Finalists picked for coaching job

Montana State University-Northern athletics director Byron Ophus did some serious scrambling Friday evening. No, he wasn't trying to pick up any last minute Christmas presents.

Instead, Ophus was desperately trying to contact the four finalists for the vacant Northern head football coaching position, and set up interviews for today and tomorrow.

"I can't believe I got them all here so fast," Ophus said. "I was still making calls to notify them on Friday at 6 p.m. I think it says a lot about the interest level these four finalists have for this job."

The search committee of Ophus, local busi...