Good, Bad, Ugly - USD

[Namib]

Ugly (for the Yoties) -6/7 false starts?
Playoff WA Griz on full display. Thank you to everyone that made it and made an impact

I may be off a bit, but I counted 9 false starts. I made it to the game, and the crowd was extremely loud every USD offensive play including the punts. I had to keep changing my pitch as my vocal chords wore down.

 

[AZGrizFan]

I may be off a bit, but I counted 9 false starts. I made it to the game, and the crowd was extremely loud every USD offensive play including the punts. I had to keep changing my pitch as my vocal cords wore down.

I believe the official # was 8.

And put this under bad or ugly: THE REFS. Worst collective group I’ve ever witnessed and being the fan of a BSC school I’ve seen a LOT of shitty refs over the years.

 

[griz65]

South Dakota kicker was practicing south endzone field goal kicks when the Griz came out at half to do their warmups and Griz did their thing and warmed up and the kicker kept kicking field goals while they were warming up over there.

Hauck talked to the refs about it and they did nothing so hauck went and kicked the kickers ball back the other way before the could kick it again

Atleast this is how ace and sundberg explained it on the radio after the game

This is accurate! He sprinted out there and kicked it and then sprinted back. It was funny.

 

[fltheadgriz]

Is 8 false starts the most that any team has done in one game at Wa-Griz?

 

[AZDoc]

Ugly (for the Yoties) -6/7 false starts?
Playoff WA Griz on full display. Thank you to everyone that made it and made an impact

Why? Just...why...

 

[CDAGRIZ]

We were watching the Celebration Bowl end, figuring it would slide right into the Griz broadcast. Then it began to look like the game would go into OT. We wondered if they'd delay the start of the game in Missoula. They didn't, of course (good thing since the bowl went into 4OT), but said it was showing on ESPNews. Luckily, our DirecTV sports package includes that channel. My wife immediately set the system to record that feed ... so we got to watch our own highlight reel when the bowl ended.

Same. Wasn’t hard to find at all.

 

[CocoaBear]

Good:

- this Griz team has dominated the MVFC teams this season (4-0) and now has taken down both South Dakota teams
- Wa Griz was loud and rocking from start to finish! Almost 23k there and it was electric! Playofff crowds are the best
- Michael Frigging Wortham is ELITE. Had 3 TDs, two receiving, one rushing and made a perfect pass to Gillman on a double pass play. Led the Griz in receiving and rushing and broke Marianis all purpose yards mark. Just incredible!
- Ah Yat was again a smooth operator. 21/30 for 305 and 3 more TDs. 7 TDs and 0 INTs in las two playoff games
- the Griz defense as a whole has really showed up the last two weeks. Getting Loud back allows them to stack the box more and shut down the run. Solo playing more Mike has been effective
- Drew Deck has been awesome! The punt return is a record for FCS playoffs (93 yards) and was a thing of beauty and he added another receiving TD
- Solo playing like a man possessed. Peck wreaking havoc. Schwartz making a name for himself. Otlewski with 10 tackles. Wing with another INT. Lawler and Loud and Rausch with break ups and good coverage on the back end. It’s all coming together
- putting back to back 50 burgers on MVFC teams who only gave up 17 ppg (sdsu) and 24 ppg (USD) coming in. This offense seems to be unstoppable right now.

Bad:

- did not like the call where that receiver forward progress was down, but they let him get up and run it into the end zone and then upheld it on replay. Even the ESPN rules analyst was saying he was down. His forward progress was 100% stopped.

Ugly:

- honestly don’t have an ugly for this week. Was a beautiful day for football in Missoula and the Griz rocked it

Cat Griz 2.0 and this team is clicking on all cylinders and has improved form the last meeting and gotten a few guys back. Should be an epic battle in Bozeman. FTC 24-7!

Feel free to add….

I am rewatching the Cats' game, and about 20 seconds left in the 1st, Lamson runs it and is grabbed in the backfield and spun around. His knee goes down but there is no whistle. SFA defender hits him and gets a personal foul. That is EXACTLY what would have happened if any Griz had hit the USD kid who scored the TD when he was down.