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[KWCAT]

I didn't see or listen to the bobcat/CAU game. Did the CAU defense get much pressure on Prukop?

If you get altitude. Replay at 11 mtn

 

[GoldenEagle]

I didn't see or listen to the bobcat/CAU game. Did the CAU defense get much pressure on Prukop?

If you get altitude. Replay at 11 mtn

I couldn't find Altitude on my Spokane comcast channel lineup, but thanks anyway KWCAT.

 

[kalm]

I didn't see or listen to the bobcat/CAU game. Did the CAU defense get much pressure on Prukop?

If you get altitude. Replay at 11 mtn

I couldn't find Altitude on my Spokane comcast channel lineup, but thanks anyway KWCAT.

It was in SWX here.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Anyone on this board who says they are confident the D can make stops is lying ... Dopa

Smacks of projection. I for one, am more than confident we have the personnel to make stops and have made my opinion of the scheme known for the past three seasons. It is far more concerning for me, that Graham stated earlier this season they were making some changes to be more aggressive from the defense that won EWU a National Championship (believe it was a podcast pre-SHSU). This sounds like blinder's or living in the past to me and someone who hasn't bought in to the idea of necessary change. Many here have posted the stat's alone that suggest a different approach is in order.

All that said, I don't share the angst on this board for the MSU game or any other on the upcoming slate. IMO, Coach Baldwin and the players have the right mental makeup to overcome adversity at our level and will do everything necessary on both sides of the ball to win games and bring home a Bigsky championship and compete for the Natty. Invest in rose colored glasses. :nod:

 

[talon38]

I now have 6 tickets in a row in the eastern rooting section at this game. Just had 6 family members cancel due to a death, not family related, but close friend of theirs. I have lots of maybe's, but let me know if your interested. Face value is $22.00, and that's what i'm selling them for. I'll be in Bozeman Friday afternoon, so can meet there or at stadium on Saturday. Just send me a pm. You will be sitting with me and my other 8 eagle fans.
mark B
2062008529

 

[clawman1]

I now have 6 tickets in a row in the eastern rooting section at this game. Just had 6 family members cancel due to a death, not family related, but close friend of theirs. I have lots of maybe's, but let me know if your interested. Face value is $22.00, and that's what i'm selling them for. I'll be in Bozeman Friday afternoon, so can meet there or at stadium on Saturday. Just send me a pm. You will be sitting with me and my other 8 eagle fans.
mark B
2062008529

There have been some on Craigslist, you might try posting them there.
Good Luck

 

[clawman1]

Anyone on this board who says they are confident the D can make stops is lying ... Dopa

Smacks of projection. I for one, am more than confident we have the personnel to make stops and have made my opinion of the scheme known for the past three seasons. It is far more concerning for me, that Graham stated earlier this season they were making some changes to be more aggressive from the defense that won EWU a National Championship (believe it was a podcast pre-SHSU). This sounds like blinder's or living in the past to me and someone who hasn't bought in to the idea of necessary change. Many here have posted the stat's alone that suggest a different approach is in order.

All that said, I don't share the angst on this board for the MSU game or any other on the upcoming slate. IMO, Coach Baldwin and the players have the right mental makeup to overcome adversity at our level and will do everything necessary on both sides of the ball to win games and bring home a Bigsky championship and compete for the Natty. Invest in rose colored glasses. :nod:

With the experience, and athletic abilities of the DB's we have now, isn't it reasonable to think the defense can be more aggressive because we have the speed to run someone down if they get behind us ?

 

[Counter Assault]

I now have 6 tickets in a row in the eastern rooting section at this game. Just had 6 family members cancel due to a death, not family related, but close friend of theirs. I have lots of maybe's, but let me know if your interested. Face value is $22.00, and that's what i'm selling them for. I'll be in Bozeman Friday afternoon, so can meet there or at stadium on Saturday. Just send me a pm. You will be sitting with me and my other 8 eagle fans.
mark B
2062008529

It is generally pretty efficient to sell them over on BobcatNation. This will be a sell-out, I doubt you are going to have a problem unloading them.

 

[celticcat]

Dakota Prukop is deceptively fast. He isn't necessarily incredibly agile, but his straight line speed is great. Basically he plays a lot like Brian Bell from SHSU.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Anyone on this board who says they are confident the D can make stops is lying ... Dopa

Smacks of projection. I for one, am more than confident we have the personnel to make stops and have made my opinion of the scheme known for the past three seasons. It is far more concerning for me, that Graham stated earlier this season they were making some changes to be more aggressive from the defense that won EWU a National Championship (believe it was a podcast pre-SHSU). This sounds like blinder's or living in the past to me and someone who hasn't bought in to the idea of necessary change. Many here have posted the stat's alone that suggest a different approach is in order.

All that said, I don't share the angst on this board for the MSU game or any other on the upcoming slate. IMO, Coach Baldwin and the players have the right mental makeup to overcome adversity at our level and will do everything necessary on both sides of the ball to win games and bring home a Bigsky championship and compete for the Natty. Invest in rose colored glasses. :nod:

With the experience, and athletic abilities of the DB's we have now, isn't it reasonable to think the defense can be more aggressive because we have the speed to run someone down if they get behind us ?

Completely agree. Even against the Huskies we had a chance at 2 or 3 balls we just didn't catch, but the athleticism put our player in a position to make a play. Don't think Graham has bought into the idea we can be more aggressive. Our athlete's more than match up to every BS team. Honestly, not every team will be error free against us and as stated in many places; our offense is still our best defense to pressure those mistakes. I see how you could misunderstand my previous statement; to clarify, I don't think Graham believes a change in scheme is necessary. His early season statement was a denial to see the obvious despite the overwhelming evidence IMO. Our talent is better, but the results aren't there. Everyone has to draw their own conclusions I suppose.

 

[kalm]

Anyone on this board who says they are confident the D can make stops is lying ... Dopa

Smacks of projection. I for one, am more than confident we have the personnel to make stops and have made my opinion of the scheme known for the past three seasons. It is far more concerning for me, that Graham stated earlier this season they were making some changes to be more aggressive from the defense that won EWU a National Championship (believe it was a podcast pre-SHSU). This sounds like blinder's or living in the past to me and someone who hasn't bought in to the idea of necessary change. Many here have posted the stat's alone that suggest a different approach is in order.

All that said, I don't share the angst on this board for the MSU game or any other on the upcoming slate. IMO, Coach Baldwin and the players have the right mental makeup to overcome adversity at our level and will do everything necessary on both sides of the ball to win games and bring home a Bigsky championship and compete for the Natty. Invest in rose colored glasses. :nod:

With the experience, and athletic abilities of the DB's we have now, isn't it reasonable to think the defense can be more aggressive because we have the speed to run someone down if they get behind us ?

Completely agree. Even against the Huskies we had a chance at 2 or 3 balls we just didn't catch, but the athleticism put our player in a position to make a play. Don't think Graham has bought into the idea we can be more aggressive. Our athlete's more than match up to every BS team. Honestly, not every team will be error free against us and as stated in many places; our offense is still our best defense to pressure those mistakes. I see how you could misunderstand my previous statement; to clarify, I don't think Graham believes a change in scheme is necessary. His early season statement was a denial to see the obvious despite the overwhelming evidence IMO. Our talent is better, but the results aren't there. Everyone has to draw their own conclusions I suppose.

Perhaps I'm not seeing it correctly, but I think we've run more blitzes than usual and have been showing a 42, bringing a safety down into the box…which is somewhat new.

It still seems like our LB's appear slow or out of position though.

 

[DefendtheRed]

Anyone on this board who says they are confident the D can make stops is lying ... Dopa

Smacks of projection. I for one, am more than confident we have the personnel to make stops and have made my opinion of the scheme known for the past three seasons. It is far more concerning for me, that Graham stated earlier this season they were making some changes to be more aggressive from the defense that won EWU a National Championship (believe it was a podcast pre-SHSU). This sounds like blinder's or living in the past to me and someone who hasn't bought in to the idea of necessary change. Many here have posted the stat's alone that suggest a different approach is in order.

All that said, I don't share the angst on this board for the MSU game or any other on the upcoming slate. IMO, Coach Baldwin and the players have the right mental makeup to overcome adversity at our level and will do everything necessary on both sides of the ball to win games and bring home a Bigsky championship and compete for the Natty. Invest in rose colored glasses. :nod:

With the experience, and athletic abilities of the DB's we have now, isn't it reasonable to think the defense can be more aggressive because we have the speed to run someone down if they get behind us ?

Completely agree. Even against the Huskies we had a chance at 2 or 3 balls we just didn't catch, but the athleticism put our player in a position to make a play. Don't think Graham has bought into the idea we can be more aggressive. Our athlete's more than match up to every BS team. Honestly, not every team will be error free against us and as stated in many places; our offense is still our best defense to pressure those mistakes. I see how you could misunderstand my previous statement; to clarify, I don't think Graham believes a change in scheme is necessary. His early season statement was a denial to see the obvious despite the overwhelming evidence IMO. Our talent is better, but the results aren't there. Everyone has to draw their own conclusions I suppose.

Perhaps I'm not seeing it correctly, but I think we've run more blitzes than usual and have been showing a 42, bringing a safety down into the box…which is somewhat new.

It still seems like our LB's appear slow or out of position though.

They have brought McDonald down into the box a few times, especially against Sam Houston. I really hope we have some sort of answer for Prukop, he looks very dangerous early on.

 

[LDopaPDX]

McDonald has really kicked his game up this season. He looked a little raggety early last season, but came out firing on all cylinders this year. It's nice to see Wadood is finding his place and starting to make big plays.

That said, some of these other vets haven't found their 'A' game yet. It's going to be imperative that everyone starts stepping it up every week. It's rather obvious we aren't good enough as a group to rely on just 2-3 guys.

 

[GoldenEagle]

I think one thing affecting our linebackers is that they are being engaged more by offensive lineman that do not need to double team our defensive lineman. In past years I think we had some veteran defensive lineman that demanded double teams. As our young defensive line improves there will be less pressure on the linebackers.

 

[FormerSwoop]

Counter and 2506, it must be very disappointing to come here (troll a tinsy bit) and get nothing back but respectful and knowledgable football talk! We're pretty boring compared with the eGrizzers, huh?

Be patient, though, there's still time for things to get heated. :rofl:

So point me to the post where I was trolling, I thought I have been pretty respectfull of your team

Now if SE1234 shows up I may have something else to say :thumb:

Yeah......what? Trolling???

 

[clawman1]

My wife and I will be there.
Anybody interested in a caravan to Bozeman with a pit stop in Missoula for lunch?
If we leave the Spokane Valley @ 9am we'd arrive in Missoula @ 1pm Mtn time. An hour for lunch and we arrive in Bozeman 5pm or so.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Anyone on this board who says they are confident the D can make stops is lying ... Dopa

Invest in rose colored glasses. :nod:

With the experience, and athletic abilities of the DB's we have now, isn't it reasonable to think the defense can be more aggressive because we have the speed to run someone down if they get behind us ?

Completely agree. Even against the Huskies we had a chance at 2 or 3 balls we just didn't catch, but the athleticism put our player in a position to make a play. Don't think Graham has bought into the idea we can be more aggressive. .

Perhaps I'm not seeing it correctly, but I think we've run more blitzes than usual and have been showing a 42, bringing a safety down into the box…which is somewhat new.

It still seems like our LB's appear slow or out of position though.

Utilizing one of our best players in MacDonald to harry the QB is a good idea, we don't disguise things well. He just wins with pure athleticism. The LB's still over pursue and then the cut back happens for the big play. Questions that come to mind, aren't they assigned a responsibility? Shouldn't tape help everyone see how important it is to trust the other players to execute on their responsibility so you execute yours? etc... That is assuming there are responsibilities/assignments in the scheme. I see the effort and every hat to the ball type mentality, so think this is the scheme. Against well coached teams and teams that see EWU every year, this approach has broken down. In the meantime, going to start drinking, cheer harder and trust in the Lord that our players stay healthy no matter the outcome. Wish I could be at games to work with ya'll on breaking this down. Not going to see many on TV either with all the Root coverage. Relying on Sorenson is painful, although he is passionate.

 

[kalm]

Anyone on this board who says they are confident the D can make stops is lying ... Dopa

Invest in rose colored glasses. :nod:

With the experience, and athletic abilities of the DB's we have now, isn't it reasonable to think the defense can be more aggressive because we have the speed to run someone down if they get behind us ?

Completely agree. Even against the Huskies we had a chance at 2 or 3 balls we just didn't catch, but the athleticism put our player in a position to make a play. Don't think Graham has bought into the idea we can be more aggressive. .

Perhaps I'm not seeing it correctly, but I think we've run more blitzes than usual and have been showing a 42, bringing a safety down into the box…which is somewhat new.

It still seems like our LB's appear slow or out of position though.

Utilizing one of our best players in MacDonald to harry the QB is a good idea, we don't disguise things well. He just wins with pure athleticism. The LB's still over pursue and then the cut back happens for the big play. Questions that come to mind, aren't they assigned a responsibility? Shouldn't tape help everyone see how important it is to trust the other players to execute on their responsibility so you execute yours? etc... That is assuming there are responsibilities/assignments in the scheme. I see the effort and every hat to the ball type mentality, so think this is the scheme. Against well coached teams and teams that see EWU every year, this approach has broken down. In the meantime, going to start drinking, cheer harder and trust in the Lord that our players stay healthy no matter the outcome. Wish I could be at games to work with ya'll on breaking this down. Not going to see many on TV either with all the Root coverage. Relying on Sorenson is painful, although he is passionate.

Ok, Buddy Ryan. :lol:

 

[luckyintheorder]

kalm... Ok, Buddy Ryan. :lol:

Where's Keith Gilbride when you need to punch someone out? :lol:

Is Buddy available? :twisted:

 

[tomq04]

4 am!?!?
edit: i see you're on the east coast.