2011 Big Sky Conference Football Media Guide
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BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS Conference History .................................................................................2 Big Sky Conference Football History ......................................................3 Big Sky SID Directory .............................................................................4 Division I National Championship ...........................................................5 Big Sky and Pro Football ........................................................................6 2011 Composite Schedule ......................................................................7 Big Sky Media .........................................................................................8 Returning All-Conference Performers .....................................................9 Returning Statistical Leaders ................................................................10 2010 Season In Review ...................................................................11-14 2491 Washington Blvd., Suite 201 Final 2010 Statistics ........................................................................15-20 Ogden, Utah 84401 2010 Week-by-Week Scores ................................................................21 Phone: 801.392.1978 Team Pages (See Below for Breakdown) ........................................22-57 Fax: 801.392.5568 Composite All-Time Standings .............................................................58 Website: www.bigskyconf.com Composite Coaching Records ..............................................................59 Year-by-Year Final Standings ..........................................................60-65 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION Year-by-Year All-Conference Teams ................................................66-79 Multiple First Team All-Big Sky Selections .......................................80-81 Division I-AA football is no more. The Big Sky Conference competes in Annual Award Winners .........................................................................82 the NCAA Football Champsio nhip Subdivision, or the FCS. Our playoffs All-Academic Teams ........................................................................83-86 and national championship game is now called the NCAA Division I Big Sky Individual Records ..............................................................87-89 Football Championship. We expect all of those involved in the college Big Sky Team Records ....................................................................90-91 football community to spread the word about the name change. Individual Career and Season Bests ............................................. 92-111 Year-by-Year Team Leaders ........................................................ 112-113 Offensive Football Trends ............................................................ 114-115 Defensive Football Trends ........................................................... 116-117 INTERNET The official Web site of the Big Sky Conference can be accessed by visiting Attendance Figures and Records ....................................................... 118 www.bigskyconf.com. Weekly game notes, news releases, statistics and stand- Postseason History ......................................................................119-121 ings are updated on the Web site. Football statistics are updated on Sunday Big Sky in the Final Polls ....................................................................122 mornings following Saturday games on the Web site. FCS Playoff Results ....................................................................123-124 Academic All-America Selections .......................................................125 PLAYER OF THE WEEK All-America Selections .................................................................126-127 Each week of the 2011 football season the Big Sky Conference office selects an Big Sky Players In Postseason All-Star Games .................................128 offensive, defensive and special teams player of the week. Each week’s winners Past Big Sky Players of the Week ...............................................129-133 are announced Mondays by noon via a PDF document email and are also made Big Sky Players Drafted by the NFL ............................................134-136 available on the Web site. Nominations are made by each institution’s sports information director. INDIVIDUAL TEAM PAGES WEEKLY PRESS RELEASE Eastern Washington ........................................................................22-25 The Big Sky Conference media relations department produces a weekly football Idaho State ......................................................................................26-29 release every Monday during the season. Media can receive the releases as a Montana ...........................................................................................30-33 PDF document via email by contacting Jon Kasper at 801.392.1978 ext. 16 or by Montana State .................................................................................34-37 email at [email protected]. Northern Arizona ..............................................................................38-41 Northern Colorado ...........................................................................42-45 ALL-CONFERENCE/INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Following completion of the regular season the Big Sky names First Team, Portland State ..................................................................................46-49 Second Team and Honorable Mention All-Conference teams. Individual awards Sacramento State ............................................................................50-53 consist of Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer Weber State .....................................................................................54-57 of the Year and Coach of the Year. CREDITS BIG SKY CONFERENCE OFFICE STAFF The 2011 Big Sky Conference media guide was produced by the Big Sky Confer- Commissioner ........................................................................... Douglas Fullerton ence. It was written and edited by Jon Kasper Front cover designed by Mack- Associate Commissioner .................................................................... Ron Loghry enzie Kasper. A special thanks to the nine Big Sky institutional media relations Asst. Commissioner/Media Relations ................................................. Jon Kasper Asst. Commissioner/Compliance ................................................ Jaynee Nadolski staffs and photo departments for all their help putting the guide together. Marketing Director ...........................................................................Tanner Gooch Media Relations Director ................................................................Megan Lobdell Media Relations Intern ..................................................................... Alyssa Askew Supervisor of Football Officials ........................................................... Doug Toole Supervisor of Basketball/Volleyball Officials .................................. Marla Denham Administrative Assistant .............................................................. Janet Carpenter Business Manager .......................................................................... Christy Hatley BIG SKY CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 1 BIGSKYCONF.COM BIG SKY CONFERENCE HISTORY he Big Sky Conference enters its 49th year of athletic competi- the entire west coast with schools in Washington, Oregon and Califor- tion in 2011-12. The Big Sky is an NCAA Division I member nia. League schools also range up and down the Rocky Mountains with in all sports, with member institutions classified in the Football institutions in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Colorado. Of the eight Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA). For the sixth and western-most states in the contiguous United States only one, Nevada, is Tfinal year, the Big Sky is a nine-team league. not represented in the Big Sky. The current lineup includes Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Montana, On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adopted by the six presidents Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland State, of the charter members as the name of the new conference. The name Sacramento State and Weber State. Northern Colorado is the newest Big Sky originated in a novel written by the late A.B. (Bud) Guthrie of member of the league, having joined the conference in 2006. Great Falls, Mont., in 1947 entitled “The Big Sky.” Jack Hollowell, a former Montana advertising director, promoted the Big Sky theme for The Big Sky will expand to an 11-team league with 13 football-playing the Treasure State. While on a track and field trip from Pocatello, Idaho, members on July 1, 2012. Southern Utah University and the University of to Missoula, Mont., the legendary Dubby Holt of Idaho State saw a North Dakota will join as full members. Cal Poly and UC Davis will join as “Welcome to Big Sky Country” sign as his team entered Montana. Holt, football-affiliate members. and his athletes thought “Big Sky” would be a perfect name for the new conference. Harry Missildine of the Spokane Spokesman-Review called The league has become one of the strongest Division I conferences in for the newly formed league to be named the Big Sky Conference in his the West and is a national leader in the Football Championship Subdivi- column dated Feb. 20, 1963. sion. Six times, Big Sky teams have won