Looking ahead now...

[BWahlberg]

OK, the ISU loss for the Men is in the past. We can dwell on it as much as we want, but it won't go back and change the L to a W.

I posted that the Griz are in deep trouble before the other scores last night rolled across, things are still in the Griz' hands to lock up a #1 or #2 spot. Lets have a look at the current standings;

Northern Arizona 8-1 16-7
Montana 6-3 16-5
Montana St. 6-3 13-10
Sacramento St. 5-4 14-9
Eastern Wash. 5-4 10-12
Weber St. 3-6 9-13
Idaho St. 2-7 10-11
Portland St. 1-8 8-14

And here is the rest of the schedule for the Griz;

Home against MSU, Sac, Roberts, & NAU
Road against EWU and PSU

IMO, thats pretty darn good schedule! The Griz will need a packed and rowdy crowd for their home games, and assuming they can win the two more on the road (PSU shouldn't be a huge challenge, EWU is a different story, that one is a total toss-up), these guys will lock up a 1 or 2 spot.

Looking at the upper half of the conference here's everyone else's schedule;

MSU - home against NAU, Idaho & Sac, away UM, PSU, & EWU

NAU - TOUGH schedule, next two games are at home against ISu and Weber, then their final 4 games are all on the road, MSU, WKY, Sac and UM

Sac - home against Weber, ISU, NAU. Away UM & MSU

EWU - Home against PSU, UM & MSU, on the road against Weber, ISU and CS Fullerton.

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Look at it, if the Griz can take care of business they'll either be hosting or get the 2nd spot and a 1st round bye! What we can do is pack the house and get loud!

If I were to predict (though my Griz colored glasses) I think the host of the conf tourneys will be in the state of Montana, of course I'd rather see it in Missoula, but Bozeman has just as equal a chance.

A few random guesses;

1. UM
2. MSU
3. NAU
4. EWU
5. Sac
6. Weber

EWU to be the dark horse, of all the teams in the Big Sky they scare me the most. (The Stuckey factor)

 

[no1uno]

"Looking ahead" reagarding... ? Men? Ladies? Point made, again?

 

[THE BETCH]

1, you might reread the first sentence. No doubt who max was talking about, at least for me anyway.

 

[putter]

Thanks Re/Max. Funny how we never see this kind of post for football..

 

[grizband]

While a 7-1 conference record would have us in great shape right now, all we can do now is focus on the future. At 6-3, we don't control our own destiny as far as hosting the tournament, but we can still get ourselves a first-round bye. We need to get back to playing the way we started the season, without collapsing in the second half. This Griz team has talent like we haven't seen from them in awhile, and looks to be strong for a few years now.

 

[GK19]

No offense, seriously, grizband...but the griz started the season with a big second half collapse, i would like to see them move away from that.
but on to my point now...THIS WEEKEND! i don't even remember or care about the isu game, the cats are going to be in missoula and that is all that should matter. It is 1015 on monday night...at this time 5 days from now we will be clearing out of dahlberg with a whole new look on the season. is anyone else as jazzed as i am right now?

 

[Mung]

Let them take inspiration from the lady griz.

If the LGs can learn to shoot over two nights, the griz can learn to play some defense and not be forced to rely on their gaudy offensive percentage.

 

[no1uno]

reread the first sentence. No doubt who max was talking about

I was referring to the subject of the post. My gripe is that one shouldn't have to open a post, to find out if we're discussing the men or ladies. Looks like it's going nowhere, though, so there's not much point in continuing to complain.

 

[grizfan_#2]

how about play some defense, it doesnt matter how much offense you have if you cant stop theirs cause if you dont play defense then you are only playing one side of the game and will lose.