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FCS Playoffs 2nd Round EWU @ UM Game Day Thread

HookedonGriz said:
In fact I completely blame Haslam for the rain and cold yesterday, and the fact your offense couldn’t score more than 20, and the reason there were only 3000 people in attendance….he’s also the mastermind behind your Gateway project never getting off the ground! Damn you Kent!!!

Haslam must be desperate now. No behavior is too low for that scoundrel. He'll probably attempt to sabotage the EAGS team buses.
 
Grizbrawler said:
rabidbscfan said:
Grizbrawler said:
Seattle Eagle said:
Grizbrawler said:
luckyintheorder said:
Gotta say, looking forward to this one. Short week won't matter from a game planning perspective. Teams know each other and neither Montana or Eastern will be better than they already are. As good as UNI's DL was, I still think Montana's is better with better db's. The new found defensive intensity is more than a match for Montana's offense... Full speed ahead. ;-)

I don't think this game will be close. We saw how confused Barriere looked the last time you all came into Missoula. I think the defensive pressure, noise, and maybe even the weather will be too much for him and the Chickens to overcome. Montana's offense had only improved since the first game and the defense is a lot better than what UNI showed yesterday.

You heard it here first!

Montana GRIZ 45
Chickens 10

Nice first post. :shake: Do the Griz have some sort of secret weapon that we didn't get a look at the first time we played?

GTFO with that BS.

No secret weapons but we have Cam Humphrey back. You were lucky to beat us earlier in the season when we had our second string QB in the game.

well Cam was in the game all but the final 30 seconds...but I agree griz will win this one big.

Yes but that's a tall order to ask a guy to come into a game cold like that and get the win. Cam would have got it done. I just watched a replay of the second half of the EWU game and I retract my previous statement about the outcome of the Griz-EWU. I'm now predicting a 56-10 victory for the Griz. The chickens special teams and offense are a lot worse than I thought. Any predictions?

It's reasonable to think that Montana should be the favorites at home. No problem. But if you think you're going to score 56 points on us that's crazy.
 
Eagle Talon said:
Grizbrawler said:
rabidbscfan said:
Grizbrawler said:
Seattle Eagle said:
Grizbrawler said:
luckyintheorder said:
Gotta say, looking forward to this one. Short week won't matter from a game planning perspective. Teams know each other and neither Montana or Eastern will be better than they already are. As good as UNI's DL was, I still think Montana's is better with better db's. The new found defensive intensity is more than a match for Montana's offense... Full speed ahead. ;-)

I don't think this game will be close. We saw how confused Barriere looked the last time you all came into Missoula. I think the defensive pressure, noise, and maybe even the weather will be too much for him and the Chickens to overcome. Montana's offense had only improved since the first game and the defense is a lot better than what UNI showed yesterday.

You heard it here first!

Montana GRIZ 45
Chickens 10

Nice first post. :shake: Do the Griz have some sort of secret weapon that we didn't get a look at the first time we played?

GTFO with that BS.

No secret weapons but we have Cam Humphrey back. You were lucky to beat us earlier in the season when we had our second string QB in the game.

well Cam was in the game all but the final 30 seconds...but I agree griz will win this one big.

Yes but that's a tall order to ask a guy to come into a game cold like that and get the win. Cam would have got it done. I just watched a replay of the second half of the EWU game and I retract my previous statement about the outcome of the Griz-EWU. I'm now predicting a 56-10 victory for the Griz. The chickens special teams and offense are a lot worse than I thought. Any predictions?

It's reasonable to think that Montana should be the favorites at home. No problem. But if you think you're going to score 56 points on us that's crazy.

I stand by my prediction. Did you see what the Griz did to MSU, a team that you lost to?
 
Seems like these games are often tough games. The majority in the last decade are one score games. That being said, both teams are motivated for this game, and neither team is intimidated for the other. I think UM gets a boost from being at home and having a good season, seems a lot of people believe they are back. Their best wins are MSU and UW. UW is not the team the football world thought they were going to be, and MSU is a rivalry game where history proves anything can happen. They can hang their hats on their better performance against MSU as the indicator they are going to beat the Eags this time, but don't think it means anything. Honestly, EWU can beat anyone in the field if they play their football. My biggest concern is the conservative approach the offense has taken of late. That's not going to get it done against UM or the rest of the field. I think Friday is anyone's game, and it's going to be another classic. It will be a great game regardless of who wins. If the coaches let the offense rip, I'm taking the Eags. If it's the same offense as yesterday, I think UM will win.
 
Grizbrawler said:
Eagle Talon said:
Grizbrawler said:
rabidbscfan said:
Grizbrawler said:
Seattle Eagle said:
Grizbrawler said:
luckyintheorder said:
Gotta say, looking forward to this one. Short week won't matter from a game planning perspective. Teams know each other and neither Montana or Eastern will be better than they already are. As good as UNI's DL was, I still think Montana's is better with better db's. The new found defensive intensity is more than a match for Montana's offense... Full speed ahead. ;-)

I don't think this game will be close. We saw how confused Barriere looked the last time you all came into Missoula. I think the defensive pressure, noise, and maybe even the weather will be too much for him and the Chickens to overcome. Montana's offense had only improved since the first game and the defense is a lot better than what UNI showed yesterday.

You heard it here first!

Montana GRIZ 45
Chickens 10

Nice first post. :shake: Do the Griz have some sort of secret weapon that we didn't get a look at the first time we played?

GTFO with that BS.

No secret weapons but we have Cam Humphrey back. You were lucky to beat us earlier in the season when we had our second string QB in the game.

well Cam was in the game all but the final 30 seconds...but I agree griz will win this one big.

Yes but that's a tall order to ask a guy to come into a game cold like that and get the win. Cam would have got it done. I just watched a replay of the second half of the EWU game and I retract my previous statement about the outcome of the Griz-EWU. I'm now predicting a 56-10 victory for the Griz. The chickens special teams and offense are a lot worse than I thought. Any predictions?

It's reasonable to think that Montana should be the favorites at home. No problem. But if you think you're going to score 56 points on us that's crazy.

I stand by my prediction. Did you see what the Griz did to MSU, a team that you lost to?

Ah, yes, the transitive property argument.

Ok, then. Let's see. Sac State, a team that beat Montana by 7, lost to UNI 34-16. By my calculations, that means that EWU will then beat Montana by exactly 12.173 points when they play on Friday night. :thumb:
 
dudeitsaid said:
Seems like these games are often tough games. The majority in the last decade are one score games. That being said, both teams are motivated for this game, and neither team is intimidated for the other. I think UM gets a boost from being at home and having a good season, seems a lot of people believe they are back. Their best wins are MSU and UW. UW is not the team the football world thought they were going to be, and MSU is a rivalry game where history proves anything can happen. They can hang their hats on their better performance against MSU as the indicator they are going to beat the Eags this time, but don't think it means anything. Honestly, EWU can beat anyone in the field if they play their football. My biggest concern is the conservative approach the offense has taken of late. That's not going to get it done against UM or the rest of the field. I think Friday is anyone's game, and it's going to be another classic. It will be a great game regardless of who wins. If the coaches let the offense rip, I'm taking the Eags. If it's the same offense as yesterday, I think UM will win.

I don't totally disagree. The play calling seemed suspect at times yesterday...to the extent that we ran the ball a ton to try to hang onto the lead late in the game, even when it wasn't working all that great and at the risk of not moving the ball very effectively and having to punt a few times. Any times a special teams unit touches the ball I get nervous.

I do think the weather factored into the passing game. It's a rhythm offense and we've seen that when it's not clicking it can be really problematic to get back into synch.

All that said, it's playoff football and we need to be able to grind out wins against these sort of teams that just want to lean on you and sit on the ball to burn clock. It was sort of nice seeing us do that to another team rather than it being done to us as we've seen with a few MVFC teams over the years.
 
EWURanger said:
Grizbrawler said:
Eagle Talon said:
Grizbrawler said:
rabidbscfan said:
Grizbrawler said:
Seattle Eagle said:
Grizbrawler said:
luckyintheorder said:
Gotta say, looking forward to this one. Short week won't matter from a game planning perspective. Teams know each other and neither Montana or Eastern will be better than they already are. As good as UNI's DL was, I still think Montana's is better with better db's. The new found defensive intensity is more than a match for Montana's offense... Full speed ahead. ;-)

I don't think this game will be close. We saw how confused Barriere looked the last time you all came into Missoula. I think the defensive pressure, noise, and maybe even the weather will be too much for him and the Chickens to overcome. Montana's offense had only improved since the first game and the defense is a lot better than what UNI showed yesterday.

You heard it here first!

Montana GRIZ 45
Chickens 10

Nice first post. :shake: Do the Griz have some sort of secret weapon that we didn't get a look at the first time we played?

GTFO with that BS.

No secret weapons but we have Cam Humphrey back. You were lucky to beat us earlier in the season when we had our second string QB in the game.

well Cam was in the game all but the final 30 seconds...but I agree griz will win this one big.

Yes but that's a tall order to ask a guy to come into a game cold like that and get the win. Cam would have got it done. I just watched a replay of the second half of the EWU game and I retract my previous statement about the outcome of the Griz-EWU. I'm now predicting a 56-10 victory for the Griz. The chickens special teams and offense are a lot worse than I thought. Any predictions?

It's reasonable to think that Montana should be the favorites at home. No problem. But if you think you're going to score 56 points on us that's crazy.

I stand by my prediction. Did you see what the Griz did to MSU, a team that you lost to?

Ah, yes, the transitive property argument.

Ok, then. Let's see. Sac State, a team that beat Montana by 7, lost to UNI 34-16. By my calculations, that means that EWU will then beat Montana by exactly 12.173 points when they play on Friday night. :thumb:
Love the math Ranger.. What a fun thread. Did Montana find an offense when I wasn't looking? I liked Cam before the first game but on the Griz board many were begging to get the other QB in... Cam gets sidelined and the Griz offense goes from unspectacular to pathetic and now Cam can do no wrong. All hail Cam... :?

Hope Eagle coaches work on proper visualization revolving around situational awareness to cut down on the asinine poor plays (drops, poor throws, missed blocks etc) . Saw an Emmitt Smith interview many years ago and he was asked about an unlikely TD run to win a game, his response was "earlier in the game, Jimmy Johnson, came over and told him, you're going to get the ball, follow your lead blocker into the whole, spin out of a would be tackle and take it to the endzone" In the next series Emmitt got the ball, followed his lead blocker, spun off the LB and scored. I couldn't find the video to share.

Not saying a coach has to be prescient, but helping players get into the right mindset is key. Running unfamiliar plays doesn't help, playing not to lose doesn't help, taking the ball out of your 6th year all world seniors hands doesn't help. Example, Eastern used the tight formation late on 4th and 2 (bad), used play action (good), EB3 threw a catchable ball (good) to a wide open Roberson (good) but he wanted to score more than make the catch for the 1st down and it went through his hands (bad)... You can see his head move off the ball at the last moment. Making that catch was way more important than making a "play". Wish I could say that was the only instance of lack of focus. Eagles are perfect on the road this season. Maybe it will help their focus :-) Hope the short week reduces distractions

Not seeing this game much differently than the last game. McCann has had 4 weeks with the offense as OC. I don't know what that means. is the offense used to him now? Will he continue to add value to the running game? Is there enough trust to just let EB3 make plays? Is Best too involved? IDK..
 
GoldenEagle said:
HookedonGriz said:
In fact I completely blame Haslam for the rain and cold yesterday, and the fact your offense couldn’t score more than 20, and the reason there were only 3000 people in attendance….he’s also the mastermind behind your Gateway project never getting off the ground! Damn you Kent!!!

Haslam must be desperate now. No behavior is too low for that scoundrel. He'll probably attempt to sabotage the EAGS team buses.

Oh that’s probably already a done deal! He’s so powerful, he’s like the Thanos of Big Sky Conference football….if you even think it, he knows and it’s done. I heard he already rented out every room at the Edgewater and every other reasonable hotel around town just so EWU has to sleep in gross rooms with dirty, squeaky mattresses. His hatred against EWU knows no bounds! He is out to absolutely sabotage and send your program to D2. That bastard!
 
cam finishes the first game and chances are ewu is not even playing Friday..
https://skylinesportsmt.com/uploads/2021/10/Blake-Montana-at-EWU-Griz-last-play-Cole-Grossman.jpeg
 
HookedonGriz said:
GoldenEagle said:
HookedonGriz said:
In fact I completely blame Haslam for the rain and cold yesterday, and the fact your offense couldn’t score more than 20, and the reason there were only 3000 people in attendance….he’s also the mastermind behind your Gateway project never getting off the ground! Damn you Kent!!!

Haslam must be desperate now. No behavior is too low for that scoundrel. He'll probably attempt to sabotage the EAGS team buses.

Oh that’s probably already a done deal! He’s so powerful, he’s like the Thanos of Big Sky Conference football….if you even think it, he knows and it’s done. I heard he already rented out every room at the Edgewater and every other reasonable hotel around town just so EWU has to sleep in gross rooms with dirty, squeaky mattresses. His hatred against EWU knows no bounds! He is out to absolutely sabotage and send your program to D2. That bastard!

Unless something has changed, all hotels in Missoula have gross rooms with dirty, squeaky mattresses. Butte even has better accommodations than Missoula, and Butte is downright icky.
 
Bill Chaves leaving for UND….Haslam!

The dismal hiring of Hickey….Haslam!

The soccer coach, Bodnar, leaving suddenly….Haslam!

The financial woes and sudden talk of cutting football….all Haslam!

The best basketball coach ever, Legans, leaving suddenly….also Haslam!

His evil knows no bounds!!!!
 
HookedonGriz said:
Bill Chaves leaving for UND….Haslam!

The dismal hiring of Hickey….Haslam!

The soccer coach, Bodnar, leaving suddenly….Haslam!

The financial woes and sudden talk of cutting football….all Haslam!

The best basketball coach ever, Legans, leaving suddenly….also Haslam!

His evil knows no bounds!!!!
Delighting in others woe's ? :ohno: Will be rooting for Eastern to deliver a comeuppance Friday. This is the BigSky, not the Game of Thrones.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx6ZiC1nE7g[/media]
 
EWURanger said:
Grizbrawler said:
luckyintheorder said:
Gotta say, looking forward to this one. Short week won't matter from a game planning perspective. Teams know each other and neither Montana or Eastern will be better than they already are. As good as UNI's DL was, I still think Montana's is better with better db's. The new found defensive intensity is more than a match for Montana's offense... Full speed ahead. ;-)

I don't think this game will be close. We saw how confused Barriere looked the last time you all came into Missoula. I think the defensive pressure, noise, and maybe even the weather will be too much for him and the Chickens to overcome. Montana's offense had only improved since the first game and the defense is a lot better than what UNI showed yesterday.

You heard it here first!

Montana GRIZ 45
Chickens 10

Montana's defense is comparable to UNI, Weber, or MSU. Did you forget that we've played you already this season?

You may win, but it's not going to be by 35 points. Dream on dude. :coffee:

No chance Montana scores 45 on Ewu. Montana will be lucky to get to 30. This game will again be on Montana’s Defense to give they O a chance to score enough. Should be a good game, both teams seem healthy again
 
HookedonGriz said:
Seattle Eagle said:
Grizbrawler said:
luckyintheorder said:
Gotta say, looking forward to this one. Short week won't matter from a game planning perspective. Teams know each other and neither Montana or Eastern will be better than they already are. As good as UNI's DL was, I still think Montana's is better with better db's. The new found defensive intensity is more than a match for Montana's offense... Full speed ahead. ;-)

I don't think this game will be close. We saw how confused Barriere looked the last time you all came into Missoula. I think the defensive pressure, noise, and maybe even the weather will be too much for him and the Chickens to overcome. Montana's offense had only improved since the first game and the defense is a lot better than what UNI showed yesterday.

You heard it here first!

Montana GRIZ 45
Chickens 10

Nice first post. :shake: Do the Griz have some sort of secret weapon that we didn't get a look at the first time we played?

GTFO with that BS.

Yes! His name is Kent Haslam! And according to some absolute ass tards over here he is the sole reason EWU was screwed out of a seed! Well now they are about to unleash the full power of Haslam. You ain’t seen nothing yet! 😂
Interesting how thin skinned you Mt fans are. Is the weakness about everything or only fear of the Eagles?
 
EWURanger said:
dudeitsaid said:
Seems like these games are often tough games. The majority in the last decade are one score games. That being said, both teams are motivated for this game, and neither team is intimidated for the other. I think UM gets a boost from being at home and having a good season, seems a lot of people believe they are back. Their best wins are MSU and UW. UW is not the team the football world thought they were going to be, and MSU is a rivalry game where history proves anything can happen. They can hang their hats on their better performance against MSU as the indicator they are going to beat the Eags this time, but don't think it means anything. Honestly, EWU can beat anyone in the field if they play their football. My biggest concern is the conservative approach the offense has taken of late. That's not going to get it done against UM or the rest of the field. I think Friday is anyone's game, and it's going to be another classic. It will be a great game regardless of who wins. If the coaches let the offense rip, I'm taking the Eags. If it's the same offense as yesterday, I think UM will win.

I don't totally disagree. The play calling seemed suspect at times yesterday...to the extent that we ran the ball a ton to try to hang onto the lead late in the game, even when it wasn't working all that great and at the risk of not moving the ball very effectively and having to punt a few times. Any times a special teams unit touches the ball I get nervous.

I do think the weather factored into the passing game. It's a rhythm offense and we've seen that when it's not clicking it can be really problematic to get back into synch.

All that said, it's playoff football and we need to be able to grind out wins against these sort of teams that just want to lean on you and sit on the ball to burn clock. It was sort of nice seeing us do that to another team rather than it being done to us as we've seen with a few MVFC teams over the years.

It was weather that the Celts would call "dreich." Even when it wasn't raining, it was wet as hell. We could grow some good peat moss around Cheney if that weather was the norm.

Interesting game, UNI was far worse than I thought. They weren't very good at all. Eastern played absolutely atrocious on offense and special teams, but defense played well and stepped up. I'm still mystified by not playing Eli Doyle, because safety was the one area where things didn't go so great for us. The good news is the tackling was really strong, but UNI's QBs were so immobile that we didn't have a lot to worry about. If Sac State is the best Big Sky team (per Kent Haslam, so it must be true), how in the hell did they get smoked on their home field by UNI? They had 5 losses for a reason.

Conversely, both Eastern and Montana played well in the first game. I don't expect we'll get a pedestrian performance from Montana like we did from UNI. They'll come in ready to go, and we'll be having to shake off the short turnaround and road trip. With the exceptions of a couple of bad special teams plays by both teams in September, both teams had good performances. I don't have a lot of good ideas about what'll happen.

Barriere definitely needs to play better as that was not one of his better games and he seemed to get confused about when to take off and when to stay back. It's clear that when he commits to getting upfield, he's really lethal. That TD he scored from a broken play is a great example. He has those opportunities frequently and doesn't take them, but he's a complete weapon when he does.

As for Kent Haslam, anyone defending his decision isn't in the loop. Go ask him yourself if you don't believe me. But it's all academic now, the situation is what it is. The path is a lot easier for Montana, but Eastern is live in this game. If he wrote a check for Montana that is backed by insufficient funds, that's a bad look. It won't be easy for either team.
 
I did ask him and he sent a rather lengthy reply with the committee's reasoning (it was not HIS decision). We didn't deserve a seed.
 
rabidbscfan said:
cam finishes the first game and chances are ewu is not even playing Friday..
https://skylinesportsmt.com/uploads/2021/10/Blake-Montana-at-EWU-Griz-last-play-Cole-Grossman.jpeg

Honestly, I think even if UM would've made that touchdown, and EWU finished 8-3, we'd been sitting in the exact same spot, playing UNI at home. But, notice the EWU defender? Your receiver had great position, and could've made the catch, but our DB made an even better play on the ball. It was honestly a great play on both sides of the ball. We just happened to get the break-up perfectly timed.

This should be another great game, as they often are. A lot more one score games than not in the last two decades. Griz open up as 3.5 point favorites on 5dimes. Aside from the Kennesaw/ETSU game with ETSU by two, this is the closest game of the next round.
 
clawman said:
I did ask him and he sent a rather lengthy reply with the committee's reasoning (it was not HIS decision). We didn't deserve a seed.

Clawman,
Please post that reply for the board. Thanks.
 

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