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Back-to-back Cats

BOZEMAN — Montana State made history Saturday, winning the Super Brawl with a superb finish that pushed the Bobcats into another FCS title game.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 HOURS, 53 MINUTES AGO

Dowler twins flip starring roles again

BOZEMAN — For three years the casual Big Sky Conference football fan knew about Taco Dowler, the Billings West star turned Montana State speedster.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 HOURS, 53 MINUTES AGO

Super Brawl Capsule

MSU is 3-0 at home in the semifinals and hasn’t lost at home to a Big Sky opponent in Brent Vigen’s tenure (22-0)
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 DAYS, 5 HOURS AGO

Super Brawl: Something has to give

The “Super Brawl” fast approaches, marking the second meeting of intrastate rivals Montana and Montana State in four weeks, and you wonder if it might go different.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 DAYS, 5 HOURS AGO

Full Count: Of Bobcats, Grizzlies and butterflies

The beautiful Great Divide Trophy is not at stake Saturday when the Grizzlies and Bobcats battle in what we’re now calling “The Super Brawl” in Bozeman.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 DAYS, 5 HOURS AGO

Tough to keep up

Any college football team would be happy with 200 rushing yards in a single game; on Friday night against Stephen F. Austin, the MSU Bobcats did that in a half.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 3 DAYS, 5 HOURS AGO

It has happened, just not like this

It turns out the Grizzlies and Bobcats have played each other twice the same season before.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 DAYS, 5 HOURS AGO

Uncharted waters: Griz roll past South Dakota as semi at MSU looms

MISSOULA — Get ready for Brawl II.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 6 DAYS, 9 HOURS AGO

Mostly lateral, very little hook

MISSOULA — Of all of Michael Wortham’s scintillating plays on a record-setting Saturday, perhaps the best was the hook-and-lateral on third-and-20 late in Montana’s 52-20 FCS quarterfinal win over South Dakota.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

Cats, Griz capsules: FCS Quarterfinals

When the Lumberjacks have the ball: Former Griz Sam Vidlak is the Southland offensive player of year, and has thrown for 2,447 yards and 21 touchdowns with six interceptions.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO

Vidlak: Great numbers, vanilla comments

You can say two things about Stephen F. Austin quarterback Sam Vidlak, the former Griz QB turned Southland Conference player of the year: Awesome stats; vanilla quotes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO

Full Count: A beginning, a middle and a next game

Much has already been made about the postgame dust-up between Montana State running back Julius Davis and an opposing player, and his coach, and his teammate, and I don’t mean to pile on.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 3 DAYS AGO

Bobcats, quarterfinal foe SFA follow similar paths

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks started their football season 0-2, including a 28-20 loss at Abilene (Texas) Christian on Sept. 6.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 3 DAYS AGO

Ah Yat shines bright: Griz QB throws 4 TDs in win over South Dakota St.

MISSOULA — Keali’i Ah Yat is on fire and the Brawl is old news.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO

UM's Drew Deck makes a splash again

MISSOULA — The hits keep coming for Drew Deck.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 2 WEEKS AGO

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