Random stuff 2024 *on to the new year 2025*

[MSU01]

https://footballscoop.com/news/coaching ... ng-arrives

At Fresno State, interim head coach Tim Skipper has the Bulldogs bowl eligible after knocking off previous conference division-leader Colorado State. Skipper earned a $50,000 bowl bonus per USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz for the win, and he’s certainly in contention for the full-time role.

But sources tell FootballScoop that Montana State head coach Brent Vigen is a strong candidate for the post; Vigen currently has Montana State with the top overall seed in the 2024 FCS Playoffs.

That's the kind of job I think Vigen would be interested in taking. A historically strong program that isn't going to be a massive rebuilding project, and a salary increase (their last coach was at $1.5 million plus incentives) that would be very hard to turn down. It'll be interesting to see how they handle their coaching search if MSU is playing into January as we hope they will be!

[Long Time Cat]

Is he still trolling?

[VimSince03]

Is he still trolling?

Yes...and it's getting a little strange in my book. But to each their own.

[wbtfg]

Is he still trolling?

Yes...and it's getting a little strange in my book. But to each their own.

Yeah. Super strange for a national sports personality to be trolling griz fans.

[AFCAT]

Man, watching the Stanford QB melt down at the end of their game with San Jose makes me appreciate Tommy more and more and more.

[Montanabob]

Is he still trolling?

Yes...and it's getting a little strange in my book. But to each their own.

Yeah. Super strange for a national sports personality to be trolling griz fans.

remember, he is from washington....

[ike11ike]

Just visited egriz for the first time. Was thoroughly entertained by hilariously dumb posts by username mthoopsfan

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

Not a good look, but let’s be honest, if Joe blow said it we all would be laughing. That’s the problem when we put people on a pedestal.

[AFCAT]

[BleedingBLue]

It was just mentioned on the broadcast of the BYU game that Jay Hill is expected to receive an offer for Utah State's coaching vacancy this coming week, so cross that one off the Vigen list.

[Cataholic]

It was just mentioned on the broadcast of the BYU game that Jay Hill is expected to receive an offer for Utah State's coaching vacancy this coming week, so cross that one off the Vigen list.

Jay Hill is overrated. That is a bad hire for a Pac 8 school.

[BelligerentBobcat]

It was just mentioned on the broadcast of the BYU game that Jay Hill is expected to receive an offer for Utah State's coaching vacancy this coming week, so cross that one off the Vigen list.

Jay Hill is overrated. That is a bad hire for a Pac 8 school.

Overrated? He’s been great everywhere he’s been.

[MSU01]

It was just mentioned on the broadcast of the BYU game that Jay Hill is expected to receive an offer for Utah State's coaching vacancy this coming week, so cross that one off the Vigen list.

Jay Hill is overrated. That is a bad hire for a Pac 8 school.

Overrated? He’s been great everywhere he’s been.

Yeah, he inherited a total mess at Weber after Jody Sears was there. And now Weber is a total mess again after he left. Not sure how he can possibly be described as overrated as a head coach. He wouldn't be a "splashy" hire for USU but I think he'd win there.

[Prodigal Cat]

Hey I know there are some Oregon Ducks fans here. Watched the game vs Washington last night. Please tell me they are super senior laden and will be in full rebuild next season when the Cats play them?

[ghobs95]

Hey I know there are some Oregon Ducks fans here. Watched the game vs Washington last night. Please tell me they are super senior laden and will be in full rebuild next season when the Cats play them?

Ducks will be breaking in a new QB at least (though so will we) and the defense loses quite a bit, though lots of 4+ start guys waiting in the wings. Hoping for the first ever matchup of 2 teams coming off of national championships!

[tetoncat]

Hey I know there are some Oregon Ducks fans here. Watched the game vs Washington last night. Please tell me they are super senior laden and will be in full rebuild next season when the Cats play them?

Ducks will be breaking in a new QB at least (though so will we) and the defense loses quite a bit, though lots of 4+ start guys waiting in the wings. Hoping for the first ever matchup of 2 teams coming off of national championships!

If we can play close like Idaho did I will be pleased.

[Cataholic]

It was just mentioned on the broadcast of the BYU game that Jay Hill is expected to receive an offer for Utah State's coaching vacancy this coming week, so cross that one off the Vigen list.

Jay Hill is overrated. That is a bad hire for a Pac 8 school.

Overrated? He’s been great everywhere he’s been.

Yeah, he inherited a total mess at Weber after Jody Sears was there. And now Weber is a total mess again after he left. Not sure how he can possibly be described as overrated as a head coach. He wouldn't be a "splashy" hire for USU but I think he'd win there.

I used to think Jay Hill was a premier coach in the Big Sky, then I got to watch him coach against the Cats. He was always outcoached by our guys. His team regularly underperformed. I didn’t go back and look, but has Weber ever made a semifinals game? I am not ever sure they were ever regular quarterfinal participants.

[MSU01]

It was just mentioned on the broadcast of the BYU game that Jay Hill is expected to receive an offer for Utah State's coaching vacancy this coming week, so cross that one off the Vigen list.

Jay Hill is overrated. That is a bad hire for a Pac 8 school.

Overrated? He’s been great everywhere he’s been.

Yeah, he inherited a total mess at Weber after Jody Sears was there. And now Weber is a total mess again after he left. Not sure how he can possibly be described as overrated as a head coach. He wouldn't be a "splashy" hire for USU but I think he'd win there.

I used to think Jay Hill was a premier coach in the Big Sky, then I got to watch him coach against the Cats. He was always outcoached by our guys. His team regularly underperformed. I didn’t go back and look, but has Weber ever made a semifinals game? I am not ever sure they were ever regular quarterfinal participants.

Jay Hill's Weber teams went undefeated against Jeff Choate's MSU teams. Vigen beat Hill a few times but those were all competitive games and at least one should have been a Weber win if not for the long snapper meltdown.

[wbtfg]

Hey I know there are some Oregon Ducks fans here. Watched the game vs Washington last night. Please tell me they are super senior laden and will be in full rebuild next season when the Cats play them?

They are swimming in cash now, and if they win the national championship, they’ll have more money than they know what to do it. I would imagine they will be able to pay for pretty much any big time transfer who may be out there.

[BelligerentBobcat]

It was just mentioned on the broadcast of the BYU game that Jay Hill is expected to receive an offer for Utah State's coaching vacancy this coming week, so cross that one off the Vigen list.

Jay Hill is overrated. That is a bad hire for a Pac 8 school.

Overrated? He’s been great everywhere he’s been.

Yeah, he inherited a total mess at Weber after Jody Sears was there. And now Weber is a total mess again after he left. Not sure how he can possibly be described as overrated as a head coach. He wouldn't be a "splashy" hire for USU but I think he'd win there.

I used to think Jay Hill was a premier coach in the Big Sky, then I got to watch him coach against the Cats. He was always outcoached by our guys. His team regularly underperformed. I didn’t go back and look, but has Weber ever made a semifinals game? I am not ever sure they were ever regular quarterfinal participants.

The fact that Weber was nationally competitive is a credit to Jay Hill. His teams always played to the max of their talents. Look at where they were before and after Hill. I don’t think he got out coached, our teams just generally had more talent under Vigen, and even then, those were very close games. Hill went 3-3 against MSU, never lost to Choate. I guess I don’t see how they underperformed, unless you’re blaming the long snapper mishaps on him. Furthermore, he’s completely turned around BYU’s defense.

People love on Choate here, myself included, but Jay Hill is a better coach than Choate.