Nice article on Lulay from the Missoulian

[Eastcoastgriz]

Captain Comeback rescues Cats again
By RIAL CUMMINGS of the Missoulian


Travis Lulay may not have the best stats in the Big Sky, but his toughness, poise and leadership continue to make him the frontrunner for conference MVP.

"Captain Comeback" guided Montana State to yet another dramatic victory last Saturday, a 27-24 nailbiter at Weber State that kept the Bobcats tied with Montana for the conference lead. MSU erased a 24-10 deficit in the fourth quarter, riding the heroics of their senior quarterback. The Aumsville, Ore., product ran and passed for 157 yards in those final 15 minutes, scored twice, and set up Jeff Hastings for the winning 39-yard field goal as time expired.

"We kept our composure and made plays late," Lulay told the Bozeman Chronicle after finishing with 425 yards of total offense, including a career-high 142 yards rushing on 18 carries. It was the 10th successful second-half comeback Lulay has engineered in 36 career starts.


"His heart is bigger than his body," said MSU offensive coordinator Don Bailey. "Everybody's got to jump on board with him because he refuses to lose."

Key interceptions

Lulay scored on a 31-yard quarterback draw - on fourth-and-7 - to pull MSU within 24-17 with 11 minutes remaining. The Cats then scored twice more following interceptions by cornerback Andre Fuller and safety Topher Grenfell.

Weber, starting on its own 20 with 1:21 left and the score tied at 24-24, gave the ball four straight times to halfback Zach Hall. But on third-and-11 from the Wildcat 30, quarterback Ian Pizarro threw deep into double coverage and Grenfell picked if off.

"We wanted to take one shot at it and then punt it and play for overtime," Weber coach Ron McBride said. "I made the decision: Hey, we're going to try to make a play out there. Bad decision."

Grenfell's 39-yard return gave MSU possession at the Weber 42 with 10 seconds left.

"I threw that ball short," said Pizarro, who followed a 300-yard passing effort at Montana by hitting just 8-of-19 throws for 136 yards. "I gave (intended receiver Lynzell Jackson) a chance to tip it down, but I didn't give him a chance to catch it."

Lulay then hit Tremaine Johnson for 19 yards on a slant to set up the game-winning field goal.

No big deal

Hastings shrugged off his winning field goal. In fact, Hastings thanked Weber for calling two timeouts in an attempt to "freeze" him.

"The timeouts settled me down, actually," he said. "They settled me down a lot. Thank you to their head coach."

Hastings attempted - and made - only one field goal during his high-school career at Long Beach (Calif.) Poly, but booted a 35-yarder in overtime last year that lifted Long Beach City College to a conference championship.

[CelticCat]

Lulay then hit Tremaine Johnson for 19 yards on a slant to set up the game-winning field goal.

I love that guy! Wait, who?

[grizhatr]

What do you expect from a reporter in Missoula? Checking who the key plays were in the game. He screwed up Grenfell's name too. Topher?! Johnson and Murray don't even sound the same! Oh well another article to piss off the Griz fans. I am sure they will be asking for Rial's resignation after they put an article like that in "their" paper> How dare he!!

[jagur1]

grizhat WTF like you guys are one bit better?


http://www.bobcatnation.com/bobcatboard ... 1751#41751

4 count them 4 stinking pages after E and Gavin say the guy is neutral.

Give me a break.

[kmax]

grizhat WTF like you guys are one bit better?


http://www.bobcatnation.com/bobcatboard ... 1751#41751

4 count them 4 stinking pages after E and Gavin say the guy is neutral.

Give me a break.

Gotta agree with jag here. Getting a little hypocritical in here.

Besides I haven't seen any Griz fans complaining about there being an article about the Cats in the Missoulian. For that matter I haven't seen any Cat fans upset about the regular weekly articles about the Griz games either, so I really don't understand the digs from grizhatr.

[Eastcoastgriz]

What do you expect from a reporter in Missoula? Checking who the key plays were in the game. He screwed up Grenfell's name too. Topher?! Johnson and Murray don't even sound the same! Oh well another article to piss off the Griz fans. I am sure they will be asking for Rial's resignation after they put an article like that in "their" paper> How dare he!!

This article won’t piss off GRIZ fans. We enjoy reading about the other teams in the conference. The Missoulian does a decent job covering the BSC, when you compare their coverage to the other papers in the state.

[Platinumcat]

kmax,
I agree with you on the fact that there is nothing wrong with any BSC school article in any paper; regardless of it's proximity.

But, Jag you know that the essence of what is causing our reaction to the article by Hink has nothing to do with sports coverage. But it has everything to do with the fact that in his "hello" piece he actually "calls out" the Bobcat fans. Would you not take offense to a new Missoulian reporter coming out in his first piece and saying something off the wall that takes a pot shot at you? This discussion has taken place. But, I thought you needed the reason for it cleared up.

[kmax]

Barechest, I agree that this article is nothing like the article that Hink wrote and has riled up Cat fans. Which is why I agreed with Jag that grizhatr's comment seemed out of place because there was no reason anybody should be getting upset with that article, Griz or Cat fan(with the possible exception of Tramaine Murray who may appreciate the proper usage of his name).

[Platinumcat]