dakotadan Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 2011 Big Sky Conference media guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotadan Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Here are the interviews from all of the BSC coaches from their media day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotadan Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 EWU picked #1 in both coaches and media polls Coaches' Poll Team Total Points 1 Eastern Washington 60 2 Montana State 57 3 Montana 49 4 Sacramento State 46 5 Northern Arizona 35 6 Weber State 32 7 Portland State 23 8 Northern Colorado 13 9 Idaho State 10 Media Poll Team Total Points 1 Eastern Washington 430 2 Montana State 414 3 Montana 365 4 Sacramento State 273 5 Weber State 247 6 Northern Arizona 228.5 7 Portland State 151.5 8 Northern Colorado 110.5 9 Idaho State 76.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodcon Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 The 3 top Big Sky teams didn't look too bad against their FBS opponents this week. Eastern Washington outplayed Washington badly but 4 turnovers did them in and they lost 30-27, outgained the Huskies 504-250 and Washington was hanging on for dear life at the end...2 more minutes and I think EWU would have had them. Montana State gave up 2 touchdowns early after a bad pick and a blocked punt put Utah inside the 10 twice, then settled down and played pretty well the rest of the way, held the strong Utah offense under 300 yards and had about 260 themselves, lost 27-10 but looked pretty good actually. Montana also dug a hole with turnovers early against Tennessee muffing a punt and fumbling which led to 2 early scores, battled back from a 28-0 deficit with a TD and a safety to make it 28-9 but then threw a pick which was returned for a TD and ended up losing 42-16. About what I expected on defense giving up 450 yards, shut the run down pretty well but gave up big plays passing, moved the ball offensively better than I thought they would though, had about 370 yards. Interesting stat from these 3 games... 3 Big Sky teams turnovers...9 3 FBS teams turnovers........0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 The 3 top Big Sky teams didn't look too bad against their FBS opponents this week. Eastern Washington outplayed Washington badly but 4 turnovers did them in and they lost 30-27, outgained the Huskies 504-250 and Washington was hanging on for dear life at the end...2 more minutes and I think EWU would have had them. Montana State gave up 2 touchdowns early after a bad pick and a blocked punt put Utah inside the 10 twice, then settled down and played pretty well the rest of the way, held the strong Utah offense under 300 yards and had about 260 themselves, lost 27-10 but looked pretty good actually. Montana also dug a hole with turnovers early against Tennessee muffing a punt and fumbling which led to 2 early scores, battled back from a 28-0 deficit with a TD and a safety to make it 28-9 but then threw a pick which was returned for a TD and ended up losing 42-16. About what I expected on defense giving up 450 yards, shut the run down pretty well but gave up big plays passing, moved the ball offensively better than I thought they would though, had about 370 yards. Interesting stat from these 3 games... 3 Big Sky teams turnovers...9 3 FBS teams turnovers........0 Don't forget that Sac State beat Oregon State and Weber State gave up a late touchdown (22 seconds left) to lose to Wyoming by 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishSiouxFan Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Hopefully the BSC can stay un-poached after the next round of raids. One could make the argument that the Big Sky is on par with the current and future WAC. I'm not sure how difficult it would be but the BSC should consider starting an FBS division and shoot invites to Idaho and Utah State. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ole in MSP Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Don't forget that Sac State beat Oregon State and Weber State gave up a late touchdown (22 seconds left) to lose to Wyoming by 3. Not to mention that nemisis; the NAIA schools. Lindenwood beat UNC in Greeley. LIndenwood and Sioux Falls have been the cream of the NAIA playoffs in recent years. Maybe they are not such bad teams, eh? Let's see how strong UNC is this year before any final judgement, but UND will play them and it could be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDColorado Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Not to mention that nemisis; the NAIA schools. Lindenwood beat UNC in Greeley. LIndenwood and Sioux Falls have been the cream of the NAIA playoffs in recent years. Maybe they are not such bad teams, eh? Let's see how strong UNC is this year before any final judgement, but UND will play them and it could be interesting. I will be there, should be interesting. I watched the first quarter via webcast on Big Sky tv yesterday and they didn't look that great, but neither did we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodcon Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Don't forget that Sac State beat Oregon State and Weber State gave up a late touchdown (22 seconds left) to lose to Wyoming by 3. I watched the other 3 games but didn't see the scores of these two games until today, pretty respectable performance by the BSC teams considering they were all big underdogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakota fairways Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Interview with Portland State coach Nigel Burton on oregonlive.com: ...versus the WAC, top to bottom, we're [the Big Sky] stronger... PSU Coach Nigel Burton The comments about the Big Sky teams are at 3:15 and vs the WAC at 3:30 in this 7 minute clip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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