Griz just beat a very good ISU team

[TheNorthRemembers]

ISU can straight sling the rock. We knew this. They have given up a grand total of one sack all season. They're very underrated.

We have a defense based on pressure with the blitz and man coverage. Down our All American linebacker for a half and our best corner this was always going to be a tough match-up for us. We got the stops when we needed them and in the end Wortham was at his best when his best was needed.

I think we still have big problems with depth on defense but we won't face another QB that good until the playoffs. And our offense is good enough to straight carry us. The fact that we're winning games like this one and North Dakota give me a ton of confidence that this is a true team with a real fight to them.

We're on to Cal Poly. Up with Montana

 

[BozAngelesGriz]

I don’t know if they’re a good team, but they are very good at (passing) what we aren’t very good at (defending the pass).

Exactly

 

[TheNorthRemembers]

Oops

 

[RobGriz]

They suck before the game but now they are a good football team? Griz defense is average at best.

Calling them average is being very kind.

 

[goatcreekgriz]

we won't face another QB that good until the playoffs.

The Bobcats might disagree.

 

[TheNorthRemembers]

The Bobcats might disagree.

Lamson avgs 200/game and 1.2 TDs

Cooke has 1300 yards in 4 games not counting the high school team they played last week. It's not even close. Not as a pure passer anyway.

 

[mtgriz]

I’m thinking that the Cat pass rush is going to make Cooke look a little less lethal.

 

[hm.grwn.grizfan]

I think this will not age well down the line.

I think you’re right…. Next week he’s gonna be pressured a lot more and get lit up by a team that routinely pressures the QB. He won’t be able to sit back and survey for 7 seconds per play next week

 

[mthoopsfan]

Cooke is by far the best QB in the Big Sky conference and its not close. Kid drops dimes and reads defenses with ease and has a fast release. For his sake I hope he transfers up and gets a shot at FBS because I feel like he has NFL talent.

Huh? Cooke is mediocre. Has 6 passing TD's and 5 interceptions. Is 54% passing, even after a good day today. He was about 52% coming into the game. He's 9th in the conference in efficiency. He was 61% tonight. Dimes in first half, but not second half. He's not much of a runner. Wood of Idaho is way better. Ah Yat is a way better qb, in my view.

 

[mthoopsfan]

I think this will not age well down the line.

It didn't even age well until later in this thread, where I called BS on that comment.

 

[jrifkin48]

Cooke is by far the best QB in the Big Sky conference and its not close. Kid drops dimes and reads defenses with ease and has a fast release. For his sake I hope he transfers up and gets a shot at FBS because I feel like he has NFL talent.

However his wheels are troubling. One time he dove way too early on a failed first down. Another time he had an easy run but tripped on himself. Then that final play it looked like he had an easy 10 yard run for a first...but decided to throw it out of the endzone

 

[hm.grwn.grizfan]

we won't face another QB that good until the playoffs.

Lamson…..he can sling it just as well

 

[hm.grwn.grizfan]

I’m thinking that the Cat pass rush is going to make Cooke look a little less lethal.

Yup. He looked pedestrian vs orthern Colorado as well.

 

[Ut-Grizfan]

I think ISU will be a dangerous team in Conference play for other schools, but at the same time it doesn't change the fact both our O-Line run blocking and our Defense as a whole played poorly. Yes we had key starters out, but regardless doesn't change the fact we have work to do.

Cal Poly runs a similar offense and with Wulf coaching them hopefully our D in particular shows up.

 

[mthoopsfan]

Lamson avgs 200/game and 1.2 TDs

Cooke has 1300 yards in 4 games not counting the high school team they played last week. It's not even close. Not as a pure passer anyway.

Then why was Cooke completing only 52% of passes coming into the game? And only 54% now?

 

[Griz til I die]

I wouldn’t say ISU is a really good team, but I do think they’re a bad matchup for us under Cody Hawkins. Their style gives us problems and then facing them without 2 of our best players and 2 true freshmen in their first games as Grizzlies makes it that much more difficult. A win is a win and now we head home with time to iron things out.

 

[markthebronco]

What a great game this evening...

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

ISU is fine, but no one will look at that come year end and categorize it as quality

 

[Da Boyz Mom]

ISU is fine, but no one will look at that come year end and categorize it as quality

Agreed - it wasn't pretty. But thank God we didn't lose.

 

[EverettGriz]

ISU is fine, but no one will look at that come year end and categorize it as quality

Does it need to be?

GRIZ struggled and still beat a good team on the road. All anyone will care about.