Montana State at Eastern Washington - Skyline Sports

[BleedingBLue]

Did Eastern to a press conference this week?

Aaron Best press conference Oct 29.....

Thanks for posting. I wouldn't be too surprised if we end up in a dogfight over there. I'm hoping the game is never in question, but I have a feeling the Eags will come out fired up. I also loved his one quote, "They don't have enough footballs to distribute to all those stud running backs, or enough sacks to spread around to their defense. They have different problems than us." Something like that. lol

I’d be surprised, shocked actually, if you didn’t think MSU would be in a dogfight with Simpson.

The Simpson that lost 92-0 to Tech? Yeah, I could see it. Cats fans will never let themselves believe their team is fantastic.

[Colter_Nuanez]

Aaron Best on Nuanez Now earlier this week
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7yUOlR ... 14d0624cb9

[rivercat]

I think those that think we talk up the Griz and talk down the Cats don't listen to all the shows or the content...

We have consistently for almost 8 weeks straight been debating if this is the best Big Sky team in relativity to its competition in the history of our time covering Big Sky football with both Ty Gregorak and Mike Rider. Just finished doing a Big Sky power rankings with Sammy Akem and he said it's not close, Cats are No. 1. Cats are in a tier all their own. And I'm completely agree.

I have said more this season than any in my 18-year career that this Bobcat team is dominant, special and has all the juice to make a deep run and is the top national title contender of any of the 15 MSU teams I've covered.

Also, you are reading too deeply into what I said about MSU and EWU. I think Montana State will smash EWU. Just like I think MSU will smash every team on its schedule. We sometimes have to placate to drive some sort of interest in the games that aren't the biggest games. Montana State is 4-TD favorites against almost every team in the league....

Montana State is head and shoulders better than anyone in the Big Sky and that is both because Montana State is historically deep and talented, and that the rest of the Big Sky is down.

I do a total of about 23 hours of recorded content every week. It's hard to be concise and get the overall points of all of it unless you listen to all of it.

One last note - if you noticed, we did 80 percent of our content the week of the Vandals-Bobcats game on that game. That will again be the case the UC Davis game and the Brawl coming up.

This week's Tuesdays with Tootell doesn't have much when it comes to the Cats because....they didn't play...

As always, thanks for the feed back!!

I listen to most of your stuff. Cats, griz, vandals, bengals. Whoever, I love football. I love listening to people talk about football. Nobody covers the Big Sky like you guys do. The QB situation in Missoula is fascinating and I debate it with my griz buddies all the time. Hell I even caught myself singing the stupid cash one pawn jingle the other day!

God help me, I hate that damn jingle. But it is memorable which is the point.

[Colter_Nuanez]

I think those that think we talk up the Griz and talk down the Cats don't listen to all the shows or the content...

We have consistently for almost 8 weeks straight been debating if this is the best Big Sky team in relativity to its competition in the history of our time covering Big Sky football with both Ty Gregorak and Mike Rider. Just finished doing a Big Sky power rankings with Sammy Akem and he said it's not close, Cats are No. 1. Cats are in a tier all their own. And I'm completely agree.

I have said more this season than any in my 18-year career that this Bobcat team is dominant, special and has all the juice to make a deep run and is the top national title contender of any of the 15 MSU teams I've covered.

Also, you are reading too deeply into what I said about MSU and EWU. I think Montana State will smash EWU. Just like I think MSU will smash every team on its schedule. We sometimes have to placate to drive some sort of interest in the games that aren't the biggest games. Montana State is 4-TD favorites against almost every team in the league....

Montana State is head and shoulders better than anyone in the Big Sky and that is both because Montana State is historically deep and talented, and that the rest of the Big Sky is down.

I do a total of about 23 hours of recorded content every week. It's hard to be concise and get the overall points of all of it unless you listen to all of it.

One last note - if you noticed, we did 80 percent of our content the week of the Vandals-Bobcats game on that game. That will again be the case the UC Davis game and the Brawl coming up.

This week's Tuesdays with Tootell doesn't have much when it comes to the Cats because....they didn't play...

As always, thanks for the feed back!!

I listen to most of your stuff. Cats, griz, vandals, bengals. Whoever, I love football. I love listening to people talk about football. Nobody covers the Big Sky like you guys do. The QB situation in Missoula is fascinating and I debate it with my griz buddies all the time. Hell I even caught myself singing the stupid cash one pawn jingle the other day!

God help me, I hate that damn jingle. But it is memorable which is the point.

You want money? We got money!

[BornBobcat2000]

Agree. The other thing I love about this team is the brotherhood. Yes I know that sounds cliche, and all teams say it but it does feel like this team might be something special. Thinking back to all the player interviews after the season ended, all through Spring and Fall, how all the players talked about how everyone took it upon themselves to get better each day and work hard for something bigger, etc. If you think we were all disappointed with how that season ended, think about the players. It does look like they have put in the work, and it is playing out on the field.

The one point I've made recently that I want to continue to emphasize is that one of the most amazing things about covering a group of young men on their sports journey is when you see them fall just short and fall just short....only to have it motivate them, reignite and continue to build. With the exception a few guys who decided to chase the bag, that's this Cat team.

Tommy Mellott has arguably been the face of the entire university since he went nuts in the playoffs in 2021. To watch him come up just short in the state championship game at Butte on the eve of Cat-Griz....then to get the Cats to the natty only to get hurt.....to ice skating at South Dakota State in 2022....to the injury and heart break against NDSU...

And then to see him come back with an absolute vengeance and the focus of a champion for his last year...and to have him as the leader for the Walter Payton Award....And to have the Cats as a real national title contender....

And you add Brody Grebe, Justus Perkins, Marcus Wehr, Kenneth Eiden, McCade O'Reilly, Danny Uluilekepa, Simeon Woodard, Rylan Ortt, Cole Sain and so many others to that group.....

Try, try, try again, and then get a chance to truly summit Everest.....this dynamic is almost completely gone in men's basketball. It makes me so sad. But what the Cats have the opportunity to do this year is why we love sports and what you get into becoming a sportswriter and story teller for.

This is so well written Colter! Reading this just made me dream of how cool of a documentary could be made on this team if we do go on to win it all.

[Colter_Nuanez]

[BobcatDel]

Good interview…seems like a quality young man and obviously great athlete. Thanks for sharing.

[Colter_Nuanez]

[MSU Doc]

Aren't the Cats #2?

[catatac]

Aren't the Cats #2?

Yep, must be a typo.