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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by kwcat » Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:06 pm

TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Montana State put up 532 yards today and did not use Wortham at all! :-k



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by onceacat » Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm

TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by OldGriz » Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:11 pm

onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.
How did the Cats do?



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by FA_Q_M » Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:12 pm

TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
I have 88 yds rushing vs Weber's defense this year...
And...i think the Cat's HAVE seen a comparable offense: Idaho State.
Yes, i have blue and gold colored glasses, but at the end if the day i'll ALWAYS bet on a great to defense to overwhelm a prolific offense. This year's defense is special.


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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by onceacat » Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:53 pm

OldGriz wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:11 pm
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.
How did the Cats do?
Pandas aren't Oregon. Wortham wouldn't make the Oregon practice squad.



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by Cataholic » Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:56 pm

OldGriz wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:11 pm
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.
How did the Cats do?
Yeah. You are not a troll.. ](*,) Trolling on a rivals board after your team just won? How pathetic are you man? I am guessing you never played the game.



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by MTnative » Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:59 pm

OldGriz wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:11 pm
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.
How did the Cats do?
You’re quite good at cherry picking the low hanging fruit. You should definitely try your hand in politics.

Cats defense > untested griz offense



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by ilovethecats » Sun Nov 02, 2025 12:36 am

TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
I think the Griz offense is real nice. Although they did that today against a D that everyone of us but one person knew was bad. Still kudos for putting up numbers. They’re legit.

I say all that to ask the question; have the griz seen a defense like MSU’s?



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by TomCat88 » Sun Nov 02, 2025 1:11 am

ilovethecats wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 12:36 am
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
I think the Griz offense is real nice. Although they did that today against a D that everyone of us but one person knew was bad. Still kudos for putting up numbers. They’re legit.

I say all that to ask the question; have the griz seen a defense like MSU’s?
MSU’s defense has allowed 75 points (9.37 per game) during regulation in eight games vs FCS opponents. UM (24.1) is allowing about 14 more ppg than MSU.

MSU’s defense is allowing 272.25 yards per game and 4.26 yards per play vs FCS opponents. UM is allowing 120 more ypg and nearly 1.5 more ypp than MSU.

Offensively, MSU is averaging 475.6 yards per game vs FCS opponents and 7.1 per play. Both of those numbers top UM (471.3/6.5) who a lot people consider the top offense in the BSC. The Griz have a slight edge in scoring. 40.6-38.8

Those are just stats. I’m not going to say who’s better but MSU is slightly outperforming UM offensively and by a significant margin defensively. That doesn’t mean they’ll win just that they’ve been playing statistically better.


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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by ilovethecats » Sun Nov 02, 2025 1:38 am

TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 1:11 am
ilovethecats wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 12:36 am
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
I think the Griz offense is real nice. Although they did that today against a D that everyone of us but one person knew was bad. Still kudos for putting up numbers. They’re legit.

I say all that to ask the question; have the griz seen a defense like MSU’s?
MSU’s defense has allowed 75 points (9.37 per game) during regulation in eight games vs FCS opponents. UM (24.1) is allowing about 14 more ppg than MSU.

MSU’s defense is allowing 272.25 yards per game and 4.26 yards per play vs FCS opponents. UM is allowing 120 more ypg and nearly 1.5 more ypp than MSU.

Offensively, MSU is averaging 475.6 yards per game vs FCS opponents and 7.1 per play. Both of those numbers top UM, who a lot people consider the top offense in the BSC. The Griz have a slight edge in scoring. 40.6-38.8

Those are just stats. I’m not going to say who’s better but MSU is slightly outperforming UM offensively and by a significant margin defensively. That doesn’t mean they’ll win just that they’ve been playing statistically better.
Agree with this Tom. I think the griz offense is nice for sure. But I’ve been curious why the talk seems like they’re incredible? They’re nice. But what do they do so much better than the Cats?



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by TomCat88 » Sun Nov 02, 2025 1:48 am

ilovethecats wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 1:38 am
TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 1:11 am
ilovethecats wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 12:36 am
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
I think the Griz offense is real nice. Although they did that today against a D that everyone of us but one person knew was bad. Still kudos for putting up numbers. They’re legit.

I say all that to ask the question; have the griz seen a defense like MSU’s?
MSU’s defense has allowed 75 points (9.37 per game) during regulation in eight games vs FCS opponents. UM (24.1) is allowing about 14 more ppg than MSU.

MSU’s defense is allowing 272.25 yards per game and 4.26 yards per play vs FCS opponents. UM is allowing 120 more ypg and nearly 1.5 more ypp than MSU.

Offensively, MSU is averaging 475.6 yards per game vs FCS opponents and 7.1 per play. Both of those numbers top UM, who a lot people consider the top offense in the BSC. The Griz have a slight edge in scoring. 40.6-38.8

Those are just stats. I’m not going to say who’s better but MSU is slightly outperforming UM offensively and by a significant margin defensively. That doesn’t mean they’ll win just that they’ve been playing statistically better.
Agree with this Tom. I think the griz offense is nice for sure. But I’ve been curious why the talk seems like they’re incredible? They’re nice. But what do they do so much better than the Cats?
I think their offense is incredible. I think MSU’s is just as, if not more, incredible.

Defensively, you can just watch MSU and be blown away. It’s pretty flawless. Even when teams score TDs before the fourth quarter it’s very difficult for them and it’s only happened three times in the last 7 games. Two of those (vs ISU and NAU) took about 10 plays to get the final 30 or so yards. In that span I think there’s only 1 or 2 TDs that didn’t have a 4th down conversion. It’s a lot of work to score on MSU’s defense.


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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by TomCat88 » Sun Nov 02, 2025 2:06 am

BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:05 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Did I imagine playing Oregon?
Obviously, but Oregon is a top FBS team and that game is hard to use as a comparison because of the size and strength of their offensive line is completely different than UM. Plus, MSU was no match for that offense. UM’s offense isn’t comparable to Oregon or in other words msu hasn’t seen an offense like that.


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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by TomCat88 » Sun Nov 02, 2025 2:23 am

In three conference road games MSU has only allowed 10 points before the fourth quarter. MSU is averaging 41 points per game in those same games. Allowing 11.3.


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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by 1890Griz » Sun Nov 02, 2025 2:31 am

onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:53 pm
OldGriz wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:11 pm
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.
How did the Cats do?
Pandas aren't Oregon. Wortham wouldn't make the Oregon practice squad.
Wortham would start for Oregon, or at very least make 2nd string.



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by Clinton T » Sun Nov 02, 2025 8:00 am

1890Griz wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 2:31 am
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:53 pm
OldGriz wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:11 pm
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.
How did the Cats do?
Pandas aren't Oregon. Wortham wouldn't make the Oregon practice squad.
Wortham would start for Oregon, or at very least make 2nd string.
Haha! Spoken like a truly objective and informed fan. Have you seen Oregon’s skill players play? This comment is ridiculous.



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by BelligerentBobcat » Sun Nov 02, 2025 8:08 am

TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 2:06 am
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:05 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Did I imagine playing Oregon?
Obviously, but Oregon is a top FBS team and that game is hard to use as a comparison because of the size and strength of their offensive line is completely different than UM. Plus, MSU was no match for that offense. UM’s offense isn’t comparable to Oregon or in other words msu hasn’t seen an offense like that.
In other words, MSU has already played an offense much better than UM’s.



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by PapaG » Sun Nov 02, 2025 8:20 am

TomCat88 wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 2:06 am
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:05 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Did I imagine playing Oregon?
Obviously, but Oregon is a top FBS team and that game is hard to use as a comparison because of the size and strength of their offensive line is completely different than UM. Plus, MSU was no match for that offense. UM’s offense isn’t comparable to Oregon or in other words msu hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Then the statement should have been “The Bobcats have already seen an offense better than Montana’s.”

I’m still unsure about the Gris offense in general. One of the weakest schedules I’ve ever seen and they somehow got shut out by Cal-Poly in the first half at home.


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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by Prodigal Cat » Sun Nov 02, 2025 8:36 am

Nearly every team the gris have played has had some measure of success defending that offense. Poly in the first half, Sacred Heart in the 2nd and 3rd, the 3rd qtr vs Weber. There will be a moment in the Cat gris where they hit a big play. How the Cats D responds will decide the game. Will they let momentum take over and give 2 or 3 quick scores giving the gris a big qtr? Or will they be the anaconda they’ve been pretty much all this year and tighten up just a bit more.


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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by RyeCat » Sun Nov 02, 2025 9:36 am

1890Griz wrote:
Sun Nov 02, 2025 2:31 am
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:53 pm
OldGriz wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:11 pm
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.
How did the Cats do?
Pandas aren't Oregon. Wortham wouldn't make the Oregon practice squad.
Wortham would start for Oregon, or at very least make 2nd string.
Then why isn’t he there? He hit the portal for a better school and you’re telling me he picked UM over a top 10 FBS school where he would have had the chance to start? He’s a top level FCS player and definitely worthy of the Payton consideration, but a top 10 FBS starter? No.



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Re: How do Cats stack up against Griz

Post by ClowderUp » Sun Nov 02, 2025 10:10 am

OldGriz wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:11 pm
onceacat wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:09 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:40 pm
FA_Q_M wrote:
Sat Nov 01, 2025 9:04 pm
How do the Cats stack up against the Griz? Very well I'd say.
Don't think the gris offense has seen a defense like MSU's and the Cat's have played against better defenses than UM. Plain and simple.

Id say the only advantage UM has is the location of the game. We'll see if defense travels...
Griz just had 560 yards without hardly using Wortham. MSU hasn’t seen an offense like that.
Really? Cause the Oregon offense was pretty good.
How did the Cats do?
Much better than the P4 school they played the following week. Anyone who understands the game of football would have already known this.



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