Intercepted

The Montana State University-Northern Lights' offense was firing on all cylinders in the first half, but it was the MSU-N defense which made the game-changing plays in what was a Northern season-opening victory.

With a resilient UM-Western team threatening to send the Lights' 2011 debut game into overtime, junior linebacker A.J. Pasalo made a play Northern fans won't soon forget. With MSU-N ahead 24-17, the Bulldogs took possession on the Northern 41-yard-line with 1:25 left to go. But Western quarterback Jeff Logan dropped back with a throw over the middle in mind, and Northern's Pasalo read...