BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS: 73 Days Until Kickoff
6/23/2021 3:23:00 PM | Football
A look at number 73 in Bobcat football history
Bobcats by the Numbers takes a look at current and past Bobcats whose jersey numbers correspond to the number of days remaining before Montana State opens the 2021 football season at Wyoming on September 4.
#73
Titan Fleischmann, OL: Titan Fleischmann arrives at Montana State as a big, physical (6-5, in the range of 260 lbs) offensive line prospect. His size is punctuated by impressive general athleticism and, in particular, good feet. There are several interesting facts about Titan: 1) His parents both played at Idaho State (Ryan played football, Meg played hoops); 2) Titan committed to MSU on his cell phone – from the parking lot of Bobcat Stadium, because Covid-related rules revisions a year ago restricted contact between recruits and coaches; 3) Titan's has a brother named Bruin. (Hat tip to Jordan Kaye's profile of the Fleischmann family in the Idaho State Journal.)
Spotlight: Ron East's college football career didn't have much of a shelf life remaining when he arrived at Montana State in the fall of 1966, but he got a lot done in a short amount of time. In his one season as a Bobcat, East earned First Team All-Big Sky honors in football. He also won the Big Sky javelin championship. His path to MSU was not direct. The Portland native began his career at Oregon State, but after it was made clear that he was not in the Beavers' future plans he joined the Marine Forces Reserves. Shortly thereafter he moved on to Columbia Basin College in Washington, earning all-conference honors twice and helping his team to an undefeated season and NWAC title. He is in both the NWAC and Bobcat Athletics Hall of Fame, and played for the Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks.
#73 – It happened in the third quarter of a game that had pretty much been decided. Montana State led Northern Colorado 31-7 in Greeley, and had scored 24 straight points to blow a close game wide open. But it was still fun, when Callahan O'Reilly took the snap as the personal protector in punt formation and scampered 73 yards for a touchdown.
Chronology: Hal Walker (1956), Chuck Dallum (1957), Fred Turner (1960-61), Dick Hueth (1964), Charlie Moore (1965), Ron East (1966), John Winchell (1967-68), Ernie Lewis (1969), Ernie Lewis (1970), Wayne Hammond (1971-74), Mike Peavey (1975), Scott Keyser (1976), Les Sherrill (1977-79), Tim Dietz (1980), Bruce Randall (1982-84), Tom Burgraff (1986), Mike Sain (1987), Jim Montgomery (1990), Jason Westbrock (1993-95), Dener Stairs (1996-97), Chris MacNiell (1999), Mike Schmidt (2000-01), Joe Hirst (1992-2006), Alex Terrien (2007-08), Killian Fitzpatrick (2009-10), Tyler Blomstrom (2012), Caleb Gillis (2013-17), Ryan Barkley (2018), Byron Rollins (2019-20), Titan Fleischmann (2021-).
#73
Titan Fleischmann, OL: Titan Fleischmann arrives at Montana State as a big, physical (6-5, in the range of 260 lbs) offensive line prospect. His size is punctuated by impressive general athleticism and, in particular, good feet. There are several interesting facts about Titan: 1) His parents both played at Idaho State (Ryan played football, Meg played hoops); 2) Titan committed to MSU on his cell phone – from the parking lot of Bobcat Stadium, because Covid-related rules revisions a year ago restricted contact between recruits and coaches; 3) Titan's has a brother named Bruin. (Hat tip to Jordan Kaye's profile of the Fleischmann family in the Idaho State Journal.)
Spotlight: Ron East's college football career didn't have much of a shelf life remaining when he arrived at Montana State in the fall of 1966, but he got a lot done in a short amount of time. In his one season as a Bobcat, East earned First Team All-Big Sky honors in football. He also won the Big Sky javelin championship. His path to MSU was not direct. The Portland native began his career at Oregon State, but after it was made clear that he was not in the Beavers' future plans he joined the Marine Forces Reserves. Shortly thereafter he moved on to Columbia Basin College in Washington, earning all-conference honors twice and helping his team to an undefeated season and NWAC title. He is in both the NWAC and Bobcat Athletics Hall of Fame, and played for the Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks.
#73 – It happened in the third quarter of a game that had pretty much been decided. Montana State led Northern Colorado 31-7 in Greeley, and had scored 24 straight points to blow a close game wide open. But it was still fun, when Callahan O'Reilly took the snap as the personal protector in punt formation and scampered 73 yards for a touchdown.
Chronology: Hal Walker (1956), Chuck Dallum (1957), Fred Turner (1960-61), Dick Hueth (1964), Charlie Moore (1965), Ron East (1966), John Winchell (1967-68), Ernie Lewis (1969), Ernie Lewis (1970), Wayne Hammond (1971-74), Mike Peavey (1975), Scott Keyser (1976), Les Sherrill (1977-79), Tim Dietz (1980), Bruce Randall (1982-84), Tom Burgraff (1986), Mike Sain (1987), Jim Montgomery (1990), Jason Westbrock (1993-95), Dener Stairs (1996-97), Chris MacNiell (1999), Mike Schmidt (2000-01), Joe Hirst (1992-2006), Alex Terrien (2007-08), Killian Fitzpatrick (2009-10), Tyler Blomstrom (2012), Caleb Gillis (2013-17), Ryan Barkley (2018), Byron Rollins (2019-20), Titan Fleischmann (2021-).
Players Mentioned
OL
/ Football
OL
/ Football
LB
/ Football
DL
/ FootballThursday, July 31
Monday, May 19
Wednesday, May 03
Wednesday, May 03
