Grizzly Game Day

NO. 19 MONTANA VS. SACRAMENTO STATE • KICKOFF: 1 P.M. • TV: ROOT SPORTS • SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 2018

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E2 — Missoulian, Saturday, September 22, 2018

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | GRIZZLY Q&A

Keintz takes center stage ‘Big friendly giant’ relishes starting role

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Montana’s starting right tackle is a large man.

Colton Keintz, a redshirt freshman from Missoula, stands at 6-foot-8 and weighs 287 pounds, according to the Grizzly roster. He’s the tallest football player on the team and is one of just six players in the Big Sky Conference 6-foot-8 or taller.

The others: Montana State’s Jarrod Asche (6-foot-8, 300), Idaho’s Dylan Korte (6-foot-8, 280), Portland State’s Daniel Giannosa (6-foot-8, 260), Weber State’s Chinoso Opara (6-foot-9, 270) and UC Davis’ Joe Albrecht (6-foot-9, 310).

But being tall is just normal life for Keintz.

“It’s cold up here,” Keintz said with a laugh. “I’ve always been tall for my age. I was a relatively normal sized baby growing up. I was big, but I was also a couple weeks early. I was big even though I was early. That was the first sign that I was going to be big.

“When I hit fifth or sixth grade I realized, ‘I’m a whole head taller than everybody here and I’m hitting the height of the teachers.’ It was about then when I couldn’t shop for clothes at kid stores anymore. At a pretty early age I had to get rid of the fun clothes and get into the stuff that fits.

It’s weird just because I’ve been used to it my whole life.”

Despite Keintz’ large stature, he only started playing football as a sophomore for Missoula Big Sky. And from there he fell in love.

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Year: Redshirt freshman Position: Right tackle Height: 6-foot-8 Weight: 287 Hometown: Missoula Q: What’s it like being a hometown kid on this team?‌

“I grew up watching the Griz.

When I was really, really little I’d go to a bunch of games and would always tell my parents, ‘When I grow up I’m going to play for the Griz.’ Since I was never into sports I always thought I was kidding TOM BAUER/Missoulian myself, so it’s really surreal to be a An athletic trainer cools down lineman Colton Keintz with a cold towel. part of this program that I idolized for so long. I’ve only lived in Misto keep doing this.’ It was honto do.’ Then football came along soula. One thing about Missoula a job. After my freshman year, I is they love the Griz. I was part of thought, well, ‘I guess I’ll go out estly a real impulse decision and and my sophomore year when one that I was really hesitant to that growing up. I loved the Griz.

I played I barely knew the rules for football.’ I was hesitant to do, but it ended up being one of — still working on them. I was I still didn’t know anything about do it, but I had the head coach, football, but I loved going to the hesitant at first, but I’m really Matt Johnson, he was one of my the best decisions I ever made.” games. I loved the experience and glad I did it.” teachers my freshman year and Q: Why do you think you now to be a part of it is surreal. he was always saying — I was Q: What are your initial thoughts It’s not something I would have about 6-foot-5 back then — ‘You were hesitant to do it?‌ seen myself doing this time five gotta come play football.’ I “I hadn’t been very into sports on Sacramento State?‌ years ago.” danced around it for a while, but growing up. I played a little bit “It’s going to be a really good my sophomore year I was like, of soccer. My parents made me game and I’m really excited to ‘All right. I guess I’ll go out and play soccer and baseball. They’re be a part of it. I’m really excited Q: You’re a redshirt freshman and you’re a starter. How play football.’ I showed up and I good sports but they’re not to be a part of this team and I Q: Why did you start playing barely played. I did a lot of scout for me. I never saw myself as a know we’re working really hard. cool is that for you?‌ football as a sophomore?‌ team and broke my arm halfway sports guy. I was always a big I think we had a good week of “It’s insane. I never saw it kid, but I never saw myself as practice and we’re going to go coming. I got a lot of reps in “It’s actually a funny story. My through, but then the season ended and I figured, ‘This is the a sports guy. I never found the after them. I’m excited to see mom, my sophomore year, she best thing I’ve ever done. I want thing like, ‘This is what I want how this pans out on Saturday.” said I have to play a sport or get See KEINTZ, Page E14

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E4 — Missoulian, Saturday, September 22, 2018

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | ALIJAH LEE

HONORING HILINSKI Former teammate still has place in Alijah Lee’s heart

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‌Montana senior running back Alijah Lee vividly remembers his winter break, especially the days following Jan. 16.

Lee, who played football at Washington State before transferring to Montana, was back in Pullman at the time hanging out with some friends.

“They were like, ‘Hey, did you hear the story?’ Lee remembered.

“I was like, ‘What story?’”

His friends then told him about how Lee’s friend and former Wazzu teammate and friend, quarterback Tyler Hilinski, committed suicide and was found earlier that day.

“I was lost for words. I was there for the vigil in Pullman,” Lee said. “It was really sad. All us teammates, were all clueless wondering why he did it. It’s hard to explain being in that moment.”

Ten months later, Lee honors Hilinski in several ways.

Lee wears his navy blue “Hilinski’s Hope” bracelet all the time. It’s tucked inside his right glove during practice. During games, the bracelet rests on top of the tape on his right wrist.

“RIP 3” is written in black ink on the outside of his cleats. And a big “3” is inked on the top of his left wrist tape, visible from several feet away.

“He was my dog. He was a funny guy. I loved seeing him — he was always high in spirits,” Lee said of Hilinski. “I clicked with him instantly. I had met him before in SoCal in a 7-on-7 thing. It started there. He was a real good friend. I miss him. We love that guy. He’s watching us, looking over us.”

Before heading to Pullman as a freshman, Lee went to high

ALIJAH LEE, NO. 24

Year: Senior Position: Running back Height: 5-foot-6 Weight: 196 Hometown: Venice, California so that was a good start for me.

Lee played at Washington State from 2014-16, redshirting in 2014 and playing on scout team in 2015.

He played in 12 games as a sophomore, suiting up mostly on special teams. Lee saw his first collegiate carries against Idaho in 2016, receiving the handoff from Hilinski both times.

Lee’s first carry was an 8-yard run and the second was a 6-yard touchdown on the next play.

Several weeks later, Lee caught TOM BAUER, Missoulian his first collegiate pass — thrown Montana running back Alijah Lee looks to make a move during Montana’s loss to Western Illinois last week. by Hilinski — against Arizona.

By the end of the season, Lee had 20 yards rushing and one going to Washington State,’” Lee rather than the dorms with the school in Venice, California. He reception for no gain. He also other athletes and walked onto didn’t have any offers out of high remembered of deciding to go had a special teams fumble the team in the spring of 2014. school, but had three connections to Wazzu. “Even though it was recovery against Arizona.

Having to walk on moti—Teondray Caldwell, his cousin, expensive, that was one of my Lee loved Washington State, vated Lee. and two friends: Gabe Marks and favorite places to be.”

“It actually helped me. I actu- and even now admits he’d like Getting onto the team to play DeWan Thompson — who were to move back to the Evergreen with Hilinski and his friends from ally weighed 175 coming out of either already at Washington State eventually.

California wasn’t a given, though. high school,” Lee said. “I was State or were headed there. able to gain 10 pounds that first Lee lived in the traditional “I had three people up there, semester and I had a good GPA student dorms as a freshman, so I was like ‘I’m definitely See LEE, Page E12

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY

HOW WE SEE THE BIG SKY BILL SPELTZ 406mtsports.com‌

‌Dave Dickenson is the standard.

The measuring stick. The crème de la crème.

He hasn’t played a down for the Montana football team in 28 years, but die-hard fans will always think of the quarterback as the best to ever play in a Griz uniform. Today, Montana fans crave a wide-open, high-scoring offense “like the one Dickenson ran.”

It’s sort of like asking, “Why don’t the Steelers dominate on defense like they did with Mean Joe Green?” Answer: Because Mean Joe was one of a kind, it was a different time and things will never be the same again.

For the first time in over a decade, Dickenson will return to Missoula for a Grizzly game when his old team hosts Sacramento State Saturday. We’re all going to celebrate his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.

There will be an on-field salute with dignitaries from the National Football Foundation. I’m looking forward to the roar and standing ovation. It should really be something to behold.

The Grizzlies (2-1) would love to mark the occasion with a win. That’s easier said than done. Sacramento State (2-1) is no slouch and the Griz have shown themselves to be pretty much average, with deficiencies on the offensive line and in the defensive backfield.

Sac State is coming off a 28-25 win at Northern Colorado, so the Hornets will be confident. But playing in front of 3,700 fans in Greeley and 25,000 in Missoula are two different things.

It shapes up as another close one — another coin toss game. But Montana has

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the Dickenson Factor this week.

Sacramento State at No. 19 Montana: The Grizzlies play better at home and that might just be the difference. Although no one on the Griz will admit it, my guess is the heat/humidity combination took a toll at Western Illinois last week. That may not have been the only reason Montana faded late, but I’ll argue it played a role in the team’s first loss. My pick is the Grizzlies in a nail-biter. Bill: Montana 28, Sac State 24. Amie: Montana 30, Sac State 27. Frank: Montana 28, Sacramento State 27. Kyle: Griz 26, Hornets 23.

Montana State at Portland State: If you were doing a Big Sky Conference power poll, you’d most definitely put the Cats ahead of the Griz this week after MSU dumped Wagner College in Bozeman. That’s hard to swallow as a Griz fan. The Cats and their upstart QB

will keep it going this week, garnering their first road win against the Vikings.

Bill: Montana State 38, PSU 31. Amie: Montana State 35, PSU 25. Frank: Montana State 34, Portland State 20.

Kyle: Cats 31, Vikings 21.

Cal Poly at No. 6 Eastern Washington: The Mustangs beat Brown by 29 points last week, so they’ll take some momentum to Cheney. The Eagles may be banged up after losing at Washington State, but they’ll post a bounce-back win on their red turf.

Bill: Eagles 34, Mustangs 27. Amie: Eagles 40, Cal Poly 35. Frank: Eastern Washington 35, Cal Poly 28. Kyle: Eagles 38, Mustangs 28.

Idaho at No. 21 UC Davis: This is a tough one because it’s hard to gauge how good (or bad) the Vandals are this season. They lose big at Fresno State. They win big at home against Western New Mexico. They’re still

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a question mark. I’m going with the Aggies because the game is in Davis, California. Bill: Davis 29, Idaho 28.

Amie: UC Davis 35, Idaho 30. Frank: UC Davis 34, Idaho 27. Kyle: Aggies 27, Vandals 17.

Northern Colorado at No. 7 Weber State: The Wildcats are 10-2 at home since 2015. The Bears will push them in Ogden but they don’t have enough firepower to pull the upset. Bill: Weber 31, No. Colorado 17. Amie: Weber State 32, UNC 15. Frank: Weber State 34, Northern Colorado 24. Kyle: Wildcats 40, Bears 24.

Idaho State at No. 22 North Dakota: The Fighting Hawks won at No. 5 Sam Houston State last week.

They’ll rest up from the trip and take care of the Bengals, who are no doubt bruised up after a loss at Cal last week.

Bill: UND 35, ISU 13. Amie: UND 30, ISU 20. Frank: North Dakota 38, Idaho State 20. Kyle: Fighting Hawks 34, Bengals 20.

Southern Utah at Northern Arizona: The Thunderbirds are starving for a win after starting 0-3. They’ll play the Jacks tough but I still have faith in NAU, despite last Saturday’s debacle at Missouri State. Bill: Lumberjacks 27, Thunderbirds 21. Amie: NAU 35, T-Birds 20. Frank: Northern Arizona 24, Southern Utah 23. Kyle: T-Birds 21, Jacks 20.

Bill Speltz is the Deputy Sports Editor of the Missoulian. Email him at bill. speltz@406mtsports.com.

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E8 — Missoulian, Saturday, September 22, 2018

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | STRENGTHS

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Missoulian reporter AMIE JUST assesses the strengths of both teams

QUARTERBACK: This foe is a little different for Bobby Hauck and Co. Quarterback Kevin Thomson was recruited by Hauck and UM offensive coordinator Timm Rosenbach when they were at UNLV. Thomson redshirted in Hauck and Rosenbach’s last year at UNLV. So far this season, Thomson’s completed 38 of his 60 passes for 645 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. Thomson overlapped with Montana quarterback Dalton Sneed for one year at UNLV in 2015. Through three games, Sneed has completed 64 percent of his passes, thrown five touchdowns and passed for 755 yards. Sneed also is getting it done on the ground as Montana’s leading rusher.

OFFENSIVE LINE: Montana’s offensive line is still young, but they’re making progress. Montana changed up the starting line-up last week, starting Cy Sirmon at right guard in place of Dylan Eickmeyer. Cody Meyer, who wasn’t listed on the depth chart last week, did end up making the trip and starting at center. Sacramento State’s offensive line is incredibly experienced. The five starters have started in 82 combined games.

RUNNING BACK/FULLBACK: Sneed has been the most successful on the ground for the Grizzlies, but Eastwood is gaining ground on him.

Eastwood has 107 yards rushing now on 35 carries with two touchdowns.

Senior Alijah Lee has eight carries for 22 yards. Sacramento State’s rushing game is led by sophomore running back Elijah Dotson, who averages 67.7 yards per game and has scored three touchdowns. His output is ranked sixth among conference rushers.

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WIDE RECEIVER/TIGHT END: The cream is rising to the top with Montana’s receivers, as Jerry Louie-McGee, Samuel Akem, Samori Toure and Keenan Curran split most of the receptions among receivers.

Sacramento State spreads the ball around considerably, but senior wide receiver Jaelin Ratliff has 217 yards on nine catches to lead the Hornets. In total, 12 different Hornets have at least one catch.

DEFENSIVE LINE: Montana’s four starting defensive linemen are dominant up front. They combined for 11 tackles, one tackle for loss, ½ a sack and five quarterback hurries against Western Illinois. Sac State’s quartet of senior George Obinna, sophomore Elijah Chambers, junior Seperini Aumua and sophomore David Perales have a combined 55 starts. And Chambers is the sack leader in the conference with four through three games.

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LINEBACKERS: The three linebackers to watch are senior Immanuel Anderson, Manoah Pearson and Elijah Wallace. Anderson has started in a team-high 35 games and is listed as a defensive back on the roster.

Despite that, he’s the Hornets’ second-leading tackler with 18 tackles and 2½ tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a pass breakup. But Montana has Dante Olson and Josh Buss.

DEFENSIVE BACKS: Sacramento State’s defensive backs, especially senior First-Team All-Big Sky safety Mister Harriel and junior safety Caelan Barnes, aren’t to be trifled with. Barnes’ 22 tackles are 12th among league defenders, while Harriel’s 15 are 38th. Harriel has four passes defended and two interceptions on the year. Both of his picks came against FBS San Diego State. For Montana, Robby Hauck’s 24 tackles are tied for eighth in the league and Reid Miller’s 18 tackles are tied for 23rd. Dareon Nash is fourth in the league with five passes defended and Justin Calhoun is eighth with four passes defended.

SPECIAL TEAMS: Hard to top Malik Flowers’ kick return game from last week. A 95-yard kick return touchdown? Pretty impressive.

Senior Australian punter Owen Hoolihan is coming off an impressive game too. He won the Big Sky Conference special teams player of the week nod after punting eight times for 280 yards with six of his punts landing inside the 20-yard line.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | CONFERENCE CAPSULES

AROUND THE BIG SKY Sacramento State (2-1) at No. 19 Montana (2-1)‌ Saturday, 1:05 p.m. MT Missoula, Montana Washington-Grizzly Stadium (25,217 FieldTurf) ROOT SPORTS Series History: Montana leads the all-time series, 19-1.

Last Meeting: Montana won, 68-7, in 2016.

The Coaches: Jody Sears is in his fifth season leading Sacramento State.

Bobby Hauck is in his first year back with Montana after coaching the Griz from 2003-09.

Notes: Sacramento State quarterback Kevin Thomson ranks second in the conference in passing efficiency, while the defense is allowing 20 points per game, the best mark in the conference, and is fourth with eight sacks. Montana’s pass defense is giving up 270.3 yards per game against three FCS teams, ninth in the Big Sky, but it boasts the top rush defense among league teams, allowing 75.7 yards.

Cal Poly (1-2) at No. 6 Eastern Washington (2-1)‌ Saturday, 2:05 p.m. MT Cheney, Washington Roos Field (8,600 SprinTurf) Pluto TV Series History: Eastern Washington leads the all-time series, 7-2.

Last Meeting: Eastern Washington won, 42-21, in 2016.

The Coaches: Tim Walsh is in his 10th season as the head coach of Cal Poly. Aaron Best is in his second season leading the Eastern Washington program.

Notes: Cal Poly is averaging all of

21.3 points per game but is second in the conference with 230 rushing yards per game and has the top pass defense, allowing just 165.7 passing yards. Eastern Washington leads all conference teams in scoring offense (37.7 points), total offense (542 yards) and rushing offense (241.3 yards).

Idaho State (1-1) at No. 22 North Dakota (2-1)‌ Saturday, 3:05 p.m. MT Grand Forks, North Dakota Alerus Center (12,283 AstroTurf) Midco Sports Network | Pluto TV Series History: North Dakota leads the all-time series, 5-1.

Last Meeting: North Dakota won, 28-21.

The Coaches: Rob Phenicie is in his second season as Idaho State’s head coach. Bubba Schweigert is in his fifth year coaching North Dakota.

Notes: Idaho State will play its first FCS competition after posting a 35-point win over a Division II team and losing by 22 points against FBS California. North Dakota, which is an independent team but is playing a Big Sky schedule this year, is coming off a 24-23 road win over No. 5 Sam Houston State.

Montana State (2-1) at Portland State (1-2)‌ Saturday, 3:05 p.m. MT Portland, Oregon Hillsboro Stadium (7,200 FieldTurf) SWX | Pluto TV Series History: Montana State leads the all-time series, 20-10.

Last Meeting: Montana State won, 30-22, in 2017.

The Coaches: Jeff Choate, a Montana Western alum, is in his third

season coaching Montana State. Bruce Barnum is in his fourth season coaching Portland State.

Notes: Montana State may have found its quarterback last week in Tucker Rovig, but head coach Jeff Choate wouldn’t publicly declare a starter — by press time — for a Cats team that is second to last in the league in total offense. Portland State, picked last in both the coaches and media preseason conference polls, plays its first FCS competition and comes in allowing 49.3 points per game.

Southern Utah (0-3) at Northern Arizona (1-2)‌ Saturday, 4:05 p.m. MT Flagstaff, Arizona J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome (10,000 FieldTurf) Pluto TV Series History: Northern Arizona leads the all-time series, 12-9.

Last Meeting: Southern Utah won, 48-20, in 2017.

The Coaches: Demario Warren is in his third year at the helm of Southern Utah. Jerome Souers, the longesttenured coach in the conference, is in his 21st season at the helm.

Notes: Southern Utah, the reigning Big Sky co-champ, is in search of its first win, has given up 34 or more points in every game and is allowing 48 points on average. Northern Arizona’s offense looked lost without quarterback Case Cookus, and his status for Saturday’s game isn’t known at press time.

The Coaches: Paul Petrino, a Carroll College alum, is in his sixth season at Idaho.

Dan Hawkins is in his second season coaching UC Davis.

Notes: Idaho, back in the FCS this year, is averaging 34.5 points per game but is giving up 44.5 on average and is last in the league with a turnover margin of negative-7 in two games. UC Davis ranks second in the conference in scoring offense with 36 points per game, and quarterback Jake Maier leads all league players with 314 passing yards per game.

Northern Colorado (0-3) at No. 7 Weber State (2-1)‌

Saturday, 6:05 p.m. MT Ogden, Utah Stewart Stadium (17,500 FieldTurf) Pluto TV Series History: Weber State leads the all-time series, 8-1.

Last Meeting: Weber State won, 38-17, in 2016.

The Coaches: Earnest Collins is in his eighth year at Northern Colorado, his alma mater. Jay Hill is Idaho (1-1) at No. 21 in his fifth season guiding the Weber UC Davis (2-1)‌ State program.

Saturday, 5:05 p.m. MT Notes: Northern Colorado has lost all Davis, California three of its games to FCS teams, two of Aggie Stadium which came to then-ranked teams and (10,849 Shaw Sports Turf) two of which came at home by three Eleven Sports | Pluto TV Series History: Idaho leads the all-time points. Weber State leads the league with a turnover margin of plus-8 in three series, 1-0. games and has the No. 2 scoring defense Last Meeting: Idaho won, 43-0, in 1997. with 22.7 points allowed per game.

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GRIZZLY GAME D

Hgt. 6-2 6-1 5-10 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-2 5-9 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-3

Wt. 192 222 176 192 205 180 196 200 196 190 161 210 195 240 200 208 207 241 210 210 182 205

5-9 6-3 5-10 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-2

180 203 179 196 195 202 195

6-2 5-6 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-6 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-6 6-5 6-6 6-3 6-7 6-5 6-7 6-8 6-5 6-5 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-4 5-10 6-7 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-1 5-8 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-4

195 Gilbert, Ariz.

196 Los Angeles, Calif.

215 Del Mar, Calif.

187 Chicago, Ill. 170 Woodinville, Wash.

197 Kalispell, Mont.

180 Phoenix, Ariz.

247 Boulder, Mont.

210 Kalispell, Mont.

237 Medford, Ore. 230 Townsend, Mont.

188 Missoula, Mont.

226 Missoula, Mont.

270 Stevensville, Mont.

187 North Bend, Wash.

176 Kalispell, Mont.

220 Missoula, Mont.

220 Boise, Idaho 210 Great Falls, Mont.

250 Peoria, Ariz.

230 Vista, Calif.

230 Whitefish, Mont.

250 Helena, Mont.

250 Billings, Mont.

255 Santa Ana, Calif.

282 San Marcos, Calif.

277 Bellflower, Calif.

210 Camas, Wash.

238 Las Vegas, Nev. 210 Missoula, Mont.

270 San Diego, Calif.

220 Helena, Mont.

225 Culbertson, Mont.

220 Kalispell, Mont.

216 Newtown Square, Penn.

284 Kalispell, Mont.

181 San Diego, Calif.

301 Tucson, Ariz.

247 Helena, Mont.

291 Great Falls, Mont.

272 Wenatchee, Wash.

336 Hillsboro, Ore. 335 Gig Harbor, Wash.

272 Vancouver, Wash.

282 San Diego, Calif.

273 Helena, Mont.

321 Owasso, Okla.

324 Duarte, Calif.

318 Litchfield Park, Ariz.

287 Missoula, Mont.

305 Cypress, Calif.

295 Fredericksburg, Va. 315 Caldwell, Idaho 191 Missoula, Mont.

235 Polson, Mont.

193 Portland, Ore. 190 Missoula, Mont.

219 Kalispell, Mont.

175 Helena, Mont.

215 Valier, Mont.

245 Billings, Mont.

245 Missoula, Mont.

150 San Diego, Calif.

285 Park City, Utah 176 Bellevue, Wash.

252 Billings, Mont.

234 Butte, Mont.

220 Kalispell, Mont.

290 Spring Grove, Pa. 231 Hillsboro, Ore. 295 West Hills, Calif.

265 Genesee, Idaho

WR 18 Samuel Akem

TE 87 Bryson Deming

Hometown Issaquah, Wash.

Auburn, Wash.

Long Beach, Calif.

Woodinville, Wash.

Vancouver, Wash.

Vancouver, Wash.

Eureka, Mont.

Federal Way, Wash.

Kalispell, Mont.

Covina, Calif.

Billings, Mont.

Long Beach, Calif.

Mission Viejo, Calif.

Anaheim, Calif.

Missoula, Mont.

Hollidaysburg, Pa. Scottsdale, Ariz.

Brenham, Tex. Bigfork, Mont.

Polson, Mont.

Corvallis, Ore. Sidney, Mont.

QB 11 Dalton Sneed

LT 78 Conlan Beaver

RB 25 Adam Eastwood

LG 74 Angel Villanueva C 50 Cody Meyer RG 66 Cy Sirmon

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Mesa, Ariz.

Missoula, Mont.

Broken Arrow, Okla.

Fontana, Calif.

Kennewick, Wash.

Chula Vista, Calif.

RT 76 Colton Keintz

WR 81 Samori Toure

WR 16 Jerry Louie-McGee

K 89 Tim Semenza

MONTANA BACKUPS ON OFFENSE QB WR RB WR WR TE

2 80 24 6 7 81

K LT LG C RG RT

Cam Humphrey, So. Mitch Roberts, R-Fr. Alijah Lee, Sr. Keenan Curran, Sr. Gabe Sulser, Fr. Matt Rensvold, R-Fr.

61 75 51 62 70 71

Adam Wilson, Jr. Sean Anderson, Fr. Cole Sain, Fr. Dylan Eickmeyer, So. Skyler Martin, R-Fr. Payton Stoner, So.

MONTANA STARTING DEFENSE CB 3 Justin Calhoun

S 17 Robby Hauck

LB 33 Dante Olson

DE 97 or 46 R.J. Nelson or Jed Nagler

NB 13 Josh Sandry

DT 96 David Shaw

LB 42 Josh Buss

S2 Gavin Robertson

DT 49 Jesse Sims DE 99 Reggie Tilleman

CB 7 Dareon Nash

P 35 Eric Williams

MONTANA BACKUPS ON DEFENSE LB LB DE DT DT

56 34 44 93 91

Marcus Welnel, R-Fr. Jace Lewis, So. Randy Rodriguez So. Braydon Deming, R-Fr. Eli Alford, Fr.

NB CB CB S S

14 23 8 10 30

Michael McGinnis, R-Fr. Josh Egbo, So. Lewis Cowans, So. Reid Miller, Sr. Evan Epperly, Sr.

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DAY MATCHUPS SACRAMENTO STATE STARTING DEFENSE CB 31 Dhaamir Lomax

DE 99 George Obinna DT 57 Elijah Chambers

WLB 9 Malcolm Thomas

FS 8 Caelan Barnes

MLB 55 Manoa Pearson

DT 91 Seperini Aumua

SS 2 Mister Harriel

SLB 29 Immanuel Anderson

DE 98 David Perales

CB 37 Daron Bland

P1 Owen Hoolihan

SACRAMENTO STATE BACKUPS ON DEFENSE DE DT DT DE LB

Wyatt Hjelm, So. Terrance Jackson, Jr. Oscar Nava, Jr. Leonard Hazewood, Sr. Elijah Wallace, Sr.

94 92 93 52 36

LB CB S S CB

Marte Mapu, Fr. Dre Terrell, Sr. Allen Perryman, Jr. Malik Jeter, So. Marcus Kirkpatrick, Sr.

15 23 30 38 6

SACRAMENTO STATE STARTING OFFENSE WR 13 Jaelin Ratliff

TE 84 Pierre Williams

RT 74 Ruben Meza

QB 5 Kevin Thomson

RG 79 Thomas Parker C 53 Ivan Espiritu

RB 33 Elijah Dotson

LG 60 Nick Bianco LT 51 Taylor Tappin WR 7 Andre Lindsey TE 88 John McGill

PK 68 Devon Medeiros

SACRAMENTO STATE BACKUPS ON DEFENSE LT LG C RG RT TE

65 73 77 78 71 3

Peter Vadasz, Jr. Ulises Nunez, So. Brysen Klinefelter, Jr. Brandon Weldon, Fr. Troy Stiefel, Fr. Jarrell Anderson, Fr.

WR WR WR RB QB

17 12 85 21 14

Dewey Cotton, Fr. Damon Jackson, Sr. Johnnie Rucker, Jr. Bryant Perskinson, So. Wyatt Clapper, Sr.

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‌SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY ROSTER No. Name Year Pos. Hgt. Wt. Hometown 1 Owen Hoolihan Sr. P 6-1 170 Oberon, Australia 2 Mister Harriel Sr. DB 6-1 200 Sacramento, Calif.

3 Jarrell Anderson Fr. TE 6-4 240 Spanaway, Wash.

4 Nolan Merker Sr. WR 5-10 185 Elk Grove, Calif.

5 Kevin Thomson Sr. QB 6-2 205 Auburn, Wash.

6 Marcus Kirkpatrick Sr. DB 5-10 170 Lake Elsinore, Calif.

7 Andre Lindsey Sr. WR 6-3 200 Stockton, Calif.

8 Caelan Barnes Jr. DB 6-1 200 Sacramento, Calif.

9 Malcolm Thomas Sr. LB 6-1 220 Roseville, Calif.

10 Hamish McClure Fr. QB 6-0 190 Encino, Calif.

11 DJ Lacy Sr. WR 5-8 165 San Diego, Calif.

11 Justin McGill Fr. DB 6-0 180 Bakersfield, Calif.

12 Damon Jackson Sr. WR 5-10 170 Tracy, Calif.

13 Jaelin Ratliff Sr. WR 5-11 175 Stockton, Calif.

13 Davion Ross Fr. DB 5-11 170 Sacramento, Calif.

14 Wyatt Clapper Sr. QB 6-3 225 Turlock, Calif.

15 Marte Mapu Fr. DB 6-3 205 Hawthorne, Calif.

16 Jack Rice Fr. QB 6-2 210 Eureka, Calif.

17 Dewey Cotton Fr. WR 5-5 150 Stockton, Calif.

18 Roman Ale So. QB 6-1 200 Carson, Calif.

18 Aaron Howard Fr. DB 5-10 155 Los Angeles, Calif.

19 Tristan Meyer Fr. QB 6-0 190 La Mirada, Calif.

19 Tykee Woods Fr. DB 5-8 170 Fresno, Calif.

20 Montaz Thompson Fr. RB 5-9 180 Antioch, Calif.

21 Bryant Perkinson So. RB 5-10 205 Hawthorne, Calif.

22 Miguel Garcia So. LB 6-1 225 Sanger, Calif.

22 Darnay Smith Fr. RB 6-2 195 Corona, Calif.

23 Dre Terrell Sr. DB 5-8 205 Sacramento, Calif.

24 Isaiah Capoocia So. WR 5-11 200 Lakeside, Calif.

24 Colin Payne Fr. DB 5-8 155 Los Angeles, Calif.

25 Marcus Aponte Fr. DB 6-0 195 Salida, Calif.

26 Randy Anyanwu So. DB 5-11 200 Inglewood, Calif.

27 Davaeon Johnson Jr. DB 6-1 185 Sacramento, Calif.

28 Isaiah Gable So. RB 5-4 140 Arleta, Calif.

29 Immanuel Anderson Sr. LB 5-11 205 Vallejo, Calif.

30 Marshel Martin Fr. TE 6-2 200 Vallejo, Calif.

30 Allen Perryman Jr. DB 6-0 190 Lemoore, Calif.

31 Dhaamir Lomax Jr. DB 5-11 180 Crenshaw, Calif.

32 Kevin McKinney Jr. LB 6-0 225 Rancho Santa

Margarita, Calif.

33 Elijah Dotson So. RB 6-0 190 Sacramento, Calif.

34 Marcus Bruce Sr. LB 5-10 180 Bakersfield, Calif.

35 Ja’Narrick James Jr. RB 5-5 160 Sebastapol, Calif.

36 Elijah Wallace Sr. DB 6-0 210 Victorville, Calif.

37 Daron Bland So. DB 6-0 200 Modesto, Calif.

38 Malik Jeter So. DB 6-1 190 Seaside, Calif.

39 Jeremy Harris Fr. LB 6-0 220 Simi Valley, Calif.

40 Killian Rosko So. DL 6-4 250 Sonora, Calif.

41 Tysean Prysock Fr. TE 6-1 210 Santa Clarita, Calif.

43 RETIRED IN HONOR OF JOHN BLOOMFIELD 44 Josiah Erickson Jr. DL 6-2 235 San Dimas, Calif.

44 Hunter Hogue Fr. RB 5-7 170 Firebaugh, Calif.

45 Abel Ordaz Fr. DB 6-1 195 Brentwood, Calif.

46 Lemusu Toailoa Fr. LB 5-11 205 Rialto, Calif.

47 Michael Wright So. DB 5-10 200 Visalia, Calif.

48 Ian Lauvai Jr. LS 5-11 245 Corona, Calif.

49 Armon Bailey Fr. LB 6-2 210 Fairfield, Calif.

50 Brandon Boccaleoni So. OL 6-3 300 Rohnert Park, Calif.

51 Taylor Tappin Sr. OL 6-4 310 Windsor, Calif.

52 Leonard Hazewood IV Sr. LB 6-4 255 Sacramento, Calif.

53 Ivan Espiritu Sr. OL 6-2 295 Reedley, Calif.

54 Tali Finefeuiaki Fr. LB 6-0 250 Sunnyvale, Calif.

55 Manoah Pearson Sr. LB 6-0 235 Carson, Calif.

56 Dylan Petti So. DL 6-4 310 Riverside, Calif.

57 Elijah Chambers So. DL 6-2 270 San Jacinto, Calif.

58 Jordan Stanley Fr. OL 6-4 255 Brentwood, Calif.

59 Wyatt Ming Sr. OL 6-2 320 Acampo, Calif.

60 Nick Bianco Jr. OL 6-4 300 Visalia, Calif.

61 Ricky Purvis Fr. K 5-9 170 Rocklin, Calif.

63 Spencer Smith Fr. DL 6-1 285 Clovis, Calif.

64 Kyler Powell So. LS 6-2 205 Roseville, Calif.

65 Peter Vadasz Jr. OL 6-4 290 Los Gatos, Calif.

66 Kaiden Henry Fr. OL 6-5 350 Yuba City, Calif.

67 Parker Kernek Fr. OL 6-4 275 Castaic, Calif.

68 Devon Medeiros Sr. K 5-6 190 Hilmar, Calif.

69 Ishveer Gill Fr. OL 6-1 250 Yuba City, Calif.

69 Blake Nydam Jr. DL 6-2 240 Laton, Calif.

70 Kyle Swinford Fr. OL 6-5 260 Sacramento, Calif.

71 Troy Stiefel Fr. OL 6-5 290 Yorba Linda, Calif.

72 Jett Stanley Fr. DL 6-4 255 Brentwood, Calif.

73 Ulisis Nunez So. OL 6-2 315 Tulare, Calif.

74 Ruben Meza Sr. OL 6-4 290 Murrietta, Calif.

75 Jesse Mercado Fr. OL 6-4 295 Suisun, Calif.

76 Joshua Lee Fr. DL 6-2 305 Moreno Valley, Calif.

77 Brysen Klinefelter Jr. OL 6-0 305 El Dorado, Calif.

78 Brandon Weldon Fr. OL 6-3 300 El Segundo, Calif.

79 Thomas Parker So. OL 6-3 310 Coto de Caza, Calif.

80 Bryson Allen Fr. WR 6-2 170 Tulare, Calif.

81 Tao McClinton Fr. WR 6-2 210 Seattle, Wash.

82 Alexis Robinson Sr. WR 6-2 210 Eureka, Calif.

83 Cory Payne Fr. WR 5-10 165 Los Angeles, Calif.

84 Pierre Williams Fr. WR 6-1 200 Gustine, Calif.

85 Johnnie Rucker Jr. WR 6-4 200 Long Beach, Calif.

86 Calvin Grover So. TE 6-4 225 Modesto, Calif.

87 Jeremiah Foster Fr. WR 6-5 185 Bakersfield, Calif.

88 John McGill Jr. TE 6-3 230 Ventura, Calif.

89 Martin Robles So. TE 6-4 260 Live Oak, Calif.

90 Josh Cooper Fr. DL 6-1 220 Bellflower, Calif.

91 Seperini Togiai Aumua Jr. DL 6-0 300 Hayward, Calif.

92 Terrance Jackson Jr. DL 6-3 255 Inglewood, Calif.

93 Oscar Nava Jr. DL 6-2 320 Rohnert Park, Calif.

94 Wyatt Hjelm So. DL 6-4 245 Oakdale, Calif.

95 Dariyn Choates Jr. DL 6-3 270 Seaside, Calif.

96 Aaron Blaylock Fr. DL 6-1 260 Lancaster, Calif.

97 Sione Liku So. DL 6-2 235 Stockton, Calif.

98 David Perales So. DL 6-3 230 Merced, Calif.

99 George Obinna Sr. DL 6-3 240 Tracy, Calif.

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E12 — Missoulian, Saturday, September 22, 2018

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | ALIJAH LEE

Lee Continued

“I met some of my best friends who I still talk to today,” Lee said. “I met them in my dorm. I wasn’t living where the athletes lived, so that’s where I met a bunch of my friends. My sophomore year, I moved in with my friend (Thompson) from high school and then one of his good friends from his freshman year, we moved in together and then we had another guy from LA. That started it off.

“Our house was the house, the central hub. Everybody would go there. Watch games, hang out, it was so much fun and we had a tight bond between a lot of us.

I’m even considering moving to Washington after because I met so many people there it’s like family.”

He also enjoyed playing for coach Mike Leach.

“He’s a comedian. Even when I first came here, people were like, ‘What is he like?’ I can’t even pinpoint anything,” Lee said of Leach. “He tells hilarious stories. You laugh a lot. It could be a serious meeting. He could be yelling, cussing somebody out and the next thing you know he’s telling a funny story. He has millions of stories. You can never be bored talking to him.”

But after the 2016 season, Lee decided to pursue other options.

“For me, I wanted to play. I had fun doing special teams for two years, but going against guys on scout team, I realized I could play somewhere FCS for sure,” Lee said. “It was that and the fact that I wanted to get a scholarship, help my mom so she didn’t have to pay for out-of-state for another year or two. That was the big motivating factor.”

Lee made a clip of his scout team highlights, along with highlights from Thursday Night Football — a scrimmage Leach holds for guys who didn’t get to play the week before — and put it on YouTube and his Twitter.

Coaching connections helped Lee out too. Clay McGuire, the current co-offensive coordinator at Texas Tech, was the offensive line coach at Wazzu

TOM BAUER, Missoulian

Montana running back Alijah Lee is tackled by Western Illinois’ Justin Fitzpatrick and Eric Carrera last Saturday in Macomb, Illinois. when Lee was there.

McGuire, Lee said, put in a good word with the Montana coaching staff. Before Lee knew it, recruiting coordinator Justin Green followed him on Twitter.

One thing led to another and Lee was eventually in the middle of former UM coach Bob Stitt’s 90-minute interviews.

“I came out here on the visit and shortly after that, right after school was over, when they said they were offering me, I was like, ‘I like this place, other than the winter time,’” Lee said.

Lee, a 5-foot-6, 197-pound running back committed to Montana in mid-May 2017.

Even though he’s only been

here a short time, this place already means the world to him.

“It has a special place in my heart. I’ve only been here a year and a half, but I’ve met a bunch of good dudes here,” Lee said.

“Playing college sports you get to meet a bunch of people, essentially network. You might not know who’s the next doctor or millionaire. I think of it that way. I love this city — when it’s not cold.”

Montana’s coach Bobby Hauck sees how Lee’s been a vital part of the Grizzlies, on and off the field.

“Alijah’s popular with his teammates. He’s a fun guy to be around,” Hauck said. “He’s

respected. He has worked hard.

He’s a guy that can give us some plays and do some things on the field. He’s great in the locker room.”

Lee was Montana’s secondleading rusher in 2017, racking up 517 yards on 131 carries with six touchdowns. This year, things have started slow, as Lee has eight carries for 22 yards through three games.

But Lee’s staying positive, because he’s come a long way.

“One of my teammates told me, you always have goals to follow. But for me, it was be able to get on a college football field after being a walk-on. Not too many walk-ons get to play,” Lee

said. “The next big thing was for me to score a touchdown. That was huge. Being put on scholarship was another goal of mine.

I wanted to actually play. That’s why I came here.”

-—— If you or someone you know needs support, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or reach the Crisis Text Line by texting “START” to 741741.

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E14 — Missoulian, Saturday, September 22, 2018

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | GRIZZLY Q&A

Keintz Continued

spring ball and the coaches pushed me really hard. I think it made me a better player. It’s still processing.

I grew up watching the Griz and now here I am being a such a big part of the offense. It leaves me at a loss for words, honestly, because I would have never seen this coming. I have so many people to thank for it. There have been people who have stuck by me through every snap of my football career, as short as it’s been. Whether they’re my family, coaches, everybody believed in me, even when I didn’t. I can never thank those people who helped me enough and the people who are still helping me here. The coaches here, I have an unending gratitude to them because it’s making me a better player and I think it’s making me a better man.”

Q: What is your go-to pump up music before games?‌

“I like EDM and a lot of old school Eminem.

He has a lot of good stuff that I got forced into in the locker room in high school because I didn’t really know how to pump myself up before games. I’d just hear these songs blasting and say, ‘Oh these are pretty cool. I’ll hold onto these.’”

Q: What are your hobbies outside of football?‌

“Film making. I’m a media arts major with an emphasis on film making.

I have done it since before high school. My closest friends and I, we’ve done it together for years. We were heads of film for our drama troupe at Big Sky and I also did theater.

When we get together, there’s four of us, we always do something revolving around film. We

just love it. We think it’s so commitment. It’s a lot of work. They work really much fun that it doesn’t hard over there. But I had seem like work.” to pick one, so here I am.”

Rob O’Neill came in to talk to us, he talked about what to do when everything goes wrong. I think that Q: Who is your favorite responding to adversity is Q: Your username on a professional athlete?‌ an identity of this team. bunch of social media When things don’t go our “I’ve always idolized way, I’ve seen us basically Tyron Smith. He’s an accounts has BFG (Big lick our wounds, stand up offensive lineman for the Friendly Giant) in it. Any and hit back. That’s just Cowboys and he’s always reason for that other something I’m really glad a guy I’ve watched. He’s than the obvious?‌ to be a part of. I do my played an insane amount best and do everything I of football in his life, espe“I sorta noticed the can to just stand up after cially being drafted and nickname when that going right away to being animated movie about that every time I get knocked down. I expect that of a starter. He’s a guy that giant came out. I actually I’ve always looked up to. haven’t seen it, but I need my teammates and they Him and Joe Thomas. Two to. People just started call- should expect it of me. legendary tackles in the ing me that. It was given to Just being tough and responding to adversity, league and two guys who me before I started using really is what being a GrizI’ve really tried to model it. But I really liked it so I my game after.” ran with it. I just embrace zly means to me.” it. I like it. My license plate Q: Any hidden talents?‌ Q: Three things you’d on my car says ‘BFG 76.’ bring with you on a It cost money and it was “I’m really flexible. worth every penny.”

If I didn’t have my knee deserted island?‌ braces on, I could put my “Water, a volleyball Q: Who were some of foot behind my head. I’ve named Wilson and your favorite Griz players been flexible all my life and it freaks the coaches from your childhood?‌ out. When we stretch I can “My favorite player has bend so much farther than to be Jordan Tripp. He everybody. It scares them went to Big Sky, went to so much.” the Griz and then went on to the pros. I’ve met Q: You’re listed as a him once or twice. I’ve theater major on the talked to him a little bit just about advice because roster. What do you when I walked on here like about theater?‌ I had no idea what was going on. I talked to him, “I always thought I ‘What am I going to thrived on stage. I always expect?’ And I talked to felt like I did well in front him, ‘What am I going of an audience. I was to expect under Coach meant to be out there.

Hauck?’ Definitely Jordan.

I started doing it really He’s really my hero, espelittle. The first time I did it was Missoula Children’s cially having a very similar Theater. I was about eight. background, going to the same school — the best I did a lot of their local shows. I always thought it school, in my opinion. I was fun being out in front really look up to Jordan.” of people. I love to make people laugh. If I can make Q: What does being a Grizzly mean to you?‌ someone laugh, it makes me happy. I felt like that “It just means going out was my opportunity to go there and being a tough out there and make people player. Football is a violent laugh, be who I am, and I sport and there are going followed that through high to be bang ups. People are school. I was a theater going to get hit, but the major for a little bit in my most important thing is first semester, but theater how you respond to adverhere is also a year-round sity. A few weeks ago when

out there grinding and they don’t get any love.’

Q: What would you do if I really don’t think that’s you won the lottery?‌ true. Guys on the team, “Make it rain. (Laughs.) especially Dalton (Sneed) and Adam (Eastwood), I’d probably eat a lot. I’d they’re so quick to get a lot of food. That’d probably be my first thing. appreciate the front and That’s my favorite thing to it means a lot. It really means a lot when they do, other than football.” come up and say, ‘Good Q: What’s next up in your protection. Good job.’ I Netflix or Hulu queue?‌ think it’s a position I was “Ooh boy. I binge watch made to play. It’s the only position I want to play. It’s ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ a lot. That’s one my favorite a hard job, but it’s a fun shows. I haven’t hit season job. There aren’t any other guys next to me on the five in a while, so I’ll line or behind me in the probably watch season backfield, there aren’t any five soon.” other guys I’d rather have.” canned food.”

Q: What do you like about being an offensive lineman?‌

Amie Just covers Griz football and Missoulaarea preps. Follow her “It’s a hard job. I think it’s an important job. A lot on Twitter @Amie_Just or email her at Amie. of guys say, ‘The linemen never get any love. They’re Just@406mtsports.com

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | STAT PACK

BY THE NUMBERS ‌SCORING DEFENSE

G Saf Pts Avg Sacramento St. 3 0 60 20.0 Weber St. 3 0 68 22.7 Montana 3 0 70 23.3 Northern Ariz.

3 0 81 27.0 Idaho St. 2 0 55 27.5 Northern Colo.

3 0 88 29.3 Cal Poly 3 0 88 29.3 UC Davis 3 0 89 29.7 Montana St. 3 0 92 30.7 Eastern Wash.

3 0 98 32.7 ‌TOTAL OFFENSE

G Plays Yds Yds Pg Eastern Wash.

3 205 1,626 542.0 Southern Utah 3 268 1,483 494.3 UC Davis 3 253 1,369 456.3 Sacramento St. 3 175 1,298 432.7 Portland St. 3 196 1,229 409.7 Idaho St. 2 158 798 399.0 Northern Colo.

3 222 1,191 397.0 Northern Ariz.

3 219 1,160 386.7 Montana 3 223 1,118 372.7 Idaho 2 123 715 357.5 ‌RUSHING OFFENSE

G Car RuYD Tds Yds Pg Eastern Wash.

3 111 724 3 241.3 Cal Poly 3 181 690 7 230.0 Idaho St. 2 104 374 6 187.0 Southern Utah 3 138 557 6 185.7

‌MONTANA (2-1) STATISTICS

Griz Opp Scoring average 33.7 23.3 Rushing yards 332 227 Avg./Rush 3.6 2.3 Passing 84-131-2 66-133-5 Passing yards 786 811 Average per pass 6.0 6.1 Total offense 1118 1038 Average per play 5.0 4.5 3rd-down conv.

18-50 20-54 Time of possession 30:07 29:53 Fumbles-lost 4-3 8-2 Kick returns 8-31.6 11-18.2 Punt returns 12-10.4 7-9.3 Punting 20-41.1 24-41.8 Sacks by-yards 11-81 5-36 Montana 37 17 24 23 - 101 Opponents 14 6 14 36 - 70

‌Offensive leaders

‌Rushing Dalton Sneed 43-165 (3.8 ypc.), long 29, 2 TDs Adam Eastwood 35-107 (3.1 ypc.), long 37, 2 TDs Jerry Louie-McGee 3-41 (13.7 ypc.), long 30 Alijah Lee 8-22 (2.8 ypc.), long 15 Rey Green 1-(-1) ‌Passing Sneed 81-127-2, 755 yards, long 33, 5 TDs Cam Humphrey 1-2-0, 6 yards Keenan Curran 1-1-0, 25 yards, 1 TD Mitch Roberts 1-1-0, 0 yards ‌Receiving Louie-McGee 20-212 Colin Bingham 4-44 (11.0 (10.6 ypc.), long 33, 1 TD ypc.), long 25, 1 TD Samuel Akem 18-202 Lee 3-25 (8.3 ypc.), long 13 (11.2 ypc.), long 33, 3 TDs Matt Rensvold 1-0 Samori Toure 12-109 (9.1 Bryson Deming 1-8 ypc.), long 14, 1 TD Roberts 1-6 Eastwood 12-49 (4.1 Sneed 1-0 ypc.), long 10 Curran 11-122 (11.1 ypc.), long 19

‌BIG SKY TEAM LEADERS

Portland St. Sacramento St. Montana St. Northern Ariz.

Idaho Weber St.

3 129 523 4 174.3 3 99 471 9 157.0 3 102 433 6 144.3 3 113 396 2 132.0 2 64 264 4 132.0 3 111 351 3 117.0 ‌RUSHING DEFENSE

G Car Yds TD Yds Pg Montana 3 98 227 3 75.7 Eastern Wash.

3 97 324 5 108.0 UC Davis 3 101 343 4 114.3 Idaho St. 2 69 241 1 120.5 Sacramento St. 3 118 390 4 130.0 Northern Colo.

3 116 469 6 156.3 Weber St. 3 123 484 3 161.3 Montana St. 3 113 515 5 171.7 Idaho 2 76 362 7 181.0 Portland St. 3 119 625 9 208.3 ‌PASSING OFFENSE

G Att Cp InL Yds Tds Yds Pg UC Davis 3 164 92 3 1,080 6 360.0 Southern Utah 3 130 86 1 926 5 308.7 Northern Colo. 3 114 72 3 911 6 303.7 Eastern Wash. 3 94 52 3 902 12 300.7 Sacramento St. 3 76 48 0 827 4 275.7 Montana 3 131 84 2 786 6 262.0 Northern Ariz.

3 106 67 5 764 6 254.7 Portland St. 3 67 33 1 706 8 235.3 Idaho 2 59 35 5 451 4 225.5 Idaho St. 2 54 34 2 424 2 212.0

‌Defensive leaders

‌Tackles LB Dante Olson 40, 15 unassisted S Robby Hauck 23, 12 unassisted S Reid Miller 18, 8 unassisted DT Jesse Sims 15, 2 unassisted LB Jace Lewis 14, 5 unassisted LB Josh Buss 13, 7 unassisted DE Reggie Tilleman 12, 3 unassisted S Josh Sandry 11, 7 unassisted CB Justin Calhoun 10, 8 unassisted DE RJ Nelson 10, 6 unassisted S Evan Epperly 7, 4 unassisted DT David Shaw 7, 2 unassisted ‌Tackles for loss LB Olson 6.0-36 CB Calhoun 1.0-11 LB Buss 2.5-10 DE Nelson 1.0-7 DT Sims 2.5-4 DE Jed Nagler 1.0-6 LB Lewis 2.0-12 LB Marcus Welnel 10-4 DE Braydon Deming 1.5-7 ‌Sacks LB Olson 3.5-28 LB Welnel 1.0-4 LB Lewis 1.5-11 DE Deming 0.5-6 LB Buss 1.5-9 DT Shaw 0.5-3 CB Calhoun 1.0-11 DL Andrew Harris 0.5-3 DE Nagler 1.0-6 ‌Interceptions CB Dareon Nash 2-40, 1 TD S Miller 1-25 LB Olson 2-51 ‌Fumbles forced-recovered DT Sims 1-0 DT Shaw 1-0 CB Calhoun 1-0 LB Welnel 1-0 LB Buss 1-1 WR Louie-McGee 1-0 LB Olson 1-0 ‌Pass breakups CB Calhoun 4 S Miller 1 CB Nash 3 S Hauck 1 LB Olson 2 S Epperly 1 S Sandry 2 CB Lewis Cowans 1

‌Special teams leaders

‌PATs/Field goals Tim Semenza 9-11/6-6, long 42, 27 points ‌Punting Eric Williams 19-808 (42.5 ypp.), long 57, 7 inside 20

‌Punt returns Louie-McGee 12-125 (10.4 ypr.), long 46 ‌Kickoff returns Malik Flowers 8-250 (31.6 ypr.), long 95, 1 TD

Montana Northern Colo.

Montana St. Cal Poly Weber St. Northern Ariz.

Eastern Wash.

Idaho St. UC Davis Portland St.

Idaho Montana St. Idaho St. Weber St. Eastern Wash.

Montana UC Davis Sacramento St. Cal Poly Northern Ariz.

Idaho Northern Colo.

Weber St. Montana St.

‌KICKOFF RETURNS G No KRYd Avg 3 8 253 31.63 3 7 179 25.57 3 10 251 25.10 3 15 362 24.13 3 6 135 22.50 3 8 164 20.50 3 14 285 20.36 2 4 81 20.25 3 7 140 20.00 3 5 98 19.60 ‌PUNT RETURNS G PRYd Yds Avg 2 2 70 35.00 3 3 75 25.00 2 3 59 19.67 3 6 102 17.00 3 10 106 10.60 3 12 125 10.42 3 8 62 7.75 3 2 13 6.50 3 2 9 4.50 3 6 26 4.33 ‌NET PUNTING G Yds Punts Net 2 -3 7 49.29 3 12 15 41.07 3 14 22 39.00 3 38 21 38.48

Northern Ariz.

Eastern Wash.

Montana Cal Poly Southern Utah Sacramento St.

3 118 19 38.37 3 44 10 36.90 3 65 20 35.85 3 28 18 35.61 3 46 13 34.46 3 9 15 34.00 ‌TOTAL DEFENSE

G Plays Yds Yds Pg Idaho St. 2 133 617 308.5 Montana 3 231 1,038 346.0 Weber St. 3 227 1,146 382.0 Sacramento St. 3 228 1,173 391.0 Idaho 2 146 794 397.0 Montana St. 3 206 1,206 402.0 UC Davis 3 225 1,218 406.0 Northern Ariz.

3 211 1,240 413.3 Cal Poly 3 200 1,241 413.7 Eastern Wash.

3 231 1,297 432.3 ‌SCORING OFFENSE

G FG Pts Avg Eastern Wash. 3 3 113 37.7 UC Davis 3 3 108 36.0 Idaho 2 0 69 34.5 Idaho St. 2 2 68 34.0 Montana 3 6 101 33.7 Sacramento St. 3 2 97 32.3 Portland St. 3 1 96 32.0 Montana St. 3 6 87 29.0 Southern Utah 3 4 86 28.7 Northern Colo.

3 1 67 22.3

SACRAMENTO STATE (2-1) STATISTICS

SSU Opp Scoring average 32.3 20 ‌Defensive leaders Rushing yards 471 390 Avg./Rush 4.8 3.3 Passing 48-76-0 67-110-2 Passing yards 459 219 Average per pass 6.2 4.9 Total offense 827 783 Average per play 4.8 3.3 3rd-down conv.

14-34 21-46 Time of possession 25:00 35:00 Fumbles-lost 2-2 3-3 Kick returns 4-15.8 4-13 Punt returns 2-6.5 2-4.5 Punting 15-34.6 15-35.9 Sacks by-yards 8-58 6-36 Sac State 17 28 28 24 - 97 Opponents 14 13 10 23 - 60

‌Offensive leaders

‌Rushing Elijah Dotson 39-203 (5.2 ypc.), long 73, 3 TDs J. James 12-61 (5.1 ypc.), long 11, 2 TDs Kevin Thomson 21-57 (2.7 ypc.), long 42 Jack Rice 2-43 (21.5 ypc.), long 37 Andre Lindsey 1-41, 1 TD Darnay Smith 5-29 (5.8 ypc.), 1 TD BJ Perkinson 9-23 (2.6 ypc.), long 7, 2 TDs M Thompson 5-16 (3.2 ypc.), long 7 Isaiah Gable 2-1 (0.5 ypc.), long 3 Wyatt Clapper 2-0, long 3 ‌Passing Thomson 38-60-0, 645 yards, long 64, 4 TDs Clapper 8-13-0, 152 yards, long 39 Rice 2-3-0, 30 yards, long 27 ‌Receiving Jaelin Ratliff 9-217 Perkinson 3-87 (29.0 (24.1 ypc.), long 63 ypc.), long 64, 1 TD P. Williams 8-99 (12.4 Dotson 2-48 (24 ypc.), long 30, 1 TD ypc.), long 38 Lindsey 7-142 (20.3 Dewey Cotton 2-42 ypc.), long 50, 1 TD (21 ypc.), long 39 John McGill 6-53 Damon Jackson 1-12 (8.8 ypc.), long 28 A. Robinson 1-8 J. Anderson 4-68 Thomson 1-0 (17.0 ypc.), long 27 Johnnie Rucker 4-51 (12.8 ypc.), long 20, 1 TD

‌Tackles Caelan Barnes 22, 17 unassisted Manoah Pearson 18, 8 unassisted I. Anderson 18, 11 unassisted Elijah Wallace 18, 11 unassisted Mister Harriel 15, 10 unassisted Daron Bland 11, 8 unassisted Kevin McKinney 10, 7 unassisted Malcolm Thomas 9, 7 unassisted L. Hazewood 8, 5 unassisted E. Chambers 7, 4 unassisted ‌Tackles for loss Chambers 5.0-33 Bland 1.5-2 Wallace 2.5-10 Harriel 1.0-6 Anderson 2.5-4 Thomas 1.0-2 Hazewood 2.0-12 McKinney 1.0-1 David Perales 1.5-10 Pearson 0.5-5 ‌Sacks Chambers 4.5-32 Pearson 0.5-5 Hazewood 1.0-7 George Choates 0.5-4 Josh Cooper 1.0-7 Perales 0.5-3 ‌Interceptions Harriel 2 ‌Fumbles forced-recovered Pearson 1-0 Chambers 0-1 Anderson 0-1 Cooper 1-0 Hazewood 1-0 ‌Pass breakups Bland 3 McKinney 1 Harriel 2 Dhaamir Lomax 1 Barnes 1 Allen Perryman 1 Pearson 1 Dre Terrell 1 Anderson 1

‌Special teams leaders

‌PATs/Field goals Cotton 2-44 (22.0 Devon Medeiros 13-13/2-3, ypr.), long 23 long 29, 19 points ‌Punting Owen Hoolihan 15-519 (34.6 ypp.), long 50, 7 inside 10 ‌Punt returns Isaiah Gable 1-5 Dre Terrell 1-8 ‌Kickoff returns M. Kirkpatrick 2-17 (8.5 ypr.), long 17

E16 — Missoulian, Saturday, September 22, 2018

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | DAVE DICKENSON

Grizzly career: ‘Best time of my life’ AMIE JUST 406mtsports.com‌

‌When Dave Dickenson found out about his upcoming induction into the College Football Hall of Fame back in December, he didn’t know if he’d be able to make it back to Missoula for a celebration.

His schedule as the head coach of the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders doesn’t exactly align well with Montana’s football schedule.

But with a little luck and event coordination, Dickenson will be in town on Sept. 22 to be honored by Montana and the National Football Foundation to celebrate his upcoming induction into the Hall of Fame.

Dickenson and Dickenson his family will be recognized during the Sacramento State game as a part of the NFF On-Campus Salute program.

406mtsports.com caught up with Dickenson back in midAugust.

Note: The following interview has been edited for clarity and length. This article ran in the Aug. 21 edition of the Missoulian.

Considering your schedule and Montana’s schedule, how did this come to be?

“It’s going to be a hair rushed because I have to be back to work

by Sunday morning at 7 a.m., but we’re going to make it work. “(Senior Associate Athletic Director) Greg Sundberg, he’s a Great Falls guy, too. He reached out and said, ‘Hey we’d like to try to honor you. Is there a chance we can honor you during a game? All the honorees, their university, they offer to try to help and get a game for the guy who’s going in.’ We looked at the schedule and it just so happened I have a bye the week before this game. So I’m not playing that weekend, but as a coach, we don’t usually operate on quite

much [laughs].

“I really like those guys. I still talk to Mike every month or two. I connected with Mike. His wife’s Canadian. We always got along well.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing lots of things. I’ll probably climb to the M with the kids and take a peek at the city. I’m sure it’s changed a bunch. That’s one of the things I’d like to do.

“I’m trying not to be super busy, but they’ll have things they’ll have me do. I’m not sure my itinerary, an autograph thing or whatever. I’d like to talk to the guys on the team and that sort of thing. See the facilities. I just like walking down by the river.

I would enjoy that, just kinda relaxing. I’m not sure if my old spots are there anyway. It’s been a while.”

MICHAEL GALLACHER, MISSOULIAN Have you talked to any of Montana quarterback Dave Dickenson tries to escape a South Dakota State tackler at Washingtonthe other inductees?

Grizzly Stadium in 1993. The Griz scored a Division I-AA-record 39 fourth-quarter points in the 52-48 “I don’t know any of them. comeback victory.

I don’t know if they know who I am or not. Who knows. I definitely know of them. Just some of the top ones.” the same schedule as players, so memories with.” looking at it, it’s a pretty good They’re going old school When was the last time I kinda made the schedule work. class. I follow these guys, the with the uniforms that you were in Missoula?

That’s the advantage of being a coaches, too. It’ll just be fun to day, too...

“The last time I was there I head coach.

“I love the colors. I’m not sure be a part of it. What I think is “I’m going to bring my family. think I came down in a spring. so cool about the Hall of Fame a lot of people do, but that was Matt Wells had organized a They haven’t been to Missoula football camp that I took part in kind of who we were. It’s always is, they try to honor guys who, much at all. My wife’s a Griz ‘Did you do something special alum as well. We went to school and I watched the spring scrim- good. They’re so unique, right?

I’ll be pretty excited to see them at your level?’ Instead of, ‘Why mage. But the last actual game together. We’ll see people we didn’t he go to a bigger school,’ run out of the tunnel. want to see. I’m fairly close with was 2005 when our national type of thing.”

“I remember the last time. championship team was honthe staff. I like Bobby (Hauck) Has all of this hit you yet?

Every time it happens all my ored at halftime. So for me, as and I played for Brent Pease. I “No, not really. It just hasn’t old friends and teammates send far as watching a live game in know some of the guys. happened yet. I know I’m there, me photos. It’s pretty cool for “As far as the players, whether Missoula, it’s been 13 years.”

I’m close. I’m really entrenched us. ‘Oh, they’re bringing them Things have changed a they know who I am, who in football right now. We’re havback.’ It fires up the crowd, I knows, but I’d like to at least try little bit since then... ing a good year. I’m going to try don’t know about the players, “Even the facilities. I haven’t to reconnect with the program to enjoy what’s been given and I but I think it fires ‘em up and seen all the new stuff. I wasn’t and some of the players. I’m look forward to this trip. I don’t gets people thinking back to sure I’ll have a five-minute little able to make it when our team what I would call the glory days. think it’ll settle in until we’re chat with them, say what I need came back for the 20-year, I in New York at the real banquet Hopefully they enjoy it.” wasn’t able to make that. And to say. Go to the game, enjoy it and taking it all in with the guys What’s the first thing when they did the unveiling of and off I go. It’ll be fun. and seeing the other inductees. the Champions Center, I haven’t you’re going to do when “To be honest, for me at I’m a big football fan, so I’m you get back? seen that except for pictures. I least, being at Montana was really looking forward to it.”

“I have some good people haven’t seen the locker room. the best time of my life. The that took care of me there. I’ll A lot’s been going on since I’ve memories, I’m hoping to get a Amie Just covers Griz definitely get together with few ex-teammates to come back, been down there. I can’t wait. football and Missoula-area Mike Larson from Stockman’s.

“I feel like Montana, I don’t hopefully get my parents to People are probably like, ‘What? preps. Follow her on Twitter @ come in for the game. It’ll be fun know what other programs at Dave going to Stockman’s?’ I’m Amie_Just or email her at Amie. our level have, but I have to to reminisce and get back with Just@406mtsports.com. not planning on partying too think we’re right up there with the guys I have so many good

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E18 — Missoulian, Saturday, September 22, 2018

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | EYES ON THE PRIZE

Montana quarterback Dalton Sneed scrambles for yards against Western Illinois last Saturday in Macomb, Illinois.

TOM BAUER, Missoulian

Missoulian, Saturday, September 22, 2018 — E19

GRIZ TRIVIA ‌1. Montana last played Sacramento State in 2016. What was the result of that game?

A. Montana 60, Sacramento State 15 B. Montana 68, Sacramento State 7 C. Sacramento State 70, Montana 12 D. Sacramento State 45, Montana 30

2. If Montana wins on Saturday, it will mark the 200th win inside WashingtonGrizzly Stadium. What game was No. 1?

A. Montana vs. Montana State B. Montana vs. Eastern Washington C. Montana vs. Idaho State D. Montana vs. Boise State

3. It’s the Dave Dickenson Hall of Fame Game on Saturday. Even though he last played nearly 30 years ago, how many UM records does he still hold?

A. 10 B. 26 C. 15 D. 32 Answers: 1. B; 2. C; 3. B

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