Who will be it.....

[PlayerRep]

I am actually looking forward to PR commenting on this, like only he can. He's been tame for awhile now. It be nice to see an old fashioned PR berating on some of our fan behavior.

Just got home from Seattle, via car. Didn't see the game. Went to the tailgate and a 5pm wedding. Looked at the stats and some play by play text last night. Read a gogriz article. To the extent I have been quiet, it's because I can see the views and arguments of both sides of Stitt and the team. Wouldn't like anyone ripping unfairly on a player. I remain positive for the season.

The most positive thing I have seen are the below quotes. If Stitt is to be believed, and I believe him, that is good. While I thought UW would clobber us, and realistically how could that not have occurred, looks like the wheels must not have completely come off. I like the positive attitude and leadership of Phillips. Looks like nothing serious happened on the injury front. Must have been nice to have Strong back, as his stats were good.

"We were actually playing pretty good football on both sides of the ball," said Stitt after rewatching the game Sunday morning.

"Nobody wants to lose, but we feel like we got something out of this game. We've got to look at the individual play, and the coaches are going to be pretty happy about it, and so are the players."

Senior quarterback Reese Phillips made his second career start in Seattle, and was already looking forward to watching the tape after the game Saturday night.

"There's so much we can take away from this game. It'll be so much easier once we watch the film but there were so many moments where we were moving the ball, with I won't say ease, but we were doing what we were coached to do," said Phillips in the post-game press conference. "When we get deeper into the season, this is a game we can look back on. We aren't going to be nervous in any more games because we just played a playoff caliber team and they are the real deal."

 

[grizcycling]

Great growth mindset working in the quotes. The team had an experience and see it as an opportunity to learn. Some people will see this as a failure. I can tell that Phillips sees a chance to get something positive out of adversity. A chance to build resiliency and confidence later on. Some egriz fans could learn a bit from a 22 year old man.

 

[mtgrizrule]

Great growth mindset working in the quotes. The team had an experience and see it as an opportunity to learn. Some people will see this as a failure. I can tell that Phillips sees a chance to get something positive out of adversity. A chance to build resiliency and confidence later on. Some egriz fans could learn a bit from a 22 year old man.

Will they though? :thumb:

 

[citygriz]

Great growth mindset working in the quotes. The team had an experience and see it as an opportunity to learn. Some people will see this as a failure. I can tell that Phillips sees a chance to get something positive out of adversity. A chance to build resiliency and confidence later on. Some egriz fans could learn a bit from a 22 year old man.

No they can't. This 22-year-old has simply spouted one of life's most enduring clichés, variously stated:
"We'll grow from this adversity."
"We'll look for a silver lining in this cloud."
"We'll find meaning in our suffering."
"Storms make trees stronger."

Does this mean we go looking for storms and clouds and suffering and adversity? Emphatically not. And that's what you do when as an FCS school you schedule a Washington or a Tennessee or an Iowa or an Oregon. C'mon! If you want to move up to a Group of 5 conference and take on these teams, fine. Or if you want to play Group of 5 schools, okay. But not the best of college football's new monopoly, the Power 5. Stop being delusional. Most of you have chosen to stay at this level, so stop trying in football to be something Montana is not.

Driving to work today, I was listening to my fave sports show. They were reviewing the weekend's games involving the nation's top teams: "Ohio State and Oklahoma," "Stanford and USC." "Washington and...nobody." In the background, somebody said, "Montana." And the announcer said, "Right, nobody. What an embarrassment for Washington."

That's the level of respect this game garnered for our school. Great you guys all had a grand time in Seattle. Just give the rest of us a chance to wipe the mud off our faces.

 

[PlayerRep]

Great growth mindset working in the quotes. The team had an experience and see it as an opportunity to learn. Some people will see this as a failure. I can tell that Phillips sees a chance to get something positive out of adversity. A chance to build resiliency and confidence later on. Some egriz fans could learn a bit from a 22 year old man.

No they can't. This 22-year-old has simply spouted one of life's most enduring clichés, variously stated:
"We'll grow from this adversity."
"We'll look for a silver lining in this cloud."
"We'll find meaning in our suffering."
"Storms make trees stronger."

Does this mean we go looking for storms and clouds and suffering and adversity? Emphatically not. And that's what you do when as an FCS school you schedule a Washington or a Tennessee or an Iowa or an Oregon. C'mon! If you want to move up to a Group of 5 conference and take on these teams, fine. Or if you want to play Group of 5 schools, okay. But not the best of college football's new monopoly, the Power 5.

Driving to work today, I was listening to my fave sports show. They were reviewing the weekend's games involving the nation's top teams: "Ohio State and Oklahoma," "Stanford and USC." "Washington and...nobody." In the background, somebody said, "Montana." And the announcer said, "Right, nobody. What an embarrassment for Washington."

That's the level of respect this game garnered for our school. Great you guys all had a grand time in Seattle. Just give the rest of us a chance to wipe the mud off our faces.

Maybe the real "nobody" is the ignoramus announcer on the sports talk show. Montana doesn't want or need "respect" from an ignorant jerk like that announcer. While I am not a fan of playing up against top FBS teams, the UW fans I talked to or ran into generally thought UM had played with class and put up the best fight they could but were just not in the ballpark of a talented UW team.

 

[RayWill]

Great growth mindset working in the quotes. The team had an experience and see it as an opportunity to learn. Some people will see this as a failure. I can tell that Phillips sees a chance to get something positive out of adversity. A chance to build resiliency and confidence later on. Some egriz fans could learn a bit from a 22 year old man.

No they can't. This 22-year-old has simply spouted one of life's most enduring clichés, variously stated:
"We'll grow from this adversity."
"We'll look for a silver lining in this cloud."
"We'll find meaning in our suffering."
"Storms make trees stronger."

Does this mean we go looking for storms and clouds and suffering and adversity? Emphatically not. And that's what you do when as an FCS school you schedule a Washington or a Tennessee or an Iowa or an Oregon. C'mon! If you want to move up to a Group of 5 conference and take on these teams, fine. Or if you want to play Group of 5 schools, okay. But not the best of college football's new monopoly, the Power 5.

Driving to work today, I was listening to my fave sports show. They were reviewing the weekend's games involving the nation's top teams: "Ohio State and Oklahoma," "Stanford and USC." "Washington and...nobody." In the background, somebody said, "Montana." And the announcer said, "Right, nobody. What an embarrassment for Washington."

That's the level of respect this game garnered for our school. Great you guys all had a grand time in Seattle. Just give the rest of us a chance to wipe the mud off our faces.

Maybe the real "nobody" is the ignoramus announcer on the sports talk show. Montana doesn't want or need "respect" from an ignorant jerk like that announcer. While I am not a fan of playing up against top FBS teams, the UW fans I talked to or ran into generally thought UM had played with class and put up the best fight they could but were just not in the ballpark of a talented UW team.

To UM credit they fought with every thing they had right up until the BS call that called back the JLM touchdown. After that, you could tell any fight left was just completely gone. They came out ready o play but were outclassed in every way shape and form.

 

[The_Real_Chief]

Great growth mindset working in the quotes. The team had an experience and see it as an opportunity to learn. Some people will see this as a failure. I can tell that Phillips sees a chance to get something positive out of adversity. A chance to build resiliency and confidence later on. Some egriz fans could learn a bit from a 22 year old man.

No they can't. This 22-year-old has simply spouted one of life's most enduring clichés, variously stated:
"We'll grow from this adversity."
"We'll look for a silver lining in this cloud."
"We'll find meaning in our suffering."
"Storms make trees stronger."

Does this mean we go looking for storms and clouds and suffering and adversity? Emphatically not. And that's what you do when as an FCS school you schedule a Washington or a Tennessee or an Iowa or an Oregon. C'mon! If you want to move up to a Group of 5 conference and take on these teams, fine. Or if you want to play Group of 5 schools, okay. But not the best of college football's new monopoly, the Power 5.

Driving to work today, I was listening to my fave sports show. They were reviewing the weekend's games involving the nation's top teams: "Ohio State and Oklahoma," "Stanford and USC." "Washington and...nobody." In the background, somebody said, "Montana." And the announcer said, "Right, nobody. What an embarrassment for Washington."

That's the level of respect this game garnered for our school. Great you guys all had a grand time in Seattle. Just give the rest of us a chance to wipe the mud off our faces.

Maybe the real "nobody" is the ignoramus announcer on the sports talk show. Montana doesn't want or need "respect" from an ignorant jerk like that announcer. While I am not a fan of playing up against top FBS teams, the UW fans I talked to or ran into generally thought UM had played with class and put up the best fight they could but were just not in the ballpark of a talented UW team.

Honestly, one of the more fun road games i've been at. Its nice for once to watch us play in a non dog shit ass stadium on the road. We played a top 10 team in FBS, the real season starts next weekend. I am one of those guys that would like to see us play more FBS games, i enjoy seeing how we measure up to the FBS guys that we hear about on ESPN week in and week out. UDub fans were pretty cool, definitely a nose in the air kind of crowd, but i still had fun

 

[MTGRZ]

Great growth mindset working in the quotes. The team had an experience and see it as an opportunity to learn. Some people will see this as a failure. I can tell that Phillips sees a chance to get something positive out of adversity. A chance to build resiliency and confidence later on. Some egriz fans could learn a bit from a 22 year old man.

No they can't. This 22-year-old has simply spouted one of life's most enduring clichés, variously stated:
"We'll grow from this adversity."
"We'll look for a silver lining in this cloud."
"We'll find meaning in our suffering."
"Storms make trees stronger."

Does this mean we go looking for storms and clouds and suffering and adversity? Emphatically not. And that's what you do when as an FCS school you schedule a Washington or a Tennessee or an Iowa or an Oregon. C'mon! If you want to move up to a Group of 5 conference and take on these teams, fine. Or if you want to play Group of 5 schools, okay. But not the best of college football's new monopoly, the Power 5. Stop being delusional. Most of you have chosen to stay at this level, so stop trying in football to be something Montana is not.

Driving to work today, I was listening to my fave sports show. They were reviewing the weekend's games involving the nation's top teams: "Ohio State and Oklahoma," "Stanford and USC." "Washington and...nobody." In the background, somebody said, "Montana." And the announcer said, "Right, nobody. What an embarrassment for Washington."

That's the level of respect this game garnered for our school. Great you guys all had a grand time in Seattle. Just give the rest of us a chance to wipe the mud off our faces.

What do you want Phillips to say? I think he sounds poised and eager to continue with this team. No need to look back at a game like this and focus on negative things. A negative mindset will doom a team to failure before the ball is snapped. Can we compete with a power 5 school? No. Is it an experience that we can take positives from? Yes. Move on to the next game. Go Griz!

 

[citygriz]

I'll give you guys the fun of attending a Griz game at a top-notch stadium. I've been to so many crappy football fields and gyms in the Big Sky over the years, it made me long for the facilities at Helena High. Believe me, their gym, and their football field, Vigilante Stadium, were for years way ahead of so many schools in the Big Sky.

One exception: The Purple Palace at Weber. That arena is top-notch.

 

[Htowngriz]

I'll give you guys the fun of attending a Griz game at a top-notch stadium. I've been to so many crappy football fields and gyms in the Big Sky over the years, it made me long for the facilities at Helena High. Believe me, their gym, and their football field, Vigilante Stadium, were for years way ahead of so many schools in the Big Sky.

One exception: The Purple Palace at Weber. That arena is top-notch.

Carroll used to play their home games there before Nelson Stadium was built.

 

[MTGRZ]

I'll give you guys the fun of attending a Griz game at a top-notch stadium. I've been to so many crappy football fields and gyms in the Big Sky over the years, it made me long for the facilities at Helena High. Believe me, their gym, and their football field, Vigilante Stadium, were for years way ahead of so many schools in the Big Sky.

One exception: The Purple Palace at Weber. That arena is top-notch.

Helena High's gym is one of the best in Montana. Easily one of the best AA.