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Re: Illinois State

Post by SparkCat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:41 am

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

Post by CodyCat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:49 am

SparkCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:41 am
I went over to their fan forum to snoop on their perspective. Getting some Bill and Mary vibes from their posters.
I get that. But, why wouldn’t they believe they can win it all?


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Re: Illinois State

Post by SparkCat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:56 am

CodyCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:49 am
SparkCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:41 am
I went over to their fan forum to snoop on their perspective. Getting some Bill and Mary vibes from their posters.
I get that. But, why wouldn’t they believe they can win it all?
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

Post by tetoncat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:05 am

SparkCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:56 am
CodyCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:49 am
SparkCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:41 am
I went over to their fan forum to snoop on their perspective. Getting some Bill and Mary vibes from their posters.
I get that. But, why wouldn’t they believe they can win it all?
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.
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.


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Re: Illinois State

Post by SparkCat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:25 am

tetoncat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:05 am
SparkCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:56 am
CodyCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:49 am
SparkCat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:41 am
I went over to their fan forum to snoop on their perspective. Getting some Bill and Mary vibes from their posters.
I get that. But, why wouldn’t they believe they can win it all?
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.
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.
I wonder what mental gymnastics they will use if Oregon loses today.



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Re: Illinois State

Post by Hawks86 » Thu Jan 01, 2026 12:26 pm

Pretty touchy group over there.


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Re: Illinois State

Post by Prodigal Cat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:30 pm

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


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Re: Illinois State

Post by kwcat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:56 pm

Hawks86 wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 12:26 pm
Pretty touchy group over there.
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.!
:-k

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

Post by kwcat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:57 pm

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

#-o

It just dawned on me that maybe he’s been secretly reading my post on Bobcat Nation



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Re: Illinois State

Post by Prodigal Cat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:23 pm

Our “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

Post by SparkCat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:34 pm

Prodigal Cat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:23 pm
Our “academics are awful”. Meanwhile,

https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/instit ... cations/r1


Had to click to the lower d2 to find ISU.
They should be kissing our ass for Montana gifting them a certain basketball coach



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Re: Illinois State

Post by CatAttack22 » Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:26 pm

kwcat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:57 pm
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

#-o

It just dawned on me that maybe he’s been secretly reading my post on Bobcat Nation
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.



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Re: Illinois State

Post by RyeCat » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:45 pm

Prodigal Cat wrote:
Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:23 pm
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.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media2 ... tution.pdf

hmmm…



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