Grok’s unofficial Montana State vs Oregon gameday thread

[Prodigal Cat]

If anyone isn't happy with Lamson's performance, I don't what to tell you. Maybe it was just a fluke, but it looked like he had great zip on the ball and was very accurate. He put the ball in the right spot for receivers to gain yards after the catch when he needed to. 23 for 31, no INTs and 198 yards. The yardage isn't great for that many passes, but the other team is incredibly fast so getting extra yards was tough.

The worst part of the game was the penalties and blocks. There's nothing MSU or any FCS team could do about the inability to move the ball on the ground. I always say that most games with huge 50+ scores usually have things happen that cause that. The two blocks and the two penalties on the final drive of the half all but gave Oregon 17 points.

MSU tackled well for the most part and played hard all game.

Justin Lamson > Arch Manning

[AFCAT]

Great stadium atmosphere here, with the exception of the monotone PA announcer. He is horrible. I'm guessing he is guy that's had the job for 40 years and they don't have the heart to can him.

[catscat]

Switched to Eastern Washington vs UIW. Look like 2 high school teams compared to what we just watched.

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

If anyone isn't happy with Lamson's performance, I don't what to tell you. Maybe it was just a fluke, but it looked like he had great zip on the ball and was very accurate. He put the ball in the right spot for receivers to gain yards after the catch when he needed to. 23 for 31, no INTs and 198 yards. The yardage isn't great for that many passes, but the other team is incredibly fast so getting extra yards was tough.

The worst part of the game was the penalties and blocks. There's nothing MSU or any FCS team could do about the inability to move the ball on the ground. I always say that most games with huge 50+ scores usually have things happen that cause that. The two blocks and the two penalties on the final drive of the half all but gave Oregon 17 points.

MSU tackled well for the most part and played hard all game.

Justin Lamson > Arch Manning

Careful now, that will be the headline. He played fine, but with our offense if you can’t scramble and break one off, we are average. He can throw for 300, but if jones or Davis can’t run because no one respects the QB to run, we are gonna struggle this year against good teams. Why do people think good teams throw? It is not the case in college. It’s such a weird deal.

But hey, at least we have a thrower now that looks over the middle, only to taco, but he looks over the middle. Dumb

[GoldstoneCat]

If anyone isn't happy with Lamson's performance, I don't what to tell you. Maybe it was just a fluke, but it looked like he had great zip on the ball and was very accurate. He put the ball in the right spot for receivers to gain yards after the catch when he needed to. 23 for 31, no INTs and 198 yards. The yardage isn't great for that many passes, but the other team is incredibly fast so getting extra yards was tough.

The worst part of the game was the penalties and blocks. There's nothing MSU or any FCS team could do about the inability to move the ball on the ground. I always say that most games with huge 50+ scores usually have things happen that cause that. The two blocks and the two penalties on the final drive of the half all but gave Oregon 17 points.

MSU tackled well for the most part and played hard all game.

Justin Lamson > Arch Manning

Careful now, that will be the headline. He played fine, but with our offense if you can’t scramble and break one off, we are average. He can throw for 300, but if jones or Davis can’t run because no one respects the QB to run, we are gonna struggle this year against good teams. Why do people think good teams throw? It is not the case in college. It’s such a weird deal.

But hey, at least we have a thrower now that looks over the middle, only to taco, but he looks over the middle. Dumb

Your last word sums up your afternoon perfectly. We're going to run the hell out of the ball against literally everyone.

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

If anyone isn't happy with Lamson's performance, I don't what to tell you. Maybe it was just a fluke, but it looked like he had great zip on the ball and was very accurate. He put the ball in the right spot for receivers to gain yards after the catch when he needed to. 23 for 31, no INTs and 198 yards. The yardage isn't great for that many passes, but the other team is incredibly fast so getting extra yards was tough.

The worst part of the game was the penalties and blocks. There's nothing MSU or any FCS team could do about the inability to move the ball on the ground. I always say that most games with huge 50+ scores usually have things happen that cause that. The two blocks and the two penalties on the final drive of the half all but gave Oregon 17 points. MSU passing as much as it did helped Oregon's offense as well. Left them more time to work with.
A lot of teams (I recall several games MSU did this) just try to burn the clock out in games like these. Run on first and second, and sometimes third to keep clock moving. MSU came out throwing.

Oregon paid MSU a lot of respect by attacking from the get-go. They weren't going to have a repeat of last year's game vs. Idaho. They went after punts and played aggressively on both sides.

MSU tackled well for the most part and played hard all game.

Tom- We tackled well? No way that’s genuine? Were you at the game and couldn’t see due to field level? That was the worst tackling performance since cat griz, two years ago.

[TomCat88]

If anyone isn't happy with Lamson's performance, I don't what to tell you. Maybe it was just a fluke, but it looked like he had great zip on the ball and was very accurate. He put the ball in the right spot for receivers to gain yards after the catch when he needed to. 23 for 31, no INTs and 198 yards. The yardage isn't great for that many passes, but the other team is incredibly fast so getting extra yards was tough.

The worst part of the game was the penalties and blocks. There's nothing MSU or any FCS team could do about the inability to move the ball on the ground. I always say that most games with huge 50+ scores usually have things happen that cause that. The two blocks and the two penalties on the final drive of the half all but gave Oregon 17 points.

MSU tackled well for the most part and played hard all game.

Justin Lamson > Arch Manning

Seriously, yes, haha. I don't like doing these kinds of comparisons but, "statistically" Lamson > Manning.

Lamson 23-31-0, 198, 0 TD
Manning 17-30-1, 170, 1 TD

[Prodigal Cat]

Oregon vs MSU 59-13
South Dakota vs ISU 55-7
Nevada who is basically a top 10 FCS type team vs Penn St 46-11

Let’s not blow this out of proportion.

[TomCat88]

If anyone isn't happy with Lamson's performance, I don't what to tell you. Maybe it was just a fluke, but it looked like he had great zip on the ball and was very accurate. He put the ball in the right spot for receivers to gain yards after the catch when he needed to. 23 for 31, no INTs and 198 yards. The yardage isn't great for that many passes, but the other team is incredibly fast so getting extra yards was tough.

The worst part of the game was the penalties and blocks. There's nothing MSU or any FCS team could do about the inability to move the ball on the ground. I always say that most games with huge 50+ scores usually have things happen that cause that. The two blocks and the two penalties on the final drive of the half all but gave Oregon 17 points. MSU passing as much as it did helped Oregon's offense as well. Left them more time to work with.
A lot of teams (I recall several games MSU did this) just try to burn the clock out in games like these. Run on first and second, and sometimes third to keep clock moving. MSU came out throwing.

Oregon paid MSU a lot of respect by attacking from the get-go. They weren't going to have a repeat of last year's game vs. Idaho. They went after punts and played aggressively on both sides.

MSU tackled well for the most part and played hard all game.

Tom- We tackled well? No way that’s genuine? Were you at the game and couldn’t see due to field level? That was the worst tackling performance since cat griz, two years ago.

Tackled well for the most part, yes. It's Oregon, so they're not going to make them all, but they did well all things considered. They didn't make every tackle, but they tackled well. The attempt by Johnson(?) on their TE was a bad attempt as he went up too high. They had a long play on 3rd and 14 that Meridith missed a tackle on. I can't think of any other egregious misses. What others did you see?

They only got 6.5 per carry. Only three carries over 17 yards. That alone tells you the tackling was good considering who they're playing. You have to keep in mind that they were coming off blocks to make most of these plays and they were good blocks, not just blocks that they were able to easily slide off of.

[GoldstoneCat]

If anyone isn't happy with Lamson's performance, I don't what to tell you. Maybe it was just a fluke, but it looked like he had great zip on the ball and was very accurate. He put the ball in the right spot for receivers to gain yards after the catch when he needed to. 23 for 31, no INTs and 198 yards. The yardage isn't great for that many passes, but the other team is incredibly fast so getting extra yards was tough.

The worst part of the game was the penalties and blocks. There's nothing MSU or any FCS team could do about the inability to move the ball on the ground. I always say that most games with huge 50+ scores usually have things happen that cause that. The two blocks and the two penalties on the final drive of the half all but gave Oregon 17 points. MSU passing as much as it did helped Oregon's offense as well. Left them more time to work with.
A lot of teams (I recall several games MSU did this) just try to burn the clock out in games like these. Run on first and second, and sometimes third to keep clock moving. MSU came out throwing.

Oregon paid MSU a lot of respect by attacking from the get-go. They weren't going to have a repeat of last year's game vs. Idaho. They went after punts and played aggressively on both sides.

MSU tackled well for the most part and played hard all game.

Tom- We tackled well? No way that’s genuine? Were you at the game and couldn’t see due to field level? That was the worst tackling performance since cat griz, two years ago.

Tackled well for the most part, yes. It's Oregon, so they're not going to make them all, but they did well all things considered. They didn't make every tackle, but they tackled well. The attempt by Johnson(?) on their TE was a bad attempt as he went up too high. They had a long play on 3rd and 14 that Meridith missed a tackle on. I can't think of any other egregious misses. What others did you see?

He saw twice as many as the rest of us.

[The Butcher]

I really hope the Cats never schedule another game against a top-25 powerhouse. That $650,000 payday didn’t seem worth it. Playing someone like New Mexico or Nevada for $400,000 makes sense, but lining up against a perennial national title contender is just brutal.

[coloradocat]

It sounds like the post-game interview site for the visiting team is in a tent in the tailgates but here it is:

[PHAT CAT]

I think we're going to be just fine. Clean up punt team deployment. Keep tossing the rock to our TE's. Taco is Taco. Kid is special. D back field is young. They'll get it dialed in. Lamson is going to have a big year. Our run game will get it going. This should be the last time we play a Big Ten or SEC team until we move up. Bring on SDSU. We owe those pricks a punch in the mouth.

[mslacatfan]

I really hope the Cats never schedule another game against a top-25 powerhouse. That $650,000 payday didn’t seem worth it. Playing someone like New Mexico or Nevada for $400,000 makes sense, but lining up against a perennial national title contender is just brutal.

This x 1,000!!!

[94VegasCat]

I certainly expected more pomp at the beginning of the game. No starting line ups. No special videos. PA guy didn’t really start talking until 8-9 min before kickoff.

Maybe the duck mascot losing his head threw off the whole production??

I know msu and the western school of dance can both be every bit as loud as Autzen.

[OldGriz]

Serious question. When was the last time a Big Sky team was 24 points down to a ranked FBS team after just 19 minutes of play? What was the last BSC team to beat a ranked FBS opponent?

Perfect examples of how meaningless these games can be.

These kinds of games aren’t always meaningless. FCS Appalachian State beat #5 Michigan (2007) in an era when the Griz beat Appy State three times (2000, 2009, 2013). The Griz beat #20 Washington in 2021. Cat fans are quick to say that Washington was over-ranked, but how do we know Oregon isn’t over-ranked? Idaho lost to ranked Oregon by 10 points last season (I doubt the Cats would call a 10-point difference meaningless had 10 points been the final margin in today’s game). I think by not answering the two questions posed above, the question has been answered: We don’t remember the last time a ranked FBS team jumped all over an FCS team like today, and the Griz are the last BSC team to beat a ranked FBS program. Good luck this season! Sincerely wishing good health and good outcomes for the Bobcat program.

[VimSince03]

Thought it was awesome to see Cole Taylor get in there and thump. We're going to need him and Krahe this year. Taki getting hurt is rough but Bryant Meredith and JJ Dolan were going to play a lot this year anyway. Hope it's just a mild injury for Neil.

Hope fans realized we shifted our entire starting OL mid-week due to Burke dinging up his hand. Depth chart at beginning of week was:

LT Jefferson
LG Reed
C Mastel
RG Carr
RT Fleischmann

Actual unit today:

LT Zimmer
LG Carr
C Reed
RG Fleischmann
RT Jefferson

That is definitely not ideal going up against what Oregon beat reporters are calling one of their best DLs ever.

Our front seven failed to set an edge which isn't surprising given the opponent. I thought they competed better once they caught up to the speed a bit but their playmakers were way mismatched versus our young secondary (who I thought showed some fight throughout).

I think we have a lot dudes who want to fight for one another. Good luck to SDSU coming in to Bozeman and beating us on Gold Rush. It's going to take a great effort by them to win because our guys will be ready.

Hope everyone now knows why Taco got offers this off-season.

[CatBlitz]

Great stadium atmosphere here, with the exception of the monotone PA announcer. He is horrible. I'm guessing he is guy that's had the job for 40 years and they don't have the heart to can him.

Aw don't disrespect Don like that.

[VimSince03]

Serious question. When was the last time a Big Sky team was 24 points down to a ranked FBS team after just 19 minutes of play? What was the last BSC team to beat a ranked FBS opponent?

Perfect examples of how meaningless these games can be.

These kinds of games aren’t always meaningless. FCS Appalachian State beat #5 Michigan (2007) in an era when the Griz beat Appy State three times (2000, 2009, 2013). The Griz beat #20 Washington in 2021. Cat fans are quick to say that Washington was over-ranked, but how do we know Oregon isn’t over-ranked? Idaho lost to ranked Oregon by 10 points last season (I doubt the Cats would call a 10-point difference meaningless had 10 points been the final margin in today’s game). I think by not answering the two questions posed above, the question has been answered: We don’t remember the last time a ranked FBS team jumped all over an FCS team like today, and the Griz are the last BSC team to beat a ranked FBS program. Good luck this season! Sincerely wishing good health and good outcomes for the Bobcat program.

I don't know....because of past results against other FBS teams I think it's safe to say we are 30 point dogs to the Griz this year. Because of today's results, it's obvious we should bow down to the transfer station and hope we have a shot at year end.

[Joe Bobcat]

Hahaha. Belligerent your takes suck, but keep them coming. A real thrower that’s runs in mud. That’s what we needed a QB that throws and uses the middle, makes us better.

Even with Tommy we would seen the same thing. We are fine at QB.

You serious? He ain’t why we loss, but he is why we will lose by 40. It’s shocking how some think the grass is greener. The same thing, give me a goddamn break. Tommy would have at least ran for a 100, especially on the reads. Glad we can throw it though. Haha

Skip that last beer. Tommy would not have run for 100 yards against these guys. We're going to be fine on offense. Wtf did you expect today?

Well Vegas didn’t expect this, did you? Don’t get on your horse and act like we were gonna get beat by 50 plus points. Glad we got a thrower.

55-10 was my guess. So bag it. Go have another one. No brain cells left to kill, obviously.

Hi-Line is the real BelligerentBobcat.

I wish, as I get older I want to get cooler.

You're not getting cooler today that's for sure.
It would be better for you to want to get wiser as you get older.