Portland State loses starting QB and FB for season
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The Portland State Vikings came into this season with as much hype as any team in college football. There was a Jerry Glanville feature story in every paper in the Northwest. Well, things opened with a huge dud as the Vikings fell to McNeese State, 35-12, down in Louisiana. As Ian Ruder notes, the game did not go well. The Cowboys tried to give the game away and the Viks wouldn't take it.On top of looking terrible and getting blown out, the Vikings lost their starting quarterback and fullback for the season. Quarterback Tygue Howland is out with a serious injury to his foot while fullback Bobby McClintock blew out his knee.
Colorado transfer Brian White takes over at quarterback. I wasn't too impressed at first but he showed last year that he's capable of running the offense. On McClintock: he's the second fullback they've lost for the year so there will be a couple running backs behind the line for the remainder of the season.
Colin,
A couple of quick questions. What's up with Chambers? He's not even on the depth chart.
Also, I was pondering recently, whatever became of Jolly Righetti? I know he was hurt coming out of Kalispell High, but it sounded like they had reasonably high expectations for him.
I check your site a couple of times a week. Keep up the good work!
Scott Turner
Worden, MT
Class of 1984
I'm not sure what's up with this couple. Craig is coming off an extremely serious injury shoulder sustained in practice. Ironically, it was a hit from Jimmy Wilson. There was talk that he might never make it back. I made the foolish mistake of believing a Kaimin story saying that he was planning on practicing. At Saturday's game, he was down at field level for most of the game before moving up to the stands. I was a little hesitant then to ask why he wasn't playing and when he would be. Probably a pretty sore subject. I'll see what I can do though.