The Good, the Bad, the Ugly - Drake

[Camo_Cat]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
R.J.'s injury

[BelgradeBobcat]

The Good: That was so much freaking fun. The whole event.
The Bad: The only bad thing about the BAC is the prowl as we knew is gone forever. It just doesn't have the same impact having the team go by in track suits way, way early. Everybody's too sober at that point.
The Ugly: Our video board really looks bad. Very faded and much too small by today's standards. I'm sure an upgrade is in the works.

[Camo_Cat]

The Good: That was so much freaking fun. The whole event.
The Bad: The only bad thing about the BAC is the prowl as we knew is gone forever. It just doesn't have the same impact having the team go by in track suits way, way early. Everybody's too sober at that point.
The Ugly: Our video board really looks bad. Very faded and much too small by today's standards. I'm sure an upgrade is in the works.

I had the same thoughts about the Prowl. Not as much excitement. Maybe it will get better, but not the same as having the guys walk by in full pads and fired up

[bobcatozzy]

When did Tjs injury happen?

[onceacat]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
T.J.'s injury

I would say Oline is a major concern moving forward. Not so much the next month, but they are WAY behind the 8 ball when it comes to holding up to UM, Weber, or a second round visit to a MVFC team.

[Camo_Cat]

When did Tjs injury happen?

Meant to type R.J.; damn phone keyboard!

He went out early in the 2nd quarter I think.

[bobcatozzy]

Sorry I meant RJ

[mslacatfan]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
R.J.'s injury

I’d say it’s too early to give a fair analysis on troys new position and role... give it a couple more games.

He also should have had an INT (right in his hands), which he prob would have taken to the house... his overall performance would have looked a lot different had that happened.

[84CatGrad]

The Good:
The whole-field American flag. Spectacular.
The rodeo team riding onto the field - never gets old.
McKay's pinpoint passing. Best we've seen since DeNarius.
McCutcheon. He is clearly McKay's favorite and is looking like a big game receiver early on.
Glessner. Sure his XP's need some height but this kid looks good.
'Cat D. Especially Hardy and Okada.

The Bad:
RJ's injury. Very unfortunate but his inspirational effect on the team will be there whether he is on the field or not. He will be back.
1st half rushing. Drake had us bottled up.

The Ugly:
Students throwing T-shirts on the field. Stop it. It tarnished an otherwise spectacularly boisterous effort by the students.

[superbobcat]

Good:
DE play
Offensive balance
James Campbell playing well
Hardy on STeams, lighting guys up

So So:
O line inconsistent
My jury is still out on Beer Garden
Old guy sitting behind me who knew everything and bitched about everyone else.

Ugly:
Yellow shirts being thrown on field
Willie’s back flip— selfish
RJ’s elbow injury

[BelligerentBobcat]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
T.J.'s injury

I would say Oline is a major concern moving forward. Not so much the next month, but they are WAY behind the 8 ball when it comes to holding up to UM, Weber, or a second round visit to a MVFC team.

We ran fine against Wyoming. Does that count for nothing?

[bobcatozzy]

Yes was getting very annoyed with the yellow t-shirts being thrown on the field by the students.

[kwcat]

The Good:
The whole-field American flag. Spectacular.
The rodeo team riding onto the field - never gets old.
McKay's pinpoint passing. Best we've seen since DeNarius.
McCutcheon. He is clearly McKay's favorite and is looking like a big game receiver early on.
Glessner. Sure his XP's need some height but this kid looks good.
'Cat D. Especially Hardy and Okada.

The Bad:
RJ's injury. Very unfortunate but his inspirational effect on the team will be there whether he is on the field or not. He will be back.
1st half rushing. Drake had us bottled up.

The Ugly:
Students throwing T-shirts on the field. Stop it. It tarnished an otherwise spectacularly boisterous effort by the students.

In regard to RJ‘s injury besides the obvious looking bad, what an impressive kid. He has been completely unselfish and plays his tail off since he’s been here. And even while he’s being helped off the field pumps his helmet in the air for the fans and players to say let’s go Cats!

[onceacat]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
T.J.'s injury

I would say Oline is a major concern moving forward. Not so much the next month, but they are WAY behind the 8 ball when it comes to holding up to UM, Weber, or a second round visit to a MVFC team.

We ran fine against Wyoming. Does that count for nothing?

I think the strategy of “Let Ifanse get hit at the line of scrimmage & make it up with yards after contact” is suspect against good teams.

We ran “fine” yesterday too (4 yards per carry, exactly the same as against WY)…but we lost last week. Unless the Oline play improves, it’s going to be a long painful slog through Ogden, Cheney, Missoula, and Fargo/Brookings in November & December.

When it was ‘fine’ against a good WY front 7, that was one thing…but when that becomes a pattern, it’s a point of concern.

[Cataholic]

The Good:
The whole-field American flag. Spectacular.
The rodeo team riding onto the field - never gets old.
McKay's pinpoint passing. Best we've seen since DeNarius.
McCutcheon. He is clearly McKay's favorite and is looking like a big game receiver early on.
Glessner. Sure his XP's need some height but this kid looks good.
'Cat D. Especially Hardy and Okada.

The Bad:
RJ's injury. Very unfortunate but his inspirational effect on the team will be there whether he is on the field or not. He will be back.
1st half rushing. Drake had us bottled up.

The Ugly:
Students throwing T-shirts on the field. Stop it. It tarnished an otherwise spectacularly boisterous effort by the students.

In regard to RJ‘s injury besides the obvious looking bad, what an impressive kid. He has been completely unselfish and plays his tail off since he’s been here. And even while he’s being helped off the field pumps his helmet in the air for the fans and players to say let’s go Cats!

He is a class act and exceptional teammate! Proud that he is a Bobcat!

[tetoncat]

4000 students, about 5 shirts that hit the field, I laughed when they said it can't be a penalty. I know that is true, but how do you know which teams fan throws the items.

Good. McKay, Patterson, McCutcheon, Okada, DE pressure.
Bad. I thought Campbell got beat several times, did we switch to zone in their drive right before half, didn't really like pregame events (fewer fireworks, singer average, in field events seemed around wait for and add them rushed to get done, looked like first game in 2 years with new staff
Ugly. Fitzgerald injury, Drake offense thru first half until last drive

[BelligerentBobcat]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
T.J.'s injury

I would say Oline is a major concern moving forward. Not so much the next month, but they are WAY behind the 8 ball when it comes to holding up to UM, Weber, or a second round visit to a MVFC team.

We ran fine against Wyoming. Does that count for nothing?

I think the strategy of “Let Ifanse get hit at the line of scrimmage & make it up with yards after contact” is suspect against good teams.

We ran “fine” yesterday too (4 yards per carry, exactly the same as against WY)…but we lost last week. Unless the Oline play improves, it’s going to be a long painful slog through Ogden, Cheney, Missoula, and Fargo/Brookings in November & December.

When it was ‘fine’ against a good WY front 7, that was one thing…but when that becomes a pattern, it’s a point of concern.

It’s pretty difficult to block more 6 when you have 5, or 7 when you have 6. They sold out the run, so we passed. I wouldn’t be too worried.

[Camo_Cat]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
T.J.'s injury

I would say Oline is a major concern moving forward. Not so much the next month, but they are WAY behind the 8 ball when it comes to holding up to UM, Weber, or a second round visit to a MVFC team.

We ran fine against Wyoming. Does that count for nothing?

I would say that so far, everyone runs fine against Wyoming. NIU put up 244 yards on the ground against them yesterday. Turns out, running against Wyoming is fairly easy.

[onceacat]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
T.J.'s injury

I would say Oline is a major concern moving forward. Not so much the next month, but they are WAY behind the 8 ball when it comes to holding up to UM, Weber, or a second round visit to a MVFC team.

We ran fine against Wyoming. Does that count for nothing?

I think the strategy of “Let Ifanse get hit at the line of scrimmage & make it up with yards after contact” is suspect against good teams.

We ran “fine” yesterday too (4 yards per carry, exactly the same as against WY)…but we lost last week. Unless the Oline play improves, it’s going to be a long painful slog through Ogden, Cheney, Missoula, and Fargo/Brookings in November & December.

When it was ‘fine’ against a good WY front 7, that was one thing…but when that becomes a pattern, it’s a point of concern.

It’s pretty difficult to block more 6 when you have 5, or 7 when you have 6. They sold out the run, so we passed. I wouldn’t be too worried.

I’m curious about what it will take to get you ‘worried’. Just to be clear, I’m more ‘concerned’ than ‘worried’ at this point.

But I’m not feeling warm fuzzies, that’s for sure.

[BleedingBLue]

The Good:
Gold Rush was back, baby!
Passing game came alive
Ty Okada - 'nuff said
Willie Patterson
Defense was stout

The Bad:
O-line run blocking was suspect
Troy played well, but his talents are not being fully utilized in his current position
Point after kicking has got to improve; kicks are starting way to low

The Ugly:
T.J.'s injury

I would say Oline is a major concern moving forward. Not so much the next month, but they are WAY behind the 8 ball when it comes to holding up to UM, Weber, or a second round visit to a MVFC team.

We ran fine against Wyoming. Does that count for nothing?

I think the strategy of “Let Ifanse get hit at the line of scrimmage & make it up with yards after contact” is suspect against good teams.

We ran “fine” yesterday too (4 yards per carry, exactly the same as against WY)…but we lost last week. Unless the Oline play improves, it’s going to be a long painful slog through Ogden, Cheney, Missoula, and Fargo/Brookings in November & December.

When it was ‘fine’ against a good WY front 7, that was one thing…but when that becomes a pattern, it’s a point of concern.

It’s pretty difficult to block more 6 when you have 5, or 7 when you have 6. They sold out the run, so we passed. I wouldn’t be too worried.

I’m curious about what it will take to get you ‘worried’. Just to be clear, I’m more ‘concerned’ than ‘worried’ at this point.

But I’m not feeling warm fuzzies, that’s for sure.

Watch the replay of the game and specifically watch the O Line. I don't think you will be as concerned.