How is this team 7-2??

[DuCharme]

I would say we are very lucky to be where we are. I think the team is good enough to compete but we seem to not learn from our mistakes. Making it easy for opposing teams to dominate us do to our team not making adjustments. All a team has to do is find whatever our weakness is that day and exploit it all day long because we will not adjust and stop them from doing so. i feel we have the potential to make a decent run but without defensive improvement id rather not play on national television this year.

Opponents scoring by quarters begs to differ...

1Q-51
2Q-76
3Q-45
4Q-34
OT-3

 

[AZGrizFan]

I would say we are very lucky to be where we are. I think the team is good enough to compete but we seem to not learn from our mistakes. Making it easy for opposing teams to dominate us do to our team not making adjustments. All a team has to do is find whatever our weakness is that day and exploit it all day long because we will not adjust and stop them from doing so. i feel we have the potential to make a decent run but without defensive improvement id rather not play on national television this year.

Opponents scoring by quarters begs to differ...

1Q-51
2Q-76
3Q-45
4Q-34
OT-3

That 4th quarter number looked a lot better before Saturday's mini-meltdown. :twisted: :twisted:

 

[tnt]

I don't think that the combined records of opponents, or wins against teams with winning records, shows very much. Ultimately, on average, opponents will average out to have the same of amount of wins and losses, by definition. The non-conference games will have some impact on this. Whether one has been a D-II with a winning or losing record is not particularly meaningful. It's more important to look at the general quality of opponents and how your team did against them.

The ONLY thing that will much when talking about strength of schedule, strength of the conference and all the other little doodads to make things look better than they are (or worse)is what kind of a run the BSC teams (however many make it) make in the playoffs until that point its all speculation. A once and done as have the cats done more often than not does nothing for establishing strength of anything. It could mean they are the least bad of the bad.

Its not hard to figure out why this team is 7-2. Its not even rocket science, statistics, or even complex formulas. Its grade school math. The team that has the greatest number of points at the end of the game wins.

The Griz have done it 7 times...............

 

[AZGrizFan]

Its not hard to figure out why this team is 7-2. Its not even rocket science, statistics, or even complex formulas. Its grade school math. The team that has the greatest number of points at the end of the game wins.

The Griz have done it 7 times...............

Well, that clears THAT up. :lol: :?

/thread

 

[grizatheart]

Well the answer to your question is really simple: In seven games we have out scored our opponent. In two games we have been out scored, alas the outcome is 7-2.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Well the answer to your question is really simple: In seven games we have out scored our opponent. In two games we have been out scored, alas the outcome is 7-2.

But the question is HOW...with all the pissing and moaning on this board about all the various parts of our team that allegedly "suck"....

 

[tnt]

Apparently you haven't learned to think the way eGriz thinks. Its not who's the better team, rather its which team sucks less at any given time.

 

[jodcon]

Well the answer to your question is really simple: In seven games we have out scored our opponent. In two games we have been out scored, alas the outcome is 7-2.

But the question is HOW...with all the pissing and moaning on this board about all the various parts of our team that allegedly "suck"....

According to multiple sources, the refs screw everybody we play. With neutral refs we would be 1-8.

 

[ilovethecats]

If the people who you listened to think the Cat schedule is easy, then they must think the Big Sky conference is easy. I don't. That's the bulk of the schedule. Many teams play D-II teams most every year. Monmouth is not great, but not awful. SMU isn't good this year, but they are FBS. Don't know how your buds or whoever they are, can say this is an "easy" schedule.

I don't believe the strength of schedule in football is an important element of doing well in the playoffs, as long as there are several very challenging games. Other factors are more important, including getting on a roll at the right time, playing with confidence and being healthy.

Look, I disagreed with you who said the two teams had played an "easy" schedule. I said the Big Sky is a difficult conference. That's not the same as saying they have played a "tough schedule". Please don't tell us that you don't understand the differences between these things.

ya clearly this is a matter of opinion thing. I do think the big sky is easy this year. I figured um, msu and ewu would be tough and the rest so-so. I honestly thought we'd be 9-0 right now or at the very least 8-1 with a loss to smu. this is partly because I thought msu would be pretty good...and partly because I thought the teams we played to this point would not be very good.

so far...at least in my mind and the records these teams have I am correct. I don't think sfa is very good. I don't think northern Colorado is very good. I don't think north Dakota is very good. I don't think weber is very good. and I don't think davis is very good. so when a team is fortunate enough to play all of these teams...I consider that an easy schedule.

how can you have played two 1-win teams and another 2 win team and consider your schedule not easy? I agree I thought and still do think the end of our schedule is tough. I figured um and ewu would be tough. I was also nervous about southern Utah simply based on what I saw last year.

this isn't one of those things where it's your facts against mine. it's how I felt coming into the season and how I still feel. I thought our schedule was easy because we played what I thought were going to be crappy teams. so far the teams we played have been crappy. crappy teams equals easy schedule in my mind.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Well the answer to your question is really simple: In seven games we have out scored our opponent. In two games we have been out scored, alas the outcome is 7-2.

But the question is HOW...with all the pissing and moaning on this board about all the various parts of our team that allegedly "suck"....

According to multiple sources, the refs screw everybody we play. With neutral refs we would be 1-8.

Egggggzacly. Ding ding ding....winner winner chicken dinner. :clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[Hammer]

Well the answer to your question is really simple: In seven games we have out scored our opponent. In two games we have been out scored, alas the outcome is 7-2.

But the question is HOW...with all the pissing and moaning on this board about all the various parts of our team that allegedly "suck"....

According to multiple sources, the refs screw everybody we play. With neutral refs we would be 1-8.

Egggggzacly. Ding ding ding....winner winner chicken dinner. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Only if it's Double Front. Thats the only yardbird worth eating.

 

[AZGrizFan]

But the question is HOW...with all the pissing and moaning on this board about all the various parts of our team that allegedly "suck"....

According to multiple sources, the refs screw everybody we play. With neutral refs we would be 1-8.

Egggggzacly. Ding ding ding....winner winner chicken dinner. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Only if it's Double Front. Thats the only yardbird worth eating.

Agreed again.

 

[BigPawzSharpClawz]

Despite mediocre coaching (at times) this team has willed itself to a 7-2 record. A few breaks here and there and as crazy as it seems they could be undefeated. That sounds crazy to me too?

Here's why we are 7-2 in numerical sequence:
1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 26, 37, 52, 56 etc etc etc...the PLAYERS are why the Griz are 7-2 and on the verge of returning to the playoffs. Where we know anything can truly happen.

MEMO to Coaching staff: Recruit your butts off for some athletic O-linemen, a QB that can step in and deliver when JJ graduates, two or three more physical corners that can actually cover and tackle and stay healthy.

If this happens get your money together and be ready to be in Frisco in January 2015.
Just my couple pennies worth for all y'all to consider.

 

[ranco]

Good teams win close games. Last year we lost the close ones, this year we are winning them.
Why? slightly better coaching (no obvious blunders like last year) and JJ.

 

[BakunLT]

I'm not sure how you've escaped the past two opponents but I am certain that you'll lose to the next three. The dumpster fire that your program has been for the past several years has calmed down a little but in the end of 2013, it'll be a full on landfill explosion.

Best of luck, schmucks!

:liar: :stfu: :stupid:

 

[Grisly Fan]

It is hard to judge whether the BSC is good based upon mostly league records. If we imagine a scenario where the BSC is absolutely the best league and there is parity in the conference then everyone would be around .500. Of course it would be the same if the BSC was also the worst conference. "Out of conference W/L's" tell us something but few if any of been against east coast teams where the majority of FCS lives. Clearly App State is not the team most of us expected so a win over them doesn't bring a lot of cred -- but it still was a win (a loss to them would say more). Really the reckoning comes in the playoffs and I am thankful of that. The last thing we need is a poll packed with eastern voters trying to guess whether the BSC is good or not based on conference records.

 

[Zootown Rox]

Better question - How is this team not 9-0?

We have the players, coaching has not put them in positions to win (against good teams).

So, you're putting "the offensive line sucking", "the defense sucking", etc., etc., etc., all on the coaches?

Umm yes, yes I am.

 

[Htowngriz]

Better question - How is this team not 9-0?

We have the players, coaching has not put them in positions to win (against good teams).

So, you're putting "the offensive line sucking", "the defense sucking", etc., etc., etc., all on the coaches?

Umm yes, yes I am.

Last time I checked, the coaches weren't the ones out there missing tackles, which has been our biggest problem on D.

 

[oGriz]

Our 7-2 Griz Team Remembered

The dull, dark days of November descended on Missoula, and the first Saturday of the 11th month yielded up a victory. The Montana Grizzlies sat at a respectable 7-2, but not looking like the power they wanted to be, not looking like the power their fans wanted them to be. The week before, they had been thumped by the conference power, tagged for 55 points and lost by 12.

One last major test lay before them: Playing the Bobcats in Bozeman to end regulation play. Losing there would put them at 8-3 and very likely get them at least one playoff game. As fate would have it, they won a tough game in Bozeman, and then went on to destroy teams in the playoffs en route to the National Championship. The year was 1995.

 

['68griz]

Our 7-2 Griz Team Remembered

The dull, dark days of November descended on Missoula, and the first Saturday of the 11th month yielded up a victory. The Montana Grizzlies sat at a respectable 7-2, but not looking like the power they wanted to be, not looking like the power their fans wanted them to be. The week before, they had been thumped by the conference power, tagged for 55 points and lost by 12.

One last major test lay before them: Playing the Bobcats in Bozeman to end regulation play. Losing there would put them at 8-3 and very likely get them at least one playoff game. As fate would have it, they won a tough game in Bozeman, and then went on to destroy teams in the playoffs en route to the National Championship. The year was 1995.

We can always hope.