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Consecutive Missouri Valley opponents could boost the Bobcats

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BOZEMAN — When Montana State third-year defensive coordinator Ty Gregorak first began coaching in the Big Sky Conference in 2003, the Missouri Valley Football Conference did not even include three of the best teams in the FCS yet.

Fifteen years ago, Gregorak landed his first full-time assistant coaching job teaching linebackers on Bobby Hauck’s staff at Montana. In the first game of Hauck’s first season, the Griz beat No. 16 Maine in Orono 30-20 to open the season. The following week, Montana lost to North Dakota State, then a Division II school.

NDSU, now working on a streak of six FCS national championships in the last seven seasons, did not move to D-I for five more years and did not join the MVFC until 2008. South Dakota State, the preseason No. 4 team in the country, also joined the league in 2008. South Dakota, a 2017 playoff team, joined the Missouri Valley in 2012.

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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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