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:lol: :lol: HB 112 what a piece of work world we live in. It would be nice for common sense to make a showing before the Kapeenicks, biles, and king james run the show into the ground.


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Post by 083190 » Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:52 pm

Dedicated conference rivals for Cats and UM.....

UM loses Idaho and adds Portland State
MSU loses UNC and adds Eastern



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Re: Off season random *^%$

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083190 wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:52 pm
Dedicated conference rivals for Cats and UM.....

UM loses Idaho and adds Portland State
MSU loses UNC and adds Eastern
This makes sense for MSU and no sense for um. Idaho and um have been rivals since they were both in the Pacific Coast Conference. I guess Bobby wanted a guaranteed win every year and Barnum wants to stay besties with Bobby.


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Re: Off season random *^%$

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rivercat wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:45 pm
083190 wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:52 pm
Dedicated conference rivals for Cats and UM.....

UM loses Idaho and adds Portland State
MSU loses UNC and adds Eastern
This makes sense for MSU and no sense for um. Idaho and um have been rivals since they were both in the Pacific Coast Conference. I guess Bobby wanted a guaranteed win every year and Barnum wants to stay besties with Bobby.
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"Montana, Montana State get new protected rivals in Big Sky Conference play for 2022-24 seasons | MSU Bobcats | 406mtsports.com" https://406mtsports.com/college/big-sky ... 7.amp.html

Aaron Best's comment about not being a natural rival with the Cats because of distance is pretty funny to me.



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Post by TomCat88 » Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:24 pm

Some stupid stuff here. Since when do leagues determine who has a rivalry? Rivalries take place naturally. Some are very old, others just got started.

Helena Capital and CMR birthed a rivalry a few decades ago simply from playing each other in the playoffs and state title games, but that rivalry is gone now, due to the evolution of football. The AA athletic directors didn't decide to make it a rivalry, it just happened. HHS and CHS, CMR and GFH, etc will always be rivals.

This is a stay-in-your-lane-bro moment. The BSC staff needs to not worry itself with who's a rival. If they want to slot teams against each other every year, so be it, but they need to quit acting god-like.


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Re: Off season random *^%$

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TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:24 pm
Some stupid stuff here. Since when do leagues determine who has a rivalry? Rivalries take place naturally. Some are very old, others just got started.

Helena Capital and CMR birthed a rivalry a few decades ago simply from playing each other in the playoffs and state title games, but that rivalry is gone now, due to the evolution of football. The AA athletic directors didn't decide to make it a rivalry, it just happened. HHS and CHS, CMR and GFH, etc will always be rivals.

This is a stay-in-your-lane-bro moment. The BSC staff needs to not worry itself with who's a rival. If they want to slot teams against each other every year, so be it, but they need to quit acting god-like.
Did you read the article?
The conference didn’t take a “god-like” approach to this.
Every school put in two choices for rivals and they were guaranteed one of them. The second one likely came down to making sure there was mutual interest and it made sense.

I’m cool with EWU as our other rival. Thats a challenging game that should benefit the program year in and year out.
The griz getting PSU over Idaho or EWU is a joke though.

Man I hate the bigger conference in general though. I wish everyone was able to play each team in the conference every year and we wouldn’t be dealing with this bs to begin with.



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Re: Off season random *^%$

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Catsrgrood wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:13 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:24 pm
Some stupid stuff here. Since when do leagues determine who has a rivalry? Rivalries take place naturally. Some are very old, others just got started.

Helena Capital and CMR birthed a rivalry a few decades ago simply from playing each other in the playoffs and state title games, but that rivalry is gone now, due to the evolution of football. The AA athletic directors didn't decide to make it a rivalry, it just happened. HHS and CHS, CMR and GFH, etc will always be rivals.

This is a stay-in-your-lane-bro moment. The BSC staff needs to not worry itself with who's a rival. If they want to slot teams against each other every year, so be it, but they need to quit acting god-like.
Did you read the article?
The conference didn’t take a “god-like” approach to this.
Every school put in two choices for rivals and they were guaranteed one of them. The second one likely came down to making sure there was mutual interest and it made sense.

I’m cool with EWU as our other rival. Thats a challenging game that should benefit the program year in and year out.
The griz getting PSU over Idaho or EWU is a joke though.

Man I hate the bigger conference in general though. I wish everyone was able to play each team in the conference every year and we wouldn’t be dealing with this bs to begin with.
I really hope that at least 2 of the California schools or 1 of them and UNC move to the WAC eventually. Even a 10 team conference where you only miss 1 team a year would be so much better. It'd be really easy to have 1 or 2 teams you play every year and you rotate through the other teams every year just like now.



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Re: Off season random *^%$

Post by ilovethecats » Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:04 am

Catsrgrood wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:13 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:24 pm
Some stupid stuff here. Since when do leagues determine who has a rivalry? Rivalries take place naturally. Some are very old, others just got started.

Helena Capital and CMR birthed a rivalry a few decades ago simply from playing each other in the playoffs and state title games, but that rivalry is gone now, due to the evolution of football. The AA athletic directors didn't decide to make it a rivalry, it just happened. HHS and CHS, CMR and GFH, etc will always be rivals.

This is a stay-in-your-lane-bro moment. The BSC staff needs to not worry itself with who's a rival. If they want to slot teams against each other every year, so be it, but they need to quit acting god-like.
Did you read the article?
The conference didn’t take a “god-like” approach to this.
Every school put in two choices for rivals and they were guaranteed one of them. The second one likely came down to making sure there was mutual interest and it made sense.

I’m cool with EWU as our other rival. Thats a challenging game that should benefit the program year in and year out.
The griz getting PSU over Idaho or EWU is a joke though.

Man I hate the bigger conference in general though. I wish everyone was able to play each team in the conference every year and we wouldn’t be dealing with this bs to begin with.
It’s still dumb. We have ONE rival. Always have, always will. Just because the conference tabs us to play some team 3 years in a row doesn’t magically make it a rivalry. They’re just a team we were scheduled to play three years in a row.

That said, I like that we play EWU. They’ve had our number bad over the last decade plus. We’re either going to gain a little ground on them or it’s going to get worse. Still doesn’t make it a rivalry.



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Re: Off season random *^%$

Post by TomCat88 » Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:05 am

Catsrgrood wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:13 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:24 pm
Some stupid stuff here. Since when do leagues determine who has a rivalry? Rivalries take place naturally. Some are very old, others just got started.

Helena Capital and CMR birthed a rivalry a few decades ago simply from playing each other in the playoffs and state title games, but that rivalry is gone now, due to the evolution of football. The AA athletic directors didn't decide to make it a rivalry, it just happened. HHS and CHS, CMR and GFH, etc will always be rivals.

This is a stay-in-your-lane-bro moment. The BSC staff needs to not worry itself with who's a rival. If they want to slot teams against each other every year, so be it, but they need to quit acting god-like.
Did you read the article?
The conference didn’t take a “god-like” approach to this.
Every school put in two choices for rivals and they were guaranteed one of them. The second one likely came down to making sure there was mutual interest and it made sense.

I’m cool with EWU as our other rival. Thats a challenging game that should benefit the program year in and year out.
The griz getting PSU over Idaho or EWU is a joke though.

Man I hate the bigger conference in general though. I wish everyone was able to play each team in the conference every year and we wouldn’t be dealing with this bs to begin with.
Fair enough, it isn't entirely the conference's fault. The school's chipped in, too. Still, rivalries happen naturally and are not designated by any single person or group. Yes, playing EWU annually is great and MSU and EWU have had some great games. The league/schools should just quit calling the teams you're playing three straight years a rivalry. That isn't for them to decide. Call it something else.

The school administrators, conferences, NCAA have grown overbearing over the years IMO. They're all screaming for attention, meanwhile, the games themselves are becoming afterthoughts.


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TomCat88 wrote:
Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:05 am
Catsrgrood wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:13 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:24 pm
Some stupid stuff here. Since when do leagues determine who has a rivalry? Rivalries take place naturally. Some are very old, others just got started.

Helena Capital and CMR birthed a rivalry a few decades ago simply from playing each other in the playoffs and state title games, but that rivalry is gone now, due to the evolution of football. The AA athletic directors didn't decide to make it a rivalry, it just happened. HHS and CHS, CMR and GFH, etc will always be rivals.

This is a stay-in-your-lane-bro moment. The BSC staff needs to not worry itself with who's a rival. If they want to slot teams against each other every year, so be it, but they need to quit acting god-like.
Did you read the article?
The conference didn’t take a “god-like” approach to this.
Every school put in two choices for rivals and they were guaranteed one of them. The second one likely came down to making sure there was mutual interest and it made sense.

I’m cool with EWU as our other rival. Thats a challenging game that should benefit the program year in and year out.
The griz getting PSU over Idaho or EWU is a joke though.

Man I hate the bigger conference in general though. I wish everyone was able to play each team in the conference every year and we wouldn’t be dealing with this bs to begin with.
Fair enough, it isn't entirely the conference's fault. The school's chipped in, too. Still, rivalries happen naturally and are not designated by any single person or group. Yes, playing EWU annually is great and MSU and EWU have had some great games. The league/schools should just quit calling the teams you're playing three straight years a rivalry. That isn't for them to decide. Call it something else.

The school administrators, conferences, NCAA have grown overbearing over the years IMO. They're all screaming for attention, meanwhile, the games themselves are becoming afterthoughts.
Don't sweat it. As you MSU, um, and ewu regularly make the playoffs and are ALWAYS pitted against one another in the early rounds. So we still get to play em as rivals.


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Post by allcat » Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:01 am

The whole rivalry thing is for the Montana schools. Cat griz is the biggest game in the conference. That game also gets the conference the other tv stuff. The rest of it is just a scheduling thing.


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allcat wrote:
Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:01 am
The whole rivalry thing is for the Montana schools. Cat griz is the biggest game in the conference. That game also gets the conference the other tv stuff. The rest of it is just a scheduling thing.
Ya, agree. As someone else said above, just don't call them "rivalry" games. Call them "preferred conference foe" games or something like that.


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