MSU-Northern Game Day Notebook

It's hard to find moral victories in what happened to the Montana State University-Northern Lights Saturday at Blue Pony Stadium.

The Lights got victory snatched from them when it looked like a sure thing as Eastern Oregon came back to win 39-36.

But in looking at the first half performance by Northern quarterback Derek Lear, it's hard not to think of what the Lights will look like a year from now and even farther.

Lear was a highly sought after Frontier Conference recruit coming out of Class B Fairfield in both football and basketball. And a he's proving he was a big get for the Lights.

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