Rob Ash and the MSU Bobcats

[horribilisfan8184]

Nice comeback, LatentTendenciesCatFan. With that mouthful, shit is all you have to give. Your autobiography, Brokeback Mountain, wasn't 'bout no hippies.

Cute, but I'm not the guy describing another man's anus....

:shrug:

Nobody is judging

Love the sinner hate the sin

Just a term I heard on "Bob and Tom". I lack the personal experience you seem to have". No need to play latent.

 

[UMGriz75]

Over at Wombat Nation they are agonizing

Re: Should We Worry About All The Hype?

I tend to try to look past the hype. Can't recall a season, dating back to somewhere in the middle of the last century where hype has ever worked out for the Bobcats. The major examples are; coming off the 1976 NC it looked like 1977 would be another banner year. Opened with three good wins...North Dakota, NDSU and Fresno State, went 3-4 the rest of the way. The huge hype year was 1985. We were picked by the world, and it appeared rightfully so, to win an NC. We opened with a crushing loss to DII, Portland State, then won twice the rest of the way.

http://www.bobcatnation.com/bobcatbb/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=36167&sid=ab5893a1b643a9d6509e6c5c35fb7530

 

[jodcon]

Over at Wombat Nation they are agonizing

Re: Should We Worry About All The Hype?

I tend to try to look past the hype. Can't recall a season, dating back to somewhere in the middle of the last century where hype has ever worked out for the Bobcats. The major examples are; coming off the 1976 NC it looked like 1977 would be another banner year. Opened with three good wins...North Dakota, NDSU and Fresno State, went 3-4 the rest of the way. The huge hype year was 1985. We were picked by the world, and it appeared rightfully so, to win an NC. We opened with a crushing loss to DII, Portland State, then won twice the rest of the way.

http://www.bobcatnation.com/bobcatbb/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=36167&sid=ab5893a1b643a9d6509e6c5c35fb7530

They sound like they already lost in the playoffs and are trying to figure out why before fall camp even opens.

I don't know what to say about that, are they that gun-shy after the last few playoff blowouts?

 

[horribilisfan8184]

Over at Wombat Nation they are agonizing

Re: Should We Worry About All The Hype?

I tend to try to look past the hype. Can't recall a season, dating back to somewhere in the middle of the last century where hype has ever worked out for the Bobcats. The major examples are; coming off the 1976 NC it looked like 1977 would be another banner year. Opened with three good wins...North Dakota, NDSU and Fresno State, went 3-4 the rest of the way. The huge hype year was 1985. We were picked by the world, and it appeared rightfully so, to win an NC. We opened with a crushing loss to DII, Portland State, then won twice the rest of the way.

http://www.bobcatnation.com/bobcatbb/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=36167&sid=ab5893a1b643a9d6509e6c5c35fb7530

They sound like they already lost in the playoffs and are trying to figure out why before fall camp even opens.

I don't know what to say about that, are they that gun-shy after the last few playoff blowouts?

They just can't accept reality: '84 was a fluke. End of story.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Over at Wombat Nation they are agonizing

Re: Should We Worry About All The Hype?

I tend to try to look past the hype. Can't recall a season, dating back to somewhere in the middle of the last century where hype has ever worked out for the Bobcats. The major examples are; coming off the 1976 NC it looked like 1977 would be another banner year. Opened with three good wins...North Dakota, NDSU and Fresno State, went 3-4 the rest of the way. The huge hype year was 1985. We were picked by the world, and it appeared rightfully so, to win an NC. We opened with a crushing loss to DII, Portland State, then won twice the rest of the way.

http://www.bobcatnation.com/bobcatbb/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=36167&sid=ab5893a1b643a9d6509e6c5c35fb7530

They sound like they already lost in the playoffs and are trying to figure out why before fall camp even opens.

I don't know what to say about that, are they that gun-shy after the last few playoff blowouts?

They just can't accept reality: '84 was a fluke. End of story.

So much so that CDA has, in fact, confirmed that '84 never actually happened.

 

[LongTimeCatFan]

Over at Wombat Nation they are agonizing

Re: Should We Worry About All The Hype?

http://www.bobcatnation.com/bobcatbb/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=36167&sid=ab5893a1b643a9d6509e6c5c35fb7530

They sound like they already lost in the playoffs and are trying to figure out why before fall camp even opens.

I don't know what to say about that, are they that gun-shy after the last few playoff blowouts?

They just can't accept reality: '84 was a fluke. End of story.

So much so that CDA has, in fact, confirmed that '84 never actually happened.

Try to keep up, his "method" is in question and has grown "tired."

 

[jodcon]

LTCF you need to get your people off of ledges, that thread is spooky for this time of the year.

 

[LongTimeCatFan]

LTCF you need to get your people off of ledges, that thread is spooky for this time of the year.

Right? It's July for Christ sake... In July the Cats are world beaters. We don't start the doubt until mid November.

 

[UMGriz75]

Rarely skipping a beat, Montana State rolled to a 77-37 win over Cal Davis Saturday night. In the process, the 11th-ranked Bobcats set a school record with 745 total yards, 406 coming through the air and 339 on the ground. http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/sports/2014/10/12/record-setting-cats-win/17144717/

And then there was ...

"Cat-astrophe: Mistake-prone Bleskin, Bobcats no match for Grizzlies: This was not a brawl, but rather a mauling — one-sided, brutal and definitive." http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/sports/bobcats/football/mistake-prone-bleskin-bobcats-no-match-for-grizzlies/article_25b89264-72dc-11e4-a3b0-bb89c873ceef.html

In front of a record crowd at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, with a chance to earn a piece of the Big Sky championship and bury an archrival’s postseason dreams while solidifying its own, Montana State instead turned the ball over on five of its first six possessions. The Grizzlies turned those mistakes into five first-half scores, and then rode its fierce defense to an emphatic 34-7 win.

Ash put the blame squarely on Jake Bleskin.

With the loss, the No. 12 Bobcats (8-4 overall, 6-2 Big Sky) finish tied for second in the conference with No. 13 Montana (8-4, 6-2) and Idaho State. Instead of locking up a certain postseason berth with a win, MSU will not learn its fate until this morning’s FCS selection show.

MSU head coach Rob Ash thinks his team should be in.

“Absolutely,” he said. “If we hang onto the ball we can play with anybody in the country. I believe that very sincerely.”

The problem for the ’Cats on this night, as light precipitation fell through the first half, was that they failed to hang onto the ball on more than half of their possessions.

By the time it was over, MSU had turned the ball over on seven of 11 drives — five interceptions and a lost fumble from junior quarterback Jake Bleskin and a fumble at Montana’s 1-yard line by running back Chad Newell.

“That’s the story,” Ash said. “You can’t underestimate the magnitude of ending drives that way time after time.”

 

[Hammer]

I usually don't wade this far into the shallow end of the gene pool, but when did ash publicly bad mouth his players last year? The end of last season was kind of a miserable blur but I don't remember that at all. Are there links?

No, he didn't. They're full of shit, as usual.

Au contraire, my milk lapping feline friend. Oh how quickly you have forgotten. I will find some quotes to help jog your memory :thumb:

 

[wbtfg]

I usually don't wade this far into the shallow end of the gene pool, but when did ash publicly bad mouth his players last year? The end of last season was kind of a miserable blur but I don't remember that at all. Are there links?

No, he didn't. They're full of shit, as usual.

Au contraire, my milk lapping feline friend. Oh how quickly you have forgotten. I will find some quotes to help jog your memory :thumb:

Cool....

 

[CDAGRIZ]

Cool....

Weren't there also players who said Ash uses his players as a human shield to the media to deflect blame?

 

[wbtfg]

I'm not sure, I think there was a disgruntled second string long snapper at one point. Aside from that, I haven't seen anything in the press or anywhere else

Though I think it's worthwhile pointing out, there are a number of guys on his coaching staff that played for him. So I would I assume that would indicate a certain level of respect from his players

 

[CDAGRIZ]

I'm not sure, I think there was a disgruntled second string long snapper at one point. Aside from that, I haven't seen anything in the press or anywhere else

Though I think it's worthwhile pointing out, there are a number of guys on his coaching staff that played for him. So I would I assume that would indicate a certain level of respect from his players

I'm sure they respect him. You don't want to piss off a coach that will turn around and trash you to the media the first chance he gets. It will be a good day for the Cats when he's replaced.

 

[wbtfg]

I guess I still haven't seen any links that he bad mouth players in the media.

You must read more articles about Bobcats football than I do, did those stories all of a sudden disappear?

 

[CDAGRIZ]

I guess I still haven't seen any links that he bad mouth players in the media.

You must read more articles about Bobcats football than I do, did those stories all of a sudden disappear?

Oh, ha! I didn't realize that was still up for debate. He and his staff had the whole "Commitment" debacle earlier this year that was clearly about Daum. And he also trashed McGhee after losing the 2013 game. Something about a fraternity and focus. Do you honestly not remember that, or are you just being stubborn?

 

[wbtfg]

So if you say something enough it will eventually be true, right?

 

[LongTimeCatFan]

So if you say something enough it will eventually be true, right?

No video... Didn't happen:shrug:

 

[IroneagleXP]

So if you say something enough it will eventually be true, right?

That's the magic of egriz! Don't forget the part where CDA says something and the rest of the bad actors chime in with witty one liners to give it some kind of false validity :thumb:

 

[CDAGRIZ]

So if you say something enough it will eventually be true, right?

Wait, so he didn't say those things?