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

fourth look out 22 Scott Trey Humphrey bolts ahead for five to the 15 something we've not touched on in depth is the fact that mot is being asked to do so much more he was part there you see last year's co-starter Shawn Chambers he's now an offensive analyst right there in the middle and he could run the ball but throw it maybe a little better than mot yeah and now they're trying to protect him some I think ask his backup exactly they got a 66 drop back passer as the backup quarterback so they're hoping that their run game and their short passing game can relieve some of the pressure but boy they could use Shawn Chambers right about now yeah but and and the thing is it's a lot of that but it's also New Mexico defensively has essentially taken mot out of the Run game because in those read opportunities okay they crash the defensive end but they send another guy right so the defensive end can go get the running back but they also have for the quarterback so he has to give the football so they're forcing a give but they have somebody for the running back as well they're three out of eight on third down conversions these next two plays Will dictate the rest of the way this game will play out out of the gun High snap the Lots in trouble got a break though what a block he got from Adam Jones and he takes it in for the touchdown what an ad lip job and what a late block from number 23 Adam Jones he was backing up a bit because of the high snap Jones very wisely used his body as a shield number 23 take a look not only Adam Jones but you got on the outside wide receivers making plays in The Blocking game as well watch number eight Rohan Jones at the point of attack watch him he's moving him moving him moving him and now it's all the talent and ability of the quarterback Tommy mot what a tight rope act that's very nice to stay in bounds and make that happen malot had five rushing yards five rushing touchdowns a year ago he's got one here it won't be his last that play could signal a very important and close fourth quarter didn't agree more stay right where you are hurry up agent after a tremendous Drive culminating with a 14 yd touchdown Scamper by Tommy Mot let's go down to Josh Sims well Tim when I caught up with Bronco mendenhal at halftime he said there was no message it was all about corrections that need to be made namely on the ground he said we got to get things going on the ground for us on offense we saw that in the third quarter and on defense we need to shut down Scott treay Humphrey who was going off well we saw two big stops on those first two drives from Montana State but then things seemed to change when that wind storm came in let's see if they can get back on track in this fourth quarter starting with that offside when you think about it right Josh trouble and turn four Sims I know you love him on NASCAR Sanders play fake to him pass caught by weisson and he's got it to the 33 John Johnson with an eight- yd pickup second down and two regardless of the outcome of this game Devon dampier is made a Believer out of these fans here in Albuquerque as as he has us in the booth oh no no no you didn't have to do that for me I knew it you did I believed it you did my song with six grabs for 95 yds to lead the way there you go with that tight formation again and the inside look at that pops three for [Applause] Rogers Well nari Rogers almost broke that one wide open BL still well with the saving tackle this is a very good job of just getting behind your blockers and sifting your way through and and having this ability is such a good thing I always wonder why don't teams put in that Battleship like Navy and like Army and schools like that so that when you have to run the four-minute offense you need to Salt this game away you can lean on that with really talented athletes and you can see they're kind of leaning into that right now to get that running game going Rogers Remains the setback here they come the other way with Jacobs and the Jet Sweep action ahead for just a yard by the way I think it's one of the best new words for football analysts sifting oh yeah yeah love sift through yeah sifting through you can see kayen Doo there sifting through to put that shoulder on the ankle and get the runner to the ground second down and nine Rogers Remains The setb Damp here with time looking deep we song marker down pass was underthrown weong knew it that's one of those consument defensive backs are in Peril whenever that happens and another marker comes down may have been barking a little bit after that call so misery loves company could be a double whammy here and the Montana State coaching staff very upset still well this is so turn your head just turn your head foul on the play pass interference defense number zero 15yd penalty after the play unsort like conduct Defense number zero that's another 15y penalty that's his first penalty towards disqualification and that's something you just don't see new mexo right vegan teams do first time we've seen either team really lose their player for New Mexico number 57 is now wearing jersey number 38 you you can see this veteran Montana State team 23 seniors contributors they've really kind of lost their cool and and haven't played as detailed as we've seen them play on film throughout the years and you can see Brent vegan is not happy about the way his team is performing right now nothing but good has happened out of this formation nari Rogers this time stopped for a short gain by Miles Jackson only three on the game at the 25 yd Line This is a must stop here for Montana State this is I agree there but this is a dangerous wrinkle that New Mexico has added to their offensive scheme sure is because for the future you have to be worried about everything out of this formation and and they haven't shown the Deep passing game or or the big fella getting down the field to catch the ball and I know they have it so this is really good to put this on film in week zero with a tough Mountain West schedule ahead Rogers forward progress will get him the 23 before being pushed back you think coach Brennan the new head coach at Arizona who's got them next on August 31st is not taking a long look at that formation indubitably he's looking a lot just to see any variation anything that could happen because you just have to prepare for anything with a talented quarterback like Deon damp he took over for Jed fish you left for Washington when kayin D'Or took over for Nick saan at Alabama well one of five on third Downs they've had so many big plays they have't been been in this situation that often mot is warming up trying to stay in it as his defense looks for a play late substitution they just clear a 12th man and I think we may have a late timeout Tak in New Mexico New Mexico their second of the half they were up against the play clock and we've got a timeout and as Ron Franklin used to say we'll take it with [Music] him you know what I mean like you just how are you just drawing every year every moment it's very impressive I'm just tell well I'm glad that they paired me with you because now I'm going to have better shortterm memory and at my age I need it the longterm memory is solid yeah you're good for the long but the short is tough let's see what happens on third down Montana State answers the call Eli Sanders has popped Danny ulua Koopa ULU Ila puts him down number 30 the Mike linebacker there he is getting over the top in the offensive lineman can't get to the second level the reason that the Mexico has had so much success is because they get it's no good wide left and that swirling wind had something to do with that yeah you can see by looking at the the field goal post the flags at the top and the the American flag in the corner of the end zone the wind is all over and he just he got a good piece of it but that wind is really really it it seems like he saw the win he overcorrected and then it went wide left yeah and it is huge the wind you can see the American flag tells you all you need to know the good news for Montana state right now for the most part it would be at their backs well you talked about it New Mexico still has to learn how to win last two drives they've come up empty Jones Adam Jones gets ahead for eight Christian Ellis The Tackle and when they get six or more on first down they're in business 100% And I've been very impressed with the way they've been able to run the ball but I've also been very impressed with New Mexico's defense and their tackling in the open field because a lot of these plays could be huge touchdown runs and they're being stopped by good open field tackling from the secondary players Jones remains in the back field Brian Lan he's only made one big catch today and used more as a blocker and they're going to get the first down on that run by Adam Jones he gets three again the the good news is they've got the ball they're moving it the bad news is clock goes tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick you you've got to find a way to get chunk plays down the field and that's what New Mexico's been able to do they've been able to create chunk plays and Montana State just haven't been able to do it by the way nice to have a two-minute warning if you're them right now no no no the two-minute timeout yeah and a timeout that's right two-minute timeout that's right yes sir yes sir or as they would like to say to me Tim go to the corner for a couple of [Applause] minutes Humphrey now in the back field mot pulls it down and takes it up to about the 40 to the 41 this kid at his best passing game against North Dakota state in the playoffs he was 12 of six in that game for 209 yards he only had two picks in 2023 they're asking him to throw it more now he knows he's got to improve in that area particularly from the pocket as opposed to just Sprint out action 15 of 22 today for 124 yards Humphrey only a couple they get him two and the line to gain will be the four 46 yd line so third down and four coming up and what's got to be four down territory the rest of the way for Montana State and Tim we talked about those chunk plays that we need to see from Montana State so that they can put themselves in position win this game Tommy mot has only completed two balls down the field over 20 yards you know what I mean so he's got to find a way to drive the ball down the field and he has an opportunity with zero coverage from New Mexico oh they tried to cross them up with a running play which tells you they're going on fourth down obviously Ellis coming up along with toell 89 I mean you got a lot of guys in the Box it's difficult to run the ball New Mexico said we're going to bet on our guys we're going to bet that you're going to run the football so they just played zero coverage no safety back and put all the guys up into the line of SC well it will take a fourth down conversion for this game to remain in peril they're 0 for two on Fourth Downs today fourth and three Blitz Off The Corner New Mexico takes [Applause] over off the edge coming when you stack two safeties behind each other you know it has to be a rat and there he is to put pressure on mot and force that ball out quickly all out Corner Blitz on fourth down mot had really no chance and those were the looks of players that came in here as a 13 and 1 Half Point favorite for those of you uh who keep up with such things that was a shocking number it opened at 4 and 1/2 it ballooned at 13 and 1/2 let's go back to the fourth down play here Deon yeah when we say zero coverage we mean no safety back why isn't no safety back because the safety stack behind a blitzing Defender you have to know safety stack can still utilize but that was really a must drive you had to think ahead goes Eli Sanders Eli Sanders on this Montana State team largest spread by the way for an FCS team over an FBS team in 15 years first FCS team to be double digit favorites over an FBS team since 2013 and they' not beaten an FBS team since 2006 by the way okay it's it's I'm out for Montana state they're going to utilize another one so they've got two left so they can extend the game also yeah the two-minute time out absolutely they kind of have three left it does you can't shut the door on it entirely oh no but that was a drive they really needed they did they did You' love to have four left right you don't want to take that time out but and the the decision to run on third down third down and five he's going to throw throw it and it's dropped wow it was right there for weang went right through his hands no one more upset than that young man see as a quarterback I need this Brady Quinn quarterbacks that's in common I think I've heard that a few times before this stat has to be changed baby all right Rodriguez will punt it away he's had a great day this will be a coffin corner punt little end over Ender right to tro to set them back inside the 10 yd line and that's where Montana state will have to roll from with 512 left they need a dynamic play in the worst way when we were talking to Bronco about his last few years I used to talk to him all the time when he was at BYU and of course he went to Virginia because BYU basically said we're not going to compete in a league and ultimately they found themselves in the Big 12 what he said to us about becoming an empty nester thought you know what I'm just going to have fun riding horseback running the ranch we're talking 70 acres in Montana gave that up to come here Here Comes mot that will be a horse collar at the nine I can call that one from up here no Avenger just reaching that time and so we can tack on a few more yards here H Christian Ellis I beg your pardon not Avenger yeah I mean aers made so many plays you got a little confused there you're almost always thinking it's a holding offense number 87 oh they got with an offensive go tack Defense number eight penalties offet replay first down so we get a mulligan for both because Cole sa the center was guilty of holding number 56 but Bronco is so adamant about the chance to help young men the opportunity to come to a place that's been downtrodden and I think the the Comfort he has in being in a place where he got his career started with Rocky long was another reason he took on this challenge 100% And and I you can't say it enough he looked at this R you said okay we don't have a bunch a lot of guys left but the one thing we do have is a quarterback and like you said Kirby SM said it if you have a quarterback you just have a chance wow Adam Jones no one was there on the left side it is a race to the Finish touchdown Bob Cats hello how do you [Applause] do have to have some explosives when you're down 10 with five plus left they just got [Applause] one [Applause] how extra point is good we have a three-point game college football is back baby it's a very nice job getting on the edge and hitting your head on the goal post gets inside and then sticks that right foot in the ground and it is nothing but daylight you can see the sun's just a little bit brighter here in Albuquerque and Jones finds that daylight and gets to the end zone this time it wasn't Marcus Weir it was Conor Moore 72 who moov from tackle to guard and the sophomore from milber an okay passing game to go with that kind of running game we've talked about it we may be seeing the team that is in the FCS title game again they were in it three years ago could have been in it last year next week big noon boy what a great one it is too number eight Penn State I'm telling you West in Minnesota then out to Nebraska and Lincoln on Saturday you with my old analyst with that line move it to the left side details baby absolutely got to have those Det details Spencer T is smiling at home in Oklahoma Spencer's working with Eric Collins this year we look forward to seeing them together they'll be at Iowa State next week Eli Sanders grabb behind the line of scrimmage by Andrew poil number one Brock Bronco mindal how huge is winning this game I mean it you're setting the narrative for your entire season for the start of it Sanders Burrows ahead past the 40 to the 42 and a timeout by Montana State and a lot of people might be runner at home why are they calling the timeout it's 215 left well they have that built in timeout with a two-minute timeout coming up and so you buy yourself some time and not allow New Mexico to waste time before the third down play you know without those defensive scores two of them think about where this game would be for New Mexico Montana State's defense is only given up 95 yards to the low bows this entire second half yeah he and that's with Deon dampier playing really good football right absolutely they just want to leave as much time on that clock as possible for mot and Company when they get the football because no matter the circumstances they're going to have to do it primarily with the pass because they'll be up against the clock well we thought that yeah and then you had that long Jones went man but I you know that's not something you can rely on right you have to rely on dropping back and throwing the football and first you have to get a stop if you're Montana state right here a 93 yd touchdown Gallop for Adam Jones is what put New Mexico in this position in need of a first down with 215 left Montana state has struggle with that combination down at the bottom of your screen danamp Pier's pass dropped by Medford I mean between the one and the two it absolutely got to his shoulder pads it climbed on him here Deon dampier can put this ball out in front however at this stage of the game you have to make this play it's on the back hip you are open Pier's going to want that back but Metford has to make that catch and look at this they're going to get the football back before the two-minute timeout yeah which is new to college football along with the two- minute warning in the first half special teams hurrying to get their guys out there Aaron rodri will booted here comes the flag too much time offense 5yd penalty remains fourth down the good news is that Aaron Rodriguez has been booming him today he averaged 52 yards a boot a season ago I mean how about that conversation we had about finishing and understanding the magnitude of the game and the situations and knowing what you have to do and just the details that you can had all game can you continue them in crunch time New Mexico just hasn't had them on the offensive end or on the defensive end and now you're going to get the ball back to Tommy mot with a Chance line driver to dallor he can run it back he's outstanding in that area and he gives him quality field position out to the 33 so a 43 yd Boot and we got a flag down back at the line of scrimmage so hold everything Jonathan no during the kick holding receiving team number 36 10yd penalty from the end of the kick first down Montana State Timeout on the field timeout a brutal penalty to get on special teams to TI 35 yds now they got to go a long way to get in position to tie this game malan's pass is complete to lanatta Alexander here is the penalty that cost them 36 backup defensive back Thomas Anderson holding right there that's a good call tremendous camera work by Dustin denty crew pick up a five on that play second and five with Adam Jones in the back field if you do Mexico I know you've allowed the passes to be completed on the outside but you might want to choke up so they can't just chop you all the way down the field one timeout left Rohan Jones Jones passed the 30 to the 30 2 147 is left it's too easy you know that they're going to throw the ball you know the type of passing game they're leaning on the short passing game you've got to choke up on those wide receivers or it's going to be de by a Thousand Cuts all the way down into field goal range so after a gain of 16 mot again over the middle tipped almost picked on the Tip Drill Alexander could not bring it in pass was a little high and Bryson Taylor had a chance at it oh oh it's tipped on the Tip Drill he had a shot at it two tips there Tyler Ken seven was the first to tip it and it looks like Taylor is down on the field Tim that's the other option when you know it's quick game defensive lineman you won't get home most likely get on your guy and then put those hands up and hope for the best very nice job by Keeny making sure he gets his hands up and stops that ball but those tips in the middle of the defense you have to come away with them I think Taylor came up a little lame after Ling for that as's a little Charlie horse and has to leave the game not when you want to lose defensive backs that have some experience defense the defensive backs are still playing off the cornerback positions you have to be weary of double moves where you get vertical and then to the end zone second and 10 pass is thrown behind Mulla look like a mix up on the route Mulla was running a curl and the pass was an out route it appeared yeah it's a clear Comm miscommunication and it's the wrong time for it you have to be on the same page in crunch time situations such as this you think he's running the hitch you throw the hitch he runs a slant and now you've got third down and long with a motivated New Mexico crowd they go empty five wides malan lets it Fly he's got a wide open receiver Alexander flag is down Alexander is down at the 30 will check the marker it's going to be on the defense you're going to get a holding in the middle of the field and that play is going to stand in there just outside of where they're comfortable kicking a field [Applause] goal 37 yds this hookup I mean that's a busted coverage all the way here we go second down and five Adam Jones who had the 93 yd Scamper behind him stays into block Malo running out of time he's got Jones flushed out first down Adam Jones who dispersed from that back field when he saw his running his quarter his running quarterback move to the left in buy a little time a much needed first down and now they are in a position where sandstead would feel more comfortable yeah he's he'd be very comfortable here you can see that they are bringing pressure underneath trying to get to mot but his ability to keep the Play Alive moment for the kid from but Montana Tommy mot coming today just a passer here another one thrown out and another scoop by D beautiful catch bounce there Tim it did bounce they're going to rule it incomplete you're right the old first baseman in me had at Short hopping it but you know what no big deal clock stops 103 to go you want to catch that ball in bounds and allow the clock to continue and you have to use your timeout doesn't hurt him at [Applause] all mot 20 of 30 193 two touchdowns has 30 yds rushing to go with it got a lot of space here in the middle of the field second and 10 Jones almost broke free he is slippery isn't he he picks up four ball security is Paramount that ball came out late I don't know if it's a fumble or not but you don't want to leave it up to the Reps if there's not a camera angle to see if a body part is down you don't want that ball on the ground with an opportunity to lose it with field goal in range third down and six zero coverage trips to the bottom of your screen mot over the middle it's caught it's m and now you're in a position to get a touchdown and win this thing gain of 12 first and goal that's an outstanding job by makova because he sets up wide open the ball's thrown a a bit inside and he Dives and makes sure he gets those hands underneath and it's probably pass inter appearance as well yeah javante Royal got there early perspective DZ Wiki's an outstanding kicker too wide left twice and the wind impacted that one greatly and then a that would have been a touchdown in my opinion that's ball game right there yes it would and another drop so and you give a team like monana state that many opportunities they know how to get it done still 10 seconds remain does dampier have a miracle in mind what a game he's had running out of time this could be it he's across line Let it Fly I think he may be past the line of scrimmage we'll see Medford made the grab they're going to mark it at the 47 yd line but I do think we've got a flag and if I'm not saw in real time that's a clock running penalty and that's a 10sec run off I think this ball game's over y Brent vegan what a W for him wow I mean how about the quarterback time mot he struggled early he struggled a little in the midle final time out of the half you know Tommy mot was the first sophomore Captain selected at Montana State since daus McGee all his life growing up in but he just wanted a chance to be a bobcat and now his growth not just as a reliable running quarterback but as a passing quarterback oh yeah what a big moment for him and they will carry this now to Utah Tech to Maine and this is a devastating blow to the Mexico who goes really into a version of murderer's role at Arizona next then a week off then to Auburn before they finally get to play Fresno State here at home in the Mountain West last play of the game damper will let it fly tro try to get rid of it little soccer play but Montana State recovers and they get out of here with an FCS victory over Mountain West and that is the man of the moment Tommy mot and he had a lot [Applause] today 21 unanswered to finish the game and I got to tell you Devin when they got stopped on fourth down