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By WILL C. HOLDENChronicle Sports Writer

Chris Wilson went to what he called a majority-blackschool in Maryland for junior high. In high school, heshifted gears to what he called an all-white school atC.M. Russell in Great Falls.

I cant sugar coat it, Wilson said. Thats justthe way it is.

Part of a military family, moving wasntunusual for Wilson. But moving to Montanawas certainly a culture shock. And listen-ing to him describe the experience issimilarly shocking.

As Wilson, an African-American andcurrent redshirt freshman cornerback forMontana State, traveled around Montanaduring track season, breaking 100-meter staterecords nearly every time he ran, he heard a similarrefrain.

There goes the black kid, again.It wasnt whispered, though he heardthe hushed voices, too.

They came as he walked throughthe halls of CMR. He said many ofhis classmates knew nothing about

minorities except what they saw onT.V., what they heard on the radio orwhat they read on the Internet.

There were a lot of stereotypesI had to deal with, Wilson said.In my first two years there, I wentthrough a lot of issues with racism.I cant count on my two hands howmany times Ive been called the Nword.

But for an impressionable teenager, the phone call from aGreat Falls police officer ordering Wilson to stop dating histeenage daughter for fear that a black person would ruin hisfamily took the cake.

It was one thing hearing stuff like that from people whowere immature or uneducated, Wilson said. But that was agrown man. Thats not a kid.

Suddenly, the normally extraverted Wilson became anintrovert out of necessity.

I wanted to get out of Montana, Wilson said. I honestlydid.

Then MSU assistant coach Justin Gaines gave Wilson acall. In a state where the African-American population is lessthan 0.6 percent, Gaines, an African-American who playedcornerback for the Montana Grizzlies, became someoneWilson could confide in.

Two years later, Wilson is part of a Bobcat team that isstarting an African-American quarterback for the firsttime in its long history in a conference that now has itsfirst African-American coach.

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SidlinBrifingRecordsMontana State 4-1, 2-0 Big Sky

Portland State 2-2, 1-0

Series25th meeting, MSU leads 15-9

Wether forecstSunny, high 66

CrowdMore than 14,000 expected

TVABC 28(Chris Byers, Mike

Callaghan, AJ Donatoni)

RdioKXLB-FM (100.7), Jef Lasky,

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SchedlesPortlnd Stte

9 @ Arizona St. 54

41 @ UC Davis 33

0 @ Oregon 69

38 Idaho St. 3

Tody Montn St. 2:05 p.m.

10/16 Montana 6:05 p.m.

10/23 @ Weber St. 3 p.m.

10/30 Eastern Washington 6:05 p.m.

11/6 @ Sacramento St. 3 p.m.

11/13 Northern Colorado 1:05 p.m.

11/20 @ Northern Arizona 3 p.m.

Montn Stte59 Fort Lewis 10

22 @ Wash. St. 23

48 Drake 21

30 Eastern Washington 7

64 @ Sac ramento St. 61

Tody Portlnd St. 1:35 p.m.

10/16 @ Northern Arizona 4:05 p.m.

10/23 Northern Colo. 1:05 p.m.

10/30 @ Idaho St. 1:35 p.m.

11/6 Weber St. 12:05 p.m.

11/20 @ Montana 12:05 p.m.

Plyers to wtch PORTLAND STATe: QB Connor

Kavanaugh is a scrambler and can

make plays when things break

down.

MONTANA STATe: WR Everett

Gilbert is a playmaker either

running or catching the ootball.

Injry reportMONTANA STATe

OUT: DE Brad Smith (shoulder),

OL Conrad Burbank (knee), Ben

Tauanuu (leg), LB Dustin OConnell

(collar bone).

DOUBTFUL: LB Clay Bignell

(ankle).

PORTLAND STATeOUT: LB Matt Segi, QB Drew

Hubel (shoulder), OL Zach Dias, OL

Alex Cosenza, WR Salas Louidor.

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Standns

Team Conf. All

MSU 2-0 4-1

N. Ariz. 1-0 3-1

Portland St. 1-0 2-2

E. Wash. 2-1 3-2

Montana 2-1 3-2

Sac. St. 1-2 2-3

N. Colo. 1-2 2-3

Weber St. 1-2 2-3

Idaho St. 0-3 1-4

Todays games

Idaho St. at Montana, 1 p.m.

Portland St. at MSU, 1:35 p.m.

NAU at E. Wash., 2 p.m.

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Kicking & punting: MSU continuesto excel in both areas. Jason Cun-ningham has proven he has ice in hisveins, as hes 13 o 14 on eld goals thisyear with one game-winner and one55-yarder.

Returners have still only gainedtwo yards o o Rory Perezs hangtime-heavy punts. Kicker Zach Brown,an all-conerence selection last year,and punter Thomas Duyndam have been equallydeadly or the Vikings.

The key or both teams will be blocking or kicksand punts. The Bobcats have missed ve point-ater tries this season because o shoddy blockingand they even had a punt blocked last week, too.

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Edge: Montana State

Depthcharts

Montana StateOffenseLEFT TACKLE

72 Mike Person 6-5/295 Sr

70 Killian Fitzpatrick 6-8/270 Fr

LEFT GUARD

57 Casey Dennehy 6-1/270 So

71 Jesse Homann 6-4/286 Sr

CENTER

56 Shaun Sampson 6-0/249 So

61 Alex Terrien 6-4/285 Jr

RIGHT GUARD

61 Alex Terrien 6-4/285 Jr

71 Jesse Homann 6-4/286 Sr

RIGHT TACKLE

50 Leo Davis 6-4/271 Jr

70 Killian Fitzpatrick 6-8/270 Fr

QUARTERBACK

9 Denarius McGhee 6-0/197 Fr

12 Cody Kempt 6-2/211 Sr

RUNNING BACK

8 Orenzo Davis 5-9/185 Jr

20 C.J. Palmer 6-0/210 Jr

W RECEIVER

14 Everett Gilbert 5-9/180 So

27 DeSean Thomas 6-1/180 Jr

X RECEIVER

1 Elvis Akpla 6-1/187 Jr

86 Tanner Bleskin 6-3/210 Fr

Z RECEIVER

82 Julius Lloyd 6-0/184 Sr

10 Kruiz Siewing 5-11/182 So

TIGHT END

81 Kyle Begger 6-2/245 Jr

88 Shane Robison 6-5/250 Jr

KICKER

15 Jason Cunningham 6-1/162 Jr

DefenseBANDIT

90 Dan Ogden 6-0/270 Sr

34 Preston Gale 6-2/239 Fr

TACKLE

96 Zach Minter 6-2/277 So

63 Zach Logan 6-3/295 Fr

NOSE TACKLE

45 Jason DAlba 6-2/277 Sr

98 Christian Kelii 6-0/282 So

END

11 John Laidet 6-5/250 Jr

49 Caleb Schreibeis 6-3/245 So

SAM LINEBACKER

44 Aleksei Grosulak 5-10/250 Fr

9 Roger Trammell 6-1/230 Jr

MIKE LINEBACKER

42 Clay Bignell 6-2/236 Jr

44 Aleksei Grosulak 5-10/250 Fr

WILL LINEBACKER

23 Jody Owens 6-1/214 So

59 Tanner Ripley 6-1/214 Sr

BOUNDARY CORNER

26 Arnold Briggs 5-10/185 Sr

17 Sean Gords 5-10/185 Fr

FREE SAFETY

22 Michael Rider 5-11/196 Sr

32 A. Cosme-Peko 5-11/209 Sr

ROVER

7 Jordan Craney 6-1/205 Sr

5 Joel Fuller 6-0/200 So

FIELD CORNER

13 Darius Jones 5-10 /16 7 So24 James Andrews 6-1/ 187 Jr

PUNTER

18 Rory Perez 6-2/180 Fr

Portland StateDefense

LEFT END

99 Jack Forbes 6-3/225 Jr

94 Bryant Long 6-3/245 Fr

LEFT TACKLE

95 Julious Moore 6-0/290 Fr

97 Alika Vaiese 6-1/275 Jr

RIGHT TACKLE

92 Travis Beckley 6-4/285 Sr

98 Josh ah Toon 6-3/280 Fr

RIGHT END

93 Carl Sommer 6-4/260 Jr

32 Brian Walters 6-0/220 Sr

LINEBACKER

42 Joel Sisler 6-2/210 So

40 Quinn Stewart 6-2/220 Jr

LINEBACKER

56 Ryan Rau 6-1/230 Jr

44 Shane Melbo 6-1/220 Jr

LINEBACKER

41 DJ Macarthy 6-0/235 Sr

54 Jaycob Shoemaker 6-0/230 So

CORNERBACK

6 David Ross 6-0/180 Jr

25 Michael Williams 5-9/165 So

STRONG SAFETY

15 Manoa Latu 6-1/205 Jr

27 Donte Almond 6-2/195 Jr

FREE SAFETY

22 Nathan Snow 5-11/190 So

2 Nick Green 6-2/200 So

CORNERBACK

24 Deshawn Shead 6-2/195 Jr

29 Denzel Davis 5-9/170 So

PUNTER

30 Thomas Duyndam 6-4/215 So

OffenseLEFT TACKLE

79 Dustin Waldron 6-6/280 Jr

51 Nick Gale 6-4/280 So

LEFT GUARD

67 Manuel Rojas 6-2/290 So

51 Nick Gale 6-4/280 So

CENTER

61 Adam Klener 6-3/310 Jr

72 Dalton Jasso 6-2/280 So

RIGHT GUARD

66 Mitch Gaulke 6-2/265 Fr

73 Seth Giandomenico 6-4/275 Jr

RIGHT TACKLE

69 Kyle Ritt 6-2/290 So

64 Mitchell Van Dyk 6-9/270 Fr

QUARTERBACK

10 Connor Kavanaugh 6-0/180 Jr

14 Tygue Howland 6-3/220 Sr

RUNNING BACK

1 Cory McCarey 5-9/180 Jr

28 Willie Griin 5-8/195 Jr

TIGHT END

91 Rory Richards 6-3/225 Sr

81 Julius Thomas 6-5/240 Sr

RECEIVER

83 Nick Hutter 5-11/180 Sr

12 Kalua Noa 6-1/205 So

RECEIVER

84 Justin Monahan 6-2/185 So

85 Nevin Lewis 6-2/195 So

FLANKER

5 Ray Fry 5-8/180 Sr87 Keitrell Anderson 5-9/170 So

KICKER

19 Zach Brown 6-1/180 So

THE EDGEportlanD stateatMontana state

Passing: Outside o Washington State,his Portland State secondary may be the

ost talented Denarius McGhee has seenhis season. DeShawn Shead has provenimsel at the Big Sky level, and elloworner David Ross, who was ranked the

15th-best corner in the nation coming out high school when Nigel Burton recruitedim to Oregon State, has no business being

n the Big Sky. Throw in ballhawking saety Manoaatu, another member o Burtons outstanding rst

ecruiting class, and you see why even a team likerizona State wasnt able to decimate the Vikingshrough the air.With sizable and rangy corners like Shead andoss, dont expect another huge day rom Juliusloyd or Elvis Akpla. But McGhee has shown he canet by when opposing teams work to take away

hose weapons. And because PSU doesnt haveny linebackers or saeties who can stick with sloteceivers like Everett Gilbert, DeSean Thomas andruiz Siewing, along with tight ends like Kyle Beggernd Shane Robison, expect those players to come tohe oreront today.But the key to all o this is still McGhee. As goods the Vikings may be in coverage, they cant coverorever. And while Viking deensive end Carl Sommer,nother Oregon State transer, has made strides,

SUs pass rush is more anemic than the ones MSUas aced the past two weeks. It means McGhee will

have even more time to dissect deensestoday, which isnt good news or PSU. Rushing: Dont be surprised i yousee more o C.J. Palmer this week. Inhis 12-carry, 131-yard, two-touchdownperormance in MSUs 64-61 win overSacramento State last week, Palmershowed the kind o speed that has kepthim rom being a eature back his whole

career. And ollowing that perormance, he got muchmore work in practice this week than he has at any

other point this season. I Orenzo Davis isnt careul,he may end up becoming the change o pace backwith Palmer getting the majority o the carries.

Both should have success against Portland Statesrun deense, which, regardless o the presence osolid linebackers like Ryan Rau and D.J. Macarthy,is bad. Say what you will about the Oregon Ducksand how theyre going to run the ball on anybody,good rush deenses never give up 528 yards to anyopponent. I know the Vikings held both UC Davisand Idaho State to under 76 yards on the ground, butboth teams are the worst at running the ball in theirrespective conerences.

Meanwhile, MSU is the best rushing oense in theBig Sky, averaging ve yards a carry with 12 rushingtouchdowns. And the Bobcats may even get twostarting oensive lineman back this week. They have all

the personnel they need to run on the Vikings today. Edge: Montana State

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Passing: The strong statement madeabout the Bobcats pass deense in thiscolumn last week was supported over therst 30 minutes against the Hornets, asMSU held Sac State quarterback Je Flem-ing to 51 yards on less than a 50 percentcompletion rate while picking him otwice. But everything changed in the thirdquarter, when MSU gave up a staggering258 pass yards, with Fleming completing 15 o 24passes or 258 yards and three touchdowns.

The true Bobcat pass deense is somewhere inbetween. It obviously hurt them a week ago nothaving Jordan Craney, having Darius Jones playwith a massive cast and having to rely more on truereshmen Sean Gords and Steven Bethley. All thoseparties should be back at ull strength and withmore seasoning this week, so it stands to reason thatagainst Portland States passing oense, which lookseven more lethargic than Sac States did coming in,a return to orm or MSUs pass deense, which wasthe second best in the conerence beore the Hornetgame, could be in order.

The key or the Vikings, like MSU, is their quarter-back. Connor Kavanaugh is not a great passer, but hehas a knack or avoiding pressure, which helps himnd open receivers and scramble or big gains. Thekey or MSU today will be containing him, which maybe tough or a battered MSU deensive line. But thesePSU receivers arent exactly special, so at the veryleast, dont expect MSU to be gashed through the airor a second straight week.

Rushing: Going back to the point justmade, keeping a lid on Kavanaugh is the

key to slowing all aspects o the PSUattack, and that includes rushing. Inwins against UC Davis and Idaho State,Kavanaugh rushed or over ve yards acarry. That orces deenses to key on PSUsquarterback, which opens up holes orthe craty Cory McCarey, who gained an

astounding 8,460 yards in three years in high school,and the speedy Washington Husky transer WillieGrifn.

In the Bobcats 28-10 win in an ugly, rainy game inPortland last year, they held Kavanaugh to 67 yardson 20 carries. He was sacked our times and passedor 67 yards. But the Bobcats had the services o ClayBignell, who led the team with eight tackles and 2.5tackles or a loss in that game, and a very healthydeense line, which logged 2.5 o those our sacks. Itsvery likely the Bobcats will have neither today.

Expect Bignell, who didnt practice all week, to misshis second straight game with an ankle sprain. Expectdeensive tackle Dan Ogden, who is consistentlybanged up, to continue to have pains growingand otherwise as he shits to deensive end tomake up or the loss o Dustin OConnell. Playerslike Aleksei Grosulak, lling in or Bignell, and ZachMinter, who is getting more work at deensive tackle,will have to prove they can play a ull 60 minutestoday. Ater getting scared last week at SacramentoState, expect that they will.

Edge: Montana State

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overall Portland State has the ability to sneak up onteams this season, and its talented secondaryand run-based pistol oense could both giveMSU trouble. But Montana State has too muchrepower on oense and will be too motivatedon deense or the Vikings to have a chance atslipping by in Bozeman today. The Bobcats come

out ring on all cylinders once again, and thistime they manage to put their opponent away inthe second hal.

42Analysis by WILL C. HOLDEN o the Chronicle

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