Analysis

Slew of young Bobcat players navigating Big Sky for first time

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As Montana State’s offense took the field to begin Saturday’s game at Weber State, the Bobcat offense featured a slew of teenagers.

At quarterback, true freshman Chris Murray made his first career start with varying results. Montana State employed a redshirt freshman at left tackle in Mitch Brott with Dylan Mahoney on the shelf. Redshirt freshman Cam Sutton and true freshman Karl Tucker II started at wide receiver in Montana State’s heavy package.

As a rash of injuries continues to spread throughout the Bobcat roster and Montana State still searches for its first Big Sky Conference victory, more and more young players are tested each Saturday.

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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