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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by SparkCat » Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:44 am

BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:31 am
RickRund wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:13 am
AFCAT wrote:
Sat Sep 27, 2025 10:35 pm
Lol, JV Cal Poly takes down the mighty hornets.
I am betting their prez wishes he had never said those words.
He’s not that self aware.
And they don’t have enough of a fan base to even really care.



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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by RickRund » Sun Sep 28, 2025 3:13 pm

SparkCat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:44 am
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:31 am
RickRund wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:13 am
AFCAT wrote:
Sat Sep 27, 2025 10:35 pm
Lol, JV Cal Poly takes down the mighty hornets.
I am betting their prez wishes he had never said those words.
He’s not that self aware.
And they don’t have enough of a fan base to even really care.
I think the hornets had a whole 12000+ in attendance.


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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by iaafan » Sun Sep 28, 2025 3:26 pm

RickRund wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 3:13 pm
SparkCat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:44 am
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:31 am
RickRund wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:13 am
AFCAT wrote:
Sat Sep 27, 2025 10:35 pm
Lol, JV Cal Poly takes down the mighty hornets.
I am betting their prez wishes he had never said those words.
He’s not that self aware.
And they don’t have enough of a fan base to even really care.
I think the hornets had a whole 12000+ in attendance.
That’s a good JV crowd.



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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by RickRund » Sun Sep 28, 2025 6:05 pm

iaafan wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 3:26 pm
RickRund wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 3:13 pm
SparkCat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:44 am
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:31 am
RickRund wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:13 am
AFCAT wrote:
Sat Sep 27, 2025 10:35 pm
Lol, JV Cal Poly takes down the mighty hornets.
I am betting their prez wishes he had never said those words.
He’s not that self aware.
And they don’t have enough of a fan base to even really care.
I think the hornets had a whole 12000+ in attendance.
That’s a good JV crowd.
Wonder what that says for the 1500 at the psu game?


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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by iaafan » Sun Sep 28, 2025 6:10 pm

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Sun Sep 28, 2025 12:16 am
Right now, the 4 best teams in the BSC are clearly MSU, dUMb, NAU and UCD ( in that order). The rest is all a muddled mess of meh. Gonna be a ton of meh records in the middle as a result. EWU and PSU might be the two worst teams in the Big Sky...
MSU is the best team in the conference. The other three are way behind and not much above the muddled mess. I would say the gap between us and them is bigger than the gap between them and what you’re describing as a muddled mess. None are as good as ucd was last year. MSU is just as good as last year. Last year Idaho was the third best BSC team and we beat them 38-7 and 52-19. Idaho isn’t close to as good as last year and the gris only beat them by 11 and gave up 30…we gave up 26 in two games and won by 31 and 33.



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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by grizzh8r » Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:00 pm

iaafan wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 6:10 pm
grizzh8r wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 12:16 am
Right now, the 4 best teams in the BSC are clearly MSU, dUMb, NAU and UCD ( in that order). The rest is all a muddled mess of meh. Gonna be a ton of meh records in the middle as a result. EWU and PSU might be the two worst teams in the Big Sky...
MSU is the best team in the conference. The other three are way behind and not much above the muddled mess. I would say the gap between us and them is bigger than the gap between them and what you’re describing as a muddled mess. None are as good as ucd was last year. MSU is just as good as last year. Last year Idaho was the third best BSC team and we beat them 38-7 and 52-19. Idaho isn’t close to as good as last year and the gris only beat them by 11 and gave up 30…we gave up 26 in two games and won by 31 and 33.
As much as I hate to give them ANY credit, UM looks better this season than last. And I feel you in particular are being blindly dismissive of them in multiple threads. They are through the toughest part of their schedule this season, I will be shocked if they don't come into Cat/gris undefeated. And that game in stinktown is NEVER easy. Vigen's teams haven't fared well there...


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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by iaafan » Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:53 pm

grizzh8r wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:00 pm
iaafan wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 6:10 pm
grizzh8r wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 12:16 am
Right now, the 4 best teams in the BSC are clearly MSU, dUMb, NAU and UCD ( in that order). The rest is all a muddled mess of meh. Gonna be a ton of meh records in the middle as a result. EWU and PSU might be the two worst teams in the Big Sky...
MSU is the best team in the conference. The other three are way behind and not much above the muddled mess. I would say the gap between us and them is bigger than the gap between them and what you’re describing as a muddled mess. None are as good as ucd was last year. MSU is just as good as last year. Last year Idaho was the third best BSC team and we beat them 38-7 and 52-19. Idaho isn’t close to as good as last year and the gris only beat them by 11 and gave up 30…we gave up 26 in two games and won by 31 and 33.
As much as I hate to give them ANY credit, UM looks better this season than last. And I feel you in particular are being blindly dismissive of them in multiple threads. They are through the toughest part of their schedule this season, I will be shocked if they don't come into Cat/gris undefeated. And that game in stinktown is NEVER easy. Vigen's teams haven't fared well there...
Um looked better losing at UND last year than it did beating them at home this year if we’re being honest. They shouldn’t have lost there or won here. They didn’t look very good vs CW or Idaho. Idaho isn’t good. If um is good they beat Idaho by 20-30 points. They haven’t played a road game and are historically bad on the road. If we played them there tomorrow, it would be a blowout. Maybe they’ll get better as the year progresses anything can happen.



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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by BelligerentBobcat » Sun Sep 28, 2025 10:35 pm

I thought they looked pretty good against Idaho. I’d say the two teams are pretty evenly matched at the moment.



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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by TomCat88 » Sun Sep 28, 2025 10:38 pm

BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 10:35 pm
I thought they looked pretty good against Idaho. I’d say the two teams are pretty evenly matched at the moment.
I agree. If that game was in Moscow it probably flips. UM, Idaho, NAU, UCD are hard to split up.


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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by MinnesotaBobcat » Sun Sep 28, 2025 11:07 pm

iaafan wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:53 pm
grizzh8r wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:00 pm
iaafan wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 6:10 pm
grizzh8r wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 12:16 am
Right now, the 4 best teams in the BSC are clearly MSU, dUMb, NAU and UCD ( in that order). The rest is all a muddled mess of meh. Gonna be a ton of meh records in the middle as a result. EWU and PSU might be the two worst teams in the Big Sky...
MSU is the best team in the conference. The other three are way behind and not much above the muddled mess. I would say the gap between us and them is bigger than the gap between them and what you’re describing as a muddled mess. None are as good as ucd was last year. MSU is just as good as last year. Last year Idaho was the third best BSC team and we beat them 38-7 and 52-19. Idaho isn’t close to as good as last year and the gris only beat them by 11 and gave up 30…we gave up 26 in two games and won by 31 and 33.
As much as I hate to give them ANY credit, UM looks better this season than last. And I feel you in particular are being blindly dismissive of them in multiple threads. They are through the toughest part of their schedule this season, I will be shocked if they don't come into Cat/gris undefeated. And that game in stinktown is NEVER easy. Vigen's teams haven't fared well there...
Um looked better losing at UND last year than it did beating them at home this year if we’re being honest. They shouldn’t have lost there or won here. They didn’t look very good vs CW or Idaho. Idaho isn’t good. If um is good they beat Idaho by 20-30 points. They haven’t played a road game and are historically bad on the road. If we played them there tomorrow, it would be a blowout. Maybe they’ll get better as the year progresses anything can happen.
UM a looks improved and Worthen is a nice addition, but their defense doesn’t look all that great. If they met tomorrow I think Lamson would have a day, and our defense would match up well because our cornerbacks are fast enough to stick with their receivers. Bobcats also shut Gillman down last season and I see no reason they couldn’t do the same this year. I think the biggest threat to the Bobcat defense is a tall receiver who can get up high to catch the ball. Fortunately, UM didn’t get one of those when they went portal shopping last spring.

This weekend’s game in Flagstaff is huge in terms of the Bobcats remaining in contention for a top seed in the playoffs. It’s likely one of the biggest hurdles in terms of them having an undefeated conference record heading into the brawl.



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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by grizzh8r » Sun Sep 28, 2025 11:55 pm

MinnesotaBobcat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 11:07 pm
iaafan wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:53 pm
grizzh8r wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:00 pm
iaafan wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 6:10 pm
grizzh8r wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 12:16 am
Right now, the 4 best teams in the BSC are clearly MSU, dUMb, NAU and UCD ( in that order). The rest is all a muddled mess of meh. Gonna be a ton of meh records in the middle as a result. EWU and PSU might be the two worst teams in the Big Sky...
MSU is the best team in the conference. The other three are way behind and not much above the muddled mess. I would say the gap between us and them is bigger than the gap between them and what you’re describing as a muddled mess. None are as good as ucd was last year. MSU is just as good as last year. Last year Idaho was the third best BSC team and we beat them 38-7 and 52-19. Idaho isn’t close to as good as last year and the gris only beat them by 11 and gave up 30…we gave up 26 in two games and won by 31 and 33.
As much as I hate to give them ANY credit, UM looks better this season than last. And I feel you in particular are being blindly dismissive of them in multiple threads. They are through the toughest part of their schedule this season, I will be shocked if they don't come into Cat/gris undefeated. And that game in stinktown is NEVER easy. Vigen's teams haven't fared well there...
Um looked better losing at UND last year than it did beating them at home this year if we’re being honest. They shouldn’t have lost there or won here. They didn’t look very good vs CW or Idaho. Idaho isn’t good. If um is good they beat Idaho by 20-30 points. They haven’t played a road game and are historically bad on the road. If we played them there tomorrow, it would be a blowout. Maybe they’ll get better as the year progresses anything can happen.
UM a looks improved and Worthen is a nice addition, but their defense doesn’t look all that great. If they met tomorrow I think Lamson would have a day, and our defense would match up well because our cornerbacks are fast enough to stick with their receivers. Bobcats also shut Gillman down last season and I see no reason they couldn’t do the same this year. I think the biggest threat to the Bobcat defense is a tall receiver who can get up high to catch the ball. Fortunately, UM didn’t get one of those when they went portal shopping last spring.

This weekend’s game in Flagstaff is huge in terms of the Bobcats remaining in contention for a top seed in the playoffs. It’s likely one of the biggest hurdles in terms of them having an undefeated conference record heading into the brawl.
Yep, thank goodness defense travels. Style points don't matter, just figure out a way to get out of Flag with the dub.


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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by iaafan » Mon Sep 29, 2025 8:45 am

TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 10:38 pm
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 10:35 pm
I thought they looked pretty good against Idaho. I’d say the two teams are pretty evenly matched at the moment.
I agree. If that game was in Moscow it probably flips. UM, Idaho, NAU, UCD are hard to split up.
Cal Poly is being pretty sneaky. They play UCD this week. They might join your group of 4.



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Re: Big Sky Conference week 1

Post by BelligerentBobcat » Mon Sep 29, 2025 10:00 am

TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 10:38 pm
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sun Sep 28, 2025 10:35 pm
I thought they looked pretty good against Idaho. I’d say the two teams are pretty evenly matched at the moment.
I agree. If that game was in Moscow it probably flips. UM, Idaho, NAU, UCD are hard to split up.
Sorry, I wrote that quite poorly.

I thought UM was clearly better than Idaho no matter where they play. I think MSU and UM are pretty even right now, I think our defense is better so I’d give us the edge, but UM looks good. That freshman receiver of theirs is going to be a very good player.



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