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

Mexico won the toss will rece he got a booming leg also handles the pting will kick it away and Luke weong 15 toari Rogers 28 and this one's going to go well through the end zone for the Touchback and Montana State defensively junior year at Saguaro in Arizona as one of his teammates as a go-to receiver Javin Jacobs as you might see a little bit later run he can run it as well as throw it theyd love to be able to distribute the ball a lot more in Bronco mandal's offense Eli Sanders is the setback transfer from Iowa State and it's a quick hitch to weisson and Luke gets down the sidelines for a first [Applause] down Sanders trying to bounce outside and look at him go this was an accomplished back that transferred from Iowa State more on that a little bit later as you look at these lineups that offensive front brand new all of them single T has moved from tackle into Center and McKenzie is another guy that can move around as well Sanders tro Yong brookler of the tight end Caleb Medford is a possession receiver that Devin dampier will look to as well little curl pattern that one's incomplete Ryan Davis number 18 the intended receiver broken up by mcade O'Reilly number 43 the will linebacker there you see the defense look out for Brody greby the cowboy at defensive end didn't play in pads with 11 players until he was in high school it was six on six for him at a graduating class of seven third down and seven just underway here in Albuquerque out of the shotgun damp here with time looping it long and deep for tril and a marker down at the 15 miles Jackson number six the senior from Portland Oregon was in man coverage down there and might have get gotten there a little too quickly we have a Mountain West crew here Jonathan noie as our referee it's going to be straight down the field there when you look at the defense of Montana State Defense number six yard penalty automatic first down when you see Montana State on defense they're going to try to play manto man they believe in their cornerbacks and their nickel backs to play against these New Mexico wide receivers so it is a first down at the 43 yd line Sanders to the 40 Ryan ort number 26 he is their leading tackler and original walk- on out of Missoula Montana he'll come up and give run support all afternoon [Music] long Sanders Remains the setback after a gain of three on the out pattern incomplete that one should have been caught by tro unable to reel it in that ball climbed on him just a little bit got him up around the shoulder pads so it'll be third down and seven offensive coordinator Jason Beck we talked to him yesterday said they want to try to stay on schedule and that's a play that you want to run get him on the outside run on the outside with the quarterback that can move and give him a nice easy throw you have to make that catch to keep your team on schedule but now you set up kind of a third and long here but you can see Montana State standing that manto man defense and you're going to have an opportunity down here at the bottom of the screen keep an eyee on that receiver down low as you see Sanders in motion damp here he is resourceful back there buys time and the pass incomplete intended for Ryan Davis 18 and again miles Jackson was closing quickly on him so it'll be a fourth down situation coming up for Bronco mindenhall it's a nice job by the quarterback getting outside and trying to make make a play you can see the ball kind of flutters as he gets hit down low nice job by Montana stay Standing Tall after giving up a few plays and getting the defense off the field Aaron Rodriguez will come in to punt it away averaged 42.4 a year ago the red Shir senior from New Hall California Tao dollar who is an outstanding Return Man both he and Ty Mulla he's in single safety nice high end over in Punt and he's going to let it down inside the 10 and it does bounce into the end zone for a Touchback that was weong that was back deep and let it go through so now we get to see the young man from but Montana Tommy mot who shared time a year ago with the man that's his offensive analyst now Shawn Chambers he will be the number one they were working a shuttle system with a two quarterback circumstance both guys were tremendous Runners both he and Shawn Chambers Brent pean has his offensive coordinator Tyler Walker now they're going to try to open this thing up maybe throw the ball a little bit more in this offense now that they don't have two running quarterbacks as they have had in the past Scott Dre Humphrey is the setbacks out of the shotgun and Humphrey out ahead to the 23 yd line just past the 22 Jaden Wilson the middle linebacker making the stop it was really interesting talking to Brett vegan Brent vegan yesterday finding out what this offense is going to look like with an improved passer in Tomy mot but they are not going to completely change their identity they're going to run this football as you saw in that first play well they'll give him two second down and eight it's the tight end Lan who comes into the slot left and they run the stretch play Humphrey out of that zone read look Humphrey got to the edge quickly didn't he Bryson Taylor 13 ushered him out after a 17 yd gain number nine in red Gabriel Lopez has to set the edge right he slides in but that's the threat of Tommy mot he has to worry about the quarterback he slides in just a little bit and allows the running back to get outside spot the ball at the 39 Adam Jones 23 checks in at running back now Mal he may go back behind the line of scrimmage three or four yards but there's a method to his Madness chrisan Ellis and Noah ainger ainger is the big hitter really the leader of that defense coordinated by Nick Howell watch him on film he has great running instincts right and there's so many guys that are big they're fast they're strong but they don't have running instincts he has those running instincts and that's why you see him gain a little depth and then get downhill so he can avoid the defender he probably is saying do up I'm just moving my pocket man just doing what I can from the 43 after a gain of [Applause] five play fake to Jones and again on a comeback route it's lanatta Alexander Jr number two the junior out of Washington with a 6-y pickup move the chains Christian Ellis with a stop this is exactly what they said they wanted to do they wanted to get these quick completions for time easy completions drop back throw the ball and on the defensive side of the ball defensive coordin Nick how said they're going to give them those and commit to stopping the run you saw example of that there that's something to watch for the entire game those easy access release routes that Tommy mot has to hit well historically in fact last year no one rushed the ball any better in FCS than this Montana State team and that out pattern is thrown low incomplete for Alexander that has been the issue for mot accurate with his passes and you noticed just looking at film at the end of the season how much he had improved from the beginning of the year to the end he absolutely hasn't and that's a throw that he can make there too that that thing I talked about free access where the wide receiver can just run without the imped of the defender they have it there they they call the quick out he doesn't hit it but those are things that he has to hit because he's going to get those all day from New Mexico second down and 10 [Applause] 335 defense for the Lobos and here comes Blitz a late Blitz and a sack and a fumble and a recovery and it's going the other way Christian Ellis a [Music] touchdown it was a delayed Blitz