Youngstown State or Yale?

[catapult]

The Youngstown QB is lethal. He is Tommy like but can read defensive coverages better. Keep in mind he racked up those ungodly numbers in the best FCS conference in the country. We will need to play a clean game, limit our mistakes and take advantage of theirs to win. This level of competition should be in the qrtr finals. The committee did us dirty.

[catatac]

Youngstown may surprise the cats more then you think. I see your spread and data but they are not to be looked as a push. They are a solid team with nothing to lose, but go to war.

They give up 30 a game. Some serious holes on the defense and they lack depth. To close out the season, they gave 38 to non-playoff SIU, 29 to hapless Indiana St, and gave 32 and damn near lost to hapless UNI. In the last game they played for a birth in the playoffs on the line, YSU literally didn't show up in the second half. These last 3 opponents aren't good teams, and they were able to move the ball at will. That isn't, and hasn't ever been, the recipe for winning in December. I'm thinking the Yale game will be very close and could go either way.

They were right there with NDSU and that concerns me. I'm guessing the response there is that NDSU played like garbage, but who knows. Rooting for Yale.

[ZebraCat]

Youngstown may surprise the cats more then you think. I see your spread and data but they are not to be looked as a push. They are a solid team with nothing to lose, but go to war.

They give up 30 a game. Some serious holes on the defense and they lack depth. To close out the season, they gave 38 to non-playoff SIU, 29 to hapless Indiana St, and gave 32 and damn near lost to hapless UNI. In the last game they played for a birth in the playoffs on the line, YSU literally didn't show up in the second half. These last 3 opponents aren't good teams, and they were able to move the ball at will. That isn't, and hasn't ever been, the recipe for winning in December. I'm thinking the Yale game will be very close and could go either way.

They were right there with NDSU and that concerns me. I'm guessing the response there is that NDSU played like garbage, but who knows. Rooting for Yale.

It was a weird game. NDSU made some uncharacteristic mistakes and YSU made nearly every play they had to to keep it close. NDSU led from the 2nd quarter on. YSU won the middle 8, 6-0, which was big.

[catatac]

Youngstown may surprise the cats more then you think. I see your spread and data but they are not to be looked as a push. They are a solid team with nothing to lose, but go to war.

They give up 30 a game. Some serious holes on the defense and they lack depth. To close out the season, they gave 38 to non-playoff SIU, 29 to hapless Indiana St, and gave 32 and damn near lost to hapless UNI. In the last game they played for a birth in the playoffs on the line, YSU literally didn't show up in the second half. These last 3 opponents aren't good teams, and they were able to move the ball at will. That isn't, and hasn't ever been, the recipe for winning in December. I'm thinking the Yale game will be very close and could go either way.

They were right there with NDSU and that concerns me. I'm guessing the response there is that NDSU played like garbage, but who knows. Rooting for Yale.

It was a weird game. NDSU made some uncharacteristic mistakes and YSU made nearly every play they had to to keep it close. NDSU led from the 2nd quarter on. YSU won the middle 8, 6-0, which was big.

Yep, pretty crazy... and that was in the Fargodome too.

[BobcatDel]

I was kinda hoping for Harvard. But Yale will do. For those who might not care, 2 former living Presidents and 54 current congressmen and women have at least one degrees from Yale. I don’t sense any of the former “Eli” degree Presidents really support the team but it would be kinda nifty to have an ex-President sitting in a box watching a Bobcat game. That might be a first if it ever actually happened.

And so you can answer the trivia question, Harvard actually has had 8 US Presidents with at least one degree from there and Yale is second with 5.

But I think Youngstown St wins.

[technoCat]

Youngstown may surprise the cats more then you think. I see your spread and data but they are not to be looked as a push. They are a solid team with nothing to lose, but go to war.

They give up 30 a game. Some serious holes on the defense and they lack depth. To close out the season, they gave 38 to non-playoff SIU, 29 to hapless Indiana St, and gave 32 and damn near lost to hapless UNI. In the last game they played for a birth in the playoffs on the line, YSU literally didn't show up in the second half. These last 3 opponents aren't good teams, and they were able to move the ball at will. That isn't, and hasn't ever been, the recipe for winning in December. I'm thinking the Yale game will be very close and could go either way.

They were right there with NDSU and that concerns me. I'm guessing the response there is that NDSU played like garbage, but who knows. Rooting for Yale.

It was a weird game. NDSU made some uncharacteristic mistakes and YSU made nearly every play they had to to keep it close. NDSU led from the 2nd quarter on. YSU won the middle 8, 6-0, which was big.

Yep, pretty crazy... and that was in the Fargodome too.

NDSU always has a stinker or two in the league. Then people think those teams are close and they get smoked later in the year. Its why people think the whole MVFC is amazing when its really just the top two and everyone else for the most part. UNI is horrible and almost beat them. I think they will have a couple eye catching plays but won't be able to sustain against us. I do think they will beat Yale rather handily though.

[catapult]

Youngstown was the better team that day against NDSU and should have won. NDSU scored 21 points in the first half off Youngstown mistakes. Two were on special teams and one was a freak pick. NDSU got a pick at Youngstowns 19 yrd line from a screen pass bouncing off an offensive linemen's helmet. NDSU scores a TD soon after, kicks off to Youngstown and then the returner has the ball bounce off his face mask, NDSU recovers at the 9 yrd line and scores again a few plays later. Then NDSU gets a crazy kick off return for a TD late in the 2nd qrtr. All this happened in the first half with the half time score being 20-28 NDSU leading. Youngstown threw, ran the QB+1 and the QB scrambling for first downs on broken plays (Tommy ball) at will against NDSU. We will have our hands full. I don’t see Yale beating Youngstown.

[catatac]

Yep, they have been up and down but if they play like they did against NDSU they will be dangerous. Might be the best team we've seen in Bozeman this year. Could perhaps be a game where it's close at half and the Cats pull away in the 3rd.

[MSU01]

From what I've seen of Youngstown State, they're not as good as UC Davis who the Bobcats beat by 21 despite not playing their best.

[tetoncat]

Yep, they have been up and down but if they play like they did against NDSU they will be dangerous. Might be the best team we've seen in Bozeman this year. Could perhaps be a game where it's close at half and the Cats pull away in the 3rd.

Maybe best offense but D has given up some points.

[RockyBearCat]

Youngstown was the better team that day against NDSU and should have won. NDSU scored 21 points in the first half off Youngstown mistakes. Two were on special teams and one was a freak pick. NDSU got a pick at Youngstowns 19 yrd line from a screen pass bouncing off an offensive linemen's helmet. NDSU scores a TD soon after, kicks off to Youngstown and then the returner has the ball bounce off his face mask, NDSU recovers at the 9 yrd line and scores again a few plays later. Then NDSU gets a crazy kick off return for a TD late in the 2nd qrtr. All this happened in the first half with the half time score being 20-28 NDSU leading. Youngstown threw, ran the QB+1 and the QB scrambling for first downs on broken plays (Tommy ball) at will against NDSU. We will have our hands full. I don’t see Yale beating Youngstown.

Sounds like they are mistake prone. I am trying to think of a really loud outdoor environment in December with a team that hits like a ton of bricks that might trigger a few mistakes. Anyone have any ideas?

[Helcat72]

If you want any idea of what Youngstown State is like, watch them play SDSU on YouTube. The whole game is on there. Almost all of their games they go out fast and lose momentum in the second half. Brungard is a problem if defenses don't protect their gaps. He's really quick and will accelerate a lot like Tommy. He throws like AhYat. Elusive as Pinnick.
Their team has a smaller quicker defense than Davis but can get worn down as shown with SDSU. If Mason would have slowed down and get his feet right on his passes in the first half, they would have blown them out. As it was, I think the won like 35-24. Youngstown was ahead after a half 17-7.

[luckyirishguy25]

watching the NDSU vs Youngstown State game and they're really good. this is going to be another close game that hopefully we prevail. they remind me a lot of the griz.

[Run-the-ball]

Love to see Yale in Bozeman

[RickRund]

Massey has Youngstown winning 33-30…

[kwcat]

Massey has Youngstown winning 33-30…

I would be surprised if it is that close. But Youngstown seems to shoot themselves in the foot fairly often and played brilliant at times.

[catatac]

Massey has Youngstown winning 33-30…

I would be surprised if it is that close. But Youngstown seems to shoot themselves in the foot fairly often and played brilliant at times.

Vegas had open line YSU just -2.5 points... which surprised me.

[kwcat]

Massey has Youngstown winning 33-30…

I would be surprised if it is that close. But Youngstown seems to shoot themselves in the foot fairly often and played brilliant at times.

Vegas had open line YSU just -2.5 points... which surprised me.

I am thinking more like a 55 to 24 kind of game with Yale scoring late, but I haven’t watched enough and paid any due diligence

[ClowderUp]

This game will be a battle. Not surprised at YSU -2.5. Go Bulldogs.

[catatac]

This game will be a battle. Not surprised at YSU -2.5. Go Bulldogs.

Isn't it AT Youngstown? I think I'll find a MT Sportsbet machine this afternoon and hammer some $$ on YSU to cover.