Quote Originally Posted by uofmman1122 View Post
Rematches usually favor the better defenses, at least in the experience I've seen re: Griz in the playoffs.

2004:
We got boatraced in Huntsville 41-29 early in the season, and then held the Bearkats to 14 points in the rematch.

2005:
We ran it down Cal Poly's throats 36-27 and then got bottled up 35-21 by their FCS-leading defense in the rematch, both in Missoula.

2008:
Got boatraced again 45-28 by Weber and then held them to 13 points in the rematch.

2014:
The only example where the same team won both games with similar scores 36-26 EWU and 37-20 EWU, but the Griz D played better in the rematch and lost due to 3 awful turnovers. Also the only one except the 2005 Poly rematch that was at the same place both times.

2019:
We kicked the **** out of #3 Weber at home 35-16, and despite being held to 113 total yards, their stingy defense forced 5 Dalton Sneed INTs in the rematch and won 17-10.

Lots of things are different this season, and the Eagle's offense still scares the **** out of me, but the Griz defense has been steadily improving at the end of this season.

It'll come down to whether our anemic offense can get the job done, or not. We had 6 three-and-outs and two interceptions in the first game, which will likely lose us the rematch if it happens again.
In fairness to the Sam 2004 squad that game was played in a blizzard had it been in Huntsville the result would have been the same! That’s the importance of home field!