2007 Pick em’

Aside from the Fantasy League that will occur later PSUFansForum.com has a small pick em’ made in the football forum

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Homepage created

A homepage has been created for PSUFansForum.com. I used what used to be the portal to do it, the www.psufansforum.com uul now is pointed at the forum, while the portal url is now used for the homepage.

The homepage has links to other sites, easy navigation, as well as other things. Click the FCS Links for all links to FCS sites, we have links to other Big Sky boards, and links for PSU related stuff. Check it out!

Growth of PSUFansForum.com

As Viking fans we have seen more attention in these last few months then most of our school history, with that and the rejuvenated PSU fan base this site has grown a lot, ever since Jerry’s hire we have grown more and more. I see big things for this site, another thing that will help is the football season, this is what our goal as a site will be.

This site has a least 250-300 Portland State fans that can be identified, the rest either can’t be identified, are spammers, or are fans of another school. If each fan here were to got to a home game and tell just 1 person about this site, that would make 600 potential people that could join this site, at the end of our home games, 3,000. That’s just one person, if you could all do something of that sort it would be awesome!!!! Just tell them to go to www.psufansforum.com! This could really help towards making this site a good community for Viking fans.

Just a thought….

Big Sky Board released

The Big Sky Message Board has been released, PSUFansForum.com’s admin PSUVikings will be a moderator there. Though his position at PSFF will always be first. Check out the board today. Lets get as many Vikings there as we can!

BigSkyFans.com Message Board

PSUFansForum.com passes 500 members

PSUFansForum.com has surpassed 500 members! As of 10:38 AM on 5/19/07 PSFF has 544 members. This is the 2nd time PSFF has had 100+ users join in 1 mont. here are the complete stats at PSFF.

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Spring Pics up

RobsPics has posted pics from yesterdays spring game. They are located at the below links

http://www.robspics.com/gallery.html

http://www.psufansforum.com/Portland-State-Sports-c3/Robs-Pics-f10.htm

Spring Game: Green team beats White team 49-7

The Viking offense EXPLODES!!!!!!!!! Brian White and Tygue Howland both sounded very good. Some tidbits here about the game. Mummar Ali has moved to SB, Mackins looks like the go-to guy, the QB battle is wide open! Mcklintock had a great night. Need to work on depth for D. Attendance looks great. 119 fans bought season tickets. Scott Herrin expects 12-15K at home opener. Brian White 10-17 251 3TD’s, Tygue Howland 10-12 206 2TD’s.

BigSkyFans.com opens Gallery

http://www.bigskyfans.com/wp-gallery2.php

BSF has opened it’s gallery, if you have pictures of your favorite Big Sky team please feel free to contact BSF about them and they can be posted in your teams section, contact BSF by going to the front page of their site. The link is on the right.

What do we expect in 07′?

I was thinking earlier yesterday about what a realistic view of our season would be, there are teams we should beat but haven’t won at their place in years, teams that have our number, and more…here’s my take, I’ve made my homer prediction, here is my “realistic” look

Sept.1 @McNeese State
Opening day, Viking fans have been waiting for this one for awhile,
Glanville and Mouse making their debut(MD’s re-debut). We have had more press then any other FCS team in the country, and now it’s time to see what we can do on the field. We play McNeese State, down in extremely hot Lake Charles, Louisiana, not a good day for Jerry to wear black, oh well. This team we play is strong, even though they are coming
of an embarrassing loss to Montana in the playoffs they bring alot of their playoff team back. We beat this guys back in 05′ in Portland, but this game will be different, I see us having success early but being consumed by the tough climate in the 4th quarter

Portland State 24 McNeese State 27

Sept.8 vsUC Davis
Home opener! Hopefully a large attendance shows up! 10K+? After a loss to McNeese State the Viks will try to take down UC Davis, who also puts a good team on the field next year, Maybe even better then our previous opponent McNeese State, difference? This is our town, the crowd will be loud, the excitement will be felt, and the offense clicks for the first time

UC Davis 21 Portland State 41

Sept.15 vsSacramento State
Sac State….Last year we tormented their offense, but we struggled on Offense as well, this time around the game is here, Sacramento State will be breaking in a few new systems also, along with their new Head Coach. PSU will be coming off their first win and will be hoping to pick up so momentum. The Defense will come up big in this game and the Vikings will prevail

Sacramento State 14 Portland State 45

Sept.22 @San Diego State
Our 1 and only FBS team scheduled in 07′ San Diego State, this team isn’t like the FBS teams we played last year, California, Oregon, and New Mexico. SDSU is struggling, their fans have told us, you read it in their papers, they aren’t at their peak that’s for sure, in fact this team was smoked by New Mexico last year, the same UNM that we beat 17-6, but even though true, we will come in the underdog. SDSU has a few weapons at RB, that is what would beat us, SDSU has been consumed by the Run and shoot offense before, they lost to a young Hawaii team 49-38, so Glanville and Mouse, being from Hawaii’s football staff, will know what these guys are like. PSU is known for upsets against FBS teams, SDSU has recently struggled with FCS teams(lost to Cal Poly in 06′) So when the Viks come out pumped for the game, expect what happend in 06′

Portland State 34 San Diego State 30

Sept.29 @Eastern Washington
PSU continues their road trip, ending in Cheney, Washington, and boy have we struggled here. The last time the Vikings showed up in Cheney EWU had famed soon to be Walter Payton award winner Erik Meyer, and his team stomped on us, the Viks gave up 50+ points, this time we are a better team, EWU is a team coming off their worst season in years, but they have our number in Cheney. I see the Viks coming out flat after a great win against SDSU. EWU will prevail…..until next year.

Portland State 27 Eastern Washington 37

Oct.6 vsNorthern Arizona
After a disappointing loss to EWU the Viks return home to Portland, only to face yet another strong Big Sky team, this time it’s Northern Arizona, NAU despite losing Walter Payton award runner-up Josh Murrieta will place a QB just as good, his name is Sean Norton. The former Fresno State QB transfers because of a lack of playing time as a Freshman, Norton is statistically the 25th best QB is ever come out oh High school, throwing 44 TD’s his senior year along with 4,000+ passing yards, he also will air an All-BSC WR corps…Will the Viks be able to handle this? No! but our counter act, they cannot stop us either, as they proved last year in Flagstaff. This game will be one big shoot-out, from beginning to end, and the Vikings never lose a shoot out

Northern Arizona 45 Portland State 56

Oct.13 BYE
Easy Win.

Oct.20 @Idaho State
Now to Idaho. The Bengals are yet anther road trip for the Vikings. Like EWU these guys have had our number at their place, they will bring back their all star RB Josh Barnett, who racked up 179 yards of rushing against the Vikings last year. These guys will be good in the running game but struggle in the passing game, and like most teams Mouse’s knowledge and the offense will get the best of them. Jerry Glanville and his boys will begin to break the barrier. The streak ends on October 20th

Portland State 49 Idaho state 27

Oct.27 vsWeber State
Well here we go, our first easy game of the year. WSU has more spots to fill then any other team in the conference, expecting success out of them next year is something I can’t do, after a great win at Idaho State PSU will let the Wildcats have it, let the fire works begin!

Weber State 7 Portland State 56

Nov.3 @Montana
Now to Missoula. Arguably PSU’s only rival in football is Montana. PSU lost to UM in 06′ even though Brian White made an excellent debut. Head Coach Jerry Glanville was speaking of this game before he was even hired, Vikings fans have been craving for this game, wanting to end a streak that has gone on forever, wanting to end the shame we have received over the years, and for my fellow members of PSFF, wanting to see what OneBigSkyFan will say when his team falls, but one must think how do the players fell about this game? will they be nervous? ecstatic? confused? Washington Grizzly is one tough place to play. The Vikings will have already have played in front of tougher crowds, but they will be in tougher conditions, the exact opposite of what we played in at Lake Charles(McNeese). The Griz will also feature yet another FCS power football team, Lex Hillard, the star RB will return, the Viks will play through the cold the best they can, but we don’t get the Griz this time.

Portland State 21 Montana 30

Nov.10 vsMontana State
After the most heart wrenching loss of 2007 the Vikings return home to a team that we have a soar spot for, Montana State. Last year we lost to MSU 0-14 in a muddy and cold game, Tim Walsh’s biggest flaw was exposed again. This time we are more angry then ever, then Vikings will let the fiery come and we won’t stop. the defense comes out strong and the offense continues it’s awesome success. It’s senior night and we play like it

Montana State 13 Portland State 41

Nov.17 @Northern Colorado
The last game of the regular season, Northern Colorado. We smashed UNC in every way possible last year. This game could be believe it or not more cold then the UM game. We will come out and do our thing, UNC will have been consumed once already by this Run and Shoot offense, and we deliver it to them a second time

Portland State 34 Northern Colorado 16

Portland State finishes 8-3 (6-2) and earns a playoff spot, I can’t predict that cause we could be matched up with someone like…Furman….or someone like Appalachian State, so we could play someone beatable, or not. Either way I see a good first season from Jerry Glanville, Portland State Viking fans go into Basketball season happy.

Q&A with eGriz

Q&A with eGriz admin Chris Lynn below.

1.) You are(Introduce yourself)
My name is Chris Lynn (eGriz) and I run eGriz.com. I am originally from Spokane, Washington and I graduated from UM in 2004. I currently live in Boulder, Colorado but am trying to get back to either Missoula or Spokane real soon.

2.) Why did you create eGriz?
eGriz.com originally started as a class project at MSU. It was a simple 3 page website about myself and my favorite subject, the Griz. I thought it was kinda fun so I started developing it a little more, bought the domain name and launched the first site on February 3rd, 2001. You can see a history of eGriz.com in images @ http://www.egriz.com/about/history.php

3.) What features does your site offer?
eGriz.com offers a ton of features for Griz Fans and pretty much anyone that visits eGriz.com. We welcome any fans from any school. It is a great place to visit. We have scores, stats and most football related info from each year since 2001. We also have basketball info but not covered as much as football. There is a HUGE collection of photos from each football game and a few from Basketball. The forum is very large with over 4000 members and almost 300,000 posts. You can play games, get tickets, chat about anything and just have a good time.

4.) What do you want to see happen in eGriz’s future?
This is something that I think about a lot. I try to add new features on a yearly basis to improve the fan experience during sports season and also during the off time. Each new year so far has brought an improved website. I admit, it is getting tougher to improve on what I have developed so far but it is possible and I will try my hardest to do so.

5.) Future projects?
The main project I am working on with eGriz.com is working on the code for the site. I am rewriting the entire site to improve performance and also allow for more features that should improve the user experience. I recently moved the site to a new server which does increase costs but was needed to support the heavy traffic the site receives.

I have been working on new projects recently. I am currently developing http://www.bigskyfans.com which will be a great site for the Big Sky Conference. It will be a blog, forum, picture gallery and much more for the conference as a whole. It will unite all fans together to provide the best information possible for fans and be a great community. I also have some other ideas but will get these current projects up and running first so I don’t spread myself too thin.