SUUTbird wrote:-That the CAA had the best team in the nation.........
-That out west teams could not compete with teams back east.........
-That we could not win in Harrisonburg............
-That this team would never make it to Chattanooga....
-That JMU would run all over us....
Well Guess What.....
YOU ALL JUST GOT SHUT UP!!!!! WAY TO GO GRIZ AND PROVE THAT THE BEST OUT WEST CAN BEAT THE BEST OUT EAST AT THEIR HOUSE.
Next time all you out east enthusiasts and western team bashers...remember THIS WIN!!!!
Works for me!SUUTbird wrote:Now lets have UNI win and shut up the east critics once and for all!!
)..threads like these gloating after the fact are pretty tacky too, IMO. 
Ahem....Mountaineer wrote:As pleased as I am to see JMU lose (thanks GrIz
Besides, shouldn't this be in smack?
Point taken on the avatar.travelinman67 wrote: "Hey Furman, how's Home?" Avatar...
Ursus is hooking us all up...Mountaineer wrote:Point taken on the avatar.travelinman67 wrote: "Hey Furman, how's Home?" Avatar...
I guess I don't get the whole thing of going crazy and talking smack when it always seems the poster doing all the talking is a fan of a team that's never done shit to begin with. Southern Utah.
Now Griz fans have every right to crow and they should.
Does everyone west of the Mississippi get Griz cookies or something in the mail tomorrow?
Mountaineer wrote:Point taken on the avatar.travelinman67 wrote: "Hey Furman, how's Home?" Avatar...
I guess I don't get the whole thing of going crazy and talking smack when it always seems the poster doing all the talking is a fan of a team that's never done shit to begin with. Southern Utah.
Now Griz fans have every right to crow and they should.
Does everyone west of the Mississippi get Griz cookies or something in the mail tomorrow?
...since I was a kid, I've always been a huge FBS SEC ACC fan...Neyland Stadium is the Vatican. Obviously, being around it my adult years, I love FCS, but Rocky Top...Mountaineer wrote:Personally, I still think the best football in the country is played here in the South (it's religion), but I have no problem giving you West Coaster's props for the Griz win.
Pretty dead on, there are a few things i would love to add though... One thing is that just like previously stated kids aren't pushed to football in the west, and i'm not talkin bout cali, or even oregon or washington, i'm talking about home grown boys from montana. Football is just as much a religion here as it is in Texas, except for one thing, our fathers don't go crazy if we decide we don't wanna play. The players that are great from MONTANA are great because their fathers allowed them to be great by not pushing them, and taking all the fun out of the game. The reason Montana does so well is that they have players like Colt Anderson who grew up in Montana and knows what it takes to be a real champion. Whether Montana wins the championship or not I know that each one of those guys on the UM team know that they Deserved to be there, and that they are champions. The great thing about FCS football, and why i hate BCS and can't stand to even watch a NCAA game that includes teams from BCS is that on any given day a team can rise to a challenge and overcome adversary. The Griz did it tonight with their win... and i'm not saying they didn't deserve it, they deserved every bit of it. But i don't like leaving it to computers, let them do it on the field. Those GRIZ deserve every single bit of what they have achieved, expecially when they are a team in a so called "rebuilding" year. They have a running back that was a wide receiver and now has an uncanny ability to run the ball for huge yardage. Props to the Griz, and I hope JMU's beds are warm tonight, they played a great game, but someone has to win, and someone has to lose.travelinman67 wrote:...since I was a kid, I've always been a huge FBS SEC ACC fan...Neyland Stadium is the Vatican. Obviously, being around it my adult years, I love FCS, but Rocky Top...Mountaineer wrote:Personally, I still think the best football in the country is played here in the South (it's religion), but I have no problem giving you West Coaster's props for the Griz win.
...sends chills down my spine just typing it.
Get a couple of mags specifically on Southern recruiting and the SEC. I've been to every "major" stadium in the south...FBS and FCS...some for business reasons...some for recreation. I agree that there's a different fan base and community attitude towards fball in the South...but talent wise...that's tough. The kids out west aren't "born" into the game as they are in TX and the South, nor are they "bred" for athletic traits via trailer park eugenics, which is VERY alive and well in the south (...the stories I could tell...). There's night and day difference in attitudes towards youth development.
Example, I suspect that it's fair to say EVERY kid in the South, as he's growing up and playing sports...even just at grade school, at some point is "evaluated" for their ability to play football. Those with speed, toughness, athleticism, accumen, aggression, are "cultivated". Out West, unless a kid "gravitates" toward football, is introduced by his parents/teachers/coaches to the game, or is "accidentally" discovered by an adult with scouting experience, most kids never get evaluated. In CA, with a population of 30 million, the easiest way to discover the kid is via "size". Some coaches intentionally look for genetics (nepotism), while some honestly take the time to examine overall potential. In any event, there are probably a few thousand potential college LB's/Safeties in every graduating class out here, but only 20-30 get any hard looks, and those usually because they were promoted heavily by their HS coaches, took some nice angles, knocked some opponent's head off and showed well on tape.
Point is, Eastern/Southern analysts, coaches, and even players ASSUME Western players/teams are inferior, which is a pretty myopic view.
You have to admit that this years brackets were stacked against us 'westerners' proving otherwise.Col Hogan wrote:First, CONGRATS again to Montana...great game...Great Team...
The GRIZ always represent the BSC well, and all Montana Fans should be proud...
Now, for the rest of you western pretenders...when are you going to stop living your lives vicariously through the Montana Griz...
In the last 10 years, Montana, McNeese State, and Northern Iowa are the only teams from west of the Mississippi to have made or won the finals...and lots of you westerners don't even consider the MVFC a "western" conference...
grizchik wrote:You have to admit that this years brackets were stacked against us 'westerners' proving otherwise.Col Hogan wrote:First, CONGRATS again to Montana...great game...Great Team...
The GRIZ always represent the BSC well, and all Montana Fans should be proud...
Now, for the rest of you western pretenders...when are you going to stop living your lives vicariously through the Montana Griz...
In the last 10 years, Montana, McNeese State, and Northern Iowa are the only teams from west of the Mississippi to have made or won the finals...and lots of you westerners don't even consider the MVFC a "western" conference...
No sour grape...facts...dbackjon wrote:Nice sour grapes there CAA Colonel...
Sorry, I don't make the NCAA rules, and I don't set up the budget for the tourney...grizchik wrote:You have to admit that this years brackets were stacked against us 'westerners' proving otherwise.Col Hogan wrote:First, CONGRATS again to Montana...great game...Great Team...
The GRIZ always represent the BSC well, and all Montana Fans should be proud...
Now, for the rest of you western pretenders...when are you going to stop living your lives vicariously through the Montana Griz...
In the last 10 years, Montana, McNeese State, and Northern Iowa are the only teams from west of the Mississippi to have made or won the finals...and lots of you westerners don't even consider the MVFC a "western" conference...