Northern accepting applications for coach

With rumors running rampant on the Montana State University-Northern campus and around the community of Havre concerning the head coaching vacancy in the Lights football program, Northern Athletics Director Byron Ophus has to keep himself from chuckling a little.

Contrary to some reports, Northern has not hired a replacement for the recently retired Walt Currie and probably won't do so until the first of the year.

"There is always going to be things like that going around," Ophus said. "We haven't hired anybody yet. We're still in the process of collecting applications."

Ophus joked that as fa...