Ash said backup quarterback Jake Bleskin is likely to start for the Bobcats against Montana with Dakota Prukop nursing a sprained knee.

Bleskin started last week against Idaho State, and threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns in MSU’s victory.

“It’s still going to be touch-and-go,” Ash said. “Jake is going to be the starter. I just don’t think that Dakota will be able to get back. But we’ll just have to see how preparations go.”

That health status of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson is also up in the air. Johnson injured his ankle last week at Southern Utah and was on crutches on the sideline in the fourth quarter.

Backup Shay Smithwick-Hann finished the game but didn’t throw a pass.

There’s an outside chance, right now at least, that the Cat-Griz game could pit understudy QBs head-to-head.

No home cooking

The host team hasn’t won a Cat-Griz game since 2008. That was the year Montana wore throwback copper uniforms and trounced MSU 35-3 behind a pair of Chase Reynolds touchdowns.

But it’s been tough sledding for the home teams in more recent years: