Thoughts on remaining schedule

[CatzWillRise]

I've been saying this about the Cats, and I think it holds true for the Griz. It depends on how 8-4 plays out. For the Cats if we win the next 3 then drop UCD and UM to end the season, 8-4 on a 2 game skid in my opinion makes you a bubble team. Same thing for UM, if the Griz drop Weber at home and then go to Bozeman and drop one there, 8-4 on a 2 game losing streak is bubbly in a 12 game year.

Most likely both make the playoffs in their respective scenario solely on the fact that the FCS has been a cluster this year and there have been a ton of upsets. But it isn't a lock.

But as long as 8-4 doesn't include losing your last 2, I'd say 8-4 is a lock.

 

[Htowngriz]

I've been saying this about the Cats, and I think it holds true for the Griz. It depends on how 8-4 plays out. For the Cats if we win the next 3 then drop UCD and UM to end the season, 8-4 on a 2 game skid in my opinion makes you a bubble team. Same thing for UM, if the Griz drop Weber at home and then go to Bozeman and drop one there, 8-4 on a 2 game losing streak is bubbly in a 12 game year.

Most likely both make the playoffs in their respective scenario solely on the fact that the FCS has been a cluster this year and there have been a ton of upsets. But it isn't a lock.

But as long as 8-4 doesn't include losing your last 2, I'd say 8-4 is a lock.

8 D-I wins is a lock, for both the cats and Griz. End of story.

 

[SACCAT66]

I've been saying this about the Cats, and I think it holds true for the Griz. It depends on how 8-4 plays out. For the Cats if we win the next 3 then drop UCD and UM to end the season, 8-4 on a 2 game skid in my opinion makes you a bubble team. Same thing for UM, if the Griz drop Weber at home and then go to Bozeman and drop one there, 8-4 on a 2 game losing streak is bubbly in a 12 game year.

Most likely both make the playoffs in their respective scenario solely on the fact that the FCS has been a cluster this year and there have been a ton of upsets. But it isn't a lock.

But as long as 8-4 doesn't include losing your last 2, I'd say 8-4 is a lock.

8 D-I wins is a lock, for both the cats and Griz. End of story.

Then next question for you would be...

If Both teams go into CAT/griz at 9-2, do both get a seed no matter the winner? or do they give a seed to the winner, with the second round game being a rematch at the winners house?

 

[Htowngriz]

I've been saying this about the Cats, and I think it holds true for the Griz. It depends on how 8-4 plays out. For the Cats if we win the next 3 then drop UCD and UM to end the season, 8-4 on a 2 game skid in my opinion makes you a bubble team. Same thing for UM, if the Griz drop Weber at home and then go to Bozeman and drop one there, 8-4 on a 2 game losing streak is bubbly in a 12 game year.

Most likely both make the playoffs in their respective scenario solely on the fact that the FCS has been a cluster this year and there have been a ton of upsets. But it isn't a lock.

But as long as 8-4 doesn't include losing your last 2, I'd say 8-4 is a lock.

8 D-I wins is a lock, for both the cats and Griz. End of story.

Then next question for you would be...

If Both teams go into CAT/griz at 9-2, do both get a seed no matter the winner? or do they give a seed to the winner, with the second round game being a rematch at the winners house?

I would guess the latter.

 

[ilovethecats]

I've been saying this about the Cats, and I think it holds true for the Griz. It depends on how 8-4 plays out. For the Cats if we win the next 3 then drop UCD and UM to end the season, 8-4 on a 2 game skid in my opinion makes you a bubble team. Same thing for UM, if the Griz drop Weber at home and then go to Bozeman and drop one there, 8-4 on a 2 game losing streak is bubbly in a 12 game year.

Most likely both make the playoffs in their respective scenario solely on the fact that the FCS has been a cluster this year and there have been a ton of upsets. But it isn't a lock.

But as long as 8-4 doesn't include losing your last 2, I'd say 8-4 is a lock.

8 D-I wins is a lock, for both the cats and Griz. End of story.

Then next question for you would be...

If Both teams go into CAT/griz at 9-2, do both get a seed no matter the winner? or do they give a seed to the winner, with the second round game being a rematch at the winners house?

If both teams go in at 9-2 I'll be one of the happiest guys on the planet.

 

[Kabooom]

Lots of top-shelf football yet to be played. A 9-2 finish would be neat for both squads. Achieve playoff seeds with whole state ect. behind them..... Not a fan of either team finishing up with an 8-4 record, but it wouldn't be too shabby seeing one or both going out on the road and getting a spoil two...

 

[kemajic]

we win out. Only one game that might pose a problem and it is not who everybody thinks. We are going to steamroll ewu.

PSU

 

[kemajic]

So the shock and sting of last nights loss have passed and more reality based thoughts in mind.

What are everyone’s thoughts about the remaining schedule? Let’s figure Sneed is out this next weekend with EWU in Wa Griz.

I will start by saying having saw how SAC played ASU and Fresno I was worried. Then add into consideration the wins over EWU and MSU it really had me worried even more. I wasn’t really sure what to think about EWU and MSU losses to SAC honestly. In some ways, I thought maybe they are just not all that good.

However, I now feel SAC is just that much better. I guess maybe if SAC was not decimated by injuries last year maybe there record would have been better. I am still a bit perplexed by the turn around they have made.

I also think that the Griz are just about the same level of teams as EWU and MSU. I am not sure about Weber. We will see in a couple of weeks when Webs takes on SAC. I think SAC will most likely run the table and win the BSC outright.

For the Griz we have a gauntlet of a schedule left. There is not one team left on the schedule that I see and think easy win. PSU on the road has always been a surprise game. Idaho has shown some flashes of good etc.

We sit at 5-2 currently. If we win two more, with say wins over PSU and UI and the other games losses, would a 7-5 Griz team make the playoffs? I am no so certain they would. At 8-4 I think they would. If I had to pick that other win, it would be over the Cats.

Fingers crossed this Griz team has a chip on its shoulder this next week, is motivated and puts together a solid game to beat EWU, with or without Dalton.

Thoughts?

They're all winnable. They're all losable.

 

[retiredpopo]

we win out. Only one game that might pose a problem and it is not who everybody thinks. We are going to steamroll ewu.

PSU

I hope I am wrong.

 

[AZGrizFan]

So the shock and sting of last nights loss have passed and more reality based thoughts in mind.

What are everyone’s thoughts about the remaining schedule? Let’s figure Sneed is out this next weekend with EWU in Wa Griz.

I will start by saying having saw how SAC played ASU and Fresno I was worried. Then add into consideration the wins over EWU and MSU it really had me worried even more. I wasn’t really sure what to think about EWU and MSU losses to SAC honestly. In some ways, I thought maybe they are just not all that good.

However, I now feel SAC is just that much better. I guess maybe if SAC was not decimated by injuries last year maybe there record would have been better. I am still a bit perplexed by the turn around they have made.

I also think that the Griz are just about the same level of teams as EWU and MSU. I am not sure about Weber. We will see in a couple of weeks when Webs takes on SAC. I think SAC will most likely run the table and win the BSC outright.

For the Griz we have a gauntlet of a schedule left. There is not one team left on the schedule that I see and think easy win. PSU on the road has always been a surprise game. Idaho has shown some flashes of good etc.

We sit at 5-2 currently. If we win two more, with say wins over PSU and UI and the other games losses, would a 7-5 Griz team make the playoffs? I am no so certain they would. At 8-4 I think they would. If I had to pick that other win, it would be over the Cats.

Fingers crossed this Griz team has a chip on its shoulder this next week, is motivated and puts together a solid game to beat EWU, with or without Dalton.

Thoughts?

They're all winnable. They're all losable.

Agreed. Depends on which D shows up.

 

[Grizzlies1982]

I've been saying this about the Cats, and I think it holds true for the Griz. It depends on how 8-4 plays out. For the Cats if we win the next 3 then drop UCD and UM to end the season, 8-4 on a 2 game skid in my opinion makes you a bubble team. Same thing for UM, if the Griz drop Weber at home and then go to Bozeman and drop one there, 8-4 on a 2 game losing streak is bubbly in a 12 game year.

Most likely both make the playoffs in their respective scenario solely on the fact that the FCS has been a cluster this year and there have been a ton of upsets. But it isn't a lock.

But as long as 8-4 doesn't include losing your last 2, I'd say 8-4 is a lock.

Catz, you're right in that typically the Playoff Committee puts considerable weight on momentum. Usually they will severely punish an 8-4 team that lost three of their last four, while they'll reward the 8-4 team with rattles off six or seven straight wins to end their season.

"What have you done for me lately" is huge when determining playoff inclusion. :ugeek:

 

[Grizzlies1982]

Then next question for you would be...

If Both teams go into CAT/griz at 9-2, do both get a seed no matter the winner? or do they give a seed to the winner, with the second round game being a rematch at the winners house?

I'd love to see both teams at 9-2 going into the game. If so the winner would certainly get a seed (1-8), and the loser a slot in the playoffs. Though since they play the final weekend of the season I seriously doubt they'd be bracketed to potentially face off in round two. It's possible but highly doubtful.

What is highly likely is a bracket which feeds Big Sky teams towards each other. If Sac State went undefeated they'll be a 1-4 seed and bracketed so an 'at large' Big Sky team might feed in as their opponent. If MSU were to be conference champ you should expect a Weber State coming to visit, and so forth and so on.

There are about 1000 possibilities yet count on Big Sky teams being bracketed to collide early in the playoffs, and higher than a 50/50 chance of a visit to Fargo. :ugeek: