Hats off to the GRIZ! Way to go players and coaches, it was an excellent regular season and capping it off with a 2nd half beating of the bobcats! This has been a fun season so far and I think this team has really started to play pretty well and is starting to peak at the right time. Think about it, take out that crap-tastic win vs ISU and the Grizzlies have had 3 dominant wins out of the last 4 games. Also they've only allowed 5 TDs in those 4 games.
Today's game was frustrating in the 1st half at times, but damn fun in the 2nd half. In the 1st half I was really scratching my head with all of the outside sweeps, and the Oline breaking down with some blocking. The fake punt was a zone read by Wren I believe, if that gap was there I wonder if they should've snapped to Larson, he's got much better skills to get the 1st down. As for the sweeps, that series at the goal-line turned out eventually, but at the time tossing the ball on the outside on 4th against these MSU LBs was a mistake.
In the 2nd though the Griz came out focused, avoided the stupid penalties and dominated the Bobcats. Scoring 17 unanswered and knocking the wind out of cats. They sweep plays started to work more, and the Oline did not allow the bobcat pressure to get to the QBs. Roper and Selle looked pretty good, bummer that Roper missed a wide open Beaudin twice going up the seam. Selle looked shaky in the 1st half but good in the 2nd. I loved the drive that sealed it, a 19 play, 80 yard drive that chewed up 9:33 with two 4th down conversions. The TD call was great, the Cats stacked up expecting another Chase handoff and Selle made them pay.
For those knocking on Selle he played a damn solid game today, made some really good throws today and settled down really well after the first few series. Roper looked good too, that throw to Sambrano was great.
Gotta give our OLine big props though, after a few series they really settled down and played well. It was tough sledding to block this MSU defense but on that last drive they did just that, and when it was needed they kept the pressure off our QBs.
The defense was amazing, but I’ll bet they’re pissed about allowing that late score. What a great final game against MSU Schann had, a pick, leading in tackles, and tons of good pass break-ups. Also loved the hard hits guys like Stoll and Shaw were dishing out. Swink also had a good game picking that lame-duck pass from Kempt, and busting up some passes. Glad to see some up-and-comers like Harris, Waldhauser, & McSurdy playing hard and making waves out there. Our defense was not fooled by the passes in the flat, and Everette Gilbert. The pressure was good today even though there weren’t any sacks, and the D played with great confidence. MSU’s 242 total yards was the 2nd best performance our D has had since the home opener vs Western States. At one point MSU’s offense went 8 SERIES in a row without getting a single first down!
How great is Marc Mariani? And how dumb is MSU to kick to him??? 183 all purpose yards, excellent punt returns, 2 TDs, and obviously beat Retoriano in coverage pretty successfully through the day. I’m really going to miss watching him play as a Griz once this season ends, he’s the best WR to ever play as a Grizzly.
Props to the Bobcats, they came out and fought hard. I’d posted that their front 7 is the best in the Big Sky and I still agree with it. Dan Ogden, Dane Fletcher and company are excellent players, they played really hard and hit even harder. I think their defense would’ve fared much better if the offense would have actually been able to move the ball a bit. They wore down and couldn’t keep playing at their high intensity level. The Bobcats have some good defenders but honestly I expected Gilbert and Akpla to step up a lot more and they didn’t. Add in that the QBs were horribly inaccurate and that certainly didn’t help.
Playoff time boys!
Congrats to the Griz so far, let’s keep things going!!
Today's game was frustrating in the 1st half at times, but damn fun in the 2nd half. In the 1st half I was really scratching my head with all of the outside sweeps, and the Oline breaking down with some blocking. The fake punt was a zone read by Wren I believe, if that gap was there I wonder if they should've snapped to Larson, he's got much better skills to get the 1st down. As for the sweeps, that series at the goal-line turned out eventually, but at the time tossing the ball on the outside on 4th against these MSU LBs was a mistake.
In the 2nd though the Griz came out focused, avoided the stupid penalties and dominated the Bobcats. Scoring 17 unanswered and knocking the wind out of cats. They sweep plays started to work more, and the Oline did not allow the bobcat pressure to get to the QBs. Roper and Selle looked pretty good, bummer that Roper missed a wide open Beaudin twice going up the seam. Selle looked shaky in the 1st half but good in the 2nd. I loved the drive that sealed it, a 19 play, 80 yard drive that chewed up 9:33 with two 4th down conversions. The TD call was great, the Cats stacked up expecting another Chase handoff and Selle made them pay.
For those knocking on Selle he played a damn solid game today, made some really good throws today and settled down really well after the first few series. Roper looked good too, that throw to Sambrano was great.
Gotta give our OLine big props though, after a few series they really settled down and played well. It was tough sledding to block this MSU defense but on that last drive they did just that, and when it was needed they kept the pressure off our QBs.
The defense was amazing, but I’ll bet they’re pissed about allowing that late score. What a great final game against MSU Schann had, a pick, leading in tackles, and tons of good pass break-ups. Also loved the hard hits guys like Stoll and Shaw were dishing out. Swink also had a good game picking that lame-duck pass from Kempt, and busting up some passes. Glad to see some up-and-comers like Harris, Waldhauser, & McSurdy playing hard and making waves out there. Our defense was not fooled by the passes in the flat, and Everette Gilbert. The pressure was good today even though there weren’t any sacks, and the D played with great confidence. MSU’s 242 total yards was the 2nd best performance our D has had since the home opener vs Western States. At one point MSU’s offense went 8 SERIES in a row without getting a single first down!
How great is Marc Mariani? And how dumb is MSU to kick to him??? 183 all purpose yards, excellent punt returns, 2 TDs, and obviously beat Retoriano in coverage pretty successfully through the day. I’m really going to miss watching him play as a Griz once this season ends, he’s the best WR to ever play as a Grizzly.
Props to the Bobcats, they came out and fought hard. I’d posted that their front 7 is the best in the Big Sky and I still agree with it. Dan Ogden, Dane Fletcher and company are excellent players, they played really hard and hit even harder. I think their defense would’ve fared much better if the offense would have actually been able to move the ball a bit. They wore down and couldn’t keep playing at their high intensity level. The Bobcats have some good defenders but honestly I expected Gilbert and Akpla to step up a lot more and they didn’t. Add in that the QBs were horribly inaccurate and that certainly didn’t help.
Playoff time boys!
Congrats to the Griz so far, let’s keep things going!!
