Zach Minter spent four years at MSU wrecking offensive lines.
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Bobcats by the Numbers: 96
5/24/2013 11:52:00 AM | Football
Kickoff is in 96 days, and you know who Cat fans think of when that number is mentioned
Every day we look at players who donned the jersey number corresponding to the number of days until the Bobcats open the 2013 season on August 29 against Monmouth. The list of MSU football players by the jersey number is based on preseason rosters. The set of available rosters is complete from 1946-81 and '83-present. Only the 1926-27, 1934, 1937 and 1941 rosters are available in the pre-WWII years. Corrections, additions, or rosters that fill out the set are welcome to blamberty@msubobcats.com.
#96
Monte Folsom, DL: Monte Folsom joins the Bobcats on the field for the first time this fall after two years on an LDS Mission. He is regarded as a tough, physical player who will enhance MSU's interior defensive line by the Bobcat coaches.
Spotlight Player: It's hard to imagine an interior lineman making as many spectacular plays as Zach Minter. Examples are easy to come but, but let's go back to the UC Davis game last fall. With the Aggies threatening a monumental upset, Minter set up a crucial Bobcat touchdown by intercepting a pass near the MSU goal line. It was a great physical play, but Bobcat coach Rob Ash – who recruited the athletic but undersized and inexperienced lineman to Bozeman – liked the mental part of the play. Minter, per Ash, read pass but felt something different in the course of the play and instinctively retreated in anticipation of a screen pass. That's what came, and Minter's play helped the Cats preserve the victory. He was a two-time First Team All-Big Sky, an All-America as a junior, and only injuries kept him from seriously challenging for the Buck Buchanan Award which was captured by his linemate Caleb Schreibeis. Appreciation for Zach Minter's prowess and irrepressible personality will only grow as time passes.
Notable #96s in the Bobcat Past: If you want to find the least heralded position in all of sport, football's long snapper is a good place to start. And if you want to find a great long snapper, so is Dusty Daws. A native of Bozeman and second generation Bobcat, Daws – like his father Brad – was a standout at Bozeman High who moved up 11th street to star at MSU. And while Brad was an Honorable Mention All-America defensive end some great Bobcat teams, Dusty's role was more subtle. He was the first in-state player to join the MSU program under Mike Kramer, and served flawlessly and peerlessly as the team's long snapper for all four seasons. He was inked as a tight end and moved to offensive tackle, where he filled in as needed.
Through the years: Boyd Burtsch (1983), Ron Hanson (1984-87), Larry Keltner (1988), Walter Sampson (1989-90), Pat Call (1991), Rob Brandland (1992-94), Jeremy Curry (1995-96), Kevin Kimball (1997-98), Dusty Daws (2000-04), Jason Macciola (2005), Paul Bartsch (2006-08), Zach Minter (2009-12)
#96
Monte Folsom, DL: Monte Folsom joins the Bobcats on the field for the first time this fall after two years on an LDS Mission. He is regarded as a tough, physical player who will enhance MSU's interior defensive line by the Bobcat coaches.
Spotlight Player: It's hard to imagine an interior lineman making as many spectacular plays as Zach Minter. Examples are easy to come but, but let's go back to the UC Davis game last fall. With the Aggies threatening a monumental upset, Minter set up a crucial Bobcat touchdown by intercepting a pass near the MSU goal line. It was a great physical play, but Bobcat coach Rob Ash – who recruited the athletic but undersized and inexperienced lineman to Bozeman – liked the mental part of the play. Minter, per Ash, read pass but felt something different in the course of the play and instinctively retreated in anticipation of a screen pass. That's what came, and Minter's play helped the Cats preserve the victory. He was a two-time First Team All-Big Sky, an All-America as a junior, and only injuries kept him from seriously challenging for the Buck Buchanan Award which was captured by his linemate Caleb Schreibeis. Appreciation for Zach Minter's prowess and irrepressible personality will only grow as time passes.
Notable #96s in the Bobcat Past: If you want to find the least heralded position in all of sport, football's long snapper is a good place to start. And if you want to find a great long snapper, so is Dusty Daws. A native of Bozeman and second generation Bobcat, Daws – like his father Brad – was a standout at Bozeman High who moved up 11th street to star at MSU. And while Brad was an Honorable Mention All-America defensive end some great Bobcat teams, Dusty's role was more subtle. He was the first in-state player to join the MSU program under Mike Kramer, and served flawlessly and peerlessly as the team's long snapper for all four seasons. He was inked as a tight end and moved to offensive tackle, where he filled in as needed.
Through the years: Boyd Burtsch (1983), Ron Hanson (1984-87), Larry Keltner (1988), Walter Sampson (1989-90), Pat Call (1991), Rob Brandland (1992-94), Jeremy Curry (1995-96), Kevin Kimball (1997-98), Dusty Daws (2000-04), Jason Macciola (2005), Paul Bartsch (2006-08), Zach Minter (2009-12)
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