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Oh no, we are doomed. 
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Great Article CelticCat and welcome. All should read the whole article as it covers the I-AA very well. Plus the Great West is references through out
South Dakota State (4-2) at Montana State (4-2), 3:05
By no means have the Bobcats been overwhelming, but they are winning the games they have to win. With only two losses, Montana State is the No. 2 team in the Big Sky and tied with Montana for the conference lead with a 3-0 mark. Montana State gutted out wins against Idaho State, Weber State and Portland State and will have to do the same against the Jackrabbits to have a good shot at the playoffs down the stretch. If the Bobcats lose, they could be in trouble with Northern Arizona, Eastern Washington and Montana still remaining on the schedule. South Dakota State had a week off after a close, last minute win over North Dakota State. The Jackrabbits have already knocked off Southern on the road and played Cal Poly tough to the end, so Montana State must be wary of yet another Great West team coming in and beating a Big Sky foe. I like Montana State’s defense and the way Travis Lulay is playing, and the Bobcats will find a way again before a very tough close to the season. Prediction: Montana State 20, South Dakota State 17
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http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Sa...article4.shtml
South Dakota State (4-2) at Montana State (4-2)
WHEN/WHERE: 2 p.m. today, Bobcat Stadium, Bozeman, Mont.
RADIO: WNAX-AM 570
COACHES: SDSU, John Stiegelmeier (eighth season, 46-35); MSU, Mike Kramer (fifth season, 23-31).
RANKINGS: The Bobcats are ranked No. 25 in this week's Sports Network Division I-AA poll. The Jackrabbits received votes.
THE SERIES: Montana State leads 9-2. MSU won the last meeting 41-6 in 1966.
ABOUT SDSU: The Jackrabbits are fresh off a bye week and a confidence-boosting, come-from-behind victory against North Dakota State on Oct. 9.
QB Brad Nelson has emerged as a potential MVP candidate in the Great West Football Conference. His two-minute drill and TD pass to Chris Molitor knocked out the Bison, and he has passed for 1,184 yards so far. The senior has 11 TDs to six interceptions.
RB Anthony Watson has been steadily improving, averaging 96.0 yards a game. His bullish style wears down defenses, but also credit the job that SDSU's offensive line has done the last few games. The Jackrabbit muscle has done an equally solid job of run and pass blocking.
Defensively, LB Chris Coauette also is a league MVP candidate, averaging 9.8 tackles a game. He has helped the Jacks hold opponents to less than 100 yards rushing a game.
SDSU has outscored its opponents 51-14 in the fourth quarter this year.
ABOUT MSU: QB Travis Lulaly passed for 375 yards last week in the Bobcats' 31-24 overtime win over Portland State, earning him Big Sky Player of the Week honors. On the season, Lulaly is 119-of-238 for 1,391 yards, but he has six interceptions and only six TDs.
MSU is averaging just 98 yards a game on the ground, with RB Justin Domineck getting 69 of that total.
The Bobcats' secondary is thin, and SDSU could exploit it often. Kramer thinks the game could be decided by whether MSU's defensive line can overpower SDSU's offensive front.
- Chris Solari
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http://www.gftribune.com/apps/pbcs.d...410230318/1006
http://www.helenair.com/articles/200...4102304_01.txt
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index...su-gameday.inc
http://www.msubobcats.com/news.php?sid=fb&nid=680
http://www.gftribune.com/apps/pbcs.d...410230318/1006
Montana State University game day articles. It looks like SDSU has a lot of work to do to get this kind of coverage.
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http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Sundayarticle1.shtml
Jackrabbits fall in final seconds
Chris Solari
Argus Leader
published: 10/24/2004
Furious finish sinks SDSU
BOZEMAN, Mont. - From exhaustion to elation, then immediately to deflation.
All in a stunning 1-minute, 12-second span.
South Dakota State scored two touchdowns within 33 seconds late in the fourth quarter to tie No. 25 Montana State on Saturday, only to watch its worn-out secondary allow a furious Bobcat march that led to the game-winning field goal with two seconds left in MSU's exhilarating 27-24 victory at Bobcat Stadium.
"I'm proud of the guys that we kept battling and never gave up, but it's still a loss," said SDSU quarterback Brad Nelson, who threw an 18-yard TD pass to Chris Molitor and a 44-yarder to Brian Janecek that tied the game at 24-24 with 49 seconds remaining. "It doesn't ease the blow at all." . . .
"A lot of people could have given up, but our offensive staff did a great job getting us back into the game," SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier said. "Their last drive - we have to make the plays. Our guys know that every play can win the game.
"Our fans will say great job, but it hurts."
Secondary depth proved lacking for the Jackrabbits, as the pass-happy Bobcats (5-2) ran their own version of the spread offense, often deploying four and five wide receivers with a shotgun formation that forced SDSU to rotate through its entire compliment of defensive backs all afternoon. MSU's Lulay threw for 411 yards on 33-of-55 passing with three touchdowns.
The purest visual of that exhaustion came with 4:57 remaining, as Lulay lobbed a deep pass over a trio of winded Jackrabbit defensive backs to receiver Rick Gatewood for a 33-yard TD, with safety Mitch Klein sliding into the end zone at the triumphant Bobcat's feet.
"This is a tough loss," junior safety John Perry said. "We had practiced (the spread offense), but they came out with it more than we anticipated they would. We knew the defense, but it came down to execution." . . .
SDSU travels to No. 2 Georgia Southern next week.
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I am not an expert on Montana but have traveled through out the state on business and other. Montana covers a huge area. Their population is probably not much more than South Dakota, but it seems to be concentrated throughout the area ways different than South Dakota. There is Missoula, Great Falls, Billings, Helena and Butte that are less in population than Sioux Falls, but some are larger than Rapid City. What I have noticed is these cities have very good daily papers and the two largest Universities are of interest and the MSU and MU game has as much intensity as the UND and NDSU games if not more. Those from Vermillion would argue NOT SO, but the SDSU and USD has a long ways to go if it is revived and tries to be comparable to the that in Montana and ND.Originally posted by jack100
In South Dakota, we got Sioux Falls who exceeds, Rapid, Aberdeen, Watertown and Brooking by quite a bit in population. The SD Dailies seem to be so regionalized and seem to give SDSU so little coverage. I dont know what its going to take to change that, and it will not happen over night, but you can only hope for the best. Even the Brookings Register could step and help more with the publicity of the Jacks.
It wasnt until SDSU announced going D1, did the Argus and the USD family got excited about the SDSU-USD rivalry and now that a problem according to them because SDSU ended it.
I guess the Jacks got to keep plugging away on the field and keep winning the games we should not win and then people will want to read more.Comment
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http://www.helenair.com/articles/200...1102404_04.txt
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index...-msu-fball.inc
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2...ijhfjijahh.txt
http://www.gftribune.com/apps/pbcs.d...410240328/1006
http://www.bozemanchronicle.com/arti...ts/01gamer.txt
http://www.bozemanchronicle.com/arti...su%20sider.txt
http://www.gftribune.com/apps/pbcs.d...410240337/1006
SDSU VS MSU GAME NEWSPAPER ARTICLESComment
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Thanks Jack100 for the links. MSU does have better coverage than SDSU. No doubt about it.Comment
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Montana State wins at Northern Arizona 60-14.Comment
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