Wanted to get this posted early as I expect some heavy discussion with a bit of a dark horse setting that could creep up on the Griz if they aren’t careful. This week the Griz have a “bye” listed on their schedule. While so far this year the “bye” team has been mostly knocked around and already by other teams they’ve got a tough week ahead of them, facing off against 3 Big Sky teams on the same day, UM, UND, and Sac. Three teams with pretty good offenses – “bye” will have their hands full.
Things to watch for in the “bye” week:
- It’s been on a pretty consistent basis that the bye week springs up message board chatter of “what if” where several posters will create new threads dissecting losses that occurred already and bringing up points that’s widely been talked about already. Need to watch for this, this year more than ever there’s more fodder to fuel these kind of threads.
- Another thing to watch for is the usual chest-puffing from fans of teams that are either a 3 hour drive west or a 3 hour drive east of Missoula. Assuming their teams win a game, even if it’s ugly, the bragging will come forth. Once again this season’s 5-5 Griz record has led to a lot more chest puffing especially from a state school to the east. Keep in mind as you see it unfold these fans simply don’t know how to react to seeing a Griz team that’s down, most of them have never witnessed it in their entire lives. Humor them, of course, because they may turn out to be correct, but just keep in mind this is probably a “once in a blue moon” occasion for these fans.
- I would most certainly anticipate some pre-emptive smack in the form of AG1 posting a few threads and then just giving a link-back to his own message board.
- Adam Brzczeck talk should heat up.
- The players need to stay on top of prep for the bye week. Relaxing and eating pizza on Saturday will only be enjoyable if they’re well prepared. The bye tends to catch you off guard and before you know it you’re back to work again.
- Last week the bye beat UCD by a score of 7-6… I know, I didn’t think it could happen either but it goes to show… terrible teams just suck at everything.
Keys to a Grizzly victory over the bye week:
1. Gotta give the safeties help. I sound like a broken record but I wonder if they’ll use Jordan Tripp to help out more in the middle/deep field to prevent the safeties from getting burned by the bye. I think the bye week will certainly get it’s passing yards, probably 350+ but as long as they contain the middle it should work out to their advantage.
2. Consider just not playing ST at all. Early-on Vegas odds put the bye week at +14 differential on special teams points. Be it missed kicks by the Griz or giving up an ST return/score. Hopefully Kfense and Ty don’t get together and scheme a new punt block against the bye that has the blockers sitting 15 yards off the line of scrimmage like they’ve had with the cornerbacks.
3. DOLA. The bye week is soft, our O-line should roll them, as long as our backs protect the ball and don’t fumble against the bye too much we should be in good shape. I wouldn’t rush Dan Moore back to this game either, he could get hurt again or go into a rage and break the bye week’s nose, don’t need that a week before the cats come to town.
4. The fans need to not show up. Come on people, it’s the bye week, if ever there’s a game to keep drinking outside of the stadium after halftime… this is it. And don’t bother bundling up or getting rowdy, the bye week is truly the one group that does not care how loud and cold it is in here.
5. Don’t kickoff both halves. Even if it’s the bye week, lets at least receive the ball to start one half please.
6. Win the turnover battle. Could be tough, especially if there are lots of punts.
7. Stay aggressive. Rosenbach may feel the need to pull back on the throttle early in the bye week. He’s got to resist that urge, once the momentum is lost… who knows what could happen.
8. Brace for a sugary post game report. Even if we see the Griz just eek out a win against the bye, you can bet your backside I’ll be on here talking up all the amazing plays.
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But seriously people – have a good week and enjoy it. BTW, if for any reason you took any serious offense to anything I’ve said in this post I’d like to point out this is a total attempt at being humorous. If I’ve offended you – grow up. If you feel the need to complain about me – go right ahead. Any attempts to suggest I mean anything personally towards anyone mentioned in this thread will be heavily denied.
Happy election day, Go America, and if I don’t post on here before, happy veterans day as well.
Go GRIZ!
And here’s my egriz meme of the week for you:
Things to watch for in the “bye” week:
- It’s been on a pretty consistent basis that the bye week springs up message board chatter of “what if” where several posters will create new threads dissecting losses that occurred already and bringing up points that’s widely been talked about already. Need to watch for this, this year more than ever there’s more fodder to fuel these kind of threads.
- Another thing to watch for is the usual chest-puffing from fans of teams that are either a 3 hour drive west or a 3 hour drive east of Missoula. Assuming their teams win a game, even if it’s ugly, the bragging will come forth. Once again this season’s 5-5 Griz record has led to a lot more chest puffing especially from a state school to the east. Keep in mind as you see it unfold these fans simply don’t know how to react to seeing a Griz team that’s down, most of them have never witnessed it in their entire lives. Humor them, of course, because they may turn out to be correct, but just keep in mind this is probably a “once in a blue moon” occasion for these fans.
- I would most certainly anticipate some pre-emptive smack in the form of AG1 posting a few threads and then just giving a link-back to his own message board.
- Adam Brzczeck talk should heat up.
- The players need to stay on top of prep for the bye week. Relaxing and eating pizza on Saturday will only be enjoyable if they’re well prepared. The bye tends to catch you off guard and before you know it you’re back to work again.
- Last week the bye beat UCD by a score of 7-6… I know, I didn’t think it could happen either but it goes to show… terrible teams just suck at everything.
Keys to a Grizzly victory over the bye week:
1. Gotta give the safeties help. I sound like a broken record but I wonder if they’ll use Jordan Tripp to help out more in the middle/deep field to prevent the safeties from getting burned by the bye. I think the bye week will certainly get it’s passing yards, probably 350+ but as long as they contain the middle it should work out to their advantage.
2. Consider just not playing ST at all. Early-on Vegas odds put the bye week at +14 differential on special teams points. Be it missed kicks by the Griz or giving up an ST return/score. Hopefully Kfense and Ty don’t get together and scheme a new punt block against the bye that has the blockers sitting 15 yards off the line of scrimmage like they’ve had with the cornerbacks.
3. DOLA. The bye week is soft, our O-line should roll them, as long as our backs protect the ball and don’t fumble against the bye too much we should be in good shape. I wouldn’t rush Dan Moore back to this game either, he could get hurt again or go into a rage and break the bye week’s nose, don’t need that a week before the cats come to town.
4. The fans need to not show up. Come on people, it’s the bye week, if ever there’s a game to keep drinking outside of the stadium after halftime… this is it. And don’t bother bundling up or getting rowdy, the bye week is truly the one group that does not care how loud and cold it is in here.
5. Don’t kickoff both halves. Even if it’s the bye week, lets at least receive the ball to start one half please.
6. Win the turnover battle. Could be tough, especially if there are lots of punts.
7. Stay aggressive. Rosenbach may feel the need to pull back on the throttle early in the bye week. He’s got to resist that urge, once the momentum is lost… who knows what could happen.
8. Brace for a sugary post game report. Even if we see the Griz just eek out a win against the bye, you can bet your backside I’ll be on here talking up all the amazing plays.
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But seriously people – have a good week and enjoy it. BTW, if for any reason you took any serious offense to anything I’ve said in this post I’d like to point out this is a total attempt at being humorous. If I’ve offended you – grow up. If you feel the need to complain about me – go right ahead. Any attempts to suggest I mean anything personally towards anyone mentioned in this thread will be heavily denied.
Happy election day, Go America, and if I don’t post on here before, happy veterans day as well.
Go GRIZ!
And here’s my egriz meme of the week for you:
