Portland State at Montana State

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Kickoff scheduled for 1:30 pm MDT (12:30 pm PDT) from Bozeman. Homecoming weekend for the Bobcats, and a game featuring two exciting new quarterbacks in the conference in Connor Kavanaugh for the Vikings and Denarius McGhee for the Bobcats. Game is technically for the lead in conference play as the Bobcats are 2-0 (wins over Sac State and EWU) and the Vikings are 1-0 (win last week against ISU). Both have their only losses overall to the Pac-10 (Vikings lost to Arizona State and Oregon while the Bobcats lost in the last minute to Washington State). The Bobcats have not lost to the Vikings since a 44-41 shootout in Portland in 2005. The Bobcats are currently 9-2 against the Vikings all-time in Bozeman. Weather should be sunny but windy with temps in the 60's at kickoff.

Viking play by play...

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Portland TV: Tape delay due to the live coverage of Oregon-Washington State. Game scheduled to air at 6 pm PDT on Comcast-Portland.

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Kickoff coming up. Weather update, all indications, sunny and little to no wind. Temps currently 65. "Beautiful day", according to PSU play by play Tom Hewitt. I knew I should have gone.

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PSU---Brown 34 yd FG good

9:34 left 1st

PSU 3
MSU 0

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PSU---Thomas 55 yd TD catch from Kavanaugh (Thomas 2 pt catch from Kavanaugh)

PSU 11
MSU 0

some time in the 1st. Tommy Hewitt didn't give the time.

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MSU---Cunningham 52 yd FG good

1:41 left 1st

PSU 11
MSU 3

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PSU---Kavanaugh 75 yd TD run. PAT good

24 seconds left 1st

PSU 18
MSU 3

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End 1st

PSU 18
MSU 3

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PSU's Kavanaugh has some speed.

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MSU---Gilbert 40 yd TD catch from McGhee. PAT no good

11:27 left 2nd

PSU 18
MSU 9

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MSU---Palmer 17 yd catch from McGhee. PAT good

4:17 left 2nd

PSU 18
MSU 16

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MSU---McGhee 4 yd TD run. PAT good

48 secs left 2nd

MSU 23
PSU 18

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Half

MSU 23
PSU 18

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Had to get lunch for the wife. I believe Akbar had a TD run for the Bobcats.

5 mins left 3rd

MSU 30
PSU 18

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MSU---Davis 39 yd TD run. PAT good

36 secs left 3rd

MSU 37
PSU 18

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End 3rd

MSU 37
PSU 18

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PSU---turnover on downs MSU ball MSU 35

10:30 left 4th

MSU 37
PSU 18

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MSU---Palmer 5 yd TD run PAT good

10 mins left 4th

MSU 44
PSU 18

[CopperCat]

This game wasn't what I expected in the first quarter, but MSU seems to have found it's rhythm on both sides of the ball.

On a side note, why in the hell can I get the Elon/App St. game on TV and not the PSU/MSU game??? I LIVE IN WASHINGTON!!!! WEST FREAKIN COAST!!! DirecTV sucks.

[CopperCat]

Official attendance: 15,227. Those new seats will be full when they're done next year.

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PSU---McCaffrey 10 yd TD run 2pt conversion no good

6:11 left 4th

MSU 44
PSU 24

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This game wasn't what I expected in the first quarter, but MSU seems to have found it's rhythm on both sides of the ball.

On a side note, why in the hell can I get the Elon/App St. game on TV and not the PSU/MSU game??? I LIVE IN WASHINGTON!!!! WEST FREAKIN COAST!!! DirecTV sucks.

At least you got live telecast. Our live telecast got moved to tape delay because of all the cryin' done by Duck fans who were not going to be able to see the Duck-Couger game.

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PSU---McCaffrey 4 yd TD run PAT good

3:02 left 4th

MSU 44
PSU 31

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Game over

MSU 44
PSU 31

[BelgradeBobcat]

Nice homecoming win today in sunny Bozeman (last year at this time we were freezing to death) against a rapidly improving Portland State squad-I think Burton has them going in the right direction. Also-an overflowing crowd-a good week to announce a stadium expansion.

[Walkon79]

I'm glad the Vik's are in our rear view. Much improved and hopefully will cause some problems for both Eastern and the Griz.

[CopperCat]

I'm glad the Vik's are in our rear view. Much improved and hopefully will cause some problems for both Eastern and the Griz.

Agreed. #81 and #1 were giving us fits there for awhile yesterday. PSU is going in the right direction for sure.

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Agreed. #81 and #1 were giving us fits there for awhile yesterday. PSU is going in the right direction for sure.

I thought conference fans would recognize #81. Julius Thomas played four years of basketball for PSU. This is his first (and only) year playing football since high school.

#1 is Cory McCaffrey. He rushed for the most yards in Oregon high school football history. Still, he didn't get much looks as he played for a small school (Sisters). He had an opportunity to walk-on at Oregon State, but he was given a chance to play at PSU. His size, though, was not typical for a run and shoot back so Mouse Davis moved him to WR. Burton moved him back to RB, he took over the starting spot and has been pretty good so far.

Thank you all for the kind words. It is great to hear that this rebuilding project may be closer to completion than we thought.

[CopperCat]

I thought conference fans would recognize #81. Julius Thomas played four years of basketball for PSU. This is his first (and only) year playing football since high school.

#1 is Cory McCaffrey. He rushed for the most yards in Oregon high school football history. Still, he didn't get much looks as he played for a small school (Sisters). He had an opportunity to walk-on at Oregon State, but he was given a chance to play at PSU. His size, though, was not typical for a run and shoot back so Mouse Davis moved him to WR. Burton moved him back to RB, he took over the starting spot and has been pretty good so far.

Thank you all for the kind words. It is great to hear that this rebuilding project may be closer to completion than we thought.

PSU now vs. PSU with Glanville is night and day. Glanville was all hype. You've got a great coach over there that knows what he is doing. PSU may very well be in the top 25 by the end of season.