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Tough Selle

Quarterback Andrew Selle keeps bouncing back for the unbeaten Griz – sometimes way back MICHAEL GALLACHER/Missoulian

n B y t h e N u mbers n Bill picks the playoffs n Q&A: Special teams standout Cole Lockwood

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Cover Story: Andrew Selle

The big finish

Selle has been at the center of UM’s postseason run

By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian

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s beginnings go, even by the 2009 Montana Grizzlies’ standards this was rough.

A third-down overthrow and a punt.

An interception. A touchdown pass, but then another interception.

Then a fumble.

Andrew Selle, junior quarterback for the unbeaten Griz, had it all happen in Montana’s first-round playoff game against South Dakota State. The visiting Jackrabbits cashed in his fumble for a 3414 lead.

It was still the first half, mind you.

The gap would eventually grow to 4114 and 48-21 in the third quarter. But as usual, Montana came back, and Selle was right in the middle of it.

“It was a tough deal,” said the 6-foot2, 219-pounder out of Billings West.

“After the rough first half, I knew I had to bounce back. I was telling everybody to just keep doing their job: ‘The turnovers were my fault.’ It was my fault.

“I decided, ‘I’m going to improve, I’m going to play better, and I’m going to put my team in position to win.’ ” He did just that: After halftime Selle was 21-for-28 passing, for 241 yards and two touchdowns. The second TD, a 4yard dart to Marc Mariani, put the Griz in front of SDSU, 55-48. An interception return by Severin Campbell capped an improbable 61-48 comeback win.

It was the 10th time the Griz had trailed in a game in 2009. In half of those games Montana was behind in the fourth quarter. And in a couple, Selle had the critical plays: TDs covering 45 yards to Sam Gratton and 25 to Ty Palmer at Northern Arizona; a 39-yard strike to Mariani to help set up a game-winning field goal at Idaho State.

And then there was the SDSU game,

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Montana quarterback Andrew Selle ranks fourth in the Football Championship Subdivision in passing efficiency, with a rating of 159.1. He has completed 186 of 294 passes for 2,531 yards, and 24 touchdowns. with the 40 straight Montana points.

“When your offense is sputtering and you’re making mistakes and turning the ball over, everybody gets a little frustrated,” said Mariani, who has caught 10 touchdown passes from Selle. “But you know, we have the mindset around here that we’re going to play our tails off every single play, whether we’re up 50 or down 50.

“And Selle – mentally, he is not weak.

He’s very strong. You know he made a couple of mistakes, but that’s what’s special about him: He didn’t dwell on it.

Every time he joined the huddle he was ready to make some plays.”

As Selle prepares for Saturday’s

Football Championship Subdivision semifinal against Appalachian State, there’s no guarantee from his head coach that he’ll start, like he has lately, or play three quarters, like he did in UM’s 51-0 quarterfinal win over Stephen F. Austin last week.

“We’ll see how it goes this week,” Griz coach Bobby Hauck said on Tuesday.

“Same thing. But Andrew’s playing pretty well.”

Selle has been part of a pretty rare platoon at quarterback along with Oregon transfer Justin Roper.

Roper has been money at times – it was his 61-yard pass to Dan Beaudin that set up the go-ahead score at UC Davis, and he led the go-ahead drive against

Eastern Washington – but as the season has gone on the Montana native has taken most of the snaps.

It’s how Selle wants it – honestly, every quarterback and every player wants to start – and it seems to have paid off statistically. He has completed 63 percent of his passes and has 24 TDs. He makes no bones about it: Not having to switch out every two or three series fosters a better rhythm.

“It hasn’t been too bad,” Selle said this week. “The main thing I’ve told myself is I just have to control what I can, and do what I can. Get our team in the right plays, make the reads, make the throws.

“If I do that, if I do everything I can to See Selle, Page G11

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Stat pack

BY THE NUMBERS MONTANA (13-0)

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Scoring average Rushing yards Avg./Rush Passing Passing yards Average per pass Total offense Average per play 3rd-down conversions Time of possession Fumbles-lost Kick returns Punt returns Punting Sacks by-yards Montana Opponents

49 64

37.8 163.9 4.0 264-430-9 267.8 8.1 431.8 5.8 93-198 30:13 18-9 41-25.1 38-16.2 49-41.0 21-132

DT Austin Mullins 51, 9 unassisted CB Trumaine Johnson 45, 25 unassisted CB Keith Thompson 42, 22 unassisted

Opp

Tackles for loss DE Severin Campbell 9.5-39 DE Jace Palmer 8.5-37 DT Tyler Hobbs 5-18 DE Bobby Alt 5-16 LB Shawn Lebsock 4-11 DT Bryan Waldhauser 3.5-26

18.8 87.3 2.9 316-528-24 247.8 6.1 335.2 4.7 66-196 29:47 20-11 29-18.9 13-6.0 77-37.6 16-121

165 110 161 66 52 63

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Sacks DE Severin Campbell 4.5-27 DE Jace Palmer 4.5-27 DT Bryan Waldhauser 3-26 DT Tyler Hobbs 3-15 DE Josh Harris 2-17 – 492 – 245

Offensive leaders Rushing Chase Reynolds 283-1245 (4.4 ypc.), long 54, 20 TDs Thomas Brooks-Fletcher 102-438 (4.3 ypc.), long 26, 3 TDs Peter Nguyen 38-187 (4.9 ypc.), long 57, 1 TD Andrew Selle 41-109 (2.7 ypc.), long 34, 0 TDs Gerald Kemp 15-67 (4.5 ypc.), long 15, 0 TDs Justin Roper 23-52 (2.3 ypc.), long 22, 0 TDs Dan Moore 16-39 (2.4 ypc.), long 7, 1 TD Passing Andrew Selle 186-294-5 for 2531 yards, long 68, 24 TDs Justin Roper 78-134-3 for 951 yards, long 84, 8 TDs Gerald Kemp 0-1-1 for 0 yards Receiving Marc Mariani 68-1262 (18.6 ypc.), long 84, 11 TDs Tyler Palmer 35-447 (12.8 ypc.), long 25, 4 TDs Chase Reynolds 31-290 (9.4 ypc.), long 36, 2 TDs Sam Gratton 27-227 (8.4 ypc.), long 45, 2 TDs Stephen Pfahler 26-340 (13.1 ypc.), long 33, 4 TDs Dan Beaudin 25-288 (11.5 ypc.), long 61, 3 TDs

Defensive leaders Tackles LB Shawn Lebsock 87, 33 unassisted SS Erik Stoll 77, 28 unassisted FS Shann Schillinger 69, 27 unassisted LB Alex Shaw 63, 18 unassisted LB Brandon Fisher 62, 20 unassisted DE Severin Campbell 55, 21 unassisted

Interceptions CB Trumaine Johnson 5-14, long 11, 0 TDs CB Andrew Swink 3-6.0, long 9, 0 TDs FS Shann Schillinger 3-0, 0 TDs DE Severin Campbell 2-23.0, long 32, 1 TD SS Erik Stoll 2-21.0, long 29, 0 TDs LB Brock Coyle 2-21.0, long 26, 0 TDs Fumbles forced-recovered DT Tyler Hobbs 2-3 DE Jace Palmer 3-0 DE Severin Campbel 2-1 DT Austin Mullins 2-1 LB Jordan Tripp 0-2 DT Tyler Hobbs 1-1 Pass breakups CB Trumaine Johnson 11 FS Shann Schillinger 6 DE Jace Palmer 6 DT Austin Mullins 5 CB Keith Thompson 5

Special teams leaders PATs/Field goals Brody McKnight 58-61/14-24, long 54, 3 blocked, 100 points Punting Sean Wren 48-41.9, long 65, 13 inside 20, 1 blocked Punt returns Marc Mariani 31-16.4, long 82, 1 TD Sam Gratton 1-31, 0 TDs Jabin Sambrano 1-26, 0 TDs Peter Nguyen 5-10.6, long 33, 0 TDs Kickoff returns Jabin Sambrano 19-26.0, long 50, 0 TDs

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Scoring average Rushing yards Avg./Rush Passing Passing yards Average per pass Total offense Average per play 3rd-down conversions Time of possession Fumbles-lost Kick returns Punt returns Punting Sacks by-yards App State Opponents

ASU

Opp

34.5 211.2 5.0 256-376-8 251.4 8.7 462.6 6.5 74-166 30:24 18-9 50-19.9 27-5.6 48-40.1 29-230

22.2 129.7 3.8 215-388-17 184.5 6.2 314.2 4.9 73-187 29:36 14-7 73-21.4 8-11.5 73-41.2 19-141

90 130 75 81

92 133 65 68

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MOUNTAINEERS’ schedule Sept. 5..................................at East Carolina (L, 29-24) Sept. 12............................ MCNEESE STATE (L, 40-35) Sept. 19..................................................................open Sept. 26.........................................SAMFORD (W, 20-7) Oct. 3................................ at The Citadel (W, 30-27 OT) Oct. 10..........NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (W, 55-21) Oct. 17..........................................at Wofford (W, 44-34) Oct. 24..................... GEORGIA SOUTHERN (W, 52-16) Oct. 31.......................................... at Furman (W, 52-27) Nov. 7................................ CHATTANOOGA (W, 35-20) Nov. 14.............................................. at Elon (W, 27-10) Nov. 21..................... WESTERN CAROLINA (W, 19-14) Nov. 28...............SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (W, 20-13) Dec. 5....................................... at Richmond (W, 35-31)

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DT Malcolm Bennett 7-19

Offensive leaders

DE Lanston Tanyi 7.5-69 DE Jabari Fletcher 6.5-59 DT Malcolm Bennett 3-14

Rushing Devon Moore 235-1290 (5.5 ypc.), long 73, 17 TDs Armanti Edwards 122-625 (5.1 ypc.), long 40, 18 TDs Travaris Cadet 70-366 (5.2 ypc.), long 51, 3 TDs Cedric Baker 45-233 (5.2 ypc.), long 20, 1 TD

Interceptions S Mark LeGree 7-11.6, long 31, 0 TDs CB Ed Gainey 4-15.2, long 54, 0 TDs

Passing Armanti Edwars 229-324-6 for 2938 yards, long 74, 12 TDs Travaris Cadet 20-36-1 for 241 yars, long 43, 0 TDs

Fumbles forced-recovered LB D.J. Smith 1-2 S Dominique McDuffie 1-1 DE Jabari Fletcher 1-1 Pass breakups CB Ed Gainey 14 S Mark LeGree 13 LB D.J. Smith 9 CB Cortez Gilbert 6

Receiving Matt Cline 78-880 (11.3 ypc.), long 45, 2 TDs Brian Quick 51-847 (16.6 ypc.), long 74, 4 TDs CoCo Hillary 37-514 (13.9 ypc.), long 57, 4 TDs Devon Moore 31-247 (8.0 ypc.), long 28, 0 TDs

Defensive leaders

Special teams leaders

Tackles LB D.J. Smith 123, 54 unassisted LB Jacque Roman 103, 33 unassisted DE Lanston Tanyi 75, 28 unassisted CB Cortez Gilbert 74, 42 unassisted S Mark LeGree 66, 38 unassisted DE Jabari Fletcher 63, 24 unassisted S Justin Lloyd 58, 26 unassisted

PATs/Field goals Jason Vitaris 56-56/18-25, long 49, 0 blocked, 110 points Punting Sam Martin 48-40.1, long 74, 18 inside 20, 0 blocked Punt returns Travaris Cadet 24-5.6, long 24, 0 TDs DeAndre Presley 3-5.3, long 7, 0 TDs

Tackles for loss LB D.J. Smith 14-5-56 DE Lanston Tanyi 11-77 DE Jabari Fletcher 10.5-69

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Grizzly Q&A

Cole Lockwood

Missoula product follows dream to play

No. 33 Year: Sophomore Position: Linebacker Height: 6-foot-2 Weight: 215 Hometown: Missoula

Q: How much do you weigh now and how much did you weigh when your first went out for the Grizzlies as a walk-on?

A: I weigh about 215 pounds now and I weighed 200 then.

that you knew that you could contribute on a perennial national title contender like Montana?

Cole Lockwood is living the A: I really thought I could do it dream. during spring ball this year when A local product from Missoula they gave a me an opportunity Sentinel, Lockwood grew up to get some reps and make some with a goal of playing football for Q: Did you ever have any doubts plays. That’s when I really think I the University of Montana. His thought to myself, “I can step up that you would ever see the field? perseverance and hard work paid and do something good for this A: You know, I never had off this season as the sophomore doubts. I knew how hard I worked. team.” walk-on has become a standout on I knew it would pay off. I was the Grizzlies’ special teams.

Q: What do you remember doing what I was supposed to do. I Lockwood, who has 10 tackles about the Grizzlies’ national was doing the right things. for the season, was a redshirt in championship teams in 1995 and 2007. He worked with the scout Q: What was the biggest key in 2001? team last season before moving A: I just remember watching gaining the coaches’ trust that you from safety to linebacker for those games on TV and going to a could contribute? spring drills this year. bunch of games when I was little.

A: The most important “I took advantage of any It was a big deal for Missoula. thing was just knowing my opportunity to make a play,” said Everyone wanted to be involved responsibility on scout teams.

Lockwood, who was rewarded with supporting the team. I Making sure I gave everybody a by being named All-Big Sky remember how exciting it was for good look on scout teams. Also Conference for his special teams putting in time in the weight room. the city. I remember when they play. “I was always trying my played Marshall and when they Just trying to work on increasing hardest. Sometimes I hit guys a had lifted the trophy. That is really my lifts. little hard when I was on the scout memorable. team. Some guys didn’t like that, Q: I know next season is a but in the long run I think it paid Q: Did you consider going to long time from now, but what is off.” an NAIA school or a place where something you will work on to you would have a better chance of improve during the off season?

Q: About how many plays do significant playing time earlier?

A: I’m going to really work you usually see a game?

A: I did, but that’s something I on more work in the weight A: Probably about 30 plays a didn’t really want. I set my sights room and doing speed work. I’m game. on the Griz. It was never really going to spend more time with (linebackers) Coach Ty (Gregorak) serious for me to think about Q: Has your playing time been playing somewhere else. and really be focusing on playing increasing as the season has gone linebacker so I don’t make any on?

Q: What do players do on the mistakes for next season or spring A: It has. The last six games sideline to stay warm? ball.

I’ve been on all four special teams Q: When was the moment A: Most guys just huddle units.

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Q: Are their any drawbacks to playing college football in your hometown?

A: There really isn’t any that I could think of. It’s probably the one that that I’ve wanted my whole life. Unless you count the people that didn’t think I could play at this level and shouldn’t be here. I don’t pay attention to them anyway. Everyone’s always so supportive and asks how I’m doing. It’s been great.

Q: What’s the best part of playing for the Grizzlies?

A: It’s being out there on Saturdays in front of 26,000 people and representing our school and Montana. To get to play the types of games we get to play in like this week. It really doesn’t get any better.

Q: Did you really not win a game in high school?

A: Yeah, that is true. Zero wins and about 48 losses. I’m just so glad Coach (Pete Joseph) has been able to get the program turned around. He’s a great guy and is doing good things which is awesome to see now.

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I’ve often given the edge to players with above average handles and ASU frosh linebacker Cougar Norris has one of the best names in the FCS. However, when I hear Cougar Norris it just makes me think of older, attractive women on the prowl ... and that’s not very football like.

Former App State great Corey Lynch was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals out of college. Former Griz great Colt Anderson signed with the Minnesota Vikings out of college. They’re two of the best safeties to ever come out of the FCS and their respective post-college teams go head-tohead on Sunday.

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Just thinking about the Grizzlies OT win over App State in 2000 gives me chills (and no, that’s not a lingering affect from getting pepper sprayed in the postgame “let’s tear down the uprights” melee). This game may be just as exciting. I hope university officials have thought about how to protect those poor goalposts.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Heisman Trophy

No clear favorite for Heisman Gerhart, who leads the nation in touchdowns and is second in rushing average, ranked second in both The last time Ndamukong Suh hung projections. While he’s been most out with Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, consistent, he plays for an 8-4 team that the Nebraska defensive tackle was tossing isn’t a traditional national power.

McCoy all over the field at Cowboys Huston hasn’t ruled out McCoy. Last Stadium during the Big 12 title game. year’s gracious runner-up, McCoy is a While Tim Tebow cried in the final senior for the unbeaten Longhorns, even seconds of Florida’s loss in the SEC if he and Texas squeaked by Nebraska title game, Alabama running back Mark after a rough Saturday night in Arlington.

Ingram rubbed it in by doing a mock He’s also the winningest quarterback in Gator Chomp. major college football. While many voters When the Heisman Trophy finalists follow every twist and turn of the season, – who also include Stanford’s Toby others look at the big picture, Huston Gerhart – meet again in New York for said.

Saturday’s announcement, it should be a Suh made a surge with his dominating more friendly, formal affair. Even though performance in the Big 12 title game.

Ingram’s and McCoy’s teams will clash Tebow, the 2007 winner who finished for the BCS championship in about a third last season even though he had the month. most first-place votes, is returning to Even in this hot mess of a Heisman New York a record third time. Huston, race. though, predicts there will never be Suspense should crackle as the another two-time winner. cameras zoom in on the finalists in the final, quiet moments before the winner is TOBY GERHART named.

“There’s no slam dunk candidate,” Stanford, 6-1, 235, senior, RB The campaign: Gerhart turned down said Chris Huston, the creator of www.

Stanford’s offer of a billboard, but did star in HeismanPundit.com. a humorous video that played on his role as a If there is a favorite, it could be two-sport star. In the video, Gerhart, a baseball Ingram. The final HeismanPundit poll standout, “tried” field hockey, synchronized placed the sophomore on top, as does the swimming and tennis.

Invite-worthy: Gerhart leads the nation latest projection on www.stiffarmtrophy. with 26 touchdowns and ranks second in com – though just barely. rushing average at 144.7 ypg (1,736 yards in 12 Still, Ingram’s 1,542 rushing yards games). He had 10 games of 100-plus yards and averaged 200.3 yards against three ranked would be the fewest for a Heismanopponents. He averaged 185.5 ypg and scored winning running back since Archie 13 TDs in his last four – No. 7 Oregon, No. 11 Griffin won his second consecutive USC, California and Notre Dame.

Heisman in 1975 with 1,450 yards, Huston The down-low: Gerhart excels academically at a tough school. But it may hurt that he plays for said.

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Stanford, which is 8-4 and didn’t play during last weekend’s league championship games.

Stanford’s Heisman tradition: Jim Plunkett (QB, 1970)

MARK INGRAM Alabama, 5-10, 212, sophomore, RB The campaign: Ingram’s hometown of Flint, Mich., held a Mark Ingram Day. The Web site www.endthestreak.com lobbied for Ingram – no Crimson Tide player has ever won or been runnerup for the Heisman.

Invite-worthy: Ingram ran for a schoolrecord 1,542 yards in an unbeaten season. He had 113 yards and three TDs – an SEC title game record – against Florida, and added a 69-yard reception that set up a TD. Ingram finished with 15 TDs and rushed for 100-plus yards in eight of 13 games, including 246 against South Carolina.

The down-low: Ingram bounced back from a 30-yard game against Auburn with his big game against Florida. His father, Mark Ingram, played 10 NFL seasons and a won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants, but is in prison for money laundering and bank fraud.

Alabama’s Heisman tradition: None

COLT McCOY Texas, 6-2, 210, senior, QB The campaign: Letting wholesome, earnest McCoy be himself. The kid from Tuscola Jim Ned has grown up and led Texas to the BCS championship game after watching Vince Young do it when McCoy was a freshman.

Invite-worthy: McCoy finished second to Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford last season and is the only Texas player to attend the ceremony twice.

He’s the winningest quarterback in major college football. He has passed for 3,512 yards and 27 TDs this season, while rushing for 348 yards.

He passed for four TDs and ran for one against Texas A&M. The down-low: It took McCoy awhile to get going. His three-interception, no-TD performance and near-disastrous clock management in the Big 12 title game hurt, even though UT won.

Texas’ Heisman tradition: Earl Campbell

(RB, 1977), Ricky Williams (RB, 1998)

NDAMUKONG SUH Nebraska, 6-4, 300, senior, DT The campaign: Simply tossing offensive players around as if they weighed nothing and making voters take notice of a defensive lineman and his impact in every game he played.

Invite-worthy: Suh’s 12 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 4fi sacks in Nebraska’s nailbiting loss to Texas in the Big 12 championship highlighted a dominant senior season. He leads the Cornhuskers with 82 tackles, including 50 solo stops, and has 12 sacks.

The down-low: As impressive as Suh has been, his side of the ball is traditionally at a decided disadvantage. Michigan’s Charles Woodson, a cornerback, is the only defensive player to have won the Heisman Trophy (1997).

Nebraska’s Heisman tradition: Johnny Rodgers (RB, 1972), Mike Rozier (RB, 1983), Eric Crouch (QB, 2001)

TIM TEBOW Florida, 6-3, 245, senior, QB The campaign: No campaign needed for college football’s biggest star. With two national championships entering the season and his famous speech from the 2008 season already engraved in Gainesville, Tebow’s legacy is secure.

Invite-worthy: Tebow passed for 2,413 yards and 18 TDs and rushed for 859 yards and 13 TDs. He led the Gators to a 12-0 regular season and the nation’s No. 1 ranking before they fell to Alabama in the SEC championship game.

The down-low: Tebow is the only player to earn three invitations to the Heisman ceremony, but he is a long shot to become a two-time winner. Ohio State’s Archie Griffin (1974-75) is the only one. The loss to Alabama probably prevented Tebow from making a late push.

Florida’s Heisman tradition: Steve Spurrier (QB, 1966), Danny Wuerffel (QB, 1996), Tebow (2007)

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Cover story: Andrew Selle

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control my own destiny, it’s hard for them to take me off the field.”

The platoon hasn’t really been an issue because Montana hasn’t lost. Each quarterback has his strengths, with Roper’s arm being stronger. But perhaps Selle’s gifts – an impressive intellect and knowledge of coordinator Rob Phenicie’s offense – have made the difference.

“There are smart guys who play the game who don’t take that kind of intellect to the field,” Hauck said. “He has the ability to do that. I think he’ll be a great coach because he has the ability.”

“We’ve been blessed at Billings West with some great quarterbacks,” Golden Bears’ coach Paul Klaboe said.

“John Edwards, Bo Bartik. (Andrew’s) older brother, Kendall. Noel Kulbeck.”

Andrew Selle has played football since he was 10, in Billings’ Little Guy program.

For a lot of his career he was what they call an “orange dot:” If you’re too big to play a skill position, you get the dot on your helmet and a spot on the line.

“I played offensive line until eighth grade,” said Selle. “Then eighth grade I got to play a little tight end. I was always too big.

“It was one of those things where I grew up watching my brother play QB – and I kind of grew out of the roly-poly chubby days.”

All that time Klaboe and his quarterback coach, Steve Guelff, kept an eye on Selle.

“He was a pitcher in baseball and had a really good arm,” said Klaboe. “You just kind of had the feeling he was going to be a pretty good athlete by the time he was done.”

So soon enough Selle was calling signals for West’s sophomore team.

Talk about rough starts.

“I think he’ll tell you this (he didn’t), but he was a sophomore playing a JV game at Skyview,” said Klaboe. “And I think he threw six interceptions. We were, ‘Man. Not what we wanted him to have happen.’

“But then he came out as a junior and lost two games, and as a senior didn’t lose any. And the quarterback in our offense is the main guy. Probably 80 percent of the offense.”

“It was a good year, learning-wise,” Selle said of that sophomore season.

“There was a lot to learn. Footwork and reading defenses, all of that. Coach Guelff

Montana quarterback Andrew Selle seems to be hitting his stride just in time for the playoffs. really brought me along.”

Until then, he figures he’ll continue making the right reads, calling the right Kendall Selle has a couple national play and finding the open man. championship rings, but they’re not for “Rob Phenicie is a great coach – he’s playing quarterback and they didn’t come done a lot to bring Andrew along,” noted in a Griz uniform. Beset by injuries in Klaboe. “That’s a great offense.”

Missoula he pulled up stakes and headed Selle is inclined to agree, which is why for Helena, where he played tight end for he figured no mountain was too high the Carroll College Saints in 2004-06. against SDSU. Still, he had a profound effect on his “I’m not sure exactly what changed,” little brother’s college goals. he said. “I just kind of settled down “I wasn’t a huge fan of either the a little bit, maybe. I sat in the pocket Bobcats or the Griz,” said Andrew. “But a little longer and thought to myself, once my brother became a Griz it was an ‘Just get the ball in the hands of my automatic switch. playmakers.’ ” “He just had some tough breaks Fast-forward a week, to the rout of injury-wise, that sort of thing. When I Stephen F. Austin. Selle has had his first got the offer to come play here, it was a two passes dropped, the next one float dream of mine to play where my brother and get knocked away, and the next two did – though it obviously didn’t work out batted down at the line of scrimmage. for him.”

Then, after SFA muffed a punt, Selle Selle is a mathematics major who tried a read-zone play and lost his helmet plans to coach and teach high school. after a 7-yard gain.

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His stats after that: 19-for-25, 281 yards, three touchdowns.

The nicest pass was a bullet to the back of the end zone for Mariani, in tight coverage, to put the Griz up 24-0 in the second quarter. The 14-yard throw was better than the catch, and the catch was an acrobatic dive.

Selle was putting together another big finish.

“There was more than just that touchdown throw,” Mariani said. “As a receiver you don’t see what’s going on back there, you don’t understand it while the game’s being played. But when you get to watch film, Selle made some incredible throws last week.

“Frankly, he’s been doing that all year.

At this point, it’s no surprise.”

Fritz Neighbor can be reached at 5235247 or at fneighbor@missoulian.com.

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20 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Nick Haynes CB 5-10 180 So. Butte 21 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Keith Thompson CB 5-9 175 Sr. Porterville, Calif.

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25 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Brandon Fisher SLB 5-10 205 Sr. Franklin, Tenn.

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Justin Wray 47 S

Troy Sanders 31 CB Demetrius McCray 10 CB

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Appalachian State has won 11 straight games after dropping its first two games to East Carolina and McNeese State ... Opponents have outscored Montana, 64-49, in the first quarter this season, while the Griz have outscored opponents 443-181 over the final three quarters … The teams have combined for seven national title appearances since 2000 ... App State senior quarterback Armanti Edwards, the 2008 Walter Payton Award winner, ranks fourth in the nation in total offense at 323.91 yards per game. He has 2,938 through the air with 12 touchdown passes, including 625 yards rushing with 16 touchdowns … After Montana forced 10 turnovers last week, the Grizzlies own a +17 turnover margin … Montana quarterback Andrew Selle ranks fourth in the nation in passing efficiency. On the season he has 24 passing See PLayoffs, Page G17

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touchdowns to five interceptions for 2,531 yards … Appalachian State owns a balanced attack with an offense ranking 10th in rushing and 16th in passing ...

Montana is ranked No. 1 in the nation in scoring (37.85 ppg) ... The Griz are also ranked No. 1 in attendance (24,443).

Appalachian State is second (24,004) ... In eight of 13 games this season the Griz have held their opponent under 100 yards rushing. Montana is eighth in the FCS in rush defense (87.31 ypg) ... Montana won the only previous meeting of the teams, 19-16, in a 2000 semifinal game.

Grizzly quarterback Drew Miller hit Jimmy Farris for a 15-yard touchdown in overtime for the victory. App State posted 10 points in the fourth quarter to force overtime and hit a 36-yard field goal in the extra period ...

Montana coach Bobby Hauck is 79-16 in his seventh season.

He is 10-6 in the playoffs with championship appearances in 2004 and 2008, along with a semifinal appearance in 2006 ... App State coach Jerry Moore has posted a 189-75 record in 21 seasons. He has collected eight Southern Conference titles and three National Championships. His

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Sky Conference is 9-10 against Southern Conference opponents in the playoffs, including a 4-5 record this decade ... Montana is 3-1 in home playoff games against Southern Conference foes, along with an overall record of 5-3. The Grizzlies lost to Wofford 23-22 in the first round of the 2007 postseason ...

Appalachian State is 2-2 against Big Sky teams in the playoffs.

The Mountaineers beat Montana State in the 2006 quarterfinals and Eastern Washington in the 2007 quarterfinals at home. App State lost to Boise State in a 1994 quarterfinal ... Montana is 6-3 in semifinal playoff games, and 5-1 at home. Montana fell at home to UMass in 2006, 19-17 ... Montana has won home semifinal games in 1995 (Stephen F. Austin), 1996 (Troy), 2000 (App State), 2001 (Northern Iowa) and 2004 (Sam Houston State) ... Montana beat No. 1 seed James Madison on the road in a 2008 semifinal ...

In six home semifinal games, Montana has averaged 41.3 points and allowed an average of 11.5 points per game ...

The winner of the MontanaAppalachian State game plays the winner of the William & Mary at Villanova semifinal game Friday in the FCS national championship game at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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has been money for Montana in pressure situations. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kid yourself, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pressure on Montana all season to win every game.

Selleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite receiver, Marc Mariani, has pro potential. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to be at his best in his final game inside WashingtonGrizzly Stadium. And running back Chase Reynolds, who has been dinged up, needs to recapture the magic of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FRITZ BILL NICK playoff run.

Postseason record: Fritz 8-4, Bill 7-5, Nick 10-2, Michael 10-2 NEIGHBOR SPELTZ LOCKRIDGE If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a true Griz fan, you should be hoping for temperatures to stay in the low 20s today even if it means numb toes

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State. We all remember how that one at the game. Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s players are more of the Missoulian Edwards merits special attention. turned out. We may never forget. acclimated to cold weather.

When folks around the country think of So whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to happen Saturday?

The average high in Missoula in It seems only fitting the decadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Mountaineers, they think of one man: Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I think: December is 31.2. The average high in winningest FCS programs meet on a big Edwards. More specifically, they think of Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense has enough Boone, N.C., â&#x20AC;&#x201C; home of App State â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is 42. playoff stage before we usher in 2010.

Armanti running wild in front of 110,000 quickness and muscle up front to Stuff like that makes a difference. So The only thing more appropriate fans in a shocking 2007 win at Michigan, frustrate App State. The Griz showed does travelling across two time zones and would be a Montana/Appalachian State 34-32. their exceptional athleticism last week in altitude. Unfortunately for Montana, the final next week in Chattanooga. But But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fooled. The Mountaineers shutting down the most productive offense Mountaineers play their home games at from a Grizzly fanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective, having a and their senior quarterback are human. in the country from Stephen F. Austin. roughly the same elevation. shot at the Mountaineers in Missoula on Two weeks ago, Edwards threw three But even with a nagging knee injury, In the end, Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game will likely Saturday afternoon is a slice of heaven. interceptions and his team needed a Edwards is a slippery one. The Griz will come down to turnovers. Just ask Stephen App State quarterback Armanti fumble return for a touchdown in the need a big game from defensive ends F. Austin how important those are after Edwards is so popular he has a weekly fourth quarter to hold off South Carolina Jace Palmer and Severin Campbell and a turning the ball over 10 times last week in media teleconference. Missoulian sports State, 20-13, in a playoff opener at App big play or two from Trumaine Johnson, a 51-0 loss to Montana. writer Fritz Neighbor had to wake up at State. the best cornerback Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in a Griz Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what the Missoulian pollsters 7:30 on Wednesday morning to talk to Of course, Montana looked human too uniform (bearing in mind Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only been expect today: Fritz: Griz 42, App State him, which wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a big deal except with a 41-14 deficit in the third quarter of here three years).

28. Bill: Griz 31, App State 27. Nick: for the fact most sportswriters work until its playoff opener against South Dakota On offense, quarterback Andrew Selle Griz 42, App State 34. Michael: Griz 27, IHGHUDO

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with injuries during your senior season?

A: I got hurt in the second game of the year on the first play. I tore two ligaments in my ankle and destroyed any recruiting opportunities with bigger schools like Montana. I was able to play a little bit, but looking back now I should’ve had surgery on my ankle. Instead I missed about five or six games and played with something that was almost like a cast on my ankle. I played through pain the whole time. The only reason I did that is that I wanted to be out there so bad.

Q: What did you do to get a chance to make the Griz after an injury-plagued senior season on a winless high school team?

A: I went in and talked to the coaches and they had seen some of my games from my junior season and my first game as a senior. They liked what they saw and said I could walk on.

Q: Did you travel with the team last year?

A: I did for the James Madison game.

Q: What about the national championship game?

A: Most of the people that got to suit up for home games got to suit up for the Richmond game as well.

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Q: What was the most memorable game you saw in person, growing up?

A: In 1995, when they played Stephen F. Austin in the playoffs. The snow was blowing and it was freezing outside.

I went with my dad and a cousin. I remember it was like 70-14. That one really stands out in my mind.

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A: I was about 7 years old.

Q: This week’s game is going to be televised by ESPN. Who is your favorite and least favorite ESPN personalities?

A: Skip Bayless is probably my least favorite. He’s just so negative all of the time. I like everyone else.

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A: I really don’t watch cartoons. I would say the (Wile E.) Coyote and Road Runner. I really don’t like “South Park” and “Family Guy.”

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were born?

A: I’m going to have to go with the “Wizard of Oz.”

Q: What do you like to do in your free time?

A: In my free time I love to hunt, fish, ride my dirt bike, spend time at Q: A few weeks ago I told fellow my family’s cabin on Flathead Lake in Griz linebacker Brock Coyle that his the summer, ski, ice-fish, snowmobile. name sounded like someone who plays linebacker. I say the name Cole Lockwood Anything outdoors is what I like to do. and I’m thinking stock car driver. Any Q: Do you find anything odd that thoughts?

A: I think that’s awesome. That works a team from North Carolina is called Mountaineers? for me. I would love to do that. I love A: Most people wouldn’t think of motorcycles, snowmobiles … anything North Carolina as mountainous, but that has an engine I’m drawn to. coaches told us that they probably won’t Q: You’re a business major. What was be affected by the altitude. I didn’t even the last assignment or test that you got an think their elevation was close to ours, but apparently it is.

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