Man, Pacific is a program in the dumps. Not a fun place to watch football.

'Cats put them away in that first half and then went on cruise control. Did like the fact the offense is incorporating O'Bagy in the redzone.

Not surprised by the Whitworth/GFU outcome. The Rats are a program that knows how to win.

Was surprised by the UPS/PLU outcome. The Lute offense is stinky.

L&C continues to roll along.

'Cats played great today. Beat the breaks off of Fox, who have some dudes, but Linfield was hitting on all cylinders.

Jim Good...more like Jim Pretty Bad.

For sure Fox is going to try to gameplan taking McNabb's legs away because he brutalized them last season.

Linfield has forever been a program to share the load running the ball but if I could have one wish it would be to make O'Bagy the starter and feature him with 15-20 rush attempts a game. He's different and should have a bigger role, IMO.

Quote from: olddog on September 22, 2026, 12:54:07 PM

Quote from: wildcat11 on September 22, 2026, 12:32:32 PMLinfield's special teams have been bad the past 2 seasons and it bit them on backside against a solid team. Like dog said, 3 phases to a game and while you may not win a game via special teams, you can for sure lose one.

Chapman made the plays.

Same coach as in the past?  or just the kickers. A good kicker makes your special team coach look good.
That punt block in the endzone took to long to get off, regardless of the blocking being horrible. I am sure they have a "tight" call where the front takes a half second longer to block before they get the back line.

Old ST coach moved on and a new one this year. They worked hard to find a kicker that can kick it deep or put it out of the end zone and they did that.  However, I can't tell you how many times the return unit gets penalized where it negates good returns. That's been a trend for a few seasons now. T

That punt block such a bad blown assignment and that shouldn't happen in our program.

I like our FG kicker, he just had an absolute terrible night and the challenge is if he's able to mentally bounce back.

Fox looks solid as they finally have a good looking offense. 'Cats have a lot to clean up and we need some better decision making out of QB1.

Special teams as a whole need to take very long look in the mirror as a unit.

Love the fight that put Linfield on the edge of victory but honestly, it never should have come down to that.

Linfield's special teams have been bad the past 2 seasons and it bit them on backside against a solid team. Like dog said, 3 phases to a game and while you may not win a game via special teams, you can for sure lose one.

Chapman made the plays.

Quote from: MonroviaCat on September 16, 2026, 03:34:55 PMSpeaking of that Pacific-Willamette game, the announcer was so uninterested in the teams/game that he spent most of the broadcast interviewing various people (AD, Women's basketball coach, etc.).  When Willamette scored the only TD of the game he didn't even notice until (I think) the ensuing kickoff where he made a comment like "while we were blabbing, it appears Willamette scored".....it might as well have been one of those audio free broadcasts.

My question MC is why the hell would you watch this game? 

Did you lose a bet or do you just like bad football?

Quote from: Jake Feldman on September 13, 2026, 12:55:26 AMAfter this drek of a football game, coach Falconer needs the boot, along with most of this staff. Someone's gotta get Keanon Lowe on the horn immediately.

I thought it was a baseball score from the spring that happen to slip in my feed.

This has to be an all-time loss of shame to lose to this THIS Bearcat team 6-3. BEARCAT RUMBLE!

Congrats River Falls. What a season!!!

Quote from: CalCat on December 24, 2025, 08:39:55 AMSo do we now refer the former Pios as the Rios?

I know Whitworth is already the "Rats" but I kinds of like L&C River Rats.

BTW...spent about the past month posting up all sorts of old vids from the Catdome Vault on IG:  https://www.instagram.com/catdome_football/

Feel like the 'Cats are playing the best ball in the NWC to end the year but have ton of areas to address in the offseason.  That said, the 2026 Linfield squad has a chance to be pretty good if they can make those improvements.

Congrats to the Rats. Well earned NWC title and good luck in the playoffs.

NWC Week 7 Power Rankings

1. Whitworth - Will get to win the NWC crown in style vs UPS.
2. Linfield - Have spots to improve in offseason but I'm bullish on the 'Cats in 2026
3. Fox - Has a chance to finish 2025 with a lot of momentum.
4. PLU - Played much better since getting smack by Linfield
5. L&C - Has to be a disappointing stretch but good year for L&C
6. Pacific - Showed some fight against Fox but feels like a program without direction.
7. Puget Sound - If we could combine the Logger offense with Willamette's defense, we might have an ok club.
8. Willamette - 0-6 in NWC play but only losing by an avg 16.6 ppg. 

It was fun to watch Linfield go deep in their bench for the first time this season. It would have been easy to limp into this weekend but Linfield was sharp right out of the gate. The 'Cats have some promising young dudes that are starting to shine.

Didn't see PLU knocking off L&C so GOOD FOR THE LUTES! 

Feel like 2026 is going to be a much improved season for the Northwest Conference.

Yup!