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Breaks, good and bad, help shape Big Sky (Independent Record).
Vikings lose another late lead (The Oregonian).
Griz No. 6 in Sagarin Ratings (USA Today).
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Breaks, good and bad, help shape Big Sky
By TOM STUBER, Helena Independent Record
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/10/25/sports/b01102504_0 3.txt
Portland State is just a few seconds from being deep in the hunt of the Big Sky
Conference title. Instead they are pretty much out of the race.
That's because just one week after allowing a game-tying touchdown on the last play
of the game and losing in overtime, the Vikings blew a 10-point lead when Northern
Arizona kicker Paul Ernster booted a 47-yard field goal with 12 seconds to play. The
kick resulted in a 21-20 loss to the Lumberjacks.
Instead of a 3-1 league mark the Vikings sit at 1-3 with Montana and Montana State
at 3-0, Eastern Washington at 4-1 and NAU at 3-1. There's little hope for PSU now.
It all started to unravel this week when PSU quarterback Joe Wiser was forced out of
the end zone by a gang of NAU defenders including Vince Henmen of Laurel, Mont. The
safety made the count 20-12 with seven minutes to play and the Lumberjacks promptly
went 60 yards with the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown to cut the lead to 20-18.
"This is exactly what we needed to get going, to get our team going," Henmen told
the Arizona Daily Sun. "We've got three more conference games. We are going to take
this win into next week and hopefully do the same thing."
The Lumberjacks take on Montana State next week in Flagstaff while PSU hosts Montana
(6-1, 3-0). Eastern Washington will take on Sacramento State in Cheyny and Weber
State is at Idaho State.
The Bobcats (5-2, 3-0) weren't far behind the Axers in the thrilling finish
department. Except that MSU blew all of a 14-point lead before moving 68 yards in
just 49 seconds to set up a game-winning 22-yard field goal by E. J. Cochrane - his
second game-winner in three weeks.
MSU was tied at halftime with South Dakota State, but seemed to take control in the
second half after a pair of Travis Lulay touchdown passes gave the Bobcats a 24-10
lead. The Jackrabbits (4-3) scored what appeared to be a meaningless TD with 1:12 to
go to cut the lead to seven, but they recovered an on-side kick and scored on their
second play to tie the game at 24-24.
Lulay would connect on four straight passes before centering the ball in front of
the goal post for Cochrane.
Eastern Washington (5-3, 4-1) bounced back from a heartbreaking loss to Montana a
week ago with a resounding 51-7 whitewashing of hapless Weber State (0-8, 0-5). The
Eagles scored on an interception return, blocked punt return and punt return. They
were without their top two running backs, but third stringer Dezmon Cole ran 18
times for a whopping 199 yards in their stead. Fourth stringer Toke Kefu ran for 89
yards on 12 carries. Both had two touchdowns.
Gunslinger Erik Meyer played minimally and threw just seven passes.
"(The mistakes) can snowball for a young team when the offense struggles. The
defense gets worn out," a sympathetic EWU coach Paul Wulff told the Deseret News.
Usually when a team forces six turnovers it comes out on the winning end. Not
Sacramento State.
The Hornets (2-5, 1-3) lost to Idaho State 29-24 by offsetting those takeaways with
four turnovers of their own. They were also sacked five times, converted only 2 of
14 third down situations, committed eleven penalties and had only 37 net rushing
yards in 29 attempts.
ISU (2-5, 1-3) wasn't much better as the Bengals committed 14 penalties, were sacked
five times and had just 58 yards on 40 carries.
"I thought it was like Christmas out there with the way we were giving them gifts,"
Sacramento State coach Steve Mooshagian told the Sacramento Bee. "I thought we were
the better team today, but the better team doesn't always win."
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Vikings lose another late lead
Norm Maves Jr., The Oregonian, Monday, October 25, 2004
Northern Arizona 21 Portland State 20
http://www.oregonlive.com/vikingsfootball/oregonian/index.ssf? /base/sports/1098705314296590.xml
Game recap: For the second week in a row, Portland State took command of a road game
against a proven opponent and held it to -- but, agonizingly, not including -- the
final seconds.
This time, the Vikings lost a 10-point lead in the last 7:02 at Northern Arizona to
a safety, a touchdown drive, a recovered onside kick and, with 12 seconds left, a
48-yard field goal by Paul Ernster, which beat them 21-20. The Vikings (3-4) led
almost every significant statistical category except the one they had to have, and
with three Big Sky Conference losses no longer can aspire to the NCAA Division I-AA
playoffs.
Key players: Portland State got another superb performance out of its offensive
line: center Antonio Narcisse, tackles Micah Jackson-Sattler and Mike Stachowiak and
guards Peter St. John and Brennan Carvalho, the latter playing in place of injured
Steve Blatchley. Their drive blocking allowed running backs Joe Rubin (133 yards)
and Ryan Fuqua (90) to roam almost at will. On defense, cornerback Dominic Dixon
made seven solo tackles, nine total, many while taking on Northern Arizona tight
ends; sophomore Odell Jackson, playing in place of injured Reynard Carrie, made
three tackles and broke up three passes. Defensive tackle Chuck Jones had a tackle
for a seven-yard loss, a sack and a forced fumble, and he batted down a pass by
Jason Murrietta.
Coach Tim Walsh's assessment: "To be honest with you, I never thought we'd lose. I
told them that nobody says life is fair, in football or other things that you do."
Next up: Montana at Portland State, 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Griz No. 6 in Sagarin Ratings
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt04.htm
Games through October 23, 2004
BIG SKY CONFERENCE (15)
85 Montana 6 1
104 Eastern Washington 5 3
122 Montana State 5 2
136 Northern Arizona 4 3
139 Portland State 3 4
148 Idaho State 2 5
185 Sacramento State 2 5
189 Weber State 0 8
70 Georgia Southern
71 TCU A
72 Miami-Ohio A
73 Troy A
74 Connecticut A
75 Southern Illinois
76 Toledo A
77 James Madison
78 Cincinnati A
79 Louisiana Tech A
80 Cal Poly
81 Arizona A
82 UNLV A
83 Harvard
84 Washington A
85 Montana
86 San Diego State A
87 Indiana A
88 Delaware
89 Rice A
90 Kentucky A
91 Western Kentucky
92 South Florida A
93 Illinois A
94 Hawaii A
95 Florida Atlantic A*
96 William & Mary
97 Vanderbilt A
98 Rutgers A
99 Houston A
100 Maine
101 Mississippi State A
102 New Hampshire
103 Villanova
104 Eastern Washington
105 Nevada A
106 North Texas A
107 Baylor A
108 Duke A
109 Sam Houston State
110 Northeastern
111 Furman
112 Army A
113 Middle Tennessee A
114 Pennsylvania
115 Utah State A
116 Ohio U. A
117 Tulsa A
118 Tulane A
119 East Carolina A
120 Appalachian State
121 New Mexico State A
122 Montana State
123 Louisiana-Monroe A
124 Arkansas State A
125 Louisiana-Lafayette A
126 Akron A
127 Hofstra
128 UC Davis
129 North Dakota State
130 Massachusetts
131 Stephen F. Austin
132 Jacksonville State
133 Lehigh
134 Temple A
135 San Jose State A
136 Northern Arizona
137 Northern Iowa
138 Central Michigan A
139 Portland State
140 Wofford
141 South Dakota State
142 NW Louisiana
143 Idaho A
144 SMU A
145 Brown
146 Southern Utah
147 Rhode Island
148 Idaho State
149 Colgate
150 Texas State
151 Lafayette
152 Kent State A
153 Eastern Kentucky
154 Princeton
155 SMS(SW Missouri St.)
156 Richmond
157 Hampton
158 Eastern Michigan A
159 UCF(Central Florida) A
160 SE Louisiana
161 Western Illinois
162 Nicholls State
163 Illinois State
164 Ball State A
165 McNeese State
166 Fla. International A*
167 Northern Colorado
168 Indiana State
169 Tennessee Tech
170 Yale
171 Western Michigan A
172 Buffalo A
173 Citadel
174 Southern U.
175 Bucknell
176 Bethune-Cookman
177 Alabama State
178 Towson
179 Murray State
180 Fordham
181 Western Carolina
182 Eastern Illinois
183 So. Carolina St
184 Youngstown St
185 Sacramento St
186 Cornell
187 Ark.-Pine Bluff
188 Samford
189 Weber State
190 SE Missouri St
191 Gardner-Webb
192 Florida A&M
193 Elon
194 Drake
195 Dayton
196 Coastal Carolina
197 Tennessee State
198 San Diego
199 Jackson State
200 Chattanooga
201 Liberty
202 Howard
203 Duquesne
204 Alabama A&M
205 Alcorn State
206 Columbia
207 Grambling
208 Morgan State
209 N.C. A&T
210 Monmouth-NJ
211 Delaware State
212 Albany (NY)
213 Dartmouth
214 Holy Cross
215 Central Conn. St
216 Georgetown
217 Tenn.-Martin
218 VMI
219 Charleston Southern
220 Robert Morris
221 Miss. Valley St
222 Wagner
223 Stony Brook
224 Morehead State
225 Sacred Heart
226 Norfolk State
227 Savannah State
228 Davidson
229 Prairie View A&M
230 Valparaiso
231 Jacksonville
232 Texas Southern
233 Marist
234 St. Francis-Pa.
235 Butler
236 La Salle
237 Iona
238 Austin Peay
239 Saint Peter's
240 ***UNRATED***
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