Mavman said:
Feeling anxious about this game, convince me as to why the Griz will win.
My thoughts
1 Msu has great offense and the griz struggle with mobile qbs.
2 msu plays better at home, even their defense.
3 msu has nothing to lose the Griz have playoff hopes
3a having nothing to lose trick plays come into the equation and Griz don't do well with them.
4 Can the offense put together Two good games in a row?????
5 How is msu rush defense? Griz have shown a little bit of a run game lately.
I really liked how the Griz came out last game and were very chippy. The personal foul on Holmes and the one on the kickoff set the tone for the asswhipping to come :thumb:
OK experts of both teams give me your opinions. Don't use stats they make you look bad lol
I'll respond point by point.
1. We have a very good offense, not sure I'd go so far as great. Too many mistakes and missed opportunities, and lack of a consistent run blocking push. Prukop is a bit hobbled right now but I expect him full strength by Saturday. He almost plays better when he isn't 100% as he seems to stay in the pocket a bit longer and turns into more of a pocket QB than a take off the first sign of daylight QB.
2. Yes, we play better at home. But SUU handled us at home. That was the first game all season I felt the offense truly lost that one for us.
3a. Senior day, they'll be some guys look to go out with a bang. Nothing to play for but pride, so the guys can play loose. But we just never match the Griz intensity in this game, at least not under Ash. Drives me crazy.
3b. We do have a fair amount of trick plays, and they have worked most of the time. Griebel broke lots of state records in CO in high school as a QB, and went to Air Force as a QB before transferring, losing out to McGhee and switching to WR.
4. The Griz offense seems to me to have been wildly inconsistent this year. That'll happen when platooning injured QBs. Good news is you're playing the 2nd worst defense in the league (EWU might actually be worse!).
5. Our rush defense is embarrassingly bad. I'd bet $50 one of your running backs gets a career high against us, it has happened about 6 times this year. We take bad angles and our LBs overpursue, gets swallowed up, RB his the cut lane hard and there is no secondary within sight because they either can't get off a block or take a terrible angle at the RB. It's actually kind of comical.
I saw that play on Holmes, he's lucky there isn't a system like soccer, cuz that's a red card, or in basketball with a flagrant. That was a cheap shot, not sure why anyone here would be applauding it.
The Cats have the ability to win this game. I'll know the outcome of the game in the first 5 minutes. If we have no fire, if the defense looks like "its usual self", and we get stuffed on a 3rd or 4th and short, it's going to be a long day.