Bobcat Football Sunday Notebook
9/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
INJURY REPORT: DE Aaron Papich (knee)joined MSU’s injury parade Saturday, becoming the fifth starter knocked out of the lineup, and the second on defense. The preliminary determination is that SS Ryan Force (shoulder), WR Josh Lewis (knee), TE Elliott Barnhart (knee) and RB Evin Groves (knee) will also miss the NAU game.
MIKE KRAMER’S TENTATIVE MEDIA AND APPEARANCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
Monday:
7:15 am – Mike Kramer, KJJR Radio, Kalispell (via phone)
12 noon – Billings Quarterback Club
6 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Bozeman
Tuesday:
10 am – Coaches Corner, Holiday Inn
12 noon – Papa John’s Media Lunch
12:35 pm – Sports Nuts, 1090 KBOZ-AM Bozeman
7 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Great Falls
Wednesday:
12 noon – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Helena
6 pm – Cat Chat, Mike Kramer, hosted by Kris Atteberry, Old Chicago (100.7 KXLB-FM)
Thursday:
12 noon – Mike Kramer at Butte Quarterback Club
Practice is 3:30 pm Tuesday through Thursday, TBA in Flagstaff on Friday
TEAM NOTES
• MSU’s three-game home losing streak is its longest since losing 10 straight at home in 1999-2001; that streak also included home losses in three consecutive weeks, which opened the 2000 season
• MSU has lost four straight to Eastern Washington
• The Bobcats and Eagles combined for just 109 plays on Saturday, partially the product of a game in which the teams ran the ball 67 times
• MSU and Eastern Washington combined to complete 30 of the 42 passes attempted Saturday
• Montana State is -7 in turnovers through four games
• MSU has accrued nine penalties and 70 penalty yards more than its opponents
• Eastern started four of its 10 drives last weekend inside its own 20-yard line
• The Bobcat punt cover unit has allowed just six yards on four punt returns
• Montana State’s 47 plays Saturday were the team’s fewest since the win over the Grizzlies in 2003, and MSU has run just 97 plays in the last two games combined
• The Bobcats and UC Davis combined for just 131 plays in week three, and last week MSU and Eastern combined for just 109 plays
• Cory Carpenter was 19-for-23 passing with an interception and a touchdown on Saturday
• MSU has scored five touchdowns in its first four games, only one on the ground
• Eastern gained 301 yards on Saturday, 113 on third-down plays
INDIVIDUAL NOTES/PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
OFFENSE: WR Michael Jefferson (6-2, 205, Sr)
Michael Jefferson caught four passes for 26 yards against Eastern Washington on Saturday. His 14-yard reception was MSU’s only touchdown.
OTHER OFFENSIVE NOTES: Cory Carpenter was 19-for-23 passing with an interception and a touchdown on Saturday, and his .681 completion percentage is best in the Big Sky for anyone with more than six throws… in MSU’s last two games, Isaiah Taito has 118 rushing yards on 28 carries… Aaron Mason’s 35-yard run on Saturday was MSU’s first rush for 20 yards or more in 2006
DEFENSE: LB Bryant Matthews (6-0, 205, Jr)
Making his first start as a Bobcat, Bryan Matthews registered nine tackles (four solos), including 2.5 for a loss. Matthews led a Bobcat defensive effort that limited EWU to 301 yards, including just 176 in the air.
OTHER DEFENSIVE NOTES: Will Claggett led the Bobcats in tackles last week with 13… MSU’s starting linebackers (Will Claggett, Bryant Matthews and Bobby Daly) combined for 11 or MSU’s 30 defensive tackles… Reyshawn Bobo’s, out of MSU’s revised 4-3 defensive alignment, was the first of the season by a Bobcat defensive end
SPECIAL TEAMS: P Tyler Bolton (5-10, 193, So)
Making his 2006 debut, and his first appearance as MSU’s punter, Bolton punted four times for 192 yards against Eastern Washington. He averaged 48.0 yards per punt, and didn’t allow an Eastern Washington return. Using MSU’s familiar roll-style punt, Bolton pinned the Eagles inside the 20 three times, once at the one-yard line. Eastern’s average starting field position after Bobcat punts was its own 16 yard line. Bolton’s 70-yard punt was tied for sixth-longest in school history.
OTHER SPECIAL TEAM NOTES: Saturday’s game featured MSU’s sixth-longest punt, a 70-yarder by Tyler Bolton in his first game of the season and his first start as MSU’s punter, and Eastern’s fourth-longest field goal, a 53-yarder by converted safety Brett Bergstrom… Jeff Hastings’ incredible run of kicking accuracy continued Saturday, as he converted his only field goal attempt (a 40-yarder) and his only PAT, to move to 6-for-6 on field goals and 3-for-3 on extra points this season… Hastings has converted seven straight field goals, dating to last season, a school record… he has hit 15 straight field goal attempts inside 40 yards… MSU has used three punters this season (Jack Rolovich, Ryan Force, and Tyler Bolton)
MIKE KRAMER’S TENTATIVE MEDIA AND APPEARANCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
Monday:
7:15 am – Mike Kramer, KJJR Radio, Kalispell (via phone)
12 noon – Billings Quarterback Club
6 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Bozeman
Tuesday:
10 am – Coaches Corner, Holiday Inn
12 noon – Papa John’s Media Lunch
12:35 pm – Sports Nuts, 1090 KBOZ-AM Bozeman
7 pm – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Great Falls
Wednesday:
12 noon – Mike Kramer, Bobcat Quarterback Club, Helena
6 pm – Cat Chat, Mike Kramer, hosted by Kris Atteberry, Old Chicago (100.7 KXLB-FM)
Thursday:
12 noon – Mike Kramer at Butte Quarterback Club
Practice is 3:30 pm Tuesday through Thursday, TBA in Flagstaff on Friday
TEAM NOTES
• MSU’s three-game home losing streak is its longest since losing 10 straight at home in 1999-2001; that streak also included home losses in three consecutive weeks, which opened the 2000 season
• MSU has lost four straight to Eastern Washington
• The Bobcats and Eagles combined for just 109 plays on Saturday, partially the product of a game in which the teams ran the ball 67 times
• MSU and Eastern Washington combined to complete 30 of the 42 passes attempted Saturday
• Montana State is -7 in turnovers through four games
• MSU has accrued nine penalties and 70 penalty yards more than its opponents
• Eastern started four of its 10 drives last weekend inside its own 20-yard line
• The Bobcat punt cover unit has allowed just six yards on four punt returns
• Montana State’s 47 plays Saturday were the team’s fewest since the win over the Grizzlies in 2003, and MSU has run just 97 plays in the last two games combined
• The Bobcats and UC Davis combined for just 131 plays in week three, and last week MSU and Eastern combined for just 109 plays
• Cory Carpenter was 19-for-23 passing with an interception and a touchdown on Saturday
• MSU has scored five touchdowns in its first four games, only one on the ground
• Eastern gained 301 yards on Saturday, 113 on third-down plays
INDIVIDUAL NOTES/PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES
OFFENSE: WR Michael Jefferson (6-2, 205, Sr)
Michael Jefferson caught four passes for 26 yards against Eastern Washington on Saturday. His 14-yard reception was MSU’s only touchdown.
OTHER OFFENSIVE NOTES: Cory Carpenter was 19-for-23 passing with an interception and a touchdown on Saturday, and his .681 completion percentage is best in the Big Sky for anyone with more than six throws… in MSU’s last two games, Isaiah Taito has 118 rushing yards on 28 carries… Aaron Mason’s 35-yard run on Saturday was MSU’s first rush for 20 yards or more in 2006
DEFENSE: LB Bryant Matthews (6-0, 205, Jr)
Making his first start as a Bobcat, Bryan Matthews registered nine tackles (four solos), including 2.5 for a loss. Matthews led a Bobcat defensive effort that limited EWU to 301 yards, including just 176 in the air.
OTHER DEFENSIVE NOTES: Will Claggett led the Bobcats in tackles last week with 13… MSU’s starting linebackers (Will Claggett, Bryant Matthews and Bobby Daly) combined for 11 or MSU’s 30 defensive tackles… Reyshawn Bobo’s, out of MSU’s revised 4-3 defensive alignment, was the first of the season by a Bobcat defensive end
SPECIAL TEAMS: P Tyler Bolton (5-10, 193, So)
Making his 2006 debut, and his first appearance as MSU’s punter, Bolton punted four times for 192 yards against Eastern Washington. He averaged 48.0 yards per punt, and didn’t allow an Eastern Washington return. Using MSU’s familiar roll-style punt, Bolton pinned the Eagles inside the 20 three times, once at the one-yard line. Eastern’s average starting field position after Bobcat punts was its own 16 yard line. Bolton’s 70-yard punt was tied for sixth-longest in school history.
OTHER SPECIAL TEAM NOTES: Saturday’s game featured MSU’s sixth-longest punt, a 70-yarder by Tyler Bolton in his first game of the season and his first start as MSU’s punter, and Eastern’s fourth-longest field goal, a 53-yarder by converted safety Brett Bergstrom… Jeff Hastings’ incredible run of kicking accuracy continued Saturday, as he converted his only field goal attempt (a 40-yarder) and his only PAT, to move to 6-for-6 on field goals and 3-for-3 on extra points this season… Hastings has converted seven straight field goals, dating to last season, a school record… he has hit 15 straight field goal attempts inside 40 yards… MSU has used three punters this season (Jack Rolovich, Ryan Force, and Tyler Bolton)
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