Northern is who we thought they were, hard to ignore their record and the 1 point loss at Oklahoma. After EWU beat MSU in Bozeman yesterday it leaves us and Northern tied for 1st again. To finish out the first half of conference play we share 2 common opponents. Northern has PSU and EWU on the road back to back this weekend before hosting Sac St. Weber will head to ISU Saturday, before hosting PSU and EWU back to back at home to wrap up the first half. Montana plays 6 of their next 8 on the road(1 of the home games during this stretch is us), PSU got shellacked by the Griz, and I'm still trying to figure out how MSU beat Northern by 24, especially after Eastern beat them at home yesterday. EWU lost to BYU by 60 for hell sakes, and lost to Chicago St. who was 0-10 at the time. I watched yesterdays game and EWU's true Freshman Glen Dean was very impressive.
I think we will finish the first half of conference play alone in first place we should be able to handle ISU this weekend, and PSU and EWU at home. I think Northern will trip up and split 1-1 on the NorthWest road trip. The bad news is in the 2nd half of conf. play Weber will have the Montana/MSU, and PSU/EWU road trips while Northern is done with those. The good news is we still get Northern at home.
At a glance the MSU win over Northern was huge, and we need Northern to split their roady this weekend.
I think we will finish the first half of conference play alone in first place we should be able to handle ISU this weekend, and PSU and EWU at home. I think Northern will trip up and split 1-1 on the NorthWest road trip. The bad news is in the 2nd half of conf. play Weber will have the Montana/MSU, and PSU/EWU road trips while Northern is done with those. The good news is we still get Northern at home.
At a glance the MSU win over Northern was huge, and we need Northern to split their roady this weekend.