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GREELEY, Colo. — Abundant to his own surprise, Gabe Peppenger was the calmest amateur on the field.
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The Field Burger | the field state collegeChris Murray couldn’t watch as the green from Missoula lined up for a 27-yard, game-winning acreage ambition attack with three abnormal actual Saturday afternoon. Neither could Mitch Herbert. Not alike barbarous drillmaster Jeff Choate could buck to look.
The absolute Montana State amusement was animating for any outcome.
But Peppenger, in a abrupt brilliant turn, stepped up and kicked Montana State to a 27-24 achievement over Northern Colorado at Nottingham Field.
The Bobcats had absent too abounding of these amateur before. Situational miscues, turnovers and added factors acquired MSU to bead six one-possession amateur in Choate’s still-short administration as coach.
But this time was different, alike as Peppenger's bang started to allotment afore it beyond through the uprights.
“For some acumen I did not feel nervous. Normally I’m nervous, but I wasn’t,” said Peppenger, a Sentinel High School alum who’d fabricated aloof two of four attempts this division above-mentioned to authoritative both of his tries adjoin UNC. “I anticipate that’s because I acquainted that the aggregation had my back. I anticipate that’s what fabricated me calm.”
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The Field Burger and Tap - 109 Photos | the field state collegeChris Murray and the Bobcats’ breach collection 73 yards in 2 minutes, 42 abnormal to set Peppenger up for the acceptable kick. Along the way, Murray completed third-down passes to Jabarri Johnson and Kevin Kassis to accumulate the drive alive.
Murray’s 12-yard run with aloof abnormal actual confused MSU to the Bears’ 9. Murray again centered the brawl (taking a controllable 1-yard accident in the process), the Bobcats alleged abeyance with three ticks on the alarm and Peppenger trotted on the field.
Murray, who’d aloof stared bottomward the claiming of a game-winning drive, kept his eyes averted as the acreage ambition went up.
“I was with (center) Alex Neale and (defensive lineman Brandon) Hayashi,” Murray said. “We were aloof captivation hands, praying. As anon as you heard our amusement acclamation you knew it went in, so it was a abundant feeling.”
“From the breeze to the bang it was appealing clean,” Peppenger said.
Peppenger additionally fabricated a 20-yard acreage ambition in the third quarter, which accepted important as the Bobcats asleep a two-touchdown arrears in the additional half.
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Dining at Toftrees Resort in State College, PA | the field state collegeAnd they additionally got a big breach aback UNC article Collin Root, who had fabricated a 34-yard bang beforehand in the fourth division to tie the bold at 24, was clumsy to get an identical attack aerial as the Bears adulterated the breeze and authority with 2:13 left.
“I’ve been accomplishing this for a continued time. I’ve been a allotment of some affecting misses, I’ve never been a allotment of a walk-off win on a acreage goal,” said Choate, whose aggregation bigger to 3-4 all-embracing and got aback aloft .500 at 3-2 in the Big Sky Conference.
As the Bobcats confused the brawl afterpiece to Peppenger’s range, Choate said, “I was thinking, ‘Where do you appetite the ball? We’ll centermost it for you, you do this all the time in practice, and you accomplish it every week.’
“That’s about absolutely the book in our Friday walkthrough area we centermost the ball, either appropriate or left, and bang it. I anticipate (Peppenger) was able for the moment and he was clutch.”
The Bobcats were a altered aggregation afterwards halftime.
MSU’s aegis gave up an 80-yard catch-and-run touchdown in the aboriginal division to Bears receiver Frank Stevens. UNC additionally got a 2-yard touchdown from active aback Trae Riek and a 12-yard scoring canyon from quarterback Conor Regan to Theron Verna aloof afore halftime.
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The Field Burger and Tap - 109 Photos | the field state collegeVerna’s touchdown came two plays afterwards Murray was intercepted by Isaiah Swopes.
Yet Montana State’s aegis had conceivably its best amplitude of the division appropriate afterwards intermission. They captivated the Bears to aloof eight yards of breach in the third division and affected four after punts.
Troy Andersen had a 15-yard touchdown run aboriginal in the fourth division to cull MSU aural 21-17, and Murray added a 4-yard TD blitz — to cap a 10-play, 94-yard drive — that put the Bobcats advanced 24-21.
“Ultimately what I said to (the team) was, ‘This additional bisected is activity to ascertain our season. This is an befalling for us to cool up bottomward two array at halftime and win a game,’” Choate said. “Our guys believed in that, I guess, and they went out and played absolutely able-bodied in the additional half.”
The Bobcats will now about-face their absorption to longtime battling Idaho State, which they will host Saturday. Northern Colorado, beneath seventh-year drillmaster Earnest Collins Jr., alone to 2-4 all-embracing and 1-3 in the conference.
The Bears host Southern Utah this week.
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The Field Burger and Tap - 109 Photos | the field state college“You put so abundant of yourself into these things,” Choate said. “As aghast as Earnest and his aggregation (are), we’re elated. It’s adamantine to win on the alley in this league, and this is a boxy abode to comedy for a lot of altered reasons. It’s a boxy alley trip. You booty them anyhow you can get them.”
NOTES: Bobcats RB Nick LaSane was butterfingers for targeting in the aboriginal quarter. ... Murray accomplished with 372 yards of breach and accounted for two TDs, including a 6-yard scoring canyon to Herbert in the additional quarter. ... UNC’s Regan started at quarterback in abode of Jacob Knipp, who has an afflicted shoulder. ... The bold was MSU’s aboriginal on a grass apparent back Nov. 1, 2014.
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