Big Sky Week 11

[SuperHornet]

North Dakota @ Montana 45-3

Southern Utah @ Eastern Washington 35-17

Northern Colorado @ Portland State 28-10

Weber State @ Northern Arizona 24-21

Sacramento State @ Idaho State 56-10

Bonus Games

UC Davis @ Cal Poly 35-31

Liberty @ Coastal Carolina 47-21

North Texas @ Middle Tennessee State 21-17

[BigSkyFootball]

Weber State will not defeat Northern Arizona this week. WSU QB Cameron Higgins is hurt, although I expect him to play, and will not be at full strength while NAU QB Michael Herrick, hurt a few weeks ago, is on the mend and played well last week. The Lumberjack defense is very stingy and without a healthy Higgins, Weber will have to run the ball - not favorable against NAU.
Northern Arizona 28 Weber State 21

[grizzaholic]

SUU will roll.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

SUU will roll.

Can't wait until we beat your adopted team too.



Edit: Again.

[SUUTbird]

I think (as seems to be the usual) that you may be selling SUU a bit short against the Eagles this year. We have a much better defense and offense then the Eagles faced last year (shut down a prolific Cal Poly rushing attack earlier this season) . Not saying we wont lose but i do think we have a better shot at winning then we did last season. Either way i think the game will be decided within 10 points at most, if we can shut down TJ we have a chance...if not well we will lose.

SUU will roll.

Can't wait until we beat your adopted team too.



Edit: Again.

Dont count us down and out yet Screaming Eagle, we may just have to pull the upset when we play you this Saturday, looking forward to a great game against a future Big Sky opponent.

[grizzaholic]

SUU will roll.

Can't wait until we beat your adopted team too.



Edit: Again.

Have you seen SUU play this year? I hear they have been destroying teams as of late.

[grizzaholic]

I think (as seems to be the usual) that you may be selling SUU a bit short against the Eagles this year. We have a much better defense and offense then the Eagles faced last year (shut down a prolific Cal Poly rushing attack earlier this season) . Not saying we wont lose but i do think we have a better shot at winning then we did last season. Either way i think the game will be decided within 10 points at most, if we can shut down TJ we have a chance...if not well we will lose.

Can't wait until we beat your adopted team too.



Edit: Again.

Dont count us down and out yet Screaming Eagle, we may just have to pull the upset when we play you this Saturday, looking forward to a great game against a future Big Sky opponent.

Just tell SE to go fuck himself. It usually works...especially after the Seachickens get dominated.

[SUUTbird]

Just tell SE to go **** himself. It usually works...especially after the Seachickens get dominated.

Appreciate the support, however i prefer to let my talking to be done on the football field . And as i stated earlier i think it will be a good game as two pretty darn good teams (one playoff bound if they can get past us and ISU, will get by at least 1, and 1 team that deserves to be in the playoffs). This will be a huge game for EWU since the Eagles need 1 more D1 win to secure a playoff spot. However i think that my Thunderbirds could very well make them wait another week to get that win .

[grizzaholic]

Just tell SE to go **** himself. It usually works...especially after the Seachickens get dominated.

Appreciate the support, however i prefer to let my talking to be done on the football field . And as i stated earlier i think it will be a good game as two pretty darn good teams (one playoff bound if they can get past us and ISU, will get by at least 1, and 1 team that deserves to be in the playoffs). This will be a huge game for EWU since the Eagles need 1 more D1 win to secure a playoff spot. However i think that my Thunderbirds could very well make them wait another week to get that win .

Or would it could dash their hopes to nothing because ISU has won their last game a couple years in a row.



SUU!

[EWURanger]

Lots of wishful thinking going on here........

Seriously, though, SUU will be one of the tougher games that EWU plays this year. I don't think anyone's counting SUU out of this one - especially not the coaches or the team. Having an extra week to prepare and getting a few guys healthy should help some, we will need it to beat a very good SUU team.

And I know you all think we're going to lose to Idaho State for whatever reason, but I'll worry about them after this weekend. One game at a time!

[catbob]

Lots of wishful thinking going on here........

Seriously, though, SUU will be one of the tougher games that EWU plays this year. I don't think anyone's counting SUU out of this one - especially not the coaches or the team. Having an extra week to prepare and getting a few guys healthy should help some, we will need it to beat a very good SUU team.

And I know you all think we're going to lose to Idaho State for whatever reason, but I'll worry about them after this weekend. One game at a time!

It's very much wishful thinking by MSU and particularly UM fans that you lose to ISU. We hope you lose because it helps us for playoff home game chances and even seeding chances, and UM hopes you lose because they need you to to have any chance of sharing the Big Sky title.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

I think (as seems to be the usual) that you may be selling SUU a bit short against the Eagles this year. We have a much better defense and offense then the Eagles faced last year (shut down a prolific Cal Poly rushing attack earlier this season) . Not saying we wont lose but i do think we have a better shot at winning then we did last season. Either way i think the game will be decided within 10 points at most, if we can shut down TJ we have a chance...if not well we will lose.

Can't wait until we beat your adopted team too.



Edit: Again.

Dont count us down and out yet Screaming Eagle, we may just have to pull the upset when we play you this Saturday, looking forward to a great game against a future Big Sky opponent.

I'm not counting out SUU at all. I know how dangerous the T-birds are this year. I was worried about them last year too. I just like to fling shit at grizza.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

I think (as seems to be the usual) that you may be selling SUU a bit short against the Eagles this year. We have a much better defense and offense then the Eagles faced last year (shut down a prolific Cal Poly rushing attack earlier this season) . Not saying we wont lose but i do think we have a better shot at winning then we did last season. Either way i think the game will be decided within 10 points at most, if we can shut down TJ we have a chance...if not well we will lose.



Dont count us down and out yet Screaming Eagle, we may just have to pull the upset when we play you this Saturday, looking forward to a great game against a future Big Sky opponent.

Just tell SE to go fuck himself. It usually works...especially after the Seachickens get dominated.

Hey Grizza.


Go fuck yourself.

[EWURanger]

Lots of wishful thinking going on here........

Seriously, though, SUU will be one of the tougher games that EWU plays this year. I don't think anyone's counting SUU out of this one - especially not the coaches or the team. Having an extra week to prepare and getting a few guys healthy should help some, we will need it to beat a very good SUU team.

And I know you all think we're going to lose to Idaho State for whatever reason, but I'll worry about them after this weekend. One game at a time!

It's very much wishful thinking by MSU and particularly UM fans that you lose to ISU. We hope you lose because it helps us for playoff home game chances and even seeding chances, and UM hopes you lose because they need you to to have any chance of sharing the Big Sky title.

Yep, I know. Interesting to note if EWU can find a way to get by SUU at home this weekend, then all of a sudden we're all huge Griz fans come the 20th. Also interesting to note that in this scenario the Griz hopes and dreams hinge upon an ISU victory.

[grizzaholic]

Just tell SE to go fuck himself. It usually works...especially after the Seachickens get dominated.

Hey Grizza.


Go fuck yourself.

Thank you and GOD BLESS.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Appreciate the support, however i prefer to let my talking to be done on the football field . And as i stated earlier i think it will be a good game as two pretty darn good teams (one playoff bound if they can get past us and ISU, will get by at least 1, and 1 team that deserves to be in the playoffs). This will be a huge game for EWU since the Eagles need 1 more D1 win to secure a playoff spot. However i think that my Thunderbirds could very well make them wait another week to get that win .

Or would it could dash their hopes to nothing because ISU has won their last game a couple years in a row.



SUU!

EWU has lost the last game of the season only once in the last decade (2003 - UM), and lost our last home game in Cheney only once in the last decade (2002 - SAC).

[SDHornet]

UM over UND – UM should completely roll UND. Their only downfall could be if they are looking ahead to the MSU game.

PSU over UNC – I picked PSU to win 3 games this season, this would the the 3rd one I picked them to win. I think this is a toss up though.

NAU over WSU – Both teams may be without their star QB. NAU has the better defense and are at home.

Sac State over ISU – The Hornets need to focus on this game or they will lose. This is definitely a trap game. The Hornets have better talent but ISU has shown that they can compete with almost anyone.

EWU over SUU – A loss at “The Pad”? Not gonna happen this year.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Hey Grizza.


Go fuck yourself.

Thank you and GOD BLESS THE WOLVES.

FIFY


You're welcome.

[SuperHornet]

SUU will roll over.

FIFY.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

SUU will roll over.

FIFY.

[eaglesfootball]

i dont see the montana or sac state games as being close, both of them should win big. the rest are all toss ups IMHO.

[eaglesfootball]

I think (as seems to be the usual) that you may be selling SUU a bit short against the Eagles this year. We have a much better defense and offense then the Eagles faced last year (shut down a prolific Cal Poly rushing attack earlier this season) . Not saying we wont lose but i do think we have a better shot at winning then we did last season. Either way i think the game will be decided within 10 points at most, if we can shut down TJ we have a chance...if not well we will lose.

this will be a completely different game than the one played in cedar city last year and any comparisons should be thrown out. by the time we played the suu and nau games last year our defense was basically decimated by injuries, not so much the case this year and we have more depth. while i don't see us putting up anywhere near the amount of points as we did against you last year, i think we'll be a little more balanced and hopefully our defense can keep that great passing game of suu somewhat in check. it should be a good game, and no i don't think any ewu fans are dismissing suu. you have a very good team this year.

[mlbowl]

Also interesting to note that in this scenario the Griz hopes and dreams hinge upon an ISU victory.

Hardly...A share of the Conference title does nothing for us.

[Mvemjsunpx]

NoCo 21-27 Portland St. — Why wouldn't Scott Downing's last game end tragically?

Sac State 31-17 Idaho St. — Bengal offense just not potent enough.

Weber 17-21 NAU — The What Coulda Been Bowl.

Suutah 31-35 EWU — Taiwan Jones bails out EWU's vulnerable secondary.

NoDak 10-30 Montana — Griz easily win their first meeting with UND since 1973.

[SuperHornet]

I know we're anticipating Downing's attendance at the unemployment line. But given that we've assumed that for the last several years and it hasn't happened leads me to believe that they just might not pull the trigger.