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New look MSU secondary adjusting under Orphey

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Gerald Alexander might be gone but it is still not difficult to locate Montana State’s secondary no matter where the Bobcat defensive backs are on the practice field.

“Even if you don’t see those guys, you will hear them because they never stop talking,” MSU second-year defensive coordinator Ty Gregorak said. “Ever.”

Alexander, a boisterous, charismatic former second-round NFL Draft pick, made an instant impact on MSU’s struggling secondary a season ago. The Bobcats went from a team that gave up huge gains on passing plays prevalently to a strong unit that made opponents work for yards and points. Alexander himself was hard to miss, from his bravado to his constant demand for improvement.

In the off-season, the fast-rising coaching star took a job on Justin Wilcox’s staff at Cal after just one season on Jeff Choate’s staff at Montana State. Choate hired Mark Orphey, most recently a graduate assistant on Will Muschamp’s staff at South Carolina.

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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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