How do Cats stack up against Griz
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WetBreeches
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
On paper the Cats definitely hold an advantage at most positions and have far superior depth. Wortham is scary and Gilman can always produce...but it is Cat/Griz, home teams have dominated lately, and the Griz have gotten "lucky" 3 times this year...not to mention the Cat dline continues to be superior to every oline and yet somehow never get held.
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
BBT you know your football and give Great analysis. I know I’m not alone in saying we really appreciate your input. One thing that you maybe don’t know, but are learning quickly is the average Griz fan that trolls on BN is dumb as F.BobcatBuiltTexan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 15, 2025 10:33 pmOh you sound dumb af to imply I said gillmann is alright when ilitetally compared his style to a HOF rb. A rb I actually played against in college, so I can definitely attest to the style.
Give me your position by position analytical skills based off scheme and ability of each position. I'll wait
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
Considering the gris have had the easiest schedule in the conference this year, it's hard not to be undefeated when all you are playing are community college teams. I think we spank them, even in hippytown. They're not that good, but it's a tough place to play with the noise. Jump out to a good lead though and the noise goes down significantly.
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
Obviously it doesn't always work this way in real life, but if UND can play the Pandas to basically a tie in Missoula, the Cats ought to be able to roll by 2+ scores.Augustus wrote: ↑Sun Nov 16, 2025 2:33 pmConsidering the gris have had the easiest schedule in the conference this year, it's hard not to be undefeated when all you are playing are community college teams. I think we spank them, even in hippytown. They're not that good, but it's a tough place to play with the noise. Jump out to a good lead though and the noise goes down significantly.
UM is good, but their resume is clearly a tier lower than MSUs.
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BobcatBuiltTexan
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
Lolol I'm starting to see that... which is why I asked to give me a breakdown based off ability and scheme, what do they see in full totality that says they're better. When you move past emotions and opinions you find out who can break it down so you know who to actually interact with lololJoe Bobcat wrote: ↑Sun Nov 16, 2025 1:02 pmBBT you know your football and give Great analysis. I know I’m not alone in saying we really appreciate your input. One thing that you maybe don’t know, but are learning quickly is the average Griz fan that trolls on BN is dumb as F.BobcatBuiltTexan wrote: ↑Sat Nov 15, 2025 10:33 pmOh you sound dumb af to imply I said gillmann is alright when ilitetally compared his style to a HOF rb. A rb I actually played against in college, so I can definitely attest to the style.
Give me your position by position analytical skills based off scheme and ability of each position. I'll wait
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
Not that it matters really, but i wonder how the griz would have done vs Davis?
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
Me, too. Would love to have a 9-team conference.
MSU - 16 team National Champions (most recent 2024); 57 individual National Champions (most recent 2023).
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
Barring a huge, huge load of gris luck, they'd lose.
Oh, I forgot to add a huge, huge dose of last night's zebras.
Pandas and zebras - a real zoo over there.
Can't make up my mind as to which is better - 55-21 or 48-14, but 34-11 will do.
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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz
The two best rushing offenses that the Griz have faced are SAC and UND.
SAC is averaging 254 yds/game and 5.7 YPC. Vs UM, they had 141 yds and 3.3 YPC.
UND is averaging 210 yds/game and 5.1 YPC. @UM, they had 202 yds and 4.9 YPC.
So in one case, they held them way below their season averages and in the other they basically gave up what the team typically gains.
What's interesting is that in the SAC game, they allowed them to majorly overperform their season average in the passing game:
337 yds, 10.2 YPA Vs. UM where their average is 176 YPG and 9.1 YPA.
SAC is averaging 254 yds/game and 5.7 YPC. Vs UM, they had 141 yds and 3.3 YPC.
UND is averaging 210 yds/game and 5.1 YPC. @UM, they had 202 yds and 4.9 YPC.
So in one case, they held them way below their season averages and in the other they basically gave up what the team typically gains.
What's interesting is that in the SAC game, they allowed them to majorly overperform their season average in the passing game:
337 yds, 10.2 YPA Vs. UM where their average is 176 YPG and 9.1 YPA.