Bobcats vs. the Tribe quarter finals

[damnyoutuesday]

We get into town around 2:00, so we will definitely check out Main Street and campus before the game. Would like to take a lap through the tailgate lot time permitting. Is there a main tailgate lot?

Thanks again!

The main tailgate lot is the one immediately around the stadium. There will be cars and RVs parked on 3 sides of the stadium. The lot between the fieldhouse and the stadium also will have a lot of tailgates

[GeauxCats41]

More trivia for our W&M friends:

What one university in Montana invented Football, has the player with the most tackles on one play (9), has won the most National Championships since 2000 (27), and has been forced to expand their Champions Center trophy shelf due to lack of space?

Obviously, that’s the Griz and you forgot about this year, so the correct number of national championships now stands at 28

I think you’ll get along just fine in Bozeman!

[Montanabob]

More trivia for our W&M friends:

What one university in Montana invented Football, has the player with the most tackles on one play (9), has won the most National Championships since 2000 (27), and has been forced to expand their Champions Center trophy shelf due to lack of space?

Obviously, that’s the Griz and you forgot about this year, so the correct number of national championships now stands at 28

I think you’ll get along just fine in Bozeman!

Robbie just got 12 more solos, 3 assists, and they reduced his missed tackles count by 23.

[RockyBearCat]

More trivia for our W&M friends:

What one university in Montana invented Football, has the player with the most tackles on one play (9), has won the most National Championships since 2000 (27), and has been forced to expand their Champions Center trophy shelf due to lack of space?

Obviously, that’s the Griz and you forgot about this year, so the correct number of national championships now stands at 28

I think you’ll get along just fine in Bozeman!

Robbie just got 12 more solos, 3 assists, and they reduced his missed tackles count by 23.

This is wrong. They don't give assists, everyone gets a solo. To paraphrase Oprah -- You get a solo, you get a solo, you get a solo, everyone gets a solo. dUMb thinks tackles are like the hockey plus or minus. If a tackle happens and you are on the field, everyone gets one.

[91catAlum]

Hack City podcast, bookmarked it on the MSU game. I kinda like these guys.

Another new podcast for those interested.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b ... 0589150444

[Pecos24]

Hack City podcast, bookmarked it on the MSU game. I kinda like these guys.

Another new podcast for those interested.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b ... 0589150444

Starting to wonder if you have a job…

[91catAlum]

Hack City podcast, bookmarked it on the MSU game. I kinda like these guys.

Another new podcast for those interested.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b ... 0589150444

Starting to wonder if you have a job…

Hey its the playoffs! hopefully the boss understands...

[RickRund]

Hack City podcast, bookmarked it on the MSU game. I kinda like these guys.

Another new podcast for those interested.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b ... 0589150444

Starting to wonder if you have a job…

Hey its the playoffs! hopefully the boss understands...

If he doesn't know he should be fired.

[msuhunter]

More trivia for our W&M friends:

What one university in Montana invented Football, has the player with the most tackles on one play (9), has won the most National Championships since 2000 (27), and has been forced to expand their Champions Center trophy shelf due to lack of space?

Obviously, that’s the Griz and you forgot about this year, so the correct number of national championships now stands at 28

Maybe these guys are alright if they can trash talk on the gris too ...

[St George]

Hack City podcast, bookmarked it on the MSU game. I kinda like these guys.

Another new podcast for those interested.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b ... 0589150444

In the prior broadcast they called the gris CUPCAKES.

[BobcatDel]

More trivia for our W&M friends:

What one university in Montana invented Football, has the player with the most tackles on one play (9), has won the most National Championships since 2000 (27), and has been forced to expand their Champions Center trophy shelf due to lack of space?

Obviously, that’s the Griz and you forgot about this year, so the correct number of national championships now stands at 28

I think you’ll get along just fine in Bozeman!

Indeed he will…just need to learn to spell Gris properly.

[COTribe90]

W&M Game Notes

https://static.tribeathletics.com/custo ... 5f78c66f66

[ilovethecats]

W&M Game Notes

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That Pius kids' numbers are incredible. He'll be fun to watch.

[cats2506]

W&M Game Notes

https://static.tribeathletics.com/custo ... 5f78c66f66

That Pius kids' numbers are incredible. He'll be fun to watch.

Yeah, I don't think we are gonna go right at him like we did Robbie

[GeauxCats41]

More trivia for our W&M friends:

What one university in Montana invented Football, has the player with the most tackles on one play (9), has won the most National Championships since 2000 (27), and has been forced to expand their Champions Center trophy shelf due to lack of space?

Obviously, that’s the Griz and you forgot about this year, so the correct number of national championships now stands at 28

I think you’ll get along just fine in Bozeman!

Robbie just got 12 more solos, 3 assists, and they reduced his missed tackles count by 23.

I saw Bobby tweet out a new safety recruit… Hobby Rauck? Sounds familiar.

[WalkOn79]

I wonder if any of the Tribe fans are making the road trip?
I would think there must be some that are closer than Williamsburg that might do so. Might take a little sense of adventure, but might be a fun trip.

Who is going to pose the question on their found site but still haven’t been approved. They need to find somebody else to run that.

The College of William and Mary is the second oldest in the country. So is their message board.

I’m coming up from Colorado with one of my boys. Looking forward to it. Given it’s a Friday night KO, distance, weather, etc., yy guess is you’ll be hosting 100 or so Tribe fans, including player parents.

Bought tickets on visitor side, but not in the W&M block. I wanted to be closer to midfield.

Not planning to rent a car. Will we be able to find Lyft/Uber rides to get around?

Any other advice to enhance gamely experience welcome. Thanks!

Yes you will be able to find Lyft and Uber. It might take a little longer than what you're used to, but we have them. Ride from the airport to Bozeman is about 20 minutes if traffic is good. Getting a ride to and from the stadium might be more of a challenge, but I've never done it so I could be wrong. Worst case, get a ride to Hyalite Hall or Langford Hall on campus and walk down 11th to the stadium, or try to get a ride to the Strand Union Building. They close Kagy Ave in front of the stadium on gamedays, so it can be a pain to try to get close if you aren't going to park.

Make sure you get into the game early enough to see our rodeo team lead the run-out. It's one of the coolest things you'll see.

We don't sell beer in the general seating areas, but we have a beer garden on the northside of the stands you will be sitting in (can't see the game though). If you want to drink during the game, get a plastic flask or put fireball shooters in your socks.

You're from Colorado so you should be aware, but for all of our other W&M guests, buy hand and toe warmers and wear long johns, because it's going to be cold. Wear boots if you got them. That thick winter jacket you never wear because it's too warm? Wear it. I can't stress how cold it'll be, especially for fans from coastal Virginia.

Final word of advice: have fun. We love our football, and we are more than happy to welcome visiting fans. Be courteous, be nice, and you'll get it right back from us. And don't mind the students, they can be jackasses sometimes.

Enjoy the game, and welcome to Bozeman.

Echo the good advice above. You will be miserable if you don’t have good boots and don’t have the toe/foot warmers and hand warmers. Winds are supposed to be less than 10 mph based on current forecast but if it comes up a bit and in your face you will wish you had something like wind shear clothing on to cut the wind….ski pants work good. If it’s 15 degrees and wind comes up to 10-15 mph you will be glad you have the extra clothes..watch the weather. Of course having a bit of “pre-game fueling” helps too!

Bring something to sit on as the cold metal to sit on gets to you……. But then maybe I should tell you that you might be prepared to stand up most if not the whole game depending on where your seats are!

Be in line at least 30 minutes before the game or you might not make into stadium before kickoff depending on crowd size…. I think Gris game it was 45 minutes or longer. On sell out games lines are long and not enough metal detectors to get everyone through quickly. I don’t know what to tell you on tickets…..generally everything works fine using your phone but last game for whatever reason it seemed they were having difficulty reading electronic tickets at some gates….everyone is different but I print mine off for football.

I’ve had people use Uber/Lyft from downtown pubs before but as mentioned by other poster we are going to push 11 pm or later before game is done. Although Katy is closed right in front of stadium it is open to within 1/4 mile and they can drop you off there before game. But traffic around stadium will be an absolute freakin mess for Uber driver to get back to stadium after the game.

And if you get there early get out and walk the campus as mentioned. The bookstore in the SUB has some Bobcat gear if you want to buy it….heck you might not ever be back so buy a keepsake sweatshirt! Hopefully you arrive before dark so you can see the beautiful city/university setting. JAM was mentioned as a breakfast setting downtown on the Tribe board but for a traditional more laid back casual setting I always like the Western Cafe (downtown) or Storm Castle (by campus) and Nova (downtown) will work too.

Great info. Was planning on hand/toe warmers and ski gear/carharts, but had forgotten about the metal seat! Guessing we can bring a blanket to sit on. Though, I’d be happy to stand.

I see there’s a fee City bus, but it only runs until 10 PM. Any chance that gets extended due to the game?

We get into town around 2:00, so we will definitely check out Main Street and campus before the game. Would like to take a lap through the tailgate lot time permitting. Is there a main tailgate lot?

Thanks again!

Here is the link to the tailgate map. The stadium is on the south end of the map for orientation.

https://msubobcats.com/sports/2021/8/17 ... g-map.aspx

Athletics website needs to update that map. Where's the BAC???

[wbtfg]

Looks like Bill and Mary's plane lands a little after 5pm this evening.

[catatac]

W&M Game Notes

https://static.tribeathletics.com/custo ... 5f78c66f66

That Pius kids' numbers are incredible. He'll be fun to watch.

Thanks for posting the game notes! Interesting looking at your 2-deep. One thing I'm really curious about is how your defense will scheme up to try to slow the rushing attack. As someone pointed out in another thread, I don't know that we've faced a 3-4 yet? I would assume it's a standard 3-4 base, but really a LB comes up to the line often as a rover or whatever you call it. Looks like your LBs are pretty big, with one of the OLBs being 6'1" 250? I don't see any way in hell the bigger linebackers are going to be able to keep up with some of the MSU team speed. Not sure how they'll attack this rushing offense but nobody has slowed it down yet. Will be fun to watch!

[91catAlum]

Youtube podcast from the William & Mary point of view. Features backup QB Hollis Mathis.
Not much on MSU except they do talk about the cold weather they'll be playing in.

[js1010]

W&M Game Notes

https://static.tribeathletics.com/custo ... 5f78c66f66

That Pius kids' numbers are incredible. He'll be fun to watch.

Thanks for posting the game notes! Interesting looking at your 2-deep. One thing I'm really curious about is how your defense will scheme up to try to slow the rushing attack. As someone pointed out in another thread, I don't know that we've faced a 3-4 yet? I would assume it's a standard 3-4 base, but really a LB comes up to the line often as a rover or whatever you call it. Looks like your LBs are pretty big, with one of the OLBs being 6'1" 250? I don't see any way in hell the bigger linebackers are going to be able to keep up with some of the MSU team speed. Not sure how they'll attack this rushing offense but nobody has slowed it down yet. Will be fun to watch!

It's basically a 4-3 except one DE puts his hand on the ground and the other plays from a 2-point stance. Looks to me like their DE/LB player (#8) is probably their best defensive player. I assume we'll run an option right at him and just take what he gives us. Let him decide how we beat the rest of the defence.