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February 26, 2012 1:05 AM
MISSOULA - When the Cats took a 53-51 lead over Montana, few would have believed that the game would end in an 18 point difference.
Following that Katie Bussey bucket, the Lady Griz outscored the Cats 26-6 to close out the game including a 16-0 run that MSU was...
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February 19, 2012 12:53 AM
MISSOULA - Montana reached the 20 win mark Saturday as the Griz were able to handle the visiting Warriors of Hawaii 94-79. The story in this one was all about Griz small forward Kareem Jamar who finished with a tripe-double going for 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists.
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November 22, 2011 10:25 PM
BILLINGS- Congressman Dennis Rehberg has written a letter to ESPN asking the sports network to allow television broadcast or cable coverage of the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Rehberg's letter is addressed to the president of ESPN, George Bodenheimer:
"Dear Mr. Bodenheimer,
I was...
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November 22, 2011 7:29 PM
Washington, D.C. - Montana's senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus says it just isn't right that most Montanans will not be able to watch the Bobcat and Grizzly football teams advance through the playoffs due to ESPN's decision not to air the first and second-round playoff games on cable.
"In...
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November 22, 2011 5:41 PM
OGDEN, UT - Co-Big Sky Conference champions Montana and Montana State each had six athletes selected as 1st-Team All-Big Sky, while both the Cats and Griz were represented with individual awards, the league announced Tuesday.
Montana linebacker Caleb McSurdy has been chosen as the Big Sky Conference Defensive Player...
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November 5, 2011 8:45 PM
OGDEN, UT - It's never how you start, but how you finish. That old saying proved more than wise Saturday for the Bobcats as MSU turned it over 4 times in the first half, trailed 24-20, but came back to shut out Weber State 24-0 in the second.
DeNarius...
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October 29, 2011 9:11 PM
BOZEMAN - Montana State stayed undefeated in the Big Sky with ease today as they welcomed back Mike Kramer and his Idaho State squad. The Cats went for 30 points in the 2nd quarter in route to a 54-13 blowout of the Bengals.
Cody Kirk tallied 184 yards on...
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October 22, 2011 7:39 PM
GREELEY, CO. - DeNarius McGhee threw two second-half touchdown passes as Montana State kept Northern Colorado winless with a 31-21 win on Saturday.
McGee finished 16 for 23 for 188 yards and two interceptions passing. Cody Kirk ran for a touchown and career high 202 yards for Montana State...
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October 8, 2011 7:57 PM
PORTLAND - Things didn't start out so great for the Bobcats on Saturday, in particular on special teams. Portland State was able to run out to an early 10-0 lead all in thanks to two consecutive blocked punts.
From there, the Cats bounced back as DeNarius McGhee finished the...
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October 1, 2011 7:29 PM
BOZEMAN - Montana State celebrated its homecoming with a huge victory over Sacramento State Saturday, upending the Hornets 31-21 as the Cats are now 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the Big Sky.
In the 2nd quarter, while trailing 7-3, DeNarius McGhee hooked up with Elvis Akpla on what turned...
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September 10, 2011 7:11 PM
BOZEMAN - Cody Kirk rushed for a career-high 155 yards and two touchdowns, and DeNarius McGhee threw for two scores and ran for a third as Montana State routed future Big Sky Conference rival UC Davis 38-14 on Saturday.
The Bobcats (1-1) amassed 507 yards in total offense in...
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August 31, 2011 10:12 PM
College football season kicks off for the Cats and Griz this weekend and as we've seen in the past, each team will leave the Treasure State to face national powerhouses from the FBS.
Let's start things off with Montana State. The team is the defending co-Big Sky Champions and...
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July 21, 2011 6:27 PM
BOZEMAN - Crews finished the last major structural steel and precast concrete work on the new end zone at Montana State University's Bobcat Stadium this week, giving passers-by a view of the final structure.
"For people driving by, this takes away all the speculation about what the end zone...
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April 28, 2011 10:55 PM
BOZEMAN - About 100 students and faculty volunteered for the messy task of cleaning up campus Thursday, the 5th annual campus cleanup day.
Consider it a bit of spring cleaning before Graduation ceremonies in a couple weeks.
The volunteers signed up to comb over the campus with gloved...
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February 16, 2011 10:37 PM
BOZEMAN - The $10 million renovation of Bobcat Stadium is on track to be completed in time for this year's foot ball season.
That's the word from Montana State University Athletic Director Peter Fields.
Right now it may be hard to imagine all the changes coming to the...
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January 29, 2011 6:43 PM
BOZEMAN - This time, the Lady Griz started their comeback in time to finish it.
After digging themselves another early hole, Montana used a big run to beat the Cats in Bozeman, 56-55, after MSU's Ausha Cole didn't get her shot off before the final buzzer. Last Saturday, the...
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January 26, 2011 10:30 PM
BOZEMAN- Montana State University will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Bobcat Stadium End Zone Project at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 28, on the field at the stadium.
The Bobcat Stadium End Zone Project is a $10 million project to renovate the south end of Bobcat Stadium in...
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January 16, 2011 6:38 PM
BOZEMAN - Montana State responded to a nightmarish first half with a dreamy finish, holding off Eastern Washington 71-59 on Sunday afternoon in Bozeman.
After shooting just 29.6% in the first half on 8-for-27 shooting, the Bobcats made 16 of their 22 shots, a season-best 72.7% for any period,...
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January 12, 2011 9:58 AM
POWELL, WY - A woman who had 157 cats in her home in Powell has been barred from owning any cats or other animals. Maurielena "Mimi" Nesbit pleaded guilty to 14 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty last week under a plea agreement. The Powell Tribune reports that the 63-year-old was...
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January 8, 2011 11:35 PM
Greeley, CO. - Neal Kingman matched a career high with 21 points and Devon Beitzel added 18 as Northern Colorado remained the lone undefeated team in Big Sky Conference play with a 72-58 victory over Montana State on Saturday night It was the third time in his career Kingman has...
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January 5, 2011 4:22 PM
BOZEMAN - Danny Piepoli came to Montana State as a shooter. He'll leave the Bobcat basketball program as something much more.
"Danny has worked hard to improve his versatility," said MSU coach Brad Huse, who added the 6-6 sharpshooter to his first Bobcat recruiting class and has watched him...
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January 4, 2011 7:29 PM
GREAT FALLS - Great Falls High kicker Trevor Bolton has made a verbal commitment to follow in his father's footsteps and play football at Montana State. Bolton has his eye on a couple of kicking records set by his father, Pat Bolton, when he played for the Bobcats from 1972...
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December 31, 2010 8:46 PM
BOZEMAN - Erik Rush scored 22 points, including making nine free throws, to push Montana State past Northern Arizona 86-78 on Friday night. The Bobcats (8-6, 2-0 Big Sky) got ahead early, shooting 53.3 percent from the floor in the first half and leading 44-25 at intermission. They led by...
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December 14, 2010 5:09 PM
HELENA - Athletes from Montana State and Montana have been named to the Walter Camp Foundation All-America football team. Bobcat offensive lineman Mike Person and Grizzly defensive back Trumaine Johnson were named to the 26-man team Tuesday. Person, a 6-foot-5, 295 pound senior from Glendive and Johnson, a 6-3, 197-pound...
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December 4, 2010 7:43 PM
BOZEMAN - D.J. McNorton rushed for 207 yards and a career-high four touchdowns as North Dakota State overpowered No. 4 Montana State in the fourth quarter en route to a 42-17 victory Saturday in the second round of the FCS playoffs. McNorton ran for 163 yards and all of his...
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December 3, 2010 10:31 PM
BOZEMAN - Before the 'Cats playoff game, thousands will be gathering to tailgate. Drew Ingraham, the assistant athletic director of marketing, says that for those who are planning to have some pre-game fun to remember some of the rules before you come out.
"If I could really think about...
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December 2, 2010 10:27 PM
BOZEMAN - It was cold.
Ask anyone involved in Montana State's 10-3 playoff win over North Dakota State 34 years ago to the day before this Saturday's playoff game between the Bobcats and Bison, and the topic of the frigid conditions comes up early in the conversation.
"It...
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December 1, 2010 10:13 PM
GREAT FALLS - Montana State quarterback Denarius McGhee has had an outstanding season in 2010. The redshirt freshman led the Bobcats to a win over the rival Grizzlies, helped the team get into the playoffs, and was named a Walter Payton Award candidate. The award is given...
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November 30, 2010 9:33 PM
BOZEMAN - A newly painted Horizon airplane sporting Bobcat blue and gold made its inaugural landing at the Gallatin Field Airport Tuesday afternoon.
Horizon Air painted the airplane, a Q400 that was scheduled for repainting, in Montana State University colors. The new look is being provided at no cost...
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November 30, 2010 12:44 AM
SEATTLE - Aaron Broussard had 20 points and 12 rebounds Monday night and hit a 3-pointer with 1:33 remaining as Seattle University rallied to beat Montana State 72-70. Sterling Carter added 14 points for the Redhawks (3-6), who trailed for most of the second half before going on a 13-0...
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November 27, 2010 10:53 PM
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Brock Jensen threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score as North Dakota State beat Robert Morris 43-17 Saturday night in the first round of the FCS playoffs. NDSU will now travel to Bozeman to face the Montana State Bobcats (9-2) in the second round,...
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November 21, 2010 5:56 PM
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Montana State Bobcats got the good news they were hoping for Sunday morning, receiving the 4th seed in the upcoming FCS Playoffs, giving them a first round bye and at least one home game.
The Cats won the Big Sky Conference title yesterday, after their...
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November 20, 2010 10:49 PM
The Montana State Bobcats know they're in the FCS Playoffs, earning the Big Sky Conference's automatic berth Saturday with their 21-16 win over the rival Montana Grizzlies. All that's left for MSU is to find out their seed. The Griz are waiting on a much more important decision.
With...
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November 17, 2010 6:06 PM
HAMILTON - Skylar Tibbs, a first grade student at Washington Elementary School in Hamilton, has been selected to toss the coin for the Cat/Griz game this Saturday.
Tibbs, who is just six and a half years old, says she is a little nervous but ready to toss...
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November 16, 2010 7:16 PM
BOZEMAN - Late this afternoon, the MSU Foundation says it has achieved its $8 million goal for phase one of the Bobcat Stadium expansion. This money includes $4 million in private donations, and $4 million that the university will borrow, through a loan, which will be repaid...
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November 15, 2010 6:18 PM
BOZEMAN - There are only a few days left to donate for the new stadium expansion, which has now reached over 90% of its fundraising goal.
Montana State will match donations up to $4 million, through a loan, which will be repaid through future athletics revenues. So far, including...
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November 15, 2010 5:02 PM
BILLINGS - When Montana and Montana State square off Saturday in Missoula, fans will gather to see two of the nation's best FCS teams.
Montana State climbs to 8th in this week's Sports Network National Poll, while the Griz jump from 13th to 11th after pulling away late from...
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November 13, 2010 6:29 PM
MISSOULA - Senior running back Chase Reynolds rushed for 173 yards and three touchdowns and broke the school record for scoring runs as The University of Montana Grizzlies defeated the visiting University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux 27-17 Saturday afternoon in UM's Washington-Grizzly Stadium (attendance, 24,151). Reynolds' three touchdown runs...
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November 13, 2010 4:53 PM
HONOLULU - Montana State hit eight of 14 three-point attempts in the first half, but a considerable cool spell after the intermission spelled doom as the Bobcats lost their season opener to a WAC foe for the third straight season, 77-59 loss to Hawai'i. Returning All-Big Sky forward bobby Howard...
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November 10, 2010 7:14 PM
BILLINGS - Officials at the University of Montana said Wednesday they'll announce within the next week whether Montana will join the Western Athletic Conference. But sources tell Q2 Sports it likely won't happen.
The Western Athletic Conference has said Montana is high on its list as it looks for...
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November 8, 2010 4:52 PM
BILLINGS - Montana State is on the verge of cracking the FCS Top 25 again, after climbing to 11th in The Sports Network's latest national poll.
MSU exploded for two late touchdowns Saturday to beat Weber State, 24-10. The Cats improve to 8-2 with the win and now have...
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November 6, 2010 6:05 PM
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Another close game, another win for Montana State. The Bobcats scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter - including 32- and 40-yard dashes by running back Orenzo Davis in the final 2:39 - to rally past Weber State 24-10 on Saturday and remain tied for first...
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November 1, 2010 5:01 PM
BILLINGS - A dramtic overtime win at Idaho State Saturday helped vault MSU over Montana in The Sports Network's latest Top 25 poll. The Cats climb a spot to 12th after Denarius McGhee scrambled for a 25 yard touchdown on MSU's first play of overtime to avoid upset against the...
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October 30, 2010 8:29 PM
POCATELLO, ID -Denarius McGhee's 25-yard touchdown run in overtime gave Montana State a 23-20 victory over Idaho State on Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats (7-2, 5-1 Big Sky) finished with 402 passing yards to the Bengals' (1-7, 0-6) 175 yards. McGhee finished with 29 of 40 for 402 yards and one...
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October 29, 2010 5:00 PM
BILLINGS - Montana coach Robin Pflugrad says he's been impressed with Jordan Johnson in practice, and now he needs the backup quarterback to be game-ready for Weber State on Saturday. Johnson became Justin Roper's backup when Andrew Selle suffered a career-ending shoulder injury. Johnson fired his first TD pass to...
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October 25, 2010 5:35 PM
BILLINGS - A come-from-behind football weekend keeps Montana and Montana State each ranked among the nation's Top 25 in The Sports Network's latest poll.
MSU climbs two spots to number 13 after rallying from a 14-0 deficit to beat Northern Colorado at home Saturday, 37-35. Montana stays put at...
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October 23, 2010 8:42 PM
BOZEMAN - Denarius McGhee passed for a career-high 400 yards and four touchdowns - including a 77-yarder to Orenzo Davis - as Montana State rallied to defeat Northern Colorado 37-35 Saturday. McGhee was 21 for 33 and threw two scoring strikes to Julius Lloyd for the Bobcats (6-2, 4-1 Big...
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October 22, 2010 5:30 PM
BILLINGS - MSU is looking to get back on track after a dis-heartening conference loss at Northern Arizona. The 15th-ranked Bobcats host Northern Colorado Saturday with kickoff set for 1 p.m. Last weekend, the Cats were down 28-0 at halftime and fell 34-7 at Northern Arizona, while then 12th-ranked Eastern...
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October 16, 2010 10:02 PM
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Montana State is no longer on top of the Big Sky Conference. The Cats lost 34-7 at Northern Arizona today, moving them out of first place with their first conference loss.
The Cats were down 21-0 at halftime, and 28-0 early in the 3rd quarter. They...
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October 16, 2010 8:32 PM
Flagstaff, Ari. - Montana State is in danger of losing their Big Sky conference lead as they trail 28-0 heading into the 4th quarter at Northern Arizona.
The Cats trailed 21-0 at the half, and the Lumberjacks scored with their opening possession of the 2nd half to make it...
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October 11, 2010 4:22 PM
BILLINGS - MSU and Montana each climb a spot in The Sports Network's latest Top 25 football poll.
Montana State jumps to ninth after a convincing 44-31 win at home over Portland State Saturday. Denarius McGhee passed for three touchdowns and ran for another pacing the Cats. MSU travels...
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October 9, 2010 6:59 PM
BOZEMAN - Montana State sputtered early at home but bounced back to pound Portland State 44-31.
MSU trailed 18-3 early but exploded for 20 unanswered points to close the first half with a 23-18 lead. Quarterback Denarius McGhee overcame a sluggish start to throw three touchdowns and run for...
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October 9, 2010 5:14 PM
BILLINGS - Montana State owns a 23-18 halftime lead over Portland State after exploding for a big second quarter. Plagued by penalties and more special teams struggles, the Cats trailed 11-0 early and 18-3 in the second. But turnovers and big offensive plays put MSU back in control as the...
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October 8, 2010 5:37 PM
Billings - Montana football fans can take their pick of homefield excitement Saturday on the college field. Tenth-ranked Montana State celebrates homecoming by laying its 2-0 Big Sky mark on the line against Portland State. The Vikings are 1-0 in league play and 2-2 overall. MSU rides a four game...
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October 4, 2010 4:36 PM
OGDEN - The Cats and Griz stay put in this week's Sports Network Top 25 poll, both among the nation's Top 12. Montana State remains 10th after a thrilling 64-61 overtime win at Sacramento State. Montana holds down the number 12 spot with an easy 30-7 win at Northern Colorado....
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October 1, 2010 6:00 PM
HELENA - Montana State's football team has some injured linemen as the tenth-ranked Bobcats prepare to take on Sacramento State on Saturday. Cats coach Rob Ash says starting defensive end Dustin O'Connell has a broken collar bone and will be out for a few weeks. And Andrew Verlanic, who started...
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September 25, 2010 6:46 PM
BOZEMAN, MT. (AP) - Zach Minter scored on a 53-yard interception return and place-kick holder Rick Haluszka ran in on a fake field goal to help Montana State to a 30-7 win over Eastern Washington on Saturday. The Bobcats (1-0 Big Sky, 3-1) snapped a seven-game losing streak against the...
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September 24, 2010 5:52 PM
HELENA - Both the Montana and Montana State football teams play their Big Sky Conference home openers Saturday afternoon. No. 14 Montana (1-2, 0-1 Big Sky) is looking to snap a rare two-game losing streak when it hosts Sacramento State (2-1, 1-0) for homecoming. Montana fell 36-27 in a wild...
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September 20, 2010 5:15 PM
BILLINGS - Following back-to-back losses, the Montana Grizzlies have dropped to their lowest national ranking in years limping in to this week's Sports Network poll at number 14. The Griz lost a pair of close road games at Cal Poly and Eastern Washington falling to 1-2. It's Montana's lowest ranking...
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September 19, 2010 11:03 PM
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana State football coach Rob Ash has suspended defensive tackle Jason D'Alba for Saturday's game against Eastern Washington because of a hit on Drake's quarterback during MSU's 48-21 win Saturday.
D'Alba's hit was ruled a personal foul on the field, and after reviewing game film...
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September 11, 2010 11:21 PM
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Nico Grasu's 18-yard field goal with 2:13 remaining capped a 16-point fourth-quarter comeback as Washington State defeated Montana State 23-22 on Saturday to end a 10-game losing streak. The Cougars (1-1) were almost the third FBS school to lose at home to an FCS team on...
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September 6, 2010 6:15 PM
MISSOULA - The University of Montana moved up to the No. 1 spot in the Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision poll released Monday. Montana was the national runner-up last season and was ranked second behind national champion Villanova in the preseason poll.
Villanova lost 31-24 to FBS opponent Temple...
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September 4, 2010 10:33 PM
BOZEMAN, MT - Saturday marked a ‘fresh' start for Montana State football.
Or rather, a ‘freshman' start.
Quarterback Denarius McGhee became the first Bobcat frosh to open a season as MSU's signal caller since 1987, Cody Kirk the freshman running back to do so since 1992, and they...
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August 21, 2010 11:16 PM
BOZEMAN - Montana State's final scrimmage of fall training camp may not have shown Rob Ash everything he wanted to see, but the combination of consistency on the ground and explosiveness through the air left the fourth-year Bobcat coach pleased.
"What I really like with our running backs right...
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April 24, 2010 9:00 PM
It didn't take Montana State defensive end Dane Fletcher to find his next football home.
The 2009 Big Sky Defensive MVP and consensus All-America choice signed as an undrafted free agent with the New England Patriots immediately after the conclusion of Saturday's NFL draft.
"The fact that he...
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April 17, 2010 8:35 PM
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Jason Cunningham capped a 53-yard drive with a 44-yard scrimmage-ending, game-winning field goal in Montana State's final tune-up before next Saturday's spring finale at Bobcat Stadium.
Cunningham's boot capped a back-and-forth scrimmage in which both the Bobcat offense and defense showed positive signs. At the end...
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April 3, 2010 7:48 PM
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana State coach Rob Ash saw a lot to like in his Bobcat football team's first full-scale scrimmage of the spring on Saturday, but it was something he didn't see that may have pleased him the most.
"I was really happy that we didn't turn the...
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March 31, 2010 10:43 PM
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Rob Ash would feel just fine about Montana State's 2010 spring training camp if the first limited scrimmage of the spring marks a trend that holds through the next three-plus weeks.
The Bobcats ran 57 plays in a scripted scrimmage that ran just more than an...
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February 28, 2010 12:52 AM
MSU's men stormed out to an 8 point halftime lead, and never looked back, sweeping the season-series with the Griz with a 73-67 win in the regular season finale Saturday night in Missoula.
The win gives the Cats the #3 seed heading into next week's Big Sky Conference tournament,...
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