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2026 Griz Regular Season Predictions

HelenaHandBasket said:
Lower, much lower
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Not likely to be too much lower.
Last year UC Davis got the eight seed with an 8-3 record. But I think they got a game called off due to weather and they likely got the benefit of the doubt from that. Abilene Christian got the 10 seed with an 8-4 record.

Who the losses were to and by how much etc would have to come into play.
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
Not likely to be too much lower.
Last year UC Davis got the eight seed with an 8-3 record. But I think they got a game called off due to weather and they likely got the benefit of the doubt from that. Abilene Christian got the 10 seed with an 8-4 record.

Who the losses were to and by how much etc would have to come into play.
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In a 4 loss scenario, 3 of those losses will likely be against an FBS team and 2 teams ranked around or ahead of UM. Griz get prestige points.

More likely scenario: Griz finish 10-2 while getting some "griz magic" and pulling 2-3 games away from the jaws of defeat...
 
Da Boyz Mom said:
Not likely to be too much lower.
Last year UC Davis got the eight seed with an 8-3 record. But I think they got a game called off due to weather and they likely got the benefit of the doubt from that. Abilene Christian got the 10 seed with an 8-4 record.

Who the losses were to and by how much etc would have to come into play.
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Agreed, im pretty sure they got the nod in the Mercer game that was cancelled. At mercer and uc davis had a 24-17 lead with 7+ to play. To mercer's credit though, the lead was bigger and they were climbing back in it.
 
Dang. Usually I am the Negative Nellie.

My rationale for the Brawl of the Brawl this year: First we have a new coach. Vigen doesn't know what to expect, so they will game plan based on previous years under Hauck.

They might take some of the offensive plays into consideration because of the OC remaining stable, and knowing that the playbook isn't going to change that much offensively.

I don't think they are going to exect Pease to open up the offense like I think he is going to now that Hauck is gone. I think Hauck held him back, a lot. You can see the creativity and success last year, but Hauck was always true to run, run, run/pass, punt. I think we are going to see some crazy fun things coming from the offense this year.

With that said, Vigen and company will game plan for the "Griz offense as usual".

I think the Griz are going to come out throwing lightening and thunder this year.

I think that the Puds will consider the switch to the 4-2/3, but will think they are going to run roughshod over the Grizzly defense. I don't see that happening.

Then there is the attitude. Sure the Puds will have the "we're the champs" attitude, but I think that's more of a hinderance, psychologically than a help. I think the talent that is being brought in is outstanding. I see the transfers stepping up and contributing immediately.

I am probably wrong, but I think it's UM's year. I have a gut feeling, and my gut is rarely wrong.
 
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SinCityGriz2005 said:
Dang. Usually I am the Negative Nellie.

My rationale for the Brawl of the Brawl this year: First we have a new coach. Vigen doesn't know what to expect, so they will game plan based on previous years under Hauck.

They might take some of the offensive plays into consideration because of the OC remaining stable, and knowing that the playbook isn't going to change that much offensively.

I don't think they are going to exect Phenecie to open up the offense like I think he is going to now that Hauck is gone. I think Hauck held him back, a lot. You can see the creativity and success last year, but Hauck was always true to run, run, run/pass, punt. I think we are going to see some crazy fun things coming from the offense this year.

With that said, Vigen and company will game plan for the "Griz offense as usual".

I think the Griz are going to come out throwing lightening and thunder this year.

I think that the Puds will consider the switch to the 4-2/3, but will think they are going to run roughshod over the Grizzly defense. I don't see that happening.

Then there is the attitude. Sure the Puds will have the "we're the champs" attitude, but I think that's more of a hinderance, psychologically than a help. I think the talent that is being brought in is outstanding. I see the transfers stepping up and contributing immediately.

I am probably wrong, but I think it's UM's year. I have a gut feeling, and my gut is rarely wrong.
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I like the optimism, but one correction. Pease is the OC, not Phenecie. Unless you meant that for that one game only BK is going to put Phenecie in as the OC, which would definitely be a surprise but not necessarily a good one.
 
SinCityGriz2005 said:
Dang. Usually I am the Negative Nellie.

My rationale for the Brawl of the Brawl this year: First we have a new coach. Vigen doesn't know what to expect, so they will game plan based on previous years under Hauck.

They might take some of the offensive plays into consideration because of the OC remaining stable, and knowing that the playbook isn't going to change that much offensively.

I don't think they are going to exect Phenecie to open up the offense like I think he is going to now that Hauck is gone. I think Hauck held him back, a lot. You can see the creativity and success last year, but Hauck was always true to run, run, run/pass, punt. I think we are going to see some crazy fun things coming from the offense this year.

With that said, Vigen and company will game plan for the "Griz offense as usual".

I think the Griz are going to come out throwing lightening and thunder this year.

I think that the Puds will consider the switch to the 4-2/3, but will think they are going to run roughshod over the Grizzly defense. I don't see that happening.

Then there is the attitude. Sure the Puds will have the "we're the champs" attitude, but I think that's more of a hinderance, psychologically than a help. I think the talent that is being brought in is outstanding. I see the transfers stepping up and contributing immediately.

I am probably wrong, but I think it's UM's year. I have a gut feeling, and my gut is rarely wrong.
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This might be logical if MSU was playing UM in week 1, but they’ll have essentially an entire season of film on UM under BK. They won’t be flying blind thinking Hauck is still there.
 
I apologize. I was wrapped up writing a rebuttal to Herder's top 15 article. You're correct. It's Pease not Phencie. I knew that. My fingers didn't write it though.
 
MissoulaMarinerFan said:
I think 9-3. Losses to Oregon State, UC Davis and in Bozeman. I'd like to see that turn around or at the very least, not get boat-raced. None of the games have been close in Bozeman the last handful of years. The last HC to win in Bozeman was Bob Stitt. I'd like to see that updated. 😆
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I don't think you lose to Davis. The QB from last year left. He was dynamic. I think you roll them.
 
SinCityGriz2005 said:
Dang. Usually I am the Negative Nellie.

My rationale for the Brawl of the Brawl this year: First we have a new coach. Vigen doesn't know what to expect, so they will game plan based on previous years under Hauck.

They might take some of the offensive plays into consideration because of the OC remaining stable, and knowing that the playbook isn't going to change that much offensively.

I don't think they are going to exect Pease to open up the offense like I think he is going to now that Hauck is gone. I think Hauck held him back, a lot. You can see the creativity and success last year, but Hauck was always true to run, run, run/pass, punt. I think we are going to see some crazy fun things coming from the offense this year.

With that said, Vigen and company will game plan for the "Griz offense as usual".

I think the Griz are going to come out throwing lightening and thunder this year.

I think that the Puds will consider the switch to the 4-2/3, but will think they are going to run roughshod over the Grizzly defense. I don't see that happening.

Then there is the attitude. Sure the Puds will have the "we're the champs" attitude, but I think that's more of a hinderance, psychologically than a help. I think the talent that is being brought in is outstanding. I see the transfers stepping up and contributing immediately.

I am probably wrong, but I think it's UM's year. I have a gut feeling, and my gut is rarely wrong.
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It definitely doesn't matter in this day and age in terms of game planning for Hauck or BK as coach. The fact they allow iPads on the sidelines and computer tech for the players and coaches, it nullifies any real advantage. If it was our coaches game planning against the opponents coaches and no iPads could be used then we would probably win 7/10 times.
The reason I say this is because I was recently made aware of what Montana St. has been using this last season to game plan every week. They use a very significant type of computer software and scouting technology that has only become available recently within the last few years. The tech is called ANSRS.AI. As of last year, only 4 maybe 5 FCS schools were using it. But most recently 2 more teams in the Big Sky just signed up
I'm not going to breakdown everything this scouting software can do but let's just say it's really that good because all the top programs in the FBS are singing on to use it. It basically breaks everything down to the smallest tendencies. So instead of doing it the old way which was throwing on the game film and rewind, pause, slow down and repeat, you type in show me all the pass plays they run on every 3rd down and show me which play they run the most. Then they have AI kick in its 2 cents to show the probability of what they will run the following up play.
To make it even more amazing, if you have your assistant coach filming it live the software will break it down in real time so coaches can make immediate adjustments.
If you really want to see what this thing can do then you guys should check out the website.
The only way this wouldn't help the team using it, is if the opponent runs a completely different scheme that the other team hasn't seen on film or scouted for. But Montana St. has 3 years of Coach Peases offense on film. And by the time we play them at the end of the year they will have 4 years of offense and 11 games of Coach Sanders defense assuming they don't plug in his E. Washington film.
 
I want to see Fall camp before making any predictions. I think this team will be good but there are some things to figure out mostly DL and OL that I want to see. I think the OL will be fine and I want to see the complete set of DTs brought in to compete. Which secondary guys step up, etc. These things like that make a difference to 12-0 to 8-4. It’s a tough schedule. I think 2 or 3 losses wouldn’t be crazy.
 
Oldskoolgriz said:
It definitely doesn't matter in this day and age in terms of game planning for Hauck or BK as coach. The fact they allow iPads on the sidelines and computer tech for the players and coaches, it nullifies any real advantage. If it was our coaches game planning against the opponents coaches and no iPads could be used then we would probably win 7/10 times.
The reason I say this is because I was recently made aware of what Montana St. has been using this last season to game plan every week. They use a very significant type of computer software and scouting technology that has only become available recently within the last few years. The tech is called ANSRS.AI. As of last year, only 4 maybe 5 FCS schools were using it. But most recently 2 more teams in the Big Sky just signed up
I'm not going to breakdown everything this scouting software can do but let's just say it's really that good because all the top programs in the FBS are singing on to use it. It basically breaks everything down to the smallest tendencies. So instead of doing it the old way which was throwing on the game film and rewind, pause, slow down and repeat, you type in show me all the pass plays they run on every 3rd down and show me which play they run the most. Then they have AI kick in its 2 cents to show the probability of what they will run the following up play.
To make it even more amazing, if you have your assistant coach filming it live the software will break it down in real time so coaches can make immediate adjustments.
If you really want to see what this thing can do then you guys should check out the website.
The only way this wouldn't help the team using it, is if the opponent runs a completely different scheme that the other team hasn't seen on film or scouted for. But Montana St. has 3 years of Coach Peases offense on film. And by the time we play them at the end of the year they will have 4 years of offense and 11 games of Coach Sanders defense assuming they don't plug in his E. Washington film.
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It won't matter. I will tell you today what they will call: Cats run, rpo, run, pass, td.
 
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