BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS: 84 Days Remaining until the Opener is a Reminder that Tony Vallez Caught a Lot of Touchdowns
6/7/2018 2:05:00 PM | Football
Peyton Hanser is an interesting receiver prospect for the Bobcats
June 7: Bobcat by the Numbers takes a look at current and past Bobcats that correspond to the number of days remaining before Montana State opens the 2018 football season against Western Illinois in Bobcat Stadium's annual Gold Rush game on August 30.
#84
Peyton Hanser, WR: A promising young receiver, Peyton Hanser is a big, physical receiver that had a productive redshirt season and is expected to strongly compete for time during his first varsity season. He comes from excellent football bloodlines – his brother played football at Washington State, a sister played hoops at MSU-Billings, and his father Scott was a star on the gridiron during Wyoming's glory days in the late '80s.
Spotlight: Make no mistake about it, Cliff Hysell did not like throwing the football. Montana State's coach from 1992-99 proudly told anyone who would listen – except potential quarterback and receiver recruits, presumably – that his goal was for the Bobcats to be able to play an entire game without throwing a forward pass. One of the players that made that impossible was Tony Vallez, a fantastic receiver who wore #84 in 1997. Touchdown Tony wasn't necessarily fast or flashy by the video-game standards of the Big Sky Conference in the 1990s, led by ahead-of-the-game offensive coordinator Jim McElwain the Bobcats were discovering the forward pass the way an awkward teenager might discover girls at a junior high dance. And even with sleek receiver Chip Hobbs on the scene, Vallez was the belle of the ball. His 974 receiving yards in 1997 stood as third-most in school history to that point, and he became the first Bobcat to log a 200-yard receiving game (doing so twice).
Chronology: Del Layman (1956), Norman Phillips (1957), Ed Popik (1959), John Hahn (1960), Jim Ratcheye (1961-63), Gary Richards (1964-66), Bob Workman (1967, '69), Ray Schneider (1968), Phil O'Meara (1971), Randy Fought (1972-73), Mark Allison (1974), Bob Lubig (1975), Mark Mading (1976), Greg Adolph (1977), Eric Harlington (1979), Bruce McKean (1980), Kent Schaefer (1982), Shawn Bohannan (1984-85), Andy Holmlund (1986), Rob Tesch (1988-92), Erik Iverson (1993), Chad Farrington (1994-95), Matt Neumann (1996), Tony Vallez (1997), Cody Van Horne (1998), Phil Espinoza (1999), Corey Smith (2000-03), Brandon Bostick (2004-08), Brian Flotkoetter (2010-14), Cam Sutton (2015-16), Peyton Hanser (2017-)
#84
Peyton Hanser, WR: A promising young receiver, Peyton Hanser is a big, physical receiver that had a productive redshirt season and is expected to strongly compete for time during his first varsity season. He comes from excellent football bloodlines – his brother played football at Washington State, a sister played hoops at MSU-Billings, and his father Scott was a star on the gridiron during Wyoming's glory days in the late '80s.
Spotlight: Make no mistake about it, Cliff Hysell did not like throwing the football. Montana State's coach from 1992-99 proudly told anyone who would listen – except potential quarterback and receiver recruits, presumably – that his goal was for the Bobcats to be able to play an entire game without throwing a forward pass. One of the players that made that impossible was Tony Vallez, a fantastic receiver who wore #84 in 1997. Touchdown Tony wasn't necessarily fast or flashy by the video-game standards of the Big Sky Conference in the 1990s, led by ahead-of-the-game offensive coordinator Jim McElwain the Bobcats were discovering the forward pass the way an awkward teenager might discover girls at a junior high dance. And even with sleek receiver Chip Hobbs on the scene, Vallez was the belle of the ball. His 974 receiving yards in 1997 stood as third-most in school history to that point, and he became the first Bobcat to log a 200-yard receiving game (doing so twice).
Chronology: Del Layman (1956), Norman Phillips (1957), Ed Popik (1959), John Hahn (1960), Jim Ratcheye (1961-63), Gary Richards (1964-66), Bob Workman (1967, '69), Ray Schneider (1968), Phil O'Meara (1971), Randy Fought (1972-73), Mark Allison (1974), Bob Lubig (1975), Mark Mading (1976), Greg Adolph (1977), Eric Harlington (1979), Bruce McKean (1980), Kent Schaefer (1982), Shawn Bohannan (1984-85), Andy Holmlund (1986), Rob Tesch (1988-92), Erik Iverson (1993), Chad Farrington (1994-95), Matt Neumann (1996), Tony Vallez (1997), Cody Van Horne (1998), Phil Espinoza (1999), Corey Smith (2000-03), Brandon Bostick (2004-08), Brian Flotkoetter (2010-14), Cam Sutton (2015-16), Peyton Hanser (2017-)
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