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AZhoopsMTfootballfan said:
If Ah Yat wants to play in the NFL, there has only been 1 FCS team player drafted as a qb in the last 4 drafts and he (Cam Miller) has yet to play in an NFL game.
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Do you think Gronowski moving to Iowa State helped his odds? His numbers were waaay down from his SDSU production, He wasn’t drafted and signed as an UFA with Miami.
What about Adams going to Oregon? Did that help him? Also undrafted, despite leading the nation in passing efficiency and throwing 26 TD’s vs just 6 INT’s, passing for 2643 yards in his one year at Oregon. Has spent his entire career in the CFL.
There’s a host of other FCS QB’s who moved up and ended up sitting behind someone…

So unless he’s chasing a bag, I’d say AY’s chances are as good or better if he puts up video game numbers here.
 
AZGrizFan said:
Do you think Gronowski moving to Iowa State helped his odds? His numbers were waaay down from his SDSU production, He wasn’t drafted and signed as an UFA with Miami.
What about Adams going to Oregon? Did that help him? Also undrafted, despite leading the nation in passing efficiency and throwing 26 TD’s vs just 6 INT’s, passing for 2643 yards in his one year at Oregon. Has spent his entire career in the CFL.
There’s a host of other FCS QB’s who moved up and ended up sitting behind someone…

So unless he’s chasing a bag, I’d say AY’s chances are as good or better if he puts up video game numbers here.
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and he has a chance to win a National Championship here.
 
Oldskoolgriz said:
I sure hope he finishes his career as a Griz. I think the only way he leaves is if we win the natty this year. After listening to a few of his interviews, he loves being a Griz, but every true competitor has dreams of playing in the FBS and you can kind of sense that with him. And after the amazing year he had last year,.I heard some big time schools were offering him. I'm not going to mention any specific team names, but I heard some SEC teams were interested in him and Eli. To turn that down and come back shows that he is fully invested and wants to try and bring a championship back to the Griz.
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You honestly think if Montana wins the natty this year that Ah Yat is going to bolt for the FBS? I'm not buying it. Why would a player with his talent after just winning the national championship decide to leave for an FBS school after turning down those schools for the 2026 season to stay at Montana? He would have a chance to run it back to the national championship again in 2027. And his exposure at Montana is greater than it would be than at an FBS school or mid-tier SEC school.

Since MSU won the national championship, that same logic means that Justin Lamson should have transferred out of MSU to an FBS school to "compete at the highest level" for his senior year. I mean, listening to Lamson in interviews, he too sounds just as competitive as Ah Yat, so...
 
get'em_griz said:
Since MSU won the national championship, that same logic means that Justin Lamson should have transferred out of MSU to an FBS school to "compete at the highest level" for his senior year. I mean, listening to Lamson in interviews, he too sounds just as competitive as Ah Yat, so...
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The biggest difference is that Lamson already washed out at Syracuse and Stanford and then bailed on Bowling Green before heading to Bozeman where he wouldn’t have to compete for the job.
 
grizfnz said:
The biggest difference is that Lamson already washed out at Syracuse and Stanford and then bailed on Bowling Green before heading to Bozeman where he wouldn’t have to compete for the job.
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I think that's even more of a case to make for why staying at a top tier FCS program is the better choice when you are starting and leading the team vs washing out at an FBS program.
 
get'em_griz said:
You honestly think if Montana wins the natty this year that Ah Yat is going to bolt for the FBS? I'm not buying it. Why would a player with his talent after just winning the national championship decide to leave for an FBS school after turning down those schools for the 2026 season to stay at Montana? He would have a chance to run it back to the national championship again in 2027. And his exposure at Montana is greater than it would be than at an FBS school or mid-tier SEC school.

Since MSU won the national championship, that same logic means that Justin Lamson should have transferred out of MSU to an FBS school to "compete at the highest level" for his senior year. I mean, listening to Lamson in interviews, he too sounds just as competitive as Ah Yat, so...
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Perhaps more--possibly substantially more-- NIL $ ?

While I hope you're right and that Keali'i stays in Missoula, once he graduates from UM or
or even before, some FBS schools with truck loads of $ cash may come calling. Look at UM BB star guard Money Williams jumping from UM all the way to the other side of the country to Boston College : ( !!!
 
AZGrizFan said:
Do you think Gronowski moving to Iowa State helped his odds? His numbers were waaay down from his SDSU production, He wasn’t drafted and signed as an UFA with Miami.
What about Adams going to Oregon? Did that help him? Also undrafted, despite leading the nation in passing efficiency and throwing 26 TD’s vs just 6 INT’s, passing for 2643 yards in his one year at Oregon. Has spent his entire career in the CFL.
There’s a host of other FCS QB’s who moved up and ended up sitting behind someone…

So unless he’s chasing a bag, I’d say AY’s chances are as good or better if he puts up video game numbers here.
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I get your point, AZ, and it's a good one with one minor correction--Gronowski went to Iowa, not Iowa State. As we discovered 20 years ago at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City
, Griz vs. Iowa, Iowa State-Iowa, Clones ( Cyclones ) vs. Hawks is somewhat akin to MSU vs. UM--they don't like each other though a little less intense 😳 than us since they're in different conferences ( Big 12, Big 10 ) and play each other ar the beginning of the season, thus a little less drama, as opposed to the end of the season.
 
billingsgriz said:
I get your point, AZ, and it's a good one with one minor correction--Gronowski went to Iowa, not Iowa State. As we discovered 20 years ago at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City
, Griz vs. Iowa, Iowa State-Iowa, Clones ( Cyclones ) vs. Hawks is somewhat akin to MSU vs. UM--they don't like each other though a little less intense 😳 than us since they're in different conferences ( Big 12, Big 10 ) and play each other ar the beginning of the season, thus a little less drama, as opposed to the end of the season.
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Meh. Iowa. Iowa State…it’s all the same to me. :)
 
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