Can South Dakota Get it Done?

[ilovethecats]

For me, if we take care of business tomorrow night, which I believe we do; I have a win-win situation Saturday. If the griz lose that's awesome because I never complain about a griz loss! Their fans are absolute gold after a loss. If the griz win, we get another fun week with leadup into a game that has NEVER happened before. We get our rivals in OUR place with OUR fans with a shot at Nashville on the line. Doesn't get better than that for me!

[BlueAndGoldNation]

For me, if we take care of business tomorrow night, which I believe we do; I have a win-win situation Saturday. If the griz lose that's awesome because I never complain about a griz loss! Their fans are absolute gold after a loss. If the griz win, we get another fun week with leadup into a game that has NEVER happened before. We get our rivals in OUR place with OUR fans with a shot at Nashville on the line. Doesn't get better than that for me!

Agreed. The Griz are very good this year, but it does not scare me if we get to play them again at home. Like I said before, even if the game is close and scrappy, we have a 95% win rate at home under Vigen, where we win 89% of those games by more than 10. That is a recipe for success in The Brawl 2.0! It would be one of the best days of most Cats fan's lives if we win that game, but also the worst if we lose. Those stakes are what we want in football! What an opportunity for a legendary run to the Natty!

[TomCat88]

For me, if we take care of business tomorrow night, which I believe we do; I have a win-win situation Saturday. If the griz lose that's awesome because I never complain about a griz loss! Their fans are absolute gold after a loss. If the griz win, we get another fun week with leadup into a game that has NEVER happened before. We get our rivals in OUR place with OUR fans with a shot at Nashville on the line. Doesn't get better than that for me!

Agreed. The Griz are very good this year, but it does not scare me if we get to play them again at home. Like I said before, even if the game is close and scrappy, we have a 95% win rate at home under Vigen, where we win 89% of those games by more than 10. That is a recipe for success in The Brawl 2.0! It would be one of the best days of most Cats fan's lives if we win that game, but also the worst if we lose. Those stakes are what we want in football! What an opportunity for a legendary run to the Natty!

I wonder what MSU's home record is against top ten teams. I'm not sure NDSU was in the top 10 in 2023. I know they weren't seeded in the top 8. SDSU didn't finish in the top 10 this year, but I think you have to consider them a top ten team in this case. It's either X-1 or X-2, which is going to be a pretty good win percentage.

The Griz do have a good offense. Their defense has been up and down. Their STs have been up and down as well, down at kicker; up in the return game. I hear they're getting some players back and will be better if the two teams meet again in Bozeman. MSU, meanwhile, has several players nicked up. But the Bobcats have very good depth, which helps smooth that out. However, as deep as MSU is, no team can handle multiple injuries at the same position. The LB spot has been hard hit all year. First Daily, then Daily again, and now Ahrens. (Ahrens started the season as the No. 5 LB behind Krahe, who was getting considerable reps prior to that).

[catatac]

For me, if we take care of business tomorrow night, which I believe we do; I have a win-win situation Saturday. If the griz lose that's awesome because I never complain about a griz loss! Their fans are absolute gold after a loss. If the griz win, we get another fun week with leadup into a game that has NEVER happened before. We get our rivals in OUR place with OUR fans with a shot at Nashville on the line. Doesn't get better than that for me!

Agreed. The Griz are very good this year, but it does not scare me if we get to play them again at home. Like I said before, even if the game is close and scrappy, we have a 95% win rate at home under Vigen, where we win 89% of those games by more than 10. That is a recipe for success in The Brawl 2.0! It would be one of the best days of most Cats fan's lives if we win that game, but also the worst if we lose. Those stakes are what we want in football! What an opportunity for a legendary run to the Natty!

I wonder what MSU's home record is against top ten teams. I'm not sure NDSU was in the top 10 in 2023. I know they weren't seeded in the top 8. SDSU didn't finish in the top 10 this year, but I think you have to consider them a top ten team in this case. It's either X-1 or X-2, which is going to be a pretty good win percentage.

The Griz do have a good offense. Their defense has been up and down. Their STs have been up and down as well, down at kicker; up in the return game. I hear they're getting some players back and will be better if the two teams meet again in Bozeman. MSU, meanwhile, has several players nicked up. But the Bobcats have very good depth, which helps smooth that out. However, as deep as MSU is, no team can handle multiple injuries at the same position. The LB spot has been hard hit all year. First Daily, then Daily again, and now Ahrens. (Ahrens started the season as the No. 5 LB behind Krahe, who was getting considerable reps prior to that).

WAT? That's silly talk.

[catatac]

I don't think the Coyotes are going to be able to handle the gris...we better our ****** together.

Why cant they

they barely beat Northern Colorado, lost to lamar, barely beat indiana state, barely beat northern iowa, got killed by ndsu, barely beat und had a close game with the rabbits ..only thing that they looked good doing was beating Mercer who would probably be lower level in the BSC. they have like the worst offense in the mvfc so I don't see them doing well in gris stadium...defense is mediocre what are you seeing that you think differently?

The Griz... totally scummed out and beat UND at home by 1, granted UND is an OK FCS team but not a power my any stretch. They also struggled against Idaho at home, REALLY struggled against Idaho State away, and struggled against EWU at home. IMO USD is significantly better than Idaho, Idaho State, and EWU. Just saying.

agree on und und's coach screwed up leaving easy field goals on the field..I watched that game, I watched the vandals game it was not really close, Idaho state yes they got lucky there and Eastern they never as close as the score most of the game they were up by 2 scores or more. I hope you are right and I am wrong but I don't see it.

Oh, as far as being "right"... I am in no way saying USD will beat the Griz. I was just offering up some of those comparisons of games where the Griz didn't play well, to the games where USD didn't play well. I agree USD won't be able to "Handle" the Griz, but I don't think the Griz blow them out. I'm sticking with the only prediction I'm making for this weekend, MSU beats SFA by more than UM beats USD.

[TomCat88]

For me, if we take care of business tomorrow night, which I believe we do; I have a win-win situation Saturday. If the griz lose that's awesome because I never complain about a griz loss! Their fans are absolute gold after a loss. If the griz win, we get another fun week with leadup into a game that has NEVER happened before. We get our rivals in OUR place with OUR fans with a shot at Nashville on the line. Doesn't get better than that for me!

Agreed. The Griz are very good this year, but it does not scare me if we get to play them again at home. Like I said before, even if the game is close and scrappy, we have a 95% win rate at home under Vigen, where we win 89% of those games by more than 10. That is a recipe for success in The Brawl 2.0! It would be one of the best days of most Cats fan's lives if we win that game, but also the worst if we lose. Those stakes are what we want in football! What an opportunity for a legendary run to the Natty!

I wonder what MSU's home record is against top ten teams. I'm not sure NDSU was in the top 10 in 2023. I know they weren't seeded in the top 8. SDSU didn't finish in the top 10 this year, but I think you have to consider them a top ten team in this case. It's either X-1 or X-2, which is going to be a pretty good win percentage.

The Griz do have a good offense. Their defense has been up and down. Their STs have been up and down as well, down at kicker; up in the return game. I hear they're getting some players back and will be better if the two teams meet again in Bozeman. MSU, meanwhile, has several players nicked up. But the Bobcats have very good depth, which helps smooth that out. However, as deep as MSU is, no team can handle multiple injuries at the same position. The LB spot has been hard hit all year. First Daily, then Daily again, and now Ahrens. (Ahrens started the season as the No. 5 LB behind Krahe, who was getting considerable reps prior to that).

WAT? That's silly talk.

They were ranked 8th in the final poll. That was up from 12th after week 8. They went from 12th to 11th to 9th to 8th over the final four weeks. It was a down regular season for them. They bounced back to make it to the semis, but it was the worst year for NDSU since 2009 or 2010.

[catatac]

For me, if we take care of business tomorrow night, which I believe we do; I have a win-win situation Saturday. If the griz lose that's awesome because I never complain about a griz loss! Their fans are absolute gold after a loss. If the griz win, we get another fun week with leadup into a game that has NEVER happened before. We get our rivals in OUR place with OUR fans with a shot at Nashville on the line. Doesn't get better than that for me!

Agreed. The Griz are very good this year, but it does not scare me if we get to play them again at home. Like I said before, even if the game is close and scrappy, we have a 95% win rate at home under Vigen, where we win 89% of those games by more than 10. That is a recipe for success in The Brawl 2.0! It would be one of the best days of most Cats fan's lives if we win that game, but also the worst if we lose. Those stakes are what we want in football! What an opportunity for a legendary run to the Natty!

I wonder what MSU's home record is against top ten teams. I'm not sure NDSU was in the top 10 in 2023. I know they weren't seeded in the top 8. SDSU didn't finish in the top 10 this year, but I think you have to consider them a top ten team in this case. It's either X-1 or X-2, which is going to be a pretty good win percentage.

The Griz do have a good offense. Their defense has been up and down. Their STs have been up and down as well, down at kicker; up in the return game. I hear they're getting some players back and will be better if the two teams meet again in Bozeman. MSU, meanwhile, has several players nicked up. But the Bobcats have very good depth, which helps smooth that out. However, as deep as MSU is, no team can handle multiple injuries at the same position. The LB spot has been hard hit all year. First Daily, then Daily again, and now Ahrens. (Ahrens started the season as the No. 5 LB behind Krahe, who was getting considerable reps prior to that).

WAT? That's silly talk.

They were ranked 8th in the final poll. That was up from 12th after week 8. They went from 12th to 11th to 9th to 8th over the final four weeks. It was a down regular season for them. They bounced back to make it to the semis, but it was the worst year for NDSU since 2009 or 2010.

Gotchya, I thought you were saying they were never in the top ten in 2023, I'm with you now. That is nuts they were down that far that year, I didn't remember that.

[RedClowder]

For me, if we take care of business tomorrow night, which I believe we do; I have a win-win situation Saturday. If the griz lose that's awesome because I never complain about a griz loss! Their fans are absolute gold after a loss. If the griz win, we get another fun week with leadup into a game that has NEVER happened before. We get our rivals in OUR place with OUR fans with a shot at Nashville on the line. Doesn't get better than that for me!

Agreed. The Griz are very good this year, but it does not scare me if we get to play them again at home. Like I said before, even if the game is close and scrappy, we have a 95% win rate at home under Vigen, where we win 89% of those games by more than 10. That is a recipe for success in The Brawl 2.0! It would be one of the best days of most Cats fan's lives if we win that game, but also the worst if we lose. Those stakes are what we want in football! What an opportunity for a legendary run to the Natty!

I wonder what MSU's home record is against top ten teams. I'm not sure NDSU was in the top 10 in 2023. I know they weren't seeded in the top 8. SDSU didn't finish in the top 10 this year, but I think you have to consider them a top ten team in this case. It's either X-1 or X-2, which is going to be a pretty good win percentage.

The Griz do have a good offense. Their defense has been up and down. Their STs have been up and down as well, down at kicker; up in the return game. I hear they're getting some players back and will be better if the two teams meet again in Bozeman. MSU, meanwhile, has several players nicked up. But the Bobcats have very good depth, which helps smooth that out. However, as deep as MSU is, no team can handle multiple injuries at the same position. The LB spot has been hard hit all year. First Daily, then Daily again, and now Ahrens. (Ahrens started the season as the No. 5 LB behind Krahe, who was getting considerable reps prior to that).

WAT? That's silly talk.

They were ranked 8th in the final poll. That was up from 12th after week 8. They went from 12th to 11th to 9th to 8th over the final four weeks. It was a down regular season for them. They bounced back to make it to the semis, but it was the worst year for NDSU since 2009 or 2010.

Gotchya, I thought you were saying they were never in the top ten in 2023, I'm with you now. That is nuts they were down that far that year, I didn't remember that.

If I’m remembering correctly, NDSU lost to USD, SDSU AND UND in the regular season. Which was the first time they had lost to all 3 in a regular season ever.

Then the playoffs roll around and they trounced USD in vermillion after scraping by the bobcats before losing that OT or double OT thriller to the Griz. NDSU losing last weekend in the second round still doesn’t seem real

[grizzh8r]

For me, if we take care of business tomorrow night, which I believe we do; I have a win-win situation Saturday. If the griz lose that's awesome because I never complain about a griz loss! Their fans are absolute gold after a loss. If the griz win, we get another fun week with leadup into a game that has NEVER happened before. We get our rivals in OUR place with OUR fans with a shot at Nashville on the line. Doesn't get better than that for me!

Agreed. The Griz are very good this year, but it does not scare me if we get to play them again at home. Like I said before, even if the game is close and scrappy, we have a 95% win rate at home under Vigen, where we win 89% of those games by more than 10. That is a recipe for success in The Brawl 2.0! It would be one of the best days of most Cats fan's lives if we win that game, but also the worst if we lose. Those stakes are what we want in football! What an opportunity for a legendary run to the Natty!

I wonder what MSU's home record is against top ten teams. I'm not sure NDSU was in the top 10 in 2023. I know they weren't seeded in the top 8. SDSU didn't finish in the top 10 this year, but I think you have to consider them a top ten team in this case. It's either X-1 or X-2, which is going to be a pretty good win percentage.

The Griz do have a good offense. Their defense has been up and down. Their STs have been up and down as well, down at kicker; up in the return game. I hear they're getting some players back and will be better if the two teams meet again in Bozeman. MSU, meanwhile, has several players nicked up. But the Bobcats have very good depth, which helps smooth that out. However, as deep as MSU is, no team can handle multiple injuries at the same position. The LB spot has been hard hit all year. First Daily, then Daily again, and now Ahrens. (Ahrens started the season as the No. 5 LB behind Krahe, who was getting considerable reps prior to that).

WAT? That's silly talk.

They were ranked 8th in the final poll. That was up from 12th after week 8. They went from 12th to 11th to 9th to 8th over the final four weeks. It was a down regular season for them. They bounced back to make it to the semis, but it was the worst year for NDSU since 2009 or 2010.

Gotchya, I thought you were saying they were never in the top ten in 2023, I'm with you now. That is nuts they were down that far that year, I didn't remember that.

If I’m remembering correctly, NDSU lost to USD, SDSU AND UND in the regular season. Which was the first time they had lost to all 3 in a regular season ever.

Then the playoffs roll around and they trounced USD in vermillion after scraping by the bobcats before losing that OT or double OT thriller to the Griz. NDSU losing last weekend in the second round still doesn’t seem real

Oh, it's real for me. And I am SO here for it.

[Air Force Cat]

Crowd will be interesting...

[coloradocat]

Crowd will be interesting...

"Cmon Griz Nation, we're better than this!"

Narrator: They in fact are not better than this.

[Bocephus]

Crowd will be interesting...

"Cmon Griz Nation, we're better than this!"

Narrator: They in fact are not better than this.

They already played their super bowl and lost.

[RickRund]

Crowd will be interesting...

"Cmon Griz Nation, we're better than this!"

Narrator: They in fact are not better than this.

They already played their super bowl and lost.

That looks a bit worse than last weekend. What is going on gris …

[ilovethecats]

Crowd will be interesting...

"Cmon Griz Nation, we're better than this!"

Narrator: They in fact are not better than this.

They already played their super bowl and lost.

That looks a bit worse than last weekend. What is going on gris …

And their last week looked bad. To be fair when that south end zone is so empty like it was, it looks way worse.