SloStang wrote:

Grizbacker1 wrote:

SloStang wrote:

Grizbacker1 wrote:

SloStang wrote:

ronbo wrote:Cal Poly is 1-11 against the Griz even with their good defenses. They have alot more to prove than we do.

I agree Ronbo. The one thing that I would bring up is what is Ellerson's record against Hauck (the only real record that counts in 2008) and how many were played in Missoula? The answer is Hauck owns a 4-1 record over Ellerson, but four of the five games were played in Missoula and the only game that was played in SLO was in Ellerson's first year when he took over a Cal Poly team that was coming off three straight years of being 3-8 so he did not have much to work with. Here are the scores of the game and where they were played:

2001: 31-17 Griz (@ SLO)
2003: 17-14 Griz (@ Missoula)
2005: 36-27 Griz (@ Missoula)
2005: 35-21 Mustangs (@ Missoula in the playoffs)
2006: 10-9 Griz (@ Missoula)

The Griz only dominated the Mustangs in one game. The other four were all still in doubt in the fourth quarter. Here is a question, do you think that the record would be 4-1 in favor of the Griz if four of the five were played in SLO?

I thought coaching made all the difference in close games, or is that only when you guys win a close one? BH Haters will arrive in 5 4 3 2 ........

The coach, the refs and the best home field advantage in the FCS. I am not trying to take anything away from Montana, they are one of the top programs in the FCS, I am just saying the Mustangs under Ellerson are a good. You have to admit playing all but one game in Missoula helped.

I have never discounted Ellerson, but please don't say you are not trying to take away from the program in one sentence, the say refs in the next. I guess the Mustangs have never gotten a call at home or on the road. Please.

Of course they have, and they gotten more at home than on the road. Are you saying that the Griz don't get more at home than on the road? Come on. The Griz don't have one of the best home field advantages in the FCS? Of course they do.

I was trying to make the point that four of the five have been in Missoula and all but one have been very close. You did not answer the question that I was asking. Would the outcome of some of the games possibly have had a different outcome if they were played in SLO? Where would the Griz have a better chance of winning in 2008, SLO or Missoula? I thnk they have a good chance at both places, but they would most definately have a better chance in Missoula. Do you disagree.