'Grandpa' Wolf Leads Bobcat TEs
8/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Just call Montana State tight end Blake Wolf Grandpa.
“Yeah, (MSU assistant) coach (Jeremy) Thielbahr is always joking around and calling me Grandpa,” laughs Wolf, a fifth-year senior and a third-year starter. “It’s funny.”
Not only is Wolf a senior, but he is one of just two seniors, with tackle Dusty Daws, projected to start on the Bobcat offense this year. He is also the only current Bobcat tight end who was in the program last season. MSU’s three other tight ends are all true freshmen. “There’s a lot of rubbing heads going on in the meeting room,” Wolf said with a laugh. “You can see the mouse spinning the little wheel in their heads. But I was there once, too. If they need help, I’m there to show the way.”
As a freshman, Wolf was part of a young linebacker corp looking to players like Mike McCafferty and Kyle Ecker for guidance. He says that his teaching complements that of Thielbahr, who is in his first year coaching Bobcat tight ends. “Coach Thielbahr will explain something and use his terminology, and if I can see they’re struggling I might say, ‘Here’s how I remember this.’”
According to Thielbahr, Wolf has been an invaluable asset at a position group with one experienced player and four newcomers. “He’s really helped our rookies make the transition from high school to college,” Thiebahr said. “He’s a great leader on and off the field, and does a great job knowing where everybody needs to be on every play. The way Blake plays is the way I want every rookie that comes here to play.”
Wolf is the strongest Bobcat, a natural strength he gained growing up on a wheat farm in eastern Washington. While many of his teammates spend the summer in Bozeman working and lifting weights, Wolf has accomplished both by working the family farm. It’s a vocations he’d like to pursue after college. “I’d like to go back to the farm, if I could,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. It’s just the lifestyle. You’re your own boss, no one is telling you what to do. You know what has to be done, and it’s on you to get it done when it has to be done. I’d rather be outside than locked up in a little cubicle. It’s a good life.”
“Yeah, (MSU assistant) coach (Jeremy) Thielbahr is always joking around and calling me Grandpa,” laughs Wolf, a fifth-year senior and a third-year starter. “It’s funny.”
Not only is Wolf a senior, but he is one of just two seniors, with tackle Dusty Daws, projected to start on the Bobcat offense this year. He is also the only current Bobcat tight end who was in the program last season. MSU’s three other tight ends are all true freshmen. “There’s a lot of rubbing heads going on in the meeting room,” Wolf said with a laugh. “You can see the mouse spinning the little wheel in their heads. But I was there once, too. If they need help, I’m there to show the way.”
As a freshman, Wolf was part of a young linebacker corp looking to players like Mike McCafferty and Kyle Ecker for guidance. He says that his teaching complements that of Thielbahr, who is in his first year coaching Bobcat tight ends. “Coach Thielbahr will explain something and use his terminology, and if I can see they’re struggling I might say, ‘Here’s how I remember this.’”
According to Thielbahr, Wolf has been an invaluable asset at a position group with one experienced player and four newcomers. “He’s really helped our rookies make the transition from high school to college,” Thiebahr said. “He’s a great leader on and off the field, and does a great job knowing where everybody needs to be on every play. The way Blake plays is the way I want every rookie that comes here to play.”
Wolf is the strongest Bobcat, a natural strength he gained growing up on a wheat farm in eastern Washington. While many of his teammates spend the summer in Bozeman working and lifting weights, Wolf has accomplished both by working the family farm. It’s a vocations he’d like to pursue after college. “I’d like to go back to the farm, if I could,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. It’s just the lifestyle. You’re your own boss, no one is telling you what to do. You know what has to be done, and it’s on you to get it done when it has to be done. I’d rather be outside than locked up in a little cubicle. It’s a good life.”
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