Illinois State
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SparkCat
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Re: Illinois State
I went over to their fan forum to snoop on their perspective. Getting some Bill and Mary vibes from their posters.
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Re: Illinois State
I get that. But, why wouldn’t they believe they can win it all?
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Re: Illinois State
They should be optimistic of a win. However, when they say stuff like we either got blown out or blew out teams this year, and that our front 4 aren’t very productive, tell me some of them just talk out their ass. We were blown out by the team playing in the Orange Bowl today and lost in double overtime to an extremely healthy SDSU. Their comparative evaluations of common opponents are fairly inaccurate too.
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Re: Illinois State
I like the comparative that they lost to YSU who blew a big lead to Yale who Cats beat in playoffs. Also they gave up 550 yds to UCD.SparkCat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:56 amThey should be optimistic of a win. However, when they say stuff like we either got blown out or blew out teams this year, and that our front 4 aren’t very productive, tell me some of them just talk out their ass. We were blown out by the team playing in the Orange Bowl today and lost in double overtime to an extremely healthy SDSU. Their comparative evaluations of common opponents are fairly inaccurate too.
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Re: Illinois State
I wonder what mental gymnastics they will use if Oregon loses today.tetoncat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:05 amI like the comparative that they lost to YSU who blew a big lead to Yale who Cats beat in playoffs. Also they gave up 550 yds to UCD.SparkCat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:56 amThey should be optimistic of a win. However, when they say stuff like we either got blown out or blew out teams this year, and that our front 4 aren’t very productive, tell me some of them just talk out their ass. We were blown out by the team playing in the Orange Bowl today and lost in double overtime to an extremely healthy SDSU. Their comparative evaluations of common opponents are fairly inaccurate too.
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Re: Illinois State
Rosario is becoming my favorite FCS analyst. If your into stats and Xs and Os this is a great write up and breakdown.
https://www.si.com/college/fcs/big-sky/ ... tIeBPS71mA
https://www.si.com/college/fcs/big-sky/ ... tIeBPS71mA
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Re: Illinois State
In my struggle for significance due to the fact that I live in a place with no competition and only good scenery, but being brave enough due to the fact, I come from the larger university of the two and in my moment of weakness, I decided to make some posts over there.
“Moldy Page” seems a little grumpy. Maybe it’s just his age. But there are some good posters over there.
Oh crap I just figured out we have a smaller university by about 5000 total. Dammit I hate it when I’m wrong.!
In all sincerity, gonna be a heck of a football game I do think we can win by two scores if we find the right matchups if we don’t, it’s gonna be a dog fight
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Re: Illinois State
In breaking news beings it is the first of a new year. I insisted that my therapist give me a call back. He did say if I wanted to raise myself and eliminate the problems I had in 2025 that the best thing I could do is move to Illinois And through increased competition just for survival I would find myself

It just dawned on me that maybe he’s been secretly reading my post on Bobcat Nation
It just dawned on me that maybe he’s been secretly reading my post on Bobcat Nation
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Re: Illinois State
Our “academics are awful”. Meanwhile,
https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/instit ... cations/r1
Had to click to the lower d2 to find ISU.
https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/instit ... cations/r1
Had to click to the lower d2 to find ISU.
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SparkCat
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Re: Illinois State
They should be kissing our ass for Montana gifting them a certain basketball coachProdigal Cat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:23 pmOur “academics are awful”. Meanwhile,
https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/instit ... cations/r1
Had to click to the lower d2 to find ISU.
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Re: Illinois State
This is good posting ^ They have a few good posters on their forum, but otherwise they seem pretty bent on talking crap about MSU. It's not a very active forum, and I typically go on opponents message boards to get a feel for the game and learn about the team some. They don't seem too interested in learning about the MSU program or having discourse with Cats fans and instead are focusing on their disadvantages. I've found it odd more than anything.kwcat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:57 pmIn breaking news beings it is the first of a new year. I insisted that my therapist give me a call back. He did say if I wanted to raise myself and eliminate the problems I had in 2025 that the best thing I could do is move to Illinois And through increased competition just for survival I would find myself
It just dawned on me that maybe he’s been secretly reading my post on Bobcat Nation
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Re: Illinois State
https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media2 ... tution.pdfProdigal Cat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:23 pmOur “academics are awful”. Meanwhile,
https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/instit ... cations/r1
Had to click to the lower d2 to find ISU.
hmmm…