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Official Game Day Thread Brawl of The Wild : Griz/Cat or Cat/Griz

Griz til I die said:
Honestly we just didn’t execute in this game. If we just make a few more plays, catch a few more balls, we could’ve kept it in striking distance. I actually thought the defense did a pretty good job today. They got wore down in the 4th quarter but they did everything they possibly could have to keep us in it in the first 3 quarters.

The offense needed to make more plays. Fife had zero time to throw today, hence why it was a lot of check down throws. I’m ok with the play calling for the most part. Guys need to catch balls and not get stupid penalties. That was the difference. Getting shut out in the 3rd quarter was brutal. If we could’ve got a score in the third, it may have got interesting in the 4th.

Two years ago when we lost here, I thought we were totally outclassed and didn’t even belong on the field. I didn’t feel that today. It was more of just a lack of execution and production at times from the offense. We had every opportunity to get back into this game, and we squandered every chance.
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You watched a different game than me. There was never a moment where I thought “we could win this”. Not one. After they marched down the field and used up 1/2 the first quarter in the process I knew it was only a matter of time until the ‘our defense is gassed’ comments came out.

Defense actually played better than I expected, given the amount of time they were on the field. Our offense was pathetic, vanilla, and impotent. It would have taken more than “make more plays”. Fife running for his life or getting blindsided repeatedly…that’s not a recipe for success. Throwing screens behind the LOS on 3rd and 17…that’s not a recipe for success. It was not “lack of execution”. We were outclassed in every phase of the game.
 
Ut-Grizfan said:
According to some Playoff predictions we will be hosting Drake next week, they did beat EWU so they're not a complete slouch.
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Ron Ash will be raising the pirate flag this week on his schooner “Topless” .while going into the ‘danger zone’ and moving to 3 Chardonnays a night. Big week for him and his first mate Juanita,
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
They played hard, just not very good. Lol.
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I really believe the defense played one of its best games all year. The Cats struggled more than they usually do.

MSU is just better, and especially better on the OL/DL. Doesn’t matter how good the QB, RB, or WR’s are if there’s no time or holes.

I think the biggest criticism would be not using Ostmo more. He was the only back with any success before he got hurt.
 
PTGrizzly said:
I really believe the defense played one of its best games all year. The Cats struggled more than they usually do.

MSU is just better, and especially better on the OL/DL. Doesn’t matter how good the QB, RB, or WR’s are if there’s no time or holes.

I think the biggest criticism would be not using Ostmo more. He was the only back with any success before he got hurt.
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The were missing three of their top running backs, Humphrey, Davis for most of the game and Jared White. Not to mention Elliot who has been out all season.
 
PTGrizzly said:
I really believe the defense played one of its best games all year. The Cats struggled more than they usually do.

MSU is just better, and especially better on the OL/DL. Doesn’t matter how good the QB, RB, or WR’s are if there’s no time or holes.

I think the biggest criticism would be not using Ostmo more. He was the only back with any success before he got hurt.
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Oh for sure. My comment was a throwback to something Marty said about the cats during last year's game. It was supposed to be a joke.
 
AZGrizFan said:
You watched a different game than me. There was never a moment where I thought “we could win this”. Not one. After they marched down the field and used up 1/2 the first quarter in the process I knew it was only a matter of time until the ‘our defense is gassed’ comments came out.

Defense actually played better than I expected, given the amount of time they were on the field. Our offense was pathetic, vanilla, and impotent. It would have taken more than “make more plays”. Fife running for his life or getting blindsided repeatedly…that’s not a recipe for success. Throwing screens behind the LOS on 3rd and 17…that’s not a recipe for success. It was not “lack of execution”. We were outclassed in every phase of the game.
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I push back on that slightly. There were multiple times where we could have kept the game in arms reach and we either had a dropped ball or got a penalty or had a questionable play call. The one that comes to mind the most was the end of the first half when we had third and three, and we went for the shot play down the sideline (bad play call) and then we go for it on fourth down and Ostmo drops it on a swing out that would’ve been a first down and more. Instead of it being 20-3 at the half it would’ve been 17-6 or maybe even 17-10 and suddenly it’s a much different game. There were other moments in the 3rd quarter too but that was most noticeable
 
Griz til I die said:
I push back on that slightly. There were multiple times where we could have kept the game in arms reach and we either had a dropped ball or got a penalty or had a questionable play call. The one that comes to mind the most was the end of the first half when we had third and three, and we went for the shot play down the sideline (bad play call) and then we go for it on fourth down and Ostmo drops it on a swing out that would’ve been a first down and more. Instead of it being 20-3 at the half it would’ve been 17-6 or maybe even 17-10 and suddenly it’s a much different game. There were other moments in the 3rd quarter too but that was most noticeable
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Well sure. I can pick a 2-3 play sequence anywhere in the game and say the same thing. Doesn’t change the larger picture: There was never a moment where I thought the ‘Scats were in trouble. There was never a moment where I thought “we got this”. Not once. Didn’t even matter what the score was.
 
AZGrizFan said:
Well sure. I can pick a 2-3 play sequence anywhere in the game and say the same thing. Doesn’t change the larger picture: There was never a moment where I thought the ‘Scats were in trouble. There was never a moment where I thought “we got this”. Not once. Didn’t even matter what the score was.
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And here we go to the portal next….who knows who will be playing for either team next year. Welcome to the new reality.
 
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