Thursday, October 18, 2007

Bears buckle down against brutal schedule (Missoulian).
Will lack of offense prove to be UM's Achilles' heel? (Great Falls Tribune).
Griz linebacker Tyler Joyce plays a good game, then writes about it (Billings Gazette).
Shifts in the Big Sky (Kaimin).
Bears ready to take their game to next level (Greely Tribune).
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Listen to "This Week in Big Sky Football" (BSC Teleconference).
Big Sky Conference Football Release - Oct. 15 (BSC).
Tailgating Brigham Young style (The Eaterner).
Wyoming's Glenn defends CSU's Lubick (Greeley Tribune).

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Vote for Monte for Mascot of the Year

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(Select the Vote tab.)

This week currently: Monte 16389, Zippy 16280

Standings
1 Zippy (Akron), 5-0
2 Hokebird (Virgina Tech), 3-2
3 Big Red (Western Kentucky), 3-2
4 Cosmos (BYU), 3-2
5 Otto (Syracruse), 2-3
6 Joe Bruin (UCLA), 2-3
7 Monte, 2-3
8 Goldy Gopher (Minnesota), 2-3
9 Cocky (South Carolina), 2-3
10 Hairy Dawg (Georgia), 2-3
11 Seymore (S Miss), 2-3
12 Cavman (Virginia), 2-3


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Bears buckle down against brutal schedule

By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/10/18/sports/sports03.txt

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Will lack of offense prove to be UM's Achilles' heel?

By BILL ORAM, Great Falls Tribune

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071017/SPORTS/710170329/1006/SPORTS

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Griz linebacker Tyler Joyce plays a good game, then writes about it

By GREG RACHAC, Billings Gazette

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/18/sports/local/18-joyce.txt

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Shifts in the Big Sky

By Amber Kuehn, Montana Kaimin, October 18, 2007

http://www.montanakaimin.com/index.php/sports/sports_article/shifts_in_the_big_sky/

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Bears ready to take their game to next level

Matt Schuman, Greely Tribune

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20071018/UNC_SPORTS09/110180154/-1/SPORTS

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Big Sky Conference Football Release - Oct. 15

http://www.bigskyconf.com/article.asp?articleid=86962

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Conference Statistics

BSC

http://www.bigskyconf.com/stats.asp?page=stats/Football/2007/CONFLDRS.HTM

The Grizzlies: This year's rank in the conference statistics and [rank in 2006] and (rank in 2004).

SCORING OFFENSE: 3. Montana [2] (2)
SCORING DEFENSE: 1. Montana [1] (2)

RED ZONE OFFENSE: 3. Montana [5]
RED ZONE DEFENSE: 1. Montana [7]

PASS OFFENSE: 5. Montana [2] (4)
PASS DEFENSE: 4. Montana [1] (8)

PASS EFFICIENCY: 3. Montana [3] (2)
PASS DEF EFFICIENCY: 1. Montana [2] (3)

RUSHING OFFENSE: 2. Montana [1] (3)
RUSHING DEFENSE: 2. Montana [1] (2)

TOTAL OFFENSE: 5. Montana (370 ypg) [2] (3, 427 ypg)
TOTAL DEFENSE: 1. Montana [1] (5)

FIRST DOWNS: 4. Montana [1] (1)
OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS: 1. Montana [6] (8)

3RD-DN CONVERSIONS: 2. Montana [2] (3)
OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT: 3. Montana [2] (5)

4TH-DN CONVERSIONS: 4. Montana (T) [1] (5)
OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT: 8. Montana [5] (6)

TURNOVER MARGIN: 4. Montana [2] (1)

KICKOFF RETURNS: 2. Montana [4] (5)
PUNT RETURN AVG: 2. Montana [1] (6)

PUNTING: 2. Montana [2] (6)
FIELD GOALS: 1. Montana [2] (3)
PAT KICKING: 5. Montana [8] (1)
KICKOFF COVERAGE: 1. Montana [6]

SACKS BY: 3. Montana [1] (1)
SACKS AGAINST: 8. Montana [9] (5)

PENALTIES: 4. Montana [7] (6)
OPPONENT PENALTIES: 3. Montana [5] (1)

TIME OF POSSESSION: 7. Montana [5] (3)

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FCS Top 25 Schedules

TSN

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/sched/cf_fared.aspx

1. Northern Iowa Panthers (6-0)
Oct. 20: at Western Ill
Oct. 27: vs. Youngstown St
Nov. 3: at Missouri State

2. North Dakota State Bison (6-0)
Oct. 20: at Minnesota
Oct. 27: vs. Southern Utah
Nov. 3: vs. Illinois State

3. Montana Grizzlies (6-0)
Oct. 20: vs. Northern Colorado
Oct. 27: at Northern Ariz
Nov. 3: vs. Portland State

4. Massachusetts Minutemen (5-1)
Oct. 20: vs. Northeastern
Oct. 27: at William & Mary
Nov. 3: at Rhode Island

5. Appalachian State Mountaineers (5-1)
Oct. 20: vs. Ga Southern
Oct. 27: at Furman
Nov. 3: at Citadel

6. McNeese State Cowboys (6-0)
Oct. 20: at Nicholls State
Oct. 27: vs. SE Louisiana
Nov. 3: at Stephen F Austin

7. Wofford Terriers (6-1)
Oct. 20: vs. Elon
Oct. 25: at Western Carolina
Nov. 3: vs. Ga Southern

8. James Madison Dukes (6-1)
Oct. 20: Idle
Oct. 27: vs. Richmond
Nov. 3: at Delaware

9. Southern Illinois Salukis (6-1)
Oct. 20: vs. Missouri State
Oct. 27: Idle
Nov. 3: at Western Ill

10. Hofstra Pride (6-0)
Oct. 20: vs. New Hampshire
Oct. 27: at Villanova
Nov. 3: vs. William & Mary

11. New Hampshire Wildcats (4-2)
Oct. 20: at Hofstra
Oct. 27: vs. Rhode Island
Nov. 3: vs. Northeastern

12. Youngstown State Penguins (5-2)
Oct. 20: vs. Illinois State
Oct. 27: at Northern Iowa
Nov. 3: at Indiana State

13. Nicholls State Colonels (5-1)
Oct. 20: vs. McNeese State
Oct. 27: at Central Arkansas
Nov. 3: at Sam Houston St

14. Delaware Blue Hens (6-1)
Oct. 20: Idle
Oct. 27: at Navy
Nov. 3: vs. James Madison

15. Delaware State Hornets (5-1)
Oct. 20: vs. Morgan State
Oct. 27: at SC State
Nov. 3: at Winston-Salem St

16. Yale Bulldogs (5-0)
Oct. 20: at Penn
Oct. 27: at Columbia
Nov. 3: vs. Brown (Yale Bowl)

17. Western Illinois Leathernecks (5-2)
Oct. 20: vs. Northern Iowa
Oct. 27: at Illinois State
Nov. 3: vs. Southern Ill

18. Richmond Spiders (4-2)
Oct. 20: vs. Rhode Island
Oct. 27: at James Madison
Nov. 3: vs. Villanova

19. Cal Poly Mustangs (4-2)
Oct. 20: at South Dakota St
Oct. 27: at Idaho State
Nov. 3: at Southern Utah

20. Montana State Bobcats (4-2)
Oct. 20: vs. Sacramento St
Oct. 27: at Northern Colorado
Nov. 3: vs. Northern Ariz

21. Eastern Kentucky Colonels (5-2)
Oct. 20: vs. Tennessee St
Oct. 27: at Murray State
Nov. 3: Idle

22. Eastern Washington Eagles (4-2)
Oct. 20: at B-Y-U
Oct. 27: at Sacramento St
Nov. 3: vs. Northern Colorado

23. Grambling State Tigers (5-1)
Oct. 20: at Jackson State
Oct. 27: vs. Texas Southern
Nov. 3: at Alabama State (Cramton Bowl)

24. Elon Phoenix (4-2)
Oct. 20: at Wofford
Oct. 27: vs. Chattanooga
Nov. 3: at Furman

25. Norfolk State Spartans (5-1)
Oct. 18: at Florida A&M
Oct. 27: vs. Howard
Nov. 3: at Morgan State

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Tailgating Brigham Young style

The "Swede" is at it again, calling out Brigham Young University fans for their pre-game antics

Brandon Hansen, Managing Editor, The Eaterner (EWU)

http://media.www.easterneronline.com/media/storage/paper916/news/2007/10/17/Sports/Tailgating.Brigham.Young.Style-3037542.shtml

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Wyoming's Glenn defends CSU's Lubick

S. Scott Rosenberg, Greeley Tribune, October 18, 2007

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20071018/CSU_SPORTS06/110180150/-1/SPORTS