The Offical-unofficial Bobcat—UNM Lobo gameday thread!

[Justwinbaby]

This is a bad defense. It's been a bad defense. The personnel didn't change. We don't have enough talent up the entire middle of the defense.

Ding, ding, ding...we have a winner. Defense has been and will be the problem...

[Prodigal Cat]

How often have we heard the LBs names called?

[msuhunter]

I think this legitimately could be UNM’s sole win of the year. They are not a good team either. They might get past NMSU.

Fire and swagger is missing from the cats. Be curious as to how the rest of the season fills out.

[HiLineCat]

Has Danny U made a tackle today?

[The Butcher]

That should have been an INT but BOTH DBs had a PI. This secondary is NOT good and probably below average.

[BobcatBuiltTexan]

You guys are going to maybe disagree with me but I'm coming out of this game impressed with our offense and unimpressed with the defense. I get they had 60 transfers and a new offense but we had minimal position changes on D coming into this one. Effort is there but we have been out of alignment A LOT today which is something I did not expect in Game 1 so often. On offense, run game is strong but they are clearly not running Tommy. Passing game needs less pocket but Tommy's throwing it fine...and over the middle! The two fumbles are bad but both getting returned for TDs is "Weber State four safety" nonsense.

I see 11-1 or 10-2. I'm fine debating it until I see otherwise as I think the D is going to get better.

You realize the defense has only given up 17pts.... one td wasn't lack of ability but one player, a young one, playing with bad eyes. Defense isn't doing bad going against a bigger o line...our lbs aren't very fast and aren't very big so they can't patch over but are getting swallowed up in blocks. Against similar talent/size teams I see them looking vastly different

[catsrback76]

Has Danny U made a tackle today?

I sure hate to say it, but he seems like he’s mailing it in but not in a good way!

[D-Wreck]

Has Danny U made a tackle today?

He made that one.

[catscat]

So, it occurs to me that had we not given up 2 fumble touchdowns, we might now be ahead by 4.

[CatBlitz]

Well that's a wonderful stop

[MSU01]

I had forgotten what it's like to feel good about missed field goals!

[catscat]

Has Danny U made a tackle today?

He made that one.

That one too.

[catsrback76]

Karma baby. Too little too late, but I’ll take it as a beginning trend!

[tetoncat]

How often have we heard the LBs names called?

Finally on that stop

[AFCAT]

Tommy needs to keep one soon.

[SparkCat]

Has Danny U made a tackle today?

In all honesty, has he ever been an ‘it’ factor? I just am not sure he’s been the most consistent. He’s had moments but not consistency.

[monk38]

We are still in this negative people!!

[AFCAT]

Tommy needs to keep one soon.

[JoeCatsJoe]

Hoping the Bobcats learn from this and can go on a run like they did in 2021. The schedule certainly sets them up to do so. Go Cats!

We competed much better in 2021.

I'm well aware of that. I'm also not going to overreact to one game no matter how bad it looks out there.

I’m a bit reactive from this game. This is a senior heavy team with what we were led to believe adjustments in coaching that would be beneficial. I see a team that looks lost, not a team where winning is the culture. The score would be switched around if this was SDSU/NDSU playing the Lobos.

Well put. This feels like the first half of the Idaho game or the entire Griz game. We’re on our heels, tentative, and making mistakes without making any big plays to make up for it. Some concerning trends from last year that are continuing in game one. That’s a little scary.

I think Cats have shown we will again run well against most teams. Shore up protection or get more quick passing to open longer routes it will be better . D has given up 17.

Agreed. This can actually be the best kind of week one game for us. Expose the weaknesses early, better than killing bad teams and hiding weaknesses

[AFCAT]

Stupid call