Game week: Montana State

[ringthebells]

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Is there a link to a Montana State forum somewhere?

[RowdyRabbit]

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This weeks "Gameday Eve"

[rabbits64]

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According to MSU Bobcats twitter, the game will NOT be on Pluto TV. Somebody asked the question specifically and the @MSUBobcats feed replied that it won't be carried via Pluto. Only MSU's conference games will be on there. So that's fantastic. They have no relationship with ESPN3. It's disappointing, but their $9.99 stream appears to be the only online option.

Unless they're sandbagging to drive people to the pay site. I think as CappinHard points out, it's probably worth checking Pluto before dropping $9.99.

I just checked out the Big Sky channel schedule, the game will not be played on their channel this weekend. Montana State might have their own, but it won't be played via Pluto

[mmiller_34]

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I guess I need to cough up the $9.99. BY THE WAY, every year there are tons of complaints about the paid stream, so use this as a last resort.

I will also be paying for the stream from MSU. I won't judge if it is bad, I know what to expect from home video streams. Last year I paid for a stream from Western Illinois to watch the Jacks men play @ WIU in basketball. Instead of watching the game, the camera was focused on the the upper portions of the bleachers for a good majority of the 1st half. I had to tweet out at WIU Athletics to finally get them to adjust it. It kinda felt like I was the only one watching the stream.

[WestSideRabbit]

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Cat fan here.

Pretty bummed the game won't be on PlutoTV. FOr the last 2-3 years, Big Sky TV has been on eversport.tv, which I had never heard of either, before this year the conference announced a partnership with PlutoTV. The streaming partner has changed but that's it - unless you are MSU or UM, every home game is streamed free via Big Sky TV. All other teams stream all of their home games for free, but UM and MSU decided to charge for non-conference games which is just complete horsesh*t in my opinion. I don't live in Montana anymore, don't get SWX, don't have Dish or DirectTV, so I guess I need to cough up the $9.99. BY THE WAY, every year there are tons of complaints about the paid stream, so use this as a last resort.

Excited to see how the Cats stack up against an FCS team, even one as good as SDSU. I was pretty disappointed how outmatched we were at WSU and couldn't even get into the redzone, but I've been watching us play FBS teams for 15 years now and that WSU by far is the most talented one I've seen us play. Their OL and DL are very solid, filled with all-American and all-Conference guys. Luke Falk is a Heisman type guy, they have two stud SR running backs, and their LB corp would be one of the tops in FCS. The WR corp was actually their weakest position I'd say.

We played an extremely conservative defense against them. Pretty much dropped 7-8 guys all game, and rolled out a small but fast LB corp and played a lot of nickel. We took away the medium/deep ball, so Falk simply dumped it off to a wide open RB about 10 times (leading WR was their RB) who had no one in front of him for 10 yards. We tackled well and slowed down their drives, which is why we "only" gave up 31.

Our OL was a complete sieve. They were well prepared for our triple option and swarmed to the QB and pitch guy instantly. We couldn't run any drop back passing plays because there was no time to drop back. RBs had to make moves just to get back to the line of scrimmage. We had some success attacking the edges, but nothing up the middle and no pass protection.

So I'm excited to see what we can do against an FCS defensive line, no offense to the Jacks but that WSU dline should be as good as any we will see for quite some time I hope. If we continue to be swiss cheese then we aren't going to win a game this year, but if we give Murray some time to throw and are able to get our running game going, combined with our seemingly solid defense, we could make some games close this year. It will be interesting to see what kind of defense we play against SDSU.

Offensively, watch out for true freshman Troy Andersen. He got his first career carries against WSU, 9 carries for 33 yards. Yes those are awful stats but I liked what I saw, a big, physical kid who broke some tackle and drug WSU defenders. He didn't look scared, and at 6'3 220 with 10.88 100 meter speed, he is going to be a handful as he learns the RB position (QB and LB in high school). But you'll also see some Logan Jones, who officially got the start at WSU but only got 1 carry. He is only 5'7 180 so he didn't make much sense going against a stout PAC12 front 7.

I don't think MSU is there yet, and I'm still concerned about our OL. If we get the running game going, sprinkled in with a few passes to keep your D even a little honest, we could be in the game in the 4th quarter. If our offense get stuffed, the defense will eventually wear down and the Jacks will pull away in the 3rd or 4th quarter. If our OL is a sieve again then it's over by halftime.

Welcome and thanks for the info!

[CelticCat]

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Cat fan here.

Pretty bummed the game won't be on PlutoTV. FOr the last 2-3 years, Big Sky TV has been on eversport.tv, which I had never heard of either, before this year the conference announced a partnership with PlutoTV. The streaming partner has changed but that's it - unless you are MSU or UM, every home game is streamed free via Big Sky TV. All other teams stream all of their home games for free, but UM and MSU decided to charge for non-conference games which is just complete horsesh*t in my opinion. I don't live in Montana anymore, don't get SWX, don't have Dish or DirectTV, so I guess I need to cough up the $9.99. BY THE WAY, every year there are tons of complaints about the paid stream, so use this as a last resort.

Excited to see how the Cats stack up against an FCS team, even one as good as SDSU. I was pretty disappointed how outmatched we were at WSU and couldn't even get into the redzone, but I've been watching us play FBS teams for 15 years now and that WSU by far is the most talented one I've seen us play. Their OL and DL are very solid, filled with all-American and all-Conference guys. Luke Falk is a Heisman type guy, they have two stud SR running backs, and their LB corp would be one of the tops in FCS. The WR corp was actually their weakest position I'd say.

We played an extremely conservative defense against them. Pretty much dropped 7-8 guys all game, and rolled out a small but fast LB corp and played a lot of nickel. We took away the medium/deep ball, so Falk simply dumped it off to a wide open RB about 10 times (leading WR was their RB) who had no one in front of him for 10 yards. We tackled well and slowed down their drives, which is why we "only" gave up 31.

Our OL was a complete sieve. They were well prepared for our triple option and swarmed to the QB and pitch guy instantly. We couldn't run any drop back passing plays because there was no time to drop back. RBs had to make moves just to get back to the line of scrimmage. We had some success attacking the edges, but nothing up the middle and no pass protection.

So I'm excited to see what we can do against an FCS defensive line, no offense to the Jacks but that WSU dline should be as good as any we will see for quite some time I hope. If we continue to be swiss cheese then we aren't going to win a game this year, but if we give Murray some time to throw and are able to get our running game going, combined with our seemingly solid defense, we could make some games close this year. It will be interesting to see what kind of defense we play against SDSU.

Offensively, watch out for true freshman Troy Andersen. He got his first career carries against WSU, 9 carries for 33 yards. Yes those are awful stats but I liked what I saw, a big, physical kid who broke some tackle and drug WSU defenders. He didn't look scared, and at 6'3 220 with 10.88 100 meter speed, he is going to be a handful as he learns the RB position (QB and LB in high school). But you'll also see some Logan Jones, who officially got the start at WSU but only got 1 carry. He is only 5'7 180 so he didn't make much sense going against a stout PAC12 front 7.

I don't think MSU is there yet, and I'm still concerned about our OL. If we get the running game going, sprinkled in with a few passes to keep your D even a little honest, we could be in the game in the 4th quarter. If our offense get stuffed, the defense will eventually wear down and the Jacks will pull away in the 3rd or 4th quarter. If our OL is a sieve again then it's over by halftime.

[CappinHard]

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Ask and you shall receive. 3 free months of DirecTV sports package. If you've been a DirecTV customer for a while, I'm guessing you could get the same deal. Don't forget to cancel after 3 months if you don't want to be charged $13.99 per month though.

[CappinHard]

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According to MSU Bobcats twitter, the game will NOT be on Pluto TV. Somebody asked the question specifically and the @MSUBobcats feed replied that it won't be carried via Pluto. Only MSU's conference games will be on there. So that's fantastic. They have no relationship with ESPN3. It's disappointing, but their $9.99 stream appears to be the only online option.

Unless they're sandbagging to drive people to the pay site. I think as CappinHard points out, it's probably worth checking Pluto before dropping $9.99.

Well... Son of a b... Thanks for digging into this. I am also having people over so I need a stream. I'll probably hit up Directv to give me a month of free trial of the sports pack.

[SDSUAlum08]

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Game showed up on my guide tonight. Looks like you can get it on directv with the sports pack. I'd recommend the sports pack. Many football and basketball games are picked up, especially on the channels that pull from the espn3 streams.

I can agree with this. I had Direct TV at my last house and the sports pack had a ton of games on it.

[JackAttack44]

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Game showed up on my guide tonight. Looks like you can get it on directv with the sports pack. I'd recommend the sports pack. Many football and basketball games are picked up, especially on the channels that pull from the espn3 streams.

The game is supposed to be on altitude 2. If you have the DirecTV sports pack, you should get this on channel 681-1. The sports pack only costs me about $10 a month. The game is not showing up on the guide yet, but they did show a Denver soccer game last Friday.

[SDSUAlum08]

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Dish Network game finder has the game listed:

Sat 9/9 8:00 pm eastern
South Dakota State at Montana State
x 412-28 ALT Football

Boom! I have Dish so that should work. I looked it up and Altitude sometimes puts their games on the alternate channels depending on and width.

It doesn't bother me to pay $10. I was just planning on having people over to watch the game and I needed to find out how I could watch it.

[JimmyJack]

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According to MSU Bobcats twitter, the game will NOT be on Pluto TV. Somebody asked the question specifically and the @MSUBobcats feed replied that it won't be carried via Pluto. Only MSU's conference games will be on there. So that's fantastic. They have no relationship with ESPN3. It's disappointing, but their $9.99 stream appears to be the only online option.

Unless they're sandbagging to drive people to the pay site. I think as CappinHard points out, it's probably worth checking Pluto before dropping $9.99.

[CappinHard]

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Excellent question and point... here is the big sky website and listings: http://bigskyconf.com/sports/2017/8/...?path=football

Is there a SWX option on Pluto TV anywhere?

I think SWX will be shown on Pluto TV via the Big Sky channel. None of the games actually say Big Sky channel on them, but rather SWX, NAU-TV, etc.. Their press release does mention that Pluto TV will stream ALL Big Sky live events. I just don't know how they handle multiple events at once. My guess is a second channel will pop up. For example, Big Sky is 230 on Pluto TV. I'm guessing a 230-1, 230-2, etc. will show up if there is more than one game to show. I sent an email to Pluto support to confirm.

[22jack]

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Dish Network game finder has the game listed:

Sat 9/9 8:00 pm eastern
South Dakota State at Montana State
x 412-28 ALT Football

[WestSideRabbit]

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That listing is why I think Pluto TV won't work.

Isn't it the only game listed at that time slot? Because the MSU and UND game is central time, it should be over.