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I j f ^ A K j r j k N Battle for the Stein T h e Lit t le B r o w n Ste in h a s b e e n

THE VICTOR’S PRIZE IN THE GRIZZLY-

VANDAL RIVALRY FOR 6 I YEARS.

It ’ s b e e n in M o s c o w s in c e I 9 9 5 .

T h e r e ’ s o n ly o n e way t o g e t it

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By S c o t He is e l Pa g e 2

John Locher/GDK

GRIZZLIES vs. Idaho 2 G am eD ay Kaimin, Saturday, Novem ber 13, 1999 The history of the Stein It is a w o o d e n s te in w ith a l o t o f f o o t b a l l b e h in d it . T h e Little B r o w n Ste in has b e e n p a ss e d b e tw ee n Mo ntana a n d Id a h o f o r d e c a d e s .

Montana gave it u p w h en t h e Gr iz l o s t in I 9 9 5 , t a r n is h in g t h e n a tio nal championship s e a s o n a s w e l l .

By S c o t He is e l ithin the world of football, a single remarkable season has the new era in the rivalry between Montana and Idaho was established the fol­ power to erase years of mediocrity. Years later, grandfathers lowing season. A young sports publicist by the name o f John T. Campbell relate bold tales to engrossed grandchildren, who listen time A teamed up with Stan Shaw, president of the university Bearpaws, to create a W trophy that would commemorate the annual border war. They dubbed their new cre­ after time. There is something comforting about the the fact that real men could accomplish such glorious feats. ation the “Little Brown Stein,” thus creating a tangible symbol o f the fierce competi­ Conversely, a single heartbreaking loss can permanently mar an otherwise suc­ tion between the two programs. cessful season. Every team suffers such losses. The Stein was introduced to Montana football fans in Missoula during the 1938 While the Montana Grizzlies have seen their share o f success, there are those who clash at Domblaser Field. A few hours later, it was on its way to Moscow after the would argue that they’ve also seen more than their share of frustration. And there Vandals defeated the Grizzlies 19-6. are still others who would say that the majority o f that frustration has come at the The following night, a Sunday, people across the nation prepared for the end of the hands o f the Idaho Vandals. world as Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater actors performed an adaptation of mid the devastation of the Great Depression and the political tensions that H.G. Wells’ War o f the Worlds over the radio waves. A fter losing to the Vandals for the would evolve into W W II, Montana football turned the comer toward success eighth time in nine years, Montana football fans may have been among the few lis­ in 1935 when Doug Fessenden took over as head coach. During the ten years teners that evening who managed to brush aside the mass hysteria with flippant dis­ A regard. prior to Fessenden’s arrival, the Grizzlies had compiled a record o f 29-48-5 and had managed just a single winning season, going 5-3 in 1930. rom the day that John Campbell unveiled the Stein, its relevance began to In two years Fessenden guided Montana to one of its greatest season ever. The diminish. W hat began as a rivalry turned into a chronicle o f Vandal domi­ Grizzlies won their first six games in 1937, including an impressive 13-6 victory at F nance. As the Stein reached its 30th year, it had spent only eight on Montana

T h e y d u b b e d t h e ir ne w c r e a t io n t h e ‘ L ittle B r o w n S t e in , ’ t h u s c r e a t in g a t a n g ib l e s y m b o l

OF THE FIERCE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS.

'Texas Tech and a 23-0 drubbing o f Gonzaga. The Montana defense recorded three soil. shutouts in the six games and allowed none of its opponents to score more than seven H al Sherbeck, who played defensive back for the Grizzlies from 1950 to 1951 and points. helped coach the team in the late ’50s, now lives in Poison. Sherbeck still makes Rumors o f a possible bowl bid — either to the Cotton Bowl or to the heralded Rose weekly trips to Missoula for Grizzly games and practices. H e said that he barely Bowl — permeated the Missoula air. Only a final regular season match up against remembers the Stein. the University o f Idaho in Moscow stood in the way. “For some reason it just went away and nobody knew about it,” Sherbeck said. “It The Grizzlies went to Idaho early in November of that year brimming with talent just dropped by the wayside. No one said much about it.” . and confidence. They had defeated the Vandals 16-0 the previous year and were look­ Sherbeck’s former teammate, Tom Kingsford, spends his summers at Big Fork and ing for a repeat performance. his winters in Phoenix. Both Sherbeck and Kingsford played on the 1950 team that They returned to Missoula feeling the sting of a 6-0 defeat and owning a newfound stunned the Vandals 28-27 in Moscow. Kingsford’s 2,296 career passing yards remain respect for what Montana fans had referred to for years as the dreaded “Vandal jinx.” in the top 10 in school history to this day. A last-minute interception on a muddy field from Vandal great Steve Belko had pre­ But while he helped pull o ff one of the great G rizzly victories, Kingsford also said served the Idaho win. that the Stein itself was of little importance. An account o f the game in the Kaimin included the decree: “It made for interesting discussion and competition,” Kingsford said. “But I don’t “A muddy field, a soggy ball and the spirit of revenge for last year’s thumping gave remember it being a big deal. I remember what it looked like. Is it still around?” Idaho that impetus which brings victory.” A ll told, Idaho has compiled 54 wins over Montana, along with 23 losses and a The Washington Huskies received an invitation to the Rose Bowl that year. They pair o f ties. Since the two teams last met in 1995, the Stein has rested on the desk of lost 21-0 to the Panthers o f Pittsburgh, who were eventually crowned national cham­ Vandal head coach Chris Tormey. pions o f 1937. Tormey played for Idaho from 1974 to 1977, but said that he didn’t see the Montana game as much of a rivalry.

Co n t in u e d o n p a g e 8 Griz renew rivalry with Idaho Chad Dundas “I think Montana is a better team than Nevada,” well last week. If we don’t, it’s going to be a long GameDay Kaimin Tormey said. “They’re pretty comparable defensively, afternoon.” John Welsh might be the only quarterback the but I think they’re better offensively and on special Running back Yohance Humphery could have the Grizzlies see all year who is playing with more pain teams.” most on the line this week for Montana. Last week than Montana’s own Drew Miller. The Grizzlies, though, aren’t letting the praise go against Cal Poly, Humphery tied Dave Dickenson’s If Welsh starts Saturday against UM, as the Idaho to their heads. single-season touchdown record and became only the coaching staff claims he will, it will be only the third “Idaho is definitely the most complete team we’ve fourth back in Montana history to rush for more than start of the season for the sophomore from Oak had to play to date,” head coach Mick Dennehy said. 1,000 yards in a season. Hum phery needs only 202 Forest, 111. Welsh shattered his ankle in the Vandals’ “W e’re going to have to play hard and play w ell and yards to eclipse Steve Caputo’s second game o f the ’99 campaign and was replaced by tighten up some things that maybe w e didn’t do as 28— year— old rushing record. upperclassmen Ed Dean and Greg Robertson. It was thought Welsh was lost for the season. But much to the chagrin of the rest of the doomed Big West Conference, he was not down for the count. Welsh unexpectedly returned, taking over the Vandal offense at the beginning of the fourth quarter in last week’s game against the U niversity o f Nevada Wolfpack. Welsh closed out Idaho’s 42- 33 defeat of Nevada, completing five of seven passes for 83 yards. The victory lifted the Vandals to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in conference, securing their dominance in the Big West. Welsh and Idaho looked strong in Nevada, but head coach Chris Tormey contends that the Griz will be a more diffi- Sophomore runningback Yohance Humphery stretches for one o f his 1,051 yards this John Locher/GDK cult test for his squad. two games remaining in the season. season. He s 202 yards short o f the school record with M ontana vs. Idaho 3

Weber State at Eastern Washington

Portland State at Northern Arizona Cal State-Northrioge at Southern Methodist

_ Montana State at Idaho State ^

Around By Matt Thompson GRIZa look at the the game from a player living it

aying a Grizzly road trip Tighran Delaney rolled into the take a breather. is interesting is an under­ room. We sat there a while, not As I gazed out on the dinner the Sky statement. I’d say it’s knowing what to do, until someone party taking place below, the S persuaded me to tackle Etu. I went nefarious Cory Mertes came and more of an adventure. I’ve seen T h e w eekly r e p o r t o f n ew s and h ig h l ig h t s and experienced a lot of road trips for the leg Greco-Roman style but I told me that THE Hugh Hefner f r o m t h e B ig S ky Co n f e r e n c e in the last three years, but last couldn’t budge the man we call was in the building. I scoffed at his week’s trip to Cal Poly will be a “Barraka.” He grabbed me by the claim, but soon he had a story that memorable one. waist and hoisted me into the air. I made sense. H ef supposedly owns B ig We s t = B ig b u s t I wish I could go into detail kicked out of his grasp and contin­ a vineyard in the San Luis Obisbo about everything, but it would ued to try my wrestling moves I area. He was there to make an Matt Gouras take up too much ad space and had learned in seventh grade. appearance at the vineyard’s GameDay Kaimin your time. So when it comes down I had a good hold on him, but in annual party that was taking to it, there were three major the end Etu was too much for me. place that night. I hastily told Idaho, the erstwhile Big Sky Conference powerhouse, returns to events/people/objects that affected He pinned me to the ground and Tighran, and soon he had me call­ Missoula after three full years in Division I play. The Big West confer­ my little jaunt to Southern the rest of the room hooted and ing the front desk to verify the ence they joined is in shambles. After the millennium, they will be the California: Fight Club, Hugh hollered. Fight Club was now bom. information. only football school left in the league, along with Utah State. Hefner and fog. Oh yeah, there I fought the next battle, but this They couldn’t verify it, but I Long gone are Fresno State and the University of Nevada-Las was the game, which we won, but time I would come out on top. I was on a mission. I headed down­ Vegas. Soon to leave and join the Western Athletic Conference are attacked Tighran the same way I stairs where Coach Robinson told Boise State and New Mexico State. I’m just going to tell you about the did Etu, but much more quickly. me H ef had just left two minutes In the topsy-turvy world of conference affiliations in the West, it interesting stuff. Inadvertently, I punched Tighran ago with two blondes. Tighran and looks like Idaho is going to be left hanging in the wind. First, let me tell you about in the face, stunning him. I used I raced out to the parking lot but “There was a pressure for us to join that league over the past few Fight Club. On Friday nights this to my advantage and quickly there was no sign of him or his years,” said UM Athletics Director Wayne Hogan. “We did not feel it before the game we have a lot of pulled his legs out from under him limo. We walked back inside, dis­ was stable, and it looks like we were kind of right.” time on our hands. Since we can’t and pinned him. With m g bums traught that we had missed a Right now, Hogan said UM is happy right where they are. The Big go out, we are usually confined to chance of a lifetime. Then Coach Sky is a stable conference: They have an automatic bid into a playoff our rooms watching TV. But some­ on my elbows and sweat on my system and a television deal with Fox Sports — something the Big times we can get creative on how brow, I raised my arms in triumph Robinson told us he was just jok­ West can’t offer. to use that time. This is how Fight like I imagine O.J. did at his house ing and the whole thing had been The announcements last summer that most of the Big West was Club began. after he won in court. a prank. leaving for the WAC, after that conference went though some alle­ The first rule of Fight Club is Other fights took place. Some I don’t really know what I giance changes of its own, have basically killed football for the Big you do not talk about Fight Club were one-on-one, others were four- would have done if he had been West. because if the hotel management on-one. As the fights wore on, there. I guess I was hoping he The conference needs at least six schools to be recognized by the knew what we were doing they Fight Club evolved into Pillow would invite me to one of his par­ NCAA, and Mike Daniels, Big West sports information director, said would never let us stay there Fight Club. Now weapons were ties or maybe one of his blonde that the costs of playing Division I football are too great for most of the again. Actually, it wasn’t that wild. allowed, which heightened the babes would have just said hi to conference’s 12 member schools. I roomed with Etu Molden and T. J. strategy and excitement. Luckily me. At least it could have a story Even with the breakup of the WAC over the past few years, the Oelkers. As we sat there watching no lamps or furniture were broken. to tell when I was 60. WAC is a better option football-wise for the Big West defectors, he the Timberwolves play the Kings When I had had enough of Fight Lastly, let’s talk about the fog. said. from Tokyo, Justin Klein and Club I came out of my room to Co n t in u e d o n p a g e 7 “Slowly, but surely, these schools wanted to get out,” Daniels said. The Big Sky may be stable, but it is not all peaches and cream. Northridge has another year to get its football stadium up to conference specifications or be faced with expulsion. “We have not heard from the conference yet on whether or not Stressed about they will exercise their option (to kick us out), but it would certainly be within their rights,” said Ryan Finney, of the school’s athletics Thanksgiving Cal The department. “Either way — despite the rumors — we are commit­ Dinned Hot- Line ted to playing football here. We played football for 36 years prior to joining the Big Sky.” 721-7500 Rumors of schools leaving are coupled with rumors of schools

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Offense Yohance Humphery Chase Ru nn in g B ack Raynock 5-10, I 90, So p h o m o r e fr o m Ea g le Riv e r , A laska 74 Last week at Cal Poly, Yohance became just the fourth player in UM's history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season. Not to mention that he tied Dave Dickenson’s record for rush­ ing touchdowns with 14. All that and Yo-Yo still wasn't satis­ Thatcher fied with his performance against the Mustangs. With Drew Szalay Miller still banged up a bit, Yo gets yet another chance to bust M iller 7 73 up Steve Caputo’s school record of 1,253 rushing yard for a He may have a busted season. Yo’s got 1,051. Sorry Stevie, but your record isn't knee and a bum shoul­ long for this world. der, but there is one thing you can't shatter Yohance I Drew Matt about UM’s QB — his Humphery Miller Thuesen confidence. After finally 7 65 Andy Petek getting a week of prac­ 21 Defensive End tice under his belt, look 6-3, 245, J unior fr o m Helena, Mont. for a big game from Andy had his bust-out game against Idaho State two weeks this Walter Payton can­ Leif ago, recording three sacks and at least five angry grunts. didate. One of the stronger Grizzlies pound-for-pound, No. 37 will Thorsen need to be at the top of his game this week against Vandal 79 tackle Rick DeMulling, who was listed as an honors candidate coming into the year in the Big West, whatever that means. Andy is just starting to heat up, just like another No. 37 a few years ago late in the year. Jason Crebo and the Griz won a Kamakana title back in '95, so here’s hoping history repeats itself. Kaimuloa Numerical Roster 67 Probable starters in BOLD

1 Tanner Hancock WR 5-8 175 Jr. Travis 2 Michael Smith WR 6-0 180 Fr. Walker 3 Trey Young FS 6-0 185 Fr. 84 4 Jeremy Watkins WR/PR 6-0 175 Sr. 5 John Edwards QB 6-1 200 Fr. 6 Andy Thompson QB/FS 6-3 195 Fr. 7 Drew Miller QB 6-1 195 Jr. Jeremy 8 Jim Farris WR/Rets 6-0 190 Jr. 9 Jason Miller FS 6-2 220 Jr. Watkins 10 Chris Lumpkin QB/CB 6-1 180 Fr. 4 11 Tighran Delaney WR 6-1 195 So. 12 Nick Walker QB 6-2 195 Fr. 13 Calvin Coleman CB/KOR 5-10 185 So. 16 Jeff Shoate QB/CB 5-11 180 Fr. 17 Etu Molden WR 6-2 190 So. 18 T.J. Oelkers WR 5-8 165 So. 20 Nate Sanders RB 6-0 190 Sr. 21 Yohance Humphery RB 5-10 190 So. 23 Kevin Tate RB 5-7 170 Fr. 24 Brandon Cheri CB 5-10 165 Fr. 26 Tony Brown CB 6-1 200 Jr. 27 Damon Parker CB/KOR 5-7 175 Fr. Grizzly Defense 1 28 Matt Thompson 1WR 5-8 160 Jr. 29 Oran Dixon CB 5-10 175 Fr. 30 Kris Heppner K 6-1 177 Sr. 31 John Hefty SS 6-1 190 So. 32 Dallas Neil P/TE 6-4 230 Sr. 33 Joel Rosenberg RB 5-10 175 Fr. Damon 34 Brad Oiszweski SS 5-10 180 Fr. Parker Jr. 35 Ben Drinkwalter RB 6-1 195 27 37 Andy Petek DE/LB 6-3 245 Jr. 38 James Bailey FB 6-2 228 Jr. 39 Russ Cosgrove LB 6-0 200 Fr. 40 Ike Mincy LB 6-3 215 Fr. Jason 41 Matt Steinau ILB 6-1 225 So. 42 Adam Boomer ILB 6-2 230 Jr. Miller 43 Spencer Frederick TE 6-3 240 So. 9 44 John Fitzgerald TE 6-2 220 So. Justin 45 Jacob Yoro ILB 6-1 225 So. 46 Courntey Johnson LB 6-0 200 Fr. Klein 47 Vince Huntsberger SS 5-11 190 So. 94 48 .Dan Orizotti ILB 5-11 225 So. 49 Jeff Nikolaisen LB 6-4 218 Fr. 50 Brad Weston ILB 6-1 210 Fr. Adam 51 Rylan Jollymore ILB 6-2 235 Sr. Linebacker off the bench Boomer Tyler 52 Chris Webb OG 6-4 225 Fr. 42 Martin 54 Chris Connors LB 6-2 195 Fr. S tein au 41 92 55 Riley Peuse DE 6-0 215 Fr. Sucks for Matt that 56 Marcus Wilson OLB 6-1 230 Sr. UM has three of the 57 Jeremy Otteson LB 6-0 215 Fr. better 'backers in the 58 Corey Meries DT 6-1 260 Jr. Big Sky, because he 59 Jeramiah Butenschoen DT 6-0 270 Jr. can play. His pick Rylan 60 Casey Ryan OG 6-4 225 So. against Idaho State J o lly m o re 62 Derek Decker OG 6-5 240 Fr. set up a score and 51 M 65 Matt Thuesen OG/OC 6-4 295 Jr. GDK remembers a 66 Brian Pelc OT 6-4 250 Fr. sweet pick at Weber 67 Kamakana Kaimuloa OT 6-4 295 Jr. last year as well. 68 Paul Mocko OC 6-2 285 Sr. While he waits his Kelley 70 Cory Short OG 6-2 275 So. turn, he's a terror on Bryant special teams. 72 Dylan McFarland OT 6-6 245 Fr. Marcus 95 73 Thatcher Szalay OG 6-5 295 So. 74 Chase Raynock OT 6-7 305 Sr. Wilson 75 Eric Kruger OT 6-6 265 Fr. 56 77 Jon Skinner OT 6-6 280 Fr. Andy 79 Leif Thorsen OG 6-5 295 Jr. Petek 80 Brock Sunderland WR 5-9 170 Fr. E 81 Rory Zikmund WR 5-11 185 Fr. 37 84 Travis Walker WR/PR 6-1 195 Sr. 85 Randyn Akiona WR 6-0 180 Fr. 87 Chay Tidwell WR 5-10 180 So. Vince 88 Jeff Renevier WR 5-10 170 Fr. 89 Brad Fjeldheim TE 6-5 240 Fr, Huntsberger 90 Curt Colter DT 6-0 265 Fr. 47 91 D.J. Colter DT 6-3 275 Sr. 92 Tyler Martin DT 6-2 295 Jr. 94 Justin Klein DE 6-4 245 So. 95 Kelley Bryant DT 6-2 295 Sr. 96 Casey Robinson DE 6-4 295 Sr. Calvin 97 Herbert Fernandez DE 6-3 215 Fr. Coleman 98 Jason Francis TE 6-2 215 So. 13 C 99 Justin Brannon DE 6-3 255 Jr. Montana vs. Idaho 5 Idaho Vandals is. Idaho Defense l 9 9 8 Rec o r d • 9 - 3 Ov e r a l l , a - I B ig West I 9 9 9 R e c o r d • 6 - 3 O v e r a l l , A -1 B ig W e s t

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Matt Jasik Offense Ryan 35 Ryan Prestimonico Knowles Wid e Rec eiver W ^ M 50 5 -9 , l 8 6 , S enio r fr o m Atw ater, Ca l if . "Ryan rises up and makes plays when he's called upon,” Brad says Idaho coach Chris Tormey. Hey Chris, we’re believers. If Rice there is any school that shouldn’t overlook a goofy white guy Mao who can catch, it’s Montana. It's kind of our specialty. “Presto” 18 had a magical junior season, leading the Vandals in recep­ Tosi tions (42) and yardage (668). Ryan also snagged a 98 touchdown in Idaho's victory over Southern Mississippi in the Humanitarian Bowl. Beware the Count of Prestimonico. Chris Nofoaiga Defense 38 Chris Nofoaiga Wil Lin ebac ker Beck 5-1 O, 265, J u n io r from Ta c o m a , Wa s h . 91 Bryson -Nolo” isn't the biggest of dudes, but he sure can knock Gardner heads with the opposition. He’s started since his freshman year at linebacker and earned second-team all-Big West hon­ 10 ors last year. Last season, he led Idaho with 14 tackles for loss, including four against Eastern Washington. Nofoaiga Rick (pronounced no-fo-ING-a) also picked up a fumble and ran it James back for a score two weeks ago. Here's hoping “Yo-Yo” will E Durrough Giampierti make “Nofo” look like a “No show.” 40 26 Numerical Roster Probable starters in BOLD G ardner 10 Gardner was a three- 1 Ed Dean QB 6-2 206 Jr. year starter at free safe­ ty. This year he makes 2 Anthony Tenner RB 5-9 198 Jr. the transition to strong 3 Chris Lacy WR 6-0 183 So. Dennis safety, in ’98 he collected 4 Greg Robertson QB 6-2 207 Sr. 56 tackles, 41 of them 5 Andrew Uto-Uko CB 6-0 178 Sr. C Gibbs unassisted. “Bryson has 6 Yasir-Jamaal Cole DT 6-2 230 So. 22 grown and matured as 7 Tim Freeburg WR 5-9 189 Jr. much as anyone I've 8 Christopher Belser WR 5-11 173 Fr. ever coached here," 10 Bryson Gardner s s 6-0 202 Sr. head coach Chris 11 Michael Moody RB 5-10 204 Sr. Tormey said. 12 Josh Jelmburg WR 6-1 183 Fr. 13 John Welsh QB 6-2 211 So. 14 Ed Rankin SS 6-1 -195 Fr. 15 Jeffrey Townsley WR 6-2 199 Jr. 16 Rahimu Pettit RB 6-0 185 Fr. 17 Brian Lindgren QB 6-4 183 Fr. 18 Brad Rice FS 6-1 203 So. 19 Tyler Smith QB 5-8 155 Fr. 20 Willie Alderson WR 6-0 195 Jr. 21 Ryan Prestimonico WR 5-9 186 Sr. 22 Dennis Gibbs CB 5-10 180 Jr. 23 Laki Ah Hi LB 6-0 239 So. rs. Idaho Offense 24 Jeremy Fitzgerald P 5-11 203 Fr. 24 Husan Smith CB 5-10 174 So. 25 Bobby Grey WR 5-8 171 Jr. 26 Rick Giampietri DB 5-10 200 Jr. Eathan 27 Jeremy Fitzgerald P 5-11 203 Fr. 28 Nico Hale RB 5-10 205 Fr. Jones 29 David Smith SS 5-10 183 So. 80 30 Ighe Evero CB 5-11 190 So. 31 Tim Sams CB 5-9 177 Fr. 32 Justin Spiva P 5-9 165 Fr. 33 Ben Davis K 6-1 187 Jr. Chris 34 Levi Frazier LB 6-1 213 Fr. Lacy 35 Matt Jasik LB 5-11 221 Sr. 36 Vern Benard WR 5-8 173 Jr. 3 Tenn er 2 37 Patrick Haglund CB 5-8 167 Fr. Tenner has done the majority 38 Chris Nofoaiga LB 5-10 216 Jr. of the work for Idaho this 39 Justin Wilson DB 5-10 149 Jr. year, splitting some time with 40 James Durrough DE 6-0 227 Sr. Patrick Willie Anderson. He's still 41 Jerid Keefer K 5-11 203 Jr. Venzke managed to run for 634 42 Jason Williams LB 6-2 210 Fr. 43 Jordan Kramer FS 6-0 203 Fr. 60 yards, good enough for fifth in the Big West Conference. 45 Casey Hills LB 6-3 231 Jr. Still, Montana shut down Cal 46 Bubba Beyah SS 5-10 200 Fr. Poly’s rush last week. Tony 47 Josh Hoston LB 5-11 217 Fr. best buckle down for some 48 Barrett Nelson LB 6-0 225 Fr. Brett Boomer and Wilson 50 Ryan Knowles DE 6-3 258 So. Morton Saturday. 51 Casey Kuchenbuch LB 6-0 220 So. 52 Jeremy Wallace C 6-3 278 Jr. 66 54 . J.J. Johnston NT 6-2 254 Jr. ,55 Charles Kinney DE 6-2 250 So. 57 Jason Martin LB 6-3 227 So. I Anthony .58 Jason Daniel LB 6-0 215 Jr. Jeremy John 59 Justin Odom TE 6-3 206 Fr. Wallace Welsh Tenner 60 Patrick Venzke RT 6-6 295 Jr. 52 13 | 2 ^ - 61 Anthony Fuertes RG 6-4 286 So. 62 Bob Horbaczewski LG 6-2 262 Jr. 63 Glenn Vaagen C 6-4 272 So. 66 Brett Morton OT 6-4 328 Jr. 67 Travis Oliver DT 6-2 229 Fr. Anthony 68 Matt Leituala OG 6-1 283 Jr. Fuertes 69 Rick DeMulling LT 6-5 295 Jr. 61 71 Drew Owen DT 6-7 300 So. 72 Andrew Holt OG 6-2 286 Jr. 75 Cleve Aiono OL 6-2 282 Sr. 76 Corey Pettit OT 6-4 294 So. 77 Joshua Jelinek LT 6-4 275 Fr. Rick 79 Seann Mumford RT 6-6 281 Fr. DeMulling 80 Ethan Jones WR 6-1 206 So. 69 81 Jeb Dorn DE 6-2 240 Fr. 82 Rossi Martin WR . 6-0 171 Jr. 83 Kevin O'Connell TE 6-2 225 Fr. 84 Geoff Franks TE 6-4 247 So. Mike 86 Mike Roberg TE 6-4 265 So. 87 Jonathan Parker WR 6-0 183 Fr. Roberg 88 Jake Wimer DT 6-4 241 Jr. 86 89 Darick Pope TE 6-5 258 Sr. 90 Daniel Benetka DL 6-4 295 Sr. 91 Wil Beck NT 6-2 305 So. Ryan 93 Keith Stamps K 5-10 225 Fr. Prestimonico 95 Bryan Brooks DT 6-1 279 Jr. 96 Dennis Taeatafa DT 6-3 252 So. 21 97 Matt Kramer DE 6-4 237 Sr. 98 Mao Tosi DT 6-6 298 Sr. 99 Mike Jones DT 6-3 270 Fr. 6 GameDay Kaimirt, Saturday, November 13, 1999

Co n t in u e d f r o m rag e 3 afford the 85 football scholarships that are football when you see some teams only Hogan said. joining. required at the I-A level, he said. drawing 1,500 fans,” Hogan said. “It makes “I think we are positioning ourselves to Earlier this year, the Big Sky met with The possibility exists that the conference you wonder about the division’s future. make a move,” he said. “It might be one officials from the University of North could go halfway between I-A and I-AA play “In Missoula the market is great for it, year or 10 years, but we have a very solid Dakota and North Dakota State University and offer about 70 scholarships, set up a but that is not the case elsewhere.” program and when the time is right, it will to talk about getting into the league. bowl game opportunity with a conference That means that UM should keep their be right.” r^ol Both schools would need to offer a mini­ from the East and lure Idaho and Utah eyes open for just the right opportunity, mum of 63 football scholarships to play I-AA State into the fold, football, up from the 38 they offer in D-II. Hogan said. They would likely have to offer more schol­ But right now, all arships in women’s sports to maintain gen­ of the moving der equity, said Eric Kapper, assistant com­ around among the Continual^ Voted #1 Shorts Bat missioner in charge of media relations for conferences means the Big Sky. it is probably best to in Missoula “The biggest thing is money,” he said. stay put and see $ Watch 10 NFL Games Kapper mentioned that the conference how the dust settles, may even consider jumping all of the teams Hogan said. at the same time on 21 TV's. up to Division I play in order to lure Idaho “I f it ain’t broke, and Utah State from near-defunct Big West don’t fix it,” he said. # Sunday Night and Monday Night conference football. UM has reason NFL specials starting at 6pm. That, though, is a long shot, Hogan said. to be concerned Nome of the 6ilx “There’s a lot of water that has to cross about staying put, ☆ Large 2 item pizza 7 " (Dine in only) under the bridge before we could do any­ however. Just across the wa I kb ridge thing like that,” Hogan said. “It is kind of ☆ $1 of any pitcher of beer or pop. Many of the schools would not be able to scary for Division II from II of M. We offet: Dartboards, Portables, Smoke-free E. Broadway 721-1212 Dining, Video Games, ATM Machine. ^ s t *

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Eastern Washington 6—4(5—2) Co n t in u e d f r o m pag e 2 Stein Northern Arizona 6—3 (4—2) Northridge “You have to remember that both of After suffering years of abuse from team in the country coupled with the frus­ 6—4(4—3) those teams were pretty bad back then,” Vandal football teams, the Grizzlies finally tration of having sent the Stein back to Sacramento 5—5(3—5) Tormey said. ‘Those games never seemed started to turn the tide during the ’90s Idaho. to mean a whole lot. For us, it was always before Idaho jumped from the Big Sky into But as the teams take the field on Weber State 3—7 (2—5) Washington State that we looked forward the Division I-A arena. Saturday for their 80th meeting, another Montana State - 3—6(1—5) to, and they usually beat us pretty bad.” “I don’t think they were ever content new era will be dawning. Contractual Bob Curtis has been broadcasting with being in the Big Sky Conference,” agreements have been made to keep the Idaho State 2—8 (0 —7) Vandal games on radio and television for Dennehy said. “They were always trying to rivalry alive for at least another five years. over 40 years. Curtis said that the disdain position themselves, trying to upgrade their Don’t expect Dennehy to be giving any D iv isio n l-AA Po l l is probably a bit one-sided. schedule, trying to become a I-A school. It’s history lessons, however. “I don’t think it’s as important over HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — The top 25 taken them a lot of years to do it, but “I don’t think the kids are going to get all teams in the Sports Network Division l-AA here,” Curtis said. “Boise State and they’re finally there.” fired up over the 1924 team getting their football poll, with first-place votes in paren­ Washington State have always been bigger Unlike Dennehy, who witnessed just one asses kicked,” Dennehy said. “I think it’s theses, records through Nov. 8, and last for us because Pullman’s so close and week's ranking: win as a player against Idaho, receivers more meaningful that they understand that Rec Last there’s that cross-state aspect with Boise.” coach Bill Cockhill was among the few play­ the rivalry was there and that we’re begin­ 1. Troy State (61) 9-0 1 2. Tennessee State (6) ers who took part in the prosperity of the ning it again.” 9-0 2 hat’s so great about the Stein? 3. Georgia Southern (1) 8-2 4 ’90s. For Cockhill, winning was always But for the record, the 1924 team did get 4. Montana 8-1 5 Very little, actually. about pride as much as it was about foot­ pummeled 41-13. And 53 other Grizzly 5. Appalachian State 7-2 6 6. Hofstra 8-1 10 W ball. teams have tasted defeat at the hands of 7. Illinois State 8-2 11 It stands approximately 25 inches tall. It “We always felt like they kind o f looked the Vandals as well. And even though Idaho 8. Florida A&M (1) 7-2 12 is comprised primarily of wood and two down at our school and we kind o f took has moved on to bigger pastures and the 9. Furman 7-2 7 10. Youngstown State large screws fight to keep its handle from offense at that,” Cockhill said. “But on the 8-2 14 memories of the Stein have all but evapo­ 11. Northern Iowa falling off. 7-2 13 other hand, Idaho was always a big-time rated, the chant continues, slow and quiet. 12. Southern University 8-1 3 It is hardly capable o f containing any liq­ football team. They had reason to feel confi­ From the ghost of Grizzly legend H arry 13. Portland State 8-2 15 14. James Madison uid substance, though it has been home to dent in what they were doing because they 7-2 8 Adams and from the forgotten glee clubs of 15. Jackson State 7-2 16 certain derisive notes passed over the years were always winning games and conference old, it endures. It travels calmly across 16. Lehigh 8-1 9 from one losing coach to his victorious coun­ 17. Massachusetts titles.” abandoned Domblaser Field and slowly 6-3 17 18. South Florida terpart. Many o f the old feelings have faded. 7-3 21 winds its way to rest upon the foundations 19. Villanova 6-3 20 But for Dennehy and the six other mem­ Only a handful o f current Grizzlies were on of Washington-Grizzly Stadium. It does not 20. Northern Arizona 6-3 22 bers of his staff who once suited up for UM the field in Moscow in 1995, the last time forget. 21. Eton 8-2 23 22. Colgate 8-1 NR against the Vandals, the feeble Stein could the two schools met. Only a handful Beat Idaho, it whispers. Beat Idaho. 23. North Carolina A&T 8-1 24 be the ultimate measure o f respect. remember the elation o f being the best 24. Delaware 6-3 25 25. Stephen F. Austin 6-3 19 Dropped out: No. 18 Eastern Kentucky (6-

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