Big Sky Conference

Montana State takes bye week searching for optimism

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The rebuilding process for the Montana State Bobcats is reaching rock bottom. First-year head coach Jeff Choate is confident the climb from the basement of the Big Sky Conference is coming.

Montana State has one of the most proud traditions in the Big Sky Conference. The Bobcats have claimed three national championships at three different levels of competition. MSU’s 15 Big Sky crowns are the second-most by a league squad since the conference was created in 1963, trailing only Montana’s 18 titles.

The Bobcats have been a modern-day power as well. MSU has claimed six Big Sky Conference titles since 2002, including three straight banners for the first time in school history to begin the second decade of the 21st century. Montana State qualified for the FCS playoffs as recently as 2014, capping a string of four postseason berths in five seasons.

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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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