Alright, Rosenblatt Stadium is around for a while longer, but it is no longer the home of the College World Series, and life in this corner of the blogosphere is less for it. A couple of notes as summer's first death knell (Independence Day) looms...
* Running backs coach Milo Austin has left Montana State to assume a football operations position at the University of Cincinnati. The move came just four short months after Austin joined the Bobcat staff. MSU coach Rob Ash's accelerated search for a replacement is underway.
* The last week has been a good one for catching up with former Bobcat basketball standouts. University of Iowa law student Ted Morris, an MSU center from 2005-07, blocked 38 shots and grabbed 294 rebounds as a Bobcat. He enters his second year at the UI Law School this fall, and said he's glad the "paper chase" first year is behind him. But, he added with his trademark laugh, "If I can survive (Bobcat coach Brad Huse), I can survive law professors."
Next it was Dewey Michaels' turn to parade through the Fieldhouse. Big Dewey blocked a school-record 149 shots in the Blue and Gold.
Finally, The Bobcat Blog ran into hometown hero Danny Faaborg, he of the flowing, golden locks, was on his way to the library to study, on "break" from medical school in the WAMI program, which has led him to Seattle and Boise in the last two years.
It's great to see guys like that, it's great when former players come back for visits, and it's a great reminder of the quality of people the Bobcat Basketball program turns out. They were all fine, skilled players, but far better people, and they have our continued affection and admiration.
* Finally, on a personal note, if you're in Bozeman over the Fourth of July Weekend and want to see some good baseball and help a good cause, come out to the Legion Field, where the Class A Spikes host the Howard Rein Invitational. Howard was a local high school teacher who volunteered on the Bobcat football stat crew for many, many years untily dying of ALS ("Lou Gehrig's Disease") way too soon. Proceeds from the weekend tournament go to our regional ALS chapter.
--Bill Lamberty
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