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spsyk said:UMclassof2002 said:
Is that Brittney Spears ?
Daisy Duke
If she needed panties, she could've borrowed some from the Michigan offensive line.
MiningCityGrizFan
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Animated:
In HD:
...I have too much time on my hands.
In HD:
...I have too much time on my hands.
Grizbacker1
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For all you doubters, O'Day is just now getting info I posted long ago, wake up Jim! :thumb:
Grizzly gridders still looking for game to fill gap in schedule
By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian
The Montana Grizzlies' 2007 football schedule is about 90 percent done, and director of athletics Jim O'Day figures to have it completed within a month.
He doubts that Southern Cal is the final piece to the puzzle, however.
O'Day, who has been Montana's AD for 18 months, said he has heard the rumors about the Griz playing national power USC this coming fall. But he says he hasn't heard from USC.
“You would always listen,” he said of playing the Trojans, who finished No. 4 in the final Associated Press poll. “But I haven't heard from anybody. I don't know where they would've come from.”
Such a game would've been another leap for one of the top programs in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly Division I-AA. In 2004 the Griz played at Oregon for $450,000; last year they went to Iowa for a $650,000 paycheck.
The Grizzlies, who finished last season ranked No. 4 after losing in the I-AA semifinals, have open dates on Sept. 15 and Sept. 22. O'Day is clear about what needs to happen for UM, which has six home games on the docket, to complete its schedule.
“It will either be a home game or a guarantee game,” said O'Day.
O'Day counts Montana's 2006 schedule as a boon for a couple of reasons. One was the big pay day in Iowa City. Another was the Griz-Cat game in November.
“Playing the Grizzly-Cat game at home is almost like playing two home games,” O'Day said. “In budgeting terms, it was almost like an eight-game home schedule.”
This year's “Brawl of the Wild” will be in Bozeman on Nov. 17. And as of yet, there is no guarantee game.
The schedule as it stands begins with Southern Utah of the FCS Great West Conference at home on Sept. 1. Division II Fort Lewis (Colo.) visits Sept. 8 (for argument's sake, that's when USC has an opening on its schedule).
Big Sky play opens with Weber State on Sept. 29, and the Griz also host league foes Eastern Washington (Oct. 6), Northern Colorado (Oct. 20) and Portland State (Nov. 3).
The Grizzlies go on the road to face MSU, Idaho State (Nov. 10), Northern Arizona (Oct. 27) and Sacramento State (Oct. 13).
That means three of their last four games are on the road, as well as four of their last six.
“It's pretty front-heavy,” O'Day said. “Scheduling is really interesting anymore, and it is for everyone. Everybody has their own challenges.
“North Dakota State, I think, right now still has four games to schedule next year. No one wants to play them. (But) they're somebody who we've talked with.”
O'Day hopes to schedule a home-and-home series with another FCS program, but that's dicey considering Montana's recent history. The Griz haven't been to Cal Poly, a nearly perennial foe, since 2001. They bought out a return trip to Hofstra scheduled for 2005, irritating Pride coach Joe Gardi.
They just bought out South Dakota State instead of taking a trip to Brookings in September, hence the two-week gap in their schedule. O'Day is hoping to restart a home-and-home with the Jackrabbits, with it starting at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in 2007. So far, SDSU isn't on board.
“We understand why people would be upset,” said O'Day, who is still working at leveling an athletic budget that ran $1 million to the red in 2004. “But we have to continue to move on.”
Moving on could mean a home-and-home with an Ivy League team, or one of the Dakota schools: North Dakota State had Montana State opt out of its 2007 game at Fargo.
Or it could mean a money game, if the price and timing are right. It's worth noting that nearly a year ago Montana bought out a home game with Division II Central Washington and picked up Iowa.
“I would like to get this done within the next month,” O'Day said of the schedule. “The opportunities get better the longer you wait at times.”
Grizzly gridders still looking for game to fill gap in schedule
By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian
The Montana Grizzlies' 2007 football schedule is about 90 percent done, and director of athletics Jim O'Day figures to have it completed within a month.
He doubts that Southern Cal is the final piece to the puzzle, however.
O'Day, who has been Montana's AD for 18 months, said he has heard the rumors about the Griz playing national power USC this coming fall. But he says he hasn't heard from USC.
“You would always listen,” he said of playing the Trojans, who finished No. 4 in the final Associated Press poll. “But I haven't heard from anybody. I don't know where they would've come from.”
Such a game would've been another leap for one of the top programs in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly Division I-AA. In 2004 the Griz played at Oregon for $450,000; last year they went to Iowa for a $650,000 paycheck.
The Grizzlies, who finished last season ranked No. 4 after losing in the I-AA semifinals, have open dates on Sept. 15 and Sept. 22. O'Day is clear about what needs to happen for UM, which has six home games on the docket, to complete its schedule.
“It will either be a home game or a guarantee game,” said O'Day.
O'Day counts Montana's 2006 schedule as a boon for a couple of reasons. One was the big pay day in Iowa City. Another was the Griz-Cat game in November.
“Playing the Grizzly-Cat game at home is almost like playing two home games,” O'Day said. “In budgeting terms, it was almost like an eight-game home schedule.”
This year's “Brawl of the Wild” will be in Bozeman on Nov. 17. And as of yet, there is no guarantee game.
The schedule as it stands begins with Southern Utah of the FCS Great West Conference at home on Sept. 1. Division II Fort Lewis (Colo.) visits Sept. 8 (for argument's sake, that's when USC has an opening on its schedule).
Big Sky play opens with Weber State on Sept. 29, and the Griz also host league foes Eastern Washington (Oct. 6), Northern Colorado (Oct. 20) and Portland State (Nov. 3).
The Grizzlies go on the road to face MSU, Idaho State (Nov. 10), Northern Arizona (Oct. 27) and Sacramento State (Oct. 13).
That means three of their last four games are on the road, as well as four of their last six.
“It's pretty front-heavy,” O'Day said. “Scheduling is really interesting anymore, and it is for everyone. Everybody has their own challenges.
“North Dakota State, I think, right now still has four games to schedule next year. No one wants to play them. (But) they're somebody who we've talked with.”
O'Day hopes to schedule a home-and-home series with another FCS program, but that's dicey considering Montana's recent history. The Griz haven't been to Cal Poly, a nearly perennial foe, since 2001. They bought out a return trip to Hofstra scheduled for 2005, irritating Pride coach Joe Gardi.
They just bought out South Dakota State instead of taking a trip to Brookings in September, hence the two-week gap in their schedule. O'Day is hoping to restart a home-and-home with the Jackrabbits, with it starting at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in 2007. So far, SDSU isn't on board.
“We understand why people would be upset,” said O'Day, who is still working at leveling an athletic budget that ran $1 million to the red in 2004. “But we have to continue to move on.”
Moving on could mean a home-and-home with an Ivy League team, or one of the Dakota schools: North Dakota State had Montana State opt out of its 2007 game at Fargo.
Or it could mean a money game, if the price and timing are right. It's worth noting that nearly a year ago Montana bought out a home game with Division II Central Washington and picked up Iowa.
“I would like to get this done within the next month,” O'Day said of the schedule. “The opportunities get better the longer you wait at times.”
Well, due to Montana State backing out NDSU only has 3 home games. Currently the Bison have 5 away games. I can't see playing the Griz in Montana and they surely won't play in Fargo. The only way this game happens is if the game is played in Montana and the buyout is somewhere around $300,000 or more.
Grizbacker1
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FYI,
A poster PM'd me regarding my comment about "wake up O'Day". I was totally joking, Jim and I are close friends.
A poster PM'd me regarding my comment about "wake up O'Day". I was totally joking, Jim and I are close friends.
Grizbacker1 said:
Your a Closet O'day hater...I knew it.
:laugh: :wink: :wavey:
AtHomeInTheDahlbergDen
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Heh, i'm sure Neighbor heard about the rumors before this but I emailed him a couple days ago about the idea of playing USC and asked if he already knew something or if he would further investigate. Maybe this is the outcome.
Grizbacker1
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AZGrizFan said:Grizbacker1 said:
So you start a rumor about UM playing USC, then tell your close frield Jim O'Day, then use his quote about it in the paper as proof that it's true? :shocked: :shocked:
Your posts reminds me of the other Az who is so popular on here. :dance:
PSUVikings
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first11 said:
lol
MiningCityGrizFan
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Here's a thought -- Carrol College vs. The University of Montana.
It's not unheard of as I know Montana Tech played at Idaho State a couple years back.
It's not unheard of as I know Montana Tech played at Idaho State a couple years back.
Grizbacker1
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MiningCityGrizFan said:
And people are bitching about L&C game? Carroll would get their asses kicked all over WaGriz. Anyone who thinks and NAIA school can hang is nuts
Bay Area Cat
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MiningCityGrizFan said:
There's no upside for UM in this one.
They win by 100, and they are viewed by many locals as the big school bullies that beat up on the small school (stocked almost exclusively with local kids).
They don't win by 100, and worse yet, have a close game, and it is a running joke for the next 5 years.
Lose the game, and the program is in serious, serious trouble.
Whereas a no-name out of state D-II school ... you have some humiliation factor in a loss or a close game, but nothing compared to what would come from a local team. And if you win by 100 ... nobody gets upset. In fact, everybody is happy locally.
I think it would be foolish for UM or MSU to ever schedule a local NAIA team ... and that's before getting to the part about them being an NAIA (and why that in itself is bad for a FCS team).
MiningCityGrizFan
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Bay Area Cat said:
I couldn't disagree more. The NAIA is the equivilant to NCAA D-II. As a matter of fact, Carroll College has beat Central Washington several times in the past couple years if I'm not correct. It was just last year that UM had Central Washington on their schedule before they bought it out and replaced it with the Iowa game.
So if they have common opponents on their schedules, why is it unheard of for them to play eachother?
There are plenty of reasons to agrue against the game, but I don't think that Carroll not being a quality opponent or what would it mean for the Griz if they lost are good ones.
I also don't think that Carroll College or the NAIA get enough respect. Carroll is no pushover. Everyone knows they are a 4-time NAIA National Champion and I for one have always wondered how a game between the two programs would end up. UM is still looking to fill the gap, so it's at least worth considering.
