How we all feeling?

[mthoopsfan]

I could give you the Kool-Aid version, or the objective version. As always, there are enough Kool-Aid versions on here, so I'll give you my honest objective version.

1) We will win our first 5 games. Gee, what a revelation, huh?

2) We will go as far within the conference games as our QB position will allow for. Understand that there are still many questions about whether Vidlak can be The Man. After all, this will be his first chance to lead a college offense. Not excited about the other options at QB. More of the "praying that our QB doesn't get injured" stuff we have lived with under Bobby 2.0.

3) The offensive sets I have seen in practice look familiar to last season. With that said, they are mostly single-back sets, and not designed to be a "run-first" offense like MSU runs. It will be a multiple offense as in the past. So, those of you thinking we can pound the rock and dominate defenses with our running game will be disappointed, in my opinion. If we expect to be a run-first team, we need to install more 2-back options, counter plays, pulling linemen, etc. instead of just trying to execute better than last season with the same O-line and similar offense.
Hopefully we will.

4) I do not think that our defense can possibly be as good as last year's defense. There is no way that we can replace Robby, O'Connell & Ford without losing some skill. These positions are not plug-and-play like some of you believe. Those three were great players, and they will be missed. I agree that our defense wore-down towards the end of last season...... primarily because our offense couldn't stay on the field after mid-season.

5) We are very thin on the D-line, both with bulk and with numbers. We had one starter leave, and another possible starter lost due to injury. The CB position is also an area of concern.

6) I predict we win 7-8 games, mainly due to a favorable schedule and 5 cup-cake games prior to conference. We will get another first round playoff game in Missoula, even if we have to buy it like last season. Will probably win that first game. Then, as usual, we will be exposed by teams who are legit threats to win a NC, and, you know the rest. We start thinking about how great we will be next season when Bobby gets his players in the system.

Just my honest thoughts.

You had to go to practice to write that general stuff?

 

[VandalPride97]

OK, so chalk up a big fat L for the Vandal game. Aside from that, do you have any real challenges?

 

[UncleRico]

OK, so chalk up a big fat L for the Vandal game. Aside from that, do you have any real challenges?

I did some quick calculations and Idaho is 70-151 over the last 20 years. I know 7-5 and a win over the Griz was a big deal after that but easy there son. We all remember our first beer too.

 

[Walrus]

During the first few games of the season, there will be a lot of baffling mistakes on special teams. Everyone will tut and go "gosh darnit well at least we know Bobby hates that." The same mistakes will keep happening sporadically all season.

Nevertheless, the Griz will tear through their first few opponents with the vigor of an actual grizzly bear encountering unattended trash cans. After getting an unexpected homecoming scare with a close game against Idaho State, the Griz will tighten up the ship and make a statement with definitive wins at UC Davis and Idaho. Tickets to Frisco will be purchased. A petition will be created to bring GameDay to the Brawl. Rumors of a move up to FBS will circulate.

When Sac State comes to Missoula, disaster will strike. An injury to a key starter will expose the lack of depth on offense and leave the Griz hapless. The defense (who were probably the key to those ISU and UCD wins) will be gassed and everything will start to fall apart. Sac State will win. Still missing that key starter, the Griz will come out against PSU looking flat, vanilla, and predictable. PSU will win.

GameDay won't be in Missoula, but the Brawl will get a brief mention when a real estate developer from Texas with a Yellowstone Club membership makes an appearance donning a cowboy hat to say that his hometown "Montana Bobcats" are going all the way to the natty this year. The Griz will put up a hell of a fight, but get repeatedly stung by MSU's one inexplicably elite athlete who simultaneously plays QB, DT, PR, and even steps in as OC after a halftime DUI. The Cats will win and make T-shirts celebrating their epic 2 game Brawl streak.

The Griz will casually stroll into the playoffs as usual and get handed a home game against a team from the Bible Belt with a weird name like "University of the Divine Prophet". The weather forecast will be -4F with a wind chill of -26F. Griz Nation will make a big deal out of this. UDP will bring hand warmers and the season will end.

I will visit eGriz one last time to read Brint's post-game analysis. The rest of the forum will be a burning wasteland of Cats fans gloating and Griz fans clamoring to get everyone involved fired, from Bobby to the AD to the mayor. Someone will claim that we lost because of wokeness and spawn 20 pages of angry politics. At that point I will close the tab, delete the eGriz bookmark from my browser, and wonder why I subject myself to this every year.

Then I will subject myself to this again the next year.

 

[mthoopsfan]

Feel free to delete your your bookmark and leave it in the trash.

 

[thirdandlong]

During the first few games of the season, there will be a lot of baffling mistakes on special teams. Everyone will tut and go "gosh darnit well at least we know Bobby hates that." The same mistakes will keep happening sporadically all season.

Nevertheless, the Griz will tear through their first few opponents with the vigor of an actual grizzly bear encountering unattended trash cans. After getting an unexpected homecoming scare with a close game against Idaho State, the Griz will tighten up the ship and make a statement with definitive wins at UC Davis and Idaho. Tickets to Frisco will be purchased. A petition will be created to bring GameDay to the Brawl. Rumors of a move up to FBS will circulate.

When Sac State comes to Missoula, disaster will strike. An injury to a key starter will expose the lack of depth on offense and leave the Griz hapless. The defense (who were probably the key to those ISU and UCD wins) will be gassed and everything will start to fall apart. Sac State will win. Still missing that key starter, the Griz will come out against PSU looking flat, vanilla, and predictable. PSU will win.

GameDay won't be in Missoula, but the Brawl will get a brief mention when a real estate developer from Texas with a Yellowstone Club membership makes an appearance donning a cowboy hat to say that his hometown "Montana Bobcats" are going all the way to the natty this year. The Griz will put up a hell of a fight, but get repeatedly stung by MSU's one inexplicably elite athlete who simultaneously plays QB, DT, PR, and even steps in as OC after a halftime DUI. The Cats will win and make T-shirts celebrating their epic 2 game Brawl streak.

The Griz will casually stroll into the playoffs as usual and get handed a home game against a team from the Bible Belt with a weird name like "University of the Divine Prophet". The weather forecast will be -4F with a wind chill of -26F. Griz Nation will make a big deal out of this. UDP will bring hand warmers and the season will end.

I will visit eGriz one last time to read Brint's post-game analysis. The rest of the forum will be a burning wasteland of Cats fans gloating and Griz fans clamoring to get everyone involved fired, from Bobby to the AD to the mayor. Someone will claim that we lost because of wokeness and spawn 20 pages of angry politics. At that point I will close the tab, delete the eGriz bookmark from my browser, and wonder why I subject myself to this every year.

Then I will subject myself to this again the next year.

Hilarious post, dude! I spewed my Cheerios and milk reading this one!

 

[SoldierGriz]

During the first few games of the season, there will be a lot of baffling mistakes on special teams. Everyone will tut and go "gosh darnit well at least we know Bobby hates that." The same mistakes will keep happening sporadically all season.

Nevertheless, the Griz will tear through their first few opponents with the vigor of an actual grizzly bear encountering unattended trash cans. After getting an unexpected homecoming scare with a close game against Idaho State, the Griz will tighten up the ship and make a statement with definitive wins at UC Davis and Idaho. Tickets to Frisco will be purchased. A petition will be created to bring GameDay to the Brawl. Rumors of a move up to FBS will circulate.

When Sac State comes to Missoula, disaster will strike. An injury to a key starter will expose the lack of depth on offense and leave the Griz hapless. The defense (who were probably the key to those ISU and UCD wins) will be gassed and everything will start to fall apart. Sac State will win. Still missing that key starter, the Griz will come out against PSU looking flat, vanilla, and predictable. PSU will win.

GameDay won't be in Missoula, but the Brawl will get a brief mention when a real estate developer from Texas with a Yellowstone Club membership makes an appearance donning a cowboy hat to say that his hometown "Montana Bobcats" are going all the way to the natty this year. The Griz will put up a hell of a fight, but get repeatedly stung by MSU's one inexplicably elite athlete who simultaneously plays QB, DT, PR, and even steps in as OC after a halftime DUI. The Cats will win and make T-shirts celebrating their epic 2 game Brawl streak.

The Griz will casually stroll into the playoffs as usual and get handed a home game against a team from the Bible Belt with a weird name like "University of the Divine Prophet". The weather forecast will be -4F with a wind chill of -26F. Griz Nation will make a big deal out of this. UDP will bring hand warmers and the season will end.

I will visit eGriz one last time to read Brint's post-game analysis. The rest of the forum will be a burning wasteland of Cats fans gloating and Griz fans clamoring to get everyone involved fired, from Bobby to the AD to the mayor. Someone will claim that we lost because of wokeness and spawn 20 pages of angry politics. At that point I will close the tab, delete the eGriz bookmark from my browser, and wonder why I subject myself to this every year.

Then I will subject myself to this again the next year.

:lol:

POTY

 

[grizeyes]

During the first few games of the season, there will be a lot of baffling mistakes on special teams. Everyone will tut and go "gosh darnit well at least we know Bobby hates that." The same mistakes will keep happening sporadically all season.

Nevertheless, the Griz will tear through their first few opponents with the vigor of an actual grizzly bear encountering unattended trash cans. After getting an unexpected homecoming scare with a close game against Idaho State, the Griz will tighten up the ship and make a statement with definitive wins at UC Davis and Idaho. Tickets to Frisco will be purchased. A petition will be created to bring GameDay to the Brawl. Rumors of a move up to FBS will circulate.

When Sac State comes to Missoula, disaster will strike. An injury to a key starter will expose the lack of depth on offense and leave the Griz hapless. The defense (who were probably the key to those ISU and UCD wins) will be gassed and everything will start to fall apart. Sac State will win. Still missing that key starter, the Griz will come out against PSU looking flat, vanilla, and predictable. PSU will win.

GameDay won't be in Missoula, but the Brawl will get a brief mention when a real estate developer from Texas with a Yellowstone Club membership makes an appearance donning a cowboy hat to say that his hometown "Montana Bobcats" are going all the way to the natty this year. The Griz will put up a hell of a fight, but get repeatedly stung by MSU's one inexplicably elite athlete who simultaneously plays QB, DT, PR, and even steps in as OC after a halftime DUI. The Cats will win and make T-shirts celebrating their epic 2 game Brawl streak.

The Griz will casually stroll into the playoffs as usual and get handed a home game against a team from the Bible Belt with a weird name like "University of the Divine Prophet". The weather forecast will be -4F with a wind chill of -26F. Griz Nation will make a big deal out of this. UDP will bring hand warmers and the season will end.

I will visit eGriz one last time to read Brint's post-game analysis. The rest of the forum will be a burning wasteland of Cats fans gloating and Griz fans clamoring to get everyone involved fired, from Bobby to the AD to the mayor. Someone will claim that we lost because of wokeness and spawn 20 pages of angry politics. At that point I will close the tab, delete the eGriz bookmark from my browser, and wonder why I subject myself to this every year.

Then I will subject myself to this again the next year.

Geez. Someone has been paying attention the past few years. I hope that it's different this year...... but wouldn't bet much on it.
Go Griz!

 

[3-7-77]

:twocents: I'm in. :lol:

 

[4_0_6]

:clap: UnderratedWalrus, :lol:

 

[CatsRback]

Gris roll to 5-0 again en route to another September to remember… this forum gloats its wins over the little children of the poor. Big dogs roll in and they finish 8-3. Another first round win over a southern team and now booted out by one of the big boys in the second round. Spend most of December cheering for or rooting against the Cats again

Mthoops chalks it up as QB injuries and the gris hate another player from SS and talk about him for another 20 pages.

 

[CDAGRIZ]

Gris roll to 5-0 again en route to another September to remember… this forum gloats its wins over the little children of the poor. Big dogs roll in and they finish 8-3. But another first round win over a southern team and now out to the big boys in the second round. Spend most of December cheering for or rooting against the Cats again

Mthoops chalks it up as QB injuries and the gris hate another player from SS and talk about him for another 20 pages.

Interesting. I think the Griz roll into the Bub game 9-1, and dismantle them in Missoula, again. Most likely because over half of the Bub coaching staff is absolutely wasted by halftime, calling FFGPTBs from their own 20 and shit like that. If the PEDs take, the Bubs may have a chance, but probably not. Bubs get bounced in the second round because their defense is garbage and run by a garbage person. Griz win the NC. Book it.

 

[CatsRback]

Gris roll to 5-0 again en route to another September to remember… this forum gloats its wins over the little children of the poor. Big dogs roll in and they finish 8-3. But another first round win over a southern team and now out to the big boys in the second round. Spend most of December cheering for or rooting against the Cats again

Mthoops chalks it up as QB injuries and the gris hate another player from SS and talk about him for another 20 pages.

Interesting. I think the Griz roll into the Bub game 9-1, and dismantle them in Missoula, again. Most likely because over half of the Bub coaching staff is absolutely wasted by halftime, calling FFGPTBs from their own 20 and poop like that. If the PEDs take, the Bubs may have a chance, but probably not. Bubs get bounced in the second round because their defense is garbage and run by a garbage person. Griz win the NC. Book it.

Booked, wait… what other fall sports teams could win other than football this fall? Is this one of those play on words? I see what you did there…

8-2 rolling into Cat/Gris at best. Stay in the top 25, we need to beat ranked teams for a top 4 seed.

 

[CDAGRIZ]

Interesting. I think the Griz roll into the Bub game 9-1, and dismantle them in Missoula, again. Most likely because over half of the Bub coaching staff is absolutely wasted by halftime, calling FFGPTBs from their own 20 and poop like that. If the PEDs take, the Bubs may have a chance, but probably not. Bubs get bounced in the second round because their defense is garbage and run by a garbage person. Griz win the NC. Book it.

Booked, wait… what other fall sports teams could win other than football this fall? Is this one of those play on words? I see what you did there…

8-2 rolling into Cat/Gris at best. Stay in the top 25, we need to beat ranked teams for a top 4 seed.

FB. I don’t know how strong our barrel-racing and goat-fingerin’ teams are.

 

[grizondarez]

Booked, wait… what other fall sports teams could win other than football this fall? Is this one of those play on words? I see what you did there…

8-2 rolling into Cat/Gris at best. Stay in the top 25, we need to beat ranked teams for a top 4 seed.

FB. I don’t know how strong our barrel-racing and goat-fingerin’ teams are.

About as strong as the Pendleton whiskey sponsored rodeo clowns drink that he pours for Guzzlin Garza after the annual Coyote huntin and cuzzin humpin event out in Wilsall. Gotta leave Gallatin county to booze when Johny law is keepin an eye out for ya in downtown Boozeman.

 

[bgbigdog]

FB. I don’t know how strong our barrel-racing and goat-fingerin’ teams are.

About as strong as the Pendleton whiskey sponsored rodeo clowns drink that he pours for Guzzlin Garza after the annual Coyote huntin and cuzzin humpin event out in Wilsall. Gotta leave Gallatin county to booze when Johny law is keepin an eye out for ya in downtown Boozeman.

Some very fine work here. :thumb: :clap:

 

[gotgame75]

During the first few games of the season, there will be a lot of baffling mistakes on special teams. Everyone will tut and go "gosh darnit well at least we know Bobby hates that." The same mistakes will keep happening sporadically all season.

Nevertheless, the Griz will tear through their first few opponents with the vigor of an actual grizzly bear encountering unattended trash cans. After getting an unexpected homecoming scare with a close game against Idaho State, the Griz will tighten up the ship and make a statement with definitive wins at UC Davis and Idaho. Tickets to Frisco will be purchased. A petition will be created to bring GameDay to the Brawl. Rumors of a move up to FBS will circulate.

When Sac State comes to Missoula, disaster will strike. An injury to a key starter will expose the lack of depth on offense and leave the Griz hapless. The defense (who were probably the key to those ISU and UCD wins) will be gassed and everything will start to fall apart. Sac State will win. Still missing that key starter, the Griz will come out against PSU looking flat, vanilla, and predictable. PSU will win.

GameDay won't be in Missoula, but the Brawl will get a brief mention when a real estate developer from Texas with a Yellowstone Club membership makes an appearance donning a cowboy hat to say that his hometown "Montana Bobcats" are going all the way to the natty this year. The Griz will put up a hell of a fight, but get repeatedly stung by MSU's one inexplicably elite athlete who simultaneously plays QB, DT, PR, and even steps in as OC after a halftime DUI. The Cats will win and make T-shirts celebrating their epic 2 game Brawl streak.

The Griz will casually stroll into the playoffs as usual and get handed a home game against a team from the Bible Belt with a weird name like "University of the Divine Prophet". The weather forecast will be -4F with a wind chill of -26F. Griz Nation will make a big deal out of this. UDP will bring hand warmers and the season will end.

I will visit eGriz one last time to read Brint's post-game analysis. The rest of the forum will be a burning wasteland of Cats fans gloating and Griz fans clamoring to get everyone involved fired, from Bobby to the AD to the mayor. Someone will claim that we lost because of wokeness and spawn 20 pages of angry politics. At that point I will close the tab, delete the eGriz bookmark from my browser, and wonder why I subject myself to this every year.

Then I will subject myself to this again the next year.

Absolute gold! But you forgot to mention the obligatory rumored return of DOLA that never materializes.

 

[SoldierGriz]

During the first few games of the season, there will be a lot of baffling mistakes on special teams. Everyone will tut and go "gosh darnit well at least we know Bobby hates that." The same mistakes will keep happening sporadically all season.

Nevertheless, the Griz will tear through their first few opponents with the vigor of an actual grizzly bear encountering unattended trash cans. After getting an unexpected homecoming scare with a close game against Idaho State, the Griz will tighten up the ship and make a statement with definitive wins at UC Davis and Idaho. Tickets to Frisco will be purchased. A petition will be created to bring GameDay to the Brawl. Rumors of a move up to FBS will circulate.

When Sac State comes to Missoula, disaster will strike. An injury to a key starter will expose the lack of depth on offense and leave the Griz hapless. The defense (who were probably the key to those ISU and UCD wins) will be gassed and everything will start to fall apart. Sac State will win. Still missing that key starter, the Griz will come out against PSU looking flat, vanilla, and predictable. PSU will win.

GameDay won't be in Missoula, but the Brawl will get a brief mention when a real estate developer from Texas with a Yellowstone Club membership makes an appearance donning a cowboy hat to say that his hometown "Montana Bobcats" are going all the way to the natty this year. The Griz will put up a hell of a fight, but get repeatedly stung by MSU's one inexplicably elite athlete who simultaneously plays QB, DT, PR, and even steps in as OC after a halftime DUI. The Cats will win and make T-shirts celebrating their epic 2 game Brawl streak.

The Griz will casually stroll into the playoffs as usual and get handed a home game against a team from the Bible Belt with a weird name like "University of the Divine Prophet". The weather forecast will be -4F with a wind chill of -26F. Griz Nation will make a big deal out of this. UDP will bring hand warmers and the season will end.

I will visit eGriz one last time to read Brint's post-game analysis. The rest of the forum will be a burning wasteland of Cats fans gloating and Griz fans clamoring to get everyone involved fired, from Bobby to the AD to the mayor. Someone will claim that we lost because of wokeness and spawn 20 pages of angry politics. At that point I will close the tab, delete the eGriz bookmark from my browser, and wonder why I subject myself to this every year.

Then I will subject myself to this again the next year.

Absolute gold! But you forgot to mention the obligatory rumored return of DOLA that never materializes.

You must have missed it. DOLA is band until further notice. It is now earned, not given.

 

[AZGrizFan]

During the first few games of the season, there will be a lot of baffling mistakes on special teams. Everyone will tut and go "gosh darnit well at least we know Bobby hates that." The same mistakes will keep happening sporadically all season.

Nevertheless, the Griz will tear through their first few opponents with the vigor of an actual grizzly bear encountering unattended trash cans. After getting an unexpected homecoming scare with a close game against Idaho State, the Griz will tighten up the ship and make a statement with definitive wins at UC Davis and Idaho. Tickets to Frisco will be purchased. A petition will be created to bring GameDay to the Brawl. Rumors of a move up to FBS will circulate.

When Sac State comes to Missoula, disaster will strike. An injury to a key starter will expose the lack of depth on offense and leave the Griz hapless. The defense (who were probably the key to those ISU and UCD wins) will be gassed and everything will start to fall apart. Sac State will win. Still missing that key starter, the Griz will come out against PSU looking flat, vanilla, and predictable. PSU will win.

GameDay won't be in Missoula, but the Brawl will get a brief mention when a real estate developer from Texas with a Yellowstone Club membership makes an appearance donning a cowboy hat to say that his hometown "Montana Bobcats" are going all the way to the natty this year. The Griz will put up a hell of a fight, but get repeatedly stung by MSU's one inexplicably elite athlete who simultaneously plays QB, DT, PR, and even steps in as OC after a halftime DUI. The Cats will win and make T-shirts celebrating their epic 2 game Brawl streak.

The Griz will casually stroll into the playoffs as usual and get handed a home game against a team from the Bible Belt with a weird name like "University of the Divine Prophet". The weather forecast will be -4F with a wind chill of -26F. Griz Nation will make a big deal out of this. UDP will bring hand warmers and the season will end.

I will visit eGriz one last time to read Brint's post-game analysis. The rest of the forum will be a burning wasteland of Cats fans gloating and Griz fans clamoring to get everyone involved fired, from Bobby to the AD to the mayor. Someone will claim that we lost because of wokeness and spawn 20 pages of angry politics. At that point I will close the tab, delete the eGriz bookmark from my browser, and wonder why I subject myself to this every year.

Then I will subject myself to this again the next year.

It would appear to me that either CDA has an alter ego…or he has some competition.

 

[PhxGriz]

As always, cautiously optimistic. Don't want to jinx the team by being too confident.