That is a good point. It's like they thought they had a limited amount of time to get their defense in place because the ref wasn't just going to stand there forever for them.
We got a big storm at Thanksgiving that has held up well on the ski hill, so yeah, I've gotten in about 5 or 6 days so far. New Year's Day was great... but you had to know where to find the good snow. Overall, though, the skiing is good for this time of year. Especially when compared to the last 3 or 4.
There was an instance where we had an opportunity to run the ball in form the 1 yd line in a tempo play and we chose to sub in. It should have been a simple hurry-up to the line and QB sneak, especially with our QB. They're always comparing him to Cam. Then Beamer got ****ed. Well, stop subbing! Make them pay. That's on Beamer after the first few times he could see which way the wind was blowing. My main concern is it seems our QB isn't yet prepared to wing it like that. Call BB all the names if you want, but he knew our weaknesses.
Exploiting the rules to gain an advantage is bush-league. It's not about playing the game or Xs and Os (which is what it should be), it's about playing the officials. B.u.s.h. L.e.a.g.u.e.
It definitely isn't Sellers' fault - at least for not talking to the officials pre-snap. He missed a lot of passes, especially the one in the end zone, that were a result of who knows what. For that part he is to blame, but absolutely not for getting on the officials. I hate watching QBs or other players influencing officiating. It's bad enough when coaches do it, players should play the game and let their coaches handle the officials.
I want to see competitive fire. And often players being on top of details can influence official's reactions. Example on their TD/fumble, had we not reacted as if we had gotten the ball so aggressively, not sure it would have been ruled a fumble.
Sure it is. But there was the opportunity to adapt and win and we didn't. That's on the coaches. And there's one head coach.
Been here 25 years (with a short stint in HI where I first became HICock). Unfortunately, $$$ changes things. We'll never be Aspen, but we sure aren't what we used to be... and that's a little sad. Still a great town... with a weather problem (pretty crappy from Nov - Mar)
Not saying Beamer couldn't have done a better job adapting, but the point is the way Bielema coached had nothing to do with playing football. He was playing the refs.
Yes, it's pretty incredible what has happened to prices for skiing and ski towns post-covid. A weekend lift ticket at Big Sky now averages about $230 (it's sometimes hard to pin down with "dynamic" pricing), which explains why I do most of my skiing at Discovery - still about $70. Bridger is still an affordable mountain, but it gets pretty crowded on the weekends. The median home price in Gallatin County is was $900K in November, but that is _down_ a bit from where it was in the summer. I used to say that I don't know how cops and teachers live in Bozeman. Now, I can't figure out how most attorneys and engineers afford it.
Not only did he subbed he subbed in 2 groups which allows the defense to sub twice as well.
You mean like going to the refs before the game to make sure you could exploit the fair catch signal. Got it.
I live on the East Coast and buy the ICON pass yearly. Allows me to snowboard at Big Sky and many other resorts including Snowshoe. I normally snowboard about 10+ days so well worth it. 6+ days at Winter Park and/or Steamboat every year and then 4-6 days at Big Sky / Utah / Jackson Hole area. Fly out to Colorado on Frontier, making it an affordable trip.
That you Bret? One single play is waaaay different than coaching your guys to slowly jog onto the field during substitutions EVERY play. Thanks for coming by. I'm sure Tigernet is slow this time of year.
I was there the last week the slopes were open in March. Didn’t do any skiing, but got a lot of good hiking in.
Grew up on Johns Island. Used to be able to drive from my house to Downtown in 20 mins. Now it takes an hour.
Just got an email from Discovery Ski Area near Anaconda, MT advertising their March Madness sale for 2025/26 season passes. $469 for an adult pass if I pull the trigger before March 14th. That's very tempting. Good for the rest of this season and all of next. While it's no Big Sky or JH, I think it's about the best bang for the buck in the entire Rockies. You won't any spas, high end restaurants, or art galleries at the base, and the lifts are slow, but it's a genuine western ski experience without the corporate atmosphere of most of the "destination" resorts.
Nice! Our type of place. We go hard but are not into spas, restaurants and nightlife. It's family time for us. We are good grabbing a pizza (or cooking) and hanging out together in the evening.
Grand Targhee is one of my favorite places to ski. Absolutely incredible views of the backside of the Tetons, tons and tons of snow (even in bad snow years), and zero crowds. It's a ski mountain that is big enough to be a world class ski resort but is still (and feels) like a mom-and-pop local ski hill. We have gone down there a couple of times for early season skiing (like, Thanksgiving) before the other resorts have gotten enough snow.
He was playing Beamer and he won the game he was playing in a big way. Beamer looked like a fool pitching tantrums on the sideline.
20 years ago my wife and I used to love to go to Charleston in the Fall and Winter when it was quiet and hotels dropped their rates. Those days are long gone. Charleston has become unpleasant to be in year round due to the crowds and traffic. Prices for hotels and restaurants downtown are approaching NYC levels and the downtown area no longer feels like a city where people actually live but more like some sort of resort area. It is almost like Charleston has become "Charleston, a Disney Resort".
