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Hauck declined to answer a question asked by a Kaimin reporter at the press conference, saying, “Look, my players have asked me not to participate and I’m gonna honor that, OK?”
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Grizzlies gear up for Sacramento State
Story by Tyson Alger | October 23, 2009
Montana Kaimin
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Submit Link to Delicious Fresh off a nail-biting win over Eastern Washington, the Montana Grizzlies continue their slate of Big Sky Conference games on the road this weekend with a game against the Sacramento State Hornets.
The No. 2 Grizzlies (6-0, 3-0 BSC) recorded a thrilling 41-34 victory over the Eagles last weekend. The Griz propelled themselves into the lead with about a minute to go in the fourth quarter with a one-yard touchdown run from Chase Reynolds on fourth down.
In a press conference Tuesday, head coach Bobby Hauck said the team did a good job of overcoming early challenges from the Eagles.
“It was a great win for us,” Hauck said. “Our guys did a really nice job of battling through different things they threw at us.”
Awaiting the Griz in Sacramento is a Hornets team (2-4, 2-2 BSC) that struggled last week against No. 15 Weber State. The Wildcat offense dominated the Hornet defense, highlighted by Weber quarterback Cameron Higgins’ five touchdown passes en route to the 49-10 win.
It was Sacramento’s 13th straight loss to a ranked opponent.
The loss last week can be misleading as in the previous two weeks the Hornets showed an impressive win against Idaho State and a rare home upset of Portland State.
“Winning at Portland is hard,” Hauck said. “Not many people have done that in recent years.”
The Sac State game is sandwiched between last week’s game against Eastern Washington and next week’s match-up against Weber State.
Hauck quickly put to rest any thoughts that the Griz might look over a team such as Sacramento and focus on the Wildcats, who gave the Griz their only regular season loss last year.
“Year in and year out they tend to upset one of the better teams in the league,” Hauck said. “We’re looking to avoid that.”
The Grizzlies will continue to use the quarterback duo of Justin Roper and Andrew Selle who combined for 209 yards and two touchdowns last week.
Hauck said both quarterbacks continue to play well.
“You can’t score many points without your quarterback playing decently,” Hauck said.
Meanwhile, other players on the team don’t always know which quarterback is out on the field.
“Sometimes I don’t know who’s actually in,” said wide receiver Tyler Palmer in the press conference. “I line up and they’ll throw the ball and I’ll look back and it’s Justin this time or Andrew that time.”
Calling the signals for the Hornets is junior Jason Smith.
“He is a good football player,” Hauck said. “He’s not very flashy, but he’s had games where he has put up good numbers.”
Hauck said Smith is a classic pocket passer who doesn’t run too much.
“He’s more about staying alive and delivering the ball,” he said.
The Hornet running game is led by Terrance Dailey. Dailey ranks fourth in the Big Sky with 527 yards.
Sac State head coach Marshall Sperbeck said he believes that Dailey can put up a strong performance against a tough Griz defense by looking at the 145 yards that Eastern running back Taiwan Jones put up against the Griz last week.
“Each week is a different battle, but I think it does give you a little hope,” Sperbeck said of continuing what Jones did last week. “We have to have that same mindset approach to attack on the run game. We have our work cut out for us.”
The Hornets are currently on a 14-game losing streak to the Grizzlies. Sperbeck said the team doesn’t try to dwell too much on the history of the match-ups.
“(A win) would be nice,” Sperbeck said. “They’ve had their way with us, there’s no doubt. But they’ve been like that with everybody in our conference.”
As for the trip to Sacramento where the expected temperature is to be in the mid 70s, Palmer said there are many other places he would rather play.
“It’s nobody’s favorite place to play,” Palmer said. “It’s a different atmosphere. It’s a lot quieter, hot. That’s about all I can say about that. It doesn’t make any difference; we just have to go down there and work hard.”
Editor’s note: The quotes in this article that are attributed to Bobby Hauck or a Griz football player came out of a press conference earlier this week. Hauck declined to answer a question asked by a Kaimin reporter at the press conference, saying, “Look, my players have asked me not to participate and I’m gonna honor that, OK?”
http://www.montanakaimin.com/index.php/sports/sports_article/grizzlies_gear_up_for_sacramento_state/4171
Grizzlies gear up for Sacramento State
Story by Tyson Alger | October 23, 2009
Montana Kaimin
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Submit Link to Delicious Fresh off a nail-biting win over Eastern Washington, the Montana Grizzlies continue their slate of Big Sky Conference games on the road this weekend with a game against the Sacramento State Hornets.
The No. 2 Grizzlies (6-0, 3-0 BSC) recorded a thrilling 41-34 victory over the Eagles last weekend. The Griz propelled themselves into the lead with about a minute to go in the fourth quarter with a one-yard touchdown run from Chase Reynolds on fourth down.
In a press conference Tuesday, head coach Bobby Hauck said the team did a good job of overcoming early challenges from the Eagles.
“It was a great win for us,” Hauck said. “Our guys did a really nice job of battling through different things they threw at us.”
Awaiting the Griz in Sacramento is a Hornets team (2-4, 2-2 BSC) that struggled last week against No. 15 Weber State. The Wildcat offense dominated the Hornet defense, highlighted by Weber quarterback Cameron Higgins’ five touchdown passes en route to the 49-10 win.
It was Sacramento’s 13th straight loss to a ranked opponent.
The loss last week can be misleading as in the previous two weeks the Hornets showed an impressive win against Idaho State and a rare home upset of Portland State.
“Winning at Portland is hard,” Hauck said. “Not many people have done that in recent years.”
The Sac State game is sandwiched between last week’s game against Eastern Washington and next week’s match-up against Weber State.
Hauck quickly put to rest any thoughts that the Griz might look over a team such as Sacramento and focus on the Wildcats, who gave the Griz their only regular season loss last year.
“Year in and year out they tend to upset one of the better teams in the league,” Hauck said. “We’re looking to avoid that.”
The Grizzlies will continue to use the quarterback duo of Justin Roper and Andrew Selle who combined for 209 yards and two touchdowns last week.
Hauck said both quarterbacks continue to play well.
“You can’t score many points without your quarterback playing decently,” Hauck said.
Meanwhile, other players on the team don’t always know which quarterback is out on the field.
“Sometimes I don’t know who’s actually in,” said wide receiver Tyler Palmer in the press conference. “I line up and they’ll throw the ball and I’ll look back and it’s Justin this time or Andrew that time.”
Calling the signals for the Hornets is junior Jason Smith.
“He is a good football player,” Hauck said. “He’s not very flashy, but he’s had games where he has put up good numbers.”
Hauck said Smith is a classic pocket passer who doesn’t run too much.
“He’s more about staying alive and delivering the ball,” he said.
The Hornet running game is led by Terrance Dailey. Dailey ranks fourth in the Big Sky with 527 yards.
Sac State head coach Marshall Sperbeck said he believes that Dailey can put up a strong performance against a tough Griz defense by looking at the 145 yards that Eastern running back Taiwan Jones put up against the Griz last week.
“Each week is a different battle, but I think it does give you a little hope,” Sperbeck said of continuing what Jones did last week. “We have to have that same mindset approach to attack on the run game. We have our work cut out for us.”
The Hornets are currently on a 14-game losing streak to the Grizzlies. Sperbeck said the team doesn’t try to dwell too much on the history of the match-ups.
“(A win) would be nice,” Sperbeck said. “They’ve had their way with us, there’s no doubt. But they’ve been like that with everybody in our conference.”
As for the trip to Sacramento where the expected temperature is to be in the mid 70s, Palmer said there are many other places he would rather play.
“It’s nobody’s favorite place to play,” Palmer said. “It’s a different atmosphere. It’s a lot quieter, hot. That’s about all I can say about that. It doesn’t make any difference; we just have to go down there and work hard.”
Editor’s note: The quotes in this article that are attributed to Bobby Hauck or a Griz football player came out of a press conference earlier this week. Hauck declined to answer a question asked by a Kaimin reporter at the press conference, saying, “Look, my players have asked me not to participate and I’m gonna honor that, OK?”