52-10  Cats a minute into the 4th quarter! It's going to be a fun opener. Didn't think there would be a tread for this game but welcome to MSU football.

No offense but Sam Houston? Stay a year or two more and he could take a shot at a FBC HC job where his recruiting could really pay off. 

 

Learning how one of the best HCs dose it for two or three years then take the better job with more up side. Plus the Ducks get some stability.

On 12/10/2024 at 11:26 AM, Jon Joseph said:

Thanks, Not. Great topic.

 

Does anyone remember the 2024 opener against "FCS Cupcake Idaho" with Oregon having a Heisman finalist playing QB? And all the preseason love for OBD?

 

2024 FCS Playoff No. 8 seed Idaho plays 13-0 No. 1 seed Montana State in Bozeman on Saturday.

 

 

Tommy Mellott nearly flawless as top-seeded Montana State dominates UT Martin 49-17

WWW.MONTANASPORTS.COM

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Tommy Mellott passed for 300 yards for the first time in his Montana State career and helping the top-seeded Bobcats to a 49-17 win over Tennessee Martin in the second round of the FCS...

 

Mellott has one year of eligibility remaining. He is surrounded by terrific Big Sky FCS players.

 

Montana State gets 17 All-Big Sky selections, 13 for Montana

 

I'm not certain how many return but 17 players earned Big Sky honors in 2024.

 

Do Not Schedule FCS Opponents from the Dakotas! 

 

PLAY PORTLAND STATE!

 

 

I have a very rare and amazing circumstance this year both my teams are 13-0 and are favored to win their prospective championships. I was excepted to UO but attended Montana State because in state tuition was 1/24 of the cost. Long story short I have a FCS team and a FBS team. 

 

First off Montana has nothing to do with the Dakotas "them fight works where I come from".

 

Second this is the last team in FCS you want to play early in the season, they eviscerated Idaho 38-7 and looked much better doing it than OBD did.

 

New QB next year against a solid Bobcat D could get interesting. The Cats can put up the TDs on O and could be a lot to handle for a brand new Ducks D. The Ducks should over power them with talent but why take the risk. 

 

By the way MSU has been good for awhile and they scheduled this game with them anyway. I'm more than a little conflicted and if it's close I will probably have a heart attack one way or another.

Time to get out the popcorn and rest up.

The number two seeds path is the easiest in the bracket as far as I'm concerned would gladly trade with Georgia.

Could we please be the number two seed instead.

On 12/8/2024 at 9:08 AM, Solar said:

 

Not enough hours in the day for the coaches to close out the recruiting class, evaluate a team they didn't prep for all year, and teach the players what to look for and how to handle it in film study and against the scout team.

Great point.

Ultimately the defense did exactly what it needs to do for us to win the game. The two turnovers were the difference maker and gave us the win.

 

Huge shout out to both Reed and Manning for stepping up big time this year!

Blatant homerism makes me want to vomit every time. 🤮

I'm going with BSU I just think ASU might have a really hard time containing the run game for obvious reasons. Dilly's offense could definitely pose problems to BSU's D but ultimately I think BSU gets the win on the back of their O.

On 12/7/2024 at 10:44 PM, spartan2785 said:

I do have to say, I think we got a bit lucky with the refs, it's probably one of the first games this season where I feel that, also got a little lucky with the fumble from Gabriel, but we just edged it out in terms of who I think deserved the W.  Obviously the defense will need to play better, but it is so good to see the offense get back on track and continue the good play from the Washington game.

I'll bite, they called this game pretty loose especially in the secondary. They didn't call a lot of penalties for as many as were committed. Many a hold on PSU O line, facemask on PSU, hand fighting on both sides, push offs on both sides, blocking down field on both sides. 

 

The important part was the refs were just letting them play rather than legislating a game. When it affected the play they called the foul, exactly how it should be.

 

 

It's all about the money, ESPN loses money because Bama is not in the playoffs guess what the committee will do. Every one outside the SEC knows they had their chance and blew it but money talks.

Reeds the man!

D needs to come up big.

So sick of this announcer.

Sack! Yes

Get a stop here and that's the game.

Night and day difference on O.

Sloppy first half by Texas, not sure what Georgia is doing but if you can't catch the ball I'm not sure what you do.

Georgia's D looking pretty vulnerable on the back end.

I would like to see some big shots down field to Stewart as I don't think they have anyone who can hang with him. If OBD can get up a couple of TD's it's going to be very hard for PSU to come back from.

I'd put Penn State firmly in the middle somewhere on parity with Boise State.

Go ASU!

On 12/7/2024 at 10:09 AM, 30Duck said:

Saban says it's Oregon's physicality that has the No.1; it's a clean sweep for OBD.

Mario should be so proud.

Thanks for bringing this up. I was thinking about this during the recent discussion of coach Day and his win percentage. Add in the SEC parity this year and it looks a lot like the PAC-12 with a lot of teams that can knock off just about anyone in the conference. 

 

This doesn't mean that the conference was weak but just the opposite making it very difficult for there to be a dominant team.