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Missoulian, Saturday, October 1, 2016 — A1

SOUTHERN UTAH AT NO. 11 MONTANA • KICKOFF: 2:30 P.M. • TV: COWLES • SATURDAY, OCT. 1, 2016

STICKING WITH IT OL JACKSON THIEBES rekindles passion for football

TOM BAUER, Missoulian

Q&A: S JOSH SANDRY • PICKS: MAZZOLINI PICKS THE BIG SKY • THE EDGE: MAZZOLINI GIVES GRIZ THE NOD

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | Q&A

Sandry making big impact early in career NICK PUCKETT for the Missoulian

There’s a big difference between a true freshman and a redshirt freshman.

After a year of acclimation, safety Josh Sandry finally gets to stand alongside his Montana teammates on the sidelines on game day, instead of watching from the stands. Though joining the team following a redshirt season is a difficult transition, Sandry has found his groove. He even started the first two games for the Griz.

Last year the Bigfork native won the Michael Jorgensen Endowment Fund Scholarship for success in the classroom. Perhaps fittingly he was absent from the scholar-athletes awards banquet while studying for a test.

The Missoulian talked with Sandry, who is undeclared when it comes to a major right now, about his adjustment onto the squad, what he looks forward to in his first year playing in a Griz uniform and which uniform he prefers.

Q: What has your first year as a nonredshirt been like?

A. It’s been awesome. Sitting out a whole year, not playing football, it’s been different — coming out of high school after playing for four years.

It’s been really fun getting out here with the guys. Coming out in front of Washington-Griz, 26,000 (people).

It’s awesome.

Q. What kind of major adjustments have you had to make?

A. Obviously yeah, from high school.

The speed of the game — guys are a lot more physical, bigger, stronger — but I’ve adjusted pretty well to it.

Q. Could you describe the obstacles that were difficult for you to grasp at first, but then overcame?

A. The knowledge of the game, the things we’re learning on defense, learning those schemes, that was probably the toughest thing for me.

Q. What about specifics? What kind of knowledge did you have to pick up along the way?

A. Techniques to play when you line up against receivers, gaps to fill, just things to know on the snap of the ball so you’re not having to think about that stuff after the snap, so you’re not

JOSH SANDRY No. 13

Position: Safety Year: R-Fr. Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 Hometown: Bigfork, Mont. that’s probably my favorite just from the looks of it. Obviously I haven’t played in many of them, but I’ve been to a game and I saw them. Those copper jerseys, the throwbacks, those are nice too.

Q. What’s your favorite thing about homecoming weekend?

A. I don’t even know how to answer that. I’ve got a lot of family and stuff coming into town for this game, so that’ll be cool for me. Other than that, it just seems like a regular week.

Q. From Bigfork, do you feel like you represent Bigfork when you put on that jersey?

TOMMY MARTINO, Missoulian A. Yeah, definitely, especially comSafety Josh Sandry tackles receiver Caleb Lyons in Montana’s spring game. ing from a small town. Everybody in the town’s always watching you, they running around, looking around at what about the award, but I’ve always prided turn on the TV watching you. I take myself on being a hard worker and dedi- that with a lot of pride. It’s pretty cool to do, things like that.

Q. Has being a non-redshirt made big cated to whatever I’m doing. I think that for me to come out here and do the things I do coming from a small town kind of says that about me. changes in your day-to-day life? like Bigfork.

Q. What are you looking forward to A. I’d say I’m eating a lot more, just Q. Used to be a high jump champion most this season? because I’m playing now. Last year, it A. I think everybody looks forward to in high school, didn’t you? was just kind of go to class, come to A. Yeah, high jump champion my meetings, go to practice. Not really have winning the Big Sky and going deep into junior year. to pay attention much, but now that I’m the playoffs, but I just love being out Q. What’s your PR? here with the guys, with the team every playing, I’ve got to be locked in.

A. PR on the high jump was 6-(foot)day, and getting to go out there to battle Q. Does it affect your day4. That’s the highest I’ve ever got. In on Saturdays. to-day schedule? practice I got a 6-5, but everybody says Q. What about jumping back into A. Not a whole lot, but it’s definitely they get higher jumps in practice and in the back of your head that you’ve got game play? What did you miss about stuff. In meets, 6-4. game days? to get in your playbook during the day Q. Do you miss it?

A. Just being around the guys. Being as well as studying for class and all that A. I don’t really miss track a lot. around the guys, but also the crowd. stuff as well.

One thing I do miss is basketball in Q. Last year you won the Michael Jor- Getting to play in front of the crowd, that’s something that’s always awesome. high school. gensen Endowment Fund Scholarship; Q. What was your favorite thing about Q. Did you miss getting in the huddle, what does that mean to you? basketball?

A. To be honest, I wasn’t even at that knocking heads?

A. Traveling with the team. We were A. Yeah, pre-game, getting hyped up banquet. I was studying for a test. It’s with the team, knocking heads, coming really good every year, getting wins and a great honor to be awarded something big things like that. I think the thing like that as a freshman. It’s totally cool. down the tunnel. It’s pretty great.

Q. What’s your favorite Griz uniform? that was the most fun was tournament Q. What do you think that says about A. I haven’t played in many of them. I time — traveling with the team, staying yourself and your character? in hotels, stuff like that. think the all white (road combination), A. I don’t even really know much

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | JACKSON THIEBES

Thiebes climbs way to starting role as senior AJ MAZZOLINI ajmazzolini@missoulian.com

The way Grady Bennett figures, coaching is about guiding players to discover the best in their abilities. Sometimes that’s easy; other times it feels impossible.

The story of Jackson Thiebes falls somewhere in between.

“We always knew he had potential,” says Bennett, the head football coach at Kalispell’s Glacier High School, “but with him not buying into it early in his career, we thought maybe he was one of those guys you miss, that we weren’t gonna get him to reach his potential.”

It took five years, two colleges, two attempts as a walk-on and more protein shakes and six-omelette breakfasts than you can count, but Thiebes is finally there. A standout player for the Wolfpack — when he wanted to be — the big man from the Flathead Valley has found his home on the offensive line of the Montana Griz this season.

A fifth-year senior, Thiebes (pronounced THEEB-ess) has grabbed the Grizzlies’ starting spot at right tackle this fall — something few would have predicted a handful of years ago.

TOM BAUER/Missoulian Heck, Thiebes himself hardly knew Montana’s Jackson Thiebes blocks Cal Poly’s Joseph Gigantino III, left, as Montana running back Jeremy Calhoun, right, dives if he wanted to pursue football beyond into the end zone for a touchdown last Saturday at San Luis Obispo, California. high school.

It came somewhere around the midway point of Thiebes’s senior season at Glacier. In the fall of 2011 the Wolfpack was on a quest for just its second state playoff appearance since the school opened its doors in 2007. Even with a postseason berth, the teams’ games were numbered.

And so was Thiebes’s time playing football.

Thiebes started his Wolfpack career wanting to play quarterback before moving to tight end. Out of necessity, and because of his body size, he shifted to the offensive line as a junior. There he went through the motions for a year and a half, as likely to attend offseason workouts as not.

But as his senior season wound to a close, Thiebes was a mainstay in the Wolfpack weight room, Bennett said,

making up for lost time.

“All of a sudden for the first time after the season he’s up in the weight room just banging, getting after it,” remembered Bennett, a standout Griz quarterback during his college days. “’Well, why didn’t you do this two years ago? You could have been unbelievable.’

He worked so hard that winter to give himself a chance.”

He was off the recruiting radar of college coaches, so Thiebes began reaching out to Division II and Division III programs around the Pacific Northwest.

Finally Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon was willing to take a shot on him.

“I liked it, but I realized I wanted to try See THIEBES, Page A8

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | CONFERENCE CAPSULES

AROUND THE BIG SKY Missoulian Staff

Southern Utah at Montana

Saturday, 2:30 p.m.

Washington-Grizzly Stadium (25,217 FieldTurf) Cowles Media www.watchbigsky.com Series History: Montana leads the all-time series, 5-2.

Last Meeting: Jordan Canada ran for a careerhigh 206 yards and scored two touchdowns in Montana’s 35-17 victory over Southern Utah in Cedar City in 2014. Canada carried 28 times for the Grizzlies and scored on runs of 14 and 56 yards. Jordan Johnson threw for 128 yards and two touchdowns.

The Coaches: Southern Utah coach Demario Warren is 2-1 overall, and 1-0 in Big Sky play. Montana coach Bob Stitt is 10-6 at Montana, and is 6-3 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Montana receiver Jerry Louie-McGee tied a Big Sky record in a loss at Cal Poly with 21 catches. Louie-McGee shares the record with Montana State’s David Prandt, who set the record in a game against Eastern Washington in 1985...

Louie-McGee leads the Big Sky in receptions per game, averaging 10.7... Montana quarterback Brady Gustafson broke Dave Dickenson’s record for completions with 47... Both Southern Utah and Montana qualified for the 2015 FCS playoffs...

This game will be Montana’s homecoming game, and is a Maroon Out game.

Cal Poly at North Dakota

Saturday, noon Grand Forks, North Dakota Alerus Center (12,283 FieldTurf) Midco Sports Network www.watchbigsky.com Series History: The all-time series is tied 3-3.

Last Meeting: North Dakota did all it could to convince the FCS it belonged in the playoffs, routing Cal Poly 45-21 in the 2015 finale. John Santiago rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns.

The Coaches: Cal Poly coach Tim Walsh is 94-79 overall, and is 63-53 in Big Sky play.

North Dakota coach Bubba Schweigert is 14-13 overall, and is 9-8 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Cal Poly has beaten nationally-ranked teams in consecutive weeks, defeating No. 9 South Dakota State in Week 3, and then No. 6 Montana

TOM BAUER, Missoulian

Montana running back Jordan Canada outruns Southern Utah defensive backs Tyler Collet, left, and Miles Killebrew on his way to a 56-yard touchdown during the Grizzlies’ 35-17 victory in Cedar City, Utah in 2014. in Week 4... Both teams ride winning streaks, as Cal Poly is on a three-game streak, while North Dakota is on a two-game streak... Both Cal Poly and North Dakota were previously members of the Great West Conference... Cal Poly quarterback Dano Graves threw three touchdown passes in a win over Montana, equaling a record set in 2013 against Weber State... Cal Poly is the Big Sky’s top rushing offense, averaging 362.8 yards per game...

North Dakota is the Big Sky’s second-best rushing defense, allowing just 109.2 yards per game.

Northern Arizona at Northern Colorado Saturday, 1 p.m.

Greeley, Colorado Nottingham Field (8,500 Natural Grass)

Comcast Entertainment Television www.watchbigsky. com Series History: Northern Arizona leads the all-time series, 13-3.

Last Meeting: Case Cookus threw a school-record-tying seven touchdown passes and Northern Arizona beat Northern Colorado 63-21 in 2015. Cookus tied the record set by Travis Brown in 1996.

Cookus had four scoring passes in the first half, including a 59-yarder to Emmanuel Butler, as the

Lumberjacks took a 42-7 lead at the break.

The Coaches: Northern Arizona coach Jerome Souers is 108-100 overall, and is 72-68 in conference play. Northern Colorado coach Earnest Collins is 17-42 overall, and is 10-31 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Northern Arizona is on a three-game losing streak for the first time since 2011 when the Lumberjacks opened conference play with a record of 1-4... Northern Colorado is coming off a bye week... Northern Arizona quarterback Case Cookus has thrown the most multi-touchdown pass games of any Big Sky quarterback, with three this season... Northern Colorado has the Big Sky’s top-rated scoring offense, averaging 44 points per game... Northern Arizona leads the Big Sky in kickoff returns, with 25.4 yards per return.

See CAPSULES, Page A14

Missoulian, Saturday, October 1, 2016 — A7

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | STRENGTHS

THE EDGE Missoulian reporter AJ MAZZOLINI assess the strengths of both teams

QUARTERBACK: Well hello, Mr. Gustafson. Montana’s Brady Gustafson turned into a high-completion wizard in last week’s game against Cal Poly. SUU is on its backup with Patrick Tyler after he took over after McCoy Hill’s injury in the opener against Utah.

OFFENSIVE LINE: Both teams return a ton of offensive starters, specifically on the line. Strictly because the Southern Utah ground game has been far superior, the Thunderbirds get the point here.

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RUNNING BACK: The Griz have faced the top two rushers in the league in back-to-back weeks. Malik Brown’s résumé shows 368 yards rushing this season, including 173 on just 15 carries last week. Meanwhile the Griz average just 110 per game — as a team.

WIDE RECEIVERS: With the emergence of Jerry LouieMcGee in the slot, he of 21-catches fame, it’s impossible to give the edge to anyone else. Justin Calhoun is shaping up to be a solid Robin to JLM’s Batman, too, among redshirt freshmen.

DEFENSIVE LINE: Montana’s players are just happy to be facing a team that throws the ball from a normal formation. After missing out on pass rushing last week, the Griz will be licking their chops going after the SUU quarterback.

LINEBACKERS: Junior Mike Needham could very well be the next SUU defender to make the jump to the NFL in two years. On the other side the Griz linebackers may be the most outstanding position group Montana has to offer, despite replacing three starters. We’ll take the easy way out and call this one a draw.

DEFENSIVE BACKS: Montana’s safeties are a little banged up as both Yamen Sanders and Justin Strong exited last week’s game because of injuries. On the other side is the top ballhawk in the conference so far. Safety Tyler Collet has a league-best three interceptions.

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SPECIAL TEAMS: The T-birds are averaging 9.9 yards per kick return through three games. 9.9! How is that even possible? Meanwhile Montana is finding its stride with Louie-McGee returning punts and kickoffs, and placekicker Tim Semenza is 6 for 7 on field goals. This one’s pretty one-sided.

INTANGIBLES: Southern Utah enjoyed a record crowd of 10,306 in last week’s homecoming win over Portland State. Well now it’s Montana’s turn. The Grizzlies’ first game in Missoula in a month and it’s homecoming Saturday? You know the house will be rocking.

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Thiebes Continued

— Grady Bennett, Glacier High coach

“If the guy’s athletic, what we do is not that complex,” Germer said.

“If I feel that a guy has a base understanding of the game of football, just kind of let them go and learn on their own instead of try and fill ‘em up with a whole bunch of jargon and terminology. Just let them act naturally and start fixing and changing from there.”

Thiebes showed promise and was pressed into early season duty because of injuries, starting the teams’ 2014 opener at Wyoming. He played six games in all that year.

He played in four more as a junior in 2015, bulking up to 270 pounds with a hearty diet of four meals a day plus healthy snacks.

By this fall, under the watch of strength and conditioning coach Matt Nicholson, Thiebes had added another 30 pounds Where Thiebes and now straddles the had played tight end in Oregon, used primarily in 300-pound line.

He started the first three special teams situations weeks at right tackle, the without recording any farthest lineman away offensive statistics, the Griz asked him to man the from the center on quaroffensive line — again. The terback Brady Gustafson’s dominant side. His job transition from tight end to O-line isn’t unheard of, is often fending off the opposing team’s best but changing positions at the college level is never a pass rusher.

“You’re on your own sure thing. a lot. It’s a lot of oneA successful switch on-one blocks and you requires physical and mental strength, Montana get the more athletic offensive line coach Chad D-linemen, the D-ends like Tyrone Holmes and Germer said this week.

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Zack Wagenmann,” he said. “You have to deal with that with power and speed.”

So far his extra weight has paired well with the footwork of a player who has a background running passing routes.

Thiebes has fared as well as any lineman this fall, Germer said.

“He’s starting to take chances and have fun out there,” the Griz coach said, “not just trying to do things right, but actually make plays and create to take that next step.”

The next step. Thiebes spent a long time figuring out what that would be. For a third time, the Kalispell product is facing the end of his football days with just eight regularseason games in maroon and silver remaining, but this time it is on his own terms.

His is a story of perseverance, determination and hard work, Bennett said, and one the coach recounts often.

“It was just maybe two weeks ago I shared his story with all of our freshmen,” Bennett began. “Of the hard work and what can truly happen if you stick with it.

“You say, ‘Hey, Jackson Thiebes was a quarterback and a tight end who never played, then he was begrudgingly an O-lineman. Now look at him!’”

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for something more,” Thiebes said, “and playing for Montana was a dream come true for a Montana kid.”

He transferred home, two hours south of Kalispell, and enrolled at UM after one semester at D-III Lewis & Clark.

His grandfather, Joseph, played football for the Griz before World War II and his father and three brothers had all attended the school as well. So in the winter of 2012, he tried out during Montana’s winter conditioning period.

And Montana said no thanks. For a second time Thiebes was on his last football legs.

“Once they told me I wasn’t on the team, I started to buy into the thinking,” he said. “I was just gonna be a typical college student, just drink and go to class.”

But he wanted one more shot. He remained at UM, worked out and trained for the Missoula Marathon to stay in shape, though that came with the unintended side effect of losing lots of weight. By winter 2013, he was ready for another go and the Griz were willing to have him.

“It was just maybe two weeks ago I shared his story with all of our freshmen, of the hard work and what can truly happen if you stick with it.

You say, ‘Hey, Jackson Thiebes was a quarterback and a tight end who never played, then he was begrudgingly an O-lineman. Now look at him!’”

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | STAT PACK

BIG SKY CONFERENCE STATISTICS Team comparisons for games through Sept. 24, 2016 SCORING

POINTS ALLOWED

Eastern Washington Cal Poly Northern Arizona UC Davis Northern Colorado* Montana State Portland State Weber State Idaho State Montana* North Dakota Southern Utah* Sacramento State

73 74

114 112 107 103 102 99

145 141 137 132

RUSHING/PASSING YARDS Eastern Washington Northern Arizona Cal Poly Portland State UC Davis Weber State Northern Colorado* Idaho State Sacramento State Montana State North Dakota Montana* Southern Utah*

427

322

740

756 487 620 650 526 547 518 671 623

1,451 901 1,165 981 937 942 911 850 631 889 513

1,678 1,287 510

173

Total 2,105 2,027 1,961 1,657 1,652 1,601 1,587 1,468 1,458 1,368 1,302 1,211 1,136

Montana State Southern Utah* Montana* North Dakota Cal Poly Sacramento State Northern Colorado* Idaho State Northern Arizona Weber State Eastern Washington UC Davis Portland State

61

78

87

99

118 125 126 130 131 139

157

171 178

RUSHING/PASSING YARDS ALLOWED YARDS Rushing Passing *Through three games.

Others through four games

Montana* Montana State Southern Utah* North Dakota Cal Poly Northern Colorado* Weber State Northern Arizona Idaho State Sacramento State Eastern Washington Portland State UC Davis

500 615 508 455 437 554 650 697 688 725

535

981

1,038 962

728 848 962 999 1,002 688 1,120 1,089 1,113 1,171 997 1,148

Total 1,035 1,343 1,356 1,417 1,436 1,556 1,669 1,770 1,786 1,801 1,896 2,035 2,110

MISSOULIAN STAFF

MONTANA (2-1) Scoring average First downs Rushing yards Avg./Rush Passing Passing yards Average per pass Total offense Plays per game Average per play Kick returns Punt returns Fumbles-lost Penalties Punting Time of possession 3rd-down conv.

4th-down conv.

Sacks-yards Red zone scoring Red zone TDs Montana 20 Opponents 14

30 31

Griz 34.0 67 322 3.2 89-132-3 889 6.7 1211 78.0 5.2 11-21.1 8-18.2 7-4 18-45.0 16-40.3 28:37 17-49 4-6 8-66 11-11 7-11 21 14

31 28

OFFENSIVE LEADERS

Rushing John Nguyen 48-139 (2.9 ypc), long 24, 0 TDs Jeremy Calhoun 25-106 (4.2), long 29, 3 TDs Treshawn Favors 8-53 (6.6), long 21, 0 TDs Passing Gustafson 89-132-3, 889 yards, long 75, 6 TDs Receiving Louie-McGee 32-248 (7.8 ypc), long 61, 2 TDs Justin Calhoun 15-125 (8.3), long 22, 1 TD Josh Horner 9-169 (18.8), long 34, 1 TDs Keenan Curran 9-169 (18.8), long 75, 1 TD Nguyen 7-83 (11.9), long 35, 0 TDs Caleb Lyons 5-31 (6.2), long 12, 0 TDs

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

Opp 29.0 51 500 3.8 35-73-1 535 7.3 1035 68.0 5.1 14-26.3 9-9.4 6-3 24-75.0 21-39.0 31:23 14-44 1-5 6-28 8-11 7-11 – 102 – 87

Tackles S Justin Strong 29, 19 solo LB James Banks 20, 6 solo LB C.Strahm 23, 15 solo DE Ryan Johnson 16, 8 solo LB Josh Buss 23, 15 solo DE Caleb Kidder 14, 6 solo Tackles for loss LB Buss 5.0-34 DE Tucker Schye 2.5-9 DE Kidder 3.5-8 LB Strahm 2.0-16 DE Johnson 2.5-15 DT Jesse Sims 2.0-9 Sacks LB Buss 1.5-20 DE Schye 1.0-7 LB Strahm 1.5-14 DT Sims 1.0-6 DE Johnson 1.0-8 DE Kidder 1.0-4 Interceptions CB Ryan McKinley 1-2 Fumbles forced-recovered S Josh Sandry 0-1 LB Buss 1-0 DE Johnson 1-0 S Strong 0-1 LB Strahm 0-1 Pass breakups CB Sanders 4 LB Buss 1 S Strong 1 S Sandry 1 Blocked kicks DE Kidder 1 Safeties none Defensive touchdowns none

SPECIAL TEAMS LEADERS

PATs/Field goals Tim Semenza 12-12/6-7, long 47, 0 blocked, 30 points Punting Eric Williams 16-40.3, long 49, 0 inside 20, 0 touchbacks, 0 blocked Punt returns Louie-McGee 5-24.8, long 81, 1 TD Nguyen 3-7.3, long 24, 0 TDs Kickoff returns Louie-McGee 6-21.8, long 45, 0 TDs Caleb Lyons 4-24.5, long 29, 0 TDs

SOUTHERN UTAH (2-1) Scoring average First downs Rushing yards Avg./Rush Passing Passing yards Average per pass Total offense Plays per game Average per play Kick returns Punt returns Fumbles-lost Penalties Punting Time of possession 3rd-down conv.

4th-down conv.

Sacks-yards Red zone scoring Red zone TDs So. Utah 14 Opponents 16

31 28

T-birds 24.3 51 623 5.3 40-78-3 513 6.6 1136 65.3 5.8 9-9.9 4-3.5 2-1 19-64.0 22-42.8 25:42 9-38 2-4 6-41 5-6 4-6 14 14

14 20

OFFENSIVE LEADERS

Rushing Malik Brown 57-368 (6.5 ypc), long 87, 1 TD Raysean Pringle 19-161 (8.5), long 71, 2 TDs Ty Rutledge 4-39 (9.8), long 23, 1 TD James Felila 11-33 (3.0), long 8, 0 TDs Passing Patrick Tyler 33-58-2, 437 yards, long 90, 5 TDs Receiving Mike Sharp 10-217 (21.7 ypc), long 90, 3 TDs Steven Wroblewski 8-103 (12.9), long 34, 0 TDs Brady Measom 8-65 (8.1), long 16, 2 TDs Desean Holmes 4-27 (6.8), long 13, 0 TDs Logan Parker 3-29 (9.7), long 20, 0 TDs

DEFENSIVE LEADERS

Opp 26.0 63 508 4.3 57-104-6 848 8.2 1356 74.0 6.1 3-18.0 6-12.8 6-2 20-60.0 14-51.2 34:18 18-44 3-6 3-20 11-14 8-14 – 73 – 78

Tackles Mike Needham 31, 22 solo Tyler Collet 16, 15 solo Taylor Nelson 23, 14 solo Jarmaine Doubs 14, 12 solo Junior Tufuga 18, 10 solo Taylor Pili 13, 5 solo Tackles for loss Needham 5.5-16 Pili 2.5-9 Nelson 4.0-8 Anu Poleo 2.0-15 Sacks Josh talbot 1.0-9 Pili 1.0-6 Poleo 1.0-9 Robert Torgerson 1.0-6 Needham 1.0-8 Nelson 1.0-3 Interceptions Collett 3-10 Needham 1-4 Doubs 1-98 Chance Bearnson 1-0 Fumbles forced-recovered Doubs 1-1 Pili 1-0 Nelson 1-0 Collet 1-0 Sefesi Vaa’ivak 0-1 Pass breakups Thornton Doubs 1 Needham 1 Mitch Dalley 1 Blocked kicks none Safeties none Defensive touchdowns Jarmaine Doubs 1 INT

SPECIAL TEAMS LEADERS

PATs/Field goals Keita Calhoun 10-10/1-2, long 41, 0 blocked, 13 points Punting Tate Lewis 22-42.8, long 59, 11 inside 20, 0 touchbacks, 0 blocked Punt returns Bardy Measom 3-4.7, long 12, 0 TDs Kickoff returns Pringle 5-8.2, long 20, 0 TDs Elijah Givens 4-12.0, long 27, 0 TDs

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | STAT PACK

BY THE NUMBERS TEAM STATISTICS

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg N. Colo.

3 19 18 0 0 0 0 132 44.0 E. Wash.

4 24 20 0 0 3 0 173 43.2 Cal Poly 4 19 19 0 0 4 0 145 36.2 NAU 4 19 18 0 0 3 0 141 35.2 Davis 4 18 15 1 0 4 0 137 34.2 Montana 3 12 12 0 0 6 0 102 34.0 Montana St. 4 14 12 0 0 6 0 114 28.5 Portland St. 4 15 14 1 0 2 0 112 28.0 Weber St. 4 14 12 1 0 3 0 107 26.8 Idaho St. 4 14 14 0 0 1 1 103 25.8 N. Dakota 4 12 10 0 0 5 1 99 24.8 S. Utah 3 10 10 0 0 1 0 73 24.3 Sac St. 4 9 5 2 0 3 1 74 18.5 RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G Cal Poly 4 244 1451 5.9 13 362.8 N. Colo.

3 123 650 5.3 9 216.7 S. Utah 3 118 623 5.3 4 207.7 Portland St. 4 181 756 4.2 9 189.0 NAU 4 152 740 4.9 4 185.0 N. Dakota 4 167 671 4.0 6 167.8 Weber St. 4 147 620 4.2 6 155.0 Sac St. 4 146 547 3.7 4 136.8 Idaho St. 4 113 526 4.7 8 131.5 Montana St. 4 144 518 3.6 8 129.5 Davis 4 116 487 4.2 7 121.8 Montana 3 102 322 3.2 5 107.3 E. Wash.

4 124 427 3.4 8 106.8 SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg Montana St. 4 7 7 0 0 4 0 61 15.2 N. Dakota 4 12 9 0 0 6 0 99 24.8 S. Utah 3 10 9 0 0 3 0 78 26.0 Montana 3 12 12 0 0 1 0 87 29.0 Cal Poly 4 15 13 0 0 5 0 118 29.5 Sac St. 4 17 17 0 0 2 0 125 31.2 Idaho St. 4 16 15 1 0 5 1 130 32.5 NAU 4 16 12 1 0 7 0 131 32.8 Weber St. 4 18 17 1 0 4 0 139 34.8 E. Wash.

4 21 19 0 0 4 0 157 39.2 N. Colo.

3 16 15 0 0 5 0 126 42.0 Davis 4 22 16 4 0 5 0 171 42.8 Portland St. 4 25 22 0 0 2 0 178 44.5 RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G Cal Poly 4 106 437 4.1 5 109.2 N. Dakota 4 153 455 3.0 4 113.8 Montana St. 4 142 615 4.3 5 153.8 NAU 4 159 650 4.1 12 162.5 Montana 3 131 500 3.8 5 166.7 S. Utah 3 118 508 4.3 4 169.3 Sac St. 4 155 688 4.4 7 172.0 Idaho St. 4 163 697 4.3 9 174.2 E. Wash.

4 166 725 4.4 10 181.2 N. Colo.

3 116 554 4.8 9 184.7 Davis 4 161 962 6.0 11 240.5 Weber St. 4 171 981 5.7 9 245.2 Portland St. 4 161 1038 6.4 11 259.5 PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G E. Wash.

4 193 130 6 67.4 1678 8.7 15 419.5 NAU 4 135 91 3 67.4 1287 9.5 15 321.8 N. Colo.

3 86 60 3 69.8 937 10.9 10 312.3 Montana 3 132 89 3 67.4 889 6.7 6 296.3 Davis 4 147 91 2 61.9 1165 7.9 9 291.2 Weber St. 4 135 84 6 62.2 981 7.3 6 245.2 Idaho St. 4 164 100 5 61.0 942 5.7 5 235.5 Sac St. 4 166 84 6 50.6 911 5.5 5 227.8 Portland St. 4 101 55 8 54.5 901 8.9 6 225.2 Montana St. 4 141 71 4 50.4 850 6.0 6 212.5 S. Utah 3 78 40 3 51.3 513 6.6 5 171.0 N. Dakota 4 108 58 1 53.7 631 5.8 3 157.8 Cal Poly 4 42 25 0 59.5 510 12.1 6 127.5 TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G N. Colo.

3 650 937 209 1587 7.6 19 529.0 E. Wash.

4 427 1678 317 2105 6.6 23 526.2 NAU 4 740 1287 287 2027 7.1 19 506.8 Cal Poly 4 1451 510 286 1961 6.9 19 490.2 Portland St. 4 756 901 282 1657 5.9 15 414.2 Davis 4 487 1165 263 1652 6.3 16 413.0 Montana 3 322 889 234 1211 5.2 11 403.7 Weber St. 4 620 981 282 1601 5.7 12 400.2 S. Utah 3 623 513 196 1136 5.8 9 378.7

Idaho St. Sac St. Montana St. N. Dakota

4 4 4 4

Weber St. Montana Montana St. N. Dakota Portland St. Cal Poly Idaho St. Sac St. NAU S. Utah Davis E. Wash.

N. Colo.

G 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3

Montana St. Montana N. Dakota Cal Poly Weber St. NAU Idaho St. Sac St. S. Utah E. Wash.

Portland St. N. Colo.

Davis

G 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4

N. Dakota Montana St. Davis S. Utah Cal Poly NAU E. Wash.

N. Colo.

Idaho St. Sac St. Montana Weber St. Portland St.

G 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4

Cal Poly N. Colo.

E. Wash.

NAU Portland St. Weber St. Montana St. Idaho St. Sac St. Montana Davis N. Dakota S. Utah Montana St. Portland St. Montana N. Dakota Sac St. S. Utah Idaho St. Cal Poly N. Colo.

NAU Weber St. E. Wash.

Davis

526 942 277 1468 5.3 13 367.0 547 911 312 1458 4.7 9 364.5 518 850 285 1368 4.8 14 342.0 671 631 275 1302 4.7 9 325.5 PASS DEFENSE Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G 130 72 1 55.4 688 5.3 8 172.0 73 35 1 47.9 535 7.3 6 178.3 124 66 7 53.2 728 5.9 2 182.0 139 71 8 51.1 962 6.9 7 240.5 110 62 2 56.4 997 9.1 13 249.2 145 100 2 69.0 999 6.9 10 249.8 151 83 5 55.0 1089 7.2 6 272.2 136 88 2 64.7 1113 8.2 8 278.2 142 94 2 66.2 1120 7.9 4 280.0 104 57 6 54.8 848 8.2 6 282.7 135 79 6 58.5 1148 8.5 11 287.0 142 97 4 68.3 1171 8.2 10 292.8 118 79 0 66.9 1002 8.5 7 334.0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G 615 728 266 1343 5.0 7 335.8 500 535 204 1035 5.1 11 345.0 455 962 292 1417 4.9 11 354.2 437 999 251 1436 5.7 15 359.0 981 688 301 1669 5.5 17 417.2 650 1120 301 1770 5.9 16 442.5 697 1089 314 1786 5.7 15 446.5 688 1113 291 1801 6.2 15 450.2 508 848 222 1356 6.1 10 452.0 725 1171 308 1896 6.2 20 474.0 1038 997 271 2035 7.5 24 508.8 554 1002 234 1556 6.6 16 518.7 962 1148 296 2110 7.1 22 527.5 TURNOVER MARGIN Gained Lost Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G 4 8 12 4 1 5 +7 1.75 6 7 13 2 4 6 +7 1.75 4 6 10 2 2 4 +6 1.50 2 6 8 1 3 4 +4 1.33 2 2 4 3 0 3 +1 0.25 3 2 5 1 3 4 +1 0.25 2 4 6 0 6 6 +0 0.00 3 0 3 1 3 4 -1 -0.33 2 5 7 4 5 9 -2 -0.50 3 2 5 1 6 7 -2 -0.50 3 1 4 4 3 7 -3 -1.00 3 1 4 2 6 8 -4 -1.00 1 2 3 8 8 16 -13 -3.25 3RD-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct 4 29 56 51.8 3 19 37 51.4 4 30 60 50.0 4 25 61 41.0 4 20 53 37.7 4 23 62 37.1 4 24 65 36.9 4 21 59 35.6 4 25 71 35.2 3 17 49 34.7 4 18 55 32.7 4 16 61 26.2 3 9 38 23.7 OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct 4 14 56 25.0 4 14 47 29.8 3 14 44 31.8 4 22 63 34.9 4 22 59 37.3 3 18 44 40.9 4 29 70 41.4 4 23 54 42.6 3 19 43 44.2 4 31 68 45.6 4 33 71 46.5 4 30 63 47.6 4 29 57 50.9

NAU N. Dakota Sac St. Idaho St. Montana E. Wash.

Montana St. Cal Poly Portland St. S. Utah N. Colo.

Davis Weber St. Cal Poly S. Utah NAU N. Colo.

Davis Montana St. Montana Weber St. Portland St. Sac St. Idaho St. N. Dakota E. Wash.

Montana Montana St. Sac St. Davis Weber St. Portland St. S. Utah Idaho St. Cal Poly E. Wash.

N. Dakota NAU N. Colo.

Weber St. N. Dakota Montana St. Portland St. Cal Poly Montana Sac St. E. Wash.

S. Utah Davis NAU N. Colo.

Idaho St. Cal Poly N. Dakota Weber St. Portland St. Davis Montana St. Sac St. N. Colo.

Montana E. Wash.

NAU Idaho St. S. Utah Montana Idaho St. S. Utah Weber St. NAU Portland St. Montana St. N. Colo.

Davis Sac St. N. Dakota Cal Poly E. Wash.

SACKS BY G Sacks 4 11 4 10 4 10 4 8 3 8 4 8 4 8 4 6 4 6 3 6 3 5 4 4 4 4 SACKS AGAINST G Sacks 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 5 3 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 12 4 12 4 12 PENALTIES G No Yds 3 18 135 4 22 186 4 25 190 4 25 194 4 23 205 4 24 238 3 19 192 4 26 257 4 26 262 4 30 265 4 29 273 4 32 366 3 31 289 4TH-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 7 4 5 7 4 7 10 3 4 6 4 4 6 4 6 11 3 2 4 4 1 2 4 6 12 3 2 5 4 3 8 TIME OF POSSESSION G Total Time 4 134:08 4 128:44 4 128:01 4 125:55 4 123:05 4 120:01 4 117:55 3 86:02 3 85:51 4 113:12 4 111:59 4 108:58 3 77:07 OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv Att 3 1 5 4 2 5 3 3 6 4 3 6 4 4 8 4 3 5 4 5 8 3 4 6 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 6

Yards 86 46 66 41 66 45 55 36 35 41 20 18 23 Yards 16 20 19 30 39 26 28 41 53 45 51 76 75 Avg/G 45.0 46.5 47.5 48.5 51.2 59.5 64.0 64.2 65.5 66.2 68.2 91.5 96.3 Pct 100.0 80.0 71.4 71.4 70.0 66.7 66.7 54.5 50.0 50.0 50.0 40.0 37.5 Avg/G 33:32 32:11 32:00 31:28 30:46 30:00 29:28 28:40 28:37 28:18 27:59 27:14 25:42 Pct 20.0 40.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 60.0 62.5 66.7 66.7 66.7 80.0 80.0 83.3

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Long Yds/G JR 4 93 557 6.0 5 76 139.2 FR 3 57 368 6.5 1 87 122.7 SO 4 83 397 4.8 3 71 99.2 SO 3 59 297 5.0 3 26 99.0 SO 4 75 367 4.9 3 38 91.8 SR 4 73 338 4.6 1 43 84.5 SR 4 61 328 5.4 4 33 82.0 SR 4 66 325 4.9 5 90 81.2 SR 4 43 285 6.6 2 29 71.2 SR 4 56 277 4.9 2 36 69.2 INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Long Int/G Collet SUU FR 3 3 10 0 10 1.00 Harris UND JR 4 3 94 2 61 0.75 Walker MSU SR 4 3 3 0 3 0.75 Bouzos CP JR 4 2 0 0 0 0.50 Doubs SUU FR 3 1 98 1 98 0.33 Needham SUU FR 3 1 4 0 4 0.33 Bittle ISU SR 3 1 3 0 3 0.33 Mckinley UM JR 3 1 2 0 2 0.33 Bearnson SUU FR 3 1 0 0 0 0.33 Casas UCD SR 3 1 0 0 0 0.33 PASSING Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G Gubrud EWU SO 4 162 108 6 66.7 1430 12 357.5 Gustafson UM SR 3 132 89 3 67.4 889 6 296.3 Cookus NAU SO 4 119 80 1 67.2 1173 13 293.2 Scott UCD SR 4 141 87 2 61.7 1136 7 284.0 Sloter UNCO SR 3 67 47 3 70.1 735 8 245.0 Clark WSU SR 4 133 83 6 62.4 975 5 243.8 Gueller ISU SO 4 152 97 5 63.8 900 5 225.0 Ketteringham SAC SO 4 134 70 6 52.2 795 5 198.8 Bruggman MSU JR 4 128 65 4 50.8 787 6 196.8 Kuresa PSU SR 4 98 52 8 53.1 769 5 192.2 TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G Gubrud EWU SO 4 236 1430 213 1666 416.5 Cookus NAU SO 4 41 1173 135 1214 303.5 Gustafson UM SR 3 13 889 152 902 300.7 Scott UCD SR 4 13 1136 157 1149 287.2 Clark WSU SR 4 127 975 168 1102 275.5 Kuresa PSU SR 4 277 769 154 1046 261.5 Sloter UNCO SR 3 28 735 85 763 254.3 Ketteringham SAC SO 4 105 795 166 900 225.0 Gueller ISU SO 4 -30 900 168 870 217.5 Graves CP SR 4 328 510 102 838 209.5 RECEIVING Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G Kupp EWU SR 3 28 379 5 75 13.5 126.3 Marks NAU JR 4 23 473 4 87 20.6 118.2 Bourne EWU SR 4 31 472 1 40 15.2 118.0 Miller UNCO SR 3 12 281 2 45 23.4 93.7 Butler NAU JR 4 22 351 6 51 16.0 87.8 Doss UCD SO 4 24 348 4 50 14.5 87.0 Espitia PSU SR 4 17 344 2 49 20.2 86.0 Louie-McGee UM FR 3 32 248 2 61 7.8 82.7 Vollert WSU JR 4 19 307 2 39 16.2 76.8 Vargas UCD SR 3 11 225 1 65 20.5 75.0 TACKLES (All positions) Player Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack Bruce EWU SR 4 DB 23 20 43 10.8 0.0 Stice WSU SO 4 LB 17 25 42 10.5 0.0 NeedhamSUU FR 3 22 9 31 10.3 1.0 Zamora EWU SR 3 LB 14 17 31 10.3 1.0 Jenkins ISU JR 4 LB 16 25 41 10.2 2.0 Strong UM JR 3 19 10 29 9.7 0.0 Pearson SAC SO 4 LB 15 23 38 9.5 0.0 Johnson WSU SR 4 LB 23 15 38 9.5 1.0 Stout I SU SR 3 LB 14 14 28 9.3 1.0 McNicholsPSU SR 4 LB 26 10 36 9.0 2.0 Bignell MSU JR 4 LB 25 10 35 8.8 2.0 Crouch SAC SR 4 DB 16 17 33 8.2 0.0 Martin ISU SO 4 LB 18 15 33 8.2 0.0 SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G Obinna SAC SO 4 DL 4 0 28 4.0 1.00 Melvin NAU SR 4 DL 3 0 25 3.0 0.75 Ebukam EWU SR 4 DL 2 1 18 2.5 0.62 Salutregui ISU FR 4 DL 2 1 13 2.5 0.62 Clark MSU SR 4 DE 2 0 18 2.0 0.50 Collins MSU SO 4 DE 2 0 14 2.0 0.50 McNichols PSU SR 4 LB 2 0 14 2.0 0.50 Sorensen SAC JR 4 DL 2 0 12 2.0 0.50 Bignell MSU JR 4 LB 2 0 12 2.0 0.50 Jenkins ISU JR 4 LB 2 0 6 2.0 0.50 Team Protheroe CP Brown SUU TGarrett WSU Riek UNCO Santiago UND Taylor NAU Graves CP Luuga UCD Garcia CP Kuresa PSU

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MONTANA ROSTER No. 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 54 55 56 57 60 62 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 79 80 81 82 83 84 86 87 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 97 98 99

Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Hometown Treshawn Favors RB 5-9 194 R-Jr. Glendale, Ariz.

Markell Sanders CB 6-2 185 R-So. Renton, Wash.

Gresch Jensen QB 6-2 215 Fr. Auburn, Wash.

Ryan McKinley CB 6-1 199 R-So. Anthem, Ariz.

Brady Gustafson QB 6-7 235 R-Jr. Billings, Mont.

Mick Delaney S 6-0 195 R-Jr. Bozeman, Mont.

James Homan WR 6-2 177 Jr. Brenham Texas Kobey Eaton WR 6-3 185 R-Fr. Hacienda Heights, Calif.

Justin Strong S 5-11 185 Jr. Rialto, Calif.

Kennan Curran WR 6-2 201 So. Federal Way, Wash.

Lamarriel Taylor WR 6-2 195 R-Fr. Chula Vista, Calif.

Jeremy Calhoun RB 6-0 203 So. Long Beach, Calif.

Justin Calhoun WR 5-10 168 R-Fr. Long Beach, Calif.

Yamen Sanders S 6-4 216 R-Sr. Inglewood, Calif.

Brandon Bea QB 6-3 211 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Connor Strahm LB 6-0 241 R-Jr. Eugene, Ore. Chad Chalich QB 6-0 201 Sr. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho TJ Reynard CB 5-10 176 R-Sr. Virginia Beach. Va. Korey Alexander DB 5-11 198 Jr. Pittsburg, Calif.

Reese Phillips QB 6-2 206 R-Jr. Chattanooga, Tenn.

Lane Hovey WR 6-4 201 R-Sr. Adel, Iowa Josh Sandry S 6-1 200 R-Fr. Bigfork, Mont.

Connor Kaegi QB 6-7 205 So. Ashland, Ore. Holden Ryan RB 6-3 225 R-Fr. Billings, Mont.

RETIRED IN HONOR OF DAVE DICKENSON Jerry Louie-McGee WR 5-9 168 R-Fr. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Makena Simis QB 6-2 215 R-Jr. Boise, Idaho JR Nelson CB 6-2 171 R-Sr. Hacienda Heights, Calif.

Mike Ralston 6-5 266 R-Jr.Eugene, Ore. Samuel Akem WR 6-4 195 Fr. Broken Arrow, Okla.

John Nguyen RB 5-7 184 Sr. Bellevue, Wash.

Joey Counts RB 5-9 207 R-Sr. Mesa, Ariz.

RETIRED IN HONOR OF TERRY DILLON Caleb Lyons WR 5-9 177 R-So. Lakewood, Wash.

Rey Green RB 5-11 190 Fr. Vancouver, Wash.

Shane Moody CB 5-8 165 R-Jr. Parker, Colo.

Josh Egbo DB 6-2 185 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz.

Lewis Cowans CB 6-1 187 Fr. Mission Viejo, Calif.

Jerrin Williams S 6-2 205 R-Fr. Vancouver, Wash.

Brody Martinez RB 5-10 192 R-Fr. Federal Way, Wash.

Evan Epperly S 5-10 186 R-So. Kalispell, Mont.

Trase LeTexier LB 6-2 240 Fr. Boulder, Mont.

Gavin Crow S 6-1 191 Fr. Kennewick, Wash.

Dante Olson LB 6-3 223 R-Fr. Medford, Ore. Jace Lewis LB 6-1 213 Fr. Townsend, Mont.

Eric Williams P 5-11 183 So. Missoula, Mont.

James Banks LB 6-1 215 Jr. Junction City, Ore. Caleb Kidder DT 6-5 259 R-Sr. Helena, Mont.

Cody McCombs RB 5-9 188 So. Billings, Mont.

Brandon Purdy K/P 5-10 168 R-Fr. Kalispell, Mont.

Cy Sirmon LB 6-3 236 R-Fr. Wenatchee, Wash.

Josh Buss LB 6-2 204 R-So. Boise, Idaho Nate Bradley DT 5-10 270 R-Jr. Billings, Mont.

Tucker Schye DE 6-4 240 R-Jr. Malta, Mont.

David Fa’atuiese LB 6-3 220 R-Fr. Vista, Calif.

Trace Bradshaw DL 6-3 254 Fr. Bozeman, Mont.

Cole Rosling DL 6-4 225 Fr. Helena, Mont.

Donald Bedell DE 6-4 240 R-So. Fair Haven, N.J. Jesse Sims DE 6-4 254 R-Fr. Stevensville, Mont.

Aaron Held Snaps 6-1 190 R-Sr. Sacramento, Calif.

Caleb Mitchell LS 6-1 185 Fr. North Bend, Wash.

Gage Smith LB 6-3 206 R-So. Whitefish, Mont.

Kyle Davis DT 6-1 259 R-So. San Diego, Calif.

Alex Thomas LB 6-0 211 R-So. Great Falls, Mont.

Shayne Cochran LB 6-1 221 R-So. Culbertson, Mont.

Jackson Thiebes OL 6-5 301 R-Sr. Kalispell, Mont.

Dylan Eickmeyer OG 6-4 299 Fr. Tucson, Ariz.

Cody Meyer OL 6-3 285 R-Fr. San Marcos, Calif.

Ashton Torres OT 6-4 315 Fr. Aurora, Calif.

Thayne Jackson OL 6-5 312 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz.

McCauley Todd OL 6-7 304 R-Sr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Randy Rodriguez DT 6-4 244 Fr. Peoria, Ariz.

Ben Weyer OL 6-4 301 R-Sr. Bozeman, Mont.

Devon Dietrich OL 6-4 309 R-Sr. Woodinville, Wash.

Cooper Sprunk C 6-4 293 R-Jo. Tigard Ore. Brandon Scott OT 6-7 320 Fr. Owasso, Okla.

Angel Villanueva OL 6-5 314 R-Fr. Duarte, Calif.

Robert Luke C 6-4 316 Jr. Tacoma, Wash.

David Reese OL 6-7 298 Jr. Happy Valley, Ore. Dallas Hart OL 6-5 312 R-Fr. Cypress, Calif.

Max Kelly OL 6-7 301 R-Sr. Spokane, Wash.

Josh Horner WR 6-5 220 Jr. Great Falls, Mont.

Mitch McLaughlin WR 5-9 175 So. Riverside, Calif.

Samori Toure WR 6-3 172 Fr. Portland, Ore. Brennan Corbin WR 6-5 222 Fr. Anaheim, Calif.

Jed Nagler WR 6-4 208 Fr. Whitefish, Mont.

Ben Hardy WR 6-6 225 Fr. Fairview, Mont.

Dareon Nash WR 6-2 170 Fr. Covina, Calif.

Colin Bingham WR 6-3 226 R-Fr. Missoula, Mont.

Tim Semenza K 5-7 167 R-Fr. San Diego, Calif.

Brandt Davidson DT 6-3 294 Jr. Tucson, Ariz.

Myles McKee-Osibodu DT 6-3 264 Jr. Sana Ana, Calif.

Zach Peevey DT 6-3 274 R-Sr. Missoula, Mont.

Devin Maua DE 6-3 240 Fr. Billings, Mont.

Andrew Harris DE 6-4 215 R-Fr. Kalispell, Mont.

Ryan Johnson DE 6-3 245 R-Sr. Vancouver, Wash.

Esai Longoria DT 6-3 314 Fr. Caldwell, Idaho Reggie Tilleman DE 6-4 266 R-So. Genesee, Idaho

WR 6 Josh Horner, Jr.

WR 9 Justin Calhoun, R-Fr.

LT 76 David Reese, Jr.

QB 3 Brady Gustafson, Sr. RB 20 John Nguyen, Sr.

LG 74 Angel Villanueva, R.Fr.

C 72 Cooper Sprunk, Jr. RG 71 Devon Dietrich RT 70 Jackson Thiebes, Sr.

WR 16 Jerry LouieMcgee, R-Fr.

WR 6 Keenan Curran, So.

K 89 Tim Semenza, R-Fr.

MONTANA BACKUPS ON OFFENSE QB 11 RB 8 H WR 88 WR 13 WR 7 Z WR 23

Chad Chalich, Sr. Jeremy Calhoun, So. Colin Bingham, R-Fr. Lane Hovey, Sr. Lamarriel Taylor, R-Fr. Caleb Lyons, So.

LT LG C RG RT

68 79 75 77 67

McCauley Todd, Sr. Max Kelly, Sr. Robert Luke, Jr. Dallas Hart, R-Fr. Thayne Jackson, Fr.

MONTANA STARTING DEFENSE FS 9 Yamen Sanders, Sr.

CB 1 Markell Sanders, So.

OLB 36 James Banks, Jr.

DE 37 Caleb Kidder,, Sr.

MLB 10 Connor Strahm, Jr.

DT 49 Justin Sims, R-Fr.

SS 13 Justin Strong, Jr. OLB 42 Josh Buss, So.

NT 91 Brandt Davidson, Jr.

DE 97 Ryan Johnson, SR.

CB 2 Ryan McKinley, Jr.

P 35 Eric Williams, So.

MONTANA BACKUPS ON DEFENSE DE NT DT DE OLB MLB

51 92 93 48 40 45

Tucker Schye, Jr. Myles McKee-Osibodu, Jr. Zach Peevey, Sr. Donald Bedell, So. Cy Sirmon, R-Fr. Vika Fa’atuiese, R-Fr..

OLB CB SS FS CB

33 11 13 28 12

Dante Olson, R-Fr. TJ Reynard, Sr. Josh Sandry, R-Fr. Jerrin Williams, R-Fr. Korey Alexander, Jr.

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DAY MATCHUPS SOUTHERN UTAH STARTING DEFENSE CB 20 Jarmaine Doubs, Jr.

DE NT DT DE OLB

98 90 52 92 24

No. 1 2 3 OLB 34 FS 30 4 Mike Tyler 5 Needham, Jr. Collet, 6 7 Jr. 8 10 DE 8 11 Taylor 12 MLB 55 Pili, Jr. 13 14 Junior 15 NT 51 Tufuga, 16 Sefesi SS 31 Sr. 17 Vaa’ivaka, Jr. Mitch 18 Dalley, Jr. 19 DT 97 20 21 OLB 94 Robert 22 Taylor Torgerson, Jr..

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RT 75 Austin Mikkleson, RG 66 Evan Ross, Sr. C 58 Zach Larseon, Fr.

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TE 88 Steven Wroblewski, Sr.

K 49 Keita Calhoun, Jr.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | FROM PAGE A6

Capsules UC Davis at Eastern Washington

Saturday 2 p.m.

Cheney, Washington Roos Field (8,600 Red SprinTurf) ROOT SPORTS/ DirecTV’s Audience Network Series History: Eastern Washington leads the all-time series, 4-0.

Last Meeting: Vernon Adams Jr. threw two long touchdown passes and ran for a third as Eastern Washington cruised past UC Davis, 37-14, in 2014. The Eagles led by just two points, 9-7 at intermission.

Adams found Cooper Kupp with a 61-yard touchdown pass less than a minute into the third quarter.

The Coaches: UC Davis coach Ron Gould is 10-28 overall, and is 8-17 in Big Sky play. Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin is 76-31, overall, and is 51-14 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Returning to the starting quarterback role for the Eagles, Gage Gabrud threw for 392 yards and two touchdowns... After missing the UNI game, EWU receiver Cooper Kupp caught 11 passes for 111 yards... Kupp continues to lead the Big Sky in receiving yards per game, averaging 126.3... Eastern Washington continues to lead the Big Sky Conference, and the nation, in passing offense, averaging 419.5 yards per game...

UC Davis is last in the Big Sky Conference in opponent’s third-down conversion rate, with opponents averaging 50.9 percent... UC Davis leads the Big Sky in kick return average, averaging 29.1 yards per return.

Idaho State at Portland State

Saturday, 3:30 p.m.

Portland, Oregon Providence Park (18,627 Field Turf) www.watchbigsky.com Series History: Idaho State leads the all-time series, 24-16-1.

Last Meeting: Portland State earned a 34-14 road win over the Bengals in 2015, as both teams opened conference play in Week 2. The Bengals scored the first points, before the Vikings went on a 24-0 run.

The Coaches: Idaho State coach Mike Kramer is 95-118 overall, and is 63-75 in Big Sky play. Portland State coach Bruce Barnum is 10-6 overall, and is 6-3 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Portland State coach Bruce Barnum coached at Idaho State from 1998-2006, serving as the program’s defensive and offensive coordinators... Portland State

special teams coordinator Nick Whitworth coached at ISU from 2001-09, and played for the Bengals from 1997-2000...

Idaho State is 1-0 in Big Sky play for the first time since 2014, when the Bengals defeated Sacramento State, 44-24... ISU defeated PSU, 31-13, in 2014... Portland State is last in the Big Sky Conference in rushing defense, surrendering 259.5 yards per game... The Vikings are also last in scoring defense, surrendering 44.5 points per game... Both Idaho State and Portland State played two FBS opponents in non-conference... Barnum is 5-1 in games at Providence Park.

Montana State at Sacramento State

Saturday, 7 p.m.

Sacramento, California Hornet Stadium (21,195 FieldTurf) WatchBigSky.com Series History: Montana State leads the all-time series, 17-6.

Last Meeting: Dakota Prukop ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score, and Montana State beat Sacramento State 35-13 in 2015. Prukop was 12 of 22 for 277 yards passing, including a 79-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell Herbert on the second play after the opening kickoff.

The Coaches: Montana State coach Jeff Choate is 2-2, and is 0-1 in Big Sky play.

Sacramento State coach Jody Sears is 12-37 overall, and is 8-25 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Montana State and Sacramento State both played Western Oregon this season. The Wolves upset the Hornets, 38-31, while the Bobcats defeated the Wolves, 55-0...

Sacramento State is last in the Big Sky Conference in scoring offense, averaging 18.5 points per game... The Hornets are last in pass efficiency... Montana State leads the Big Sky Conference in total defense, surrendering just 335.8 yards per game...

Sac State head coach Jody Sears (1998-99) and Montana State offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham (1990-92) both worked at St. Ambrose (Iowa) early in their careers... Sears is 0-4 in home conference openers as a head coach.

AP photo

Sacramento State’s Demetrius Warren runs through the Idaho State defense Saturday in Pocatello, Idaho.

Missoulian, Saturday, October 1, 2016 — A15

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / PICKS

HOW WE SEE THE BIG SKY

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Things have been going pretty well in Cedar City, Utah. The working-class town of just under 30,000 folks, home to the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, turned out in record numbers last weekend for their hometown football team.

The T-birds beat up Portland State to start Big Sky Conference play in a homecoming game to remember. Eccles Coliseum was packed beyond capacity with 10,000 strong out to support Southern Utah in the school’s annual homecoming game.

Coach Demario Warren called the atmosphere crazy, another positive benchmark in a recent span full of them for SUU. Well the Thunderbirds will play two straight homecoming contests with the inclusion of this Saturday’s outing.

And the environment will be far less favorable this time out.

Defending Big Sky champion Southern Utah visits Montana on Saturday, the main course in the Grizzlies’ weekendlong homecoming festivities. It’s the first home game for the Griz since opening night, way back on Sept. 3 against Saint Francis. Almost a month has passed so expect Griz fans to be chomping at the bit to cheer on their team.

And it would take a dormant volcano blowing the top off Mount Sentinel for fewer than 10,000 fans to show up at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Like the much smaller Eccles Coliseum was a week ago, Wa-Griz will likely be rocking beyond capacity Saturday afternoon.

It’s an intimidating environment for sure, a place where the Griz have won

better than 87 percent of their games since it opened in 1986. What’s more daunting is how they’ve fared in homecoming games in the last couple decades.

The Griz are 22-1 in their past 23 tries, a string of success that spans the lifetimes of most of Saturday’s combatants.

That one outlier came in 2012 against Northern Arizona, the only thing holding back this tautology: The Griz do not lose during homecoming.

And they won’t this year either.

SOUTHERN UTAH at No. 11 MONTANA: The Griz are happy to be home and kicking off a stretch of three straight games within the friendly confines of their favorite stadium.

Needing a rebound to even their record in Big Sky Conference play, our pickers all figure Montana gets one Saturday.

AJ: Griz 31, T-birds 20. Bob: Montana 42, Southern Utah 21. Greg: Montana 42, Southern Utah 21. Bill: Montana 35, Southern Utah 31.

No. 16 CAL POLY at NORTH DAKOTA: Are the Mustangs for real?

They certainly seem to be after taking down back-to-back top-10 opponents in South Dakota State and Montana.

Another win over North Dakota, tabbed by some to be a conference title challenger, and there won’t be anymore doubters. AJ: Cal Poly 42, North Dakota 41. Bob: Cal Poly 42, North Dakota 17. Greg: Cal Poly 33, North Dakota 24. Bill: North Dakota 24, Cal Poly 17.

NORTHERN ARIZONA at NORTHERN COLORADO: The Lumberjacks have been a victim of their ambitious schedule so far this

fall, with losses to an FBS team and two top-10 FCS squads. It won’t take a world-beating effort to get over the hump this time out though. AJ: Northern Arizona 50, NoCo 10. Bob: Northern Arizona 42, Northern Colorado 2. Greg: Northern Arizona 37, Northern Colorado 20. Bill: Northern Arizona 38, Northern Colorado 21.

UC DAVIS at No. 4 EASTERN WASHINGTON: By most all metrics, Eastern Washington is the best team in the Big Sky right now. By nearly as many, UC Davis is among the worsts. You do the math. AJ: Eastern 100, UC Dave 3.

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Bob: Eastern Washington 42, UC Davis 3.

Greg: Eastern Washington 52, UC Davis 31. Bill: Eastern Wash. 56, UC Davis 21.

IDAHO STATE at PORTLAND STATE: PSU coach Bruce Barnum is probably regretting all the bulletin board material he handed Southern Utah last week when he drug Cedar City’s name through the mud. He’s been noticeably more quiet this week. The Vikings are all business. AJ: Portland State 17, Idaho State 13. Bob: Portland State 42, Idaho State 41. Greg: Portland State 35, Idaho State 23. Bill: Portland State 49, Idaho State 38.

MONTANA STATE at SACRAMENTO STATE: The Bobcats gave North Dakota all it could handle last week despite turning the ball over five times, but would you believe they still lead the Big Sky in positive turnover margin at plus seven? It’s true. Oh, and Sac State is negative two. AJ: Bobcats 13, Sac State 10. Bob: Montana State 42, Sac State 33. Greg: Montana State 27, Sacramento State 14. Bill: Montana State 21, Sac State 20.

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N. Colorado

W L PF PA W L PF PA Weber St.

2 0 52 42

Cal Poly

2 2 107 139

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2 1 132 126

Montana

0 1 41 42

2 1 102 87

Montana St.

0 1 15 17

2 2 114 61

1 0 42 41

3 1 145 118

N. Arizona

0 1 35 50

1 3 141 131

E. Washington 1 0 50 35

3 1 173 157

Portland St.

0 1 31 45

1 3 112 178

S. Utah

2 1 73 78

UC Davis

0 1 35 38

1 3 137 171

Sacramento St. 0 2 41 56

0 4 74 125

1 0 45 31

Idaho St.

1 0 42 34

2 2 103 130

North Dakota

1 0 17 15

2 2 99 99

STATS FCS TOP 25 POLL

Rankings as of Sept. 26 School

Votes Pre

18 Illinois St (2-2)

1358

9

19 William & Mary (2-2)

1341

8

North Dakota St (3-0) 4100 (164)

1

20 Youngstown St (2-1)

1193

16

2

Sam Houston St (3-0)

3847

2

21 Albany (4-0)

1044

22

3

Jacksonville St (3-1)

3729

3

22 North Carolina A&T (2-1)

885

21

4

Eastern Washington (3-1) 3588

4

23 McNeese (2-2)

527

24

5

Chattanooga (4-0)

3474

5

24 Indiana St (3-1)

401 NR

6

Richmond (3-1)

3007

7

25 Harvard (2-0)

323 NR

7

James Madison (3-1)

2777

11

8

Western Illinois (3-0)

2766

13

9

Citadel (3-0)

2683

10

10 Charleston Southern (2-2) 2472

12

2304

6

12 Northern Iowa (1-2)

2041

14

13 Eastern Illinois (3-1)

1665

18

14 Coastal Carolina (3-1)

1565

17

15 South Dakota St (1-2)

1545

15

16 Cal Poly (3-1)

1443 NR

17 Villanova (3-1)

1368

Others: Stephen F. Austin (266), Sacred Heart (201), Colgate (195), Stony Brook (190), Grambling St (164), Southern Utah (159), Fordham (102), Central Arkansas (93), Dartmouth (67), Tennessee St (55), Nicholls (52), Samford (52), Northern Arizona (48), Wofford (41), North Dakota (40), Elon (31), Portland St (17), New Hampshire (16), Montana St (12), Towson (11), Southern Illinois (9), Delaware (8), Eastern Kentucky (6), Prairie View A&M (6), North Carolina Central (6), Georgetown (3), South Carolina St (3), Kennesaw St (1).

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | JERRY LOUIE-MCGEE

Cal Poly’s David Cooper, left, looks to tackle Montana’s Jerry Louie-McGee last Saturday at San Luis Obispo, California.

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Missoulian, Saturday, October 1, 2016 — A19

GRIZZLY GAME DAY / LAST WEEK

AROUND THE BIG SKY No. 4 Eastern Washington beats No. 25 Northern Arizona: Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona are both known for scoring points, but it was the nation’s leading passing attack that had the last laugh in the first week of conference play The Eastern Washington Eagles finished with 540 yards of offense, as they outscored Northern Arizona 28-14 in the second half. The Eagles led the Lumberjacks, 22-21, at halftime.Back in the starting quarterback role, Eagles quarterback Gage Gabrud threw for 392 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Also, Cooper Kupp, after missing Eastern’s win over Northern Iowa, came back to catch 11 passes for 111 yards. The Eastern Washington defense also had a sharp performance, forcing three Lumberjacks turnovers. One of those forced turnovers was an interception of NAU quarterback Case Cookus, who threw for 245 yards and three touchdowns.

Defending champ Southern Utah opens league play with win over Portland State: A dominating second quarter lifted the defending #BigSkyFB champs to a win to open conference play.

With Portland State leading 10-7 early in the second quarter, Southern Utah scored 24 straight points, starting on a 90-yard connection from Patrick Tyler to Mike Sharp. Sharp also caught a 24-yard scoring pass from Tyler later in the quarter.

It was an offensive contest, with the two teams combining for 1,050 yards. However, it was the Thunderbirds’ defense that made impact plays, as Southern Utah forced five Vikings turnovers, including four interceptions of PSU quarterback Alex Kuresa. Tyler finished with 249 passing yards and two scores, to go with two interceptions. Southern Utah running back Malik Brown rushed for 173 yards, including an 87-yard scoring run late in the third quarter.

Cal Poly defeats Montana, moves to 3-1 on season: Cal Poly overcame an early 17-7 deficit, coming back for a late win over the No. 6 Montana Grizzlies. Cal Poly fullback Joe Protheroe, the reigning #BigSkyFB Offensive Player of the Week, rushed for 90 yards, and Mustangs quarterback Dano Graves threw for 157 yards and three touchdowns. Graves threw the go-ahead, 39-yard pass to Kyle Lewis, giving Cal Poly a lead with 4:29 remaining. Even in a loss, Montana receiver Jerry LouieMcGee made Montana, and #BigSkyFB, history, with 21 catches. Louie-McGee’s performance equals the previous high of 21, which was set by Montana State’s David Prandt in 1985. Montana quarterback Brady Gustafson threw for 418 yards and two touchdowns, with both going to Louie-McGee. The Mustangs, who were unranked this week, have now beaten a ninth-ranked team, and a sixth-ranked team, in back-toback weeks.

Idaho State opens league play with a home win over Sacramento State: The Idaho State Bengals and the Sacramento State Hornets entered their conference opener looking to find their footing. Both struggled to find consistency and identity in the non-conference schedule, with most of the losses coming on the road, against FBS opponents.

However, the start of conference play proved to be a new beginning for both teams, but especially the Idaho State Bengals. After scoring only 14 points in two games against Pac-12 opponents, the Bengals earned a 42-34 home victory over Sacramento State. Bengals quarterback Tanner Gueller threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns, while Idaho State running back Michael Dean rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns. The Bengals jumped out to a 21-0 lead, until Sacramento State scored two quick touchdowns, trailing 21-14 at halftime.

The Hornets drove to open the third quarter, until the Bengals stopped the

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Sac State drive. Then, Idaho State scored The Bobcats finished with 375 yards of offense. twice, opening up a 35-17 lead entering the fourth quarter. Sacramento State Weber State hits late field goal quarterback Nate Ketteringham threw for to down UC Davis: Special teams is 327 yards and two touchdowns. sometimes overlooked, but a big plan can change a game. UC Davis had a furious North Dakota outlasts Montana second-half comeback, as they tied the State: The North Dakota Fighting Weber State Wildcats, 35-35, late in the Hawks played a defensive game, and fourth quarter. The Wildcats were puntwon a defensive game. The Fighting ing to UC Davis with seconds left, surely Hawks forced five Montana State sending the game to overtime. However, turnovers, intercepting Bobcats quarterback Tyler Bruggman three different a muffed punt saw the Wildcats get a shot at victory, with Weber kicker Taylor times, including a key interception Hintze hitting a 35-yard, game-winning in the fourth quarter. Montana State field goal as time expired. The Wildcats held a 6-0 lead with 12:04 to go in the controlled the momentum of the game second quarter, after Gabe Peppenger hit a 24-yard field goal. However, North for much of the game, taking a 32-13 lead in the fourth quarter. However, UC Davis Dakota’s Brady Oliveira answered with went on a 22-3 run, knotting the game at a two-yard touchdown run, giving the Fighting Hawks a 7-6 halftime lead. The 35-35 late. The Wildcats gained 458 yards of offense, with two turnovers- both two teams traded leads, until Oliveira Jadrian Clark interceptions. Wildcats had a 60-yard touchdown run late in running back Treshawn Garrett rushed the fourth quarter, icing the game for for 111 yards and a touchdown. UC Davis the Fighting Hawks. Oliveira rushed quarterback Ben Scott threw for 266 for 171 yards on 22 carries, scoring yards and two touchdowns. both of North Dakota’s touchdowns.

A20 — Missoulian, Saturday, October 1, 2016

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | JOSH BUSS

Montana’s Josh Buss, left, tackles Cal Poly’s Kori Garcia last Saturday in San Luis Obispo, California.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Ducks hold team meeting after 2 losses ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer

Oregon players held a team meeting without their coaches this week following back-to-back losses.

Veteran players addressed their teammates on a practice field Monday, two days after the Ducks’ 41-38 loss at home to Colorado. The Buffaloes had not defeated Oregon since joining the Pac-12 in 2011.

“Those kind of things are almost always positive in the end, good in the end” coach Mark Helfrich said, referring to the players’ meeting during his weekly news conference. “And like a lot of things, there are words, and then there are actions and commitments that come out of things.”

Oregon, which played in the national championship game following both the 2010 and 2014 seasons and which has won at least nine games in each of the last nine seasons, was ranked No. 24 in the preseason and climbed to

No. 22 with wins against UC Davis and Idaho State.

But the Ducks fell 35-32 on the road to Nebraska before last weekend’s loss to the Buffaloes. It is the first time in nine seasons that Oregon has dropped consecutive regular-season games.

There was some talk following the Colorado game that suggested players had grown complacent because Oregon has been among the nation’s elite teams for the better part of the past decade and because of the spoils that have followed that success — including flashy new uniforms every week.

“We’ve talked about that every year for many, many years here, I think going back to even coach Bellotti. We have a lot of great stuff here and a lot of great people here, and we have to earn it every single day. That entitlement, that whatever, cannot exist,” Helfrich said.

Receiver Dwayne Stanford told reporters he was encouraged about the state of the team following the playersonly meeting.

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“I feel it’s good. Guys are hungry.

Upset about the loss and upset about their performance. Guys came out practicing hard, trying to change the outcome,” he said Tuesday.

He emphasized that it isn’t just the young players who should be chastised.

“They aren’t out there by themselves,” Stanford said. “There are 11 guys out there.”

Quarterback Dakota Prukop, the former Montana State passer who threw an interception on the Ducks’ final series of the Colorado game, said he’d characterize the Ducks as “resilient.”

“It’s how you choose to respond. Do you let it bring you down or do you use it as a springboard to propel you forward?” Prukop said. “We came out today and we threw that exact ball that was the last play last game — a fade in the end zone — and we had a lot of success with it. So that felt good, kind of like officially wiping the slate.”

Cornerback Ugo Amadi said the players’ message harkened back to the

Ducks’ mantra from the Chip Kelly era: “Win The Day.” “That’s what we want to do every day, is Win The Day. Just go hard, give effort,” he said.

Up next is Washington State on Saturday in Pullman. The Cougars have struggled this season, too, with losses in their first two games against lower-division Eastern Washington and Boise State, before a 56-6 victory over Idaho on Sept. 17. The team had a bye last weekend.

The Ducks could see the return of running back Royce Freeman, who left the Nebraska game early and watched the Colorado game from the sidelines because of a lower leg injury.

The depth chart for the game listed Freeman “or” Tony Brooks-James. Freeman needs 96 rushing yards to move into second on Oregon’s all-time list.

Oregon has won the last three in Washington, but the Cougars upset the Ducks 45-38 in double overtime at Autzen Stadium last season.

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