Ronbo
November 29th, 2009, 11:17 AM
MISSOULA – Quick question:
When you’re trailing by four touchdowns — when the momentum has swept out of the stadium, when you’re staring down the barrel of an embarrassing playoff exit — what do you do?
If you’re most football teams, you pack up, crawl into a hole and start thinking about next year.
If you’re the Montana Grizzlies, you rally.
Then you finish off an inconceivable comeback.
It started with a simple halftime message from Montana coach Bobby Hauck to his players.
“We said, ‘Everybody hang on,’ ” Hauck told the media afterward. “ ‘If you don’t buy into it, stay in the locker room. But if you do, this is going to be the greatest comeback in school history. You’re about to witness it.’
“That’s what they did.”
Article (http://www.billingsgazette.com/sports/college/article_9aab835c-dcc2-11de-9637-001cc4c03286.html)
When you’re trailing by four touchdowns — when the momentum has swept out of the stadium, when you’re staring down the barrel of an embarrassing playoff exit — what do you do?
If you’re most football teams, you pack up, crawl into a hole and start thinking about next year.
If you’re the Montana Grizzlies, you rally.
Then you finish off an inconceivable comeback.
It started with a simple halftime message from Montana coach Bobby Hauck to his players.
“We said, ‘Everybody hang on,’ ” Hauck told the media afterward. “ ‘If you don’t buy into it, stay in the locker room. But if you do, this is going to be the greatest comeback in school history. You’re about to witness it.’
“That’s what they did.”
Article (http://www.billingsgazette.com/sports/college/article_9aab835c-dcc2-11de-9637-001cc4c03286.html)