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nicktaber58

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Looks like the strongest conference in the fcs. 3 teams remain, only 2 MVFC teams left.

Of course the genius pod dork himself (Schmidt) tried to make the claim the big sky is AWFUL!, all in the name of diminishing this years' team's accomplishments. Meanwhile, during his playing days, there was no teams in the Big sky as good as either the cats or uc davis.

At any rate, great win by Davis last night, the cats escaped, and the GRIZ dominated. Nice work by all!
 
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All 3 remaining bsc teams are at home, all 3 move on to semis is bet
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I'm really curious about the UC Davis / Illinois State game. On the one hand you would think the team that managed to beat NDSU at home must be pretty formidable. And at the same time from all reports the bison played really terrible and mostly beat themselves. ISU turned the ball over how many times? Five? That they did that and still won is kind of incredible. If they do that against Davis I don't think they win. They've just won two road games in a row, do they have it in them to win another tough one on the road? Seems unlikely.
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
I'm really curious about the UC Davis / Illinois State game. On the one hand you would think the team that managed to beat NDSU at home must be pretty formidable. And at the same time from all reports the bison played really terrible and mostly beat themselves. ISU turned the ball over how many times? Five? That they did that and still won is kind of incredible. If they do that against Davis I don't think they win. They've just won two road games in a row, do they have it in them to win another tough one on the road? Seems unlikely.
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I agree. And I think davis is continuing to improve, especially their qb who is only a frosh. After such an emotional win for Illinois state, it will be tough to keep that rolling into this game! Will be interesting for sure.
 
nicktaber58 said:
Looks like the strongest conference in the fcs. 3 teams remain, only 2 MVFC teams left.

Of course the genius pod dork himself (Schmidt) tried to make the claim the big sky is AWFUL!, all in the name of diminishing this years' team's accomplishments. Meanwhile, during his playing days, there was no teams in the Big sky as good as either the cats or uc davis.

At any rate, great win by Davis last night, the cats escaped, and the GRIZ dominated. Nice work by all!
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Not really apples to apples when one MVFC eliminated another, but it is nice to see the MVFC taken down a peg
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
I'm really curious about the UC Davis / Illinois State game. On the one hand you would think the team that managed to beat NDSU at home must be pretty formidable. And at the same time from all reports the bison played really terrible and mostly beat themselves. ISU turned the ball over how many times? Five? That they did that and still won is kind of incredible. If they do that against Davis I don't think they win. They've just won two road games in a row, do they have it in them to win another tough one on the road? Seems unlikely.
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NDSU Had 59 yds rushing and 120 yds passing, one reason the game was close were the interceptions. NDSU had a interception, punt return and games' first play 73 yd pass for a touchdown all in the first half. Ill State was down 14 with less than 4 minutes left, passing TD and strip fumble recovery on the 23.
 
nicktaber58 said:
Looks like the strongest conference in the fcs. 3 teams remain, only 2 MVFC teams left.

Of course the genius pod dork himself (Schmidt) tried to make the claim the big sky is AWFUL!, all in the name of diminishing this years' team's accomplishments. Meanwhile, during his playing days, there was no teams in the Big sky as good as either the cats or uc davis.

At any rate, great win by Davis last night, the cats escaped, and the GRIZ dominated. Nice work by all!
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A lot of hating on Schmidt. He is not wrong. The Big Sky is visually weaker than it has been. Seems like it has gotten weaker increasingly over the past 3 years or so. But, that goes for all the conferences. I see the FCS as much weaker than it was. Probably, the strongest it really was seemed to be around 2010 -2020, in my opinion. Maybe, with a peak at the end of that time frame. I think that after the COVID situation, we have seen quite a drop off in the FCS. The transfer portal and NIL craziness has not helped either. It doesn't mean things are not competitive overall. However, I do see a change. It is probably irreversible, so really nothing to overstate. It just is what it is. Go Griz.
 
Kobezoey said:
A lot of hating on Schmidt. He is not wrong. The Big Sky is visually weaker than it has been. Seems like it has gotten weaker increasingly over the past 3 years or so. But, that goes for all the conferences. I see the FCS as much weaker than it was. Probably, the strongest it really was seemed to be around 2010 -2020, in my opinion. Maybe, with a peak at the end of that time frame. I think that after the COVID situation, we have seen quite a drop off in the FCS. The transfer portal and NIL craziness has not helped either. It doesn't mean things are not competitive overall. However, I do see a change. It is probably irreversible, so really nothing to overstate. It just is what it is. Go Griz.
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Whhhaaaat?

The strongest the fcs has ever been was the late 90s with Marshall, GSU, App, Nova, Richmond, UMass, Montana, etc. Hell, the bottom third of the teams in the SoCon in those days would be playoff seeds today.
 
Kobezoey said:
A lot of hating on Schmidt. He is not wrong. The Big Sky is visually weaker than it has been. Seems like it has gotten weaker increasingly over the past 3 years or so. But, that goes for all the conferences. I see the FCS as much weaker than it was. Probably, the strongest it really was seemed to be around 2010 -2020, in my opinion. Maybe, with a peak at the end of that time frame. I think that after the COVID situation, we have seen quite a drop off in the FCS. The transfer portal and NIL craziness has not helped either. It doesn't mean things are not competitive overall. However, I do see a change. It is probably irreversible, so really nothing to overstate. It just is what it is. Go Griz.
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Disagree here too. THIS Griz team beats every team we've had since 2009, with maybe the exception of 2023 (and maybe even them). So how does that make the BSC "weaker"?
 
Kobezoey said:
A lot of hating on Schmidt. He is not wrong. The Big Sky is visually weaker than it has been. Seems like it has gotten weaker increasingly over the past 3 years or so. But, that goes for all the conferences. I see the FCS as much weaker than it was. Probably, the strongest it really was seemed to be around 2010 -2020, in my opinion. Maybe, with a peak at the end of that time frame. I think that after the COVID situation, we have seen quite a drop off in the FCS. The transfer portal and NIL craziness has not helped either. It doesn't mean things are not competitive overall. However, I do see a change. It is probably irreversible, so really nothing to overstate. It just is what it is. Go Griz.
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I made no comparison to years past, im saying the big sky is the strongest conference in the fcs THIS year. 3 teams remain in the playoffs, more than the mvfc. Those that loved to diminish our successful season made the claim we had an "easy schedule, the big sky sucked" (obviously knowing nothing).

And Everett and AZ are spot on, the 2010-20 years of the big sky were marginal compared to this year, or years prior.
 
hm.grwn.grizfan said:
This years offense and the 2023 defense would be a natty. 100%. Might be able to get it this year, but those two combined would be unstoppable
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I keep thinking that over and over. That defense was so amazing but we just did not have the offense to keep up with SDSU. If we had the '23 defense this year we would have beaten the cats for sure, and a natty win would be all but guaranteed. I think we can get there with what we've got though. I didn't think that a few weeks ago.
 
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