Wildcats' challenge: Slow down Montana State's QB

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: October 8, 2005| Author: Trent Toone Deseret Morning News | Copyright information

OGDEN -- Despite dropping a heartbreaker last week to Montana, many Weber State fans might be silently patting the Wildcats on the back and calling the loss a moral victory.

Not Ron McBride.

The head coach was proud of the Wildcats' effort but still can't accept losing.

"You don't play the game to be close," McBride said. "We played hard for 98 percent of the game. But the bottom line is we lost, and that is not acceptable in an important game like that one."

And th...

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