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Also credit to Tom Miller for legit journalism and a lightning quick turnaround on this story.

Chaves should now go by Dollar Bill Chaves after dropping the bid hammer this time around.

Olympic lifting is standard for college weight programs. It’s the best way to build explosiveness. Baukol also does a ton of range of motion exercises like pistol squats for example.

He did that year.

It sounds like certain institutions like to drag their feet on these until the story is no longer newsworthy. Certain being Nicholls for example.

Tom digging into it

It sounds like we did actually outbid them. But Weber was awarded the game based on performance. If that’s the case they should have just been seeded.

Doesn’t matter. Our athletic department should be willing to lose their ass on the game to guarantee we host. A win pays dividends in the future that will recoup all the single game losses from the aggressive bid and then some.

Northern Illinois and Sac st.

Anyone else notice how our NG was getting tossed side to side every running play? On one of millers TDs the nose was 6 yds deep in the end zone. That’s why we couldn’t stop the run.

That would actually be hilarious. Post them all for the public to see on Twitter and sit back and enjoy the show.

We know this is impossible because there is no way in hell Weber outbid Montana. No way.

I agree fully on the later. To Koshiol, if he could play safety at all, and i mean at all, he would get a ton of minutes. We're terrible at that spot.

A quick shallow dive into Weber: DEFENSE A glance at their roster reveals they have a DL that looks the part. They are big and long. Must be nice. They have 4 games with 5 sacks each so they must be pretty decent to go along with their size. I'll look for Tommy to get a few passes swatted down at the line of scrimmage. Running up the middle should be tough as well. However, most of their top sack guys are LBs, so look for those timely blitzes to get home while their big guys occupy our OL. Weber has some good looking LBs as well, must be nice. They are basically all within the 6'1"-6'3" and 215-235 range. Statistically they seem to be the playmakers of the defense which is a sign that: 1. the DL do a great job of eating blockers 2. the LBs are not getting burned and 3. the DBs do a decent enough job of keeping things in front of them. Must be nice. True to form, Weber will have good DBs, must be nice. Maxwell Anderson has 5 ints this year so hopefully we can avoid him. They don't have a ton of length at DB though, so maybe Maag can get some back shoulder action on them? A guy can dream. OFFENSE Their QB Barron has thrown 7ints which is nice. Just about 60% completion and 19 TDs tells me there isn't as much dink and dunk as you see from us. I anticipate they'll test our terrible DBs early and often. Hopefully someone can step up and pick on off. Weber has a 3 headed monster at RB. Former All American Josh Davis is now their #3 back. Interesting. The law firm of Bankston-Davis-McMillon all run about 5'11" and 190lbs. I like facing smaller backs but they will all be a problem in space. The fact that a former All American is now #3 gives me concern that the other 2 backs are the real deal. This will be a tough assignment. Davis doesn't look like much but he gave us trouble in the past. WRs are going to be tough. Ty McPhearson is your typical overage Mormon who tears the league up after serving his mission and getting married. He's averaging almost 18yrds per catch and has 10 TDs. Good luck CJ. Jacob Sharp is a good complimentary WR with a 16ypc avg. They also have a very good and athletic TE in Malone who will be a matchup nightmare for us. Must be nice. Their OL is massive. Like, larger than NDSUs. We'll see how mobile they are, that will be our only hope. Overall they score 35ppg and give up 18 ppg against a 13th ranked SOS per Massey. We score 30ppg and give up 30ppg against the 2nd ranked SOS. Their D ranks 3rd and O ranks 10th per massey. We sit at 14th and 28th respectively. Our common opponent, both on the road, at NAU may give us a glimpse, or not, at how we could stack up. Weber beat NAU 33-31 on a 23yd FG as time expired. We beat NAU 27-24 thanks to our sweet trick plays on the last drive. NAU gained 324 on us and 280 on Weber. Weber housed a KO return and scored 0 TDs in the second half. Strange that they would struggle with a 3 win team with a possible playoff seed on the line but, as we know all too well, Flagstaff is a weird place to play. In the end, I expect a classic wacky Big Sky football game. I also expect a loss. Our D is just so so bad. You really never know but the stats don't appear to be in our favor. Fingers crossed.

Our defense is just so bad. I don’t see it. Weber is gonna have athletes all over the field and torch us all game long. Our only hope is likely to grind it out on the ground which is not out MO.

How many points do we need to win? 50?

Montana in, what a joke.

Fwiw, NDSU got a little tight for a moment. We had mo for a little bit. It was around the time that NDSU fumbled out of bounds and we dropped the pick 6. That was the only time in the game we had a chance but again the defense got their !@#$ pushed in in the end.

I think our system is too complex on d. There’s no reason an all conference grad transfer from Cal Poly should take most of the year to get comfortable. I’d much prefer a simple system that guys can easily execute at a high level at full speed than one that makes them constantly think and play slow as a result. I prefer the Wade Philips philosophy.

Koshiol should also be an OLB

Would his ceiling not be 2016 when we were a seeded team? 9-2 remember is more wins than 7-4.

You never really know what the fr can turn into but I’d rather have capable soph ready to step in and be the man at important positions. The CB group reminds me of when Dieion Harris was a fr. Not good but could be soon. I’m not sold on any other position group though.

https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?318621-Final-Playoff-Prognostication A great thread for those interested in playoff talk

Not to mention that massive blown coverage on third and long after we pinned them deep after a great punt. That play was inexcusable and a back breaker early on.

Yea I’d take a full set of ugly goons like him any day.