been around effectively forever.

[BelligerentBobcat]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

A bit disappointing.

Position of need and an in state kid.

[Prodigal Cat]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

A bit disappointing.

Position of need and an in state kid.

It pisses me off to be frank. Idaho snipes a Helena kid that played for Tech and he goes on to be a 1st team all conference in Keyshawn James-Newby. This year the best DL for the griz was a Carroll kid and now NDSU snipes a good one. You can't tell me these kids would rather play for Idaho or NDSU over the Cats. The best of the Frontier can play and I bet the safety the gris got from the Saints will be a solid contributor.

[tetoncat]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

A bit disappointing.

Position of need and an in state kid.

It pisses me off to be frank. Idaho snipes a Helena kid that played for Tech and he goes on to be a 1st team all conference in Keyshawn James-Newby. This year the best DL for the griz was a Carroll kid and now NDSU snipes a good one. You can't tell me these kids would rather play for Idaho or NDSU over the Cats. The best of the Frontier can play and I bet the safety the gris got from the Saints will be a solid contributor.

Just won a championship with the guys that were a fit. Who does Newby play over. Who does the Carroll transfer play over. Just like Cats recruit kids who develop and are good enough to move up, Frontier schools get kids that maybe wanted money and Cats/Griz offered walk on. Kid develops and becomes someone that can now play.

Weird argument.

[4KornerKat]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

A bit disappointing.

Position of need and an in state kid.

It pisses me off to be frank. Idaho snipes a Helena kid that played for Tech and he goes on to be a 1st team all conference in Keyshawn James-Newby. This year the best DL for the griz was a Carroll kid and now NDSU snipes a good one. You can't tell me these kids would rather play for Idaho or NDSU over the Cats. The best of the Frontier can play and I bet the safety the gris got from the Saints will be a solid contributor.

Just won a championship with the guys that were a fit. Who does Newby play over. Who does the Carroll transfer play over. Just like Cats recruit kids who develop and are good enough to move up, Frontier schools get kids that maybe wanted money and Cats/Griz offered walk on. Kid develops and becomes someone that can now play.

Weird argument.

This is the correct take. If you were talking about the western mt school of art, warm feelings, and dance though, James-Newby would have been a difference maker.

[Prodigal Cat]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

A bit disappointing.

Position of need and an in state kid.

It pisses me off to be frank. Idaho snipes a Helena kid that played for Tech and he goes on to be a 1st team all conference in Keyshawn James-Newby. This year the best DL for the griz was a Carroll kid and now NDSU snipes a good one. You can't tell me these kids would rather play for Idaho or NDSU over the Cats. The best of the Frontier can play and I bet the safety the gris got from the Saints will be a solid contributor.

Just won a championship with the guys that were a fit. Who does Newby play over. Who does the Carroll transfer play over. Just like Cats recruit kids who develop and are good enough to move up, Frontier schools get kids that maybe wanted money and Cats/Griz offered walk on. Kid develops and becomes someone that can now play.

Weird argument.

So let me get this right. A BSC 1st team all conference DE wouldn’t have made the rotation for the Cats? And I’m the one making a weird argument?

[tetoncat]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

A bit disappointing.

Position of need and an in state kid.

It pisses me off to be frank. Idaho snipes a Helena kid that played for Tech and he goes on to be a 1st team all conference in Keyshawn James-Newby. This year the best DL for the griz was a Carroll kid and now NDSU snipes a good one. You can't tell me these kids would rather play for Idaho or NDSU over the Cats. The best of the Frontier can play and I bet the safety the gris got from the Saints will be a solid contributor.

Just won a championship with the guys that were a fit. Who does Newby play over. Who does the Carroll transfer play over. Just like Cats recruit kids who develop and are good enough to move up, Frontier schools get kids that maybe wanted money and Cats/Griz offered walk on. Kid develops and becomes someone that can now play.

Weird argument.

So let me get this right. A BSC 1st team all conference DE wouldn’t have made the rotation for the Cats? And I’m the one making a weird argument?

Let's take a step back. When he went there after developing at an NAIA school did we need a DL in the portal. No. 2nd point is you get 1st team from stats. Maybe he was best player on their team and earned it. Stats might not have been as good on Cats with the rotation we do.

I'll ask you again. Who would you start him ahead of.

[4KornerKat]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

A bit disappointing.

Position of need and an in state kid.

It pisses me off to be frank. Idaho snipes a Helena kid that played for Tech and he goes on to be a 1st team all conference in Keyshawn James-Newby. This year the best DL for the griz was a Carroll kid and now NDSU snipes a good one. You can't tell me these kids would rather play for Idaho or NDSU over the Cats. The best of the Frontier can play and I bet the safety the gris got from the Saints will be a solid contributor.

Just won a championship with the guys that were a fit. Who does Newby play over. Who does the Carroll transfer play over. Just like Cats recruit kids who develop and are good enough to move up, Frontier schools get kids that maybe wanted money and Cats/Griz offered walk on. Kid develops and becomes someone that can now play.

Weird argument.

So let me get this right. A BSC 1st team all conference DE wouldn’t have made the rotation for the Cats? And I’m the one making a weird argument?

Yes. Remember that pass rushing isn't everything, but all conference all American honors are stat based. We ask a lot of our d-line. He may have been a liability in the run game.

If Eiden or Crews only assignment was the QB, their numbers would be much better, but they are all 1/11 of the total defense.

[catatac]

I saw where a DE from Montana Tech committed to NDSU.

A bit disappointing.

Position of need and an in state kid.

It pisses me off to be frank. Idaho snipes a Helena kid that played for Tech and he goes on to be a 1st team all conference in Keyshawn James-Newby. This year the best DL for the griz was a Carroll kid and now NDSU snipes a good one. You can't tell me these kids would rather play for Idaho or NDSU over the Cats. The best of the Frontier can play and I bet the safety the gris got from the Saints will be a solid contributor.

Just won a championship with the guys that were a fit. Who does Newby play over. Who does the Carroll transfer play over. Just like Cats recruit kids who develop and are good enough to move up, Frontier schools get kids that maybe wanted money and Cats/Griz offered walk on. Kid develops and becomes someone that can now play.

Weird argument.

So let me get this right. A BSC 1st team all conference DE wouldn’t have made the rotation for the Cats? And I’m the one making a weird argument?

Let's take a step back. When he went there after developing at an NAIA school did we need a DL in the portal. No. 2nd point is you get 1st team from stats. Maybe he was best player on their team and earned it. Stats might not have been as good on Cats with the rotation we do.

I'll ask you again. Who would you start him ahead of.

I'm with Teton. I can't imagine many players picking any FCS teams over the Cats right now, if Vigen really wanted them... unless it was a timing issue, especially Montana kids.

[MSU01]

I don't know much about this specific player and how he compares to the guys MSU already has on its roster, but I really hope we as a fanbase don't fall into the level of arrogance to assume that it's simply inconceivable for a player to choose to go to NDSU instead of MSU and that if a player makes that decision it must be because MSU failed to show interest or make him an offer.

[BelligerentBobcat]

I don't know much about this specific player and how he compares to the guys MSU already has on its roster, but I really hope we as a fanbase don't fall into the level of arrogance to assume that it's simply inconceivable for a player to choose to go to NDSU instead of MSU and that if a player makes that decision it must be because MSU failed to show interest or make him an offer.

He wasn't offered.

One would think a physically ready player at a position of need that is also an in-state player would get one of those, but he didn't. It's fair to question that action and even criticize it. If we can't do that, then we're really going to become no different than Grizzly fans. I promise you if he's good enough for NDSU, he's good enough for us.

[catatac]

I don't know much about this specific player and how he compares to the guys MSU already has on its roster, but I really hope we as a fanbase don't fall into the level of arrogance to assume that it's simply inconceivable for a player to choose to go to NDSU instead of MSU and that if a player makes that decision it must be because MSU failed to show interest or make him an offer.

He wasn't offered.

One would think a physically ready player at a position of need that is also an in-state player would get one of those, but he didn't. It's fair to question that action and even criticize it. If we can't do that, then we're really going to become no different than Grizzly fans. I promise you if he's good enough for NDSU, he's good enough for us.

Unless NDSU is more desperate at certain positions than MSU. I do agree with you for the most part though.

[Cataholic]

I don't know much about this specific player and how he compares to the guys MSU already has on its roster, but I really hope we as a fanbase don't fall into the level of arrogance to assume that it's simply inconceivable for a player to choose to go to NDSU instead of MSU and that if a player makes that decision it must be because MSU failed to show interest or make him an offer.

He wasn't offered.

One would think a physically ready player at a position of need that is also an in-state player would get one of those, but he didn't. It's fair to question that action and even criticize it. If we can't do that, then we're really going to become no different than Grizzly fans. I promise you if he's good enough for NDSU, he's good enough for us.

Unless NDSU is more desperate at certain positions than MSU. I do agree with you for the most part though.

Or NDSU offered him a partial. This kid is looking for a chance to play at a high level. It may not be about money, but more about getting a chance at one of the top programs in FCS. $10,000 to play at EWU versus an opportunity to play at NDSU could be comparable for some kids. We just don’t know.