You guys ever talk any football?

[Old Skool Cat]

Howdy ISU Bengal fans!!! Just an excited MSU Bobcat here anxiously awaiting the trip over to Pokey to watch the Cats tangle with the Bengals. What do you guys think about the game? I am guessing this might be a low scoring affair, maybe even a nailbiter to the end! We finally have a starting QB, but Kempt threw a couple of bad passes against USD, so he might be on a short leash. Our running game is extremely solid, with Crawford getting the bulk of the carries, and Mason not skipping a beat. We have a true freshman fullback named CJ Palmer, who goes 6-0, 230 lbs. He has been a blast to watch so far; he comes in on short yardage & goal line situations and has been unstoppable! He already has 5 rushing TDs on the season.

As usual, however, the strength of our team is our defense, in particular the run D. Bobby Daly is the Buchanan candidate, but much of the noise this year is coming from DE Dane Fletcher and LB Jeff Price (not to say that Daly isn't having a good year because he is). We have been a little soft on the pass, but usually to routes short and in the middle of the field. We really haven't been burned long yet.

I hear you have a few players banged up; we do as well, namely Brandon Bostick, our starting TE. He missed the South Dakota game, and the word is kind of mum on his return this weekend. Fortunately, MSU has a pretty good set of tight ends, so it's not a major hit. You guys hung in there with EWU for the majority of last week's game it sounds like. This game is gonna be fun!!!

 

[isusuperfan]

I hope all of you Cats travel safely down here to Poky! And I look forward to getting together with ya'll to tailgate before the game! You're all great fans, I tailgated with you guys last year and even burned your Grizzly Bear! That was awesome!

Best of luck this Saturday! Bring lots of fans! AND CHEERLEADERS!!!

 

[Old Skool Cat]

I hope all of you Cats travel safely down here to Poky! And I look forward to getting together with ya'll to tailgate before the game! You're all great fans, I tailgated with you guys last year and even burned your Grizzly Bear! That was awesome!

Best of luck this Saturday! Bring lots of fans! AND CHEERLEADERS!!!

Yes, the burning of the grizzly bear is a pregame tradition every game, regardless of who we are playing! :twisted: There should be a good contingency of Cat fans traveling to Pocatello; always fun to mingle with Bengal fans.

 

[biobengal]

You guys ever talk any football?

No, and how dare you even bring it up.

By the way, how is your basketball team looking this year? MSU sure made some progress last year.

 

[isusuperfan]

Hahahaha, easy bio! He's brought up a point, that outside of the BigSky, football in SE Idaho is unheard of.

 

[isusuperfan]

And it should be interesting, because isn't Carlos Taylor gone to graduation?

 

[Old Skool Cat]

You guys ever talk any football?

No, and how dare you even bring it up.

By the way, how is your basketball team looking this year? MSU sure made some progress last year.

Hard to say. I think we'll be okay; contend for the BSC title but more like finish third or fourth. Yes, we did lose Taylor who was the spark plug for our team, but we'll have Divaldo Mbunga and Bobby Howard back so we will have some leadership. A couple of interesting players to watch will be G Erik Rush and F Danny Piepoli. Both played a couple of years ago and then were redshirted last season. Piepoli has about as pure of a three-point stroke as I have seen. The biggest factor for us this season is that we will be YOUNG.

Damn you biobengal! You distracted me away for the topic of football. GO CATS!

 

[biobengal]

3rd may be a tall order for the bobcats given the strength in the BSC.

Weber and Montana should be decent. Portland and Idaho State should be good. Who knows about NAU... although, you can never count them out. UNC has improved tremendously. IMO, this is one of the more exciting years for BSC hoops in years.

 

[catbob]

It will be interesting to see how the Bengals offense can perform against our defense. We just held the #1 FCS offense, averaging over 500 yards a game, to just 241 yards of total offense (something like just 111 through 3 quarters before we pulled the starters). South Dakota's number are a bit skewed, with a DII and NAIA opponent on their schedule, but they put up over 400 against UNI and SELO. I don't think USD's offense would be top 4 in the Sky, but their passing game is pretty solid.

I watched a bit of the ISU/EWU game, and you guys have some weapons. If you are able to protect Hill, and establish a bit of a running game, we could be in trouble. We flat out dominated USD's OLine, and shut down their receivers with good corner play. Hell at one point we were -4 in turnovers and had a 21 point lead.

Cats can't turn the ball over like they are having against Big Sky opponents. That will be the key, methinks.

 

[isusuperfan]

Hey catbob, how many people you bringing down? And are you bringing cheerleaders? *Grins*

Hahahahahahaha!

Again, get down here safely. The road between Bozeman and Poky freaks me out, especially if you take the Yellowstone shortcut

 

[Old Skool Cat]

Hey catbob, how many people you bringing down? And are you bringing cheerleaders? *Grins*

Hahahahahahaha!

Again, get down here safely. The road between Bozeman and Poky freaks me out, especially if you take the Yellowstone shortcut

Yeah, that's a nasty road - lots of critters. I personally and driving from Helena, so interstate all the way down!!

 

[catbob]

We always bring a decent crowd down, but I won't be one of them this time.