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University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Associated Students of the University of Montana Montana Kaimin, 1898-present (ASUM) 1-28-1997 Montana Kaimin: Special Section, January 28, 1997 Associated Students of the University of Montana Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper Recommended Citation Associated Students of the University of Montana, "Montana Kaimin: Special Section, January 28, 1997" (1997). Montana Kaimin, 1898-present. 8988. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/8988 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Kaimin, 1898-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Montana Kaimin Special Section ■ J B B B r O M b h h hJ Grizzly senior Mike Erhardt can’t pull in a pass as Marshall’s Melvin Cunningham swats it away. gram,” Montana coach MMick ick Dennehy said last week. “They’ve done a great job in the classroom, a great job on the football field and most importantly, they’re just great kids.” They’re also a group that has probably brought Just out of more to Grizzly football in the past few seasons than any other class to lace up the pads in Montana histo ry. In this season alone, Montana’s seniors account REACH ed for 34 touchdowns and 754 tackles, 187 catches and 43 sacks. They led the Grizzlies to Grizzly seniors bid farewell as Montana falls short in their first ever national quest to defend its national championship championship in 1995 and See “Seniors” page 3 2 Montana Kaimin, Tuesday, January 28, 1997 Th«* Hoar T ru th Defending their title Quotes o f tiie Year Moss-driven Marshall outplays Griz, but with a price ven to the casual caught in a tournament. In slapped with another six observer, the out Marshall’s 49-29 win over months. He promptly lost "Can you print 'oh shit?"' Ecome soon became Montana, he burned the his scholarship at Florida __N icholls State coach Darren Barbier after learn State. painfully obvious. There Grizzlies with four touch ing that his team w ould have to face the defend would by no last-second downs and probably could Next in line were Coach Andy Larson field goal to have had more if the game Pruett and the Thundering ing national cham pion Grizzlies on their home save the Grizzlies this after had been closer. Herd, arms open and mouths f p d in the first round o f the playoffs. noon. And there would be no But unfortunately for watering. But soon they too Moss, this “outstanding would be reminded of the national championship. "Let 'em feel the w ay they feet We'll settle it again Montana was about to be young man” also has an baggage that seems to follow dethroned, broadsided by a incredible knack for trouble. Moss everywhere he goes. next year. Wfe might as w ell get it started right team that was doing to them Moss’ problems began In November, just a now." V month before Moss would what the Grizzlies had done his senior year of high school __t> y h Mick Dennehy after several Bobcat run rampant on the to so many other teams assistant coaches, angered fey U M's decision to go week after week. Grizzlies in the title game, Last month, the Column by he again got into trouble. for a touchdow n late in Grizzlies weren’t just defeat While returning his daugh hands w ith the Montana twachijtg sjaif ' ter to her mother, Moss and ed, they were manhandled. I after Montana's 35-14 w in. They were outrun and over the woman got into a shov powered, thoroughly beaten ing match, and Moss was by a Marshall squad that for charged with domestic bat "I'm not that tall. That's only when I have a good tery. The court hearing for at least one day looked pair o f shoes on." this latest incident has been unbeatable. — Montana running back Josh Branen on feeing But even after that day, scheduled for March 20. a day when a handful of And so goes the story of listed as 3-foot-7 in the G rizzly media guide. Grizzlies left the field chok Randy Moss. ing back tears, it was And so sits Marshall "I don't know if 111 g o to Huntington Bus year. I'll Marshall coach Bob Pruett Matt Coach Pruett, still defending have to pay this time." who was stuck answering Ochsner Moss and his program just the hard questions, defend minutes after one of the —form er Grizzly quarterback Dave Dickenson. ing his team, the new biggest wins in the school’s history. national champions. "W e didn't take hom e the national championri$p. ‘‘He’s an outstanding when he was convicted on On the other side of the young man if people will just two counts of battery after coin were the Montana today, but I wouldn't trade being a Montana . give him the opportunity,” getting involved in a racial Grizzlies, who strolled into Grizzly for anything in the w orld." Pruett told reporters at the scuffle, violently kicking a Dahlberg Arena at 12:30 — Montana defensive tackle Brian Toone in front classmate who had fallen to that night to the cheers of post-game press conference. o f about 2,000 G rizzly faithful in Dahlberg Arena The “outstanding young the ground. That incident 2,000 strong, thanking them man,” to whom Pruett was cost him a scholarship to for a great year and more during the team's w elcom e-hom e rally. referring was Randy Moss, a play for Holtz at Notre importantly, for being part of 6-foot-5, 19-year-old wide Dame. a high-class program. "I dozed off for a short nap on the plane and woke | receiver with speed and While serving time for Randy Moss and compa up and looked outside and saw snow. I thought agility and all the makings that sentence, Moss was ny deserve to be congratulat to be the next Michael Irvin, given a second chance, a ed on a great team and an maybe something was w rong with the plane and both on and off the field. scholarship from Bobby even better season. They are for some reason we'd turned around and were Called by former Notre Bowden to play football at the best team in the country, heading back to Montana." Dame coach Lou Holtz the Florida State. At FSU Moss and on that chilly Saturday “best high school football impressed Bowden immedi afternoon in Huntington, —Coach Mick Dennehy on the unexpectedly cold j player I ever saw,” Moss has ately, running the 40-yard they certainly played like it. West Virginia conditions. shown he has an incredible dash in 4.25 seconds, second But Montana defensive only in school history to tackle Brian Toone probably knack for football. In this, "H e's a seasoned veteran- He has mohawk experi his first year, Moss ranked Deion Sanders. But like summed it up best at the second to only 49er star Holtz, Bowden’s impression welcome-home rally when he ence.' Jerry Rice in NCAA Division of Moss soon soured. said, “I wouldn’t trade being — Montana defensive end Corey Falls on the I-AA record books for touch While he was in jail a Montana Grizzly for any haircutting expertise o f fellow lineman Brian down catches in a regular serving time for his battery thing in the world.” Toone. ’ j season and shattered the conviction, Moss tested posi Finishing second never record for most touchdowns tive for marijuana and was looked so good. "W e're taking baby steps, and they're running like antelopes on the fieid." FOR THE BOOKS-________ — Nicholls State coach Darren Barbier after Montana embarassed his club 48-3 on a frozen Washington-Grizzly field in the first round of the Records broken in title game playoffs, Individual State, 8 vs. Troy State, 13 vs. Marshall). "There's a rumor going around that I'm going to j | dance the macarena, but l don't know one step. 1 Touchdown passes caught, single Passes attempted, tournament: think the best thing 1 can do is go root on the bas game: Randy Moss, Marshall, 4 (ties Brian Ah Yat, Montana 177 (48 vs. ketball team " ‘ record by Ibny DiMaggio, Rhode Nicholls State, 34 vs. East Tennessee — Marshall coach Bob Pruett on his celebration Island, 1985). State, 40 vs. Troy State, 55 vs. plans after the championship game. Marshall) ties previous record held by Net yards receiving, tournament: Jeff Gilbert, West Carolina, 1983. I *'Wfe tried to Randy Moss, Marshall, 636 (288 vs. Randy Moss. Nobody has, and we ccrtaintly didn't Delaware, 82 vs. Furman, 46 vs. Team today. He's an awfully fine football player, perhaps Northern Iowa, 200 vs. Montana). the finest I've seen m 24 years of Net yards passing, tournament: —Coach Mick Dennehy after the freshman Touchdown passes caught, tour Montana, 1,703 (447 vs. Nicholls nament: Randy Moss, Marshall, 9 (3 State, 467 vs. East Tennessee State, receiver burned the Gri / /lies for four touch vs. Delaware, 2 vs. Furman, 0 vs. 454 vs. Troy State, 335 vs. Marshall). dow ns in the cham pionship game.