The Unofficial Unofficial Official Gameday Thread

[utucats]

This board is nuts. 2 natty appearances.

...That we LOST and should have won. There was NO excuse for losing last year. NONE.

Vigen is bought and paid for. Prove me wrong.

I do think we had a great shot at winning last year and wish we’d have been more aggressive in the 1st half but many of you seem to be forgetting all the big games that had to be won to get us there.

[Duane]

Some of you should just go cheer for the pink team that prefers to buy wins instead of playing quality opponents. The 2 fumbles and blocked punt that turned into a TD and dumb penalties were far more deciding factors than the play calling.

[catgrad05]

Vigen won’t be here next year.

From your lips to God's ears.

With any luck he won’t be here next week. It was unfunny two years ago and is untenable now. Yet another let down against a dsu

This board is nuts. 2 natty appearances. Oklahoma State showed everyone how dominant Oregon is and we just lost a tight game against one of the premier programs in FCS. It’s amazing how much perspective some Cat fans have lost. We all want to win but I’m willing to bet that a lot of you look foolish at the end of the season.

Yeah, theres plenty to be critical of, in particular the OC calling 15 or so designed runs for Lamson...and whoever is in charge of the punt team...

But these comments are bonkers.

Cats are still a lock for the Semis and its not even close to the #4 team.

Absolutely, our defense is really strong and will get better as the year goes on. We will put up lots of good offensive performances this year as well

All I’m saying is we don’t have a championship caliber offense play caller. Doesn’t understand how to wear down a defense for the end of a game and give his defense rest

We are a damn good team but offensive play calling cost us tonight

[MSU01]

Cats are still a lock for the Semis and its not even close to the #4 team.

Lock for the semis? We don't make past the quarters, if we make the playoffs at all.

Sorry, but as a life long Cat fan, we're done for the next 2-3 years...at least.

That's an odd take, who are the four FCS teams that are clearly better than MSU at this point in the season?

[utucats]

We literally graduated one of the most dynamic players in program history and are still competing with the top of the FCS. Vigen is a stud.

Oh great another Vigen apologist. How many losses against the dsu and gris will be enough for you to say show him the door?

Vigen is, I believe, 47-12. I sure am an apologist.

You didn’t answer the question. How many more times do you want to lose to the gris and dsu schools?

You can flaunt his record all you want but how many of those victories come against equally matched programs and rosters?

We barely lost to SDSU with a new QB. You haven’t been a Cats fan for long if you haven’t learned how to deal with disappointment.

[onceacat]

We literally graduated one of the most dynamic players in program history and are still competing with the top of the FCS. Vigen is a stud.

Oh great another Vigen apologist. How many losses against the dsu and gris will be enough for you to say show him the door?

Vigen is, I believe, 47-12. I sure am an apologist.

Bill Belicheck with Tom Brady is considered the greatest dynasty in pro football history & they went 77%. According to your numbers Vigen is 79% and just as good without Tommy as with.

People need to have a serious reality check.

[catgrad05]

Vigen won’t be here next year.

From your lips to God's ears.

With any luck he won’t be here next week. It was unfunny two years ago and is untenable now. Yet another let down against a dsu

This board is nuts. 2 natty appearances. Oklahoma State showed everyone how dominant Oregon is and we just lost a tight game against one of the premier programs in FCS. It’s amazing how much perspective some Cat fans have lost. We all want to win but I’m willing to bet that a lot of you look foolish at the end of the season.

Yeah, theres plenty to be critical of, in particular the OC calling 15 or so designed runs for Lamson...and whoever is in charge of the punt team...

But these comments are bonkers.

Cats are still a lock for the Semis and its not even close to the #4 team.

Absolutely, our defense is really strong and will get better as the year goes on. We will put up lots of good offensive performances this year as well

All I’m saying is we don’t have a championship caliber offense play caller. Doesn’t understand how to wear down a defense for the end of a game and give his defense rest

We are a damn good team but offensive play calling cost us tonight

I will go as far as saying we win out going into cat griz. We lost a hard fought game, we have lots of playmakers across the board but this falls on the OC

[onceacat]

Vigen won’t be here next year.

From your lips to God's ears.

With any luck he won’t be here next week. It was unfunny two years ago and is untenable now. Yet another let down against a dsu

This board is nuts. 2 natty appearances. Oklahoma State showed everyone how dominant Oregon is and we just lost a tight game against one of the premier programs in FCS. It’s amazing how much perspective some Cat fans have lost. We all want to win but I’m willing to bet that a lot of you look foolish at the end of the season.

Yeah, theres plenty to be critical of, in particular the OC calling 15 or so designed runs for Lamson...and whoever is in charge of the punt team...

But these comments are bonkers.

Cats are still a lock for the Semis and its not even close to the #4 team.

Absolutely, our defense is really strong and will get better as the year goes on. We will put up lots of good offensive performances this year as well

All I’m saying is we don’t have a championship caliber offense play caller. Doesn’t understand how to wear down a defense for the end of a game and give his defense rest

We are a damn good team but offensive play calling cost us tonight

Don't let the punt squad off the hook. Lamson & the rest of the offense were plenty adequate against UO, but the punt team has been a ****** of missed blocks & unforced procedure pentaties that spotted opposing teams 14 points in 2 weeks.

OC has me worried. Punt team has me scared ******. We are about one procedure penalty away from never punting under any circumstances for the rest of the season.

[gris_h8er]

We literally graduated one of the most dynamic players in program history and are still competing with the top of the FCS. Vigen is a stud.

Oh great another Vigen apologist. How many losses against the dsu and gris will be enough for you to say show him the door?

Vigen is, I believe, 47-12. I sure am an apologist.

You didn’t answer the question. How many more times do you want to lose to the gris and dsu schools?

You can flaunt his record all you want but how many of those victories come against equally matched programs and rosters?

We barely lost to SDSU with a new QB. You haven’t been a Cats fan for long if you haven’t learned how to deal with disappointment.

Accepting disappointment cause “they’re the cats” is ridiculous. There is no reason to not raise standards when the talent and money is being put into the program. It’s one thing for Cliff or Cramer to struggle against more well funded teams. However Vigen has better rosters, better facilities and a larger school. Seems like now is the time to raise expectations and take action to meet the higher expectations.

Nothing wrong with raising the standards. Advocating for lower or lowering standards is embarrassing. Have some pride. Have some goals. “They’re not as bad as the cats have been in the past” is not a goal and it’s not worth saying out loud.

[utucats]

Cats are still a lock for the Semis and its not even close to the #4 team.

Lock for the semis? We don't make past the quarters, if we make the playoffs at all.

Sorry, but as a life long Cat fan, we're done for the next 2-3 years...at least.

Since you’ve lost all hope, you should find a new team. We won’t miss you and there are plenty to take your spot.

[JoeCatsJoe]

A lot of these posts are ridiculous. Vigen is a good coach who has dominated the in state recruiting battle, consistently brought in high level talent, and has led us to two natty appearances. It’s ridiculous to think we’d fire him. However, it’s also fair to say that we have a huge DSU problem. We cannot beat those guys. We lose every close game against them. I’m so sick and tired of the woulda, coulda, shoulda of these games. We lost. We’re not at their level until we actually WIN against them. And I’m sick and tired of losing these close games to the DSUs where we get out executed when it matters. But that’s a pretty good problem to have. 15 years ago, we would KILL to be a tier in our own right below the NDSUs and SDSUs of the world. So it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but it’s not all storm clouds and sadness either.

[utucats]

We literally graduated one of the most dynamic players in program history and are still competing with the top of the FCS. Vigen is a stud.

Oh great another Vigen apologist. How many losses against the dsu and gris will be enough for you to say show him the door?

Vigen is, I believe, 47-12. I sure am an apologist.

You didn’t answer the question. How many more times do you want to lose to the gris and dsu schools?

You can flaunt his record all you want but how many of those victories come against equally matched programs and rosters?

We barely lost to SDSU with a new QB. You haven’t been a Cats fan for long if you haven’t learned how to deal with disappointment.

Accepting disappointment cause “they’re the cats” is ridiculous. There is no reason to not raise standards when the talent and money is being put into the program. It’s one thing for Cliff or Cramer to struggle against more well funded teams. However Vigen has better rosters, better facilities and a larger school. Seems like now is the time to raise expectations and take action to meet the higher expectations.

Nothing wrong with raising the standards. Advocating for lower or lowering standards is embarrassing. Have some pride. Have some goals. “They’re not as bad as the cats have been in the past” is not a goal and it’s not worth saying out loud.

Man up and learn to deal with disappointment. Your inability to control yourself is childish. When we end up deep in the playoffs I hope you don’t pretend to be back on the bandwagon.

[onceacat]

By far the worst OT in sports. Just trash.

People say some crazy things on this thread, but college football OT is far and away the best OT rule in any sport any division.

Its an order of magnitude better than any other sport.

SMH

Lol

And, yet true. Better than a shootout. 1000x better than NFL. Better than basketball extra period or extra innings.

Nothing else even comes close.

It literally is a shootout lol

College OT is fundamentally a completely different format than the rest of the game. You're completely changing the rules of the game.
It's a different game altogether.
You're starting at the 25 without doing anything to earn getting there. First OT is basically guaranteed 3 points without even moving the ball. That's not football.

A long time ago, teams started on the 15 and there was no requirement to go for two. You really wouldn’t have liked that.

Yep, going for 2 after the 1st OT is a huge improvement.

Of course you are going kick a 75% field goal without moving the ball. Thats what puts pressure on the other team.

BEST. OT. IN ANY SPORT, ANY LEVEL.

And not even close.

Didn't realize we were getting a free comedy show here tonight. This is great.

A FG is what puts pressure on the other team? To do what? Also kick a near guaranteed FG? Lol

The thread has already turned into a bad joke.

Yes...

BEST

OT

IN

ALL

SPORTS

And its not even close.

Keep saying it all you want. Doesn't make it true.
It's not what football is.

You are correct. It's not what football is.

Its football distilled to its most basic essence.

Like how whiskey isn't what corn is, its distilled into something even more perfect.

[Augustus]

Some of you guys are just fargin delusional.

And in the name of all things holy, can some of you guys learn how to prune your posts? For f***s sake, do you realize how hard it is to scroll through that crap?!?!

It ain't hard! Really!

[onceacat]

Cats are still a lock for the Semis and its not even close to the #4 team.

Lock for the semis? We don't make past the quarters, if we make the playoffs at all.

Sorry, but as a life long Cat fan, we're done for the next 2-3 years...at least.

Sweet Jeezus you buffoon. Lay off the bottle.

Theres not a team on the schedule that will challenge the Bobcats until the Brawl.

Obvious first round bye, home field for 2nd round & the Quarters. Possible home field for the semis if NDSU or SDSU drop a game.

Do you not watch college football?

[gris_h8er]

We literally graduated one of the most dynamic players in program history and are still competing with the top of the FCS. Vigen is a stud.

Oh great another Vigen apologist. How many losses against the dsu and gris will be enough for you to say show him the door?

Vigen is, I believe, 47-12. I sure am an apologist.

You didn’t answer the question. How many more times do you want to lose to the gris and dsu schools?

You can flaunt his record all you want but how many of those victories come against equally matched programs and rosters?

We barely lost to SDSU with a new QB. You haven’t been a Cats fan for long if you haven’t learned how to deal with disappointment.

Accepting disappointment cause “they’re the cats” is ridiculous. There is no reason to not raise standards when the talent and money is being put into the program. It’s one thing for Cliff or Cramer to struggle against more well funded teams. However Vigen has better rosters, better facilities and a larger school. Seems like now is the time to raise expectations and take action to meet the higher expectations.

Nothing wrong with raising the standards. Advocating for lower or lowering standards is embarrassing. Have some pride. Have some goals. “They’re not as bad as the cats have been in the past” is not a goal and it’s not worth saying out loud.

Man up and learn to deal with disappointment. Your inability to control yourself is childish. When we end up deep in the playoffs I hope you don’t pretend to be back on the bandwagon.

I’ll never be a Vigen supporter. Best that will happen is I say nothing. The first disappointment is a fact of life but doing nothing and accepting the second disappointment with no intention of correction or search for how to rectify it is childish. Saying this is the second disappointment isn’t childish, it’s delusional. Vigen consistently disappoints against equal competition.

Want to give him until 2035 to beat a dsu?

[onceacat]

Some of you guys are just fargin delusional.

And in the name of all things holy, can some of you guys learn how to prune your posts? For f***s sake, do you realize how hard it is to scroll through that crap?!?!

It ain't hard! Really!

Like people who think that this team is going to struggle to run the tables until the Brawl?

Yeah, there are a lot of delusional fans on this board.

You might check the mirror.

[GoCats18]

We showed tonight that we are easily a top four team. You put that SDSU in Missoula tonight, SDSU wins by 20+. Yes we have things to fix and work on, but this team should not be taken lightly and we will be a contender come playoff time.

[onceacat]

We literally graduated one of the most dynamic players in program history and are still competing with the top of the FCS. Vigen is a stud.

Oh great another Vigen apologist. How many losses against the dsu and gris will be enough for you to say show him the door?

Vigen is, I believe, 47-12. I sure am an apologist.

You didn’t answer the question. How many more times do you want to lose to the gris and dsu schools?

You can flaunt his record all you want but how many of those victories come against equally matched programs and rosters?

We barely lost to SDSU with a new QB. You haven’t been a Cats fan for long if you haven’t learned how to deal with disappointment.

Accepting disappointment cause “they’re the cats” is ridiculous. There is no reason to not raise standards when the talent and money is being put into the program. It’s one thing for Cliff or Cramer to struggle against more well funded teams. However Vigen has better rosters, better facilities and a larger school. Seems like now is the time to raise expectations and take action to meet the higher expectations.

Nothing wrong with raising the standards. Advocating for lower or lowering standards is embarrassing. Have some pride. Have some goals. “They’re not as bad as the cats have been in the past” is not a goal and it’s not worth saying out loud.

Man up and learn to deal with disappointment. Your inability to control yourself is childish. When we end up deep in the playoffs I hope you don’t pretend to be back on the bandwagon.

I’ll never be a Vigen supporter. Best that will happen is I say nothing. The first disappointment is a fact of life but doing nothing and accepting the second disappointment with no intention of correction or search for how to rectify it is childish. Saying this is the second disappointment isn’t childish, it’s delusional. Vigen consistently disappoints against equal competition.

Want to give him until 2035 to beat a dsu?

Phil Jackson had a 70% win record & he had at least 4 of the top 10 players to ever play BB on his teams.

Bill Belicheck had a 77% win rate with Tom Brady

Dean Smith had a 77% win rate.

Nick Saban had an 80% win rate.

Nick Saban is the only one in that group with a better W-L than Vigen.

[Augustus]

Sweet Jeezus you buffoon. Lay off the bottle.

Theres not a team on the schedule that will challenge the Bobcats until the Brawl.

Obvious first round bye, home field for 2nd round & the Quarters. Possible home field for the semis if NDSU or SDSU drop a game.

Do you not watch college football?

Now I'm a buffoon? Cool. I was waiting for more childish name-calling.

Again, sorry to burst your bubble, but we don't make it past the quarters this year...if that.