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Even though we won, I guess we still aren't good enough in the big moments because of the false starts which will follow us around until they don't. Per Brooks, "it's a Cat thing." Okay?
To his credit, Brooks still had plenty of good to say about the Cats but goodness between Gus, Brooks, the guys at the Daily Interlake...sure is a lot of conviction we didn't deserve to win this game for "x" number of reasons. At least Colter understands how to offer an opinion where it highlights the things the Cats did well and why they WON the game.
"There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season."
Even though we won, I guess we still aren't good enough in the big moments because of the false starts which will follow us around until they don't. Per Brooks, "it's a Cat thing." Okay?
To his credit, Brooks still had plenty of good to say about the Cats but goodness between Gus, Brooks, the guys at the Daily Interlake...sure is a lot of conviction we didn't deserve to win this game for "x" number of reasons. At least Colter understands how to offer an opinion where it highlights the things the Cats did well and why they WON the game.
One of the reasons I rarely watch or read this stuff anymore. If there is an interview with a coach, player, or AD, then I may watch it. Interviews with other media types, no thanks.
Even though we won, I guess we still aren't good enough in the big moments because of the false starts which will follow us around until they don't. Per Brooks, "it's a Cat thing." Okay?
To his credit, Brooks still had plenty of good to say about the Cats but goodness between Gus, Brooks, the guys at the Daily Interlake...sure is a lot of conviction we didn't deserve to win this game for "x" number of reasons. At least Colter understands how to offer an opinion where it highlights the things the Cats did well and why they WON the game.
One of the reasons I rarely watch or read this stuff anymore. If there is an interview with a coach, player, or AD, then I may watch it. Interviews with other media types, no thanks.
Well I understand their angle of wanting to be unbiased and calling it like they see it. So I guess I'll do the same...I think it's incredibly disingenuous to MSU to say they still have a meltdown "thing" even after winning a title. I mean you should have heard the way these outlets were discussing the Griz vs Cats before Brawl 2.0 especially stating the environment would not impact the Griz offense. Gus, Fritz, and Brooks all were pushing a clear narrative that UM was ready to break through despite clear evidence from Brawl 1.0 and the past 10 years saying otherwise. I have no problem calling it out and if they don't want to make it look like it's coming from some anti-MSU narrative, maybe don't bring up UM in the conversation. Only discuss the game that was played because I don't really care how UM would've played against ISU in the video that was supposed to be a recap of our title game. And you know who has a MAJOR meltdown thing? I'll give everyone a few guesses but they reside about 3 hours to the West of MSU. Good grief.
Also want to say this is just a critique. What Colter, Brooks, and Skyline have done is incredible and they were behind nearly every big moment or image during this era of Bobcat football. But if I ever had a beer with Brooks, I'm ready to go 12 rounds on some of his opinions on the Bobcats (Brooks I'd buy the rounds just fyi).
"There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season."
Even though we won, I guess we still aren't good enough in the big moments because of the false starts which will follow us around until they don't. Per Brooks, "it's a Cat thing." Okay?
To his credit, Brooks still had plenty of good to say about the Cats but goodness between Gus, Brooks, the guys at the Daily Interlake...sure is a lot of conviction we didn't deserve to win this game for "x" number of reasons. At least Colter understands how to offer an opinion where it highlights the things the Cats did well and why they WON the game.
One of the reasons I rarely watch or read this stuff anymore. If there is an interview with a coach, player, or AD, then I may watch it. Interviews with other media types, no thanks.
A lot of people are whining about the pass interference call on Sobkowicz. Unless you didn't think it was PI when you saw it happen, then you really can't say much. It look like obvious PI to me when I watched it live. There is no replay on PI and it looked like PI all the way, so the ref called it. Can you blame the ref for missing that call? I don't think so.
The losing team is the one that looks at plays like this.
MSU has a more legit complaint on the 3rd and 4 of ISU's second TD. The ball wasn't caught and the WR didn't reach the first down marker. Does ISU go for it and make on 4th and 4? Then they got a PI and needed six plays and a fumble recovery in the EZ to score from the 5-yard line on that drive.
And I think the call against Crews was botched. And 67 face masked Parsons on the blocked XP.
MSU - 17 team National Champions (most recent 2025); 57 individual National Champions (most recent 2023). toMStUber
Even though we won, I guess we still aren't good enough in the big moments because of the false starts which will follow us around until they don't. Per Brooks, "it's a Cat thing." Okay?
To his credit, Brooks still had plenty of good to say about the Cats but goodness between Gus, Brooks, the guys at the Daily Interlake...sure is a lot of conviction we didn't deserve to win this game for "x" number of reasons. At least Colter understands how to offer an opinion where it highlights the things the Cats did well and why they WON the game.
I have to just laugh when Griz fans talk about MSU being lucky to win when they've pulled out dozens of wins over the years in which they got outplayed but a referee's call or a bounce or a lucky break went their way at the end. Case in point, this year's game against EWU when they won because the EWU QB somehow fumbled a spike attempt.
Even though we won, I guess we still aren't good enough in the big moments because of the false starts which will follow us around until they don't. Per Brooks, "it's a Cat thing." Okay?
To his credit, Brooks still had plenty of good to say about the Cats but goodness between Gus, Brooks, the guys at the Daily Interlake...sure is a lot of conviction we didn't deserve to win this game for "x" number of reasons. At least Colter understands how to offer an opinion where it highlights the things the Cats did well and why they WON the game.
One of the reasons I rarely watch or read this stuff anymore. If there is an interview with a coach, player, or AD, then I may watch it. Interviews with other media types, no thanks.
Well I understand their angle of wanting to be unbiased and calling it like they see it. So I guess I'll do the same...I think it's incredibly disingenuous to MSU to say they still have a meltdown "thing" even after winning a title. I mean you should have heard the way these outlets were discussing the Griz vs Cats before Brawl 2.0 especially stating the environment would not impact the Griz offense. Gus, Fritz, and Brooks all were pushing a clear narrative that UM was ready to break through despite clear evidence from Brawl 1.0 and the past 10 years saying otherwise. I have no problem calling it out and if they don't want to make it look like it's coming from some anti-MSU narrative, maybe don't bring up UM in the conversation. Only discuss the game that was played because I don't really care how UM would've played against ISU in the video that was supposed to be a recap of our title game. And you know who has a MAJOR meltdown thing? I'll give everyone a few guesses but they reside about 3 hours to the West of MSU. Good grief.
Also want to say this is just a critique. What Colter, Brooks, and Skyline have done is incredible and they were behind nearly every big moment or image during this era of Bobcat football. But if I ever had a beer with Brooks, I'm ready to go 12 rounds on some of his opinions on the Bobcats (Brooks I'd buy the rounds just fyi).
No one should be mentioning UM in the same breath with MSU, NDSU or SDSU at this point. Those three teams have won every title since 2021 and have dominated the semifinals with four appearances each and the finals with 3 appearances each.
The Griz were down 17-7, 31-21, 20-3 and 48-23. Their only leads were of 4 (7-3, 21-17; 23-20) and 3 points and those didn't last long. They didn't play anyone during the reg. season until they got MSU at home. They got a 52-yard TD run in which the RB grabbed the face mask and pulled it to make the score close.
UM didn't play UC Davis and it's their turn to play them on the road. A healthy UCD is better than UM.
If UM can put together another season like this last one next, then they can get into that group of 3. They simply haven't done enough to make that statement.
MSU - 17 team National Champions (most recent 2025); 57 individual National Champions (most recent 2023). toMStUber
Even though we won, I guess we still aren't good enough in the big moments because of the false starts which will follow us around until they don't. Per Brooks, "it's a Cat thing." Okay?
To his credit, Brooks still had plenty of good to say about the Cats but goodness between Gus, Brooks, the guys at the Daily Interlake...sure is a lot of conviction we didn't deserve to win this game for "x" number of reasons. At least Colter understands how to offer an opinion where it highlights the things the Cats did well and why they WON the game.
I think Colter did a good job but deteriorated through his several different post interviews. He leaned more and more towards poking a little well deserved fun at Cats.
If you watch each of the interviews, he posted since the game. You’ll see what I mean. He still does a good job.
One of the things that wasn’t pointed out is the cats missed a few chances to put the game away by three scores. Had they done that it would’ve avalanche and been a big blowout I think. It would’ve pushed ISU to play a different game.
It’s fun to go back and watch the battle between their offensive line and our defensive line. Especially Zach Crews fighting with number 67 I believe. Those two had a war.
We were really close to getting at Rittenhouse, but their play calling was good to get the ball out fairly quick.
I think Colter did mention something that I agree with. Even though that game got very tight towards the end Montana State made plays when they absolutely had to. That is what champions do.
Even though we won, I guess we still aren't good enough in the big moments because of the false starts which will follow us around until they don't. Per Brooks, "it's a Cat thing." Okay?
To his credit, Brooks still had plenty of good to say about the Cats but goodness between Gus, Brooks, the guys at the Daily Interlake...sure is a lot of conviction we didn't deserve to win this game for "x" number of reasons. At least Colter understands how to offer an opinion where it highlights the things the Cats did well and why they WON the game.
One of the reasons I rarely watch or read this stuff anymore. If there is an interview with a coach, player, or AD, then I may watch it. Interviews with other media types, no thanks.
A lot of people are whining about the pass interference call on Sobkowicz. Unless you didn't think it was PI when you saw it happen, then you really can't say much. It look like obvious PI to me when I watched it live. There is no replay on PI and it looked like PI all the way, so the ref called it. Can you blame the ref for missing that call? I don't think so.
The losing team is the one that looks at plays like this.
MSU has a more legit complaint on the 3rd and 4 of ISU's second TD. The ball wasn't caught and the WR didn't reach the first down marker. Does ISU go for it and make on 4th and 4? Then they got a PI and needed six plays and a fumble recovery in the EZ to score from the 5-yard line on that drive.
And I think the call against Crews was botched. And 67 face masked Parsons on the blocked XP.
It was total pass interference on SOB. Good chance we intercept that ball if he doesn’t shove our defender. And getting ready at the moment who he interfered with.
I do agree with Colter that he said in his interview with Brooks it’s ironic that SOB and lord had their way with our defensive backs at times. Yet they are on the bigger and better things. They are going to face receivers of that quality all day long if they get signed on their visits.
I listened to this commentary with Brooks & Colter and that is the last time I will tune in to anything that involves Brooks and his Maroon tinted glasses!
Do the people talking about us lucking out or withering under the pressure think their stupid opinions make us not national champions?
Basically that was Tootell's take, despite the mistakes, and questionable things that happened, the Cats are the National Champions, so none of that matters anymore. Any speculation that the griz would of done better is just big time coping.
I listened to this commentary with Brooks & Colter and that is the last time I will tune in to anything that involves Brooks and his Maroon tinted glasses!
I have listened/watched yet (I will at some point in the next few days) but Brooks seems to have found a time machine over the last two months. I don't know if it's because of the stakes of Cat/griz and the Super Brawl and the fact that the Cats won both and then the title or what but he's been about 99% as unbiased as Colter for years until this season.
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I haven't read all the posts so maybe what I'm wondering about has been discussed. When I finally got to watch a replay of the game I really wondered how the player who fumbled into the end zone wasn't called down before the fumble occurred. I mean if he's down pre fumble then the ball is spotted on the 1 or 2 foot line.
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I haven't read all the posts so maybe what I'm wondering about has been discussed. When I finally got to watch a replay of the game I really wondered how the player who fumbled into the end zone wasn't called down before the fumble occurred. I mean if he's down pre fumble then the ball is spotted on the 1 or 2 foot line.
Look like he was laying on one of our line men and was not yet touching the ground
I haven't read all the posts so maybe what I'm wondering about has been discussed. When I finally got to watch a replay of the game I really wondered how the player who fumbled into the end zone wasn't called down before the fumble occurred. I mean if he's down pre fumble then the ball is spotted on the 1 or 2 foot line.
Look like he was laying on one of our line men and was not yet touching the ground
Agree it was a fumble. Also was a break ISU got that many who say Cats were lucky tend to ignore. That play and multiple false start or bad snaps that killed Cat drives. I think ISU was lucky it wasn't a blow out.
I haven't read all the posts so maybe what I'm wondering about has been discussed. When I finally got to watch a replay of the game I really wondered how the player who fumbled into the end zone wasn't called down before the fumble occurred. I mean if he's down pre fumble then the ball is spotted on the 1 or 2 foot line.
Look like he was laying on one of our line men and was not yet touching the ground
Agree it was a fumble. Also was a break ISU got that many who say Cats were lucky tend to ignore. That play and multiple false start or bad snaps that killed Cat drives. I think ISU was lucky it wasn't a blow out.
Yep, we shot ourselves in the foot with the false starts even though I think two of them were not legit. It killed our run game shortened our time of possession. Otherwise it would’ve been probably a four or five score win.
But it’s all part of the game. Sure made it very unforgettable.
I listened to this commentary with Brooks & Colter and that is the last time I will tune in to anything that involves Brooks and his Maroon tinted glasses!
I agree that the “maroon glasses” was a bit much in this episode…. Still phenomenal content and insight though.
I know they insist they are neutral…. But they went to UM, in my opinion it’s ok if they have slight “maroon glasses” at times. They probably should.
Side note- I thought it was interesting at the end talking about the 3 DB’s who immediately hit the portal, basically before they had even reached the trophy presentation stage, ha……. They didn’t really sugarcoat their feelings about that and just how absolutely insane it is for that to happen immediately after the game ended….
Something along the lines of “seth Johnson got owned all game by sobkowitz, and then immediately goes to Iowa state…. Good luck, you will be going against 5 of those guys every game over there.”
I never watch anything by commentators. I saw the game live and watched it again on youtube. Why do I need these folks to tell me what I saw? Maybe fans who don't know football need to hear that but anyone who's played and coached the game....waste of time.
