The Bubble today: 6/4/25

[billingsgriz]

Expect to see some cats letting kickoffs bounce behind them inside the 10

I agree with you on the almost football regulation Brick Breeden and new permanent practice facility, and the Shi__y Kitties will get lost on a 100 yard field, desperately looking for the end zone on the 20 yard line, but let's just clear the air, the shortcomings of their new high-speed, low-drag practice facility, the football equivalent of the 8 foot rim in basketball, in no way reflects badly on their world-class engineering school and architecture program , period ... does it ; ) ?

 

[nicktaber58]

I agree with you on the almost football regulation Brick Breeden and new permanent practice facility, and the Shi__y Kitties will get lost on a 100 yard field, desperately looking for the end zone on the 20 yard line, but let's just clear the air, the shortcomings of their new high-speed, low-drag practice facility, the football equivalent of the 8 foot rim in basketball, in no way reflects badly on their world-class engineering school and architecture program , period ... does it ; ) ?

I would never suggest, but some might, this lack of planning and failed attempts at building important structures on their own campus is in any way a reflection of their architecture and engineering programs. I just can't see the correlation

 

[Ursa Major]

I agree with you on the almost football regulation Brick Breeden and new permanent practice facility, and the Shi__y Kitties will get lost on a 100 yard field, desperately looking for the end zone on the 20 yard line, but let's just clear the air, the shortcomings of their new high-speed, low-drag practice facility, the football equivalent of the 8 foot rim in basketball, in no way reflects badly on their world-class engineering school and architecture program , period ... does it ; ) ?

This is a great question. I’m forwarding this to California Polytechnic State University. By far the best engineering and architecture schools in the Big Sky Conference.

 

[garizzalies]

Without the full track facilities they could have afforded the 100 yds. When they decided to go with the track plus track throwing areas they had to adjust on the field.

Will your players ride the short bus to your short field?

 

[Wolf777]

Will your players ride the short bus to your short field?

The real question is did anyone draw the short straw to DD, or are they just going to Mix it up?

 

[EverettGriz]

The real question is did anyone draw the short straw to DD, or are they just going to Mix it up?

Underrated post here.

 

[GriznMN]

As a Vikings fan with bad memories of The HHH Metrodome repeatedly collapsing, not every day, week, or month, but several times over a number of years , including from heavy snow, I just hope our bubble-- given the advances in design and technology-- is more durable long-term than the late Metrodome !!!

It is encouraging that the manufacturer is paying for the repairs--living in Montana, both MSU and us definitely need an indoor facility, not now, though the AC on hot days would be nice. Our friends in North Dakota and Minnesota like to whine/brag about how cold it is there, and they are 100 % correct that winter is brutal in both neighboring states on the northern tier, with such ice boxes as Grand Forks and International Falls. ( As my friend Tim that drove truck in The Bakken Oil Fields on the Montana-North Dakota border for about 15 years told me, many of his peers were " seasonal employees" from the East Texas and Louisiana oil patch--as soon as November hit, most of these Southern boys wanted no part of a brutal ND winter !!! But as I like to point out to our friends in ND and Minn., the coldest temperature ever recorded in The Lower 48 wasn't in ND or Minn., but right here in Montana @ Rogers' Pass, Elevation: 5,600 feet, Jan., 1954, - 70 below zero, not the wind chill but the actual temperature. Thirty years ago when I worked in Great Falls but still had my apartment in Missoula, I used to look at the blinking yellow light and sign on Rogers' Pass as a reminder that anyone driving that highway needed to be prepared for a car breakdown because if you aren't prepared in the winter while driving that highway, by the time the Montana Highway Patrol, local sheriff, or US Forest Service gets to you, you could be dead, frozen as hard as a rock !!!

Considering the Metrodome roof went 24 years before it collapsed in 2010, I say the technology has improved dramatically. Plus, the Carrier Dome never collapsed in it's 42 year history. Like I have said numerous times, my kid's school district has had a bubble for the last 15 years and there have been no problems (i.e. no unplanned deflations, no tears, and no collapses including during high snowfall events).

 

[mthoopsfan]

I know most of these posts are attempts at humor, but who could possibly care if a practice field is 80 or 100 yards?

 

[nicktaber58]

I know most of these posts are attempts at humor, but who could possibly care if a practice field is 80 or 100 yards?

You go to enough practices, coaches always prefer more space. 20 yds is a ton of room. And, FTC

 

[GrizRealist]

I know most of these posts are attempts at humor, but who could possibly care if a practice field is 80 or 100 yards?

They have 80 yards, we have a full field.

They have a permanent structure, we have a bubble.

It’s a wash. Both teams can practice inside when needed.

 

[mthoopsfan]

You go to enough practices, coaches always prefer more space. 20 yds is a ton of room. And, FTC

JV coaches don't care. Edit: NT, my daughter is playing rugby in NYC today, despeite her bachelorette party last night. Her friend sent some photos. My daughter responded:

“Playing” is a strong term for what we’re doing. More like walking around a field where their happens to be a ball."

 

[GriznMN]

They have 80 yards, we have a full field.

They have a permanent structure, we have a bubble.

It’s a wash. Both teams can practice inside when needed.

It's not a wash. Have you played a half-court basketball game? It's called pickup or intramural. Have you played on a par-3 golf course? It doesn't feel like real golf. Have you bought a pickup like the Ford Maverick vs the full-size Ford F-150? Full size is full-blooded American.

Scats have mini-me, Griz have full size. Size matters!

 

[GrizRealist]

It's not a wash. Have you played a half-court basketball game? It's called pickup or intramural. Have you played on a par-3 golf course? It doesn't feel like real golf. Have you bought a pickup like the Ford Maverick vs the full-size Ford F-150? Full size is full-blooded American.

Scats have mini-me, Griz have full size. Size matters!

Its not even close to as big of a deal as you and others are making it.

 

[bigsky33]

Will be fun to address this.

First, there have been two cats fans over here in the last few years who were decent posters, not troll tards, and were halfway respectful. You were one and ILTC the other.

Somewhere along the lines you went way south and have become a cat troll ass hat like the rest of them here…as evidenced by all your posts in this thread and some others.

Blaming it on the bourbon makes sense…the Cat fans and Cats coaches seems to revolve heavily on drunken stupors and idiots who get DUIs swept under the rug. Seems you’ve fit in well now with the drunken ass hats of Cats nation. Maybe that’s when it started going south for you.

As far as meltdowns, you must be referring to the Cats loss in the chipper to the Bison? A meltdown of epic proportions for all to see. Shit, your team is now zero for the last 6 vs the Bison. At least the Griz have taken them down a couple times and give them games. Come back her and talk meltdowns when your cats don’t piss down their legs the second they face a Bison team. Every. Single. Time. Fun to watch really.

Do a little research on why your president was asked to walk away. That DUI cover up didn’t go well for her or the university. Interesting how there are 18 open serious investigations on that campus right now. I guess I can understand why you’re slamming the bourbon. What a dumpster fire there. There was no sudden retirement, ask around and you’ll find out.

Living rent free in my head? While you spend every waking second on Egriz posting and stressing. You may have that one ass backwards weirdo.

I would literally pay you to go play in the street, but with the drunken Cats coaches and fans over there you may actually get smoked and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone…not even a fuck tard cat fan

It's not a wash. Have you played a half-court basketball game? It's called pickup or intramural. Have you played on a par-3 golf course? It doesn't feel like real golf. Have you bought a pickup like the Ford Maverick vs the full-size Ford F-150? Full size is full-blooded American.

Scats have mini-me, Griz have full size. Size matters!

Say what you want but it is nowhere near mini. There is more than enough room. The entire team can be in there practicing with no problem as far as space or feeling crowded. It is large enough for the track team to be in there practicing at the same time and they also have plenty of space.

Both the Cats and the Griz now have excellent facilities to practice indoors when needed. That is what counts.

 

[81Hog]

Say what you want but it is nowhere near mini. There is more than enough room. The entire team can be in there practicing with no problem as far as space or feeling crowded. It is large enough for the track team to be in there practicing at the same time and they also have plenty of space.

Both the Cats and the Griz now have excellent facilities to practice indoors when needed. That is what counts.

Again, MSU’s facility is larger than the bubble and could accommodate an additional 20 yards of turf. If you’ve heard the university folks in Bozeman talk about it, they chose instead to install a full indoor oval track for their track & field teams.

Interesting to note that South Dakota State’s facility features the same 100-yard (80 yards plus two 10-yard end zones) indoor practice field, which seems to have served its programs effectively.

 

[tgreseth]

agree with BS33 (a rarity!) that each school has an indoor facility that suits their respective needs. Can we stop measuring now?

 

[nicktaber58]

Again, MSU’s facility is larger than the bubble and could accommodate an additional 20 yards of turf. If you’ve heard the university folks in Bozeman talk about it, they chose instead to install a full indoor oval track for their track & field teams.

Interesting to note that South Dakota State’s facility features the same 100-yard (80 yards plus two 10-yard end zones) indoor practice field, which seems to have served its programs effectively.

Its not the same size. We too have a full track around our 100 yd field field, eith end zones on each end (i do love how the messaging is "100 yd field with end zones on each end" as if they are already mentally defeated about its smallness)... Just admit it. Its smaller. Its OK. And size does matter.

 

[KoolMoeDee]

This is not a full track.

 

[bigsky33]

Its not the same size. We too have a full track around our 100 yd field field, eith end zones on each end (i do love how the messaging is "100 yd field with end zones on each end" as if they are already mentally defeated about its smallness)... Just admit it. Its smaller. Its OK. And size does matter.

You appear to be obsessed with size. Both allow the team to practice indoors effectively without any problems. MSU has a full track with throwing areas. They can hold track meets there. The Griz facility does not have a full track.

 

[fanofzoo]

I know most of these posts are attempts at humor, but who could possibly care if a practice field is 80 or 100 yards?

2 + 2 = 5
who cares