Montana quarterback Logan Fife and head coach Bobby Hauck needed to be separated throughout a heated altercation throughout Saturday’s school soccer sport in opposition to Portland State. It appeared for a second as if the aggressive change was going to show bodily.
Happily, they have been in a position to make amends after lastly pulling away throughout a blowout win.
Hauck led the Grizzlies to the FCS championship sport final season. Now in his seventh yr of a second stint with this system, his staff is ranked No. 10 within the nation at 7-3 with losses North Dakota, Weber State and UC Davis. Nonetheless, he has but to decide at crucial place on the sector.
Fife and Keali’i Ah Yat have break up time at quarterback because the begin of fall camp. They each performed vital snaps throughout the first 10 week of the season. That pattern continued in opposition to the Pilots.
Ah Yat began the sport and didn’t play properly. He accomplished solely seven of his 13 go makes an attempt for 50 yards with an interception and ran for less than 10 yards on 4 carries. Montana didn’t rating a landing throughout the first half went into the locker room down 3-0.
Hauck went to the bench to start the third quarter and put Fife into the sport. The swap instantly proved to be the fitting choice with a five-play, 72-yard landing drive that lasted simply 119 seconds.
Fife ran it in from one yard out for the Grizzlies’ first factors of the afternoon and celebrated by chucking the ball into the air. Sadly, the Massive Sky officers flagged him for unsportsmanlike conduct. Portland State accepted a penalty to be assessed on the kickoff.
Huack was livid with the celebration and went at his quarterback on the sideline. Fife didn’t reply properly to the pinnacle coach’s criticism so that they needed to be separated by different members of the teaching employees.
Rattling, the Montana QB drama continues
Hauck regarded like he was cussing Fife out after his post-TD penalty earlier than a business. After which the published confirmed this after the break pic.twitter.com/A012IMHi4F
— Sam Herder (@SamHerderFCS) November 16, 2024
It was fairly intense!
Issues obtained heated between Bobby Hauck and Logan Fife on the sideline.
They appear to have made up on the sideline after this.
Have not seen very many issues fairly like that…. pic.twitter.com/yu0M4fPrVm
— Skyline Sports activities (@SkylineSportsMT) November 16, 2024
Each events wanted a second to settle down however they ultimately embraced one another after the kickoff and seemed to be on higher phrases. Bobby Huack forgave his quarterback.
Concerning the altercation between Hauck and Logan Fife following Fife’s penalty after the primary rating.
Hauck says Fife informed him he was fired up identical to (Bobby) was. And that made it alright with him.
— Alex Hoffman (@AlexNBCMT) November 17, 2024
A dominant second-half efficiency additionally helped to fix the connection.
Logan Fife completed with 4 whole touchdowns, together with three landing passes. He saved Montana’s school soccer season with a 28-point outing in an 11-point win. All is properly that ends properly?
