The University of Montana Mercenaries.

GavinDonos · Post by **GavinDonos** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:40 am

Another Idiot Griz Fan wrote:Let's see here...The bobcats are left with no quarterback that has played a meaningful down of football for the cats...

How is this leaving the cupboard bare? As far as I know, Travis' apparent successor has been with the team for three seasons already. I guess, according to you, we weren't supposed to start Travis last year... Would you have put Carpenter in to get him some experience for the future, while using Travis as an extremely capable back-up?

If you want anyone to take you seriously, you've got to at least appear to know what the f is going on.

anacondagriz · Post by **anacondagriz** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:13 am

Bay Area Cat wrote:
Exactly, wtg. I was pointing out that I, as the worst coach on earth, may have lost more games in a row than the Griz did in reality if I was at the healm.

I'll make an effort to be less subtle in my future posts to spare 'Headsgriz from stubbing his toe as they fly over his head.

Shows how good of a coach I would make, can't even understand reading comprehension. Doh!

G.W.Bush · Post by **G.W.Bush** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:23 am

2002- You think that the Griz are as good as a D-1A team? You’re kidding right? The Griz barely beat Idaho the last time they played them, and didn't the Griz make it to the NC game that year? I believe Idaho had ONE win that season and was widely considered one of the worse teams in 1-A. Interesting, I guess that the gap between 1-A and 1-AA has rapidly closed over the past 6-7 years.

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:43 am

G.W.Bush wrote:2002- You think that the Griz are as good as a D-1A team? You’re kidding right? The Griz barely beat Idaho the last time they played them, and didn't the Griz make it to the NC game that year? I believe Idaho had ONE win that season and was widely considered one of the worse teams in 1-A.

Actually, the last time we played Idaho was 2003. We beat them 41-28 (i.e., not "barely"), and we lost in the first round of the playoffs that year to Western Illinois.

But don't worry, Mr. President; your post contains exactly the level of accuracy I have come to expect from you.

--GL

G.W.Bush · Post by **G.W.Bush** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:53 am

GL- Oops… I guess I meant 2000 when the Griz squeaked by Idaho 45-38. The Griz were in the NC game that year. I guess you could have looked at that portion of my post and realized I was speaking about the 2000 season not the 2003 season. Or you could have looked at the 2001 season when the Griz won the NC and barely beat Idaho 38-31… I guess you were more interested in proving me wrong with the slim margin of win comment than anything else…

UMclassof2002 · Post by **UMclassof2002** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:12 am

G.W.Bush wrote:2002- You think that the Griz are as good as a D-1A team? You’re kidding right? The Griz barely beat Idaho the last time they played them, and didn't the Griz make it to the NC game that year? I believe Idaho had ONE win that season and was widely considered one of the worse teams in 1-A. Interesting, I guess that the gap between 1-A and 1-AA has rapidly closed over the past 6-7 years.

Are you attempting to argue that the Griz are not I-A caliber by pointing out a I-A team that we routinely beat?

Think about it for a minute

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:34 am

G.W.Bush wrote:GL- Oops… I guess I meant 2000 when the Griz squeaked by Idaho 45-38. The Griz were in the NC game that year. I guess you could have looked at that portion of my post and realized I was speaking about the 2000 season not the 2003 season. Or you could have looked at the 2001 season when the Griz won the NC and barely beat Idaho 38-31…

Or you could have looked at my post and realized that the 2003 game cuts against the point you are feebly trying to make in exactly the same way that the 2000 and 2001 games cut in favor of it.

You're obviously struggling to keep up here, so I'll spell it out for you: in a year in which the Griz ended up 9-4, lost to the Cats, and exited the playoffs in the first round, they still waxed Idaho.

--GL

G.W.Bush · Post by **G.W.Bush** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:41 am

UMclassof2002 wrote: Are you attempting to argue that the Griz are not I-A caliber by pointing out a I-A team that we routinely beat?

Yes, and I think most people would recognize that Idaho is one of the worse 1-A programs in college football. I am simply saying that your evaluation of the Griz football program having the ability to beat a number of 1-A schools is far fetched.

Post by **SonomaCat** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:42 am

So through all of that, I finally caught the point. Cats beat the Griz who beat Idaho who is/was I-A. Therefore, the Cats are better than I-A teams.

It's all so simple now.

I also justified MSU as the I-A football national champion a couple years ago along similar lines. I think K-State was a key cog in there somewhere for losing to a I-AA school but then beating somebody who beat the ultimate national champ, or something like that.

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:03 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:I also justified MSU as the I-A football national champion a couple years ago along similar lines. I think K-State was a key cog in there somewhere for losing to a I-AA school but then beating somebody who beat the ultimate national champ, or something like that.

I justified MSU as a I-A national champion back in 1992 or 1993 along similar lines. The analysis the year I did it was something like this: MSU beat Idaho, Idaho beat Utah, Utah beat Northwestern, Northwestern beat Boston College, Boston College beat Notre Dame, Notre Dame beat Florida State, Florida State was the national champ, ergo MSU was the national champ.

Of course, the Griz beat the Cats that year, so I could have taken it a step further...but the Cats were about 5-6 in the year in question and the Griz were actually a playoff team, so using the Cats made the argument funnier.

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:08 pm

Grizlaw wrote:
Bay Area Cat wrote:I also justified MSU as the I-A football national champion a couple years ago along similar lines. I think K-State was a key cog in there somewhere for losing to a I-AA school but then beating somebody who beat the ultimate national champ, or something like that.
I justified MSU as a I-A national champion back in 1992 or 1993 along similar lines. The analysis the year I did it was something like this: MSU beat Idaho, Idaho beat Utah, Utah beat Northwestern, Northwestern beat Boston College, Boston College beat Notre Dame, Notre Dame beat Florida State, Florida State was the national champ, ergo MSU was the national champ.

Of course, the Griz beat the Cats that year, so I could have taken it a step further...but the Cats were about 5-6 in the year in question and the Griz were actually a playoff team, so using the Cats made the argument funnier.

Other than the teams used, didn't BAC pretty much say the same thing. Let's work on some originality here.....

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:14 pm

lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:Other than the teams used, didn't BAC pretty much say the same thing. Let's work on some originality here.....

C'mon; I'm a tax guy. I'm not supposed to be creative too, am I?

Cat-theotherwhitemeat · Post by **Cat-theotherwhitemeat** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:24 pm

Let's get down to the real problem in El Gato's post.

It only took six beers for him to publish that rubish. As they say, from a 2 to a 10. Gato, I thought you had more stamina than that. You come visit when you're ready to run with the big dogs.

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:58 pm

Grizlaw wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:Other than the teams used, didn't BAC pretty much say the same thing. Let's work on some originality here.....
C'mon; I'm a tax guy. I'm not supposed to be creative too, am I?

Well, I suspect you're going to be busy as hell starting about now. What's the going rate for tax advice/preparation?

I have some issues this year and a lot of questions so it's going to get stressful for me too.

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:05 pm

bearBAC wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: I have some issues this year and a lot of questions so it's going to get stressful for me too.
No Doubt ! Glad to see a 12 step program works!

Sure. I do know that my issues don't involve that of needing to take remedial English and remedial spelling.

Well done you have a one-post streak of not mentioning the kittens or kRames.

You must have remembered to take your medication today.

UMclassof2002 · Post by **UMclassof2002** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:13 pm

lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:
bearBAC wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: I have some issues this year and a lot of questions so it's going to get stressful for me too.
No Doubt ! Glad to see a 12 step program works!
Sure. I do know that my issues don't involve that of needing to take remedial English and remedial spelling.

Well done you have a one-post streak of not mentioning the kittens or kRames.

You must have remembered to take your medication today.

Can I have the kRames thing explained to me? I know that refers to Coach Mike Kramer, but I don't understand the capital 'R' nor do I understand the 's' at the end. If there is humor in there, I would like to get to it.

CelticCat · Post by **CelticCat** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:19 pm

UMclassof2002 wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:
bearBAC wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: I have some issues this year and a lot of questions so it's going to get stressful for me too.
No Doubt ! Glad to see a 12 step program works!
Sure. I do know that my issues don't involve that of needing to take remedial English and remedial spelling.

Well done you have a one-post streak of not mentioning the kittens or kRames.

You must have remembered to take your medication today.

Can I have the kRames thing explained to me? I know that refers to Coach Mike Kramer, but I don't understand the capital 'R' nor do I understand the 's' at the end. If there is humor in there, I would like to get to it.

That would be like asking why that guy bit his children. The answer to both questions - he is unstable.

Grizlaw · Post by **Grizlaw** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:26 pm

lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:Well, I suspect you're going to be busy as hell starting about now. What's the going rate for tax advice/preparation?

Actually, my busiest time of the year just ended.

The type of work I do doesn't really involve any tax return preparation, so my busy season doesn't revolve around April 15. Most of what I do involves giving tax advice on corporate transactions and a little bit of tax litigation. Basically, I'm busy whenever the mergers & acquisitions market is hot or I have a filing due for a Tax Court case, and it always gets busy at the end of the year (as clients always have deals they want to get closed before year-end).

As for the going rate for tax advice -- I'm not really sure. Like everything else, I'm sure it's a lot higher in New York than in most of the rest of the country. If you seriously need help, though, one of my best friends is a CPA who worked in Tucson for a few years before recently relocating to Boise, and I'm sure he could recommend someone good in Tucson for you. Just let me know...

--GL

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:40 pm

UMclassof2002 wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:
bearBAC wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: I have some issues this year and a lot of questions so it's going to get stressful for me too.
No Doubt ! Glad to see a 12 step program works!
Sure. I do know that my issues don't involve that of needing to take remedial English and remedial spelling.

Well done you have a one-post streak of not mentioning the kittens or kRames.

You must have remembered to take your medication today.

Can I have the kRames thing explained to me? I know that refers to Coach Mike Kramer, but I don't understand the capital 'R' nor do I understand the 's' at the end. If there is humor in there, I would like to get to it.