Some things will never change

[GoCats18]

I have been a Bobcat fan my whole life and one thing that will never change is us playing to our opponents level. I am not sure if this is due to the game day atmosphere that a lot of Big Sky schools have, coaching, players, coaching…….I will never understand how the Cats can’t just walk into a piss poor teams stadium and win. I mean win. Like 5 touchdowns by halftime win. Like control the ball win. Like dominate on defense win. We won’t win Conference Championships if we can’t dominate on the road and at home!!

[94VegasCat]

CATStastrophes. Been a fan since birth and no matter how good I think we are or appear to be, the inevitable ****** show is always right around the corner.

Adjustments best be made. Lots of sore elbows this past week in the media interviews. Patting our own backs too much.

[onceacat]

I can’t watch, so take it with a grain of salt: people have already forgotten how average the 2019 squad looked prior to the Davis game. Or how the 2018 was borderline bad until they lucked into the playoffs.

This team has weaknesses, for sure. But the team we watched take WY down to the wire & crushed 2 non-scholarship teams is going to right the ship in the 2nd half.

This is the first time we’ve seen hitches from the transition this year. It won’t be the last. Cats will be fine going down the stretch.

[NorthernPlains]

I can’t watch, so take it with a grain of salt: people have already forgotten how average the 2019 squad looked prior to the Davis game. Or how the 2018 was borderline bad until they lucked into the playoffs.

This team has weaknesses, for sure. But the team we watched take WY down to the wire & crushed 2 non-scholarship teams is going to right the ship in the 2nd half.

This is the first time we’ve seen hitches from the transition this year. It won’t be the last. Cats will be fine going down the stretch.

I fully expect a victory in Portland today. You may also be right about the remainder of the season. Yet the three games prior to this have not necessarily done the team much good.

Almost beating Wyoming seemed impressive. Yet that was probably deceptive. Wyoming is toying with losing to Connecticut which is possibly the WORST team in all of Div 1 football. Then pounding the two cupcakes at home was great for morale but didn't get the guys ready for the Big Sky conference.

[PHAT CAT]

R-E-L-A-X. We have a QB that can throw the rock and a RB that can tote it. Nice win for the good guys.

[rivercat]

The betting line was 12.5 to 13.5. Cats won by 13 just as professionals anticipated. Beating the crap out of 2 Pioneer teams have the fans believing that margin of victory is always expected. PSU has good athletes and a really scrappy qb. Relax Bobcat fans.

[CPACAT]

Seems we as fans have gotten pretty disrespectful of some our opponents based upon comments I have seen. PSU has players on scholarship, they work out and practice like we do. They pay coaches who recruit and try to win games. Is seems pretty damn arrogant to bitch because we don’t dominate like you think we should. There is a reason they actually play the games.

[wbtfg]

The game was definitely closer than what I would have liked, but it’s not like we can play UM every week.

[Hawks86]

PSU games are always weird.

[4KornerKat]

The game today was a heck of a lot more interesting to watch than the last two. Great to see cats hit some adversity, and then adapt and overcome. As a few posters have mentioned, these are games in past years that we have let slip away, great to see the resolve to come out with the W.

[MSU01]

I have been a Bobcat fan my whole life and one thing that will never change is us playing to our opponents level. I am not sure if this is due to the game day atmosphere that a lot of Big Sky schools have, coaching, players, coaching…….I will never understand how the Cats can’t just walk into a piss poor teams stadium and win. I mean win. Like 5 touchdowns by halftime win. Like control the ball win. Like dominate on defense win. We won’t win Conference Championships if we can’t dominate on the road and at home!!

Time will tell if PSU is "piss poor" or not. They were decently competitive in their two FBS games against Hawaii and Washington State.

Road wins are hard. Period. They're generally not going to be pretty but championship teams find a way to get the job done like MSU did today. I for one am thrilled with the win and will spend zero time worrying about how they got it.

[MSU Toddler]

Cats D ended up holding PSU and DA to the lowest output they've had to date...

[Cledus]

I think this game demonstrates the importance of establishing and dominating the line of scrimmage. It has a cumulative effect throughout the game and those five yard runs in the first half turn into 7-8 yards in the second half and the passing game becomes a nice option rather than the go-to.

[bpcats20]

Couple of things… think Coulter was right MSU may not be designing runs to take advantage of who we have in offensive line. We were more creative in the run game in years past.

We also have some 1st coordinators or very inexperienced coordinators. There are going to be some growing pains.

I can see us being a solid team but not a great team.

Griz are currently about 5 steps ahead in how they are playing right now…

[Prodigal Cat]

PSU games are always weird.

Them and NAU.

[Lord Vigo]

If they don't choose to kneel at the end, they win by 20 on the road. Good grief.

[MSU01]

PSU games are always weird.

Them and NAU.

PSU and NAU have nothing on the several crazy games MSU has played at Sac State over the years, beginning with the 2002 game in which MSU kept its season alive with a game-winning FG after a face mask penalty gave them a free play with no time on the clock.

[tdub]

The hallmark of Choate coached teams was they got stronger as the game went on and as the season went on. Vigen is not Choate of course, but almost every player was coached by Choate so the DNA is there. Time will tell if Vigen coached teams follow the same path. It was true in today’s game.

[BleedingBLue]

Couple of things… think Coulter was right MSU may not be designing runs to take advantage of who we have in offensive line. We were more creative in the run game in years past.

We also have some 1st coordinators or very inexperienced coordinators. There are going to be some growing pains.

I can see us being a solid team but not a great team.

Griz are currently about 5 steps ahead in how they are playing right now…

Gotta disagree on the Griz part. Humphrey is an average QB and they can't run the ball. They just have a stout D.

[coloradocat]

Couple of things… think Coulter was right MSU may not be designing runs to take advantage of who we have in offensive line. We were more creative in the run game in years past.

We also have some 1st coordinators or very inexperienced coordinators. There are going to be some growing pains.

I can see us being a solid team but not a great team.

Griz are currently about 5 steps ahead in how they are playing right now…

Gotta disagree on the Griz part. Humphrey is an average QB and they can't run the ball. They just have a stout D.

Come Cat-griz, if both teams score less than 20 points I like our chances.

I didn't see today's game but if the inexperience of our coordinators is starting to show that's not surprising. I've been saying since February that that's the only thing that can hold this team back. Luckily they have plenty of should-win games to work out the kinks.