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Prospective

brewskis said:
I agree, I thought we played really, really well on both sides of the ball for all 4 quarters. The team was prepared and the staff had some stuff dialed up that was really effective. Cats just looked like a slightly more complete team, I thought at least.

Big picture, that kind of makes me nervous about being on the road, and for life after Gillman and Wortham….who have been absolute studs. It is frustrating to lose the battle in the trenches, again.

And on the cats side of things, they haven’t lost much of a step after losing Tommy to graduation. You have to hand it to Vigen, he’s a damn good coach.
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Good news increases the chances he will be gone next season and take a bunch of players with him
 
mousegriz1 said:
My bad. Not impressed with their pre during and post game sportsmanship though. Sorry.
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That's where we digress. Can't hold anything against a bunch of 20 year old dudes with that much emotion flowing. Don't like it? Win the game and don't give us cause to celebrate. As far as I'm concerned whomever wins can do as they like.
 
NorthernCat said:
That's where we digress. Can't hold anything against a bunch of 20 year old dudes with that much emotion flowing. Don't like it? Win the game and don't give us cause to celebrate. As far as I'm concerned whomever wins can do as they like.
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Youre kind of right. Good win. Cats are good. Almost good enough to act like they've "been there".....but obviously not quite.
 
your wrong said:
The Griz played arguably their most complete game of the year, and still not their full potential, but close.

I saw four big turning points:

1. Wortham struggling early. The fumble, the tipped pass pick 6, and the missed read on the option were huge. To beat a top tier team, all three of our playmakers need to be on point.

2. The blocked field goal. Great for Crews, I’ll always root for a Montana kid. He’s had a rough (and mostly self-inflicted) path to get here, so good for him.

3. No urgency early in the 4th. Without Eli breaking that long run, this game might’ve slipped away.

4. The officiating. Refs don’t usually win or lose games, I’ll have to rewatch a few plays. I’m not convinced Davis was in, and I’m not sure Dowler caught that ball. I appreciate that they let the chippy stuff go, but MSU got away with a ton of missed personal fouls, and the holding call was absolute garbage.

Big picture: this feels like a 4 or 5 team coin flip. After today, I could see NDSU, UM, SDSU (if their QB is healthy), msu, or UND winning the whole thing.

I’ve got a lot more confidence in the Griz. Hopefully we land the 3-seed and all the mvfc teams end up on the opposite side of the bracket. Beating them in Blowsman to punch a ticket to Nashville would be legendary (very tough to beat a team twice in a season).

On to the playoffs as always Go Griz!
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The fact you didn’t include the defense in this tells me everything I need to know
 
Stop_HammerTime69 said:
The fact you didn’t include the defense in this tells me everything I need to know
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Didn’t have to. D did their job, they did enough to get a win. It is not ideal but we all knew it would be a tall task. 241yds rushing sucks, I’m surprised by 175 passing awesome. Plus the difference… the pick six was not on them! Awesome job defense they stopped taco. I have to believe that was the focus. Defense was good what do you want me to say? No major errors, sound, no forced turnovers, a few sacks, one forced fumble, and good sound tackling minus the one qb td and a few rb runs?
 
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