Garrett Becker

Football
11/9/2024 12:00:00

Bill Lamberty

Junior Hunter Parsons gets his first start…

BOZEMAN, Montana – The Bobcats are playing without one of their stars today Brody Grebe misses the Sacramento State game with an injury. Hunter Parsonsa junior from Sparks, Nevada, gets the nod. Parsons has played in all nine games with 13 tackles, three for loss and one sack. He has a few rushes and one pass breakup.

Redshirt freshman Dominic Solano fits into the rotation on the defensive end.

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For today’s Military Appreciation Day, the Bobcat football program has partnered with Big Sky Bravery, an organization that provides proactive support to active duty special operations troops. Special Operations Forces comprise about three percent of the U.S. armed forces, but suffer about half of all combat casualties in recent years. Big Sky Bravery offers all-expenses-paid excursions to Montana’s natural beauty for decompression and recovery.

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FLAG TRANSFER: The flag transfer today is from former Bobcat walk-on defensive lineman Matt Brownlow to fullback Max Murphy. Brownlow, a Missoula Sentinel product, joined the Bobcats after an open tryout in the fall of 2013 and eventually worked his way up the depth chart. His career peaked at just the right time, when he was part of a goal-line move during the 2016 Cat-Griz game, which helped seal that victory.

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A few Bobcat ball carriers continue to pile up numbers and milestones. Senior quarterback Tommy Mellott’s 3,019 career rushing yards is fourth most in Bobcat history. Next on the list is Cody Kirk at 3,442 yards.

Sophomore running back Scottre Humphrey noted the school’s 25^e 1,000 yards rushing season last week. His 1,503 career yards are 25^e in school history, five from catching a former teammate Sean Chambers (1,508).

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The Cats have a record of 92 at Bobcat Stadium against Sacramento State, and the winning percentage of .818 is fourth-best against current Big Sky schools. MSU is 7-1 at home against Northern Colorado, 12-2 against Portland State and 20-4 against Idaho State.

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Four Big Sky running backs are averaging more than 100 rushing yards per game, and two of them meet this afternoon at Bobcat Stadium. Sacramento State’s Elijah Tau-Toliver is fourth in the Big Sky with 103.3 yards per game, while MSU’s Scottre Humphrey pace of the loop at 118.0. Tau-Toliver is averaging 5.9 yards per carry, while Humphrey is getting 7.3 yards rushing.

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