Not watching but based on how the scoring has gone it reminds me of our game last week. 1st quarter was close but once the better team got rolling, it was a wrap.
I’ve only watched the Davis game and the 3rd quarter of this game but Montana State looks light years better than anyone I’ve seen in the FCS. It’s not even close.
Montana State is very good all around. The part I don’t understand why they talk about “Tommy” like the second coming. He is a good quarterback who can scramble but not really a prolific passer. Which maybe I’m biased to the historical west coast style of aerial domination equaling excellence. What I see more is that literally everyone he can give the ball to is good, the guys up front give him as much time as he wants, and because nobody really challenged them in the first half of the season, pretty much all positions 2 or 3 deep are experienced with game reps. I think excellence on the part of the nameless guys is making him look great but the Montana media really wants it to be all about him. Which maybe doesn’t matter as long as they keep winning. And certainly what Idaho illustrated is you cannot give Montana State a short field over and over again.
He really is a good player and his strength is his speed and decision making with the ball. His ability to take off with the ball at any time makes all the other skill players better. Because the defenses key on him.
The fans over the hill at Montana are convinced that he is the only player the cats have and they will fall apart next year when he leaves. I completely disagree and it sounds like you do too.
I think the Cats will have plenty of talent next year and a lot of guys with game reps. Any player that requires double coverage means someone is uncovered. Any FCS team that goes deep in the playoffs does run the risk of the coaching staff being purchased by a bigger fish or now potentially individual players. That risk may be low but is nonzero. Some of UM’s strengths include running their mouths and homecooking with Big Sky refs and the FCS committee, which isn’t what I’d want to hang my hat on. But it makes for compatible roommates with EWU and Sac State.
if he succeeds, he'd be at a P2 program by the time Davis is in FBS. Then again, New Mexico is a tough place to coach st. Still better than NMSU or Utep.