NAU up on Montana State now 21-17, late in 2nd quarter

The Sac player ejected for targeting is their DE Ayodele Adeoye who played 4 years at Texas. He is also the player that knocked Montana's starting QB out of the game with a cheap shot to the head.

30-20 Sac with 12 minutes to go.

Yikes.

WSU was marching, then another key dropped pass on 3rd down by a WR.

Edit: Weber DB drops an INT. Sac punts. WS odds are long.

NAU 21 Montana State 17 at the half.

Weber FG makes it 30-23 Sac with 8:09 to go.

Sac pretty much seals the deal with a FG. 33-23 Sac with 1:50 to go.

Idaho 48 EWU 16 - Final

Weber scores with 16 seconds to go. 33-30 Sac.

Sac wins 33-30.

Interesting strategy by Sac when Weber had a first and goal from the 3 with 30 seconds or so to go in the game. They had 3 straight pass interference penalties in the end zone. Each time the ball was moved half the distance to the goal but time time kept coming off the clock. When it was first down and inches, it took Weber two rushes to get in and by then only had 16 seconds left and no TO's.

Sac smartly held WS WR 3x in the end zone (at least 2x on purpose), eating up critical game clock.

NAU 28 Montana State 24 at the end of the 3rd.

NAU and Montana are tied at 38 with one minute to go in regulation.

Montana State 31 NAU 28 - Final

The Bobcats kick a 24 yard FG to end the game.

Portland State 35 Northern Colorado 21 - Final

Montana 31 Poly 0 at the half.

Tough days for HC BBaldwin.

he's gonna have to figure things out quickly here. His record at Poly is about to be 3-20. Yes there were difficulties with covid and he inherited a not great roster... But excuses only give you so much time

What's he got, one more year?

Montana 57 Cal Poly 0 - Final

Less.

Montana State - NAU game was extremely entertaining. One of those “whoever has the ball last wins” - and it proved to be so. Martinez was fantastic this game. MSU gave him a lot of pressure but he avoided it deftly in most cases and delivered strikes to wide open receivers. MSU has issues in defensive secondary with both pass coverage and some tackling. Mellot passed more than expected and was not particularly successful on it but did deliver a nice deep ball to save their hide at end of game (led to game winning field goal). If you have ESPN+ and haven’t already done so, I highly recommend spooling through that game.

Wally The Bronco Too - so damn good with the Big Sky content!