Montana State Bobcats vs New Mexico Lobos| Full Game 2nd | Aug 25, 2024 |NCAA Men's College Football

in the open of our broadcast Devon just because he hasn't had a lot of experience doesn't mean he doesn't have game oh yeah Sanders the setback as we open the second and another quick look in it's caught it's the tight end trace brookler the red shirt Jr from Frisco Texas he prepped at lonar high school leading receiver at the tight end position started 10 times and came off the bench twice in 2023 you got to love the variety of offense you get RPO One play and then they come back with straight drop back a quick allow your tight end to go sit right over the ball and an easy throw for Deon dampier he's a big Target and in this offense where you're really trying to get some quick hitches and slant patterns going he's a great Target to find Sanders again hopscotches his way to about the 12 Sanders left Iowa State when they discovered a freshman sensation named Abu samama who had an unbelievable game in pharmageddon the game that we had the final weekend of our season in Manhattan Kansas at K State he ran for more than 200 yards in that game and three touchdowns Sanders was on his way to the portal RPO touchdown time it's brookler again [Applause] they do a very nice job here you're going to get just a sneak quarter rout here but when you get the safeties to come down because you've run the ball well there's nobody form a very nice job with Dan Pi these are the hard ones right Tim you get on the outside he's wide open you get him a nice easy ball to catch and a touchdown for New Mexico yeah they bit they bit on that little quick out in the RPO they re expected the Run of damp Pier 2 gwikii with the extra point well this was Montana State's worst nightmare a team that doesn't throw it a lot there's brookler at the tight end made two big time catches the last one of course for the touchdown an eight playay Drive 68 yds 323 off the clock I mean everything going right for the home team with a defensive score to open this game and now Mot is um rattled a little bit um his passing efficiency has not been there everything for New Mexico's got to be earned uh says Bronco menen Hall isn't that right Josh well Tim that is the mantra for this team so much so that going into Camp the players did not have jersey numbers they had to earn that during fall Camp they had a Leadership Council of players that would vote after each week on the players that worked the hardest and earned their number out there on the field and the first guy to do it that was Luke weong number 15 and this this team out there earning every bit of it right now guys so from the 25 guy he's got a future at the next level 39 yds he went right behind their best offensive lineman they'll do it again he burrows inside the 40 after moving from tackle Titan Flashman 66 and Cole sa is The Graduate Senior Center number 56 as much as they were all on a team they're still trying to figure each other out and how they work together as an offensive line second down and five look out again double Deuce takes it to the 20 Noah ainger making the stop after a gain of 16 take a look at this right here making sure they created was a big time block 76 as Keith Jackson would say is a behemoth big ugly he's got some serious gain one more time getting back to basics Adam Jones this time ahead for six that's what this team's all about they are a meat and potatoes grinded out team and it's still early enough to stay with your game plan I love that you said Getting Back to Basics we saw him drop back throw the ball try out the quick passing game didn't work get back to what you know second in FBS the last two season in rushing they know exactly how to run the ball and their scheme seems to be unstoppable Jones Remains the setback late substitution coming in against that clock Jaden Wilson who caused that fumble recovery earlier just back into the game at linebacker mot's pass is caught cradled at the eight and a little Yak yardage from Ryan King number nine big Target 6'4 transfer from both Georgia Tech and later Carolina just a hitch route we talked about it he has to be able to hit it he hits it there now down inside the 10 yd line those defensive backs are going to Snug up just a little bit more right you're going to have those safeties in the Box to stop the run now can he be precise with tight coverage is the question so they can get a touchdown and not just the field goal so after the gain of nine it's first and goal Humphrey in the pistol play fake bot the toss is is caught touchdown it's Ryan schlep number 88 he's the third option at tight [Applause] end look like we've got uh a late injury they were going to the sidelines Cedric Jefferson big lineman is down on one knee at about the uh 8 yd line on the other they didn't have Ryan schlep on their bingo card to get in the end zone when you have man-to-man defense the corner route is a man-to-man beater and I just talked about it can he make throws into Tight Windows with tight coverage he shows it there and that's a touchdown for Montana State yeah Lan 87 and Hunter Province 86 are the primary tight ends here's mil sandstead with his first extra point and he got it the Bobcats had to have it when you're an FCS power and this team is your pride is at stake and a pair of eights signal Snake Eyes for the New Mexico defense there meet the Jennifers 10 x 10 y Miss field goal opportunities very early in that game Luke weong again is back deep but no problem again with another Touchback our friend Dean blandino is here to refresh us on some of the rules changes we have in 2024 Dino hey guys so big change new technology we've got coacht player communication so instead of the physical signals from the sideline you'll be able to send the play call directly to the speaker in the quarterback's helmet you can see the Green Dot that symbolizes that that helmet has a speaker in it one player on offense the quarterback one player on defense it'll cut off at the snap or 15 seconds on the play clock whichever comes first and after everything that happened a year ago go it's really good to see every other form they had at every other form of football they had that except the college game and there's one other big change right Dean the other big change which will come up in about I don't know eight minutes the two- minute timeout think the two-minute warning in the NFL now we implemented that for the college game so at 2 minutes the game clock will stop everything it's like a timeout we'll go to break and then when we come back all of the timing rules will change first downs the clock will stop and then start on the ready so we've got a two-minute timeout now in college football on second and 12 Jacobs takes that one in and is shoved Out of Bounds at the 29 thanks Dean and and Tim with strategy you you kind of think totally different now cuz you may have four timeouts when you have three technically if you have that two-minute Timeout on the horizon so it's just a little bit more uh a strategy that goes into the game that the coaches going to have to deal with third down six J jaob Remains the setback three wide receivers set for the Lobos they go empty and that pass is incomplete late developing play Ryan Davis was the intended receiver but dampier just wisely got rid of that one he was under duress so a punt formation will be coming it's a very nice job on Montana State's def defense right that you see that the offense picks up gets back to their old always runs the ball and then they get a big stop for their offense list it's game number one in week zero and if we learned anything in Dublin Ireland today uh anything might happen Georgia Tech with that upset of Florida State and here you got an FCS team that was down 17 which really you couldn't paint a more difficult picture for them and they still have a chance now to get the Mojo going prior to halftime especially because of their style of play yeah without a doubt taco daller spun down at the 24 that was a beautiful boot of 54 yds by Aaron Rodriguez so dampier finding his tight end brookler but Montana state with the answer Mo laran slep involved in that offense got Trey Humphrey takes it on that zone read and you know we were talking about the headsets and the radio equipment being used by New Mexico that's not the case Josh for their opposition today yeah that's right Tim we heard Dean blandino give that new rule but for Montana state they're electing not to use it for the simple fact they won't be able to use it during the playoffs so why get used to something that won't help them during a postseason run I really do understand that philosophy too Humphrey Burrows ahead to the 35 I I really would suggest that the NCAA at the FCS level adopt it because let's face it high school football had radio communication okay radio communication iPads they had all the technology and you couldn't even have a cell phone on college football Sidelines I mean it's not that expensive somebody send the memo to Charlie Baker Humphrey's got nine carries for 104 yards replaced by Adam Jones on this play first and 10 from the [Applause] 35 mot again underneath to Adam Jones out of the back field Humphrey has had a great day but the MVP of that last series was his Right Guard look at this yeah I mean he does a very nice job and when we talked to the coaching staff we knew he was talented and they said that he was talented a year ago they knew right away first day of camp as a freshman that he would be a contributor but the patience and the ability to make sure that he sets his blocks up and gets down the field is what he really improved on this year big number 76 out of Billings Montana what a future Marcus Weir has he set all of that up and here's Jones again ahead for a first down to the 46 and Weir slow to get up boy they need him to stay healthy hobble just a bit he made Bruce Feldman's freaks list and trust me when I tell you that's a compliment 31in vertical jump squatted 600 clean 375 and it's really helping him get to the second level and once he covers you up if you're Al line linebacker it's over good Night Irene you are done trying to chase the running back when he gets to you I'm happy to report I made Feldman's freaks list for broadcasters he worked with me for a couple of years that pass is caught by Taco doer he had two years of uh he had two years of me and said that's enough yep I'm going to go back and become an Insider again absolutely love his work in the athletic and of course for us here at Fox Sports you'll be seeing him as part of our collaboration of Talent on big noon next week when they travel to Morgan West Virginia 177 our score Bronco menahal looks on I've seen a free flowing crowd still making it way it's almost like the Home Folks after yeah they got on the cell phone and they said you know I think team flame well yeah we like Brando and and Gardner but I think we can go watch this let's get to the game have some tacos there's that quick hitch again to Mulla time Mulla just shy of the 40 ydd line of New Mexico Bryson Taylor with the stop but it's a first down got to love a wide receiver outside Taco dollar at the point of attack being strong and stout and allowing that pass to be completed and get it downfield for a first down freshman All America dallar tremendous punt returner you've already seen some of that Mulla back on the field and they go with three wides and Humphrey in the back field Mexico showing Blitz here it comes off the left side and that pass is incomplete looked like it was a back shoulder throw to Alexander but it was a little too far behind him lanatta unable to bring it in I mean it did a nice job of setting this up with the Run game it was it looked like RPO but it was more of a play action right play action to the running back and just a curl route that ball could be a little better place but you got to make that catch yeah he could have had it should have had it second down and 10 really love talking to him a lot last night boy it just grew up in be all he ever wanted to be was a quarterback at Montana State his dream has been realized Humphrey again ahead he invites the contact Noah Avenger comes up to stick him is drawing safety number one that's a very nice job of ainger remember earlier he took a bad angle this time he starts to take a bad angle and then he gets underneath and then gets lower than the Runner to make that play Ryan King a big Target number nine up to the top of your screen don't be surprised if you don't see a play to set up a fourth down conversion right here good call play fake and he'll hold on to it on the Zone read mot that is his really that's his greatest asset his ability to get to the edge and make the proper read take a look at the ball handling here this play should not be made but the ability of meat to pull that ball out after having all the way down close into the line of scrimmage and get outside with that athletic body and get down the field for a first down very nice job by mot we talked about in the open he's a guy that can hit the exposive play with his legs the passing game is where he works so hard to improve see the rushing yards all with Montana State they've got to win that statistic if they hope to get a road win here today came in a favorite by the way uh-oh Crossing pattern touchdown Mulla boy he was wide open Big Time breakdown in the secondary and Tai Mulla reels it in outstanding job and it's just a race to the opposite side of the field and it's one of the easiest throws that mot has had all day just Loft it up there give him a chance to make the catch and it is as beautiful as the mountains in the background here just an over route that was over quickly oh yeah now he had five touchdown receptions a year ago Mulla and the extra point from Mil sandstead the sophomore boots it through let's go back to that touchdown play again [Applause] man if you can make it easy like that well they've gotten back into what they do best and it's allowed for them to go to the play action go to the RPO and mot is showing that he can drive the ball down the field 10 plays 76 yards and you're right you get back to the foundation which is downhill running yep all right and then all of a sudden that secondary has to respect the ground game and it's amazing what it can do and mot has been far more on target get then off since that troubling start in the first qu oh yeah the the start was slow but let's take a like a gander back and remember how many times were we seeing Avenger come down and make plays in the Box it's the free safety Tim he's coming way down into the box because he has to help in the Run game and it's allowing for those wide receivers to get [Music] behind no one should be shocked at the fourth unanswered points this is the only college football program in the nation to win national championships at three different levels bucker his third catch has won for a touchdown a gain of only three so it was dampier's first quarter it's been mot second with the help of that great ground attack following Marcus Weir the all everything offensive lineman that the Bob cads have they they flipped the script in the second [Applause] quarter Sanders Sanders a first down up to the 36 yd [Applause] line you know Matt Campbell had a find in Sanders I just love the Poise of Sanders he gets in skips and then gets underneath a very nice job of driving those legs and getting through the secondary quick out to Medford Caleb Medford let's go back to that running play how he gets through this hole is something to enjoy yeah they call it pressing the hole press it and then you get nice and skinny right through break through oh a little crossbuck action here Sanders to the 49 Brody gby making the tackle big Brody grey gained about 50 lbs since he's been there young man grew up on a wrench where's that big black hat when we visited with him he's got his brother Bryce on the team now he's like a throwback to Walt Garrison the original Cowboy quick Crossing pattern that is complete that's Ryan Davis ahead for 11 yards I just love watching D Pier spit this ball out and a with a little bit of help from Medford with a shadow block there to squeeze a few yards out of that only a couple and it'll be second down and eight it's such a skill Tim as a quarterback to pull that ball off flip your hips and drive those balls accurately on your wide receivers as they're moving total yards really beginning to even out now Montana State getting the line share of itss on the ground New Mexico in the air damper's been perfect brookler again the tight end his fourth Catch of the Day that last little bolt that he made after the catch enough to net the first down a gain of eight Ryland or is drawn safety with a stop well you know at my age I could probably use a two-minute warning in the first half don't you think yeah let's get out of here I'm going to take a long deep breath and maybe a cooler Hot pop we'll be [Music] back the tradition beginning next Saturday on Fox Rob Stone and the guys already warming up on first down nari Rogers number 28 gets ahead for at least three maybe four Ry Ryland ort making the stop Tim did you see that formation they line up in that old school and they're doing it again that old school kind of crossbuck you go this way I go this way nobody knows who has the ball and now the quarterback has it for a touchdown well done Devon Gardner great call almost borrowing a page from the wing T 24 yds and no one touched him hello how do you do it's a very nice job right so last time you saw the runningback go here this time it's a great fake and the quarterback's going to get on the outside watch him hide the ball with his body none of these Defenders can see the ball where's the ball where's the ball oh it's on the outside for a touchdown all 0 would have loved to have run that at Michigan gosh I mean nobody's there yeah what an answer 10 playay Drive 3 minutes off the clock they threw one pass did not complete it the quarterback rush for 235 my goodness sad days at for field you this is this is deserving of another look and and the tight formation as you look at the all 22 they were just lost defensively eyes inside eyes inside they have no 24-4 what an answer by New Mexico mot throws again with that little quick hitch action to lanatta Alexander he sat out a year ago after transferring from Washington spent the 2021 season at Arizona State he was a top 60 consensus receiver coming out of high school he's got a future no doubt about it as soon as mot becomes more confident as a passer they're even going to get better and they're already really good yeah because that running game even though everybody knows they're going to run it they still have success right if they get serviceable in the pass game this is going to be a scary team in the FCS Taco doler goes into the slot left again slant caught Jones Rohan ahead for the first down a gain of six I love how they use him fullback yeah HB tight end yeah he can do that too it's a very nice job by him there because he's a part of the protection but he realizes right away that he doesn't need the block and he sets up right in front of the quarterback and catches a nice pass bring an extra Defender mot gets away look out Tommy mot spin baby spin but he's down behind the line he could have lost about 10 he winds up taking a two-y loss toell number 89 mosala toell making the stop it's a nice job to minimize the damage right like you said it should have been a loss of 10 but he finds a way to get out and and and make it a shorter loss but a very nice job by that New Mexico defense and this is a part of what coach Bronco minhal wanteded the ability to chase after the ball to continue to play hard and that's why he made Camp so difficult and made them earn everything they earned that play right there because mot was almost out you're right Nick how the defensive coordinator said we tackled more in this camp or defensive coordinators they not in any camp that I can recall and you can see that it's paid some dividends for them our State Farm halftime report will be coming up Mike Hill Bruce Feldman speaking of the outstanding Rider with the athletic and of course with us in Fox in college football on the fox family of networks by the way that West Virginia team with Garrett green I think they can give Penn State all they want next week mot steps up and now ushers himself out of bounds which was a wise choice on his part to not take that blow but he does gain a little bit of yardage a yard beyond the line of scrimmage because of their position I would have much rather seen him slide down in bounds right and obviously he's not thinking like that but you don't want to save so much time with a third down and and relatively long here New Mexico can get this ball back and they have all three of their timeout so they can try to put more points on the board before half this is a critical third and N you're right of course and how do you risk it do you throw an incomplete pass and allow them to save their timeouts that's the question right here for offensive coordinator Tyler Walker well they stayed conservative and now timeout will be taken and you're right plenty of time for New Mexico they only get two and they'll have to boot it away with 45 seconds and timeouts left for Bronco mindenhall and a hot hot quarterback right now yeah I I suspect Dan Pier can't wait to touch the leather again I think they're adjusting the game clock to 52 so they have even more than we originally reported so 52 seconds left more than enough time for New Mexico to get more points on the scoreboard here absolutely with two timeouts your entire Playbook is essentially open to you obviously you don't want to get into the Run game as much and and you can still go to the sideline and try to get out of bound conserve those timeouts however you can take shots to the middle of the field if Montana stays with the middle of the field open defense I've been asked about a lot of people through the years why there are so few games on week zero and I think a lot of times coaches they don't like having to get their teams ready for the game this early that's part of it but boy if you can get a win in week zero particularly if you got a tough schedule and New Mexico does they could really use a home win today with what lies ahead on their schedule Brendon Hall to boot it away Kevin Jacobs back deep fair catch is called at the seven yd line another great boot 54 yds here are the numbers on dampier he has been as advertised yeah I mean like I said in the open there isn't a lot that he can't off the top of the head he has an opportunity here to try to go down get in field goal position or even a touchdown yeah it'll be interesting to see how Jason Beck the offensive coordinator decides to call it with the ball this deep in Lobo territory they said they trust him yep Jacobs is the setback and a nice little maneuver he gets ahead to about the 14 yd line so the clock's going to go tick tick tick tick tick Zack Cruz 3 six makes the stop that's one of those plays you see what you're going to get right a little Sprint draw see what you're going to get if it pops right you'll go and if not you let the clock run out be comfortable with a 10-point lead going in the half I'm impressed with both of these teams we knew Montana state was a pretty consistent program but Falling Down by 17 that was a shock treatment moment for them course especially on the road yeah a lot different than what they're accustomed to you know experiencing in this heat as well and then New Mexico answered and the Home Folks are enjoying it