Bobcat Football Sunday Notebook
10/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
INJURY REPORT: Kory Austin remains questionable with a hip pointer. Joe Hirst played on Saturday, straining some scar tissue in the knee which has prevented him from playing since he injured it playing basketball this summer. Both are expected to be a full go this week. Ryan Force continues to be bothered by an Achilles injury, and is questionable.
MIKE KRAMER’S MEDIA AND APPEARANCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
Monday: 8:15 am – Mike Kramer, KJJR Radio, Kalispell (via phone)
12 noon – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Billings
6 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Bozeman
Tuesday: 10 am – Coach’s Corner, Mike Kramer with Kris Atteberry, Bozeman Holiday Inn
12 noon –Travis Lulay and TBA -- Papa John’s Media Lunch, Fieldhouse Hall of Fame
12:30 pm – Mike Kramer on KBOZ-AM, Bozeman
7 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Great Falls
Wednesday: 12 noon – Mike Kramer, Booster Club Luncheon, Butte
6 pm – The Bobcast, Mike Kramer with Clive Lowe and Andre Fuller, hosted by Kris Atteberry, Old Chicago (100.7 KXLB-FM, and www.sportsjuice.com)
Thursday: 7 am – Mike Kramer on KXLB-FM and Clear Channel Radio of Bozeman
12 noon – Mike Kramer at Butte Quarterback Club
Friday: 4:15 pm – Mike Kramer on KGHL/Billings
TEAM NOTES
• Montana State is 3-0 in Big Sky Conference play for the first time since 1982, when the ‘Cats started the conference season 4-0 before losing at Idaho and Montana
• The Bobcats are 5-2 for the first time since 1998, when MSU started 6-2 before losing two of its last three
• The Bobcats are 5-2 for the fourth time in the past 12 years
• Mike Kramer is now 1-5 against schools that currently comprise the Great West Conference (0-1 vs. Northern Colorado, 0-4 vs. Cal Poly, 1-0 vs. SDSU) as Montana State’s head coach
• Montana State was whistled for eight penalties (95 yards) on Saturday, the fifth time in the past six games that MSU has committed at least eight penalties
• The Bobcat offense has rolled up at least 400 yards of total offense in the last three games, the first time MSU has posted back-to-back-to-back 400-yard games since at least 1992
• Montana State has three 400-yard total offense days this year, the most since rolling up six in 1998
• MSU’s crowd of 11,307 on Saturday snapped a string of five straight games over 12,000, but extends the school’s record string of crowds over 10,000 to six
• Saturday’s win was Mike Kramer’s 61st as a head coach in the Big Sky Conference, moving him into third-place on the league’s all-time wins list
• Montana State is now 16-2 under Mike Kramer when the Bobcats hold their opponent to less than 20 points
• Montana State’s offense has averaged at least 5.0 yards per offensive play in the last five consecutive games
• The Bobcats averaged 47.5 yards on two punts on Saturday
• Montana State is only 8-for-32 on third down conversion tries in the last two weeks
INDIVIDUAL NOTES/PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
OFFENSE: QB Travis Lulay, 6-3, 205, Jr, Aumsville, OR
For the third straight game, Montana State junior quarterback Travis Lulay led the Bobcats to the game-winning score on his team’s final possession, and for the second straight game he set a career high in passing yards. Saturday against South Dakota State, after the Jackrabbits tied the game with two touchdowns in the last 72 seconds, Lulay led MSU 69 yards in eight plays to set up EJ Cochrane’s game-winning 22-yard field goal. Lulay was 33-for-51 passing for 411 yards, the third-best day in Bobcat history. His 33 completions is sixth in MSU history, and the 51 attempts are 11th. Lulay now has two of the Big Sky’s top three passing days this year (411 vs. SDSU, 370 vs. Portland State). Lulay also rushed for 15 yards. On MSU’s game-winning drive, Lulay was 4-for-4 passing for 59 yards. He now has 17 wins as MSU’s starting quarterback, fourth-most in school history, and has led the Bobcats to seven second half come-from-behind wins in his career, and five times has led Bobcat scoring drives on the team’s final possession that to win the game.
OTHER NOTES: Bobcat tight end Blake Wolf caught 11 passes for 137 yards, both career highs. In fact, Wolf had only 16 catches for 207 yards in MSU’s first six games… Rick Gatewood has back-to-back 100-yard games, joining Scott Turnquist last season and Aaron Hill in 2002 as the Bobcats to do so on Mike Kramer’s watch.
DEFENSE: LB Mac Mollohan, 6-0, 205, Jr, Kalispell, MT
Bobcat linebacker Mac Mollohan registered 12 tackles, including nine solos, in leading Montana State’s defense in Saturday’s win over South Dakota State. The Bobcats allowed only 115 yards of total offense through the first three quarters, as MSU built a 17-7 lead. For the game, Mollohan had three tackles for loss, as well as two sacks.
OTHER NOTES: Bobcat All-America candidate Ray Sebestyen registered his first two-sack game of the season against South Dakota State… Chad Gluhm had his first two sacks of the season in a dominant performance… MSU sacked Jackrabbit quarterback Brad Nelson a season-high six times.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Ryan Force, 6-2, 196, So, Lake Oswego, OR
Ryan Force returned five punts for 96 yards… he had the longest return of his career, a 51-yarder.
OTHER NOTES: EJ Cochrane was 2-for-4 on field goals, but kicked the game-winner… Cochrane averaged 47.5 yards on two punts, but dropped one snap in punt formation… Justin Domineck returned one kick for 31 yards, and now averages 15.4 yards on five returns… Ryan Force averages 13.8 yards on 12 punt returns.
CURRENT BIG SKY STANDINGS
Montana State 3-0 5-2
Montana 3-0 6-1
Eastern Washington 4-1 5-3
Northern Arizona 3-1 4-3
Portland State 1-3 3-4
Sacramento State 1-3 2-5
Idaho State 1-3 2-5
Weber State 0-5 0-7
LAST WEEK
Montana State 27, South Dakota State 24
Northern Arizona 21, Portland State 20
Idaho State 29, Sacramento State 24
Eastern Washington 51, Weber State 7
THIS WEEK
Montana State at Northern Arizona, 7:05 pm
Sacramento State at Eastern Washington, 3:05 pm
Montana at Portland State, 4:05 pm
Weber State at Idaho State, 3:05 pm
MIKE KRAMER’S MEDIA AND APPEARANCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
Monday: 8:15 am – Mike Kramer, KJJR Radio, Kalispell (via phone)
12 noon – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Billings
6 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Bozeman
Tuesday: 10 am – Coach’s Corner, Mike Kramer with Kris Atteberry, Bozeman Holiday Inn
12 noon –Travis Lulay and TBA -- Papa John’s Media Lunch, Fieldhouse Hall of Fame
12:30 pm – Mike Kramer on KBOZ-AM, Bozeman
7 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Great Falls
Wednesday: 12 noon – Mike Kramer, Booster Club Luncheon, Butte
6 pm – The Bobcast, Mike Kramer with Clive Lowe and Andre Fuller, hosted by Kris Atteberry, Old Chicago (100.7 KXLB-FM, and www.sportsjuice.com)
Thursday: 7 am – Mike Kramer on KXLB-FM and Clear Channel Radio of Bozeman
12 noon – Mike Kramer at Butte Quarterback Club
Friday: 4:15 pm – Mike Kramer on KGHL/Billings
TEAM NOTES
• Montana State is 3-0 in Big Sky Conference play for the first time since 1982, when the ‘Cats started the conference season 4-0 before losing at Idaho and Montana
• The Bobcats are 5-2 for the first time since 1998, when MSU started 6-2 before losing two of its last three
• The Bobcats are 5-2 for the fourth time in the past 12 years
• Mike Kramer is now 1-5 against schools that currently comprise the Great West Conference (0-1 vs. Northern Colorado, 0-4 vs. Cal Poly, 1-0 vs. SDSU) as Montana State’s head coach
• Montana State was whistled for eight penalties (95 yards) on Saturday, the fifth time in the past six games that MSU has committed at least eight penalties
• The Bobcat offense has rolled up at least 400 yards of total offense in the last three games, the first time MSU has posted back-to-back-to-back 400-yard games since at least 1992
• Montana State has three 400-yard total offense days this year, the most since rolling up six in 1998
• MSU’s crowd of 11,307 on Saturday snapped a string of five straight games over 12,000, but extends the school’s record string of crowds over 10,000 to six
• Saturday’s win was Mike Kramer’s 61st as a head coach in the Big Sky Conference, moving him into third-place on the league’s all-time wins list
• Montana State is now 16-2 under Mike Kramer when the Bobcats hold their opponent to less than 20 points
• Montana State’s offense has averaged at least 5.0 yards per offensive play in the last five consecutive games
• The Bobcats averaged 47.5 yards on two punts on Saturday
• Montana State is only 8-for-32 on third down conversion tries in the last two weeks
INDIVIDUAL NOTES/PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
OFFENSE: QB Travis Lulay, 6-3, 205, Jr, Aumsville, OR
For the third straight game, Montana State junior quarterback Travis Lulay led the Bobcats to the game-winning score on his team’s final possession, and for the second straight game he set a career high in passing yards. Saturday against South Dakota State, after the Jackrabbits tied the game with two touchdowns in the last 72 seconds, Lulay led MSU 69 yards in eight plays to set up EJ Cochrane’s game-winning 22-yard field goal. Lulay was 33-for-51 passing for 411 yards, the third-best day in Bobcat history. His 33 completions is sixth in MSU history, and the 51 attempts are 11th. Lulay now has two of the Big Sky’s top three passing days this year (411 vs. SDSU, 370 vs. Portland State). Lulay also rushed for 15 yards. On MSU’s game-winning drive, Lulay was 4-for-4 passing for 59 yards. He now has 17 wins as MSU’s starting quarterback, fourth-most in school history, and has led the Bobcats to seven second half come-from-behind wins in his career, and five times has led Bobcat scoring drives on the team’s final possession that to win the game.
OTHER NOTES: Bobcat tight end Blake Wolf caught 11 passes for 137 yards, both career highs. In fact, Wolf had only 16 catches for 207 yards in MSU’s first six games… Rick Gatewood has back-to-back 100-yard games, joining Scott Turnquist last season and Aaron Hill in 2002 as the Bobcats to do so on Mike Kramer’s watch.
DEFENSE: LB Mac Mollohan, 6-0, 205, Jr, Kalispell, MT
Bobcat linebacker Mac Mollohan registered 12 tackles, including nine solos, in leading Montana State’s defense in Saturday’s win over South Dakota State. The Bobcats allowed only 115 yards of total offense through the first three quarters, as MSU built a 17-7 lead. For the game, Mollohan had three tackles for loss, as well as two sacks.
OTHER NOTES: Bobcat All-America candidate Ray Sebestyen registered his first two-sack game of the season against South Dakota State… Chad Gluhm had his first two sacks of the season in a dominant performance… MSU sacked Jackrabbit quarterback Brad Nelson a season-high six times.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Ryan Force, 6-2, 196, So, Lake Oswego, OR
Ryan Force returned five punts for 96 yards… he had the longest return of his career, a 51-yarder.
OTHER NOTES: EJ Cochrane was 2-for-4 on field goals, but kicked the game-winner… Cochrane averaged 47.5 yards on two punts, but dropped one snap in punt formation… Justin Domineck returned one kick for 31 yards, and now averages 15.4 yards on five returns… Ryan Force averages 13.8 yards on 12 punt returns.
CURRENT BIG SKY STANDINGS
Montana State 3-0 5-2
Montana 3-0 6-1
Eastern Washington 4-1 5-3
Northern Arizona 3-1 4-3
Portland State 1-3 3-4
Sacramento State 1-3 2-5
Idaho State 1-3 2-5
Weber State 0-5 0-7
LAST WEEK
Montana State 27, South Dakota State 24
Northern Arizona 21, Portland State 20
Idaho State 29, Sacramento State 24
Eastern Washington 51, Weber State 7
THIS WEEK
Montana State at Northern Arizona, 7:05 pm
Sacramento State at Eastern Washington, 3:05 pm
Montana at Portland State, 4:05 pm
Weber State at Idaho State, 3:05 pm
Wednesday, June 10
Friday, March 27
Monday, March 23
Friday, March 13
